April 28, 2025 • 1 min
In today's #MikeJonesMinuteCon, find out why Yoda speaks like he does and big names are in for the Split Fiction movie!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Movies, video games, tech. He did look at the nerd
News you Need with Mike Jones Minicon on DC one
on one.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's so simple and it makes perfect sense. George Lucas
was at the forty fifth anniversary screening for The Empire
Strikes Back during the TCM Classic Film Festival, and he
talked about why Yoda speaks like he does. Lucas said
that if he spoke normally, people wouldn't listen so much,
and he didn't want to give him an accent, but
speaking with the words out of order made Yoda sound
(00:30):
like a wise philosopher and pay attention people did. It's
only been out for a few weeks and already the
video games Split Fiction has become a big hit, so
much so that a movie's coming. Varieties reported that Sydney
Sweeney will be one of the stars of the film
and John Chew will direct it. The production company's Story
Kitchen will be behind the Split Fiction movie, and they've
(00:51):
had big success with video games with the Sonic the
Hedgehog movies and the animated tomb Raters show on Netflix.
Get your daily pop culture run down around on four
point fifty every weekday with the Mike Jones, Minicon in
the afternoon, Adventure on DC one oh one on the air,
and the iHeartRadio app. And make sure to subscribe wherever
you get your podcasts so you don't miss any episodes.
Movies, video games, tech. He did look at the nerd
News you Need with Mike Jones Minicon on DC one
on one.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's so simple and it makes perfect sense. George Lucas
was at the forty fifth anniversary screening for The Empire
Strikes Back during the TCM Classic Film Festival, and he
talked about why Yoda speaks like he does. Lucas said
that if he spoke normally, people wouldn't listen so much,
and he didn't want to give him an accent, but
speaking with the words out of order made Yoda sound
(00:30):
like a wise philosopher and pay attention people did. It's
only been out for a few weeks and already the
video games Split Fiction has become a big hit, so
much so that a movie's coming. Varieties reported that Sydney
Sweeney will be one of the stars of the film
and John Chew will direct it. The production company's Story
Kitchen will be behind the Split Fiction movie, and they've
(00:51):
had big success with video games with the Sonic the
Hedgehog movies and the animated tomb Raters show on Netflix.
Get your daily pop culture run down around on four
point fifty every weekday with the Mike Jones, Minicon in
the afternoon, Adventure on DC one oh one on the air,
and the iHeartRadio app. And make sure to subscribe wherever
you get your podcasts so you don't miss any episodes.
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