- It's Wednesday at around noonish.
Do you know where your "Star Wars" is?
- It's here on "The Star Wars Show."
- What an interesting tease for the episode.
- Tell them nothing and leave them wondering what's ahead.
- It's a "Star Wars Show" mystery box, y'all.
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- This is "The Star Wars Show."
From the Lucasfilm Headquarters in San Francisco,
here's your hosts, Andi and Anthony.
- Hello, and welcome to "The Star Wars Show," the only "Star
Wars" show on the internet whose crew is trying
to get the teleprompter to work properly
because the person who normally runs it moved to LA on us.
- There it is.
So if we feel a little stilted and awkward this week,
no, it's not our usual excuse of being stilted and awkward.
It's that we can't read the words that have
been written for us to say.
- We're beautiful robots.
- And speaking of beautiful robots, let's
talk about some "Star Wars" news.
- It's Wednesday, which means we have
another preview of Marvel's "Age of Resistance."
- This time we got to look at the Kylo Ren issue that follows
the journey of everyone's favorite sad space boy, Ben
Solo, in his quest to finish what his grandpa
Darth Vader started.
- The issue, written by Tom Taylor,
with art by Leonard Kirk and a cover by Phil Noto,
arrives on shelves on September 25,
but you can check out a preview right now on starwars.com.
- Also arriving today is the puzzle cover
for the entire "Age" series.
- The puzzle cover features all the players from all eras,
as well as their ships over a star
field with a symbol of the Jedi Order emblazoned behind them.
For a full look at the cover, including
a Q&A with artist Mike McKone, check out starwars.com/sws.
- Huge congrats go out to the crew of "Star Wars Resistance,"
who took home the Saturn Award for Best Animated Series
on Television this weekend.
- Team Fireball!
The second and final season of "Star
Wars Resistance" premieres October 6
on the Disney Channel.
- And for more breaking news from around the galaxy,
check out starwars.com/sws.
- "The Star Wars Show" presents Everything is Important.
This week, the shaak.
Limited to 35 seconds of screen time, the fast-footed shaak
was the bulbous creature gracing the plains of Naboo.
And without the shaak just barely missing the head
of Anakin after throwing him off his back,
Anakin wouldn't have fallen deeper in love with Padmé,
creating the attachments he was told not to make,
leading to Anakin not being able to control his emotions,
allowing Palpatine to manipulate Anakin's fears,
resulting in Anakin turning against his Master, Obi-Wan,
and helping take down the Jedi and becoming
the Sith Lord Darth Vader.
And without the shaak's careful footing,
Anakin might have been fatally injured,
leaving Palpatine with no one to exploit
and help him take out the Jedi.
The legacy of the Sith salutes you, fast-footed shaak.
- Hi, my name is Jacqui Lopez, and I'm VP of Franchise
Production here at Lucasfilm.
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In my job, I get to see projects through from beginning to end.
I get to nurse these projects along in development
and create artwork.
What are these going to look like?
What kind of cast are we going to have?
What kind of characters are we going to create?
I'm part of the team that hires the production crew.
I'm in the writers' conferences.
We could be in sound mixes, watching
the dailies, all the way to the final mastering and delivery.
So I feel very fortunate that I get
to watch my babies from conception to the very end.
I wasn't always in production.
After college, I went and got my masters in modern dance
in London.
And I was finding in dance my favorite thing was putting
the productions together.
And then when I wanted to move back to the States,
I wanted to interview at Lucasfilm and ILM
because I loved what George had created up here.
So I got my first job at Industrial Light and Magic
as a production assistant in commercials.
And in that journey, I did a few animated features.
And that's what just made me fall in love
with the animated medium.
And then I transferred over to Lucasfilm in Animation
and helped out with the series "Star Wars Rebels."
After that, we moved on to "Star Wars Resistance."
And as you know, "Clone Wars" is coming
back, so it's just never a dull moment here in Animation.
One of my fondest memories being in Animation here
was when we went to Comic-Con 2018,
and we had a 10-year retrospective
panel on "Clone "Wars."
And at the end of it, Dave announced that we are making
more "Clone Wars" episodes.
It was so exciting to see the crowd reaction, tears coming
down their faces when they heard there's
going to be more "Clone Wars."
That couldn't be more fulfilling in that moment.
I just love production because you're
trying to get creative people together
to bring a vision to life.
We pride ourselves here at Lucasfilm
on being great storytellers and pushing
technology and expecting high, high quality in everything
we touch.
So it's just really fun to get artists from all walks of life
together to create something amazing for our fans.
I would just say, if you're trying
to make a break into production or Lucasfilm specifically,
just really care about what you're doing.
And work hard.
And get as much experience along many different things
as you can. - You're--
- Watching-- - "The--
- Star-- - Wars--
- Show."
- Anthony, it's great to have you back after last week.
- Thank you.
- But how did your quest for justice go?
- Like, goodish.
- Define goodish.
- Well, so I talked to a bunch of lawyers
about this Anthony Daniels thing and got some good feedback,
which is great.
But then I got the bill, which is
not so great, because lawyers are apparently very expensive.
- No! - Yes.
- Wow.
- So it's a good thing we are going after a big time, huge,
deep-pocketed celebrity like Anthony Daniels, because this
is going to add up.
- Good luck with that.
- Thank you.
I plan on taking many more weeks off in my quest for justice.
- Or you could just drop the case and, like, work.
- No, justice comes first, Andi, and it could take
months of not coming into work.
- OK.
Well, anyway, last week we asked you what your favorite part
about visiting Batuu was.
Galaxy's Edge Scoundrels liked being
questioned by the First Order, while Ian
wants Bronto Wraps every day.
Me too.
- It's a very special person that enjoys being
questioned by the First Order.
DJ Rex literally brought Kayla to tears,
Dan-O loved meeting other "Star Wars" fans and building droids,
and Daniel loved experiencing "Star Wars" through the eyes
of his daughter.
That's great.
- That's the best.
Thanks to everyone who sent in their memories this week.
And as always, remember to like the video,
subscribe to the channel, follow us on Twitter, Facebook,
and Instagram, and remember to keep those boiling pot handles
turned in.
- Thanks for watching, and may the force be with you.
- Bronto Wraps.
- Mm-hmm.
- Justice.
Justice.
- That's amazing.
I love the red.
Oh, my god!
So adorable.
Oh my god, I'm screaming.
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