We’re revealing a brand new Star Wars game on the show today!
SAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!
This week, on The Star Wars Show! Andi sits down with The Big Bang Theory’s
Mayim Bialik! We check out the coolest Star Wars artifacts
at Lucasfilm and much, much more.
Now from the Lucasfilm Headquarters it’s The Star Wars Show!
Hey I’m Anthony Carboni And I’m Andi Gutierrez, welcome the The
Star Wars Show, a show where we only talk about the real, hard hitting news. So get
ready for 10 minutes of discussions about trade deficits and political backstabbing.
Finally an all Phantom Menace episode! Unfortunately not today. Let’s go to the
REAL NEWS. Kicking things off this week with a tiny bit
of ICYMI, since you know, it was a holiday last weekend and you might’ve been away
from the internet, John Boyega gave us a closer look at Finn’s new Blaster from Star Wars:
The Last Jedi on his Instagram. Posted as a Boomerang, you can see Boyega’s
hand squeezing the trigger, igniting a series of LED lights inside.
Boyega wrote, “Proud owner of Finn’s blaster! Thanks @RianCJohnson.”
Which also means, (sirens and flashing lights go off) SOMEOBODY STOLE A PROP FROM THE SET!
I REPEAT SOMEONE STOLE A PROP FROM THE SET! You’re just jealous it wasn’t you
It belongs in a museum! I’m fine.
Stern Pinball has announced that they have made a brand new Star Wars pinball machine
to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film. The new game, designed by legendary pinball
designer Steve Ritchie, and themed around the original trilogy comes in three different
models: Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition. The game features speech and film footage
from the original trilogy, sculpted Millennium Falcon and Tie Fighter toys on the playfield…AND
for those who shell out the extra dough for the LE or Premium will get an exploding death
star as well as two more LCD screens and a hyperspace ramp on the playfield.
AND those who shell out the extra doe for the limited edition or premium, an exploding
Death Star as well as two LCD screens and a hyperspace ramp on the playfield.
Need that! Pricing and availability has not been announced
yet, but I know our producer Scott is probably going to buy one because he’s a giant child
who collects these massive machines. He has a couch, 8 pinball machines and now
a wife!? And a cat. Finally, it’s no secret that we shoot this
show inside of Lucasfilm, but unless you work here and or meticulously go through our opening
frame-by-frame odds are you’ll miss some of the cooler things around our office.
Which is why we decided this week, a full year after the show started, to finally give
you a tour and closer look at some of the awesome things hidden around Lucasfilm.
Let’s go!
Every time I walk into this building to shoot an episode of the show, I am blown away by
the sheer amount of movie props, memorabilia and amazing pieces of film history and I want
to show you some of my favorites. This is obviously a maquette of Maz
“Where’s my boyfriend” This is also a maquette of Maz, this is a
version of Maz that almost happened. So it’s really common for directors to sign
one of the posters but it’s not common for the director to leave special effects notes
for ILM but that’s what Gareth Edwards did as a joke.
My favorite one is “Head way to big compared to the other characters?”
Let’s get these things in scale people. This U-Wing model signed by George Lucas and
then right next to it is an actually slate that still says Star Wars Anthology on it.
Han Solo in carbonate obviously we love that but we’ve seen that.
What have we not seen? Jar in carbonite. “How rude!”
Two fans made it and it hangs here permanently as well as in my heart.
Love this thing so much. This is just a binder in the middle of the
stairwell that has original storyboards and shot notes from Return of the Jedi. That’s
crazy! And this of course is Senator Grebleips the
extra terrestrial senator from Star Wars and nothing else.
You can see his chest lights up exactly the way it does in the meeting with the Galactic
Senate. If only there was way that we could shorten extra terrestrial.
Anyways, this is Senator Grebleips….from Star Wars.
“I think he’s heading for that small moon. That’s no moon.”
Guys this week I am joined in the studio by Mayim Bialik. You might know her as Blossom
as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on Big Bang Theory, real life neuroscientist, geek mom, writer,
multi hyphenated talented lady. Thank you!
Its nice to finally get you here, because you’re such a huge Star Wars fan. Yes!
You came to Star Wars Celebration Anaheim a few years ago correct?
Yeah I think so, I forgot about that. My boys are 8 and 11 so I’ve been trying to kind
of make this a part of their life as soon as possible.
Have their experiences and their processing of Star Wars affected how you perceive things?
Like I’ve talked to people who were like I hate Jar Jar but my kid really likes Jar
Jar. Oh no we wouldn’t allow them to be too big
of a fan of Jar Jar but I think they have a lot of self righteous opinions about 1,2
and 3 vs 4,5 and 6. You know their dad and I love that we have
raised aficionados who have a lot of things to say.
So we’ve been reading through Rock Nation, your site and there’s a lot of talk about
Star Wars and parenting. I’m curious to see how parenting though
Star Wars has changed your relationship to the stories.
Well part of that I credit to our editor Esther Kustanowitz who kind of guides me in particular
in all of our writing an we’ve been really interested in finding ways to kind of use
that as a platform for also helping people understand sort of what it’s like to parent
in this day and age. But also what our kids like are also the things
we like. There are so many lessons to be learned. Obviously
the movies aren’t simply entertainment but there’s a lot of depth to the relationships.
Yeah one of my favorite posts was you asked your boys to tell you what character you would
be. That’s right.
And they lusted everything from Chewbacca to Princess Leia, to Mace Windup.
Yep. What was that like learning those bits about
you. Well I think it’s interesting, it shows a lot of the universal aspects of the characters
that so many of us find so beloved. I’m kind of a C-3PO type so I think that
works really well for my children now that they’re older and kind of have a lot of
judgment about me as a parent. But yeah they make a lot of jokes about me
as Darth Vader. Actually when the Big Bang Theory came out
as a LEGO set, the first thing my son wanted to do was put my head on Darth Vader’s body.
So he took Amy Farah Fowler’s head and he put her right on Darth Vader’s LEGO body.
Now that’s an experience that not many people get
That’s something to tell a therapist I think the general goal and mission of Grow
Nation is that it’s not a typical celerity website space because it’s not.
It’s mainly articles about things that move me or that move Esther or other writers that
write for us. The basic notion was to look at things deeper
and that even if we don’t agree on the things we’re talking about between readers and
writers, the idea is to present information in a way so that there is a flavor that can
be understood in a new way. And right now you’re on a book tour?
I’m on a book tour for Girling Up, for 10-18 year old girls and it’s kind of a scientific
perspective on growing up female. We just hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller
list which is very exciting for us. It’s really a book about my experience growing
up female and different. Pretty sure there’s a couple Star Wars references
in there too. So where can friends go if they want to find
out more about what you’re up to these days. Grok Nation.com has a lot of information and
I guess that’s pretty much the place where we talk about everything. And I’m on Twitter
and Instagram @missmayim Cool well thank you so much for coming by!
Of course it was an absolute pleasure to have you here.
Thank you.
(cartoony music)
What an enlightening episode. I don’t know about you but I feel better
about myself and the world in general after experiencing this weeks episode first hand.
Yes. Quite.
OKAY! Well since this is the part of the show we want hear from you, we want to know what
your favorite #StarWarsGamz are. That was a sudden jerk of the wheel. Also
are you saying games? It’s how the cool teens say it.
I don't know if it is. Just power through it.
Fine. Send us your favorite Star Wars game using the hash tag Star Wars Gamz, with a
z and no e, also in all caps, and we might just feature it here on the show next week
during our EA Play preview. Thanks for watching and as always may the
Force be with you.
GAMZ
You wear a loud jacket and loud shoes! Can you guys hear any of this?
Are you picking up any of this on the microphone? Are my bracelets a little loud today?
Tell me if you’re getting any of this