- This week, we're talking new Star Wars comics
and taking a look at what it takes to put
on Star Wars Celebration.
- Plus we're headed back to Batuu
to find out how the Imagineers brought Star
Wars: Galaxy's Edge to life.
- It's time for the Yoda fountain
to scream the title of the show.
- This is "The Star Wars Show," from the Lucasfilm headquarters
in San Francisco.
Here's your hosts, Andi and Anthony.
- Hello, and welcome to "The Star Wars Show," a Star Wars
show that is officially campaigning
to make the remaining six months in 2019 the year of Kitster.
- We're talking billboards, television ads,
banners attached to airplanes flying over sporting events.
- Soon the world--
and, hopefully, toy manufacturers--
will know that Kitster is the Star Wars character
fans want to celebrate.
- Or, at the very least, get a Black Series
figure that whips high-fives. - You squeeze the legs and it--
[WOOSHING] anyway, until that time arrives,
let's see what's in the news.
- Marvel, Star Wars is beginning a new era next month
when the creative team of Greg Pak and Phil Noto
take over the reins.
- The new arc, called "Rebels and Rogues,"
reveals what happens to Darth Vader prior
to his hunt for Luke Skywalker, as seen in "The Empire
Strikes Back."
- The story will also find Han and Leia going undercover,
Chewie and 3PO teaming up, as well
as Luke and R2 facing off against
the Executor and a lone X-wing.
- "Star Wars 68" hits shelves on July 10.
But if you want your first look at the interiors right now,
head over to starwars.com/sws.
- And speaking of Marvel, four new covers
for "Star Wars: Age of Resistance" were just revealed,
as well.
- The four different one-shot comics feature Rey,
Kylo Ren, supreme leader Snoke, and Rose Tico.
- A new one-shot will be released every week throughout
the month of September, each written by Tom Taylor,
with art by Leonard Kirk and Ramon Rosanas,
with covers by Phil Noto.
- For more, check out starwars.com/sws.
- Finally, this week's Star Wars Celebration
Anaheim tickets go on sale this Friday
at starwarscelebration.com.
- And while we may be 434 days away from the event,
there is one person here at Lucasfilm
who has been planning it since before the doors
even opened in Chicago.
- In fact, let's take a look at his story right now.
- No one knows who I am or what I look like.
So when I have these interactions with people,
it's completely genuine.
Maybe this is going to change soon.
[LAUGHS] My name is Este Meza, I'm the senior event
manager at Lucasfilm.
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The senior event manager at Lucasfilm does many things.
I oversee a lot of different things
for the franchise team in terms of events
and character appearances.
The biggest one, of course, is Celebration, which we
just had in April in Chicago.
Beyond that, we always go to San Diego Comi-Con.
We're going to go to D23 this year.
We also do other fun events every year,
such as the Millennium Falcon Experience, which we've
traveled around the country with it, showcasing it
across five different cities.
And then, for character appearances,
we work with the 501st, the Rebel Legion, R2 Builders,
Saber Guild, where we collaborate
and partner with them to facilitate different character
appearances-- so a lot of different kinds of fun things
like that.
A typical day in the office is pretty
similar to most office shops.
There's a lot of meetings, there's a lot of emails,
there's different phone calls.
I spend a lot of time at my desk, on my keyboard,
typing away.
But then, at the end of the day, I get to go to these events
and get to experience them live with the fans.
At Celebration, it's a continual amazing experience where you're
going a year-plus of planning.
And then, all of a sudden, you get to Celebration
and a city is born that is specifically
just for Star Wars.
And you're surrounded by this amazing community,
full of energy.
All of them dial into the same exact kind of force,
I guess, if you want to say.
It's a celebration.
It truly is a celebration of Star Wars.
It's a celebration of all the work we, as a company, do.
It's a celebration of everything that the fans do
and the passion that they bring.
This job, as rewarding as it is, it can be very difficult.
There's a lot of personal sacrifices that go into it,
especially the time commitment that is involved in it
and the amount of travel.
I think there was a stretch last year where
I worked 52 days in a row.
But at the same time, it's an incredibly rewarding
experience, because you get to dream these amazing things
that very few people have the opportunity
to actually execute on.
Just providing the opportunity for fans to have those moments
and connect with one another and have these beautiful memories
to share with one another--
there's really few opportunities like this in the world.
And I'm very fortunate to have one.
[SCREECH]
- Hey, everyone, Brian Kesinger here.
I'm an author and Illustrator, and I'm
very excited to be a part of an upcoming
book called, "Star Wars Droid tales: C-3PO Does NOT
Like Sand!"
And today, I'm going to actually draw
two of my favorite characters--
R2-D2 and BB-8.
And let's see what kind of mischief they can get into.
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- There was this amazing day when we announced to the world
that the Walt Disney Company was joining forces with Lucasfilm.
And immediately, around here at Imagineering,
everyone was so excited because now we
felt like we could do something really,
really big with Star Wars.
And we were going to really make it an important part
of our Disney Parks experience.
When we started this project, you might naturally
think that we thought, oh, what kind of rides
are we going to have?
What kind of places are we going to build?
But that's actually not what we started with.
The very first thing we started with in this project
was saying, who are we?
Who are we, the visitor to this planet?
And how do we actually create an experience
and design a place that allows us to become
a participant in Star Wars?
- As we went through all the different possibilities of what
the stories are for this land, what we
all decided as a team is that we wanted to visit a new place
in the Star Wars galaxy.
We wanted to walk into this land with the same kind of feeling
that we had when we first watched
our first Star Wars films, or TV series, or reading books.
- When we're designing-- either for film or for theme park--
the initial process is identical.
We still have to do all the homework in terms of figuring
out what the set is, what the character of the set is,
and what needs to happen in that set.
The big difference is in the actual execution.
For a theme park, we don't know where
the guests are going to go.
It's an unguided experience.
So they may go around the corner and see what's in that room.
We have to be very thorough in terms of everything,
figuring everything out, so that when the guest goes
through there, the illusion of what they're experiencing
is never broken.
- When you step into the land, you
will be transported to a place that you
have never been before, but yet is very familiar.
And every detail helps to reinforce that feeling--
so that characters that you meet,
the buildings, the trees, the places that you go
and the adventures that you go on.
You'll get to fly the Millennium Falcon.
- From the outset of the creation of Star Wars: Galaxy's
Edge, we always knew that we had to deliver an experience based
around the Millennium Falcon.
We know just how important she is, as a character,
in the universe of Star Wars.
And what an amazing opportunity to give our guests--
the ability to not only see the Millennium Falcon,
but actually get the opportunity to control,
to be part of a flight crew, taking the reins of the fastest
hunk of junk in the galaxy.
- That moment that guests get to walk in the park for the first
time, and they finally get to step foot into the Star Wars
that they've always had in their mind--
that they get to have that moment where,
like, I'm finally here.
It's finally a real place.
I can touch it, I can smell it, I can experience it.
That's what's exciting.
That's what's rewarding for us as Imagineers and designers.
And I think the team has done an amazing job.
- You're-- - --watching--
- --"The-- - --Star--
- --Wars-- - --Show."
- Last week, we asked you to show
us your favorite Star Wars dads, and they
were both heartwarming and hilarious.
- Brandon Cullum showed off the X-wing swing set he made
for his kid, while Christine Blessin
showed off some handprint Yodas made for a Father's Day card.
Now, we meant Star Wars characters,
in-universe characters.
But those were both too good to pass up.
- I'll allow it.
Katitude nominated Klik-Klak for taking
care of the last Geonosian egg.
Ryno1343 said Admiral Versio, because of his statue
in his capital city.
And Matt Tuari said Chewbacca, because he
did anything and everything to get home for Life Day.
Plus, Marco D'Andrea gave his shout out to Jabba.
And Bobby Lin gave his vote to the father
of the clone army, Jango Fett.
- But there was one Star Wars dad that
was blowing up the competition.
- No.
- His face was literally exploding all over the hashtag.
- No.
- And that dad is the one and only Bail Organa.
- Thanks to everyone who participated.
And as always, remember to like the videos,
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And remember to chew your food at least
32 times before swallowing.
- Thanks for watching, and may the force be with you.
- This may be the first and only time I've
ever been serious on this show.
- What if it's soup?
- No more and no less than 32 times.
- Even soup?
- Soup, you want to--
[SLURPS] back and forth through your teeth, 32 times.
- What if it's got, like, things in the soup?
- Yeah, that's how you strain it fine enough--
through your teeth.
- How about ice cream?
- Same.
Unless it's rocky road, then you go back to chewing.
I just want to keep you safe.
Don't eat gumball ice cream.
It stays in your belly for 42 years.
- That is a lie.
- It's a 100% truth.
- On season 2-- - It got a big X.
- --science in Star Wars.
- It goes [GROWLS].
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