This week we’re saying goodbye to Star Wars Rebels.
And we’re gonna find out why The Last Jedi sounds so good.
The secret is love.
Love is the greatest sound of all.
This is The Star Wars Show!
From the Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco, here’s your hosts Andi and Anthony!
Hey everyone, welcome to the Star Wars Show,
the only Star Wars Show on the internet this week with a real-life 5-time Academy Award Nominee.
Amy Adams?
No.
Morgan Freeman?
Ha!
Like we’re that classy.
Julianne Moore?
Close.
Really?
No.
But you’ll find out in a few minutes who it is.
Until then though, it’s time for the news.
Mark Hamill will finally be getting his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.
The actor who has not only played Luke Skywalker, but voiced countless animated characters including
the Joker and Fire Lord Ozai.
And The Trickster.
And has multiple credits on Broadway.
The Star ceremony itself will take place on March 8th at 11:30AM in front of the El Capitan Theater.
And best of all George Lucas and Harrison Ford will be right alongside him joining in
the dedication ceremony.
For more information, check out Star Wars.com
On Monday, March 5th, Star Wars fans across the galaxy will bid a fond farewell to the
Ghost crew during the 90-minute finale of Star Wars Rebels.
Over the past four seasons we’ve watched the Ghost crew become not just Rebels in the
fight against the Empire, but an unbreakable family.
That’s why a few weeks ago Lucasfilm decided to invite various fan groups to come to our
campus for a very special screening of the penultimate episodes, including a special
appearance from Dave Filoni himself.
Enjoy.
You’re watching The Star Wars Show!
[Crowd woo-ing]
Tonight we’re gonna be watching not just one episode, we’re gonna be watching four episodes.
[Crowd cheering]
Close your eyes.
Take a breath.
Count to three.
Kay.
[Crowd cheering]
I know what to say now.
I love you.
Target that fuel pod!
Kanan!
You didn’t prepare me for this Kanan.
He did what he had to do.
For everyone.
That’s the lesson.
Goodbye, Kanan.
[Crowd cheering]
Welcome back to the stage Dave Filoni.
[Crowd cheering]
All the emotions.
It was jaw dropping the whole entire time.
Way to go, Dave Filoni, making grown men cry.
I’m pretty sure I speak for everybody as a collective, everybody teared up.
I really wanted to present this gift to you.
Oh my gosh!
That’s amazing!
Oh, that’s amazing!
Look at that!
It’s definitely an amazing experience.
I’m very happy I got to take part of it.
I wasn’t expecting to feel as much as I felt.
This is the first time in all the screenings that I’ve just been moved and blown away.
Speechless.
I was sitting there with my jaw on the floor.
Just absolutely exquisite.
There was never a dull moment.
Star Wars has more content being made than it ever has in it’s history.
So you wanna make sure it’s the same quality that you guys deserve.
You can’t do anything like this unless you have people who can actually bring it to life.
And I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the absolute best people.
And season four, I think especially, everyone did a great job and we got it right.
Star Wars Rebels is now at a point where it can reach for the stars and it just goes ahead and takes it.
Probably one of my favorite story arcs of any recent Star Wars.
That’s true.
I’m so sad that it’s coming to an end.
I’m very nervous to see what’s next.
I’m not done by any stretch of the imagination.
I’ve been here now 12 years and I love it.
I’ve never run out of exciting things I want to do or wanna tell.
I feel a big responsibility, to be quite honest, to George to be here and try to influence
things the way I think that he would want them to be.
I do think it’s gotten a lot more emotional.
Just seeing it here in this theater was so amazing.
Never took it for granted, it’s an honor and a privilege.
It’s a totally cool experience and I’m so lucky to be here.
Thank you, Lucasfilm.
Thank you, Dave Filoni bringing this journey.
I love that you guys came out to see this stuff.
It’s important.
We have one final movement to do and then sadly this is all over.
The Captain says you are a friend.
I will not kill you.
Today our guest is visiting us all the way from Skywalker Sound.
Please welcome Ren Klyce to the show.
Thanks for having me.
First of all, congratulations, you are nominated for two Academy Awards for your work on The Last Jedi
Yes.
Sound mixing and sound editing.
Yes.
Do you have a favorite Star Wars sound?
I would have to say the character of Artoo.
If you really think about what Ben Burtt did with that sound, he created this character
that could be curious, or angry, or upset, or concerned.
And like to be able to create those emotional beats, that’s amazing.
And Star Wars has such a legacy of how things sound in Star Wars.
And obviously that ties all the way back to Ben Burtt’s legacy.
Absolutely.
You cannot have an image from Star Wars without hearing his sounds.
We just try to respect what was there in the past but then focus on the new things.
Mhmm.
So I’ve heard some stories about you guys went back to the roots of sound design when
you were creating some of these things.
Like when you were doing the updated lightsaber sounds.
Yeah.
That was really fun.
Just to clarify, they are all Ben’s sounds.
Uh huh.
So we thought, well, let’s just do what Ben did but with all the new technology and
the sound for people who don’t know what it is, plays out of a speaker and you take
a microphone and you swing the microphone in front of the speaker.
And then I thought, and then at the same time let’s have everybody involved.
Yeah.
Our whole team got to have their moment.
So when you’re creating something new.
Yeah.
Like creating a sound for a creature like the fathiers or the porgs.
Do you have an immediate gut feeling about what that creature would sound like?
With the fathiers, it kind of for me looked like a goat.
So we recorded all sorts of goats.
And there’s one goat that made this sound.
We took him and pitched him down and you can hear him in there.
There are other sounds as well.
There’s the sounds of bears, there’s human voices, there’s some of me in there.
Oh, wow!
For the ending when…
When she says goodbye.
Yes, she says goodbye.
What you do is so powerful.
What are your favorite moments?
It’s interesting, I like the quiet moments a lot.
Those can be really challenging and sometimes if they’re done properly they make the big moments hit.
Which brings me to, I mean, the night I met you after the premiere and I talked your ear
off about the Holdo moment.
That is one of my absolute favorite moments in Star Wars.
You know it’s interesting because that scene allows the audience to become part of the soundtrack.
That’s the closest of an interactive moment sonically that a film can connect to it’s audience.
It’s magical.
Did you guys ever stop and think that that sequence would cause theater owners to have
to put up warnings to let people know it was coming?
Isn’t that hilarious?
When we saw that thing that came out like, “Dear audience, at 1 hour and 47 minutes
the whole thing will…”
[Laughing]
I thought, oh, it’s when they do the Force connection.
And the reason why is because in terms of the architecture we built a sound that kind of…
cuts off.
Similar to the Holdo scene.
There’s lots of miniature Holdo beats that happen with the Force connections before the
Holdo sequence and then it goes to silence.
You guys did such amazing work.
Like The Last Jedi was just amazing and I’ve already gushed to you already enough, so I’ll stop.
So thank you for coming by.
Thanks for having me.
And congratulations on your nominations they are so well deserved and we’ll all be rooting
for you very much.
Thank you.
I have to see this through to the end.
Everything I’ve done and will do began with you.
It’s not over.
Not until we chase the Empire from Lothal and show the Galaxy for all their power…
…they can be defeated.
We’re ready!
Let’s finish this!
On my command.
Fire!
Your little Rebellion ends now.
Destroy him!
We don’t want to disappoint our Emperor.
I think we’re out of time.
There’s too many!
Get out of there right now.
You don’t deserve Lothal.
What matters is, who has power.
The Force will be with you, always.
[Porg sounds]
Since Star Wars Rebels is ending this week, we wanted to find out from you what the show
meant to you and why.
For me it’s super personal, it’s been the entire 5 years of my time here has been
devoted to Rebels.
The first time I was ever on camera was Rebels Recon.
I’ve had so much fun working closely with it and I’m really sad it’s ending.
You might not be able to beat that but we want to hear your stories anyway.
[Laughing]
Let us know about your connection to the show and it’s character with the hashtag #RememeringRebels
and we’ll feature our favorites here next week.
And as always remember to like the video, subscribe to the channel, follow us on Twitter,
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Thanks for watching and may the Force be with you.
You’re also in it.
Like Gooti is the most beloved character in Rebels history.
I agree with that ranking.
[Laughing]