This week on the Star Wars Show!
We sit down with pro skater Lizzie Armanto!
Andi learns how to fight like a Jedi
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 where the props on our set are worth more than our lives.
Sad but very true. Let’s go to the news!
Last year, Star Wars.com produced a live stream during Star Wars Celebration Anaheim where
we gave the fans at home unprecedented access to panels, guests, and events Celebration
had to offer. Which is why The Star Wars Show is very excited
to announce that we’re doing it again this year!
Beginning Friday, July 15th and concluding on Sunday July 17th during the closing ceremonies,
we will be streaming The Star Wars Show Live, from Star Wars Celebration Europe on Star
Wars.com and our YouTube channel.
The stream will be hosted by Peter and me, and will host tons of Star Wars celebrity
guests, unforgettable panels, including the Rogue One panel presented by Verizon, interviews
with Star Wars creators, and most importantly an opportunity to hang out with you, the fans
during this incredible event. More details will be coming soon, including
a full rundown of our show schedule, so make sure to check StarWars.com in the coming days
for more information. How excited at you?
Very. First time at Celebration. First time in London.
Celebration is the BEST! So excited!
It’s gonna be awesome. And while we’re on the subject of Star Wars
and conventions, this summer marks the 40th anniversary of the very first Star Wars panel
from the MidAmericon in Kansas City , Missourri. This summer to celebrate, the World Science
Fiction Convention is throwing a MidAmericacon II recreating the panel that started it all,
including some of the same guests who took part in the first panel.
For more check out midamericon2.org
In book news, we are very excited to reveal
the cover for the third and final novel in the Aftermath Trilogy, Aftermath: Empire’s End.
The book, written by Chuck Wendig is currently
available for pre-order and will be available on store shelves January 31st, 2017.
Finally this week, we asked you to tell us what characters from Star Wars you wanted
to see turned into action figures. A lot of you had great suggestions like Curt Wedin
who said, “Pablo Hidalgo definitely needs an action figure.”
Which I completely agree with. Yeah, he could have like a coffee cup accessory…
Oh, naturally. And technically, since he was and extra in Revenge of the Sith
named Janu Godalhi, he’s canon. Well as it turns out, Hasbro has just announced
fan voting on which character from the Star Wars universe should be the next to be created
for the super detailed black series. Oh.
Got something. “Except for new characters from Rogue One.
They are excluded form this contest.” Okay.
Fan Voting is now open at the following websites for the Hasbro Star Wars Fan Figure Vote,
and may we humbly submit our votes for KITSTER! Please, please, make a Kitster action figure!
Think of all the cool things he could do! He could have a button that makes him say,
“Wizard!” He could, have another button that makes him
miss high fives! Oh! High Five inaction!
Oh!!! So close!
For more details on the fan voting pleas check out the links in the description.
And with Celebration two weeks away and all the cosplaying I plan on doing, I thought
it would behoove me to learn how to properly swing a lightsaber around like Daisy Ridley
does both in the movies and on her wonderful Instagram.
So, I contacted Ryan Clifford from the Golden Gate Temple division
of the Saber Guild to teach me the ways of the Jedi.
And you did it without me…. Yeah….sorry.
So jealous.
Hey, Ryan…Andi! How’s it going?
Andi! Nice to meet you Good So what are we gonna do today?
Here’s your lightsaber We’re gonna get you started and learn some
saber choreography the basic is the first forward spin, a simple
forward motion... Right. Like this?
Yeah! You got that down You can combine them into a figure 8 spin
Do the forward spin just with the blade going behind your back
Ow!
Agh!
You’re getting it!
It’s going to be a long day, I’m sorry.
To get the full Obi/Ani plum blossom
spin, you can do the forward figure 8 to the front and then as you come back, you’re
actually going to do the forward spin and rotate it a half turn one more time then rotate
your hips and whip it around the front
I can do that! I can do that part!
There we go Alright!
Much better Kind of what Daisy Ridley did in her Instagram
video, it starts with this palm blossom spin and as she comes around, she follows the blade
around There ya go! You can start adding in other
moves, various spins, flourishes, strikes…its an easy piece that we can throw in a bit of choreography.
[Epic lightsaber battle sounds]
[Force push sound, very scary.]
We’re the 2016 San Fancisco 49ers Rookie Class here at Lucasfilm.
[Wookiee ROAR] And you’re watching The Star Wars Show.
[Cheers]
Welcome back, today we are joined by Lizzie Armanto, one of the top rated female skateboarders
in the world. She just finished up the Summer X Games in Austin and came home with a silver
medal, which is amazing. Thank you for joining us!
Thank you!
You started skateboarding in 2007 so, in your short career you’ve kinda racked up quite
a list of accolades. Can you tell me the story about how you came to wear the R2-D2 swimsuit
I remember I saw the R2-D2 swimsuit and I eventually got it and then like, now that I have it,
its like holy and I like, I can’t ruin it
But you wore it a pretty big competition and you ended up winning right?
Yeah. Dude I was like scared to wear it there because I was like, “I don’t want to mess
it up! Like, I really like it.” Can you tell me a little about how you fell
in love with Star Wars and how its played a role in your life?
I basically grew up with it and after seeing it so many times, my parents were in to it,
I was in to it and my mom took us out to see the prequel ones when they started to come
out So as a fan, what characters inspire you?
I thought it was cool how Rey was like, is the main character for the new movie. Her
journey of growing up and finding what she wanted to do. She was so set on like “this
is my life, this is what I’m gonna do” and then she went through all these trials
That’s great! That’s kind of exactly what you’re doing right now
So where can we see you competing next? I’ll be at the US Open in July, I’m going
to be competing at the Vans contest there That a couple years ago I wore the R2D2 swimsuit
to Well, thanks again for coming by. It was so
much fun to show you around and surprise you this morning and best of luck next month at
the US Open. And we will be back with more Star Wars Show
in just a second
Matt Lieb here! In beautiful Union Square, San Francisco.
Now we know all you hardcore fans out there know every little factoid about Star Wars
but what about every day people? What do they know? What trivia can they answer?
Come. Check it out!
Finish this quote, “fear leads to anger,
anger leads to hate, hate leads to…” Death
“Hate leads to…”
Assassination
“Hate leads to…” Good stuff
Good stuff?! Best thing about hate, leads to “good stuff”
What is the name of Luke and Leia’s mother?
They had a mother?
Everyone has a mother. Hey you wanna answer some questions about
Star Wars? The little, tiny bear creatures…do you remember
the name of the creature?
Minions
Leia says to Han, “I love you” and then Han Solo says what in response?
[BEEP] How does Han respond?
I know.
And you even did it into the camera!
Has someone ever told you “I love you” before?
Yeah! Everybody How did you respond to them?
OHKAY!
What is the name of Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker’s father?
Darth Vader!
Anakin Skywalker? Vader, the Chosen One Whats his name before he became Darth Vader
Anakin Skywalker! You’re the secret Star Wars nerd in the
bunch! You know everything there is about it
I’m trying to, ya feel me…shoutout to George Lucas!
Shoutout to George Lucas.
This was a very Andi-centric episode!
Hey man, just enjoy that downtime because Celebration will break you
I know! Its going to be awesome! And speaking of…we want to know what you all want to
see during the live stream so let us know what you’re excited for using the hashtag:
#starwarsshowlive Also next week, we’re doing a special preview
episode of Star Wars Celebration with a couple of surprises you definitely do not want to miss.
Trust us, and with that we will leave you
but first: the social media reminders. Alright, let me see if i can do this in one breath.
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Impressive, most impressive, but you are not a Jedi yet.
I’m not what yet?! See you next week!