Steele Wars Ep 148 : Laura Sirikul - Celebrating Rose Tico & meeting Kelly Marie Tran
Steele Wars : Star Wars Podcast
Steele Saunders
4.5 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2017
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
From the moment Laura Sirikul found out about Rose Tico's role in The Last Jedi she was "all in".
Find out why Laura is so excited and empowered by seeing her heritage represented in the Star Wars universe and hear about Kelly Marie Tran's reaction to seeing Laura's Rose Tico cosplay.
Plus we chat about the puzzling reaction some fans have to Laura's enthusiam for Rose and how it lead to us becoming friends.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. |
| 0:03.7 | Visit planetbcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. |
| 0:07.5 | As well as The Making Star Wars Podcast Network. |
| 0:12.1 | From the moment, Laura Syracule found out about Rose Tico's role in The Last Jedi, |
| 0:17.1 | she was all in. |
| 0:18.8 | Find out why Laura is so excited and empowered by seeing her heritage represented in the |
| 0:23.3 | Star Wars universe and hear about Kelly Marie Tran's reaction to seeing Laura's |
| 0:28.5 | Rose Tico cosplay. |
| 0:30.7 | You have to be pretty into Star Wars at the moment to know who Rose Tico is. |
| 0:35.5 | Yeah, a lot of Star Wars fans, they knew who I was. |
| 0:38.7 | They were like, yeah, all the Asians, a majority of the Asians who saw me who weren't |
| 0:46.3 | in Star, in Star Wars garb, they were just like, Rose Tico, Rose Tico. |
| 0:50.9 | And then, and then, like, because, like, I have so much pride in being Asian, I'm just like, yeah. |
| 0:55.6 | And then, like, we have, like, we have the Asian nod to each other. |
| 0:57.8 | We're like, yeah, like, Asian. |
| 1:02.4 | We actually do that. |
| 1:03.5 | When you see an Asian person at a convention, you're just like, you just have the nod. |
| 1:07.6 | It's like, hey, I see you. |
| 1:13.0 | And. It's a super fun chat, and you might just learn a thing or two. |
| 1:17.8 | This is Steel Wars episode 148, Laura Syracule, celebrating Rose Tico and meeting Kelly Marie |
| 1:25.2 | Tran. |
| 1:30.7 | This episode of Steel Wars is brought to you by Harry's shavers. |
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