Earth Gems - Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Joe Johnston, and Kat Morries (Vol.2/Ep.7)

The Steven Universe Podcast

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4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Rose Quartz, Bismuth, and Jasper are the focus of this episode of the Steven Universe Podcast as take a closer look at Earth Gems! Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar, former EP, Ian Jones-Quartey, Director Joe Johnston, and Supervising Director Kat Morris detail Bismuth's origins (including how she came to be in Lion's mane), Jasper's personality development, and Steven's complicated view of his mother, Rose Quartz. Discover which characters have been around since the pilot days, who was added as the series developed, and how Rose's storyline gets factored into each episode's planning.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Mackenzie Atwood.
0:06.0	Thank you guys so much for joining in and listening to the Steven Universe podcast.
0:10.0	So we've been exploring the people and places of Steven Universe, digging a little bit deeper
0:14.3	into their backstories and their origins and their development, and today we're going
0:18.3	to be focusing on Earth Gems.
0:20.6	And by that I mean there are three gems who are very different from each other, but they're
0:23.7	connected by the events of the gem we're on Earth that happened thousands of years ago.
0:28.6	So that means Rose Quartz, the leader of their rebellion, Bismuth, the Rebels, Weapon Smith,
0:33.5	and Jasper who is a gem that was made on Earth and fought for a home world.
0:36.7	We're going to learn about what inspired their creation and learn more about their roles
0:40.9	in gem society and culture.
0:43.0	Steven Universe director Joe Johnston and supervising director Kat Morris are also going to be
0:47.6	here to offer some insight and so will creator Rebecca Sugar and former EP Ian J.Q.
0:53.1	So that's where we're going to be starting out today with Rebecca and Ian.
0:56.2	Thank you guys so much for coming on and talking to me.
0:58.4	Yeah no problem.
0:59.8	So let's talk about Jasper first.
1:02.0	What kind of impact did you want her character to have on the audience like her arc?
1:06.2	Oh her whole arc?
1:08.3	I think yeah like through like being corrupted from all of it.
1:11.6	I think like a lot of the characters I really wanted Jasper to appear to be a lot more
1:17.9	one dimensional than she actually is.
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