- This week, we're sitting down with the cast of "Star Wars:
The Rise of Skywalker" to talk about the weird things
their faces have been on.
- Plus a new comic book is coming,
and some more of that "Vader Immortal"
goodness for your face.
- Go to the intro.
Go, go, go!
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- This is the Star Wars Show.
From the Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco,
here's you hosts Andi and Anthony.
- Hello, and welcome to The Star Wars Show,
the only live action Star Wars show
that everyone is talking about.
- That is untrue.
- Doesn't matter.
Just roll with it.
- OK.
E. K. Johnston-- you know, she wrote that very good Padmé book
last year, "Queen's Shadow."
Well, she's back with a brand new novel.
- Entitled "Queen's Peril," the book is a prequel
to "Queen's Shadow" and focuses on Padmé's life at the time she
was first elected, leading up to the events
of "The Phantom Menace."
- "Queen's Peril" will be released in 2020.
And for more on the novel, including an interview with
author E. K. Johnston and closer look at the cover art,
check out starwars.com/sws.
- Star Wars released a series of new videos
over the weekend for "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
- The first was the new TV spot followed by an emotional two
and a half minute video looking back
at the entire Skywalker saga and how
it affected culture at large.
- Also released was a 30 second clip where Rey and the crew
try to escape a band of First Order troopers on Pasaana
only to discover that they fly now.
- You can watch all the clips right
now on youtube.com/starwars.
And speaking of how Star Wars has influenced culture,
"Star Wars Families" is a new photojournalism
collaboration between Lucasfilm and the British
Journal of Photography.
The project is sponsored by eBay and features families
from countries like Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Italy,
Japan, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United
States, and will show off portraiture captured
by 10 unique photographers.
Starwarsfamilies.com launches on December 2.
- And for more breaking news from around the galaxy,
check out starwars.com/sws.
- You know what Andi? [SIGHS]
- What's that?
- I'm sick of the stuff we have on our shelves here.
- Well, yeah.
But-- I mean, what are we going to do about it?
- This.
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[GLASS SHATTERING]
[DROID YELLS]
You thinking what I'm thinking?
- The following segment is paid for by our friends at eBay.
- For years, the Star Wars Show set
has been using current and vintage toys
to decorate its shelves.
- Some of these items are priceless and rare.
Sorry.
And some are just downright strange.
- So when it comes to finding Star Wars merchandise you can't
find anywhere else, you'd likely head
to eBay, where you can find 42 years worth of Star
Wars stuff of all kinds.
- That's why our good friends at eBay
have agreed to give each of us $1,000
to buy items from eBay that we can decorate our shelves with.
- We only have $1,000 and can't go over.
- Of course. $1,000.
Can't go over.
- Anthony, we can't go over.
- I heard you the first time, Andrea.
- The winner will be who bought the best stuff
and will be determined by a panel
of judges of only ourselves.
- That is both fair and impartial.
- And the buying begins now.
- OK.
Going to start recreating Jabba's palace.
Ooh.
Definitely going to need a Max Rebo.
- Don't forget Droopy McCool.
- I would never forget Droopy McCool.
- Oh, big Zam Wesell
- Zam was not in Jabba's palace, he said pushing up his glass.
- (SINGING) She is now.
Ooh, Chesko Sebulba.
You're coming to Jabba's palace, too.
- OK.
Well, if that's how it's going to be,
Shadows of the Empire Bounty Hunter Chewy.
- Wow. - Yeah.
Why not?
Bring your giant shoulders to the Jabba party.
We're definitely going to need the old arcade game.
I'm sure it was in Jabba's palace somewhere.
Yo, it's 5,000 bucks.
Call eBay and see if I can get an extra $4,295.
- That's not how this works.
Jar Jar holding a clock.
Done.
- Jar Jar holding anything. - Yeah.
You're going to have to speed up if you're going to beat me.
- It's about quality, not speed.
- Yeah, but I'm going to get there first.
- And that's why I'm getting this Prince Xizor.
[LAUGHS]
- I want roller skates.
- Are those real?
- Yeah, they're spectacular and mine.
- Here's a fun fact.
Did you know that you could get Death Star plans for $20?
You don't even need a covert mission.
You get free shipping.
- Imagine that.
- Check out this naked Admiral Ackbar with abs.
- Wow.
- It's the head of a brilliant Mong Cala military strategist
and the body of an Instagram influencer.
- More like Admiral Ackbar.
- Yo, it turns out that $1,000 each is a lot of things.
- It is. All right.
Let's see what we got.
- Oh, my prince!
- Wow.
- True love's kiss with my prince.
- We got (SINGING) Darth Vader Potato Head.
- I remember when the Darth Tater came out.
And it was a huge deal.
- I had Polly Pockets, but I never had a Jabba
the Hutt head Polly Pocket.
I want to take this one home.
Darth Robot Vacuum.
It's nice that we actually have a robot
that will do a real job now.
- Oh, now you want to take pride in your work?
I've barely seen you all season, dude.
[ROBOT WHISTLES]
We found all these amazing things on eBay.
- Yeah.
I think we did pretty well.
- But there is something that we bought
that you can only find on eBay.
And that is this variant cover for "Star Wars 75."
- I think it looks pretty good.
Got some gems up there.
Beautiful.
- You know, I ordered one more thing,
and I don't know where it is. Let me see.
It's not done yet. Hold on.
- What are you doing?
- Here it is.
That's what was missing.
- We already have one of those.
- Oh, you're right.
We do already have one of these.
I guess I'll have to bring this extra one home with me.
- You planned that. Whatever.
I won.
- Yep, you're the winner, Andi.
Clearly you won this one.
I'm so sad to have lost.
- How are you getting that home?
- He's flying business.
I'm flying coach.
- I would pay the rest of my eBay money to watch that.
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We have Ben Snow here, the director of the "Vader
Immortal" series from ILMxLAB.
And so excited to have you here because I just
finished Episode III at home.
And it's very exciting.
It's such a cool thing that you've gotten to work on.
I'd love to hear a little bit about how
that project has changed.
- Well, in Episode I, we didn't really
know how much experience people would have in virtual reality.
So it's sort of introducing people to the idea of the space
and also the interactions.
And you get to use a lightsaber.
And then in Episode II, we give you the Force on top of that.
By the time of Episode III, we kind of assume you're
a little comfortable in VR.
So it gives us a lot more freedom.
- Well, I want to talk a little bit about directing for VR
because it's such a new realm of storytelling.
What are some of the interesting things
about directing in that space?
- It's really interesting.
And it was kind of hard to grasp because the player
kind of has complete control.
They could be looking in the opposite direction than when
your character's talking.
And you don't want them sort of missing what
Darth Vader is going to say.
So we use things like lighting and even the art direction
on the scene to try and focus your attention
where we want your attention.
We'll dim the lights at the back of the ship
because we don't want you looking back there
until we are ready for you to.
In general, we try and make it feel as if your coming
along with a story of your own.
- So you know, you get to face off with a TIE fighter
this time around, which is a super cool callback
to the "Rogue One" trailer.
And it's something that I think people have had in their minds
is a story that they would love to experience.
I'd love to know about what bits of the story
you are particularly fond of.
- I really like using lightsaber and wielding the lightsaber.
I like the sound of it.
When you lift it up to your ear, it sounds like you imagine.
And there's no real other way of experiencing a lightsaber.
Like, people do practical lightsaber combat,
and it's cool.
But it's not what it looks like in the movies.
This is as close as you can get to what
it would be like in the films.
And then you sort of learn the force in Episode II
of "Vader Immortal."
And now in Episode III, you get to throw Stormtroopers around.
And there's something pretty fun about that.
- It's very satisfying.
- Yeah.
- So there are some other lightsabers
that players can encounter.
I'd love to hear about how they were incorporated and why.
- OK.
Well, alongside the main story narrative,
there's a thing we call Lightsaber Dojo.
And that's basically if you like combat,
you can just go for round after round fighting.
And we give you little rewards after you
complete certain levels or if you do well.
And that includes different levels of lightsaber.
So we have all your favorite lightsabers.
We have Kylo Ren's lightsaber.
We have Luke's saber.
One of the other things that we introduced in the Lightsaber
Dojo is dual wield.
And we also have Darth Maul's double ended lightsaber.
- Oh, cool.
- And of course, you can still throw sabers.
And throwing two dual wield lightsabers,
you feel pretty invincible.
- You know, growing up through the '90s, there
were a lot of times where people tried to make VR a thing.
And it just wasn't quite there yet.
You know, the tech wasn't there.
And it just sort of went away.
And I feel like I got an Oculus headset because of this.
- Yeah.
- Now you're finally being able to tell stories in that place.
And it seems more sustainable.
- I think the Oculus Quest, which
is the main release platform for this,
it's as easy to use as a phone.
Just go on the store and download the content.
And actually, until the end of January,
they're giving Vader Immortal away.
If you buy a new Oculus Quest, you get
all three episodes for free.
- People won't have an excuse now.
It's the perfect time.
- If you want to play it and if you're a Star Wars fan,
this is your chance. - Yeah.
It's super cool. Awesome.
Well, thank you so much for coming by.
Such a pleasure.
- Thank you very much. - You're--
- --watching-- - --the--
- --Star-- - --Wars--
- --show.
- Star Wars has a long and colorful history
of having unique products.
- Yeah.
Your face has been on a lot of things, John.
I don't know if you've noticed. - Yeah.
Yeah. I have.
- So I want to see how good you are
at determining which ones are real
and the ones that are fake.
- OK.
- It's your job to be able to recognize a properly licensed
Star Wars product in the wild.
- That is a very important thing to do.
- It is.
So this is part of your employee training.
- I thought I'd already done all of the work.
But it looks like there's more training to be had.
- We're going to start off here with these Rey banking checks.
- Fake.
- Those are very real. - Really?
- Yeah.
You should get them.
People are paying their rents with your face.
- I prefer to receive a check with my face on it.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
- This is a commemorative silver dollar.
- That's fake.
That's got to be fake.
- This is very real. - What?
- This is very real.
- What am I spending it on?
Endor?
We're coming tonight.
- Look at this beautiful-- - Oh, my God.
A clock.
- --Star Wars clock.
- I could see that being real. - Yeah?
- I'm so sure. - You so sure.
You're right. - Ooh!
- You're right. - Ooh!
- [LAUGHS] - Yes!
- All right.
So we've got this little BB-8 Poe Valentine lollipop.
- I'm going to say real. - That is real.
- Yeah.
- We have the eau Lando cologne.
- I feel like that had to be real at some point.
If it's not real, someone's got to make it soon.
- This is actually real.
I have a bottle of it. - With the cape.
- With the cape. Oh, yeah.
I've got these very hip Rey goggle sunglasses.
- Probably true.
- Which I would totally wear to Burning Man if they were real.
They are fake.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
- Did you superimpose it on there?
- Mm-hmm. Good job, Tony.
- Good job.
- These are some licensed "Empire Strikes Back" tissues.
- Mm-mm. - No?
- I don't think they're real. - You're right.
I was trying to mislead you.
- Ooh, I'm good at this.
I like being good at games.
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- This is an R2-D2 aquarium.
- Nah.
That doesn't exist.
- How big is it?
Tell me that.
- 8 and 1/2 by 11.
- [LAUGHS]
- That's fake.
That's absolutely not real.
- I'll send you one. You want one?
- What? - Yeah.
- What?
- And I'm so sad that I didn't know about it
because I kind of need it now.
- You can buy this?
Let's check eBay immediately.
- Yeah, seriously.
- We have some Finn fins for swimming.
- That's funny, but I don't think they're real.
- Finn fins. - I feel like these are real.
- It's a good pun.
- You can't have Finn fins.
- If they weren't real before, they're about to be real now.
- [LAUGHS] - All right.
We've got a Poe globe.
- That's real.
- I feel like that exists.
- Probably true.
- This is fake.
- Oh!
Was this another Tony creation?
- It's a Poe globe. I get it.
The pun. It's not real.
You know how I know?
Whenever there's a pun, it's fake.
- I've got the "Star Wars: the Force Awakens" bounce
house featuring Rey and BB-8.
- Is that real?
- That is real.
- Of all the things I was given by Start Wars,
I was never given a bounce house.
So I'm now expecting a bounce house.
- We've got some C-3PO salad tongs.
- Let's see that.
It's a good idea.
- I'm just going to trust my instinct.
I feel like it's real.
- [INHALES] Your first miss.
- No!
- Your first miss.
- We've got this very tasteful C-3PO tape dispenser.
- That's terrifying.
So I'd say it's real.
- That is bizarre.
He looks like he's in a compromised position.
- That's real.
- What are you doing to him when you take the tape, you know?
That's what I'm wondering.
Is he excited or terrified or maybe a little bit of both?
- The question is would I want that in my house.
Obviously, yes. (LAUGHING) I'm going to say it's real.
- This is real.
- Oh, my goodness.
Now, tell me how much did John get.
How many did he get wrong?
- Here's the thing.
I'm going to tell you the same thing we've told everyone else.
We're not keeping score.
Only you are keeping score.
This is not a win or lose situation.
- Did I win?
- Do you need to hear that you won?
- Yeah.
- Then you won.
- Thanks, man.
[LAUGHTER]
- Phew.
Well, that was an exhilarating romp through the Star Wars
galaxy, huh? - Yeah.
I just want to wrap this up so I can dive headfirst
into an overstuffed bird and celebrate all the things
that I'm thankful for.
- OK.
Speaking of thankful, we want to thank you for watching
this week and every week.
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And if you're looking for a topic of conversation
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over Thanksgiving dinner, talk about Star Wars.
Everybody always agrees on Star Wars.
- Thanks for watching.
And may the Force be with you.
- Always.
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- Canned or fresh cranberry sauce?
- Oh, I make my own. [BEEP]
- It should look like a log.
And children should go, why do we call it sauce?
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- I got one of those real cool onion chopper things.
I'm going to put through that and cube it.
- Woo!
Cranberry sauce cubes.
- Oh, man.
Think of the applications.
- You're welcome.
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