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I thought that was a pretty good take.
Pray I don't alter my performance any further.
Welcome back to Star Wars Escape Pod
and another episode of Cantina Banter.
Where your host and co-hosts all sit in the cantina

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for a casual chat.
Isn't that right?
Sure.
With the band playing their famous song.
They seem to be playing the same song.
Well, that's how you know we're in the cantina.
That's right.
Play that song again!
Yeah!
All right.

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So!
Casual chat we are, and I think this is the fourth Cantina Banter episode.
That's probably about right.
So, you know, that's cool.
I still like the other intro better.
But we'll get used to it.
Fair enough.
But hey, I got good news.
We had a little bit of a break.

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Just not publishing episodes for a few weeks.
Partly because I was just really lazy.
And then secondly,
because I think...
I thought, you know what?
Putting out episodes on a weekly basis can almost discourage
not listening to some of them sometimes.
So I thought, okay, let's see how it goes.
You know, I'll just like, let them all sit and cook for a little bit.

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And how many listens we bring in, you know?
Where did you hear this formula?
Just, just that.
I'm just an experiment.
And, and, and, you know, and a lot of you guys ended up tuning in still and maybe going back to an older episode.
So that was cool.
And we have officially now passed a hundred thousand.
All time downloads on the podcast in those two weeks.

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So, so that was cool.
That was awesome news.
We've been listening to over a hundred thousand hours.
Over a hundred thousand times.
So I thought that was pretty neat.
So a big milestone and, you know, we can celebrate that.
And, you know, a big thank you to all of you who are so dedicated at tuning into the show and, you know, sharing it with your friends and other Star Wars fans and everything.

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I mean,
if you're, if you're tuning in on Podbean, definitely props to you all out there because our follower count has grown quite a bit, you know, in the last, last year and a bit.
And of course, anyone else out there on Spotify and Apple and iHeartRadio and all the different platforms, a big thank you to, to you as well.

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And, you know, we hope you keep coming back and we hope you check out Star Wars Launchpad, which is our secondary AI experimental podcast, which we're up to.
I think 10 or 11 episodes now, and they're very inconsistent.
They just kind of come when they come.
Yeah.
So it depends on the news, right?
Yeah.
It depends on the news.
Depends if there's something interesting that we can pipe into the AI chat and, and, you know, it's like, it's also not just news.

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It's, it's like, it's sort of experimental conversation in a way, because, uh, there was one episode, which, uh, most recently it's called the bad batch, a grand overview, deep diving deep between the clone wars and a new hope.
And, uh, what I did was I.
Uh, it was, it was actually a really interesting experiment that I wanted to run.

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So, uh, using, using Google Gemini, um, I, uh, created a outline of the bad batch, entire series, um, having like using, uh, data that, uh, was basically, you know, easy to find, like based on, like, I think I forget if I use like Wikipedia or something else.

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Yeah.
And it was just like the general overview of the show.
And then here's the list of.
All the episodes and stuff.
And I just said, okay, create in air, like a, an overview, like a series rewatch, um, sort of, uh, I guess, multi-page document of watching through the bad batch, separate the story arcs into, uh, their respective clumps.

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So it's like, okay, here's one viewing section as you watch these two or three and then, you know, so on and so forth.
And then also separate it by season and so on.
Right.
And it did a fantastic job at generating this document.
For me.
And then I used that as a reference for, uh, for making the conversation for, uh, uh, for, for launchpad.

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Interesting.
And based on the information that Gemini was able to provide, uh, uh, you know, the launchpad guys, uh, it was, uh, it was able to make it really, they were really, you know, they were great.
Uh, Dak and Mia, we love them, right.
Our AI hosts over there on launchpad and they're able to get a really good conversation out of that.
And, and the episode is, uh, I think.

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It's like, it's like 20 minutes or something.
And I think it turned out really well.
Like they summarize the show in a very efficient way and you get a very good sense of what happens throughout the show, the main beats of things.
Um, and, uh, a sense of, you know, what happened in that, in that show, in the context of the greater story.

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And, and I thought that was really cool.
So, um, and then the newest one is of course, anything that happened at, uh, SDCC 2025, you know, San Diego comic-con.
Uh, the reveals, and of course a little mention about, uh, how George Lucas took the stage.
And, uh, we talked about here on escape pod about his museum launching next year.
So, um, you know, I feel like that's pretty well covered, but, uh, yeah, definitely go and check out launchpad.

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It's a cool experiment.
So very cool.
I'm gonna have to check the episode out.
I missed that one.
Yeah.
The bad batch one.
Yeah.
The bad, yeah, it was, it was good.
Yeah.
It's great.
So, uh, yeah, Cantina banter, uh, number four, uh, we got some, uh, casual stuff going on and, uh, it definitely want to, uh, I
will kick things off with, uh, we've got some new books hitting the shelf.

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Uh, there was a new, no longer higher public, no longer higher public.
Of course, you know, it's all, it's all over.
It's all done.
Uh, Marvel debuted their, the finale of the Marvel comics, mainstream higher public series, uh, a few weeks ago, a few weeks back.
So, so it's all a closed book now.
Uh, no pun intended, you know, it's like all the avenues for the higher public are, uh, now no longer pending of, uh, you know, coming out.

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Uh, I think the only thing that we're waiting on is actually an acolyte book.
Season two.
Oh, it's, uh, yeah, it's called the, uh, the way seeker.
And, uh, that's the only book that remains to come out.
It's by Justina Ireland, who is one of the authors of the higher public series.
Okay.
And it's a prequel book to the acolyte series.

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Have we heard of the term way seeker before?
Way we've heard of way finder, which is that device.
That's what I was thinking of.
But we've also heard of way seeker.
They were in, in the higher public era, uh, when they were type of Jedi, right?
Yeah.
It's like, it's like a position that they, people can have, you know?
And yeah, so, um, so yeah, it's, it's, it's just another, it's another, it's another acolyte book.

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And, uh, uh, this goes along with a few other acolyte books.
There's one called the acolyte, the crystal crown that came out on July 29th, uh, 29th earlier this year.
And, uh, that one was by Tessa Gratton, who I believe also worked in the higher.
Public, uh, stuff and also a prequel book.
As you can see, your, it is still alive there.
So, um, so yeah, I mean, like the, the character from the show, uh, yeah, the characters that all just got like, just wiped out in the show.

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Uh, so it was, it's interesting that they're doing all these prequel books to the acolyte and they probably don't want to reveal what happens afterwards.
Cause they're probably still figuring that out considering.
I think a lot of these books were actually in progress before the acolyte ended.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Cause one of them was announced, but I think before the show's cancellation and then the other one, I wouldn't be surprised if they were already like halfway through it.

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And it's like, okay, well let's just kind of carry on.
Right.
So there's at least like two.
Oh, and there's a one shot, uh, Cal Naka Marvel comic that they did at one point.
Which one's Cal Naka?
Uh, Cal Naka is the Wookiee in the, in the main cast of the Jedi and stuff.
So, um, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of prequel content, you know, for the acolyte show.
I should have guessed that with the Haka name.

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So it's at the table.
They all land of the higher public era.
So like if you count that into the higher public initiative, then I guess technically it's not fully done yet.
Right.
Cause like this became this weird gray area where it's like the middle ground between higher public and phantom menace.
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
So, um, just keep dividing errors in half to just get such small increments.

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That's right.
That is right.
Um, yeah.
Another thing is on top of, uh, top of that.
we were just talking about Bad Batch, but, uh, there's a book that just hit the shelf called
Bad Batch Sanctuary. Um, I actually did see it in the bookstore literally last night, um, as of
this recording. And, uh, this book is, it's about the main cast of, of, um, of the Bad Batch during

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the Bad Batch show. So, uh, something, a little something about this book is, uh, I believe it
takes place between the seasons. Um, it's, uh, written by Lamar Giles and, uh, was released on
August 5th, 2025. Uh, it's set after the events of the season's 13th, 13th episode. Can you guess

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which one that is? Uh, season two, sorry. Season two, episode 13. I talk about it a lot. Give me a
hint. Is it that, um, it's about that planet you hate so much? Pabu. Pabu. I was just trying to
think of the name of it when you were talking. That's funny.
Yeah. So it's that planet he hates. It's set after the events of Pabu and unsurprisingly it's

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about Pabu. Yeah. I mean, admittedly, when I think Bad Batch and Sanctuary, that is the first thing I
think of. Oh man. Okay. So here I'll read you the published summary. A good soldier knows that life
is all about change, whether it's on or off the battlefield. Surviving, living means adaption.
Hunter is well acquainted.
With his lesson, with this lesson, he's on the run from the empire, echoes off on a mission with

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Captain Rex and crosshair is still crosshair, but amidst all the change, Hunter has, uh, still has
tech, Wrecker and Omega to worry about. Uh, and it seems that his small family might have finally
found a safe place to land far from the increasingly vigilant eyes of the empire Pabu, but their
potential new Island home is in desperate need of resources. If there is any hope for the fledgling

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community to recover, they will be able to do so. So I'm going to read you the published summary.
That's where Fee Genoa self-proclaimed liberator of treasures comes in with a couple of jobs she
swears will get them the funds they need. Despite Hunter's concern with fees, precarious plans,
the rest of the crew is fine following her lead. Things go wrong almost immediately as fees,

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droid blows the crew's cover at a high stakes auction. And they barely make it out with the
relic that they had been paid to acquire. Well, is this a publisher summary? Well, it's like
spoiling the whole, the whole, the whole story. Yeah. And, uh, I mean, it's a, it's, it's a, it's a
That doesn't sound that different than what happened in the show.
Is Fee the character voiced by Wanda Sykes?
Yeah.
Okay.
Hunter insists they finish their first mission and deliver the relic before taking on more work.

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But Fee and the others push forward with a second job, ferrying a couple on the run,
one of whom is due to give birth at any moment.
Hunter worries what they're risking, especially when their mysterious new passengers
cling to lies and secrets that trace back to an Imperial Security Bureau officer hot on their trail.
As Hunter tries to get the crew back on a stable, safe path far, far away

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from anything to do with the Empire's watchdogs,
their overlapping missions only invite more danger and chaos.
On the verge of failing both their desperate passengers and their community on Pabu,
the Batch must remember that the only way to succeed,
the only way that they survive to fight another day, is by trusting each other.
So, yeah, this novel was revealed back in February of this year,

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and, uh,
only just released.
And, uh,
uh,
yeah.
So, interesting.
Interesting stuff.
It's on the show.
It sounds very similar to an episode from the show.
Uh, yeah, it does.
It's, it's, it's all, it's an all-unique story, I guess,
that sort of separates the ending of the Pabu arc and the follow-up in episode.

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Well, it's the same season.
It's just episode 14 of season 2.
So, um, so, yeah.
Just the second last season, right?
There's one more after the season?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Actually, you know what?
Actually, come to think of it,
it might be the last,
might be the last episode.
No, no, it can't be.
No, I'm pretty sure there's another season.
It's like season 3.
No, there is a, there is a season 3.
Because that one was very cinematic and a lot darker.

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I'm trying to,
in my opinion, a lot better.
I liked it a lot.
I'm trying to think of, like,
like, when the Pabu episode is,
like, how close is that to the ending of the,
of the season 2 is what I mean.
Like,
I think that's pretty well near the end,
because then there's a time jump,
and you come back because they think they're retired.
Right.
Oh, yeah.
And then the beginning of the next season,
they're, like, forced back into the battle.
Yeah, Tipping Point,

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that's the next episode after that.
And then,
and then there's Summit,
and that's,
that's the finale.
Yeah.
Summit.
Yeah,
because that's when they get into the experimental base.
Oh, sorry.
The Plan 99,
that's the one after Summit.
So Summit and Plan 99 are the two finale episodes.
Wait.
Because,
yeah, like,
like.
Okay, I think,
is it end of season 1 they find Pabu?

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Yeah.
And then.
Possibly.
Because the end of season 2,
I think Omega is kidnapped.
Yeah.
And that's the cliffhanger.
No,
that's the end of season 1,
I think.
Well.
Maybe.
Because they break her out in season,
in the final season,
right?
Because she starts there.
Yeah,
we gotta,
we gotta re-watch this show.
It's been.
Like,
we watched the seasons 2 spread out.
Yeah,

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we did,
yeah.
Okay,
well,
yeah,
so,
I think,
like,
okay,
one of the reasons,
if anyone's tuning in for the first time,
and like,
okay,
why does he hate.
Yeah,
why does he hate Pabu?
It was because there was this buildup to the bad,
like,
in the plot of the show,
there's this buildup to,
like,
them finding a new place,
right?
Like,
a new place of refuge.
And they finally get there.

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And in one episode,
they have a plot line where the people of the island,
who are these,
like,
peaceful villagers,
they've been living there for,
like,
over,
like,
like,
hundreds of years,
you know,
like,
and they're like,
okay,
yeah,
the last,
like,
massive tsunami happened,
like,
well over a thousand years ago.
And then,
like,
the day they get there,
there's,
like,
a massive tsunami that comes in and wipes out the whole island.

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And it was like,
dude,
like,
like,
what,
like,
that's just insanely bad luck,
you know?
Like,
to the point where it literally took me out of it.
And I was like,
you have got to be kidding me.
Like,
it just,
at that point,
I was just,
like,
ticked off because it was just like,
too unlikely.
Come on.
It was way too unlikely,
man.
Like,
it's just as unlikely as Palpatine coming back.

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What about,
again,
for a second time?
Oh,
man.
These things just kind of tend to happen.
Yeah,
they do.
Anyways.
Okay.
And then one last thing from the,
uh,
literature section.
Uh,
the original trilogy is,
uh,
as of recently,
just been re-released,
uh,
the novelizations,
that is.

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This is,
uh,
A New Hope,
Empire Strikes Back,
and Return of the Jedi.
All new covers,
uh,
soft covers.
Yeah,
artwork.
Uh,
the title is all in the font that you would recognize from Disney Plus.
And,
uh,
you know,
it's just a way of republishing the novelizations again and again.
So.
It's pretty neat.
I like that the Stormtrooper for,
I think,
Empire Strikes Back.

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Yeah.
Uh,
looks almost like a zombified version.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's kind of interesting.
Uh,
you know,
it would be cool if they made like these into posters that people could like print out and,
you know,
they're,
they're cool.
Uh,
that'd be pretty sweet.
Cool covers.
So,
um,
yeah.
New in paperback.
Uh,
I imagine that all of them will eventually get these covers and these releases.

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It's like a new matching set,
you mean?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I imagine the prequels will be next and then the sequels and so on and so forth.
Put them all together.
Yeah.
What about the in-betweens?
The anthology films.
Oh,
maybe actually.
That's a good point.
Maybe they'll do Rogue One and Solo,
but yeah.
Cause like every movie that they've done has always gotten a novelization.
Yeah.
Uh,
they haven't missed a single one,
at least from the movies.

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Movies.
Yeah.
I don't know if they've done shows.
No.
Comic adaptations?
They have.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They've done comic adaptations for the,
for their,
for Ahsoka,
Mandalorian season one and two.
And I don't think they've done three yet.
And,
uh,
and I think that's it.
I don't think they,
no Bookaboba.
Nope.
No,
I think,
cause they've only done those ones.

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And then they've done a comic adaptations for the movies and they've done comic adaptations
for,
weirdly enough,
the first two canon Thrawn books.
That is strange.
Yeah.
Recently?
Um,
no,
it's,
it's taken,
it's taken them a while to do,
but they did Thrawn and then they did Thrawn Alliances.
Okay.
And those are the first two books that Timothy L.
Son did under the Disney umbrella.

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So,
and,
and Bryce read,
read the Thrawn one,
not knowing that it was based on the book.
Oh,
the comic.
Yeah.
And,
and he's like,
he mentioned,
he mentioned it to us last year in the summer when we went on our trip.
And,
uh,
and it was like,
oh,
like that,
that's just based on the book.
And he's like,
what?
Like,
I didn't know that.
I was like,
yeah,
yeah.
The,
the,
the Thrawn comic book.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's just based on the novel.
That's funny.
Get twofer.

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Yeah.
So if you want the full story,
just,
you know,
read the novel.
Or if you just want to be able to look at imagery to go along with your novel.
Yeah,
that do.
Yeah.
Make it into a picture book.
Something about the novelizations and the adaptions that they do in Marvel is they always
try to like add in a little bit of extra content and they try to like fill out maybe a gap
or two that was left behind in the original story.

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So that's something that I think a lot of people usually appreciate about the adaptions.
Um,
it's always a little convoluted as to whether or not that's canon,
but like,
yeah,
it is what it is.
Uh,
okay.
So something popped up on my radar recently and,
it's called a Star Wars pop-up library.
Have you ever heard of that?
Have you ever heard of it?
It's not schoolastic.
No.

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So it was very curious.
Cause this is only weeks after,
uh,
Kirk sent me a message from,
uh,
I think he was in the mall or,
or somewhere.
And there was a,
a,
like a pop-up Star Wars cantina where they had done,
uh,
and this was in Melbourne,
I think like where,

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where he lives.
And,
uh,
this was,
uh,
I have some photos here,
but,
um,
you were able to order like blue milk and,
and you could get,
uh,
like,
I think you could order like a Bantha burger.
Uh,
here's the,
here's the menu.
Did they set up so it looked like you're at the cantina?
Yeah,
they had some sort of little setup here.
So they had,
they had blue milk,
they had blue milk,
slushy spark,

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eternal slipper,
whatever that is.
What is that?
It's a elixir worthy of legends.
This luminous blend of apple,
celery,
carrot,
pineapple,
orange,
lemon,
and cucumber is the perfect refresher for those seeking balance in the galaxy.
Uh,
there's,
uh,
the tattooing sunset,
and,
uh,
ripple still mineral water.
Oh,
that's just,

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okay.
I think that's just the brand.
It sounded like star Wars.
Still.
Their description is very star Wars.
They said,
uh,
this pure still mineral water is the essential fuel for every Jedi pilot and protocol droid.
What?
Protocol droid.
Don't drink water.
Calm,
clear,
and oil.
Yeah.
Calm,

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clear,
and perfect.
Ready for interstellar adventures.
Limited edition cans.
One per customer.
Uh,
so this was done by,
uh,
Victoria,
uh,
creative Victoria.
Uh,
the badge also credits Victoria state government and the Melbourne museum.
So this was,
uh,
at the Melbourne museum,
I guess.
So thank you again,
Kirk to sending the,
uh,
did he attend?

(20:23):
He did.
Yeah.
So he,
he ordered a,
uh,
always got a Wookiee cookie,
a Wookiee cookie,
and it would just look like a blue milk and a blue milk.
Yeah.
With a paper straw.
Uh,
just kind of point that out.
And,
uh,
you know,
there's a Kylo.
Yeah.
So it's,
it's kind of a pretty good job.
Yeah.
I mean,
like they got a,
like a mall.

(20:43):
Yeah.
Well,
I think it's the museum,
but you know,
they had some banners up.
They had like,
um,
you know,
the whole cantina sort of bar top areas.
Like it feels like it's out of maybe a,
like a,
like a first order spaceship or something,
you know,
like,
um,
if you were walking through a first order,
like cafe on board a star destroyer,
I don't see any five or first or anything there.

(21:06):
No,
there's just first order.
There's storm troopers.
There's like,
I'm counting like those are statues.
Oh yeah.
Those are all statues.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is the Kylo Ren statue.
Yeah.
First order statues.
There's like two or three of them in there.
I got to take it down to star.
Cause I didn't contact the five or first or any other legions.
Yeah.
Right.
Is there a legion?
That's just like job.
I'm sure there's one in Melbourne.
They're everywhere.

(21:27):
Right.
I'm sure they exist.
That's why the museum lost a star.
Cause I'm sure they could have called.
Yeah.
They don't probably be some local definitely.
Yeah.
They should have done it.
And then there's a BB eight there,
but it's also a statue.
I hope five or first people attended and all brought that up.
So the staff just heard over and over again.
Yeah.
Well,
anyway,
I was like,
I was always a little intrigued that this happened because there's no news

(21:50):
anywhere,
you know,
when it comes to like star wars.com and you know what they've been up to in
Melbourne,
you know,
with a pop-up star Wars thing,
right.
This is all licensed stuff.
So I was thinking to myself like,
wow,
that's so weird.
Right.
And then I came across this article that Singapore has,
has,
had its first ever star Wars pop-up library lands at Changi airport.

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And I was like,
okay,
what the heck is that?
So,
you know,
take a look at the image here.
Okay.
So it's big.
It's all legit.
You know,
there's like a neon sign star Wars pop-up library.
There's all proper signage,
big,
like fake star Wars,
he looking walls and round doorways and,
you know,
people in costumes.
And it looked like the Jedi archives inside.
Well,
it's all legit.
Yeah.
So,

(22:32):
so here,
so Singapore's first ever star Wars pop-up library has landed at level
two,
two of terminal three and Changi airport,
inviting fans,
travelers,
and the curious to explore a galaxy of stories open through to January 24th,
2026.
So this is a semi-permanent,
you know,
it's a temporary,
but very permanent fixture for the next,
like,
you know,
a little while it says brought to life by the national library board in

(22:56):
collaboration with Disney and Changi airport group.
The pop-up is part of the NLBs 30th anniversary celebrations and it's lab
25 vision of taking,
taking reading to unexpected frontiers.
Now NLB I like what does NLB exactly look it up might be acronym for like,
Oh,

(23:16):
national,
sorry,
national library board.
Okay.
Okay.
That,
that makes more sense.
Okay.
Inside you'll find over 2000 star was books featuring 380 unique titles,
especially picked by NLB librarians from junior fiction and graphic novels to
adorable board books for the tiniest pad.
One's titles include the Mandalorian,

(23:39):
the manga,
Darth Vader,
dark Lord of the Sith.
Uh,
that's the Charles soul comic series from Marvel,
uh,
the higher public series.
Um,
I'm assuming they mean all of it and even the Padawan cookbook for whipping up
treats for your little Ewoks at home.
Uh,
eBooks are also available.
Uh,
and then there's an image here so you can like zoom in.
They've got display cabinets with lightsabers in there.

(24:01):
They've got interactive screens with quizzes that kind of say,
which Jedi,
how are you?
It's kind of like getting sorted into your Hogwarts house and here,
take a look at that.
What do you see there?
What's the Star Wars equivalent of a Hogwarts house?
I guess.
What kind of Jedi are you?
Which maybe,
maybe you're a way seeker.
That's right.
It'd be obsolete by the time Phantom Menace,
but can you imagine if like,
you know,
everyone's getting like,

(24:22):
you know,
way seekers like,
Oh,
I'm a,
I'm a,
you know,
like a,
um,
temple guard or like,
you know,
like whatever,
that's what they more or less become this temple.
And then somebody just like somebody goes up and like answers the guardian.
And then they just get,
he's like,
you're just Yoda.
That's,
that's your,
this is what you get for your title.
I wonder if chosen one is up in there as an option.

(24:44):
Ooh,
I'm a gray Jedi.
You can't throw a lot of books there,
right?
Like there's a lot.
What do you think they mean by,
uh,
being sorted into the house of betrayer,
betrayer,
Jedi betrayer.
Oh boy.
Sith Lord.
Uh,
yes,
there's tons of books in here.
You can see all those,
all those,

(25:04):
all those,
right.
There with the yellow,
with the white bottoms.
Those are on the spine.
Those are all high Republic books.
Okay.
So there's a lot.
So they have a lot of the same book all there as well.
And let's say 300 and like 80 or whatever,
right.
The unique titles and then over a thousand books.
So it's going to be,
there's over 2000 books over 2000.
So there's going to be,
and over 380 unique titles.

(25:26):
Yeah.
So it's going to be a lot of the same book.
Yeah.
Roughly six of each.
Yeah.
Unlike your typical library,
there aren't any librarians here.
Instead,
you'll find robotic arms.
That zip around retrieving and shelving books,
like your own personal droid.
Simply pick your title video.
There's an image.
So it says,
I'm sure we can look up a video,
but it says,
it says it's simply pick your title from a touchscreen kiosk and the robot will deliver it to you.

(25:53):
You can borrow up to 16 books and eBooks for 21 days and return them to any NLB library.
Island wide,
though,
a themed return at the airport.
Yeah.
So like you have to rent them at the airport,
but then you can return them,
I guess anywhere in the country,
in the country.
What if you're passing through the airport?

(26:14):
Well,
I guess not in Singapore anymore.
That's a good question.
Like,
I don't really know.
Sorry,
sir.
We cannot rent to you.
You're not allowed.
I,
yeah,
I have no idea.
Maybe you have to show proof that you're,
you're like flight returning or something like that.
I don't know.
Maybe that's why they have the digital copies.
Maybe it says you can borrow up to 60 books and eBooks for 21 days.

(26:34):
16?
16.
Yeah.
One six.
Holy smokes.
Yeah.
And return them to any NLB library.
Island wide,
though,
a themed return book drop is available on site strictly for titles borrowed from this pop up.
Oh,
I see.
Okay.
So,
okay.
That's kind of confusing.
Whatever.
To borrow,
download the NLB app or the mobile app.

(26:55):
Sign in with your,
my library ID,
tap the scanner icon,
scan the books,
barcode or QR code.
And if you accidentally try to exit without scanning,
the gate will prompt you.
And there's this really cool image of this.
It looks like Tony Stark's like claw arm.
It's kind of what I was picturing.
Yeah.
And all these books are stacked like almost like a server rack,

(27:15):
like horizontal.
Right.
And on their unique shelves.
And it's all set up for this little claw machine robot to like go around.
Find the video.
And select the,
yeah,
I think this thing is dead.
Oh.
And select the video that,
or the,
it's like something from the space shuttle.
It's like the,
the,
the book that you want.
And yeah,
it's crazy,
right?
I was like,
man,
this is so cool.

(27:36):
But yeah,
it definitely is kind of set up like the Jedi archives for everything.
It's like very vertical.
And you can see the way they've,
they've kind of set it up.
There's gaps between all of the,
I guess what I mean by like a server farm,
there's gaps between the book.
So the robot can get his hand,
robot can get his hand in there.
Yeah.
I suppose we should say droid.
Yeah.
The droid can get his hand in there.
I like how the droid also looks a bit junky.

(27:56):
Like it's from the original trilogy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's good.
Right?
Like just a big,
big hand.
Yeah.
So,
so beyond the shelves,
there are loads to geek out over.
Take your personality quiz to discover your Jedi alter ego,
test your knowledge at the trivia wall and strike a pose with your lightsaber against digital screens,

(28:18):
looping iconic star Wars scenes outside R2D2 and C3PO are waiting for their next snap with you.
I assume they're like statues or something to enter the library,
scan your library compliant ID card or NLB e-card travelers can also request a QR code.
They pass with a Singapore registered mobile number or email here.

(28:38):
Whether you're on a layover or a hunt for your next read or simply in need of a force field detour.
This is one library that's truly out of this world.
So yeah,
thanks by thanks James Burns at Jedi news for blasting that out.
And I,
you know,
star wars.com didn't mention this at all,

(28:59):
which kind of surprised me because like I love seeing this kind of stuff,
like how,
it's very unique and cool.
Yeah.
I hope they do something like that at the next celebration.
Yeah.
Like it's,
it's unique and cool.
And like it,
you know,
it's like,
it's good,
it's good marketing.
It's good PR,
you know,
like it's a,
it's just,
you know,
spreading some,
some star wars here,

(29:20):
you know?
And,
and,
uh,
I don't see it reported anywhere on star wars.com.
Like it's,
it's kind of unfortunate because like,
I would love to see like star wars.com is the place where,
you know,
like you go there and I would expect all the relevant star wars,
news to be there in one place.
Have they been slacking lately?
Well,
they're,
they're just kind of,
yeah,
I don't know.
I don't really know that.
Like they report very,

(29:41):
very like official stuff and,
and things that are like,
has to do with the,
the content that they put out.
So like,
it's like best drama series nominee and or up for 14 Emmys.
And,
uh,
they have an article on star wars.com saying ILM,
the visual effects of and or season two.
And then,
uh,
one about the costumes.
And then they've got,
you know,
videos about all the and or stuff.

(30:02):
So they're,
they're really like,
the only new thing here is stuff from,
you know,
star wars celebration and the upcoming rebuild,
the galaxy Lego movie coming out in Disney plus on September 19th.
And that's pretty much it.
You know,
like there's really not a whole lot else that's brand new,
uh,
on there.
So,
you know,
Jedi news is,
is a great place to,
to get a lot of,

(30:23):
uh,
a lot of up and,
you know,
like pop in star wars news that like,
you know,
people might want to know about that isn't reported on star wars.com.
Right.
Yeah.
I guess,
gone are the days of the rebels recon where they kind of talk about all this
cool,
unique stuff.
Yeah.
It didn't feel like at that time.
I mean,
it was a simpler time,
a smaller time.

(30:43):
So I think they talked about a lot more of this,
like small,
unique one-off stuff.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe there's just so much of it going on now where they can't even bother
keeping up.
Right.
So you got our two and three PO cardboard standees outside.
They're pretty good looking though.
They,
with that camera move kind of looks like it's like 2.5 D.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And the set,

(31:06):
the set pieces,
like the walls and stuff are really,
really well done.
Like,
it looks like they actually use like proper wood or something to make this
up as opposed to more like foam.
Yeah.
Or maybe foam.
Yeah.
Get to the robot.

(31:31):
New automated.
Experienced the new automated book retrieval and return pilot system.
Skip forward a little bit.
Okay.
So he's holding up his phone.
He's got the QR code.
So he's just,
it's kind of like,
Oh,
it's like,
it's like a transit line gate,
you know,
like you have to scan your Keogh card.

(31:52):
The little doors open,
you walk in and then they close behind you.
Yeah.
It's a bit like the tube in London or something or Japan.
Yeah.
Okay.
And then,
Oh,
it's like,
it really is like,
it's like,
it's like the Jedi archives.
Like you,
you look at all the,
like the robot arm goes around this entire room on its own and you just have
giant windows looking into the archives,
separated rooms.

(32:14):
You're not in the same room as the,
as the droid.
That's so cool.
So you scan your,
your QR code,
you choose your title and then basically a vending machine for books.
It basically is.
Yeah.
That's honestly crazy though.
Like that Star Wars would get this treatment,
you know,
it's pretty cool.
It's awesome.
I should have dressed up.
I want the droid to be slightly more Star Wars-y.

(32:35):
Yeah.
It looks like something from NASA.
Yeah.
Okay.
Which Jedi are you?
Let's see.
Losing trust in myself.
People hate it when you either throw food.
Throw food.
Okay.
Skip through these options.
Okay.
Yeah.

(32:56):
So,
okay.
So there,
there's a screen where it's like,
here are some curated recommendations for you.
They recommend.
What rank did he get?
Did he,
I don't know.
Oh yeah.
Let's take a look.
Let's take a look.
Is it a Jedi janitorial staff?
Anakin,
you are most like Anakin Skywalker.
What the heck?
That's what I wanted.
Better memorize the answers.
Oh,
and then based on what you get,
it curates some recommendations for you.

(33:18):
So it says,
so it recommends,
so if you get Anakin Skywalker,
it recommends episode one,
the Phantom as novelization,
uh,
brotherhood.
We read that last year.
That's right.
That's right.
And attack of the clones.
That's the novelization by R.A.
Salvatore.
Interesting.
What's that last book?
Uh,
the attack of the clones novelization.
Oh,
I thought it said something about,

(33:38):
uh,
sacrificing everything is worth power.
Oh,
the,
like the option on the screen.
So I'm just making up something for Anakin.
Well,
that kid got anything too.
Wait a minute.
They all get Anakin.
They only have three books.
Oh man.
Okay.
Yeah.

(33:58):
So then he's also,
so the section that he's in also has access to like grabbing,
uh,
all the latest stuff,
which is that giant section with the high Republic in it.
This looks a lot like something from a celebration.
Yeah,
it really does.
I'm just wondering if they repurposed some,
uh,
walls and stuff.
Yeah.
I wonder maybe actually,
you know what?
I wouldn't be surprised if this maybe was at celebration.

(34:20):
Maybe.
I don't know.
Maybe,
maybe there's also like a shop there as well.
Maybe there's like a,
I feel like they would have talked about the,
the droid.
Yeah.
But they might've reused the paneling.
Yeah,
it's possible.
So they're showcasing the higher public here in the,

(34:40):
in the library.
Lots of kids.
That's the newest stuff.
So it makes sense.
They got some of the lightsaber.
Yeah.
The Hasbro black series stuff in here,
the lightsaber collection book.
Yeah.
Skywalker,
a family at war by Kristen Davis.
Uh,
yeah,
lots of,
lots of stuff in here.
They got a lot of the Marvel omnibuses in here.
The art of books.
Oh yeah.

(35:01):
There's a solo one.
Yeah.
I like that.
I've got the force awakens one,
more lightsabers.
This is neat.
Um,
coming to an airport near you.
Question mark.
Yeah.
Hopefully,
you know,
like I would,
I would love to see this in my airport.
Like that's awesome.
I'm going to take it just to get in,
just to go to the library and then not actually fly anywhere.

(35:23):
It's kind of funny to see this little,
little like arm,
grab the book.
And then so it puts it in the,
it's like backpack.
It's like,
the droid has,
it's like a basket thing,
this little bucket on the back of it.
And then it bicycle basket.
Yeah.
Oh,
I guess.
Cause it holds.
Okay.
So it holds the books.
I guess maybe it can hold like multiple of your select,
cause you can rent up to like 16,

(35:44):
right?
Oh,
dang.
That's right.
So it carries them all in there.
And then I guess I'm like,
I'm assuming it comes to like a deposit slot and empties them out and they'd
slide out to you.
Oh yeah.
It comes out on a little conveyor belt.
Cool.
And then the door opens and you can collect it from the little,
this is what I think the fast food industry is going to be like,
in 10 years.

(36:05):
You know,
I,
um,
I did see that at,
uh,
I think it was at Sydney airport.
There was a vertical McDonald's vertical.
Yeah.
So they had the cashiers on the bottom floor where everyone was and they
were taking your order.
Well,
if you weren't already putting your order in at the computer terminal,
right?
Like there was also in person people.

(36:26):
And then the order was sent up to the top floor,
which was inaccessible by anybody.
And there was a,
like,
like a transparent tube with like almost like a,
just picturing a burger falling down.
It was like a bit of just a mess.
It was like a conveyor belt full of claws that was like constantly going
along this track,
uh,

(36:47):
on a loop,
like going from the bottom all the way up to the,
the top where people were preparing the food and they were putting it in
those McDonald's bags,
uh,
cinching the top,
clipping it into one of these clips that go along the,
the track automatically.
The conveyor thing.
And then it was like,
kind of like a monster's ink with the doors.
Yeah,
exactly.

(37:07):
Exactly like that.
And then it was coming down this like orangey kind of yellowy transparent
tube.
And then the claw would release towards the bottom and it would slide down
this like kind of slidey thing to somebody.
And then they were giving,
I think the people in person were actually just giving the food to the right
person.
Right.
Yes.
There's no snatchers.

(37:27):
Right.
Yeah.
So it was like,
it was kind of cool.
I was like,
wow,
this is like,
it's crazy because it's,
I guess I mean,
you know,
on the one,
it's so unnecessary because like the people in the kitchen are just like,
they just need to put the bag on the counter.
And then there was actual cooks.
Yeah.
Cause there is cooks.
Yeah.
Cause there is,
I would assume if you were doing that,
it would be cause you've automated stuff,
but maybe it sounds to me like the real reason they did it is because of

(37:51):
weird,
weird layout of space.
Yeah,
exactly.
It was very creative though.
I was like,
wow,
this is really cool.
And like,
I don't know.
It just felt very futuristic,
you know,
like I kind of wish they had done like those vacuum,
like you see in those businesses from like the fifties,
you're like,
yeah,
there's in the vacuum tube.
Yeah.
So you order and then like this bag just like shoots out of a tube.
That's exactly it.
Splatters your lunch.

(38:14):
That's why in the future,
uh,
I think Wally had the right idea.
Everyone's just drinking from blenders,
blender,
blender drinks.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just slurpy drinks every day.
Do not recommend blending a burger and fries.
You've had it.
I've seen it done.
Oh,
geez.
Yeah.
It always makes me want to throw up when I,
when I hear that kind of,
I think,
uh,
man,
anyway.

(38:34):
So,
uh,
yeah,
pop up star Wars libraries and,
and,
uh,
cafes happening across the world.
So,
uh,
you know,
despite the big slowdown with output on Disney plus and in the theater,
I've,
you know,
there's other ways that Lucasfilm is now finding to get the,
uh,
like the branding out there.
And I was like,
Oh,
this is actually kind of cool.

(38:55):
So it was worth talking about,
but,
um,
it's pretty unique.
Like,
yeah,
thing they set up.
Yeah,
it is.
Yeah.
So,
I mean,
you know,
it's,
uh,
I'll keep out of business.
Yeah.
Well,
I'll keep,
uh,
I'll keep my,
I hate droids so much.
You know,
one book that they didn't offer at the library,
sadly,
is the Paul Duncan,

(39:16):
uh,
Star Wars archives books that I have over there that weigh like,
like 20,
30 pounds each.
It's probably cause there's a lot of kids that go in there and the parents
are going to buy $200 book.
Well,
I do that,
but also I,
I highly doubt that that claw was,
it would be able to like lift it.
Like,
there's no,
even I have to use two hands to lift it.
Like,
it's crazy,
dude.
Those things are super heavy.

(39:37):
Yeah.
Huge.
Encyclopedia.
I have the XL XXL version or whatever it is that they,
yeah.
You can buy a pretty consumer friendly priced version,
which is a lot smaller and they,
they chop it down.
I think you do lose a little bit of content.
Of course,
all the images are smaller,
but if you just want like the text,
um,
they,
they,
it's all there.
Like the whole,
the whole main interview is there.

(39:58):
There's just less like,
you know,
random photographs of like production,
reports and stuff like that.
I assume the pictures are relevant to what it's talking about though.
A lot of the time they're actually kind of not like some,
some,
sometimes they are,
but a lot of the time it's just kind of a,
a nice spread of like,
here's a,
like here's a scan of this production report from that week of filming,

(40:18):
you know?
And it's like sometimes random.
Yeah.
And like,
sometimes it's relevant to what they're talking about,
but other times it's just like,
Oh,
it's just kind of cool to see,
you know?
Cause like who the heck keeps that kind of stuff anymore.
And,
and,
uh,
yeah,
it's just like,
it's a good way to,
to document the behind the scenes.
Right.
So there's things like that in there,
which,
um,
and then of course some concept art and stuff is probably chopped out of the

(40:39):
smaller version,
but,
um,
but yeah,
the main interview is,
is,
is all there.
So,
you know,
I think it's like $40 or $50 or something.
So if anyone wants the small version,
um,
they're,
they're great.
I always recommend them,
but,
um,
yeah,
the big ones are heavy.
So what do you got?
I think,
uh,
you saw something that you were keen to chat about.
I thought I saw there was an update to the Gina Carano situation.

(41:00):
Ah,
yes.
Yeah.
The Gina Carano situation.
We,
so like Gina,
Gina Carano,
uh,
if anyone does not know is the actress who,
um,
is,
uh,
famously,
uh,
what's her character's name?
Uh,
Cara Dune.
Cara Dune.
Thank you.
She famously clear that plays Cara Dune in the Mandalorian season one and two.

(41:21):
Right.
And a couple of years ago,
fan favorite character.
Fan favorite.
Definitely.
I have,
I have the action figure.
Oh yeah,
that's right.
Yeah.
I took it off out of production.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I went,
I hope that's still in the box.
When I went,
it is,
it is still in the box.
Yeah.
Um,
so I went out and got one and,
it was,
uh,
you know,
a couple of years ago,
um,
we,
we did address it on the podcast and we didn't really linger too,

(41:41):
too much on it,
you know,
cause you know,
it always sucks when someone gets fired,
you know,
under any circumstance.
Yeah.
So,
you know,
it's just,
it's just like negative news and,
you know,
you know,
it's like,
it is what it is.
Um,
and,
uh,
uh,
you know,
to keep things pretty light,
uh,
on the podcast,
fairly neutral here.
Um,
the,
the news is the word on the street is,

(42:02):
uh,
uh,
well,
the official word on the street that is,
is that,
uh,
the lawsuit that,
uh,
that Gina had filed against,
uh,
being unfairly dropped from her position within the creative process of the
show,
um,
has now,
uh,
concluded.
And,
uh,
she is now in a position where Disney has said,

(42:23):
we're looking forward to future opportunities.
I got the quote.
You got the quote.
Yeah.
So from Disney,
uh,
well,
they,
they sent to a publisher,
uh,
Disney quotations,
look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms.
Carano in the near future.
There you go.
So I don't know if that's just a PR thing,
or maybe we'll see a Cara Dune back at some point.

(42:45):
Cause honestly,
her character was super cool.
I know there's obviously all this meta stuff that made it all very
complicated,
but if we want to talk just about star Wars,
I honestly really enjoyed her character and her storyline and her
connection and relationship.
With Mandalorian.
Yeah,
I did too.
You know,
it was,
um,
it was a character that was noticeably absent from season three.

(43:07):
Yeah.
You really felt the difference.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was,
um,
and,
and season three is,
you know,
widely known to not be a favorite season.
Yeah.
I think that's the general conception.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So like,
I'm not just saying,
I'm not saying that this was the reason,
but I'm at,
but I am saying like,
Hey,
there's a lot of contributing factors and you know,
this is just one of them,

(43:28):
right?
Like it was a,
it was a,
you know,
it was too bad that we didn't get that character back.
And so you can't help,
but wonder if the storyline changed because of that.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
I,
you know,
and,
and not to mention,
I mean,
this is the,
even the bigger news is there was going to be a show called Rangers of the
New Republic.
That's right.
Yeah.
Which was shelved and she was a big part of that show.

(43:50):
That's right.
And that was also with,
um,
what's his name?
Kim's convenience.
Yeah.
Um,
yeah,
Paul,
uh,
Paul,
uh,
Paul S.
What's his character name?
Do you remember that?
I can,
I can never,
I can never remember the full,
his full last name.
Uh,
yeah.
Cause he hasn't,
uh,
Tarson,
uh,
uh,
man,
uh,
Carson,

(44:10):
Carson,
uh,
the Carson,
like Tevo or something like that.
Teva,
Carson Teva.
Yes.
Yes.
Captain Carson Teva.
Yeah.
Uh,
he also hasn't been in a lot of stuff lately and it felt like he was
becoming a more prominent character in season two was leading to
something.
Definitely.
Paul,
son,
young Lee.
Thank you.
Yes.
That's right.
Yeah.

(44:30):
So yeah,
it was leading to something.
And then that just kind of evaporated.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Back burner.
Yeah.
Like it,
it,
it,
it was weird,
right?
Like,
and I was liking the characters and the storyline as it was going.
I really wanted to know what was going to happen.
I,
you know,
undoubtedly I think he'll be back for a Mandalorian and Grogu,
uh,
the movie.

(44:51):
I'm,
I'm pretty sure it wasn't in a soaker,
right?
Uh,
you know,
I don't think he,
I,
uh,
no,
I,
you know what?
I think he may have been,
was there a cameo scene?
Maybe,
maybe,
maybe one.
He was brief.
Oh,
he was,
um,
I think he was in the scenes with Hera.
Oh,
right.
Possibly,
but it was brief.
I'm pretty sure it was very brief.
It's just these very small.

(45:12):
Yeah.
Snips.
These little drop-ins,
right?
Cause I think he was,
is it,
yeah,
it would have been a book of Bobo right after Mando makes the end one.
He also has a very small scene,
right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
And here's,
here's another thing to consider.
Um,
you know,
unfortunately,
uh,
in this time period between the situation with,
with the Rangers and the present situation with a new movie called the

(45:33):
Mandalorian to grow coming out next year.
So Carl Weathers,
uh,
sadly passed away.
That's right.
And,
uh,
he was playing a prominent character on Navarro,
which is when the show starts off and he,
he gets to a position in power where he's now like,
kind of like the mayor of the planet,
right?
Like he's like,
that's the same planet as the first episode.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.

(45:53):
Like the,
the,
the first episode,
which is like the one that he,
he's magistrate,
I think it's his title,
right?
Yeah.
Matt,
yeah,
I think it's magistrate.
Yeah.
So,
um,
yeah,
this first,
the first step,
the first season,
it's like that shady is where the Mandalorians are hiding underground.
And it's like that shady cantina that he goes into,
he gets the job,
he brings the,
this,
this is where,
uh,

(46:13):
uh,
Warner,
uh,
Warner's character is,
is,
uh,
you know,
the Imperial old guy that,
you know,
he delivers the child too.
That's right.
Yeah.
And then he steals the child back and he like escapes.
And,
and so that's that planet.
And then it like,
Carl Weathers turns on him.
Yeah.
With all the other bounty hunters.
Right.
Yeah.
Carl was like,
turn.
Yeah.
He turns on him.
And then later he kind of redeems himself.
And then by the third season,

(46:34):
this place is now like,
uh,
um,
there was that mission.
It's like,
okay,
everything's good,
but there's still this one Imperial base here that we got to break into and
destroy.
Right.
Or find out what's going on over there.
Right.
So that was in the season.
Yeah.
That was in the,
that was when they introduced like this back to tank cloning thing.
It's also,
they fought,
they fought all those pirates,
right,
man.
Yeah.

(46:55):
Yeah,
exactly.
There was like the pirate fights and stuff,
but like the whole city is like brighter and like,
there's like kids there.
That's when Grogu steals the cookies from the kid at school.
Oh,
right.
Yeah.
It's like,
wow,
this place really got turned around,
you know?
Um,
so now that he's gone,
uh,
and Gina Corrado's character was actually kind of like a Marshall there,
right?

(47:15):
Like,
yeah,
that's right.
She had a badge and everything.
And it was like a huge part of season two.
Yeah.
Never went back.
Yeah.
Yeah,
exactly.
So,
you know,
I wonder past before season three,
no,
it was after it was after,
but,
but like,
that's what I mean.
Like now that he's gone,
I wonder if maybe a natural step for this character would be to take over as,
you know,

(47:35):
some kind of magistrate,
if that's maybe something that they wanted to do with the character,
you know?
Um,
I don't really picture her being in the political world,
but at the same time,
it's like,
it doesn't really seem like her direction,
but it would be like,
you know,
cause they were last seen as like buddies kind of in character,
you know,
like they were kind of working together and stuff.
So it would,

(47:55):
it would make sense that maybe if they addressed his absence from the,
from the story in the future,
that she would also be there for that,
that those moments,
you know?
Uh,
so I do wonder if maybe they'll do pickup shots for Mandalorian and Grogu,
maybe slaughter in,
uh,
maybe look for an opportunity,
like they say,
you know,
in the production process there.
Um,
or maybe they'll just wait until a future story that,

(48:17):
that they haven't,
you know,
written around not having that character anymore.
At least that'd be the hope.
Do something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That would be the hope.
Yeah.
Cause like,
like,
like you said,
you know,
character's great,
right?
Yeah.
I always enjoyed her.
Yeah.
And I'd rather them figure out a way to do it on the screen than now just do
some sort of comic or something.
Right.
Yeah.
I don't want to,
yeah.
I don't want them to handle it in a book and,

(48:38):
and you know,
and they haven't,
they've avoided.
Yeah.
That's,
it's weird how that character just vanished.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It just,
yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It is weird.
And yeah,
it doesn't,
it doesn't really,
that part of it,
of the,
of the,
of the storytelling has never really sat well with me all that much,
me and because of outside reasons.
Right.

(48:58):
Yeah.
And like,
whenever they,
whenever they do it in any story where something is dropped and it never
gets resolved,
I,
I'm always like,
like,
I mean,
like,
okay,
well one,
one would be force awakens when,
when Maz hands Finn,
Luke's lightsaber story for another time.

(49:19):
And then it never happened for like a long time.
And now we've kind of,
now I think they filled that gap in the,
in the,
in the Marvel comics,
but we're not fully up to date on the Marvel comics.
So is it,
if I'm not mistaken,
which that will be,
it's basically like Lord of the Rings,
but Bilbo finds the ring,
right?
She's just like stumbles on.
He's like,
what's this?
A lightsaber.

(49:41):
And then you just hear from little ways up.
No.
Am I right?
Did I get it right?
Yeah,
I think so.
Okay.
I thought so.
What's that?
Oh,

(50:01):
geez.
Okay.
So,
uh,
yeah.
Thieves.
Filthy thieves.
Sorry.
I'm kind of getting,
getting away from you,
my dear.
I'm enjoying myself too much.
Yeah.
Uh,
all right.
What else?
What else we got?
What else we got?
What do you,
I mean,
apparently new hopes going back to theaters.

(50:21):
50th anniversary.
Yeah,
that's new.
That's new news.
A new hope is coming.
Coming back to theaters.
Cause I feel like now there's so many movies that there's just always a,
now a,
uh,
like something sitting some,
some sort of like big anniversary mark.
Yeah,
that's right.
Yeah.
So,
uh,
yeah.
Star Wars.com published an article about this on April 30th,

(50:43):
2027.
We'll celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars with the re-release of
1977 classic back for a limited time in theaters everywhere.
Part of Lucasfilm's year long 50th anniversary celebration.
A new hope will play in theaters over the May 4th holiday known as Star Wars day or Star Wars weekend.
Uh,
switch on your targeting computer and keep your eyes on starwars.com for more details,

(51:09):
including when and where to buy tickets to this once in a generation event.
Uh,
of course we did see the re-release of revenge of the Sith last year for the 20th anniversary and the Phantom Menace for its 25th anniversary,
not too long before that.
So,
um,
you know,
having a new hope back,
uh,
back for the 50th is pretty special.
And that lines up with celebration in,

(51:30):
uh,
uh,
whenever the next celebration is,
uh,
I think it's an Anaheim and that's also in 2027.
So,
uh,
people going to Star Wars celebration for the event.
Undoubtedly,
they will have a screening at that event for this movie.
Undoubtedly.
I'm like calling it right now.
It's going to happen.
Yeah.
Okay.
I can see that.
Yeah.
Cause that's what the whole celebration is like.

(51:50):
They're geared.
That's why they're skipping next year and doing it.
Oh,
really?
Yeah.
Cause it's like,
yeah,
well,
like,
let's just build the hype for the 50th anniversary.
Also at that time,
Mandalorian and Grogu will have come out already and star fighter will be the new movie on the
block by that point in time.
So,
right.
Okay.
Um,
so yeah,
there's going to be more things to talk about.
Yeah.
A little bit more to talk about a little more to like,

(52:11):
you know,
publish like literature around and you know,
stuff.
Right.
So,
so what is the next blip?
It feels like there's going to be a bit of a,
uh,
a quiet time.
I think it's next year.
I think the whole year.
Is there anything?
Well,
I think Ahsoka season two will almost for sure be coming to Disney plus next year.

(52:32):
Almost for sure.
Like even if it's towards the end of next year,
is there a season two happening or is it just a Grogu movie?
Okay.
Yeah.
They've cast,
you know,
like they,
they cast.
Oh,
I keep forgetting.
They've published Ezra's photo.
Right.
I don't know.
I keep forgetting.
I think this happened last time.
Well,
that's because they've,
they're taking so long to like,
yeah,
I haven't heard much about it.

(52:54):
I think it's because Mandalorian,
I hear more about Mandalorian and Grogu.
Yeah.
That's overshadowing.
I think that's why.
Cause I keep thinking that's the next thing.
The only,
it's the only live action show that is still in production.
Yeah.
There's no future Obi-Wan,
Book of Boba,
Mandalorian shows,
nothing.
I really want a Boba Fett season two.

(53:14):
I do too.
I do too.
I feel like it has potential.
I really,
I really do.
Cause like there's a,
there's a lot of low points for season one.
There's still some cool stuff.
I like a lot of the sand people stuff.
I don't know all that sort of thing,
but I just feel like it left off with a lot of potential on the table.
Definitely.
Definitely.
Yeah.
You know,
it's yeah.

(53:35):
I I'm,
I'm hoping that we do get a season two,
but I wonder if that's something that maybe they will announce maybe at
celebration in two years.
It seems so far away.
There was two years away,
but I know I was just kind of bummed about that,
but it makes sense if there's only like one show coming out next year.
Okay.
Here's the other thing.
There's,
there's two other conventions that happen in the year,

(53:57):
almost on an annual basis.
Actually it is on an annual basis.
One of them is comic con and the other one is D 23.
That's the,
that's the Disney expo.
Is that an event though?
Or is that,
it is.
Yeah.
So the Disney,
the D 23 Disney expo is actually really big.
And they typically,
that's where they announced Tron Aries.
That's where they announced like the Lilo and Stitch sequel,

(54:19):
I think,
or the,
the live action one.
Like,
like they,
they always talk about new stuff that the Disney,
the umbrella is doing in the Disney expo and star Wars is no stranger to the
D 23.
They've always showcased a little bit of star Wars stuff there too.
So it's very possible that,
you know,
like maybe D 23 in 2026,

(54:41):
we'll roll around and they'll use that event to showcase the next star Wars
TV projects,
you know,
and then also sort of get the ball rolling and marketing season two for
Ahsoka again.
Right.
And then of course,
Comic-Con happening towards the outside at the end of the summer,
they would probably showcase a little bit more about Ahsoka season two and use

(55:02):
that as like some marketing for that show.
And then,
you know,
steamroll into the next year where it's like,
okay,
now we got a,
a season two for Boba or season four for Mando or whatever,
you know,
like something like that.
So,
but yeah,
there's nothing new other than,
you know,
the movies in production right now,
you know,
star fighter Mando and Ahsoka season two on TV,

(55:23):
everything else is either.
They're announced and in pre-production and not filming yet or just rumor.
Right.
What about literature?
Is there anything interesting coming out for that?
Uh,
so there's the masters of there's a master of evil.
I think it's called,
it's like that Darth Vader book from Adam Christopher.
That one's coming out in the next little while.
What,
what,
uh,

(55:43):
place in the timeline is that it fits in between the two Darth Vader comic
books.
So,
so like,
I think it's during the dark Lord of the Sith comic book series.
From Charles soul.
It's a story that slots into that comic book series,
which is kind of interesting.
So we'll have overlap with the comic then it will.
Yeah.
Kind of like how the rise of the red blade overlapped with that same comic

(56:07):
book series.
Right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So,
uh,
so that's coming out and then there's,
um,
bad batch book of course just came out and then there's,
um,
the acolyte stories as well.
And I think there was one other,
but I can't remember what it is.
And then of course,
aside from all this stuff,
we do have star Wars visions volume three coming out not too far away now.

(56:28):
And then next year we'll have the,
the ninth Jedi sequel visions animated series to compliment the volume three.
So I think we'll ever get it.
Another horror star Wars book.
Uh,
I mean,
I hope so.
Cause that was still one of my favorite books.
Death troopers.
Dude is so good.
Yeah.
Like I had some cheesy points like haunted.

(56:48):
Should we show up,
which is kind of unnecessary.
Yeah.
I feel like that was just like a thing of its time.
I feel like they always show up for some reason.
They just have to be involved.
Yeah.
But just that like horror aspect.
Yeah.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I,
I,
I know like good things are said about that book all the time.
And,
uh,

(57:09):
you know,
it's,
it's fresh.
I feel like we've gotten a lot of the typical adventure books.
There hasn't really been a lot of horror.
You know,
now that the night sisters have showcased their ability to do what they did in
clone Wars,
which was resurrect,
you know,
the dead and animat,
you know,
animate them,
so to speak to do certain things.

(57:31):
Um,
and,
uh,
so not,
you know,
full resurrection or anything,
not like venturous and the latest tales of the underworld,
but,
um,
but like an animated corpse,
uh,
to just mindlessly fight.
Right.
Which we saw in Clone Wars.
Yeah.
And it's like,
that's cool.
That's basically kind of like the zombie personality that you would expect
from like,
you know,
like death troopers,

(57:51):
the novel,
right?
Yeah,
exactly.
Just kind of the mind.
The zombies.
Yeah.
So I wonder if maybe now that that's more well-known and recognized by
people that maybe,
right.
Maybe they will bring that back.
And I hope so.
Yeah.
Cause it could be cool,
you know,
to do some creepy stories like that,
you know,
maybe these things don't,
yeah.
I don't know.
It doesn't even necessarily have to be,
I mean,
it's cool that they're in the death troopers that were like troopers that

(58:14):
were zombies.
Yeah.
But I wouldn't even be opposed of a story of a character.
Maybe it's like pre Phantom menace.
So they like Jedi character,
but even like a smugglery character or something crash lines on Dathomir and
has to fight zombie night sisters.
Yeah.
Right.
It could be that easy.
I like stuff that's like small and contained like that.
Yeah.
Low stakes story.

(58:35):
Yeah,
exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And characters that you don't know if they'll die or not because they
don't exist anywhere else.
Right.
Right.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So Jedi's fighting zombies could be pretty cool.
That could be really cool.
Yeah.
Um,
what else we got?
Is that it?
Is that everything we got?
I think so.
I think so.
Yeah.
All right,
cool.
You're going to get the new Django,
fat starship.

(58:55):
No,
I already have the original,
so it's smaller to place that version.
Are you kidding me?
Quite a bit smaller than the original.
Oh yeah.
Oh man.
Yeah.
Riddle.
And they also kind of cheaped out,
which is annoying.
So they,
there's the,
the big like UCS version.
Yeah.
It's like 700 bucks or something.
The UCS one's nice.
It is really nice.

(59:15):
That one was really good.
And that one has a super nice Django with arm printing.
So you finally have the shoulder pads,
the yellow shoulder armor.
And then they do the place that version,
which is very small.
And it's the same mini fig,
except for the arm printing.
Of course.
So annoying.
Of course.

(59:37):
Sorry.
You know what?
I did forget one thing that I think I was going to mention before you move on
here at Comic-Con at two at Comic-Con SD,
SDCC 2025.
They did showcase a trailer.
This isn't a trailer that is officially available through channels as usual.

(01:00:01):
They always,
I hate how we keep doing that.
It's super,
it's very annoying.
So thank,
thank goodness to all those who are attending,
who did smuggle in their GoPros and publish it on YouTube.
So you can watch it on YouTube,
but here's a little bit of a spoiler for the movie or for the future trailer.
You better do the alarm.
Yeah.
Where's the alarm here?

(01:00:22):
Okay.
Okay.
How are the musics in there still?
Okay.
So a little bit of a spoiler here,
but the Razor Crest will return.
Yeah.
Okay.
Or he just gets a very similar looking ship that is almost exactly like the

(01:00:42):
Razor Crest.
Interesting.
Yeah.
You look unsatisfied.
I just don't know what to think about that.
I like the Razor Crest,
but then what happens?
I don't know.
I'm just,
I'm circumstance.
Actually,
it's confusing.
The thing was blown to smithereens,
but there's more than one.
That's the thing about,
that's a weird thing about Star Wars or like ships are mass produced,
but they've only,
you only ever see one of each.

(01:01:03):
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's like the Falcon is supposed to be one of the most common ships in the
galaxy and you never see a single other one.
Right?
Yeah.
Yeah,
exactly.
So anyway,
it should say Falcon YT 1300.
Another thing is like the opening,
like 50 seconds was him getting this awesome long trailer.
Yeah.
It was like,
an awesome epic hallway scene for Mando taking down a whole bunch of

(01:01:25):
stormtroopers inside an AT-AT Walker,
which has some crazy good explosions.
See some shots of him jet packing through the skies.
There was a shot of the Razor Crest or I keep calling the Razor Crest,
but it's,
it's in there somewhere.
There's a,
you know,
shots of Sigourney Weaver's character who works with the rebellion.
Zeb will return.
He's going to be featured in this movie as well.

(01:01:48):
And there was some good action scenes in here.
And then we got,
we got Grogu swimming.
That was kind of crazy.
They get,
they're riding like a little,
like a little Walker thing.
And I don't know.
It was kind of cool stuff.
I was like,
okay,
pretty,
pretty interesting footage.
So do you like the title?
Mandalorian trailer,
Mandalorian and Grogu trailer leak.

(01:02:09):
No,
no,
this,
the movie Mandalorian and Grogu.
Yeah,
there it is.
Razor Crest weird.
It's a,
it certainly looks like it's one minute,
27 seconds into the video.
It's even got the same yellow paint job on the sides.
It's weird,
right?
Yeah.
I don't know what to think about that.
Anyway.
Sorry.
What,
what,
what'd you say about like,
about the,
do you like the title?
The title Mandalorian and Grogu.

(01:02:30):
Does it feel like Star Wars?
Mandalorian and Grogu,
a Star Wars story.
I don't know.
I don't think so.
It's like,
bring it up.
Yeah.
I don't know.
It,
it kind of has solo vibes when you look at that,
like title card reveal as well,
like kind of 3d and floats in front of the camera.
Right.
So I,
I guess in that sense,
like if it's a tribute to solo,

(01:02:50):
like,
okay.
Like,
you know,
like not,
you know,
I guess it's a,
I guess it's an old enough movie that it's like,
you know,
it just,
it feels cheesy to me.
Like SpongeBob,
the movie.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I feel you.
Yeah.
Um,
I don't know.
I mean,
like we've been talking about it now for like over a year,
man.
That's crazy.

(01:03:11):
So I feel like at this point I've now just kind of grown used to it.
Yeah.
But I think like probably,
yeah,
I don't know.
I don't know what else they would call it though.
That's probably the problem.
Yeah.
Unless there's something that's more relevant to the story.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Like with the George Lucas movies,

(01:03:31):
if people don't remember the titles,
the movies themselves,
they would just refer to it as the episode,
but this isn't an episode.
So it's not like,
right.
It's not like there's any other way.
I feel like people still say like attack of the clones or like AOTC.
I think like fans do,
but fans know what,
what like fans know where that takes place and what normies,
you know?
Yeah.
Normies probably don't,

(01:03:52):
they probably just call it star Wars.
They probably,
yeah.
They just call,
they call all of us star Wars.
Exactly.
Star Wars.
The second one.
So yeah,
that's a title.
Yeah.
All right,
buddy.
We'll catch you in the next one.
Shall we?
Sounds good.
We'll see you out there.
Keep flying.
All right.

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