This week, on The Star Wars Show!
Peter sits down with voice of Ezra, Taylor Gray!
Andi gets a surprise from the Mandalorian Mercs And much, much more
Now from the Lucasfilm Headquarters it’s The Star Wars Show!
Hello I’m Peter Townley And I’m Andi Gutierrez welcome to The Star
Wars Show, a show that if we play our cards right, could be as big of a resume builder
for Chopper as Star Wars Rebels.
Seriously, read the credits.
26 and counting on IMDB!
Now roll the transition!
Before we signed off last week we asked to see your #SpookyStarWars outfits and pumpkins
and as it turns out, Star Wars fans do Halloween right!
Rey and Kylo seemed to be a huge draw for cosplayers
But if we’re going by pure numbers (according to our non-scientific hashtag submission system),
Ahsoka was the clear fan favorite for costumes this year.
There was full grown Ahsoka, pintsized Ahsoka, a Madalorian Ahsoka, and an Ahsoka pumpkin
Let's not forget about all the BB-8 pumpkins, kylo pumpkins, and inquisitor pumpkins.
Ah, but Andi, let's really not forget about the best costume of the year.
What’s that?
Michael Calleia’s Dave Filoni and Andi Gutierrez cosplay!
You’ve arrived Andi! People are dressing up as you now!
I sure have! Achievement unlocked.
Speaking of costumes, I learned a very important lesson
What’s that?
If you aren’t the biggest fan of something and you go on YouTube, and say that
You don't care so much for Boba Fett
What’s your favorite bounty hunter?
Um, not Boba Fett.
I’m really not a Boba Fett fan.
Why don’t you like Boba Fett?
No!
He’s so overrated.
Well apparently, after that you’ll be REWARDED WITH A CUSTOM MADE COSTUME as an act of revenge?!
I don’t know!
That’s not how revenge works Well that’s how it worked this time when
the San Francisco chapter of The Mandalorian Mercs, Wolves of Mandalore, saw the episode
of our show and decided that I should be gifted with an absolutely incredible, custom made
Mandalorian suit of armor.
So, I was invited to a Mandalorian Armor Party, and then, well, watch what happened:
All right guys, I can barely contain my excitement right now it is time for me to get fitted
for my armor and I’m about to walk into a Mando Mercs armor party
Lets go!
What do we have on the schedule for today?
What are we doing?
Well today we’re going to measure out and do some final fittings of the soft parts
So your jumpsuit and your vest So we’re going to get this on you now and
get it fitted Ah, I’m so excited
We’ve been working for a while now but we’re really excited
We have people here ready to work and we’ll take you outside and we’ll do some shaping
of armor The way we start is we find the right size
collar then measure the plates down and cut down accordingly
Right now we are using the heat guns to heat up the foam core so it can be molded to my
body And as it cools, it hardens and makes an awesome
shell I love seeing this process, I knew a lot of
work went into making these kits but I never understood the process.
Pooh, yeah.
That feels good.
We have the helmet and this is basically it.
That’s so cool.
I’m like getting really emotional I’m sorry.
Awesome well the shaping is completely done and we’re ready for prime and paint
I can’t wait for it It was great we had a blast.
I’m sitting down with Taylor Gray, the voice of Ezra Bridger on Star Wars Rebels
Taylor!
Thanks so much for coming on the show Dude, thanks for having me.
This place is amazing So we got Star Wars Rebels Season 3 happening
now, are you excited to see how people are reacting to it?
Stoked.
I mean that’s the most fun part of it all is you make it and it goes away and its animated
and everything for so long and then it comes out
As we’re already so far down the line, and you see the fan’s reactions and then that’s
when it all comes real and you’re like, this is amazing.
They have their theories as to what’s going on or what’s to come
So many theories There’s a theory for everything.
And them trying to explain every little, their hair blows, why did that happen?
I didn’t even know that was going to happen Every single choice gets examined on a very
fine level But that’s the beautiful thing about Star
Wars; you get all of these storylines You’re like, whoa.
How did you get to that?
People are invested and the characters mean something to everybody.
It’s just so fun.
But it’s funny, as soon as I start growing my hair out, they chop Ezra’s
And now he’s got a little buzzcut.
Perfect timing.
You were talking about the investment in the characters too, that’s one of the things
that so great about Rebels but I think Ezra in particular.
Because we’re getting to watch him kind of grow up on the show.
Its been amazing to have a character that has been yours and you’ve helped develop
last this long.
Dave Filoni in particular, had such a vision and told us what he wanted to do with the
character and said, it’s yours.
Make of it what you will.
Starting at a younger age, Ezra has gotten older and grown up and matured.
Learned how to be a Jedi, which that is one of the cooler character arcs you can ever
take.
It’s been really cool following this character through the whole journey
How have you grown with working with the cast and crew of Rebels?
It’s been amazing, and there are multiple layers of at one,
Vanessa and Steve.
They are veterans of voice over; this is the first voice over thing I’ve ever done.
The other side of that is that it’s been very cool working with Dave learning story
and learning everything about Star Wars, unbelievable.
And Freddy and I have developed this really close relationship right away.
I’ve now realized that part of it was his clairvoyance, whatever you want to call it
that he was like, I need to start perpetuating this relationship now and doing things as
a mentor.
Like, do that on your own and see what happens and I’ll tell you why I think that worked
or why it didn’t work Yeah
This really cool bond formed, this older brother, pseudo father type of thing which is exactly
what happens in the show.
Are there some places in Rebels that we’ve seen so far in the first couple of seasons
where you really grew while you were doing the role?
Yep, when we touched on the emotional outcome with what happened with his parents that was
a nice step up of growing the character and so me as an actor feeling like we’ve moved
to the next step.
Also, everything dealing with the Dark Side and balancing that, the relationship with
Maul, the temptation that comes with that.
The end of Season 2, that was really cool.
That was the biggest Some heavy stuff
I’d say that was the biggest leap Taylor, thank you so much for being on the
show You’re the man, thanks so much for having
me Thanks for coming and talking Star Wars
So cool, so cool.
We got more Star Wars Show coming up right now
Its finally here, all of that hard work and all of that time you guys put into it it’s
finally ready to suit up and I cant even get over how beautiful the box is.
I can’t wait to see what’s inside it, thank you guys so much.
You’re welcome, try it on!
Lets do this.
That has got to be one of the
coolest feelings in the world.
Thank you guys so much for all your hard work and time, and everything
I’m sorry So what do you think of Mandalorians now?
I have nothing but respect for the culture and I am so honored to be wearing this armor
Thank you so much, everybody.
Alright everyone, buckets on!
Stick around there will be more Star Wars Show in just a second
Oh yeah!
Hey everyone, Kaitlyn Marshall here at Lucasfilm’s 5th Annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival
Artists and employees have come out to draw some of their favorite Star Wars and non Star
Wars characters right here on the sidewalk in front of Lucasfilm.
John, what are you looking for here as a judge?
I’m looking for the whole picture I’m looking for creativity, originality,
sense of humor and quality of execution I’m here with this year’s winners, Max
Dumbo Band How long did it take you to make this square?
We each pitched in about 8-10 hours So we worked pretty much to 1am last night
Long night We were here with the raccoons
Do you have anything to admit; maybe the raccoons were invoked in the creation of this square?
I can neither confirm nor deny that.
Another great year at the Lucasfilm Sidewalk Chalk Festival
Too bad this one didn’t win
So wait, let me get this straight one last time, if I want to get something incredibly
awesome, all I have to do is come on this show and say
it's overrated?
Pretty much, I guess.
Well in that case I think now would be a good time to state publicly that the thing I think is most overrated
is new cars and suitcases full of unmarked small bills.
I don’t think the people who can provide that for you are watching the show.
You never know!
You know what else is overrated? Endless vacations and sprawling mansions
Good luck with that Peter.
And, be sure to check out The Star Wars After Show presented by Verizon,
where I gather a panel of Lucasfilm employees to break down all the happenings in this week's
episode of The Star Wars Show.
Watch it this Thursday and every Thursday on YouTube.com/Verizon.
Thanks for watching and may the force be with you.
You know what else I think is overrated? Custom double bladed lightsabers
Oh! Really?
The worst.