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- Now this is the life.
- Wait, aren't you supposed to be
hosting "The Star Wars Show?"
- Newsflash-- didn't you hear?
The show's only once a month now.
- Yeah, but a new show is starting right now.
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- Who's going to host?
It-- it's already been a month?
- This is "The Star Wars Show."
We take a closer look at "Star Wars--
The High Republic" and much, much more.
But first, here's Anthony Carboni in New York City.
- Welcome to "The Star Wars Show," the only Star Wars show
on the internet that is coming to you from the Star Wars
product showcase in New York, where the unveiling of tons
of new merchandise around "The Clone
Wars" and "The Mandalorian" is being revealed today.
Somebody got a child?
I've got a child now.
I'm a father.
Ken, so much amazing stuff here today.
- The thing that's most exciting to me
is really the unveil for the child, or baby Yoda,
as he's affectionately called.
There's something for everyone.
- This is so wonderful.
What were some of the challenges of bringing the child to life?
- Any time we do animatronic, it's, what are the things that
make that character unique?
So obviously, the ears, the eye movement, and making sure
that people feel like you're authentically bringing
that character to life is the key anytime we
do an animatronic product.
- Make them do a thing before we go, please.
- Eh.
- Ugh.
- One of my favorite is the bounty collection.
I like things that are a little cartoony, a little stylized.
And I just love one good pose.
He drink a soup.
He mind his own business.
- Would you like to hold him? - I would love to hold him.
- Here you go.
- I love the eyes on this one.
He's got emotion.
- Taking the cuddliness to another level--
and then you can also see the 11-inch has a rotomolded head--
very cuddly, but also a nice display piece for collectors.
- Must be fun to make these little custom pieces like this.
- I was going to say, yeah, especially with the three sets.
We have the brick heads.
And then we have the Mandolorian Razor Crest
that's coming out in September.
- He's so tiny.
- I know.
- Chris, is there anything you were
dying to show to the world?
- Actually, I really like Mission Fleet.
We're really focusing on the character in the vehicle play
there.
It's a different scale.
But again, that keeps it fresh.
And you know, this is, in a lot of ways,
tip of the iceberg for what we're doing for Clone Wars.
We have so much more to come.
- You are wearing one of my favorite pieces.
Because this was designed by Ashley Eckstein.
- You can just look right into the camera
and tell Ashley Eckstein that I look
better in these than she does.
- It's his show.
They were made for him.
But you wear them well.
- Wow.
[LAUGHTER]
Please help me.
My son is very sick.
He wants a red double-sided light saber.
- Is he allowed to wield that?
- No, he's absolutely not.
This is not canon.
Ah, folks, I'd love to hang out with you all day
and talk about Star Wars the way we used to,
but I'm a father now.
I have responsibilities.
But luckily, Kristin Baver is about to find out what
Project Luminous is all about.
Kristin, what did you get me off of my baby registry?
- [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
- Yes, I'll bet you have.
- [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]
[BLASTERS FIRING]
- Thanks, Anthony.
And congratulations on the new arrival.
There's a case of bone broth on its way to you.
We're here today at the unveiling of Project Luminous,
the super-top-secret publishing initiative that just
unveiled the title "Star Wars--
The High Republic."
- Project Luminous is a super important initiative for us
at Disney Publishing, because it gives us the opportunity
to tell unique stories.
- First and foremost, thank you all for coming out tonight.
We are here to talk about Project Luminous.
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Project Luminous is a massive, original, interconnected story
that is going to be told through various publishers
over various years.
In addition to it being this massive, all-new story,
It also sets up a new era of storytelling for us,
which is the High Republic.
- 200 years before the events of the prequels
is when the High Republic takes place.
It's a golden time.
It's a time of peace and prosperity.
It's a time where the Jedi really
are the galactic guardians, stewards of peace and justice.
But the other interesting aspect of it
is it's also a time of great galactic expansion.
It's a time of pirates, smugglers, scoundrels.
And overall, it's a really exciting story pallet for us
to tell great fiction in the future.
- We have someone else to moderate for us.
Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Bobby Moynihan.
- Thank you so much for being here.
- Thank you.
You are a member of the Star Wars family.
- Yes, that's a great sentence.
- Yes, right?
What does Star Wars mean to you though?
- I've only seen "Phantom Menace," so--
I'm just kidding.
It means everything to me.
I mean, it's a really special thing in my life.
I think what it is, it's hope.
It's the most simple thing in the world,
and something to look forward to.
And it's this brand new world.
And we're creating another one here, tonight, it feels like.
And I feel insanely proud to be a part of it.
And growing up loving Star Wars as a kid,
I can't believe I'm standing here right now.
- We have to give Kathy Kennedy--
- Absolutely.
- --a bit of credit.
One thing she kept pushing was, hey, you guys should
really be bold with publishing.
- Over the last couple years, as we were winding down
the Skywalker saga, we realized the time
was right to explore a brave, bold, new direction
for publishing.
To do that, we had to bring in five all-star authors.
- This is the coolest.
You guys get the write Star Wars.
I'm going to have a million questions for you after this
as well.
What was the ideation process like?
- There were really sort of two guiding stars for us.
One was that line from Obi-Wan.
- For over a thousand generations,
the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice
in the Old Republic.
- That's super cool, right?
We've been hearing that since 1977,
but we've never actually seen it.
And that was something that resonated with everyone.
What does that look like?
And then the other one was something that Cab had said,
which was, what scares the Jedi?
And with those two pieces of information in mind,
we really started to zero in on what this story could be.
- Charles, would you like to talk about the first part?
- I sure would.
That is the cover of the first novel, "Light of the Jedi."
This is a story that is designed to give the broad readership
what you're getting now.
It's going to establish this time period In a way that's
very exciting, very direct.
You know, it is the Jedi at their height.
And it begins with the great disaster.
- It's just amazing to be able to kind
of come in with a blank slate.
For "Test of Courage," it's a middle-grade book.
We follow Vernestra Rwoh.
And she is the youngest Jedi Knight that she knows of.
And that comes with a whole bunch
of responsibility that, maybe, she's ready
for, maybe she isn't.
- I'm writing "Star Wars--
The High Republic," the Marvel Comic, an ongoing series
set within the High Republic.
We've seen, in Star Wars, a lot of stories
about masters, and Padawan, and Jedi Knights.
Here we see a group of Jedi working together.
And importantly, they're not just working with other Jedi,
they're working with the members of the Republic as well.
- "Into the Dark" is mostly set around the adventures
of Reath Silas.
He is a Padawan.
And he's been living a very sort of cloistered life up until now
on Coruscant.
And now he's going to the frontier
and is going to have to figure out who he is there.
- I'm very excited to be writing a comic.
Here we have Lula and Farzalla.
They're two Padawans.
And along with their crew of Padawans,
they're responding to one of the side fallout
pieces of the great disaster.
And we follow both of their paths
through learning about the Jedi, and the Padawans,
and life at that time, and all the adventures that they have.
- Phase one is "Light of the Jedi."
You have the great disaster happen in Charles's novel.
But it's a linchpin moment.
Because it's something that will happen there,
but it's reflected in all of the publishing.
You have the reaction to this disaster rippling
through all of these books.
And then you have characters who will appear
from book to book to book.
And that's part of the fun.
We are passionate about it.
And we get to do this because you guys support it.
So thank you for the support.
Thank you for coming out tonight.
Thank you for reading.
And as always, may the Force be with you.
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Thank you, everybody.
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- Tonight, on "Maclunkey"--
Greedo is missing.
And Maclunkey is on the case.
- He did what?
- Maclunkey.
- Where is he?
Where are you hiding him?
What's the matter, you got sand in your ears?
- He's caught between a Rodian and a hard place.
But Maclunkey will stop at nothing for the truth.
- Karabast.
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- I said by the book, Maclunkey.
I got no choice.
You're off the case.
- But Greedo's missing.
I promised his wife I'd find him.
He's my partner.
- Greedo's dead, Maclunkey.
- Not on my watch.
- "Maclunkey"-- tonight at 9:00, only
on the super station KLFL stereo TV 40.
- You're-- - --watching--
- "--The--" - --Star--
- --Wars-- - --Show."
- Whoo, made it.
All right, made it.
Let's get this party started.
- Party's over. What do
- You mean the party's over?
I just got here.
- Sorry.
- Well, I guess I'll close the show.
We're just one episode into the final season
of "The Clone Wars," and we want to know what
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Which bad batch clone is your favorite?
How excited are you to see Anakin,
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Tweet it to us with the hashtag #SWSCLONEWARS,
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Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.
And I've got another month in the ball pit.
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- I said by the book, Maclarkey."
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Do you know how much that's going to cost us?
[BEEP] You did what?
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