Ep 236 : Peter Sciretta - Scooping Ahsoka Tano
Steele Wars : Star Wars Podcast
Steele Saunders
4.5 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Peter Sciretta and his website Slash Film recently broke some of the biggest Star Wars news of the year with their scoop that Rosario Dawson would be playing Ahsoka Tano in season 2 of The Mandalorian.
We go behind the scenes on how such a scoop is discovered, vetted and the questions asked before publishing.
Also we get a tantalising hint at some even bigger The Mandalorian casting news that Peter is working on.
Plus we chat about how documenting his 50 plus visits to Galaxy’s Edge has earned him over 100,000 subscriptions on twitter, the best made Star Wars films, the state of action figures and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Peter Serretta and his website slash film recently broke some of the biggest Star Wars news of the year |
| 0:09.3 | with their scoop that Rosario Dawson will be playing Asokitano in season two of the Mandalorian. |
| 0:16.3 | We go behind the scenes on how such a scoop is discovered, vetted, and the questions asked before publishing. |
| 0:22.8 | Also, we get a tantalizing hint at some even bigger the Mandalorian casting news that Peter is |
| 0:28.6 | working on. |
| 0:32.1 | You're evering way too much fun proposing these situations. |
| 0:35.0 | Oh, it's so good. |
| 0:36.4 | Because I like to do this to you on Twitter, and now I get to do it, like, in voice form. |
| 0:41.6 | And it's way easier. |
| 0:42.6 | My hands are free. |
| 0:43.7 | They can do what they want. |
| 0:44.7 | They're not busy typing. |
| 0:46.0 | It normally ends with Peter just like going, I'm going to bed now. |
| 0:51.4 | I will tease this, that I am working on another Mandalorian scoop, which I think might be bigger |
| 0:58.4 | than the Osoko one, but I've yet to completely nail it down. |
| 1:04.3 | So I'm still working on it. |
| 1:06.0 | Dash render. |
| 1:07.5 | Yes. |
| 1:09.3 | Plus, we chat about how documenting his 50- plus visits to Galaxy's Edge has earned him over 100,000 subscriptions on YouTube, the best-made Star Wars films, the state of action figures, and so much more. |
| 1:22.2 | This is Steel Wars episode 236, Peter Serretta, Scoopin' Assoca. |
| 1:35.2 | Hey, you guys, welcome to Steel Wars. |
| 1:37.4 | I am Steel Saunders, and I do love Star Wars. |
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