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290: The Empire Strikes Back - Muppets, Underoos & Bantha Tracks May 21, 2020

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In honor of its 40th Anniversary, this episode is all about publicity on The Empire Strikes Back, with special guest Craig Miller (Lucasfilm Publicity 1970s-1980s). We talk about how the publicity campaign was a pioneer for its time, ushering in a new way of marketing movies that continues to this day. Some of these include a 1-800 number to speak with your favorite Star Wars character, articles in Bantha Tracks, and The Muppet Show appearance. Craig was largely responsible for all content of Bantha Tracks, the first Star Wars fan club magazine, and talks about the lead-up to TESB through its pages.

We dedicate this episode to the memory of Charlie Lippincott, who just passed away on May 19th. Mr. Lippincott worked as the Senior VP of Adverstising, Publicity, Promotion and Merchandising at Lucasfilm, and was a mastermind of promotion.

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289: The Clone Wars Fortune Cookies May 14, 2020

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How many life lessons, morals and values have you learned from Star Wars and, more specifically, from The Clone Wars fortune cookies that precede almost every episode? Din from the band F105joins us once again to discuss the most inspiring fortune cookies, and those which have a special impact on each of us. Gems such as:

"A plan is only as good as those who see it through."

"The first step to correcting a mistake is patience."

"No gift is more precious than trust."

If you want to pick out your favorites, check out the full list here.

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288: The Clone Wars Finale May 08, 2020

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May the 4th, 2020 marked the final episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. What an amazing, galaxy-shattering finale! Discussing the last two episodes "Shattered" and "Victory and Death" is a monumental task, so we brought reinforcements. You know him as the lead singer for the band F105, we know him as our good friend Din! Enough writing, let's dive in NOW.

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287: Skywalker QuaranTainment Apr 30, 2020

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Sheltering in place has allowed many of us to come up with creative ways to spend our time. We talked with Skywalkers to see what creative projects they've been up to since mid-March. Jim Astin does funny toyography (like the Show Picture above). Joey Pittman and Joshua Jordan have been ramping up their podcasting. Joshua and Eric Onkenhouthave been blogging. Kai Charles came up with great ways to maintain sanity and reduce stress. Chris Kowalski is tweaking a Kenner Action Figure cosplay and Rachel Hayes is cross-stitching Disneyland since we all can't go!

Ahsoka leads Republic clones to confront Maul's forces on Mandalore. Maul senses the impending chaos and makes a calculated play to ensure his own survival.

We spend over 30 minutes breaking down this INSANE episode as we chat live with Skywalkers who joined us on YouTube Live during our recording. Impressions, Easter eggs and symbolism - it's all here.

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286: The Siege of Mandalore Has Begun Apr 23, 2020

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On April 17, 2020, Disney+ aired the best half hour in television history (so far) with Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode, 'Old Friends Not Forgotten' Part 1'! The Siege of Mandalore has begun, alongside the beginning of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith. It was an exciting, emotional episode and we share our thoughts (Richard and Sarah), along with those of you on YouTube who watched our livestream and those of you who commented in our Facebook Group.

Star Wars: The Clone WarsConcept Designer Russell Chong

Also on this episode, special guest Russell Chong joins us. He gives a unique perspective on The Clone Wars as he is one of the original Clone Wars Design and Concept Artists! He worked on Genndy Tartakovsy's Clone Wars, then went into Dave Filoni's THE Clone Wars! So many great jaw-dropping stories.

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285: Old Time Magic with Tom Ameen Apr 16, 2020

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Musician and pianist Tom Ameen just released his latest Disney-inspired album, Old Time Magic, featuring piano versions of Disney favorites like "The Age of Not Believing" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks and "Brazzle Dazzle Day" from Pete's Dragon. Tom joins us to discuss his composition and recording process, and his inspiration for the album.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Together Again"

In Things We Want To Share, we go over Episode 708 of The Clone Wars, "Dangerous Debt"- our thoughts, comments, questions and Easter eggs.

Air Date: 4/10/20
Fortune Cookie: YOU CAN CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU CANNOT RUN FROM YOURSELF
Synopsis: Captured by the Pykes once more, Ahsoka and the Martez sisters are running out of options.

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284: Upward and ONWARD! Apr 09, 2020

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Skywalking Force member Jess Walz joins us for an emotional discussion of Disney Pixar's Onward. From older brothers to lost parents to Dungeons and Dragons, this film has a special meaning and a lot of heart.

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In Things We Want To Share, we go over Episode 707 of The Clone Wars, "Dangerous Debt"- our thoughts, comments, questions and Easter eggs.

Air Date: 4/3/20
Fortune Cookie: WHO YOU WERE DOES NOT HAVE TO DEFINE WHO YOU ARE
Synopsis: Ahsoka, Trace and Rafa try to escape from the Pykes. It doesn't go too well.

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283: When Did You First See The Empire Strikes Back? Apr 02, 2020

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What's your Empire Strikes Back Story? We gather a group of Skywalkers to answer this and share our first-time experiences in celebration of the Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary. Martin Keeler, Courtney and Kelly Turckel and Eric Walker (Mace in the Ewok Adventure films) saw this film for the first time in 1980, 1995 and 2020, so it's quite the round-up!

April 3rd is a huge Disney+day full of new content celebrating Earth Month - April! Three Disneynature films join the ranks of National Geographic shows and previous Disneynature films. And don't forget Disney Pixar's Onward!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Deal No Deal"

In Things We Want To Share, we go over Episode 706 of The Clone Wars, "Deal No Deal"- our thoughts, comments, questions and Easter eggs.

Air Date: 3/27/20
Fortune Cookie: MISTAKES ARE VALUABLE LESSONS OFTEN LEARNED TOO LATE
Synopsis: Rafa gets a job where she has to deliver spice to the Pykes. Her sister, Trace, is recruited when Raffa's original crew bails out. Being besties, Ahsoka tags along. Situations rev up when Ahsoka learns that the job at hand is running spice to the Pyke Syndicate.

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282: The Skywalker Legacy Mar 26, 2020

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Show of hands - how many of you are listening to this podcast in your pajamas? No judgement here! The Rise of Skywalkeris out on digital, and with it a 2+ hour documentary The Skywalker Legacythat features plenty of rare footage from the original trilogies. The behind-the-scenes footage blew our minds, so we have to share!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Gone with a Trace"

In Things We Want To Share, we go over Episode 705 of The Clone Wars, "Gone with a Trace"- our thoughts, comments, questions and Easter eggs.

Air Date: 3/20/20
Fortune Cookie: IF THERE IS NO PATH BEFORE YOU, CREATE YOUR OWN
Synopsis:Ahsoka Tano, no longer part of the Jedi Order, finds herself in the lower levels of Coruscant.

Also on this episode:

Rosario Dawson is reportedly playing Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian Season 2, and Ashley Eckstein responded on her instagram. Let's go over this news.

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Disneyland is closed and we were missing our favorite attraction - Star Tours! So we took matters into our own hands and recreated it in our own home with odds & ends we had on hand. Was Richard finally The Rebel Spy this time??

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281: That Yoda Guy - Nick Maley Mar 19, 2020

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We are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back with a mini-series of special interviews and episodes! This Part 1 features special guest and "That Yoda Guy" Nick Maley - Special Effects Makeup Artist and one of the key contributors to the fabrication of Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back!Nick tells us so many great stories about the hardship that went into creating Yoda, and gives us his thoughts on all Yodas throughout the years, including Baby Yoda! Nick was also a make-up artist on a pioneering music video from one of my favorite bands of all time - Duran Duran!!

In Things We Want To Share, we go over Episode 704 of The Clone Wars, "Unfinished Business"- our thoughts, comments, questions and Easter eggs.

Air Date: 3/13/20
Fortune Cookie: TRUST PLACED IN ANOTHER IS TRUST EARNED
Synopsis: Echo hatches a plan to end the Separatist threat on Anaxes once and for all. But where do his loyalties really lie?

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