516: Willow

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

In 1988, as the Star Wars fields lay fallow, George Lucas gave us a fantasy epic he assured us he'd been dreaming up for years: Willow. This tale of magic and mystery spun the story of a humble hobb—er, Nelwyn—and his incredible journey to deliver a thing to a place in the manner of J.R.R. Tolkien. Needless to say, Willow didn't amount to the next Star Wars, and after a few video game adaptations, the book on Willow seemed forever closed... until very recently!

With the recent Disney+ series freshly behind us, there's never been a better time to look at the legacy (if any) Willow left behind. So join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Chris Baker (of Willow Talk) as they dress in their finest Renaissance Faire gear to discuss this blast from Lucas' past that's gotten a new lease on life.

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0:00.0	This week on RetroNots we're simply mad about Martigan.
0:25.3	Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of RetroNots.
0:27.7	I'm your host for this one Bob Mackie and today we're talking about Willow, the 1998 film,
0:33.3	the games and the new Disney Plus limited series. Willow has never been more relevant than ever before
0:40.2	in the past 35 years and we've got some experts to talk about it. I consider myself a Willow expert
0:46.0	because I just watched it twice. Before we move on here, who is here with you today? Who is in
0:51.1	North Carolina? Who's who's here to talk about Willow? Hey, it's me, Jeremy Parrish. And I thought
0:56.2	we were here to talk about the Cotton Shooter series where they're after Willow, the candy.
1:00.8	That's not what we're talking about. No, in fact, I'm surprised there wasn't a lawsuit.
1:05.2	Isn't that also a fantasy thing? It is, but it involves like a fairy and a bikini, so it's way
1:10.8	racy than George Lucas worked in. That's what the film is. I don't know, kind of conflating
1:17.6	things there. Well, who is our true Willow expert, our special guest today? This is Chris Baker.
1:23.2	I thought we were here to talk about Willow Smith. Oh, you know what? Very talented, but she
1:28.4	is a nepot baby and we don't like those here. Fair enough. We can talk about 1988 fantasy movies
1:34.1	in their games then. Yeah, Chris Baker, I actually have a Willow podcast, believe it or not, called Willow Talk.
1:40.9	Me and my co-host who used to work at LucasArts with me, Cameron Sui, we talked about,
1:45.7	started out just talking about the show, the movie because we like the movie and then we did
1:49.6	it right before the show started, so we have like recaps of all the episodes and everything.
1:54.6	So yeah, it's a, we're told we're good. So whatever that's worth. Yes, Chris Baker is the guy
2:00.8	with the Willow podcast. He should be on our Willow podcast as well. And it's called Willow Talk,
2:05.2	correct Chris? Yes, Willow Talk, available basically on all your fine podcasting platforms.
2:11.8	Before I continue, we'd like to set the stage with our own personal experience. And I do want
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