This week! We’re talking Star Wars with Deadpool’s dad.
Plus Solo is coming home, lots of Star Wars books are going to Comic-Con, and more!
Lots more.
Mhmm!
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, a show whose staff is immediately getting on
a flight for San Diego after we wrap the show.
Wait, I’m not going. Are you going?
No, but the staff is.
Huh.
Yeah.
Awkward.
Yeah.
News?
Yeah.
San Diego Comic-Con kicks off today, and while we’ve already talked about the Clone Wars
10th anniversary panel on Thursday morning, there is a lot more Star Wars to be experienced this weekend.
Friday will see the Star Wars Publishing panel, where new and returning authors will take
the stage to talk about all things Star Wars Books.
Guests include: Timothy Zahn, E.K. Johnston, Daniel Jose Older, Cavan Scott, Rae Carson,
Jody Houser, Katie Cook, Star Wars voice actor Marc Thompson and many, many more.
The panel kicks off at 2PM on Friday, and joins other Star Wars themed panels on Friday
like Star Wars Collectibles at 11AM, Behind the Design: Star Wars Fashion Collaborations
at 12PM, and Hasbro Star Wars at 1PM.
Additionally on the show floor, attendees will have a chance to sit in the cockpit of
the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy thanks to the Millennium Falcon Experience.
Free tickets will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis beginning tonight along
the back wall of the Lucasfilm Star Wars pavilion, and continuing throughout the weekend.
Plus there will be 6 screen-used costumes on display from Solo: A Star Wars Story, including
Chewbacca, Lando, Han, Qi’ra, Dryden Vos and Enfys Nest.
And in a marvelous segue, Solo: A Star Wars Story is coming home this fall with a plethora
of never before seen extras and deleted scenes.
Extras include 9 bonus features like a cast and director roundtable, an inside look at
how the crew recreated the “new” falcon, a behind the scenes look at Fort Ypso, and many more.
These featurettes join 8 deleted scenes including an extended battle of Mimban, a snowball fight
between Han and Chewie, and a look at Han Solo: Imperial Cadet.
Solo: A Star Wars Story will be available Digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD on September
14th, with physical copies available on September 25th.
You can pre-order Solo: A Star Wars Story right now, and for more details about additional
extras and deleted scenes check out StarWars.com.
Finally this week, you may remember during our 100th episode there was a commercial for
a Star Wars Show statuette from Gentle Giant.
A lot of people thought it was fake, and a joke. But it’s not. It’s very real, very
cool, and currently available for pre-order at GentleGiantLTD.com.
But instead of us yapping about it, let’s show you how it was created.
Yeah cause it’s cool.
My name is Kevin Garcia and I am a 3D digital artist at Gentle Giant Studios.
I got a really rough sketch of a few droids piled on top of each other getting ready to
film and record for production.
From there I went into our library of assets to see if I could find these different characters
and saw what needed to be worked.
See if anything needed to be adjusted to update them and have them work in the statue.
I had to create a few custom pieces.
The base which was a wood looking TIE fighter wing.
And I also had to create the boom mic and the headphones.
All the extra props for the droids.
This particular piece, it took me about a week just to get the pose right and put everything together.
This was really cool and unique because it was droids from different parts of the
Star Wars universe.
We had some from the original trilogy and then bringing Chopper in from Rebels.
It’s always a challenge of just remembering that this is going to live in reality and
3D space and go from digital to physical piece and making sure that it’s structurally sound.
I wanted to do a good job to the piece and be true to the characters but I also want
to make sure that I don’t create problems for the guys that I’m handing it off to next.
We are pretty much handed these by our managers and they give us a whole bunch of reference
art to follow.
So we pretty much have to go through the whole process of discovering of mixing the colors.
These are the callouts we’ve created here.
Different paint swatches.
There’s a lot of thought and work that goes into the separate colors.
And this is sort of a layout of where everything goes.
A lot of notetaking involved.
We all just kind of try to incorporate a similar style to each other so that we can keep the
work consistent.
So we have your basic like paint methods, like dry brushing, washes, air brushes, all that stuff.
For this piece I would say each individual part was probably a work day.
The team and I teamed up on it it would probably be 2 to 3 days of work.
One of the best things working in this industry is being able to see the product released.
Having people hold it and like admire it or look at it and just be like, woah that’s awesome.
I love that this will eventually be in the hands of other Star Wars fans.
I really like the way it all comes together in the different tones.
I think it's a unique design.
Here at Gentle Giant it’s fun to have these things kind of land in front of you.
Just like it is with the filmmakers we’re here to tell a story about something that
is just going to sit there and not move but it has to have life in it.
It has to thrive amongst your collection.
And it’s a really special feeling to be able to contribute to a fandom that all of
us here really love and are invested in.
It’s great as a studio and as artists here to be apart of that world and tell those stories
even these miniscule moments in these statues and collectors pieces.
It’s kind of a unique situation and a special moment that really applies to what you guys
at The Star Wars Show have been doing for 100 episodes.
That’s really, really cool.
[Porg sounds]
So excited to be sitting down this week with a comics legend.
He created Deadpool, Cable, and X-Force when he was at Marvel.
Then went on to co-found Image Comics where he created characters like Prophet, Supreme,
and Youngblood.
Rob Liefeld.
Thank you for joining us, man.
Thank you so much. So exciting.
First of all, congrats on Prophet.
Thank you very much, thank you.
A movie is coming.
Yes!
We announced that we’ve done a deal with Studio 8 and the guy who owns Studio 8,
Jeff Robinov, he’s a great guy.
He has a great vision that matches up with my vision for Prophet so we will hopefully
have the Prophet show in 20 years and people can come on because it’s this giant behemoth like Star Wars.
Yeah.
And then you’ve got to be excited about how well Deadpool and Cable and X-Force were
received on screen.
Yes!
I mean… this has been a great ride.
It’s hard not to just be ridiculously excited by everything that’s happening.
Seeing all these characters, Cable, Domino, and Deadpool come to life over two films has
just been spectacular.
I mean we’ve all watched adaptations go awry.
I’m so happy that they stuck the landing twice.
And X-Force, Drew Goddard is coming on board to do X-Force which is very exciting.
Everyone on board is really excited.
It feels like you’ve always had an eye towards cinematic and it feels like…
It affected me.
Look, Star Wars, let’s go there.
I mean look man I was 9 years old, 1977 saw the commercials, it looked ridiculously enticing.
And Star Wars visually had such an impact on the culture on me a a kid.
I mean, hi, laser swords, you know, lightsabers.
I remember as a kid going okay, Obi-Wan looked like a prophet from the Bible, and then we’ve
got Samurai Vader, and then they go oh hey we’re in the Cantina and here’s cowboy
Han Solo.
Like look at all this mashup it was a total visual mashup.
But visuals matter in this business and Star Wars the start of that.
Last night I took my family to see ET and forgot that he picks up Greedo and he picks
up everybody in the Cantina.
Elliot plays with everybody in the Cantina in front of ET.
He’s like this is Greedo and this is Walrus Man and then he goes this is Boba Fett!
Like, dude, I forgot Boba Fett is in ET!!
[Laughing]
I knew Yoda was in it during Halloween but it was cool because I remember knowing as
a kid that Spielberg and Lucas were great friends and had so much integration but it’s
just the culture, it just seems like so much that I grew up on.
And now on The Star Wars.
I’m on The Star Wars Show right now, okay.
Went to see it in ‘77 and I’m on The Star Wars Show.
So I guess Star Wars never went away. It had an impact on people more than me obviously.
The secret of Rob Liefeld.
I watched the Christmas special live and I don’t hate it, I love it because it had
rich memories and it gave me…
You are in good company here at The Star Wars Show.
Okay the Boba Fett cartoon bro.
I’m like, woah, Boba Fett is riding a freaking dinosaur!!!
That was awesome!
[Laughing]
Star Wars was my whole childhood and my life.
And as I said, 9 years old in 1977, how am I not the sweet spot.
But it…
[Mouth explosion sound]
I mean...
[Mouth explosion sound]
35 times that summer.
Wow! Really?
It was my babysitter.
On Saturdays and Sundays they just dropped off baby Robby Liefeld off at the Anaheim Theater
and be like, see you this afternoon.
That was a ritual for my generation.
How do you think that movie made so much money?
Okay, guys like me.
It babysat us, it was our babysitter.
You’re actually a huge collector now too, right?
I do.
Especially the old stuff.
The Chewbacca bandolier that had the figures.
Holy crap! When that came out.
OH! I CAN WEAR A BANDOLIER WITH TOYS?!
But also the most impactful as a toy, as a character, the birth of Boba Fett.
I was that kid that cut out those proof of purchases so when I saw Boba Fett I was like
I have to know everything about this guy.
[Laughing]
And I remember that day I opened the… ooop.
That is not something I normally see!
And I reach in and oh crap! Boba Fett!
So Boba Fett, he visually, he’s got armor, he’s got a cool mask, he’s got guns, he’s
got a cape, and he had a rocket launcher on his back.
Can you draw Boba Fett from memory?
Mostly.
Yeah, mostly.
You willing to give it a shot?
I could, yeah.
Yeah?
I sure could.
Let’s do it!
I notice you’ve decided to go with a bust of Boba Fett.
Yeah.
And I feel a little cheated you didn’t get to the pouches.
Yeah, no pouches, sorry.
I’m so sorry.
I actually just signed a contract with a big pouch company.
[Laughing]
I can't. So that’s funny, good one.
Rob Liefeld, thank you so much for joining us, man.
It was so good to nerd out on Star Wars with you.
Thank you for having me.
This is fantastic.
Little Robby Liefeld is so excited.
Tired of trying to stack all of your favorite Star Wars Show droids but can’t get them
to stop moving?
There’s got to be a better way!
Introducing The Star Wars Show statuette from Gentle Giant!
This limited edition collectible is made of a space age polymer that will look great in
any home!
It fits into any backpack, makes a beautiful engagement ring, and can cut thousands of
julianne fries.
Take it with you on vacation.
Give it as a gift to a dad or a grad.
Or put it on a shelf and admire it for generations.
This limited edition statue won’t be available forever.
Here’s how to pre order!
Just send one easy monthly payment of $150 to GentleGiantLTD.com/The-Star-Wars-Show.
Hurry! Supplies are limited. Sorry no C.O.D.S.!
I can’t believe The Star Wars Show has its own licensed statue.
That is so weird, right?
100%. But you know what is also very weird?
What’s that?
How many of our viewers look exactly like Star Wars characters.
Oh, I know right?
Like, Daniel Foster and his doppelganger, Sarah Townsend doing her best Leia, and Mark
Lloyd looking like a business casual Obi Wan.
There was Peter Adams whose puppers looks like our very own Kevin the Ewok, Fred Campos
who thinks his cat look like Ventress, and @KyLowRen80 who is doing his best Hux in the
middle of The Louvre.
And I appreciate it.
Awesome!
And since so many of you are already taking photos of yourselves as Star Wars characters,
this seems like a smooth segue into a plug for The Star Wars Fan Awards.
You're such a professional host.
Thank you!
Submissions have just opened for competitions in the 4 genres, long and short video, photography,
and visual art.
Full categories for each genre, along with the rules can be found at StarWars.com and
StarWarsFanAwards.com and the submission window will be open until September 17th.
Can’t wait to see what you guys have.
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Because everyone deserves a high five now and then.
Even Kitster.
Especially Kitster.
He’s trying so hard.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.
I tried to miss and you tried to make it and I didn’t know if we were doing a thing or not.
[Laughing]