Live Call In Show – Ep 46 : Hawes Burkhardt, Jason Ward & listener calls on the Rian Johnson trilogy & Star Wars TV announcements
Steele Wars : Star Wars Podcast
Steele Saunders
4.5 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2017
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Hawes Burkhardt of the Making Star Wars Podcast Network's Rogue Won and Blue Harvest podcasts joins us to discuss...
-The HUGE announcements this week of a new Star Wars trilogy helmed by Rian Johnson AND a live-action TV series!
-The most amazing news drops in Star Wars history
-The amount of time and effort that goes into creating live-action Star Wars TV and how soon we can expect to see it
-Who will lead the TV project, and how high will the production quality be compared to the films?
-Steele and Hawes share their thoughts on creating live-action versions of previously told stories
-Brandon Manriquez gives us the rundown on the very worthy cause of the Kessel Toy Run, which gives Star Wars toys to hospitalized children
-Luke Cruser from the Bad Motivators podcast has mixed emotions about this week's big Star Wars news
-What the new trilogy announcement tells us about how good The Last Jedi will be
-Jason Ward, editor-in-chief of Making Star Wars, gives us the scoop on whispers he's heard about the direction Rian Johnson's new trilogy may take
-Jason's thoughts on how closely the live-action series will be tied to the success of Disney's planned streaming service
-We revisit “Real Sets, Practical Effects!”
PLUS IN THE THIRTY MINUTE SUPPORTER BONUS SECTION
-Thomas Stidman from Maryland has an idea about the format of the live-action series
-King Tom from Ohio runs the numbers on when we'll see Episode X
-News breaks live as a new TV spot drops for The Last Jedi
-King Tom shares his excitement about the new trilogy
-Downtown Brittani Brown from the Canto Bight Dispatch tells us how the news has changed her life
-Hawes shares his hopes for the live-action budget
-Emily Lind from the Canto Bight Dispatch calls to gloat about an accurate prediction
-Emily offers her insight into the format and setting of the new show
-The most amazing rendition of “Happy Birthday” in honor of LINDO!
-Robbo gives us his view on the timing of the announcement
-Robbo makes a strange suggestion for Patreon subscribers
For more details on how you can support the Kessel Toy Run, please follow @thekesseltoyrun or send new, unwrapped toys to:
Brandon Manriquez
PO Box 7232
Long Beach, CA 90807
Check out the Blue Harvest Holiday Special 2017 to benefit the Kessel Toy Run.
Follow us on Twitter/Instagram: @steelewars
Follow Hawes: @BlueHarvestPod
Show notes thanks to Dom Legaspi @domlegaspi
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| 0:00.0 | Blog Talk Radio |
| 0:02.0 | Hey you guys and welcome to the Steel Wars call-in show. |
| 0:22.3 | I am comedian Steel Saunders and I do love Star Wars. |
| 0:29.7 | And what? |
| 0:31.9 | What a week? |
| 0:33.7 | What a week? |
| 0:35.1 | Let's think of all the surprising weeks in Star Wars history. |
| 0:41.9 | You know, I remember when they announced that the Phantom Menace was going to be made. |
| 0:46.8 | Very exciting. |
| 0:48.3 | You know, Lucas had said he's not making any more films. |
| 0:52.0 | Some people thought he was going to. |
| 0:54.0 | But I always trusted George Lucas. He's not making any more films. Some people thought he was going to. |
| 0:56.4 | But I always trusted George Lucas. |
| 1:01.7 | He's since gone on to become maybe my favorite liar, |
| 1:06.1 | because all these lies always work out good for me. The sale to Disney and the announcement of the Force Awakens |
| 1:11.6 | another shocking day in Star Wars history. |
| 1:16.6 | But this week, not only we're getting three more Star Wars films |
| 1:24.6 | set somewhere we have no idea where. |
| 1:28.0 | So exciting. |
| 1:29.1 | They're going to be helmed by Ryan Johnson. |
| 1:31.9 | And somehow, who would have thought that the week that we get confirmed, |
| 1:36.9 | that we will be getting a live action TV show on a streaming service, |
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