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7		INTRO
8		Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
9		Garrett is off this week! But we're going to talk all about S2 premiere of the Mandalorian "The ?"
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14		S2 E2: Chapter 10: The Passenger	Jennie Notes
15		Picks up right where the last one left off. But doesn't pick up any of the lingering threads.
16		The Tatooine ambush is a great cold open
17		Pelli's contact has a lead on a Mandalorian covert Rodians like their meat well done apparently.
18		"Frog Lady" is awesome Performed by Misty Rosas, same performer as Kuill
19		The Child loves frog eggs
20		By the book X-Wing pilots Mando has very few points in persuasion and deception
21		Turns out that ice planet is just a random ice planet. Not Hoth or Illum Q9 is back, as Google translate!
22		Live action Krykna!!! (the spiders from Rebels/that McQuarrie ESB concept art) I wanna float around in that hot spring Everything with the spiders is REALLY well executed Saved by Filoni!!!	https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Krykna
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24		DiCaprio Pointing Gif
25		Ambusher who died of jetpack was first seen in TFA (Scrapjaw Motito)	https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Scrapjaw_Motito
26		Is Dr. Mandible an Ant-Man reference? Episode was directed by Peyton Reed
27		Ronto Roaster style cooking
28		Dee Bradley Baker voices Frog Lady (Rex/all the clone in The Clone Wars)
29		"And also with you"... anyone else grow up Catholic?
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31		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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33		If I may make a suggestion for our sign off Garrett: I have spoken... Tom: This is the way... Jennie: Initiating self-destruct sequence...


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #67: The Mandalorian - Chapter 9: The Marshal	URL
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6	INTRO
7	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
8	Garrett is off this week! But we're going to talk all about S2 premiere of the Mandalorian "The Marshal"
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13	S2 E1 Friday	Jennie Notes
14	Plot: The Mandalorian returns to Tatooine in search of another of his kind. Classic Western structure. Lone wanderer comes to town, helps solve a problem with local law enforcement that requires teaming up w/ the Native people, in this case The Tusken Raiders
15	Known Locations: City in the opening scene (name?) Tatooine - Mos Pelgo	Sometimes the credits art shows you stuff that didn't end up happening and I love that
16	GREAT QUOTES: "If this thing ever divides or buds, I will gladly pay for the outcome." "I guess every once in a while, both suns shine on a womprats tail."	Tom's Notes
17	New Faces: Cade Vanth, originated in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath series brought to life by TIMOTHY OLYPHANT who is on a multi-year reunion tour playing different MARSHALS (The Good Place, Fargo and now STAR WARS) Gor Koresh, voiced by John Leguizamo The Weequay, played by W. Earl Brown from Deadwood A WHOLE ASS KRAYT DRAGON
18	Returning recurring Faces: Peli Motto, played by Amy Sedaris R-5! The ice cream container returns!
19	AMAZING NEW OLD FACE: Temuera Morrison! As someone who is likely, but not definitively but very probably Boba Fett.
20	Other awesome stuff: The graffiti, Gamorrean fighters (finish him!) and a huge level of extras in this episode.
21	OUTRO
22	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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24	If I may make a suggestion for our sign off Tom: ? Jennie: ? Garrett: I have spoken... Tom: This is the way... Jennie: Initiating self-destruct sequence...


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3	Steven Dodds: Hey, I just discovered your show! Listening to ep 2 now. I do not know if you talked about these theories or not in any episodes, nor do I know if anyone else has ever thought about them. But these are a couple things I’ve pondered for some time now. Snoke is Ezra Bridger from Rebels gone bad? My gut just says it, I don’t know how this next season will pan out. That new toy of Snoke has blue eyes, and so does Ezra Bridger... Rey is Han and Leia’s kid who was taken by someone (perhaps Snoke) as a baby. And that tore the family apart even pushing Kilo to Snoke. (She is his little sister) this is kind of based on the talk between Han and Leia where they mention something tragic happened before they separated. And how Leia hugs Ray, there is maybe some thought going on there. It took Leia time to figure out Luke was her brother, so maybe...
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5	James Pancoast Sep 14 (11 days ago): How about the Russo brothers? They've shown they can work with a very strong producer and make some pretty good flicks.
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7	Rob Wynne : Oh, c'mon. You all know that we really want to see a David Lynch directed movie about the rise of Jabba the Hutt.
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9	I have to say that although I liked TFA I'm not really a fan of JJ. I find that his "cheese" threshold is a little wider than mine. And he tends to ignore logic in some cases just to get a scene he wants. Why did everyone run outside at Maz's cantina to see the planets explode? And why where they even close enough to see the planet? Why did R2 suddenly decide to wake up. In Star Trek, the interior of the engineering section looked cool (brewery) but it's waaay to big to fit inside the ship there showed me. And how could Spock be close enough on the ice moon to see Vulcan turn into a black hole, but far enough away that the ice moon didn't get sucked in? But the director choices for Last Jedi and Han Solo (Ron Howard) give me hope. I like that these directors are mainly known for 'serious' movies. And will most likely be better at making things make sense. PS. I really hope they get C3PO right in the next movie. If you go back to the OT, he is neurotic and a little annoying, but still smart. However, the prequels and TFA have him acting like a clueless bumbling moron. And even his cameo in Rogue One was a tiny bit too 'clueless' in my opinion. Thanks for the show, Dave Fuller from Canadia
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11	Hello! So I'm two thirds of the way through the Thrawn Trilogy and I was wondering where does one go after I finish up the trilogy! Where does one get some more Mara Jade goodness (fingers crossed she survives the trilogy!)? Please and thank you! May for the force be with you, Eric Royer

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Feedback Emails for possible inclusion in March

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The Future of Chewbacca

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Hey Star Wars fans!

My Dad asked me this question this weekend and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Does Chewie stay with the Millennium falcon? Does Ray? Are they BFFs now? Where do you think that storyline goes now that Chewie no longer has an obligation to stick around with Han? - Kevin Douglas

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Chewbacca v Ben Solo

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Just wanted to know your thoughts on Chewbacca purposefully shooting Kylo Ren in the hip and not killing him. This was his best friends son, and he had to know that, right? I imagine him knowing Ben from when he was little, and he didn't kill him because of this. Every other shot Chewbacca takes after that, he is dead on. Did he miss Kylo Ren, or wound him on purpose? Further more, what do you think Ben's thoughts were when he gets hit from Chewbacca's bow? He had to know Chewbacca as his dad's best friend as well. Everything in that scene just seemed incredibly deliberate to me. And the fact that Cheebacca stuck around with Rey is really interesting.

Love the show,
Chris

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Luke's Handiwork

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Have you noticed that Luke's hand at the end is different to that which is put on r2 in the force vision. Maybe it's not Luke laying his hand on r2? Maybe Kylo? Did Kylo take his gloves off at any point? - Matt Lennard

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Ezra Bridger?

Another Ezra Bridger theory

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Greetings Jennie, Garrett and Tom,

Just a few thoughts about force ghosts . . .

First, somewhere I've read some speculation that the spirit (force ghost) of the sith tend to haunt (occupy?) places or things, while Jedi (light side) tend to favour people . . . So, it is possible that by hold Darth Vader's helmet Kylo is able to get a vision (much like Ren's when she first grasps the lightsaber) and why he returns to it for guidance and direction.

Second, all the force ghosts in the movies only appear to Luke. So what if there is a requirement that there a strong connection between the ghost and the person to whom the ghost appears? Qui Gon would have a strong connection with Obi Won . .. Obi Won would have a strong connection to Luke. Yoda would have forged a strong connection to Luke. By the end of Return of the Jedi, Anakin/Vader would have had a strong connection to Luke. But none of those connections exist with Kylo Ren so no force ghost can appear to him to help guide him . . .

So, after my family and I saw The Force Awakens (10 year old twin daughters, my wife and myself) we spent our Sunday morning breakfast of French toast and bacon discussing theories about the movie (clearly one of the proudest geek-dad moments of my life!). One theory we came up with I have not heard before . . . What about Ezra Bridger from Star Wars Rebels? He would be about the right age and having seen what the Empire is trying to do with force sensitive children, would be very wary about his daughter and be eager to hide her away somewhere. Plus, it would very nicely cement Rebels into the Star Wars canon . . .

I have some thoughts about the direction of Star Wars Rebels and how this might reveal the identity of Snoke, but I will save them for another time . . .

To the best of my knowledge, no Bothans died to bring you this . .. - Chris Kuchynski

Greetings Celestial Combat Conversers,

This is my crackpot theory on who Rey's parents are:

Ezra Bridger and Leah Organa are Rey's parents.

Did you see the recent episode of Star Wars Rebels that featured Princess Leah Organa? There were some serious fireworks between the two characters. Clearly, at some future point in the storyline, they hook up and produce a female progeny. But since that type of behavior is unbefitting of an Adleranian princess, the child is abandoned on the desert planet of Jakku.

I know what your thinking: Rey is clearly too fair of completion to be Ezra's daughter. The explanation is simple, though. Vitiligo. It happened to Michael Jackson, it could happen to Rey Organa-Bridger as well.

My son and I love the new podcast. Keep 'em coming please.

May the force be with you, always,
Demian

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Love the show guys! Wanted to share this with you and get your thoughts.
After 6 viewings and countless discussions with several of my friends I have come to this conclusion. This all hinges on the flashback scene we see in the Force Awakens. I think these are memories that Luke has spoken to Rey or Rey witnessed herself. We begin with the hallway on Cloud City which I think is a story Rey has recalled hearing.

We then see someone looking at Luke speaking to R2. I believe this is Luke leaving to go find the first Jedi temple. We then cut to someone looking up at a figure about to strike down on them before a red light saber goes through their chest. We then see a close up of Kylo Ren before we go out to a wider view of the knights of Ren. Then Rey is being given to Unkar Platt and the ship takes off. I think everything in that scene is from her point of view.

I believe Rey was training with Luke and Ben and the other new Jedi at some point. I think at this time whether due to familial ties or ties of friendship Ben and Rey formed a bond. A bond so strong that when he was ordered to massacre the New jedi, he saved Rey from being killed. He stabs that person with the lightsaber as they are about to strike Rey. Then knowing that his sentiment, which Snoke openly says in the novelization caused Vader to fall, he had the girl hidden. He allowed someone to take her to Jakku, drop her off, then kill said person or he simply dropped her off himself and wiped her mind.

Rey knows this possible person was killed but has refused to admit it. Maz in fact says she knows. Then when Kylo finds out BB-8 has escaped with a girl from Jakku, he very visibly shows a moment of panic. His greatest shame could be coming back to haunt him. He isn't sure until she pulls the light saber in the snow, when in the novelization, he says to himself " It is you". Luke has no idea Rey is still alive as he was gone during the massacre. That adds to his shame of the fall of Ben. That's part of the look on his face. A look of recognition. He does in fact know her. He was training her. Whether she is his daughter or just a girl is unclear at this point. But I feel the connection between Rey and Ben will be the catalyst of conflict for the next 2 films. I have more hole filling thoughts and examples of the connection to this theory but this email is long enough. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks, Jaxson Howard

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Is Rey a clone?

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Hey fellow Star Wars nerds!

I'm hoping this doesn't come up at the end of episode two, because I just paused the show with a thought inspired by something that was brought up about Rey's parents. Tom said something to the effect of Darth Vader had a child AFTER becoming Darth Vader, and Jennie got grossed out.

BUT....

Not all children come about in the traditional organic way.

What if Rey is a clone?

Of course that could only be possible if you can accept the idea that a clone doesn't have to be the same gender as person the DNA is copied from. And while I'm definitely not smart enough to know if that's even possible, I have two ideas about how that could work with the story.

Firstly, after Empire Strikes Back, someone tracks down Luke's hand (along with his lightsaber) and begins genetic testing to figure out if it's possible to clone a Jedi. It takes a few years because no one has ever tried to clone a force use, but they finally find success. About that time, the First Order starts making a splash on the galaxy and Kylo Ren kills the new generation of force users, leading the scientists who created Rey to hide her away because they've become emotionally attached to her. To top that off, maybe Lor San Tekka is the one behind it. To protect Rey from discovering her power and becoming a target, he gives the lightsaber to Maz Kanata because she is also a member of the Church of Force. Ok, might be stretching a bit with that last part.

Second possibility, Vader decides to have himself cloned after he realized that Luke won't be turned to the dark side, and he would still need help to overthrow the Emperor. So he swabs his cheek with a q-tip and gives it to his secret team of scientists and they set to work creating a genetic replica of Vader. Sadly, they aren't successful until after his death, but they continue their work believing that the galaxy needs more Vader. Rebels discover the plan and steal Rey while she's just a child and hide her on Jakku so that Snoke can't find her. When she finally confronts Luke at the end of the movie, he shows a look of confusion and sadness when he realizes that he's sensing the presence of his father in the girl before him.

I apologize that this email got so long, and I should mention that I actually believe she's Luke's daughter, but I just thought it would be fun to hear you guys talk about the idea.

Love the show!
darylinohio

Jennie's thoughts : I mean, Kylo Ren does have that line abhout "maybe we should have used the clones" leading to - WHAT CLONES? Old New Zealand accent clones? or new clones?

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Nyuuron has an interesting theory about a Jedi with a special talent from a Clone Wars spinoff

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Howdy Troopers,

I've only seen the Force Awakens movie once myself so far, but I reached a very different conclusion about what was going on after Rey touched Luke's light saber, and I'm pretty sure I was at a very particular crossroads to find this conclusion so here it goes:

I was reading the Christie Golden's book Star Wars: Dark Disciple at about the time I got to see the movie. (If you haven't read it yet, don't worry I'm not going to spoil much, as you learn most of this in the first few chapters.)
One of the protagonists, Quinlin Voss, is a Jedi with a special talent he calls 'psychometry'. Voss can touch an object and witness the past of said object, similar to a flashback.

While I can't explain exactly how she would have acquired this, if Rey has this particular talent, it would explain how she could witness events and hear voices of people she herself was not familiar with.

I would just mark this up to coincidence, however, Dark Disciple was based off a script from the cancelled final season of the Clone Wars series, so I believe it would be canonical to the current movie universe.

Anyway, would love to hear any thoughts on this.

May the Force be with you,

Nyuuron

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Greetings Jennie, Garrett and Tom,

Just a few thoughts about force ghosts . . .

First, somewhere I've read some speculation that the spirit (force ghost) of the sith tend to haunt (occupy?) places or things, while Jedi (light side) tend to favour people . . . So, it is possible that by hold Darth Vader's helmet Kylo is able to get a vision (much like Ren's when she first grasps the lightsaber) and why he returns to it for guidance and direction.

Second, all the force ghosts in the movies only appear to Luke. So what if there is a requirement that there a strong connection between the ghost and the person to whom the ghost appears? Qui Gon would have a strong connection with Obi Won . .. Obi Won would have a strong connection to Luke. Yoda would have forged a strong connection to Luke. By the end of Return of the Jedi, Anakin/Vader would have had a strong connection to Luke. But none of those connections exist with Kylo Ren so no force ghost can appear to him to help guide him . . .

So, after my family and I saw The Force Awakens (10 year old twin daughters, my wife and myself) we spent our Sunday morning breakfast of French toast and bacon discussing theories about the movie (clearly one of the proudest geek-dad moments of my life!). One theory we came up with I have not heard before . . . What about Ezra Bridger from Star Wars Rebels? He would be about the right age and having seen what the Empire is trying to do with force sensitive children, would be very wary about his daughter and be eager to hide her away somewhere. Plus, it would very nicely cement Rebels into the Star Wars canon . . .

I have some thoughts about the direction of Star Wars Rebels and how this might reveal the identity of Snoke, but I will save them for another time . . .

To the best of my knowledge, no Bothans died to bring you this . ..

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Jon Jagger has good observations about Kylo Ren's force powers

Also this:

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Kylo Ren's Powers
One of the things I find most fascinating about Kylo Ren isn't how powerful he is or isn't, but the way he uses the force itself. Darth Vader liked choking people with the force. The Emperor and Dooku liked shooting lightning.

What makes Kylo Ren interesting is his force powers all seem to be light side in nature, but used for evil. He doesn't force choke someone, he force pulls them into his hand and physically does it. He doesn't zap you with lightning he freezes you in place passively.

"A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

Well we see twists on these defensive moves that lead to attacks and the only other force power we see is his ability to read minds. He does it intrusively, but Jedi sense information for the light side all the time.

I'm not sure if there is a great meaning behind this, but I find it interesting that the character so afraid to fall to the light is using traditionally good force powers for evil.

Light and Dark Anakin
One of the fuzzier bits of Star Wars canon is The Old Republic era of stories. Disney has been a little hesitant to completely write it off, but also wont confirm any of it either. We've seen Old Republic era stuff slide its way into canonical Clone Wars cartoons so it's a viable well for sure.

One of the more interesting characters and stories to come out of this era is the saga of Darth Revan. He is featured mostly in the games Knights of the Old Republic and the MMO The Old Republic.

I mention Revan because in The Old Republic Revan (as a Jedi) attempts to build an army to destroy the Sith emperor. He is killed in what equates to a raid in game and seems to become one with the force. Later an extremely angry scarred Revan reappears trying to now destory the Sith and the Republic. To make things more complicated you get aid from Revan's force ghost in fighting him. Ultimately it is revealed that Revan's strength in both the light and the dark have perfectly fractured him. The lightside gave into his death and joined the force, but the dark greedily lingered and fought on.

With all this talk of would Anakin's force ghost be good or bad I figured it might be something to think about. It is not outside the real of the EU to have a character fracture and exist as both a light and dark entity.

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Scott Odle has a question about lightsabers:

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Why were the lightsabers in The Force Awakens weaker than in the previous episodes? People were getting whacked left and right with lightsabers and no one got anything lopped off. They couldn't even seem to cut through metal like we've seen in the past so many times. Fin gets sabered hard in the back and is not split in two. Thery seems more like regular metal swords that glow than laser swords. Any theories?

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Drew in Atlanta has some interesting thoughts about Kylo and Rey

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So here's my theory: Kylo Ren, under the command of Snoke, was instructed to kill all Luke's trainees, but he can't bring himself to kill Rey. Maybe she's a cousin? Maybe she's just young and innocent? So he stops her would-be attacker, and knowing that Snoke is going to be angered by this he hides Rey on Jakku and uses his Force powers to suppress parts of her memory assuming that this will be more than enough to claim her to be dead to Snoke but not have her blood on his hands. Lor San Teka could have found her during his search for Luke but never made his presence obvious to her for her own safety. Or he's the one who taught her all about the heroes of the Rebellion but was careful not to tell her too much. The truth, but from a certain point of view, if you will. I know the novelization goes in to some more detail about her life on Jakku but I don't know how much of that can be considered solid canon.

This would explain a couple of things for me, namely that Luke isn't a deadbeat dad! He just thought she was dead so he never thought to go looking. Even Vader didn't know he had kids until one of them blew up a space station after all. It also explains why Rey is suddenly so well versed in what I would think are more advanced Force techniques like the mind trick so quickly. She gets an initial flood of information from touching Anakin/Luke's saber, but she doesn't start to actively use the Force until after Kylo goes digging in her head for where the map is. Then she's suddenly mind-tricking Daniel Craigtrooper and force-pulling lightsabers across snowy forests. Her training had already begun before the academy was decimated, and with Kylo entering her mind a second time he undoes some of his initial work and her FORCE powers start to AWAKEN.

Or I'm wrong, which is entirely likely, but at least I'll get some great movies to tell me how it really happened! Thanks for taking the time to read, love the show!

- Drew in Atlanta

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Kevin Douglas has the simplest theory on who Rey is:

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Re: Ray’s Lineage. What if her lineage is new? The force just awakened, and could have awakened a new bloodline. It’s a new set of movies, new ownership, new writers, new heroes… a new bloodline? This would simplify a lot of things and really open up the possibilities for the next two movies.

I’d also like to hear your ideas about the very last scene. I think there’s such a huge conversation happening between Luke and Rey and I’d love to hear you guys talk about it. Here’s my rough take:

Ray: “take this; help us"
Luke: “sorry, I can’t”
Ray: “please, you must”
Luke: “no, you must take it”
Ray: “I can’t… can I?”

There’s a lot of implied dialog in those 4 shots. I’d love to hear your take.

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And Eric Schwartz (may the schwartz be with you) concurs:

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I don't think I have much justification for this one, but I don't see why she needs to be a Skywalker (or even a Kenobi) for her origin to be satisfying. Consider that the Jedi were gone for so long that Luke was probably starting off training Force-sensitive adults, or at least older teenagers. I like to think that Rey is the daughter of one of Luke's students, perhaps born before the Jedi training camp started-- or maybe Luke isn't continuing the prohibition against relationships, and she was born during it.

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Ryan writes in with a question for us:

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Hey Garrett, Jennie and Tom,
I was wondering what is the difference between the Sith and whatever
Kylo is? Is the star wars MMORPG canon? Because that had a Sith
Empire right?

Thanks
Ryan
Sent from my iPhone

Jennie's thoughts: Baby wannabe sith,

also w/ sith there can be only two, so kinda hard to have a gang of em

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Rey's parentage (Tom's theory)

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From Kyle:

In support of the theory that Rey is Kylo Ren’s daughter, remember the first scene when Kylo Ren meets Lor San Tekka (Max von Sydow)? Kilo states to Lor that “You have grown old”. You could interpret that Kilo, because of dark side, hasn’t aged as fast as Lor. And that Kilo knew Lor “years” ago.

Just a thought I had when y’all were discussing this…I’m sure I’m not the first to bring this up…Love the Podcast!

Thanks,

Kyle Barton

Also add Tom's Endor math which totally disproves the theory

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Ryan writes:

"Sorry, kids. Kyle and Rey are about 10 years apart according to the official word of Pablo Hidalgo.

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/688861512895561728

That theory was gross. Keep up the good work you all do!"

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Matt in the UK writes in with his evidence for Ray's parentage:

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I'm gonna stick my neck out and say Rey is definitely Luke's daughter. Reasons:

Luke's been missing for approx 15 years and the girl is about 4 in the force vision. Rey is supposed to be 19.

I don't think Kylo is protecting her in the same vision. It's just a vision of the knights of Ren killing the Jedi Luke is training. This would mean she is hidden to protect her from Kylo.

When R2 is first uncovered c3p0 says that he's been in low power mode since Luke went missing. He powers up when Rey arrives at the resistance base.

Luke's been missing for ages and they send Rey (who's only just turned up) to go and get him. Why would you do that unless there's a connection?

Just my thoughts.

Cheers guys.

Matt, UK

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Alan Webb has some thoughts about what went down at the Jedi Academy

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I do think that Rey is Luke's, Star Wars has always been about the Skywalkers and I don't think this will change, nor do I want it to. Like Jennie I do hope the mother is Mara Jade or possibly at least an analogue to Mara. I also like the Obi-Wan's daughter as her mother theory.

if Rey is Luke's daughter and he thought she had been killed (maybe by Kylo). Maybe her mother sacrificed herself to save her but Luke never found out and by the time she was discovered like had already left. That could be shock on his face when he sees her.

I think that the Force Vision that Rey has is possibly Luke's, not hers. Almost everything she sees can be explained as coming from Luke's memories, including the quotes from Yoda, Obi-wan and I believe that Palpatine can be heard as well.

If Rey is Luke’s part of Kylo’s "fall" could have been jealousy over “believed” preferential treatment of her over him at the academy. Kylo certainly seems like the kind of guy to lash out in jealousy.

And linked to this another theory that I I have heard suggested as well, that perhaps Rey is the one apprentice Kylo could not kill at the academy (becuase she is his cousin/sister) and instead wiped her memories himself and placed her on Jakku. This may come back to haunt him as a moment of weakness on his journey to the dark side.

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Scott Clay wrote us with lots and lots of theories, but here's one that involves the clone wars

need to paraphrase this

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3. I do have a theory on who Rey could be (just my own thoughts based on ages and existing Canon characters). My theory is that the mother/father (doesn't matter which) of Rey was one of Luke's students who was killed by Kylo Ren and his followers around 23 year after the Battle of Yavin (Ep. IV). I'm then suggesting that this parent was born either 3 years or 8 years before the Battle of Yavin, making her 18 or 23 when having Rey. Looking at the existing Force sensitive characters based on age then, I'm suggesting that person's mother (Rey's Grandmother) is Ahsoka Tano. She would be 28 or 33 when having Rey's parent. This would give Rey her strong Force connection and Canon lineage, and I think makes sense given Ahsoka's rejection of the Jedi council ideals (perhaps including not having relationships). I chose the years to be either a few years before the Rebels series takes place or right after it as Ahsoka plays a role in that. Now the father could logically be Lux Bonteri (love interest for Tano during the Clone Wars series), but taking it a step farther I'm suggesting that the father of this child could instead be Korkie Kryze. Korkie was supposedly the nephew of Satine Kryze, who was a love interest for Obi-Wan Kenobi. He interacted with Ahsoka and makes a lot of sense politically as a love interest for her after adolescence. To further this idea, one could suppose that the mission Obi-Wan and Satine were on together when they fell in love (and were teenagers) resulted in a secret child that Satine needed to protect because of her political enemies. She therefore presents the child as her nephew instead of her son. One last addition. Korkie grows up and eventually learns the truth of his parentage. He also falls in love with Ahsoka and so begins his own study of the Force despite not being Force-sensitive himself. He becomes the leading expert on all Force and Jedi related issues, and with the Empire hunting down all past political enemies he changes his name to Lor San Tekka. He then helps Luke and Leia in their rebuilding of the Republic and searching out new Jedi's for Luke to train after the Empire's fall.

To sum up: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze have a son who Satine hides as her nephew Korkie. Korkie grows up and falls in love with Ahsoka. They have a child who is raised in secret during the reign of the Empire and after it's defeat has a child of his/her own named Rey. After Luke begins training new Jedi they join him and are subsequently killed by Kylo Ren. The surviving parent is hunted down by Ren, but the child is hidden away by her grandfather Korkie, now known as Lor San Tekka. So Rey is granddaughter of Ahsoka Tano, and great-granddaughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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Matt Rogers says: Hey crew love the show.

So we all know about how Disney gutted the extended universe of Star Wars and declared them "Legend" canon. We can all agree that this was necessary to tell the stories they are planning to tell. How would you guys react if after episode 9 comes out, Disney declared that episodes 1-3 are no longer canon and they are rebooting those three films with the polish that they have given the new material.

I would be all for removing these films from the canon if we got a better version that I was excited to watch.

I would love to hear your guys' opinion. Love the show, keep up the good work.

Welp, says Jennie, I think they'd have to wait for George Lucas to become a Force Ghost and then at least a decade after that

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Hi Chewie, Solo and Laia, you guys can fight over who is who...

Have you guys thought about re watching styar wars with descriptive video or subtitles? Since episode 3 I myself have become b lindand I was scared that I would not be able to enjoy star wars because I couldnt see the effects in the movies. But I have to say, descriptive video made it amazing for me. If anything I actually knew much more of what was happening because they sometimes give you more information then what the viewer who doesnt need discriptive video knows!. To let you know what descriptive video is, its simply what the name means, the video is getting described to you through headphones to give you additional info when you listen to the movie.

Great podcast guys, I love all the AMoveTV shows,
Richard Harlow AKA Demonic Rick

this would actually be a cool bit to do

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Hey Ya Jawas,
I was just wondering if any of you have played the StarWars RolePlayingGame? In the RPG there are other force sensitive classes besides the Jedi. If taken into the movies it could explain some of the other characters.

Or any of the board games/minis games from Fantasy Flight Games? (Imperial Assult, Xwing, Armada)

Love the shows.
Thanks
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Andrea Duggan:

First off - epic, amazing and very studious podcast! I have learned so much form listening, so thanks for that!

This theory/question may be a bit to simple; however I thought this was just the place to talk about it.

My thought is that BB-8 is the droid baby of R2-D2 and the Death Star. When R2 helps override the main controls in A New Hope, I think this is when R2 retrieves some data DNA. This is why BB-8 is round like the death star and has a dome like R2!!

It seems so insignificant to the things you discuss; I hope it doesn't go against my brother Joel's geek level. I am only a padawan and still learning.....

Thanks for reading!

Haha I love this! BB-8 and R2 definitely have very similar personalities. They are both cheerful yet capable and very independent, unlike C3P0 so it would make sense if they were somehow related. I'm going to go look up "How Droid Babies Are Made" So glad you enjoy the show! :) JJ

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Hello! This is a great podcast, thanks for making it! Sorry about this rambling email, I have a lot of theories!

I had another crazy theory about Rey. The movie is pushing that its Luke's daughter (for me, it was when Luke's theme played when she picked up his lightsaber), but since Colin Trevorrow promised a "satisfying" answer, maybe that is too easy. My thought it what if she's a CLONE?? Maybe not a clone of Luke, but of Anakin? And that's why Kylo is afraid of her, because he senses that she's LIKE his grandfather?

Another thought I had was if Rey was Luke's daughter, maybe her mother is Captain Phasma!

Also, what are your theories of Finn? I feel like he was a bit too good at using the lightsaber against Kylo - wouldn't Kylo be able to force push it right out of Finn's hands? I think Finn has a little bit of Jedi in him too - because he's related to Mace Windu!

Now with all these theories about everyone we've seen are somehow related to each other, I kind of lean to Justin Robert Young's way of thinking - Star Wars is about a freaking galaxy and we should hear the stories other than a few choice families in it. But it is fun to speculate!

Thanks again!
- anotherJmartin

Oh SNAP. I never thought about Mace Windu

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Not sure how cannon the video games are, but while playing the Sith Inquisitor play through you run into an ancient sith force ghost.

Just thought I'd point you to the wiki since you said there weren't any dark side ghosts

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Aloysius_Kallig

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Hi Garrett, Jennie, and Tom!

I just finished listening to the second episode. In regards to force ghosts, the last season of Clone Wars went into depth regarding this. Basically, (Spoilers) Qui-Gon's spirit guided Yoda to meet the five priestesses and was taught how to become a force ghost. Yoda was then told to teach one other this technique so that when the force becomes unbalanced he would have help balancing it. Yoda ended up teaching Obi-Wan.

On the flip side, there are many Sith force ghosts mentioned in the Old Republic. In the game "The Old Republic" that is still going on, there are many sith ghosts and one of the player characters can learn how to eat them for power.

FunFact: Revan (which used both sides of the force) lived over 300 years being sustained by a force ghost.

Just some fun info. Thanks again for the awesome podcast!

-James from always hot Phoenix.

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Hi Tom!
I am a huge fan of DTNS. Thank you so much for starting this podcast. I love star wars and jump at every chance I get to talk about it with my friends and co-workers. I wanted to send you my theory about Rey and let you and Jennie judge it.

Rey is a clone of Anakin made in Kamino as a fail safe for the Emporer if Vader decides to betray him or learns the truth regarding the real death of his "secret wife". Rey was given genic memories and abilities to learn almost instantly after seeing something done. That way by the time she has grown to an adult she would have been a perfect copy of the Emporer. When the clone was completely Palpatine was already dead and Leah/Luke decided it was best to put her in a place that would hide the galaxy from her.

Love to hear your thoughts.

-James R.

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Mailman Morgan is back with another theory on the the Knights of Ren:

Who and what are they? An alternative to the Sith? Why have another order? We already have the dark and the light. But we don't have both together.
(Now stay with me here)

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kylo_Ren's_lightsaber

Kylo Rens lightsaber is of a millennia old design, dating back to the scourge of Malachor (cannon!). An event which is ( legend has it) tied directly to Revan (Kotor 2 and the book Revan have more on this)

So after all this time, he just happens to have this lightsaber design from the era of Revan? After so much information was destroyed by the empire? Where did he learn it?

A corrupted ancient holocron created by one who identified himself only as "Re**n".
Why not create an order from his wisdom of dark and light? The Knights of Ren? Wear masks and cloaks designed on what he wore?

Those are just some of my thoughts. Revan is one of the most beloved legendary characters and I imagine Disney is aware of that. "I'm not that into Star Wars, but I love KOTOR" is something I've definitely heard before.

Also, Rey is daughter of Leia and Wedge ave Finn is son of Leia and Lando. (B. S. But I don't care)

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"John M writes in with his theory about Anakin's father:

""So I know that the prequel movies are less than stellar but there was one thing that always struck me as interesting... Who is Anakin's father? Now I know this has been discussed thoroughly and speculation is the ""Jesus theory"" however I haven't found what I believe to be the case anywhere online/in books. In episode 1 (which yes isn't that great) shmi tells Qui-Gon that there was no father and Qui-Gon states that Anakin's midi-chlorian level was higher than even yoda. (I know it's a goofy part of the story but bare with me). In episode 3, palpatine tells anakin about how darth plagueis was able to use the force to influence the midi-chlorians to ""create life"" I believe plagueis is essentially anakins creator and used shmi as a surrogate which is still a very Jesus-y theory but from the darker perspective. I may be wildly off course here but I'd certainly love to hear your thoughts on this theory.

I sincerely enjoy the show and will be looking forward to future episodes."""

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Joe wrote to me (jennie) on twitter with some thoughts on Mara Jade:
"@billybob476
@jenniej23 I love me some Mara Jade but if you go back to the Thrawn trilogy she comes across as pretty whiny #letstalkaboutstarwars

@billybob476 lol. I just re-read recently & admit that I was like, 'gurl, roll w the changes' in a few spots. But overall she is RAD.

Joe Mastroianni @billybob476
@jenniej23 Yup, completely rad. Just...angry and a bit petulant when we first meet her. Then again, she's been through some stuff.

@billybob476 haha so was Luke when we first met him! :)"

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"Mike Boyd sent us this after the Star Wars current geek show, and he raises a simple but excellent point:

""Just saying I agree that we haven't been able to have a speculation conversation about these movies since the originals. In the prequels we wondered about nothing since we either figured out the entire story before the movies came out and with prequels we know how it all ends. We knew Anakin and Padme would get together and have children. We knew that Palaptine would become the Emperor and that the Republic would morph into the Empire. With these new movies, excluding the Anthology series we know nothing or very little about these new characters. It's refreshing to actually wonder about them and speculate about where they have been and where they are going.

also think in Episode 9 we get a tag team battle featuring Rey VS Ren and Luke VS Snoke. Can't wait. :)"

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"Tim writes in with an awesome tidbit:

Hi, There were lots of things that pleased me about The Force Awakens. One of them was a small scene featuring a doctor treating Chewbacca. The doctor is played by Harriet Walter or Dame Harriet Walter as she is known in some quarters. She is mainly a theatre actress and last year was on (or Off) Broadway playing Henry IV in an all-female version of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays (http://stannswarehouse.org/show/henry-iv/ ). She does a fair bit of film and TV work in the UK but nothing you could easily point out.

It was an incongruous, comic and possibly unnecessary little scene but it made the smile that the film was putting on my face, even wider.

Something to look out for is a UK Channel 4 series called Toast of London. The first season of this extremely strange comedy series about a jobbing actor (and co-written by one of the writers of Father Ted) has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance by a certain Daisy Ridley. The series is well worth looking out for and catching if it is streaming anywhere.
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"Mailman Morgan wrote us an awesome email packed with theories, here's my (jennie) favorite:

Let me start by saying that I am ecstatic about this podcast!
""At last, we will reveal ourselves to the podcast. At last, we will have some friends."" - me

Theories:

Expansion of Force powers
In the opening scene of TFA, Kylo Ren ""stops a blaster bolt with the force!""
I disagree. If that was true, it would hold no momentum. It would also (I assume) dissipate fairly quickly.
KYLO REN CAN CONTROL TIME!!!
That is the only explanation I can think of. I think he locked the bolt in time somehow. It explains why he doesn't need to continue focusing on it, as well as the physics.

According to legend, Jacen Solo learned rare Force techniques, some out which had to do with time. One such ability was ""Flow waking"", where the user could experience and observe events of the past.

""Dear grandpa. Show me the dark side please?
In darkness and dispare, Ben""

Is he talking to himself? Maybe. Is he talking to Vaders Force ghost? No. Anakin was redeemed and his Ghost returned to the light to have awkward hangouts with Yoda. Was he using the Force to experience the darkest moments of his grandfather's life? I think so."

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Eric Royer writes, "I've heard both theories about Rey's parents being Skywalker and Kenobi, and I'm just wondering what if her parents weren't from the light side. Instead, maybe her parents come from the dark side. Maybe it's Rey Palpatine." To which jennie says, EWWWWWW, but intriguing!


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12	Vanity Fair gives us our first big round of Episode 9 spoilers	https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/05/star-wars-cover-story?verso=true
13	The desert we're seeing was shot in souther Jordan. It's a valley called Wadi Rum (aka: the Valley of the Moon) Tatooine: Tunisia & Death Valley Jakku: Abu Dhabi Jedha: Was shot in Wadi Rum in Jordan
14	New aliens called the Aki-Aki are native of the planet Pasaana which looks like the same desert in the trailer.	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce426151d6b8739f44c2f86/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-04.jpg
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17	Knights of Ren 100% confirmed (elite fearsome enforcers of Kylo Ren’s dark will).	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce455d3aa8a176cc69e3f8d/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-15.jpg
18	Kerri Russell's character has been unveiled (but is still masked). The masked scoundrel Zorri Bliss, seen in the Thieves’ Quarter of the snow-dusted world Kijimi.	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce445b78d58ba426c1f9225/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-09%252520(1).jpg
19	Richard E. Grant revealed as a "First Order leader" Allegiant General Pryde seen hanging with General Hux on Kylo's destroyer. Seems like Pryde won't be played as humorous as General Hux given his audition material. To get the role of Pryde, Grant had to audition by acting out scenes from "a forties British war film" and a few months later, he was taken to Pinewood Studios to meet director J.J. Abrams, who told him he got the role.	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce42616aa8a176cc69e3f85/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-08.jpg
20	Naomi Ackie, who’s making her Star Wars debut in Skywalker playing a character named Jannah, about whom she is allowed to say literally nothing.
21	We'll be learning more about the origins of the First Order in Episode 9.
22	Cool new dog horses cakked orbaks.	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce426150c67926f7fea4057/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-06.jpg
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24	Rey is with her staff for at least a portion of the film.	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce426140c67926f7fea4054/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-01%252520(1).jpg
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36	The piece talked a lot about using the remaining footage of Carrie Fischer
37	He (Abrams & crew) re-created the lighting to match the way Fisher had been lit. Bit by bit, she found her place in the new movie. “It was a bizarre kind of left side/right side of the brain sort of Venn diagram thing, of figuring out how to create the puzzle based on the pieces we had.” “There are moments in this movie where Carrie is there, and I really do feel there is an element of the uncanny, spiritual, you know, classic Carrie, that it would have happened this way, because somehow it worked. And I never thought it would.” -Abrams
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40	“And then he had been forging this maybe-bond with Rey,” Driver says, “and it kind of ends with the question in the air: is he going to pursue that relationship, or when the door of her ship goes up, does that also close that camaraderie that they were maybe forming?”
41	Kyle and Rey fight it out atop totally not the Death Star crashed into an ocean	https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5ce426151c0b0773cacd1121/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/star-wars-feature-vf-2019-summer-embed-05.jpg
42	Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey battle it out with lightsabers in a stormy confrontation. Their Force-connection—what Driver calls their “maybe-bond”—will turn out to run even deeper than previously revealed.
43	...a source close to the movie says that their Force-connection will turn out to run even deeper than we thought.
44	They’re uniquely suited to understand each other, but at the same time they are in every way each other’s inverse, down to Kylo’s perverse rejection of his family, which is the one thing Rey craves most.“I think there’s a part of Rey that’s like, dude, you fucking had it all, you had it all,” Ridley says. “That was always a big question during filming: you had it all and you let it go.”
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53	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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67	Remembering Peter Mayhew
68	This is our tribute episode to Peter Mayhew who passed away at the age of 74.	https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/entertainment/peter-mayhew-star-wars-dead-trnd/index.html
69	Mayhew started the Peter Mayhew Foundation to support people in crisis situations, including providing food and supplies for the children of Venezuela during their recent road to freedom.	http://petermayhewfoundation.org/
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71	TFA and TLJ were both very much about passing the baton to a new generation on screen. But behind the scenes Mayhew was passing the baton to Joonas
72	"We had a camp-like session together at [London's] Pinewood [Studios] for a week or so before we began filming The Force Awakens. We watched footage of the original movies and talked about Chewbacca's mannerisms, his nature, his attributes, his physical movements. It was the cocking of the head in a certain way, and also the proud chest of Chewbacca and the way the arms flail all over when he gets angry or excited. We talked a lot about all that." -Joonas Suotamo	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-star-wars-chewbacca-pays-tribute-original-chewie-peter-mayhew-1208279
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75	"He was very gentle, very sweet, very easy to get along with. He was more like a Wookiee than I originally imagined a Wookiee to be. Originally, I envisioned Chewie as some big ferocious beast, but Peter's Chewie wasn't really ferocious. No matter how hard he tried, he wasn't ferocious. He would be your best friend until he got angry, then stand back. He was a gentle giant." - George Lucas	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/george-lucas-star-wars-chewbacca-peter-mayhew-a-gentle-giant-1207759
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87	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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102	3 New Movies Announced	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/disney-delays-avatar-quadrilogy-dates-three-live-action-star-wars-films/
103	Disney announced their plans for film releases extending out as far as 2027
104	Besides the news that the Avatar sequels have once again been moved, we now know when we're getting new Star Wars films.
105	Back on episode 35 we talked about news that Star Wars films were going on hiatus after Rise of Skywalker. That hiatus will last three years.
106	Lucasfilm-related: Indiana Jones sequel still hanging around around. On this announced as slated for July 9th, 2021
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115	Knights of the Old Republic' could become a Star Wars movie	https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/new-star-wars-movie-knights-of-the-old-republic
116	Laeta Kalogridis is close to finishing the first script of a potential KOTOR trilogy, according to the three sources.
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122	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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124	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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8	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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13	EPISODE 9 TRAILER
14	Begin the speculation!
15	Anakin's hilt is back despite being ripped in half.
16	Someone with furry hands is fixing Kylo's helmet
17	Luke has a lot to say
18	Finn has Rey's staff
19	Going back to Jakku or Tattoine?
20	How literal is the rise of Skywalker?
21	Leia will make us cry.
22	There's a lot of A-wings
23	Lando got the Falcon back and apparenlty found its old radar dish.
24	The Rebel Alliance Medal of Bravery is making a reappearance.
25	Our heroes are going to visit the ruins of one of the Death Stars
26	Palpatine is back
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29	Gosspaine @Gosspaine I’m sure you saw but someone had a theory saying that “skywalker” will be the new term for force users as Luke really was the last Jedi, what do think about that? Seems interesting to me. I've seen this thrown around everywhere. And I kind of hate it?
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35	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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38	Let's Talk About Star Wars #35: Star Wars Film Hiatus	URL
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44	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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47	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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49	Lucasfilm putting the Star Wars movies 'on hiatus' after this year	https://ew.com/movies/2019/04/13/lucasfilm-star-wars-movies-hiatus/
50	EW: "Star Wars movies are going on hiatus while the Lucasfilm team focuses on Disney+ streaming shows and examines ways to keep creating new films that cover unexplored territory."
51	“We’re going to take a hiatus for a couple of years,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy tells EW. “And we’re taking the time to really look at where this is going from the standpoint of a saga.”
52	“We’re not just looking at what the next three movies might be, or talking about this in terms of a trilogy. We’re looking at: What is the next decade of storytelling?”
53	Those already announced film series are not canceled EW: A new series of movies fromThe Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson are still part of the plan, as are new films from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. “As they finish Game of Thrones, they’re going to segue into Star Wars,” Kennedy said. “They’re working very closely with Rian.”
54	Time to visit a new point in time “I think this is a huge opportunity to step into the galaxy in a little bit different part of the timeline,” Kennedy added.“I think this is a huge opportunity to step into the galaxy in a little bit different part of the timeline,” -Kennedy
55	Future Talent “We have a series of filmmakers that we’re bringing into the fold, that we can start to look at as directing talent, and we’re trying to bring women into the mix as well,” she said. “We’re making it very inclusive with the group of people that we’re pulling together.”
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58	Chad @Mehter How do you feel about the movie hiatus? I think it'll open up a lot of room for all the Disney+ series and for them to get a blueprint for new movies
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64	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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67	Let's Talk About Star Wars #36: What We Know About The Mandalorian	URL
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78	THE MANDALORIAN
79	Panel: Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, & Jon Favreau
80	Favreau pitched the idea
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82	Story Time Filoni & Favreau met during Clone Wars S1 / Iron-Man 1 This is how Favreau came to voice the Clone Wars Mandalorian Pre Vizsla Bringing Favreau over to the prequels is apparently Filoni's job Favreau and Filnoi worked together a lot on this project They didn't have enough Stormtroopers for a scene so Filoni brought in the 501st. Filoni wasn't worried because "the armor the fans make a lot of times is higher quality than what we use on set" And they didn't need direction. They knew exactly how Stormtroopers behaved. Filoni liked watching the 501st's reactions like a test audience
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85	The series takes place 5 years after RotJ before the rise of the New Republic
86	Western / Samurai films got their shout out
87	The Mandalorian is a man of "questionable morals"
88	Gina Carano plays Kara Dunne an ex-Rebel Shock Trooper Loner character. Struggles to re-enter society
89	Carl Weathers plays Grief Marga Runs a guild of Bounty Hunters "Lots of nefarious people" He has a mission he needs a skilled contractor for. Grief finds "The Mando" and sends the Mandalorian on this mission.
90	Footage was blacked out for the live stream. BOO	Crappy phone footage
91	In the footage: Short scene of the Mandalorian tracking something on a barren planet and entering a cantina. The patrons look terrified Lots of Tattooine dwellers - Dewbacks, Jawas, Sandcrawler, cantinas galore Old school Imperial Storm Troopers Lucas on set Art of the Mandalorian with a jet pack	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBN4SVGCDY8
92	Don't worry, lots of practical effects and puppets Ship is called the Razor Crest They made a miniature for lighting Then they experimented with a shot using the miniature When word got out that they were messing with a mini, Lucas employees started coming out without being asked It became a high school club ILM guys built rigs in their garage to recreate old minature techniques
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94	Questions The Mandalorian character looks like a man of few words. But why cast Pascal? That helmet is coming off right? What are the chances we see Sabine?
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106	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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120	NEW GALAXY'S EDGE INFO
121	Full Panel	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMwhJiK-XbA
122	Frank Oz will voice Yoda in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge	https://ew.com/movies/2019/04/13/galaxys-edge-star-wars-celebration/
123	John Williams arranged new music for the park
124	You and your crew will damage the Falcon or keep it in good shape depening on how well you fly in the new attraction.	https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2470290/star-wars-galaxys-edge-will-let-you-damage-the-millennium-falcon-in-an-amazing-way
125	New images	https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-star-wars-disney-chicago-20190413-story.html
126	This didn't come out of Celebration but we haven't had a chance to talk about FREAKING HONDO being at the park. Though the new footage of the animatronic in action is REALLY good.	https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Galaxys-Edge-Hondo-Ohnaka-Featured-1200x676.jpg
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128	OG Star Tours Captain Rex droid is now the DJ in the Cantina and voiced by Paul Reubens again.
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131	EA is selling this game with anti-EA talking points. No multiplayer No microtransactions Just a story game
132	Inquistors/Second Sisters are in this game. The Second Sister character first appeared in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 19: Fortress Vader Part I
133	Cal Kestis is the new hero. A force sensitive trying to hide in the new Imperial galaxy. Played by Cameron Monaghan
134	Stig Asmussen is directing it. Last credit was God of War III. Seems like a large depature in tone.
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155	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


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25		Ben Ryckman: Hello! I was just trying to get my son into the holiday spirit for his first day of Thanksgiving break, so I fired up Disney+ to see what had come out. Low, the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. I was working from home at the time, but while I was working I was hearing actual Star Wars Lore, like post Skywalker saga stuff! There's a whole time-portal element injecting some quasi meta-lore that's just good fun, pulling from all over the Skywalker timeline. I recommend checking it out! I know I will when I am not working :) May the Force be with you, and happy Life Day. Ben from WI
26		Chris Hollander: I might have to rewatch the season finale, but I think mando had already flew away when moff Gideon cut his way out of the tie fighter? I don’t know if he ever actually saw the dark saber, so I don’t know if his ears would have perked up when bo-Katan mentioned it.
27		Dave Fuller: I think fish lady believing that hyperspace will kill her eggs is the first example of an “anti-vaxxer” in the Star Wars universe
28		Rob Wynne: I found this after hearing you talk about it. I also fell off the couch laughing over that. https://www.looper.com/274194/the-line-in-the-mandalorian-season-2-that-means-more-than-you-think/
29		Rob Wynne: You were wondering what happened to the egg. He didn't take the egg because it doesn't fit on the bike. :)He didn't take Baby Yoda with him the last time he was on Tatooine. He left him on the ship.	Is that going to burn him at some point? leaving the baby on the ship?
30		Robert VanKalker: The shadowy character (Jedi?) Is Sasha Banks from WWE. She is one of their most popular superstars, and conveniently enough (like it was scripted 😉🤫) became champ just 5 days before her debut in the mandalorian. So probably not a throwaway character.	But when will we see her again?
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39		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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1	`	Let's Talk About Star Wars #75: The Mandalorian - Chapter 16: The Rescue	URL
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12		They recruit Bo-Katan and her ahem sidekick - hilarious Fett calling her Princess. I love it. Her calling hima clone.
13		They make a plan.
14		The execute the plan. Crash the shuttle onto the ship w/ Boba Fetts help. "Activate the Iron Legion. I mean Dark Troopers." Team Darksaber Shoot their way through light cruiser. Gideon obvi knows its them. Mando goes his way. BADASS LADY BRIGADE shoot,kick and fly towards the bridge Droid lol. Cara's gun jams. Dark Troopers move out. Mando fights one Dark Trooper. HELMET PUNCH. HELMET PUNCH. Fire. Other DT's trying to get out Uses his singing birds. Dark Trooper shish kebab. Flushes the rest into space. They take the bridge but Gideon is not there. Because he is holding the Darksaber over Grogu's head. There's a fakeout, then a fight.Then Din Djarin gets THE DARKSABER HELLO KING. The LOOK on Bo's face. The Darksaber doesn't have power, the story does.
15		Return of the Dark Troopers. "How many life forms? None. DARKTROOPER DUBSTEP. Door punching. "everyone is this room will be dead, but me and the child."
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17		X-FUCKING-WING, with just the hint of a BLUE DROID. "one x wing? great. we're saved." Just FYI at 30:08 they give you TWO MUSICAL NOTES that tell you everything you need to know about who's in that fighter. Just two. Grogu perks up. Person in a cloak on a black & white screen. Clever! Then the shot. All in black, one hand has a glove, that belt and tunic combo green lightsaber. Gideon tries it. Bo goes down, Mando protects The Child. Moff tries to peace out, but Cara stops him. The Child is so excited. it's NOT NOTHING seeing this Jedi in an imperial elevator again.
18		Return of the FUCKING Jedi. SCREAMING CRYING WILLFUL IGNORING OF UNCANNY VALLEY He wants your permission. He is strong with the force, but talent without training is nothing. I will give my life to protect the child, but he will not be safe until he masters his. abilities.
19		Just a lot of crying. "Don't Be Afraid"
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21		Heartbreaking Goodbyes
22		THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT
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30		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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1	`	Let's Talk About Star Wars 74: Nine New Star Wars Shows and Movies	URL
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13		- Ahsoka (Limited series starring Rosario Dawson, written by Filoni)
14		- And Mandalorian season 3 expected to launch on Christmas Day 2021 along with one of the spinoffs.	https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-mandalorian-spinoff-ahsoka-tano-rangers-of-the-new-republic-in-the-works-disney-investor-day-1234654074/
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20		The Acolyte - from "Russian Doll" creator Leslye Headland, set in the High Republic "a mystery thriller that will take the audience into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers in the final days of the High Republic era." -------supposedly set in a different timeline, or "pocket," of the Star Wars universe.	https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/25/21152444/star-wars-the-high-republic-books-comics-jedi-knights-publishing-interconnected
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33		Rogue Squadron - December 2023, directed by Patty Jenkins. Takes place after Rise of Skywalker	https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22168682/patty-jenkins-star-wars-movie-rogue-sqaudrons-wonder-woman
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39		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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26		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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39		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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1	`	Let's Talk About Star Wars #70: The Mandalorian - Chapter 12: The Siege	URL
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16		Baby Yoda: Part of the ship part of the crew
17		Greef Karga, Cara Dune, Mythrol (Horatio Sanz) and planet Navarro return. Cara has a new pet now yes? The bar is now a school... for some reason "Napoleon, give me some of those tots..."
18		Driving Miss Mando (to the Imperial base) Imperial base turns out to be a lab. Dr. Pershing returns. Are those Snokes? "High M-count" We're really trying not to say midichlorians Mando learns that Gideon survived (oh yea, Mando never saw him w/ the dark saber)
19		Everyone but Mando escapes via a Trexler Marauder Speeder Bikes have never looked so cool. Stirring the TIE nest AWESOME ACTION OCCURS Razorcrest is fixed and we get even more awesome action (but this time in the air)
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39		Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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1	`	Let's Talk About Star Wars #69: The Mandalorian - Chapter 11: The Heiress	URL
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16		Razorcrest meets Apollo 13 and has a wet landing.
17		Planet Trask is a Mon Cala / Quarren fishing village	https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Quarren
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19		Local bar's cuisine is dangerous as are the Quarren Mando hires to take him to the Covert
20		Quarren try to kill Mando for his Beskar Feed the Child to a mamacore 3 other Mandalorians show up and save the day
21		Bo Katan / Katee Sackhoff makes her live action debut Helmets on or off is explained by Bo. Din is a Child of the Watch (Mando cult? Death Watch?). How many Quarren must Bo save Din from?
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25		BOSCH Titus Welliver - hardcore captain guy
26		IMPERIAL SHIT HAPPENS
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14	Trailer 1: Razorcrest gets real beat up at some point because it's barely putzing along in the opening shot. Trailer 1 reminds us of the quest. Repeats the VO of the Armorer sending Mando out to reunite the Child with the Jedi (enemy sorcerors) Our first look at a new Jedi character? Well... we know Mando gets his jetpack Baby Yoda closing his pod before murder
15	Trailer 2: What did Mando do to piss off the New Republic? Mentions searching for more Mandalorians Looks like our blue buddy from E1 is back
16	Known Locations: Going back to Nevarro (base of operations from S1) Tattooine? Desert + Tusken on a Bantha in the first trailer
17	Unknown Locations: Ice planet: Hoth? Ilum/Starkiller Base? Nameless ice planet from Ep1? SALT? Backwater dock / boat scene
18	Returning Faces: Greef Karga and Cara Dune (on Nevarro)
19	Missing: The Armorer Dr. Pershing Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) Ahsoka I'm going to miss Herzog
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23	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at andrewallenmusic.com	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #65: Clone Wars S7E11 & 12 - Ahsoka Lives	URL
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19	Leslye Headland reported to be directing new Star Wars series
20	EMMY NOMINEE LESLYE HEADLAND TO WRITE, PRODUCE, AND SERVE AS SHOWRUNNER FOR NEW UNTITLED STAR WARS SERIES FOR DISNEY+	https://www.starwars.com/news/taika-waititi-announce
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22	Let's Talk About Star Wars #64: Clone Wars S7E10: The Phantom Apprentice	URL
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40	Let's Talk About Star Wars #63: Clone Wars S7E9: Old Friends Not Forgotten	URL
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46	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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52	Ahsoka Goes to Jail
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55	S7E9: Old Friends Not Forgotten The Clone Wars Film Begins
56	The various Jedi go to the planets where the will die during Order 66. Anakin & Obi Wan get one last hurrah together before meeting with Ahsoka and heading off to start Episode III. Ahsoka uses the callsign "Fulcrum" for the first time. Anakin and Ahsoka's reunion is as warm as Bo-Katan and Obi Wan's is ICE COLD. Obi Wan exercises the control Anakin lacks. Anakin put Rex in charge of a portion of the 501st so that he can lead the battalion into the Siege of Mandalore. Rex and Ahsoka's reunion. Obi Wan advises Ahsoka to capture Maul because he doesn't stay dead. Anakin returns Ahsoka's lightsabers. But they're blue now. Ahsoka's arrival on Mandalore is movie-quality action. I like Maul's new Mandalorian livery. “I was hoping for Kenobi, why are you here?”
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58	Let's Talk About Star Wars #62: The Return of Ahsoka	URL
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69	That Ahsoka News
70	Rosario Dawson	https://www.slashfilm.com/rosario-dawson-ahsoka-mandalorian/
71	First reported be /Film. Apparently confirmed by Variety	https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/rosario-dawson-ahsoka-tano-the-mandalorian-season-2-1203540472/
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74	The first four episodes were a standalone arc. What did we think of Echo and the Bad Batch?
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76	S7E5: Gone with a Trace
77	Recap: When we last saw Ahsoka she willingly left the Jedi order after being falsely accused of bombing the Jedi Temple.
78	Ahsoka is now hanging out in Level 1313 of Coruscant. Her speeder bike breaks down and she meets a mechanic, Trace.
79	Trace doesn't like the Jedi.
80	Ahsoka saves Trace from some thugs Trace's sister, Rafa, owes money to.
81	We meet Rafa who enlists Trace's help rebuilding a set of binary load lifters.
82	Ahsoka warns Trace of the danger of droids, and load lifters specifically, just in time for one to go on a rampage.
83	Ahsoka and Trace chase down the lifter and Rafa sells them to pay back her debt.	https://www.cnet.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-episode-2-recap-a-distant-echo-clones-on-war-buddys-trail-obi-wan-padme/
84	The tension between Trace and Ahsoka has far from disipated at the end of the episode.


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #61: Clone Wars S7 E1 & E2	URL
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14	S7E1: The Bad Batch
15	Rex, Cody, and fellow Clones must face off against Admiral Trench once again (on planet Anaxes). Rocking his cyborg limbs after being blown up by Anakin in S2's Cat and Mouse.
16	Fun fact: In Rebels the Ghost crew also visited Anaxes. But by then Anaxes has been reduced to asteroids.
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18	Rex has survivor's guilt (looks back on Hevy's death [in S1] and Fives death [in S6] when he tried to expose Order 66)
19	Rex tell Mace/Anakin that the droids are perfectly countering his strategies.
20	The Bad Batch (Clone Force 99) arrive to aid Rex/Cody in a mission behind enemy lines to locate the source of the droids' victories.
21	Hunter (Leader McKnife Guy) \| Wrecker (strongman) \| Tech (Egon) \| Crosshair (sniperman)
22	Rex believes thought-to-be-dead clone, Echo, survived S3 and is somehow aiding the droids in countering the clones.
23	The Bad Batch don't get along well with "regs" (regular clones). Add this to the dictionary along "shinies."
24	Cody gets sidelined in a crash.
25	The Batch successfully infiltrate the droid cyber center and intercept a signal from Skako Minor. A human voice reciting "CT-1409" Echo's number.
26	Trench is not happy the Clones intercepted Echo's signal.
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31	Anexes
32	Anakin, Rex, and the Batch prepare to leave for Skako Minor.
33	Rex is the wingman we all wish we had. But Obi Wan is no fool.
34	Padme calling out the irony of Anakin worrying about Rex being too personally attached is chemistry the prequels needed.
35	"I hope you at least told Padmé I said hello,"
36	"Obi-Wan's not dumb -- he knows Anakin's in love with this woman. I don't think he understands that they got married," executive producer Dave Filoni said in a behind-the-scenes interview for the official Star Wars site. "He never thinks the two of them would do something so drastic. But it dawns on him over time that they have." -CNET	https://www.cnet.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-episode-2-recap-a-distant-echo-clones-on-war-buddys-trail-obi-wan-padme/
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39	The crew are attacked by the natives (Poletec) on their flying mounts (keeradaks).
40	The clones form an alliance with the Poletec after discussing the war.
41	The Poletecs agree to guide our heroes to the city of Purkoll (now controlled by the Separatists).
42	Rex comes to blows with the Bad Batch (cause frankly their dicks about Echo maybe being dead).
43	When they reach the Separatist tower Wrecker ignores Anakin and kicks off a major battle.
44	Wat Tambor shows up and taunts our heroes: "Your friend is dead -- his mind is ours,"
45	Rex and Tech free Echo from a pod. He has Darth Maul cybernetic legs and is as pale as mayo.


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #59: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker	URL
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16	New Characters: Naomi Ackie - Jannah Richard E Grant - General Pryde Keri Russell - Zorii Bliss Shirley Henderson - Babu Frik (I really want them to start listing puppeteers under cast) J.J. Abrams - D-O
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18	Recap - I made some small edits to Jennie's notes to correspond with the numbers	https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTSQEvvz55l_xzfJuIwoAfX15mX-WlN-fS0-ojf1ysEM5jvrbLVwVJGtpjfm0I_4n9I5gbb6caUPaeq/pub
19	1. Getting right into Palpatine's return (Crawl reveals it right away and Kylo gets to the Emperor within minutes) • Sith planet is called Exegol • First mystery solved: Palpatine made Snoke (literally!) • Deus Ex Imperial Fleet RISE 2. Poe, Finn, & Chewie go to a space glacier 3. Rey trains with Master Organa on the outskirts of the new Resistance base on Ajan Kloss • The connection between Rey and Kylo continues (Kylo using Vader's helmet as a walkie-talkie) • The Falcon crew lands and expositions about the Final Order (Palpatine back and with a fleet) • TFA crew takes off to find a wayfinder 4. Kylo fixes his mask and embarks to find Rey with the Knights of Ren 5. Pasaana: Festival, Kylo necklace theft, Lando, chase, sink sand, dagger, force healing a snake, memory ship, & Rey lightning 6. Also the First Order towed the Falcon and Chewie is alive and in their custody. 7. Hiding behind an asteroid breather: D-O is cute, off to find someone to hack 3PO 8. Kijimi: Zorri, Poe delt drugs, hamfisted cameo, Babu Frick hack 3PO. 9. Kylo and Hux: Harrison Ford point by Kylo. Also Chewie's roar give Hux the hot-Callus hair. 10. Back on Kijimi: Zorri has another mcguffin, Poe is a gentleman about kissing, off to save Chewie 11. Kylo's Destroyer: Rey splits, Chewie saved, recaptured, crew saved by Hux, Hux dies, Rey & Kylo fight, Palpatine reveal. 12. Endor System (Kef Bir): Jannah/ex-trooper tribe, Death Star II ruins, Finn/Poe couple quarrel, Rey/Kylo fight. 13. Leia's death/Ben's rebirth: Leia dies, Rey stabs Kylo, Rey heals Ben, Rey GTA's Ben's TIE, Ben reconciles with Han 14. Ajan Kloss: Leia's funeral, everyone mourns, Lando/Poe talk is great, D-O "I miss her" 15. Palpatine & Pryde scheme: Star Destroyer Death Star's Kijimi, Ochi was supposed to bring child Rey to Exegol. 16. Ahch-To: Ghost Luke, Leia's saber, Luke raises his X-Wing. 17. Ajan Kloss: R2 meets 3PO, Rey broadcasts the path to Exegol from Luke's X-Wing, Poe briefing, Lando off for help. 18. Exegol: DEAR GOD just look at Jennie's notes here. 19. Ajan Kloss/around the galaxy: Celebration, the hug, Chewie's medal, wanna cry. 20. Tatooine
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19	• Scout Troopers can't shoot and punch The Child. IG-11 brutally murders them as they clearly deserve. • The whole bit about Moff Gideon's speech taking forever and killing his own troops is amazing. • Our heroes are trapped thanks to a cantina sewer grate that is stronger than anything on the Death Star. • Gideon expositions all of our heroes' identities • Mando is Din Djarin, Greef is a disgraced magistrate, Cara is from Alderaan. • Mando knows who Gideon is. Was supposedly executed for war crimes. Was involved in the Purge. • Mandalorian isn't a race, it's a creed. • IG-11 causes a distraction and an epic firefight breaks out. The Child deflects a flamethrower with the Force. • IG-11 heals Mando while the crew gets away with the Child. • The covert has been killed. Only the Armorer remains. Though some Mandalorians escaped. • Mandos refer to Jedi as sorcerers. • The Armorer gives Mando the quest to find the Child's people. • The Child is now a foundling. • Mando gets his Mudhorn signet and a jetpack. • The Armorer cracks some Trooper skulls. • Lava boat • IG-11 finally gets to self destruct. (Terminator 2 vibes) • Jetpack versus TIE • Greef & Cara say goodbye to Mando • Gideon lives and has the fucking DARKSABER!
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77	Pedro Pascal - The Mandalorian Mark Boone Junior - Ranzar Malk Bill Burr - Mayfeld Natalia Tena - Xi'an Clancy Brown - Burg Richard Ayoade - Zero (voice) Ismael Cruz Cordova - Qin
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104	@Roberto_draws awesome Star Wars art	https://twitter.com/roberto_draws?lang=en
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107	The Mandalorian on IMDB
108	Pedro Pascal - The Mandalorian Amy Sedaris - Peli Motto Jake Cannavale - Toro Calican Ming-Na Wen - Fennec Shand
109	Directed by Dave Filoni!
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112	Opening dog fight Need repairs on Tatooine Looks like the locals were happy to string up some Stormtroopers Pit droids! Peli (Amy Sedaris with a Ripley wig) baby sitting the Child The Cantina not only serves droids but is now run by them Toro the tool Shitty Swoop Bikes Great Tusken scare Encounter with Shand Mando riding a Dewback Showdown with Toro Mysterious figure
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115	David Miller: Mandalorian's Helmet and Rifle at Galaxy's Edge
116	Hello all, I was editing some of my photos from my California trip back in Oct and I noticed something. In Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities behind Dok over his right shoulder is the Mandalorian's Helmet and Rifle just hanging out for all to see. I wonder now that the show is live if they are still in that location or have they been moved!? Also just an fyi Galaxy's Edge was not even on my radar until I started listening to you guys and one entire day of my trip was spent there because of you! So thank you for that! And by way of some mouse magic I was actually given a cantina menu that made my trip! Thanks again and MTFBWY! Dave
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119	You didn’t talk about the ice cream maker. AKA portable safe? Oh and I agree with the Fob questions. How do those work... And yes that moment outside the ship window was very rocketeer, but it was even more Iron Man! If I’m not mistaken, that character was played by John Favreau, and John directed Iron Man. Steve
120	Insert Willrow Hood / Running of the Hoods Talk >	https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Willrow_Hood
121	And yes, Favreau voiced Paz Vizla. Also we haven't talked about the Pre Vizla connection. Deathwatch leader from Clone Wars.	https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Pre_Vizsla
122	So clan Vizla is still around. The source of the Dark Saber.
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124	Let's Talk About Star Wars #54: The Mandalorian - Chapter 4: Sanctuary	URL
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135	@Roberto_draws awesome Star Wars art	https://twitter.com/roberto_draws?lang=en
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160	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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219	The Mandalorian
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221	The Mandalorian - Pedro Pascal Greef Carga - Carl Weathers The Client - Werner Herzog Kuiil (Ugnaught) - Nick Nolte IG-11 - Taika Waititi
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224	The Cantina opener through carbonite • “I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold.”
225	Meeting with Greef Carga and The Client. • State of the Galaxy 5 years after the Emperor's death.
226	The Mando's Tribe • This was gathered in the Great Purge - The Blacksmith • The Mando's flashback (pretty vague, attack on his village, parents put him in some sort of capsule) • Beskar aka: Mandalorian iron. • Armorer asks if the Mando's signet has been revealed (it hasn't) • Rebels Beskar ref: Sabine's super weapon (Arc Pulse Generator) targeted Beskar in the Heroes of Mandalore episode.
227	Arvala-7 (Desert Planet), Kuiil, Blurg, IG-11, and the Child • Blurg are from those horrible Ewok movies! • Learning to ride Blurg is the weirdness I crave in my Star Wars • Siege with IG-11 • The Child
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230	The Trandoshan incursion and triage • Great fight scene. Prod, staff, gun is a great weapon mix. • The Child wants to help the Mando heal but Mando ain't getting it.
231	Jawas steal shit and the Sandcrawler fight • No disintegrations
232	The Egg Quest • The Child's strong with the Force. • Goodbye Kuill and Arvala-7
233	Talking point: There's no way the Mando gives up the Child... RIGHT?
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242	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150
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6	Feige is developing a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm. Details about the project such as plot and release date are unknown at this time	https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/26/media/marvel-star-wars-kevin-feige/index.html
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11	BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY : LE CREUSET!	https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/04/le-creuset-star-wars-collection/
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13	Kidding. Biggest news of the Day? JJ SAYS OBVIOUS THING to EMPIRE magazine	https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-episode-ix-rise-skywalker-knights-ren-image/
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15	Debora Chow has been named as executive producer and director of a Disney+ Series starring Ewan McGregor as Obi-wan. Chow has worked on Jessica Jones, Mr. Robot, American Gods, Better Call Saul, and Lost in Space, as well as on The Mandalorian.	https://www.starwars.com/news/deborah-chow-obi-wan-kenobi-series
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17	According to producers for the animated series Star Wars Resistance, the show's characters Orka and Flix are, indeed, a couple. As executive producer Justin Ridge put it on the Coffee with Kenobi podcast, "I think it's safe to say they're an item. …	https://www.coffeewithkenobi.com/cwk-show-298-star-wars-resistance-season-two-press-day-coverage/
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19	CHISSSSS THIS	https://www.themarysue.com/thrawn-ascendancy-trilogy-star-wars-timothy-zahn/
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21	wedge	https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2481842/is-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-bringing-back-another-original-trilogy-character
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23	Let's Talk About Star Wars #51: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker - Final Trailer	URL
24	Final Trailer
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26	Breakdown
27	Finn: "It's an instinct. A feeling. The Force brought us together."
28	Rey running through the dense forest we've seen in other trailers. She drops a helmet (with the blast shield down) and deflects a blast from a training remote. There's also a shot of Rey inside a crashed Destroyer?
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30	Poe/Resistance Montage: "We're not alone. Good people will fight if we lead them."
31	Circular Rebel meetin with Lando, Chewie, and Poe in the center. Rose finally makes an appearance flanked by Dominic Monaghan Poe, Finn, and Chewie by (I'm assuming) Poe's new Orange AF X-wing. Immediately followed by what looks like a Corellian Corvette (Leia's ship at the beginning of A New Hope)
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33	Rey/Awesome Montage: "People keep telling me they know me. No one does." Kylo: "But I do."
34	Rey atop Death Star wreckage as the sea churns violently. Coolest shot of Kylo ever (emerging from the waves).
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37	A squadron of TIEs race toward a colony built into a lone frozen mass in space. Creepy throne (unused McQuarrie concept of the Emperor's Throne). Palpatine: "Long have I waited. And now you're coming together is your undoing." Star Destroyers breaking through ice as lightning cracks. Massive Resistance fleet. Basically every Rebel ship is here (including the Ghost). Looks like Lando/Chewie in Falcon. Cut to Chewie/Rey/Finn/Poe/3PO in the Falcon cockpit. A Destroyer destroys something.
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39	3PO: "Taking one last look sir, at my friends."
40	B1 Battle Droid in the background. Poe and Finn cap some Troopers. Luke: "Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny."
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42	SO MANY THINGS
43	Riding horse things into combat against Star Destroyers? Rey and Kylo in the wreckage of Palpatine's Throne Room. Finn yells Rey again on the Death Star wreckage. Rey and Kylo destroy something that looks Vader-esque. B-wings!!!! Rey stares down the Emperor? Luke: "The Force will be with you." Leia: "Always"


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48	3 New Movies Announced	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/disney-delays-avatar-quadrilogy-dates-three-live-action-star-wars-films/
49	Disney announced their plans for film releases extending out as far as 2027
50	Besides the news that the Avatar sequels have once again been moved, we now know when we're getting new Star Wars films.
51	Back on episode 35 we talked about news that Star Wars films were going on hiatus after Rise of Skywalker. That hiatus will last three years.
52	Lucasfilm-related: Indiana Jones sequel still hanging around around. On this announced as slated for July 9th, 2021
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61	Knights of the Old Republic' could become a Star Wars movie	https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/new-star-wars-movie-knights-of-the-old-republic
62	Laeta Kalogridis is close to finishing the first script of a potential KOTOR trilogy, according to the three sources.
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #38: Resistance Season 1	URL
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #34: Title	URL
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #33: Lord Vader & Miller	URL
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17	Pedro Pascal will lead Star Wars TV series 'The Mandalorian'	https://mashable.com/article/pedro-pascal-the-mandalorian-star-wars-casting/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#3pS4G0msFqqG
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20	Star Wars Prequel Rotten Tomatoes Scores Have Changed (A Lot) Over Time	https://screenrant.com/star-wars-prequel-rotten-tomatoes-scores-changes/3/
21	ScreenRant used the Wayback Machine which charts RT from 2005. 1 & 2 have incomplete data to start with because their scores don't start until 2005. Episode I started on RT at 62% and stayed within that range for about a decade. Episode I only hit "rotten" status after the 3D rerelease in 2012. Episode II has been very consistent with critics starting at 64% and starting 2019 at 65% Episode III is the only to have complete data, but also appears to have been tampered with. Critic score has stayed around 80%. III's audience score started at 96%, leveld to 85% for a decade. In Fall 2010 32 million new votes brought it to 64%. III has 33.6 million votes total. 32 million came in the same month. By comparios TFA has 229k votes. This was around the time of the Mr. Plinkett prequel reviews and The People vs. George Lucas. What's more interesting, though, is what the Star Wars prequels tell us about Rotten Tomatoes. Plainly, it's a rather ineffective tool for gauging the opinion of non-recent movies. They can be influenced by poorly handled rereleases or remain static without, which shape opinions as much as they present them.
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23	Solo gets Visul Effects Academy Award Nomination
24	(does Spiderverse as produced by Lord & Miller make you feel differently about how Solo could have turned out? - jj)
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #32: "Experiencing Some Resistance"	URL
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4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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12	Resistance has begun!
13	G: Flix and Orka are the best.
14	The Recruit	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8362438/?ref_=ttep_ep1
15	The Triple Dark	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8757322/?ref_=ttep_ep2
16	Fuel for the Fire (hey listen, Elijah Wood!)	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8757326/?ref_=ttep_ep3
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18	First look at the Mandalorian
19	Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun! After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels) directing the first episode. Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok). It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for updates.
20	The rifle is an extremely similar design to the one Fett used in the animated special	https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo2zDMNBDo1/?utm_source=ig_embed
21	Lucas stopped by last week.	https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIRkFABs8W/?utm_source=ig_embed
22	Yesterday it was reported that camera equipment has been stolen from the set and that a memory card may have been compromised.	https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/set-of-new-star-wars-show-the-mandalorian-suffers-real-life-theft
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24	That Boba Fett movie that was never officially green lit is officially not happening according to Kathleen Kennedy	https://deadline.com/2018/10/star-wars-boba-fett-spinoff-james-mangold-directing-1202397784/
25	Reportedly last night, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy told Critics Choice Association journalist Erick Weber at a Black Panther awards reception that the Boba Fett movie was dead, and that the priority is the series (The Mandalorian).
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47	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #31: "Drinking with Droids"	URL
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4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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12	Resistance gets its first trailer and crew breakdown
13	First Look Trailer - Star Wars Resistance	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH_Ws7sA468
14	Star Wars Resistance: Meet Team Fireball	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlucTaqVVcs
15	Kaz - Looks like the character all of us adults will hate until Season 2 or 3. Yeager - Ex-Rebel Pilot turned mechanic. He's the old guard. A transplant from the age of the Empire. Tam - Mechanic that works with Yeager and an ex-racer. She lost her ship. Bet that will come into play. Neeku - Socially awkward, super-positive, genius nikto. Background alien race that has shown up here and there through SW.
16	Poe tasks Kaz to spy on the First Order. BB-8 is all over this thing. There is an astromech that is mostly empty shell and it's amazing.
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18	‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Casts Matt Smith in Key Role	https://variety.com/2018/film/news/star-wars-episode-ix-matt-smith-1202886507/
19	"Guys... Where Are We?" Dom Monahaghan (cast in IX reuniting w/ JJ)	https://deadline.com/2018/08/star-wars-episode-ix-dominic-monaghan-jj-abrams-1202451972/
20	SNAP IS BACK, BACK AGAIN. SNAP IS BACK, TELL A FRIEND.	https://screenrant.com/star-wars-9-greg-grunberg-returning-snap-wexley/
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24	RX-24 is going to be the DJ!	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneyland-adds-star-wars-cantina-alcoholic-drinks-1138806
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #30: "Clone Wars Saved"	URL
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12	Clone Wars Saved Please Siege of Mandalore And more Ventress and Cad Bane
13	A new season of 12 additional episodes of The Clone Wars via Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, which is expected to launch sometime next year.	https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/19/17593108/star-wars-the-clone-wars-saved-disney-streaming-service-dave-filoni
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16	Lucasfilm issued a press release on Star Wars Episode IX, confirming Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, and Keri Russell are in the movie as is Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian. Also listed as being in Episode IX is Mark Hamill. And most surprising was the announcement Carrie Fisher will appear as Princess Leia using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.	https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-ix-cast-announced
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19	Claudia Gray to write Qui-Gon / Obi-Wan novel, Master and Apprentice Set before Episode I
20	Last Jedi comic adaptation differs from the movie: Ackbar gets a parting line Holdo has a plan Space Leia inner monologe Canto Bite is SUPER short (couple pages) Oh and by the way this has happened in many of the movie > comic adaptations
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #29: "Solo: A Star Wars Story"	URL
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18	The Wertzone: Disney and Star Wars: An Empire in Peril?	http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2018/05/disney-and-star-wars-empire-in-peril.html
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1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #28: "Solo: I've Got a Feeling About This"	URL
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8	personal stuff?
9	SOLO Trailer and Rumors
10	first thoughts
11	All the Hints and Details We Uncovered in the New Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer	https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-hints-and-details-we-uncovered-in-the-new-solo-1825092510
12	Solo: A Star Wars Story to Premiere at Cannes Film Festival \| Fortune	http://fortune.com/2018/04/06/solo-star-wars-story-premiere-cannes-film-festival/
13	Ex-‘Solo’ Director Chris Miller Responds to Recent Rumors and Reports \| Observer	http://observer.com/2018/03/solo-star-wars-story-chris-miller-phil-lord-ron-howard-lucasfilm/
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17	The Last Jedi Blu-ray is a chance to reevaluate the film’s divisive casino subplot - The Verge	https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17177670/star-wars-the-last-jedi-casino-canto-bight-finn-rose
18	According to Mark Hamill, This Was the Ending of George Lucas' Episode IX	https://io9.gizmodo.com/according-to-mark-hamill-this-was-the-ending-of-george-1824085301
19	All the Things the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Novelization Adds to the Movie	https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-things-the-star-wars-the-last-jedi-novelizatio-1823899879
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21	Simon Pegg Claims J.J. Abrams Had a Different Plan for Rey's Parentage Before The Last Jedi	https://io9.gizmodo.com/simon-pegg-claims-j-j-abrams-had-a-different-plan-for-1824640400
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24	Other Bits
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26	The Director of Rogue One's Mythic Reshoots Speaks Out for the First Time	https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-director-of-rogue-ones-mythic-reshoots-speaks-out-f-1825019244
27	BFFs Rey and Finn Will Definitely Be Hanging Out in Star Wars: Episode IX	https://io9.gizmodo.com/bffs-rey-and-finn-will-definitely-be-hanging-out-in-sta-1824252365
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29	EMAILS
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31	Brooke Smith had some great notes about the rebels finale - here are just a few.
32	3) Small note: Ezra didn’t call the space whales, he sent that kid to do it. So, Ezra just remembered them, he didn’t reach out. 4) How did Ezra and Thrawn survive a hyperspace jump with all the windows blown out? I suppose the shields might still protect them or they might jump straight to another planet? 5) As to Ashoka not being mentioned: I think Ashoka either, as was said, maybe she stays on that planet till the end (or can’t get off...maybe she doesn’t have a ship now). The last thing Ezra said to her was to come find him...and since he was alive at that point, have to assume she has a reason for not doing what she said she would until after he disappeared. We don’t know that Ezra and Ashoka DONT eventually meet up with Luke, either. Maybe they help him build his academy. Maybe they were among those killed by Kylo. And I think Yoda not mentioning them as the last hope was simply because there was no way for them to defeat Vader. Luke and Leia were specifically the last hope because of their connection to Anakin as his and Padmes children and were the only ones who could potentially be as strong as him. If Luke hadn’t turned Vader, the only other person who could have was Leia. Heck, maybe up until Ahsoka ran into him, Yoda thought SHE was their hope. But then Vader tried to kill her too, and it was clear their friendship was not enough to bring him back. And she obviously wasn’t quite strong enough to beat him; just as Obi Wan wasn’t. So his kids were the last hope. 6) The Emperor conjured the Fire from some sort of force magic (think the Night Sisters way of using the force). Not the first time we’ve seen him do something similar. I think he used it in the Temple in one of the earlier seasons...or maybe it was Clone Wars. I forget, but he’s definitely used an urn like that to scry or whatever he was doing. The fire as a weapon was new, though.
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34	And Sean Alberts writes:
35	Theory: Sabine and Ezra are Rey's parents. Evidence: At the end of Star Wars Rebels Ezra is 18 (the same age as Luke Skywalker) and Sabine is 20. So the timeline for them to become parents. They also seem to have some chemistry going on, especially in the final episode and Sabine and Ahsoka are going to find Ezra so he's theoretically not dead. There isn't really a lot of evidence that supports this but it is cool because... Why I like this: REY WOULD BE HALF JEDI HAVE MANDALORIAN BAD ASS! Thanks for all you do and I look forward to you potentially hashing this theory out.
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37	OUTRO
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39	iTunes Thanks
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41	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #27: "God Speed Rebels"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
5	• Jennie • Garrett • Tom
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7	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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9	INITIAL REACTIONS
10	first thoughts
11	Everyone okay? Anyone need a hug?
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13	BACK HALF EPISODE BREAK DOWN
14	The back half of Season 4	http://www.starwars.com/news/ranking-rebels-10-highlights-from-family-reunion-and-farewell
15	Best episode?
16	Toss up between Jedi Night and World Between Worlds for me.
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20	SO MANY THOUGHTS
21	Larger universe implications of the finale
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23	LIMITED EDITION JEDI SPACE TIME MANIPULATION (you can pluck people out, we never found out if you could go, but prolly)
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25	Filoni on if time travel could affect other Star Wars properties via CinemaBlend: No, I hope not. I mean, because this is important for this particular story, and I think we'd have to be very careful about how it would be used otherwise. It's why we destroy the temple in the episode. It's mainly a place that people would go to see the future and the past. It's not such an active place and Ahsoka, for her part when she's pulled out of that moment, is placed back in that same timeline and not very long after she left it. So again, she's smart enough to know that she cannot go back with Ezra, so there is not this big time travel thing. She knows she has to remain a part of her world and her timeline. I don't really think of it as time travel. It's not really a thing where you go through one door and out another in a different time. The world between worlds is really about knowledge and gaining knowledge. As the Dume wolf says, what's in there is knowledge and destruction. You can gain knowledge of the future or futures that may happen, and you can see things that happened in the past. You can at times choose to alter them, but it's perilous to do so and when you alter something you don't know if that's not the way it always happened. So destruction is the other half of what's in there. When you go through these doorways, you're in peril of destruction because you're missing all sorts of things that would have happened or things would've happened otherwise, you know, so it's a dangerous game but it's not something we're here going in and out of different doors. It's an extension of the Jedi's ability to perceive the future and the past, as described in Empire Strikes Back.
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27		https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2382622/what-star-wars-rebels-big-ahsoka-twist-means-for-the-rest-of-the-franchise
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29	ASOHKA LIVES, JACEN SYNDULLA	https://www.inverse.com/article/41922-star-wars-rebels-finale-canon-return-of-the-jedi
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31	Easter eggs: Paelleon went down (?) w/ the ship	drop in a link if you find one, haven't seen a big article yet
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36	WRAP UP
37	Now that we've seen all of it. What do we think of Rebels overall?
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39	OUTRO
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41	iTunes Thanks
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43	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #26: "Solo: A Star Wars Story Teaser(s)"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
5	• Jennie • Garrett • Tom
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7	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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9	Solo Teaser Trailer(s)
10	We got a short one...	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Szts88zY4o
11	...and a slightly less short one	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNW0B0HsvVs
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13	News
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15	Rian Johnson Didn't Want the Knights of Ren in The Last Jedi Because He Would've Murdered Them	https://io9.gizmodo.com/rian-johnson-didnt-want-the-knights-of-ren-in-the-last-1822192164
16	Here's What Luke's Third Lesson to Rey in The Last Jedi Would Have Been	https://io9.gizmodo.com/report-heres-what-lukes-third-lesson-to-rey-in-the-las-1821467308
17	G: Oh hey I finished the Thrawn Trilogy.
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20	Emails
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22	Amber Elgin was the first person to write us after seeing the movie - here are just a few of her thoughts
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24	I liked this more than The Force Awakens. It felt more like a spiritual successor to Empire Strikes Back without mirroring it super closely. Love/Hate the Leia in Space sequence, Love that it kinda leans towards she does have Force powers, Hate that she looks like a superhero traveling through space without anything to push off of. Disappointed in the little Phasma we got, like this is the Phasma I was hoping for in TFA and I know she'll survive the fall because books/comics but still seems to be over hyped and under utilized. W/O the hype and books, what we saw of her would have been fine. YODA! Loved every bit of that. Almost expected him to pull up Luke's XWing from the water and tell him to go join the Resistance. OH one more thing, the scene where Holdo jumps to lightspeed and the movie goes silent, the entire theater went silent. No rustling in seats or of drinks/popcorn/wrappers. Like everyone was holding their breath to see what happened next.
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26	Jeffrey Ganong writes: I can definitely see why this might be one of the more controversial Star Wars movies. There are a lot of people passionate fans who love the lore and theories and Rian Johnson basically made a movie that throw most of that aside. Who is Snoke? And where did he come from? Doesn't matter. Who are Rey's parents? Doesn't matter. TFA set up a lot of these questions and a lot of fans thought they needed to be answered, but Rian just wanted to strip down Star Wars to its most basic parts, good verses evil and a small rebellion versus a massive empire. And I can see why some fans would be put off by that choice. He also said, it was a fun and beautifully shot movie. I don't know if it is my favorite one but it might be the most beautiful. Also, it might have been the best time I have had at the theater thanks to these guys (awesome pic of kids)
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28	Brian in Indy loved the movie and asks: Now that Disney is buying Fox, and will finally have rights to all of the movies, do you think that we may finally see a new release of the non-special edition original trilogy?
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30	Loved your discussion about TLJ. I laughed out loud when yall spoke of Kylo Ren's worthiness for redemption because I have the same debate with my wife (she can't see past the patricide). I contend that if Anakin Skywalker can be redeemed after murdering a whole academy of young padawans, then Ben Solo can come back from killing his (seemingly mostly absent) father. Keep up the great work and the puns flowing! Thanks and MtFbwY. Kind regards Bowie Duong PS Episode IX is called Redemption of Solo!
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32	So many more emails to come!
33	OUTRO
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35	iTunes Thanks
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37	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #25: "The Last Jedi"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
5	• Jennie • Garrett • Tom
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7	The Last Jedi Spoilers
8	Overall Thoughts
9	Liked? Disliked? What you expected?
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11	Plot / Themes	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-K9j3U0Y27QyN90iBZ9WrWXrzBMXGFfzV2CAD523z8/edit?ts=5a36fd45
12	I have as short of a plot bullet list as I could manage.	https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQM8v_xTp7wmNrlRJa4uV-ns9VDEBeXW07Y5__Nt69laDmOOxCGygzt7uNL3kohIJSmsS_2MXiykLsV/pub
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14	Characterization
15	Poe, Finn & Rose, Rey, Kylo, Luke
16	Rian Johnson on why he did Snoke like that. “When I was working on the character of Kylo, I came to a place where I thought the most interesting thing would be to knock the shaky foundation out from under him at the beginning of this movie…By the end of this film, he’s gone from being a wannabe Vader to someone who is standing on his own feet as a complex villain taking the reins.” “But then the question is: What place would Snoke have at the end of that?…That made me realize the most interesting thing would be to eliminate that dynamic between the ‘emperor’ and pupil, so that all bets are off going into the next one. That also led to the possibility of this dramatic turn in the middle, which could also be a really powerful connection point between Kylo and Rey.” "It would have stopped any of these scenes dead cold if he had stopped and given a 30-second speech about how he’s Darth Plagueis…It doesn’t matter to Rey. If he had done that, Rey would have blinked and said, ‘Who?’ And the scene would have gone on…and I’m not saying he’s Darth Plagueis!”	http://collider.com/the-last-jedi-snoke-explained/#images
17	Is Phasma dead? Rian Johnson thinks it's up in the air. Johnson: “Phasma is the Kenny from South Park of this series,” Hamill: “I think she’s got to survive... She falls through the flames and lands on a big pile of rubbish.”	http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/17/star-wars-last-jedi-spoilers-captain-phasma-killed-survive/2/
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19	Visuals
20	The space battles overall. The opening bombing run. Kylo's attack on the fleet. And that lightspeed kamikaze. Luke's X-wing Yoda puppet looked bad. Not as bad as Episode I. But still off. Snoke looked great. So much better than TFA. Also, Snoke's throne room. And that fight in Snoke's throne room.
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22	What's Next?
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25	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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27	Shall we save emails?
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29	Emails
30	Here are my thoughts on "The Last Jedi": 1. Rey's parentage, OK, so I was wrong. She was not a Skywalker, although I thought that would have been a cool story, I can definitely see why Rian made this choice. More on this later. 2. I really liked Laura Dren's character and I could've totally taken her as a Liea's replacement to lead the Resistance/Rebellion. (By the way, what do we call it now?) 3. I was really sad to see Luke go, I really enjoyed his performance, his "grumpy old man who just wants to be left alone" take was great. That said, he is totally coming back. Hello, Force Ghost Luke! 4. The I can definitely see why this might be one of the more controversial Star Wars movies. There are a lot of people passionate fans who love the lore and theories and Rian Johnson basically made a movie that throw most of that aside. Who is Snoke? And where did he come from? Doesn't matter. Who are Rey's parents? Doesn't matter. TFA set up a lot of these questions and a lot of fans thought they needed to be answered, but Rian just wanted to strip down Star Wars to its most basic parts, good verses evil and a small rebellion versus a massive empire. And I can see why some fans would be put off by that choice. 5. All that said, it was a fun and beautifully shot movie. I don't know if it is my favorite one but it might be the most beautiful. Also, it might have been the best time I have had at the theater thanks to these guys. (kids attachment). Keep up the good work. Jeff from Maine
31	Hey guys, I just saw the movie and I LOVED IT. Do you think that Kylo Ren was lying about Rey’s parents? I think he was. What was your favorite part? Mine was Yoda’s appearance. And I loved that they stuck with the Empire/ROTJ look of him. Unrelated question. Now that Disney is buying Fox, and will finally have rights to all of the movies, do you think that we may finally see a new release of the non-special edition original trilogy? May the force be with you, Brian in Indy
32	Amber writes: I liked this more than The Force Awakens. It felt more like a spiritual successor to Empire Strikes Back without mirroring it super closely. The comedy seemed slightly off putting but not so much that it took me out and it didn't drag the beats out longer than necessary. Love/Hate the Leia in Space sequence, Love that it kinda leans towards she does have Force powers, Hate that she looks like a superhero traveling through space without anything to push off of. Disappointed in the little Phasma we got, like this is the Phasma I was hoping for in TFA and I know she'll survive the fall because books/comics but still seems to be over hyped and under utilized. W/O the hype and books, what we saw of her would have been fine. YODA! Loved every bit of that. Almost expected him to pull up Luke's XWing from the water and tell him to go join the Resistance. Does Rey have something like Psychometry? She got visions when touching the light saber, she dreamt of the island where Luke was, she saw something when she and Kylo reached out through the Force. Not sure how I feel about the Rey/Kylo chatting through the force and can see each other but not surroundings bit, though it did sort of pave the way for Luke's presence in the Crait sequences. Was really hoping that they wouldn't suddenly teleport via the Force because that would have ended everything for me right there. Snoke takes credit for manipulating her but was he manipulating her vision or Kylo's or both? I wonder if the Rey/Kylo connection was forged when he tried to read her mind and she pushed back creating some sort of something between them that's not normal between Force users. I think Kylo dropped the info about her parents just to get her to join him, there's more to the story than what he claims to have seen. Also really appreciated the 'certain point of view' in the three tellings of Luke/Ben's last night before Luke's Jedi Temple burned. OH one more thing, the scene where Holdo jumps to lightspeed and the movie goes silent, the entire theater went silent. No rustling in seats or of drinks/popcorn/wrappers. Like everyone was holding their breath to see what happened next.
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34	OUTRO
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36	iTunes Thanks
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38	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #24: "The Last Theories"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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6	Last Chance for Last Jedi Theories
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8	JFDubeau I predict the very boring and predictable ‘Rei falls to the Dark Side and get trained by Kylo’. Probably with the ‘shocking’ killing of Luke by Rei. Y’know, Siths killing their masters and all that. A little too by-the-numbers for my taste. What I’d WANT to see: Yeah, yeah… have Luke say he can’t train Rei and she leaves to seek her training from Kylo but as they train together HE’s the one who starts to fall for the Light Side. However, since this is the middle movie, it has to end with the Dark Night of the Soul to finish the second Act. We know Leia kinda has to die (for the saddest reasons) and I can totally see her sacrificing herself to save her son/children? (depending on Rei’s heritage). Either standing between them and Snoke and perhaps having Luke be part of the problem as he keeps Kylo or Rei from helping Leia. So you lose a key character, you load up a ton of guilt on Luke and you set up a very uneasy beginning to the third movie with Luke not being on board with Rei and Kylo’s aligeance being very questionable. Etc. But it’s going to be the first one. Unfortunately. JF
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10	@nancipants I've been trying not to speculate too much, but I'm really starting to think that Rey somehow leaves Ahch-To alone and Luke and Chewie chase after her in the Falcon. @SR_Chep A little part of me thinks Rey is somehow a Palpatine. Which would fit in the whole Skywalker/Palpatine battle of the original trilogy and add a nice twist that their force alignments are now reversed. @Bigbellzer Luke’s the big bad
11	"moolacool I predict that Rey and Kylo will have a juxtaposed training montage reminiscent of Luke in empire strikes back where with a peace vs anguish duality. Rey will be faced with the same decision Luke did in Empire, stay and complete your training or go help your friends, but unlike yoda, Luke will go along for the ride Finn will go through futuristic rehab from a spinal cord injury, maybe some cool cybernetics. Poe & Finn will go on a reckless (and unsanctioned) mission together to foil the New Order. Captain phasma will return as the ""boots to the ground"" nemesis and turn the tables on Resistance and end the movie with the New Order seeming to have the upper hand. I CANT WAIT TO FIND OUT HOW WRONG I AM!!!!!!!!!! "
12	Jeff from Maine Hey LTASW Crew, I would like to get out a few quick thoughts before The Last Jedi arrives, 1. Rey is a Skywalker, that is my prediction. There are many reasons I believe this, but the most important: it is the easiest story to tell. All of the other thoeries out there (e.g. Rey is a Kenobi or Palpatine) are great for die hard fans, but I think it is diservice to harken back to characters who have not had any screen presence in this new triology. Good storytelling keeps pushing forward and Rey being a Skywalker keeps us in the moment. 2. I am really excited that Rian Johnson is getting to do a totally new triology. One of the problems I have with the Star Wars universe is that is can feel small. Lucas Studios has a whole galaxy to play with and its seems to focus on just a small portion of it, so I am glad that someone is taking a shot at something we haven't seen before. 3. Lastly, this will be the first time I get to take my daughter to see a Star Wars movie in the theater. I have taken my son to the last two moives and now my daughter is old enough to go. So the three of us will be there opening night wearing our Star Wars shirts and I think I am more excited about sharing that experience with them than I am for the movie. Keep up the good work and looking forward to hearing your thoughts about the movie, Jeff from Maine @disciple_jeff on Twitter
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14	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
15	Should probably make mention of the Patreon stuff and that we'll be switching over to monthly.
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17	we could wrap i think b.c this is nice
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20	iTunes Thanks
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22	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #23: "Unlimited Spoilers! - Phasma & Rebels"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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6	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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8	Rebels Season 4 Mid-Season Finale
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10	Sabine and crew take the fight to Mandalore Ezra and Sabine team up with Saw and find some huge kyber crystals The crew of the Ghost return to Lothal, steal a TIE Defender, Rukh is introduced, Hera is a bad ass but gets captured
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12	Phasma
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14	Vi & Cardinal Phasma's past on the Mad Maxx planet Armitage Hux's collusion Cardinal & Phasma's face off
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19	iTunes Thanks
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21	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #22: "A New Trilogy"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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6	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
7	Hey! We have new Patreon goals!	https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-goals-15391819
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9	TOPIC OF THE DAY -
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11	Rian Johnson to direct a new Star Wars trilogy	https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/new-star-wars-trilogy-rian-johnson-porgs
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14	LATEST NEWS
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16	New trilogy aside there's also a Live Action Series coming to Disney's streaming service The new service will launch in 2019 No date on the Star Wars series specifically Sorry ABC	http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-wars-live-action-series-launch-disney-streaming-service-1056755
17	Well there's that Battlefront II / EA controversy Pay to win controversy	https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/13/16646692/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crate-controversy-ea
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19	End of the Show Personal Jazz
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21	G: Went to the Star Wars and the Power of Costume at the St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts (and updated my old Anakin costume)	https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOaToeLW4AAUQTK.jpg
22	J: A pair of human interactions: We're having a star wars party at which there will be a cake in the form of Luke's Jedi island, and when I went to order it, i learned something amazing about Carrie Fisher // also the Target guy
23	T: Keepin up on Comics including new Darth Vader series. Read the Tarkin novel.
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25	EMAILS, TWEETS & SUCH
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27	I was just wondering if you've watched the Star Wars Blips. I found them on the Star Wars youtube channel, but I'm not sure if that's the only place they're available. They are short (<1 minute) clips, and I find them hilarious. I just wanted to get your thoughts on them, hopefully you enjoy them as much as I do. Thank you for your wonderful show,Vorduran	OMG I HADN"T WATCHED THESE
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34	iTunes Thanks
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36	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #21: "The Last Jedi Trailer"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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6	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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8	TOPIC OF THE DAY -
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10	There's only one damned thing... AGAIN
11	The Last Jedi Trailer	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CbN8sfihY
12	jennie watched 4 different ways, and only one them was the most important
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14	LATEST NEWS
15	CHUCK WENDIG DEFENDS EWOKS THREAD	https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/849661901764268032
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20	G: Coming up on the end of Leia. Enjoying it, but probably my least favorite of the new books so far.
21	J: Garrett is a traitor to everything i hold dear (seriously though jennie has a thing to share)
22	T: Finishing Phasma and LOVING it. Also Phasma comic is good. I know so much about Phasma now. I'm a Phasn.
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24	EMAILS, TWEETS & SUCH
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26	Steven Dodds asks: Snoke is Ezra Bridger from Rebels gone bad? My gut just says it, I don’t know how this next season will pan out. That new toy of Snoke has blue eyes, and so does Ezra Bridger...
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28	In answer to our query about which directors you want to see direct Star Wars, Rob Wynne writes : Oh, c'mon. You all know that we really want to see a David Lynch directed movie about the rise of Jabba the Hutt.
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30	And Eric Royer wants to know: So I'm two thirds of the way through the Thrawn Trilogy and I was wondering where does one go after I finish up the trilogy! Where does one get some more Mara Jade goodness (fingers crossed she survives the trilogy!)? Please and thank you!	https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsEU/comments/1fr8oe/i_want_to_read_more_about_luke_and_mara_jade_what/
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35	iTunes Thanks
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37	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150


1	Let's Talk About Star Wars #20: "You may fire when ready"	URL
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3	INTRO
4	Welcome to Let's Talk About Star Wars with Tom Merritt, Jennie Josephson, and Garrett Weinzierl!
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6	Mention Patreon.com/letstalkaboutstarwars
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8	Top of the Show Personal Jazz
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10	G: Halfway through Phasma. Got to see a lot of the new Star Wars merch on Force Friday at the Disney parks.
11	J: If we can play it, I brought a present.
12	T: Reading Phasma and it's DELIGHTFUL
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16	There's only one damned thing	http://deadline.com/2017/09/jj-abrams-star-wars-episode-9-director-colin-trevorrow-lucasfilm-disney-1202167681/
17	Trevorrow out, Abrams in.
18	The delay
19	Take with a grain of salt but Hollywod Reporter have sources claiming knowledge as to Trevorrow's ousting: Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that script issues have continued to be the continuing sore spot with Episode IX’s development with Trevorrow having had repeated stabs at multiple drafts. In August, Jack Thorne, the British scribe who wrote the upcoming Julia Roberts-Jacob Tremblay movie Wonder, was tapped to work on the script. Sources say that the working relationship between Trevorrow and Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy became unmanageable. Kennedy, who had already been through one director firing/replacement on the Han Solo spin-off, was not eager for a sequel and tried to avoid this decision.	http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/colin-trevorrow-as-director-star-wars-episode-ix-1035463
20	--	http://www.starwars.com/news/j-j-abrams-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-episode-ix
21	Quote of the century that fills Jennie w/ a certain amount of glee: “There’s one gatekeeper when it comes to Star Wars and it’s Kathleen Kennedy,” says a veteran movie producer, who has worked with the studio chief. “If you rub Kathleen Kennedy the wrong way — in any way — you’re out. You’re done. A lot of these young, new directors want to come in and say, ‘I want to do this. I want to do that.’ A lot of these guys — Lord and Miller, Colin Trevorrow — got very rich, very fast and believed a lot of their own hype. And they don’t want to play by the rules. They want to do shit differently. And Kathleen Kennedy isn’t going to fuck around with that.”	http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/star-wars-episode-8-colin-trevorrow-firing-explanation.html
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30	Sam K writes: I just wanted to share a little idea I had for the Obi-Wan film. I thought that it may be interesting to have Luke read from Obi-Wan's journal to Rey, in a similar style to the Grandpa reading stories to his Grandson in The Princess Bride, haha. I know it seems super weird but I think it'd be funny.
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32	-Shawn in Houston - Guys and gal I love your podcast. But I have to totally disagree with something . Especially with Jennie. I am getting very tired of seeing everything around the prequel and original film era version of star wars. The universe is just too big and too old to stick around this era. No Obi-Wan Kenobi spin off , no Bubba Fett, etc. Why can't we go back 1000 years before when Yoda was a new Jedi. The republic looked different back then . Or even a few thousand years back when Darth Revan was a thing. ( we found out he was cannon during one of the rebels episodes). . I think we are too saturated around the era we are now. Thanks y'all, keep up the good work,
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34	This happened on Twitter:
35	Jennie: Leia is now the defining issue of this trilogy - this is a person I know will really care enough to find the answer Jeannie Targaryen @Asetisis: I was hoping they'd tap a woman director Jennie: They like to talk about that a lot, & I'd like to see it happen ASAP, but this team has run out of time for new people on Ep 9... :(
36	and then I thought more about it.... BEGIN THOUGHTFUL RANT
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41	Thanks to the Andrew Allen Trio for our intro and outro music. You can find more of their work at AndrewAllenTrio.com/music and grab their Star Wars tribute album on iTunes.	https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!-from-cantina-star-wars/id1029680150