Star Wars Celebration Europe happened over the past weekend and Chris and Casey get on the mic to chat about it. The highs and the lowest of the lows. Take a listen as they express their geekly opinions about their most beloved of movie series!
Show Notes:
Rogue One
- Sizzle reel -multiple times… what else did they see? How they handled livestream
- Trailer EXCLUSIVE
- Vader reveal
- http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/07/15/star-wars-celebration-2016-close-up-with-rogue-ones-new-vechicles
- New troopers
- New ships, tank troopers, tanks!
- The beach
- Thoughts on film so far
- Little gunner character played by Warwick
Rebels
- Ezra’s path… Speculation
- Thrawn in show and book
- Ysalamiri – force dampening creatures
- Wedge as a tie fighter pilot and maybe Shara Bey?
- Darktroopers
- Mandalorians
- Darksaber and Sabine
- An end in sight?
Commercial
Video games
- Battlefront announcements: Death Star, R1
- Viceral’s secret game (uncharted-esque)
- TOR – is it cannon? New expansion “Knights of the Eternal Throne”
- Galaxy of heroes: Tank Takedown raid & Greivous added. Beating them will lead to exclusive Game Mods.
Toys
- Rey Resistance Hot Toy
- Jyn Urso black series figure
- Princess Leia ugliness
- Force band for BB8 wearable
Books
- Ahsoka
- Thrawn
- Talk a bit about Life Debt
Comics
- No news?! Why?
- Waste of time of a panel
- Only reveal was about Vader Comic #21 inside panels and #25 variant covers
Han Solo
- Alden Ehrenreich OFFICIALLY cast as Han Solo
Misc
- Goyer, VR Vader?! Movie, game? Makes no sense, the usual Goyer way
Closing
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