Hey you guys. Welcome to Steel Wars. I am comedian Steele Saunders and I do love Star Wars.

We're in for something a little bit different this week as in

commemoration of the passing of the dearly departed Kenny Baker, the man that gave life to

R2D2, one of, and there's no debating it, one of the most iconic film characters of all time.

So what I decided to do was get on the mic with a bunch of previous guests and talk about

the times we've interacted with Kenny Baker and maybe a special memory or two of Kenny over the years. And if you're trying to

avoid like a bummer of an episode, this isn't it you guys because we actually had a great

time talking about Kenny Baker memories and a lot of laughs as well. So this is a, it's not the downer that you might think it is.

It's quite an uplifting episode.

It was super fun to record.

It was great to catch up with a bunch of previous guests.

And I tell you what, I learn more than a thing or two about Kenny Baker, the person and his life.

And I hope you do too. All right, let's kick things off with our very good friend, Tony Medina, the gongdroid, Star Wars consultant at Jack's

Pacific Toys. The first thing I have to talk about is Mr. Kenny Baker who passed.

That's been something that's been on my mind.

And, you know, it's been rough, man.

It's been a rough, crazy.

You know, there's been so much going on lately.

And then just, you know, hearing that news the other day, just been really sitting with me.

It's kind of a bummer.

Yeah, I tell you what makes it more of a bummer is, and it's innocent, but when people post, like, they're sort of going for this, um, poignant, you know, image to

post on the internet.

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