Episode 459 - The Puppets of the Original Trilogy with TOM SPINA

Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

Tv & Film

4.8 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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We’re dusting off the BP phone as we are once again joined by our friend from REGAL ROBOT, the one and only TOM SPINA talking about a subject only he can handle - THE PUPPETS OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY. Join us as we ask the important questions like “what is a puppet” and “why is that droid so small?” So call up a man in a suit, celebrate the love and listen today! Keep up to date with everything Regal Robot here : https://regalrobot.com Check out the new SPACE SLUG puppet replica https://regalrobot.com/news/archive-collection-space-slug-prop-replicas/ Explore Tom Spina Designs : https://www.tomspinadesigns.com JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! NEW ANDOR SEASON 2 EPISODE COMMENTARIES! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY SKELETON CREW EPISODE! NEW EMPIRE STRIKES BACK COMMENTARY! Theme Music! downloadable tunes from episodes! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points "Like" Blast Points on Facebook Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/ BlastPointsGroup/ we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints Your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

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0:00.0	Now this guy, he's ugly and bad.
0:05.0	Look what he did to C3PO.
0:08.0	Not my eyes, Artu! Help!
0:11.0	Quickly, Artu!
0:12.0	Salatius says he's depraved because he's deprived.
0:17.0	And welcome to Puppets Talkback.
0:20.0	Um... It all started about eight months ago.
0:23.9	There I was.
0:25.4	Just an idea in somebody's mind.
0:28.2	And then today, poof, life.
0:32.6	It's kind of magic, you know.
0:34.0	Another filmmaker who works in this technique is Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets.
0:39.3	With puppets, a puppet generally you're working symbolically. A puppet is a symbol of whatever you're trying to portray.
0:47.3	And so therefore, if you have an evil character, it can look totally evil.
0:52.3	Frank Oz is the puppeteer and the voice of the 900-year-old cosmic sage of the Daegobar system.
0:59.0	It is Yoda who imparts the wisdom of the force to the young Luke Skywalker and the Empire strikes back.
1:06.0	Frank Oz is Yoda, but he's also the persona of the most nbile, the most sensuous, the most well-rounded performer ever to grace the silver screen.
1:19.6	Frank Oz is Miss Piggy.
1:23.6	The Miss Piggy. I'm Miss Piggy. Do you hear that?
1:47.0	Do you hear that?
2:02.9	Wait, what is that?
2:04.5	Uh-oh, I think, I haven't heard that in a long, a long time.
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