This week we are talking Solo, new movies, and
we finally get up close and personal with some priceless Lucasfilm artifacts.
Uh…
Spoilers, they did not let us touch anything.
Probably for the best.
This is The Star Wars Show!
From the Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco, here’s your hosts, Andi and Anthony!
What’s up everybody, and welcome to The Star Wars Show, the only Star Wars Show on
the internet that is really having a hard time coming up with something to talk about this week.
Yeah, it’s like been REALLY slow around the office.
There’s like nothing Star Wars related to talk about this week.
Yeah, we should probably just end the episode now and go home.
Mhmmm, yup.
JK my babies, hit me with that news transition!
Yesterday during an earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that there will be more
Star Wars on the way in the very near future.
In addition to news that there is not just one but a few television series in development he
shared that David Benioff and DB Weiss, the executive producers and creators of the Game
of Thrones television series, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films separate
from both the Skywalker saga and Rian Johnson’s recently announced trilogy.
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy stated,
In a joint statement, Behioff and Weiss said,
And that’s actually really, really exciting.
Also, just in case they need a quick primer, in Star Wars, walkers are giant mechanical
beasts that like to hang out on ice.
But they are not ice people.
I find them both very scary but different things entirely.
I’m so glad you cleared that up for me.
Yeah, I do what I can.
On Sunday during the legally approved term for the sporting match known as “The Big Game”
or “Superb Owl,” viewers were treated to their first look at Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Then, on Monday, BAM!
We got the full teaser, with looks at Han, Lando, Qi’ra, Chewie, and more!
But you know what we found interesting?
The Millennium Falcon.
It, uh, it looks a little different than it has in the past.
Cleaner.
I think the word you’re looking for is cleaner.
The version of the Falcon we see in the teaser is actually the closest we’ve ever seen
to what a brand new or well taken care of version of the Corellian freighter would look.
The design was heavily inspired by early Ralph McQuarrie designs, with the sleek, sharp look.
As well as having the radar dish pointing up, the single gun on top, and of course a
slick, blue paint job.
But the Solo mania doesn’t stop there.
Four brand new teaser posters were also released this week.
Each sporting an old school western feel, the posters feature Solo, Chewie, Lando, and Qi’ra.
Heroically posing inside color coordinating locations from the film, with the Falcon being
chased by three TIE Fighters below.
Cosplayers, get to your sewing machines!
And that same new falcon, you may have noticed is on the shirt I’m wearing this week.
That’s because Star Wars: Force for Change is returning to the Disney parks later this
month with new shirts and pins for adults and children featuring the Solo: A Star Wars Story logo.
These new designs join the logo design currently available in the parks and best of all, 25%
of all retail sales will be donated to Unicef USA in support of Unicef Kid Power.
For more information be sure to check out ForceForChange.com
Finally, whenever there is a new teaser or trailer for a new Star Wars film we like to
gather your reactions so we can all share in your joy and excitement together, like
one big happy Star Wars family.
So now, without further ado, here are your reactions to the Solo: A Star Wars story.
Enjoy!
Hey everybody!
Joonas Suotamo here, about to watch the Solo trailer.
Uhh...
Really excited about it and here we go.
Woo!
Oooh, I’m really excited for this.
I’ve been running scams on the street since I was ten.
Oh, man!
Ooooh, he looks good!
Oh dang.
Nice, nice!
Kicked out of the Flight Academy…
For having a mind of my own.
Oh my God!
I’m gonna be a pilot.
Yes, you will be a pilot!
Oh, the Falcon.
The best pilot ever!
Hey, kid.
I’m putting together a crew!
Woody!
Yes!
Oh my God!
You in?
[Wookiee roar]
Chewie!
That’s yes.
[Laughing]
Woah, whaa?
I might be the only person.
Woo!
Ooooh!
Who know’s…
Woah, who that?
[Laughing]
That thing is vicious.
What you really are.
Yes!
Wow!
What's that?
Woah!
A scoundrel!
[Laughing]
Oh, s%#t!
Oh my word!
Get ready!
Bam, bam, bam, bam!
Ooooh!
I thought we were in trouble there for a second.
But it’s fine, we’re fine.
[Laughing]
[Screaming]
Oh, man!
Oh my God!
Yes!
Looks fun, looks fun.
[Porg noise]
Most common questions I’ve gotten.
Do you ever just go and play with the blasters?
Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew!
[Off camera] And the answer is?
No!
[Off camera] Liar!
I never do!
[Off camera] Liar!
[Lauging]
My name is Madyln Burkert and I am Lucasfilm’s collections and exhibitions archivist.
In a lot of places being an archivist means working with a collection of objects that
may never need to be used again.
Their purpose may be limited to being on display or being photographed for research and reference.
And while we do do that with our collection of Star Wars artifacts, there’s also everyday
the chance that they may need to be used in a film again.
Here we have Finn’s jacket.
This is from Episode 7.
This is the pre-lightsaber injury Finn jacket.
I went to graduate school for Library Science.
I asked myself, “where would you want to work for free?”
The answer to that was the Jim Henson Company.
This kind of opened up the doors to contacts in different film studios.
And in the summer of 2011 I was a Jedi Academy intern working in the film archive up at Skywalker Ranch.
Turns out when Lucasfilm was looking to create a new collection after they started making
new films they needed an archivist and that became me.
These are kyber crystal cases, this is from Rogue One.
Their considered background but for background the details are pretty amazing.
No day is the same as the day before.
One day we might be working with some high end licenses.
Another day I might be somewhere else in the world setting up a display.
And other days it might just be collection maintenance and upkeep.
When looking at the artifacts, it’s incredible to see movie magic at work.
So you’ll look at something that’s onscreen and looks incredibly complex and in real life
it may be that there’s no back to it or that the materials used might be something
that is available at a hardware store.
On the other hand there are some incredibly intricately created objects that the full
extent of never gets seen on screen.
It’s really neat to be able to not only to see those for myself but also to share
it with other people.
This is Captain Phasma’s rifle.
So this is her hero version.
So this would be one that could be featured for close ups, it’s properly weighted.
One of the unsung things about working in an archive is often it’s you and a lot of objects.
So occasionally you might turn a corner and forget that the day before you left a shoretrooper somewhere.
[Laughing]
One example of the type of type of project that myself and my team would participate
in is we often are invited to showcase our objects at various Comic Cons.
This past year we were lucky enough to work on a Star Wars themed booth for The Last Jedi
that was at New York Comic Con.
We set up several costumed mannequins, we had some helmets on hand.
There are definitely some moments that I take a look at some of these objects and I cannot
quite believe that I’m seeing them for myself.
One object that I find incredibly cool is Kelly Marie Tran’s ring that she wears in The Last Jedi.
The fact that it actually opens and articulates, that kind of blew me away.
It’s incredibly cool.
I always thought that it would be really neat to do something related to preserving the
legacy of film and sort of celebrating films history.
There’s a need to take care of these kinds of collections.
So the fact that I can be the guardian of objects that are so celebrated celebrated
by so many people in the world makes it all that much more fun.
You’re watching The Star Wars Show.
Last week we asked about your favorite Star Wars Experience
Lucas Colmenares on YouTube said, “Sitting in a room last year with hundreds of Star
Wars fans, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, etc. listening to the master, John
Williams silence a room and conduct a full orchestra.
Goose bumps just thinking about it.”
Republic of Jeff said his favorite Star Wars experience was getting engaged to his fiancé
at Star Wars Celebration in front of the 3 Fetts, and @DapperFett said his favorite was
watching his wife walk down the aisle to “Han Solo and the Princess” at their wedding.
And finally Matty Potter shared his story of camping out for 5 days in Chicago for Episode I,
saving the day one evening by bringing a tarp to shield the fans from a torrential downpour.
And with that, we wrap up another fun filled episode of The Star Wars Show.
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My baby!
[Off camera] JK my babies!
Do not make “my babies” a thing!
I think it already happened when you weren’t paying attention.
That’s your catch phrase.
[Off camera] Yeah!
Hey babies!
[Off camera] Wooo!
Wooooo!