things gem does because there’s so many
and he’s so vital to our team so
anything he knows or anything you say in
the comments he knows first alright
there’s no secrets you can’t keep
secrets from Jim or us yeah well he’ll
tell us I assume the nice ones the nice
ones yeah he’s a bit of a filter so
don’t make him cry if he starts to weep
openly we know you guys are gonna be
really you’re being mean I’ll be I’ll be
watching over everyone yes
so I said there is a poll and it’s very
important so it’s Star Wars Edition and
so we figured let’s do everything Star
Wars the poll is who do you think is the
coolest Star Wars character so no I hope
that means so not who would win in a
fight not who is the most important
character maybe if that’s how you rate
your however you rate cool yeah so it’s
it’s really up to you by ways of cool
this was me
super total it means not given an F
you’d be surprised how hard it is to
narrow down just ten characters between
the prequels and the new trilogy and the
classics it’s actually really tough to
narrow down so take a look yeah so what
do we got we got your han Solo
we got your Darth Vader this is not in
order okay Princess Leia Lando
Calrissian Boba Fett Poe Dameron Mark
Hamill I was gonna say Marky Mark Hamill
Luke Skywalker actually I prefer Mark
Hamill okay there no Luke Skywalker Rey
last name unknown Finn who died don’t
think even he just has numbers no they
called him Finn because he took his
number away oh no but isn’t it like
seven yeah yeah exactly
but he isn’t they didn’t turn to one
eight seven into a last name no okay and
Chewie
I wanted who do I want
Darth Maul on cuz I yeah this is what
I’m talking about there were Darth Maul
is clearly Koon but like you got a key
you got to keep at least the main cast
of the originals on every G’s original
orig ease yeah
hey Jim would you mind telling the
people how to vote on the pool yeah so
the voting is very simple you just go to
the live chat and you’re type the name
of the character that you want to vote
for and it all automatically gets
counted
that’s very it took me a very long time
to figure this automatic automagically I
did say automagically a lot of magically
was that deliberate yes
he’s taking credit for our folks taking
credit for it no gyms gyms fat gems fast
gems brilliant yeah okay um something
else that’s important is that later in
the show we will be running an interview
that we did earlier this week with your
friend and mine Greg Grunberg Oh lando
get here you go he snap Wexley an actor
a comedian and musician walk into a bar
as his podcast we’re gonna be talking to
him about his childhood best friend JJ
Abrams and the Star Wars and other
things you might know him from heroes
and lost and stuff like that
you may yes so Rebecca coolest Star Wars
character yeah okay so this is also in
the Greg Grunberg interview but yes how
is it not han Solo
like somebody said let’s do this pool
and I was like why no one’s gonna say
anything but haunting what do we got
here Han is one second on his second I
mean Darth Vader he’s got that brand
recognition the cool shiny helmet I know
but like okay I feel like when his
helmet comes off that’s not he like
becomes humanized yes and like I don’t
know if that I mean I guess he’s cool
but like there’s never a moment where
han Solo is not cool no han is always
cool except for that part where they’re
torturing him in Empire and he’s clearly
hot because he’s like you know what I
mean I understand yeah well yeah also
when they’re flying him out he clearly
got a little less cool anyway whatever
I’m being I know you’re being no you’re
being literal oh yes yeah other things I
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pass it on okay
did you answer you didn’t who I thought
was okay um I’m a little bit boring with
my my my thoughts here I I always love
Darth Vader he’s like you know the
quintessential I guess villain okay so
here’s the thing if we were judging
costumes alone Boba Fett
would crush it but it’s real I think all
of these okay yeah that guy that guy’s
helmet
good good switching but like we’re not
judging just by costume and I think it’s
kind of disrespectful to the actors to
have like you were judging just by
costume it beats phasma yes but that was
not on this list but if we were judging
these folks problem is like being a
central character doesn’t necessarily
make you cool like Luke Skywalker is
like the most important character in the
original trilogy but he’s far from the
coolest yeah I also I feel like Mark
Hamill and Carrie Fisher cool factor is
act like infinitely higher than Luke
Skywalker’s and live oh yes for Mark no
for Fisher Leia is the boss gem what up
what do you think buddy well I’ve always
thought Darth Vader was a cool character
but you know kind of I like kind of like
Luke how Luke looks in this particular
particular image that I have he’s like
exactly great that’s that’s the word I
was looking for but anybody in the
comments have any comments
do they have comments oh my god this is
oh I love this keep coming it’s full
disclosure we used to do this on
Facebook and there were fewer comments
mmm but now jim has his practices
speeders is a a big yeah but like but
like calling Ference I see you
commenting how you liked the last Jedi
and I see Carl voting for Chewie
I see cat fat I can read your comments
you don’t need to cry I’ve seen you
you’re here you’re in front of me and
talk to Taylor Carlson you’re right
maybe we should have but I soaked up
there but I think I made a decision to
just focus on the movie characters
anyhow it’s the cartoons because if we
go into the cartoons then it’s just it’s
just like crazy
there was nothing it was hard enough to
narrow it down with main Hollywood Canon
films like we didn’t even get to touch
Rockwell actually trying to figure out
who to put on the pool could be its own
episode
yeah it’s true yeah well maybe we’ll do
that next week no I know what we’re
doing next week anyway
holidays great holiday show even though
I’m gonna bring in exclusively Christmas
sweaters well do they have
no well maybe you can get like an
eight-point reindeer pretty good right
that’s like ridging the cultural gap
right Dalton menorah okay before I put
my foot any further into my mouth yeah I
think we are let’s go to mojo trivia
this is my favorite part of the show Oh
because Dan and I are going to challenge
each other to some Star Wars trivia and
I think I get to start if I remember
what they told me earlier and we came up
with these questions ourselves so I’m
I’m less interested I’m more interested
in the meta here who has the who came up
with a better question so yeah but also
I don’t whatever we also did emoji
trivia oh it’s a super fun last week we
started at we practice it we wanted to
see how it would go everybody seems to
like it so basically it’s last week what
we did was like movie titles but
obviously there are only so many Star
Wars movies so we had to like get a
little bit creative phrases things
titles like anything from Star Wars but
I don’t think we actually explained it
emoji trivia is you make a series of
emojis and you guess what those emojis
represent so I’m trying to think so like
you know two female characters one no
two anyway we want a pizza place would
be super easy right because you can be
any way you like nobody knows what two
guys ago on the place I know that show
it’s a grand lion Reynolds young Ryan
Reynolds the reason I called Ryan
Reynolds berg for like 15 years but
that’s a google for you anyway I would
like you guys to interact with us so
before we answer our trivia questions
maybe you guys can try to help us out
yeah you can smoke us at the trivia yeah
probably yeah so I think I go first
let’s go all right all right I don’t
have them written down though because it
no no I know so I can’t read them here’s
the first question
which character was played by multiple
actors in the original trilogy so I had
help coming up with these questions you
can yell at somebody else yeah I know
who it is I know you might have one
wedge antilles I can’t read that I’m
trying to read it later later Mon Mothma
or quicks
Madine me okay so I’m gonna need some
help from the comments because I
actually don’t know who Crick’s Medine
is he’ll pass it down guy does any part
no I’m just talking to them do you
actually know Jim don’t tell me if you
know um I do now okay let’s go go they
just googled it can I can I see a
picture actually does anyone in the
comments know who Crick’s Medina’s does
anyone know Kirk’s Medina’s they’re
giving you the answers they’re giving me
the answers okay
are people answering is there oh yeah
there’s no consensus that means it’s a
good actually there is a consensus some
of one name is appearing more than the
others but all of the names are
appearing which is because this is a
great tribute yes which is the name
that’s coming up often it’s wedge it’s
wedge interesting because I know wedges
in the 1st and 3rd iik I’ve got one I’ve
got my answer I’m not so so but by the
way in case you’re still wondering Chris
diamond wolf 64 says Crick’s medine was
an admiral in the rebel alliance and he
was in The Return of the Jedi he’s like
he has like a beard can you see yes yes
yes I think I actually had his Star Wars
card whoo when I was like 10 hmm okay is
it all right I’m gonna answer now Mon
Mothma no no it is not
Oh bummer the comments were right was it
way yeah it is which well no so it was
played by two four guys but the voice
was dubbed over by a third guy for both
of them wait which one of these those
actors is the one that’s related to Ewan
McGregor I can’t help you because I know
in in what’s it called in the rogue
squadron the n64 game isn’t like they’re
one of the actors who played wedge is
wedge in that game so which one is it
like I said maybe it’s the voice guy
okay but that I wasn’t count obviously
oh no it is multiple their agent
well there you go any Tory wants to know
because the comments we’re confused but
also helpful I think we have an emoji
one now yep what does this you know I
got resents uh don’t say it you know I
do I do I had so much fun doing it it
represents appealing to younger
audiences whatever that eighty help me
out help me out guys
well give them some time give them right
there’s a delay I’m sitting here very
smug I’m not very smart right now well I
mean it’s like what can I put in but
this is great I like it a lot that’s not
a forest yeah palm trees whatever you
don’t know it’s it’s the guy in the
galaxy
maybe the galaxy it’s far far away we
know and I don’t know if you guys know
this but all of the planets in star wars
represent a different climate on earth
well if you think about it like just
like in one place is like British
Columbia and the other places Namibia
and the other place is this like it’s
just all like they go anywhere in the
galaxy and it all just looks like places
on earth you okay I blew it can I answer
yet does anybody there’s some answers
coming yes Gabrielle Jimenez says it’s
Battle of Endor and it’s just like he
walks and or bond or he walked we turn
off the Jedi
that’s basically my answer I think they
got I said okay okay you know what
that’ll have a totally time for me to
ask some questions right yes exactly my
turn
okay here’s a question oh that’s right I
have to oh jeez now one of these answers
I think I know the answer okay I think
mmm read it yes han Solo famously
completed the Kessel run in the
Millennium Falcon in less than 12 light
years parsecs minutes wartime Hoffs
there’s only one other employee that I
hope is watching right now because this
joke is only for these people Oh anyway
I think I know the answer let’s give
them some time yeah okay so I I just
confirmed that I do know the answer
she’s gotta throw that out there but I
would like you guys to help me
dragons Iran atomic hacker Arjun Kishore
hip nursing Karl the dude101 actually
the do one of our six but everyone is
saying parsecs but dude101 said
light-years a note block also said lie
to your boy well and little Superman 32
is pointing out that parsec is not a
unit of time I know and so this is just
like this is 70s sci-fi jargon it’s
totally parsecs guys Rebecca got it she
guessed it do we have some of my emojis
yep give me the isn’t emoji is this
story telling can I see the color of the
emojis is very is perfect here although
on my phone I tried so hard I know to
find the one yeah yeah it’s funny
because like I have an android phone and
it’s like a samsung so like all of my
emojis are it’s like you gotta know the
names of the emojis to find them yeah I
can’t just paste it here okay I’m a
little confused actually I got a hint
well actually well maybe I have
something I want to say but then it
doesn’t work with the emoji so hey hey
hey
well Han shot first but then he couldn’t
because he’s being shot yeah that’s just
the order that that that’s just that
stupid emoji on my phone waiting in the
break to reference
okay yeah you know the comments are
getting all these right there right Star
Wars fans up here well that’s what we
want man or the answer huge Star Wars
fan yeah what now there you go there’s
got a question okay that is yours oh
this is mine yeah I’m like I don’t know
a character of Lando Calrissian is first
introduced on what planet not doing that
accent anymore
Tatooine Korra sont des Ben or terminus
I met Billy Dee Williams you met Billy
Dee Williams yeah at Comic Con did he
offer you any cool 45 he did not but
wasn’t drinking one very smooth yeah
heõs mmm he’s so smooth oh yeah okay
mm-hmm yeah kind of like that I feel
like this is the thing that I should
know mmm to be to be fair I know this
through playing a lot of video games
they mention it so quickly Star Wars
type of like transitions between our
crew yeah oh I was hoping to see a star
wipe okay I’m not sure and I know that
the comments are the moments would not
get out of the park already are but oh
yeah yeah is it so the one person said
Khorasan for some reason by pardon one
person said Khorasan for some reason
which is I appreciate your reference all
right well tell me what it is it is best
it is best man okay I thought it might
be all right let’s do like just a
lightning round
ask me one one last question I don’t
have anything what is the force
lightning there you go boom
okay speed it up another one this is
last one I think maybe how many rebel
fighters are seen surviving the Battle
of Yavin in a new hope Oh manufactures
watching I hate you like three three two
no that wasn’t the current guess three
yeah yeah my question what are we doing
oh what’s that
haha what’s that uh stormtroopers no
what kind of techniques face images it’s
a movie like a lot of space ninjas it’s
a movie it’s the title of one of the
movies big hint know someone Ithaca I
was I
the most proud of this one so I really
hope the comments get it well we’re
going a bit too fast for the comments no
they’re getting the answer to the
previous question right I don’t know
there we go
what that is who said it did someone say
it no we’re seeing that okay I thought I
was terribly clever with this one hang
on there’s one correct answer what is it
Virgen says it’s attack of the clones it
is it responds get it because they’re
all attacking and they’re the same and
they’re dudes in white face Nazis all
right there we go how we doing Maura
we’re doing I think we got a move on oh
my was quick okay this one’s quick
droids are not allowed in the Jedi
Temple Cloud City Jabba’s palace or the
mosque Eisley cantina
oh yeah okay she got it you said cantina
and as the jacket has destroyed all of
my trivia good thank you
very good all right my god oh my god are
we done we’re mojo connecting yeah so
like I said earlier we have a very
special guest today who we spoke to
earlier this week as part of our mojo
connects series so let’s see who that is
hey mojo Alex I’m Rebecca Bradenton with
me as always is Dan parity and welcome
to mojo connects with us today we have a
man that you may know from Star Trek
beyond you may know him from big ass
spider you may know him from alias were
lost or masters of sex or from his band
banned from TV or from his podcast an
actor a comedian and musician walk into
a bar or of course you might know him as
snap Wexley from the Star Wars franchise
of course I’m talking about Greg
Grunberg welcome Greg thanks for joining
us thank you very much
heroes I think is the heroes most people
know me right but yes the thank him for
that list that was that was the entire
IMDB page and been impressed you are a
diagnosis murder which is a show I
watched
skeletons is that the plot of the show
no it was Dick Van Dyke there’s a
detective doctor if I get a chance to
guest star on some classic shows and
work with some amazing actors I do it I
mean I I absolutely love it I did it
with CSI I did it with
psych I did it but they’re all these
shows I’m a fan of and then you know
there’s an opportunity to work on it and
I grab it so yes we’re going down oh for
sure working with all of these like
iconic actors that you’ve worked with
has anyone ever kind of is there any
like behind the scenes story the where
they gave you a great piece of advice
that you’ve kind of taken with you
through your career yeah I mean it
happens every time I work you know I
worked with Tony Shalhoub and I remember
what heat I think he said eat less on
set II know it’s you know what happens
every time I work out it may not be a
piece of advice that someone actually
turns to me and gives me but I study all
these great actors that I work with I
just worked with Al Pacino and Barry
Levinson and I did the I guess you’d
call it the Joe Paterno story about Penn
State and it’s gonna be on HBO I got to
play Al Pacino’s son in a movie go
toe-to-toe with Al Pacino it’s that’s
like that’s ridiculous stuff in my
career I know I’m supposed to be you
know I’m supposed to be like hey you
know this is my life this is my career
I’m an actor for me it’s always amazing
and so just studying him as hopefully
not studying in in scenes but studying
him Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher me these
people right I pull from everybody I
work with and I’m just so lucky to be
doing what I’m doing do you think you’ve
ever been starstruck by anybody like to
the point where you felt like ah this is
unprofessional he’s an actor
when I first walked on the Millennium
Falcon my first you know walked on the
set of Star Wars you know there with my
best friend JJ and JJ Abrams I have
known each other since we were four
years old I mean he’s he’s my brother
and so there was a really strong level
of being come
enough that I ignore the the rule of not
bringing your cell phone onset like
taping everything I possibly can okay
found right and I get on set and and I
had this scene where I’m standing around
and they turned to me and they’re like
snap did some recon snap what do you got
out there and I’m this is my moment you
know I’ve I have very few sort of big
moments of the movie big for me and it’s
a small role in force awakens but I’m so
excited to be there anyway I’m looking
around and there’s c-3po and there’s you
know han Solo and Princess Leia it’s
it’s crazy and after that take JJ Scott
succumbed over to me and he whispers in
my ear he’s like dude you’re watching
the movie so I kind of want to get your
experience as a Star Wars fan like penis
a picture of the first time you saw the
movie in the theater the first thing I
saw it just like most people it
absolutely blew my mind
because you have to remember I’m an old
guy so I saw it when I was 13 and it was
the you know I it had just come out no
one knew what it was we saw commercials
we saw things but it was it was a you
know unintended whole new galaxy a whole
new world characters that you
immediately relate to it was it blew my
mind and I’m not gonna say that that’s
the moment that I said hey this is what
I want to do for a living because it
wasn’t I’m much more of a comedy guy and
everything but I immediately gravitated
toward the movie I couldn’t get enough
of it and Kevin Smith and I’ve talked
about this how it was the first time
that you leave a movie and you’re
talking about the characters lives as if
they’re real people and you’re exploring
that and you’re discussing you know what
could be and what hasn’t been and what
came before it and how did this work
other things you know you don’t you
might take a life lesson from it it
might move you you might get emotional
but this really it changed the way I
looked at movies I got lost in this
deeper then I got lost in anything else
Star Wars really changed that for me and
that’s what I love to do as an actor I
love to go to work become someone else
entertain other people get
emotional response out of other people
but this is something special this Star
Trek I know I mean heroes was like that
too because that it was very relatable
it was it was a real world this this
just opened up a whole new world for me
right being that you’re so close with
the JJ Abrams is there anything that
you’ve kind of you know hey you should
do it this way and that you want to take
credit for that he’s done or no not that
I want to take credit for that’s a whole
other League of creativity that I can’t
a whole other level that I can’t even
get to the thing that I that I’m
fortunate of first of all he’s the
greatest guy in the world and then when
we’re together he’ll throw ideas at me
just like any other you know Kipp friend
would knowing that I’m not gonna say
anything and to hear stuff you know it’s
I’m of course the selfish
actor just thinking about himself and
only himself he says something and I’m
like yeah how to snap Wexley plan
maybe snap can come rescue them out of
that I mean in the first movie or in my
first experience on that movie in that
franchise I got to London I didn’t know
really what I was gonna do I I went in
for a fitting here in LA and then they
were all in London the cast was there I
get there they’re having dinner I went
straight from the airport to this
restaurant and I walk in there’s Larry
Kasdan and there’s Captain Kennedy and
JJ and a cast amazing cast and I’m
looking at everybody this is Chinese
restaurant I walk in it was downstairs
and and Larry Larry Kasdan goes there is
there Snapple Exley and that’s the first
who I was playing and I and I didn’t
even care what he meant
staff Wesley sounded like a human so I
was like well I don’t have to wear that
much makeup and what what is what does
that entail and then immediately you
know they started talking about it a
little bit and I was thrilled you know I
would done craft service on this movie
but it was it was such a cool thing and
then while we were shooting I was smart
enough I think you know I’m up in this
on this in his x-wing I’m in my x-wing
and turns out it was everyone’s x-wing
because they’ve just put us put them in
it anyway we’re doing we’re on the get
but we’re doing the thing I’ve told the
story before but it’s it’s funny they
have a series of lines
that you’re supposed to read and it’s I
got your back you know you know on your
left button and then I nailed all these
lines set them all it’s added a bunch of
stuff that they have using whatever and
and then they said okay here’s a series
of other ones we want you to say I’ve
been hit I’m going down this is the end
and I was like no you were showing us
before the show but this is something
I’m extremely envious of next to the
being and Star Wars thing obviously you
have an action figure
have you played what your own action
figure you guys you guys need one there
yeah this is one of my action figures
very cool you see is a reflection I
think yeah anyway yeah this is the snap
works the action figure it comes with a
flame trooper with a big a big hook
weapon and a bad guy and and then I’ve
got a pop toy I feel like I’m you know
this is it’s the holiday season
no no plug your mug so tell us a bit
about your podcast and actor a comedian
and a musician walk into a bar what can
we expect from that it’s there’s three
episodes up now and we’re about to go
record the fourth episode it’s so much
fun and it’s just a it’s it’s two guys
that absolutely love joining me in a bar
and we do it from a different bar we’re
gonna start doing it from a different
bar every time it’s like just it’s and I
don’t want to say it’s barroom
conversation because that’s that tag has
been given a you know a bad quality but
it’s well as long as you guys don’t walk
into a locker that’s our guest every
time Kirk Fox is that is amazing and he
brings a comedian to the party
Nick MARSOC is a great musician and
nickel to a song and did you stop to
check it out it’s called an actor a
comedian and a musician walk into a bar
the longest podcast titled ever and
hopefully people enjoy it well before we
go I just want to get your opinion on
our poll which is coolest Star Wars
character um without question in my mind
it’s Han Solo it’s awesome that
character is so sort of nonchalant
guy a little cockier than he should be
in over his head at times and somehow
weaseled his way and and fights his way
out I mean here’s the foreword come on
come on girl no I’m not this Star Wars a
file who can pull a little character
from the back of the bar I really I’m
just a huge fan well I totally agree
that’s what I said
everyone kind of argued with me and they
were like but there are other cool
characters and I said no there aren’t
it’s Han Solo and of list exactly thank
you so much for joining us thank you so
much you guys for watching see you next
time yeah thank you
may the force be with you yeah I’ve
changed shirt shows us and it was
showing us but then we were moving and
it wasn’t it’s like one of those movies
where like someone looks at themselves
in the mirror and then moves in the
mirror doesn’t move it’s it’s really
happens a secret window anyway ah that’s
a terrible movie but I would like to
tell you that the entire Greg Grunberg
interview will be a standalone interview
on our YouTube channel at some point
this weekend so you should check the
entire thing out because we listen step
out
yeah man Greg’s a great guy he was uh we
had a lot of fun with that yeah it was
super fun and now for the next part of
our show vs so you know WatchMojo we
like to compare to compare to vaguely
similar things and see which is better
well we were like what could we add to
this and I figure why not add our
opinion because you know I said whoa
anyway 2017 we’re cool I know anyways
so Jim I told you we did lots of things
jim has come up with a generator wink
wink
which means that he has scraped our
website for tags and keywords to come up
with random verses to smash two things
together that have nothing to do with
each other at all
correct but this time they do it’s Star
Wars but they’re still random we’re
still gonna try to compare them and see
who comes out on top
what so did that did I do that
you did it great with this way yeah so
okay that’s uh stuff let’s start hmm
okay oh yeah and the other thing is this
if you have any random Star Wars versus
visas that you want us to compare type
them into comments and Jem will try to
catch them because the comments are
apparently going really fast that’s
right I slowed them down but it’s okay
now okay okay this one is it’s gonna be
funny
what about the Phantom Menace versus box
office revenue I don’t think they were
fighting each other I think they were on
the same side I think it was that the
side of money
delicious 1999 money yeah so yeah I
think box office revenue money wins and
wins out yeah yeah especially cuz like
Phantom Menace was like yeah but then
I’m sure everyone everyone at Lucasfilm
was like money bath like Disney versus
Harrison for seems like the most
powerful conglomerate in the world yes
super I thought there were laws man I
thought the odds against this kind of
thing I saw tweet it’s like movies are
just gonna be called Disney’s now you
see the newest Disney yeah geez I can’t
take I’m not really a big fan of
Harrison Ford in his current state I
find he’s just like he went from like
the most dashing cool dude in the world
to just very grumpy old man dashing is
not the word I would call a rugged
rugged rugged rugged tough but funny
loves me some Indiana Jones but I’m
gonna have to go with this neat this
needs just gonna have to yeah even
though I said Han Solo was close han
Solo that’s all is the coolest bombs
he’s a fictional character he does night
I also love the fugitive though a lot
you switched the samples and and there’s
and you know what a lot of crossover
there between one arms
nice think about it I’m gonna get you a
question versus idea from the chat yes
pores versus evokes I’m doing okay I’m
going
he walks because they actually served a
purpose oh I’m sorry
it’s not really a spoiler is it let us
know in the comments was it a spoiler I
thought the forms were cute I mean they
served and I was her bothered which is
low but they actually fought a battle
that you always know yes but no okay I’m
sorry I beat you better um I think the
pork sir just so fresh in my mind cuz we
saw that we saw the movie yeah we’ve
seen it I know we already said that but
it bears repeating I really liked them a
lot and I never found they were getting
in the way of my suspension of disbelief
in the movie and having rewatched Return
of the Jedi I feel like they you walks
do get in the way of some of my
suspension of disbelief if that makes
any sense
sure yeah I mean like right they killed
a lot of stormtroopers we disagree we
disagree next next that was a good that
was a good versus okay well a lot of
people in the comments are asking
actually bb-8 versus r2d2 like oh man
okay so this was this was like bb-8
movie right
oh yeah yeah he uh he pulls it out he
pulls out all the stops one of the oh
he’s so cute he’s great I gotta go to
though I know I know I might think I’m
wrong but I I’m gonna go bb-8 artoo was
sassier – i love it just a sassy droid
bb-8 just like he can’t move isn’t oh
wait that’s a spoiler yeah well it’s not
he will he will do what it takes to get
the job done he does the things he uh he
might you’d be surprised
as to all the things that little sucker
can do yeah he’s great
uh I’m going with r2d2 though yeah yeah
we have both we’ve disagreed so okay one
more I think I got time for one more and
I’m betting that the comments have a
good one for us you see why I’m not I
want I wanted to ask one from the from
from the generator okay yeah so you
didn’t do that work and it’s gonna be
for the for the real fans cassian and or
versus kyle katarn
okay so Cassie and and or is the guy
from rogue one all right yeah he’s a
terrible character kyle katarn
pardon who played him I don’t know
actually do you know the actor Jenna
Luna partner Diego Luna okay yeah yeah
Kyle Couture he’s a terrible character
okay yeah it is not done don’t trample
character Jim Jim’s a big road one fan
boy and I have a seriously hot take that
I’ll get to later but we’ll get to it
later
that is a series watch watch fight you
are watching he will fight me on it for
sure it’s gonna be great
but Kyle Katarn was a character from the
games he was in darkness and roses – and
then Jedi Knight another interesting
fact is they both stole the Death Star
plans in their respective respective
things and they’re both standings for
Han Solo it’s hilarious this one’s
cannon I’m going Kyle Katarn just cuz I
played like I’ve helped him do all the
stuff fine then I’m going with cannon
choice okay at least one person in the
comments who agrees that Kyle Katarn
would whoop his ass
yeah what’s because he like he’s just
like oh I’m a Jedi now I use the Force
yeah alrighty let’s see how the live
pool is doing your boys keep bringing up
the green at the rear it’s coming okay
so our people voting okay when we vote
for Luke Skywalker are we voting for
Luke Skywalker original trilogy or Luke
Skywalker current trilogy it’s by exact
same dude no it’s not okay like in the
same way that like Darth Vader prequel
is not really the same as time Vader
Yakko original trails I kind of find no
I’m getting yelled at by the studio I
feel like the I feel like there’s a lot
of disagreement happening in the control
room here this is a good poll topic um
anyway so that’s what I’m wondering if
people are voting for like cos get
current Luke is cool yes super cute but
oh I already checked on my poll okay um
I also have a note here that I wanted to
tell the story of the first time I saw
Star Wars which was in the theater for
the rear elisa’s yes I did not see Star
Wars as a child yeah and my friends were
super huge fans and so they took me and
they were like they were like watching
me watch the movie you know don’t you
hate that
I hate it so much when someone’s just
like anyway watching you absorb
something so the first time I saw Jenna
Yoda in context I scream Grover and they
were it is very difficult to listen to
Yoda and not be like well that’s
Grover’s voice he’s not but he’s not
asking about why we have to take naps or
something yeah and I just kept like
thinking that he would start you know
talking about anyway whatever
did I have any talking points yeah well
I have my heart ache but we’re saving
that for the end same for the area keep
watching all right well every week we
have resident movie reviewer Eric Cohen
here to join us and tell us some things
about movie news but this week we’re
talking Star Wars so that’s what we’re
doing looks like taking some time Star
Wars I mean I don’t know anyway so when
I saw Star Wars I was really blown away
blown away by the fighting so let’s see
a clip of how hard the actors trained to
get their fights right
physically I never really had to push
myself that hard and stamina wise you’re
like oh my god
it’s like a psychological thing of
knowing that you can do it more and more
and more daizy is training for a moment
where she is on the islands and she has
a moment to herself and she’s practicing
with the staff
and then she realizes what am I wasting
my time practicing with the staff I have
Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in my
satchel it’s just working out the moves
for that action
I was a planning teacher her this whole
routine in three days but she
surprisingly then everything in an hour
she is a very quick Lin there
this is the hardest physical thing I’ve
done yet
the suit can be very restrictive just to
move in just to walk in you do the move
and you think gosh is it lunchtime yet
finem phasma ended up face-to-face which
results in a major fight one thing I do
want to do is do the whole fight by
myself those really good scenes to shoot
very tiring
what was cool was learning different
types of fighting was intense and fun
but really hard training yesterday was
great and then today we started and
honestly I was watching out him and he
gives it so full out every single time I
mean it was kind of like oh my god I can
do that I can do that
it’s just rigorous in a great way and
these stunt guys are very disciplined so
you can’t half-ass it
the stunt team are absolutely amazing
they let my boys and girls
like well the kylo Ren fills up the tank
top I was surprised I was well anyone
who does like how well kylo Ren fills
out the tank top should see you
definitely see them you and speaking of
the movie this is our chest high this is
our chance to talk about the movie cuz
all of us saw it I saw boiler free
review up on our channel already they
you should check out but not out no no
wait till after the show we’ll do like a
little synopsis what we’ll do a spoiler
free discussion here
so it’s interesting because fans well
you know the critics are loving it fans
seem to be a little bit wishy-washy a
friend of mine asked me today on gchat
never watching Johnny he’s like what’s
with this disparity and I don’t want to
ruin anything of the movie and I don’t I
don’t want to taint anyone’s mind
befo get going I will say this it was
you know we came out of there and what
do you say when you first see this movie
I mean you know for me it really felt
like you know it was a passing of the
torch it was going from JJ Abrams to
Rian Johnson it was going from former
generation or it was getting us more
comfortable with the new generation so
in other words you know the Luke’s and
the Leia’s you know they’re still there
and and largely a part of this movie but
it’s all bringing us to the this world
where we’re comfortable with all of
those as being the main characters the
fins and the race and the kylos and so I
was comfortable with how they did that
my personal feeling I I did love the
movie
my personal feeling though was it was
hard to get as excited as I got about
the force awakens because for me the
force awakens was it was reignited a
love for Star Wars that had been dormant
for so long
it was definitely a cultural phenomenon
right and you and especially with
releasing rogue one last year like a
buddy of mine he actually works at
WatchMojo home hey Andrew
Andrew always says like there’s going to
be a point when you’re sick of Star Wars
and I don’t think we’ve reached that
point yet but I think it’s fatigue
fatigue is like starting to set in but
then again look at look at the Marvel
Universe I mean you know that you would
think that there’s superhero fatigue but
that hasn’t happened yet exactly and
that you know speaking of movie news so
Disney just bought Fox for a lot of
billions of dollars several times the
GDP this movie by the way for what it’s
worth
it broke no it didn’t break records it’s
the second biggest grossing film of a
Thursday night viewing 45 million
dollars it took in last night
second only to the force awakens so
again it’s this comparison between this
movie in the force awakens also I feel
that like people who were a bit
disappointed by the force awakens
because you know like if you take all of
the people who were interested in it
like there’s a section of those who were
disappointed and they’re not gonna go
see this one right think I don’t know I
think if someone loves stuff in Star
Wars you’re into Star Wars and you’re
just gonna and you’re gonna see it even
if it’s just a rag on it but then again
I actually it took me a long time to see
what was the third one in the prequels
that was Revenge of the Sith which was
probably the best one but I was so
turned off by the first two and this is
another point that we have to discuss so
in our review we slagged a little bit on
the prequels and I’ll take full
responsibility for that I didn’t love
the prequels yes you asked me
point-blank and I didn’t want to talk
about it but we noticed in the comments
that there’s a lot of love for the
prequels and I but you have a theory
about that well it’s not my theory it’s
it’s it’s Thomas’s in the offices theory
he giveth the gave this to me so he is
younger than me and this is important so
he’s about 24 and he grew up with the
prequels and so for people who grew up
with the original trilogy they didn’t
have that childlike excitement with the
new with what the prequel not the new
but with the prequels but for kids that
grew up with the prequels as maybe their
entry films you know they just have that
kind of childhood nostalgia that you get
I can confirm I can’t confirm yet so you
agree with this theory and why do things
all the things that would turn you off
as an adult like just aren’t gonna phase
you like bad bad CGI terrible dialog
clunky dialogues silly humor we probably
get inaudible comments right now but I
do think that it speaks to the fact that
Star Wars is about nostalgia and so you
know if I’m nostalgic about the original
series and then the our viewers are
nostalgic more about the prequels then
another generation is gonna be nostalgic
about the series that that’s out right
now so you know bottom line I think it’s
a great movie I loved it I think all of
you if you’re Star Wars fans you should
go out and see it well I want to hear
from Jim actually if he’s got any
shoutouts that he wants to give a lot of
people are asking you know can we see
the comments and we can definitely Devon
of the 100 percent stated comments and
you know a lot of people are there’s a s
333
who says P cólera is the best and I do
enjoy watching the prequels Outkast 93
loves Revenge of the Sith which was a
good movie it was a great yeah which is
the one with the sand line that’s a dr.
clones
yeah the sadler okay serious issue with
that scene Syrio the sand like well
Hayden Christensen is not a good not the
greatest I mean but like George Lucas
saw life as a house and he saw hidden
Christmas and stomping around as a
teenager like don’t forget to die
slamming the door and his teeth in his
parents face and he’s like that’s my
Darth Vader we gotta happen you become
again there are interviews that prove
this yeah so Diamond wolf 94 says he’s
23 and he finds the prequels are above
average neither good nor bad okay so it
feels like the comments are as divided
as the rest of the world so there’s a
lot of comments he’s not read I think
this lines up nicely with our market
research as to what our demographics
so anyways they’re predicting that this
is going to make four hundred and twenty
five million dollars in its opening
weekend world just a little something
for Disney I like it did you like it
yeah did you like it yeah are they gonna
like it I mean if you if you liked force
awakens I don’t see how you could
dislike this one I don’t think it’s
gonna convert any newbies I was very
surprised at in the comments how many
people didn’t like the force awakens
just in the comments I didn’t know that
yes it’s it’s a popular contrary in
opinion when’s your heartache happening
my heartache
oh my happen right now we’re talking
movie let’s do it if you think that row
one is the best Star Wars movie I pause
it to you that you actually aren’t a
very big fan of Star Wars movies and the
central themes and ideas that you like
are actually just not represented by the
trilogy so if you because it’s the most
different movie it’s got a lot of
elements borrowed but I’m saying that
like you know if your favorite thing at
the burger joint is their spaghetti
maybe you actually aren’t that big on
that burger joint that’s an interesting
point that you’re bringing up because as
was alluded to before rogue one is still
my favorite Star Wars and I do agree
with you in the fact that the
philosophies in row 1 are completely
different than all the themes that are
being done in Star Wars
but I accept your defeat in this battle
listen but the thing is what’s happening
with the news the sequel trilogy and the
new Canon is that they’re pushing for a
more nuanced understanding of all the
philosophies that are being done in the
in the stars ok because George Lucas
loves just talking about the like the
light and dark just having like very
crisp lines yes but what the new Canon
is pushing for is just like completely
getting rid of that that debuff that
divide just you know kill the past zero
human all that and with and with no
spoilers but those are themes like
morally gray areas
yes that is a big theme in the new movie
very much so
I want to move on to know your mojo okay
yeah it’s one of our favorite items in
my enjoyment but I’m gonna deliver these
yes okay so here’s the thing we’re gonna
do something called know your mojo right
now and what that is is we’re reverse
engineering a list which means we’re
going to eric is going to give us dan
and i the entries on a list and we’re
gonna try to figure out what the title
of that list is and it’s somewhat
starrwood it’s loosely affiliated with
Star Wars
you guys ready we have to this time here
we go but yeah let’s stop with the super
cut so super cut a you know the first
one many I don’t want to fight dragons
yes you do why were you you see that
little slut girl you see Cheryl know
about you you’ll learn when you’re older
Jim well I don’t think that I want to
learn that way why have you done this
moved farther than I and the worthy son
show her that if she had remained
Simmons the curse of blood would never
have come on it hurts doesn’t it you own
a lot of pain
why did you tell her I got expelled
because you did get expelled
mistress bunk is conflict and bring
order to the galaxy I’ll never join you
you go out with friends well a boy’s
best friend is his mother no I wanted to
look got a guess I know you’re gonna get
know people are gonna guess we’d like
you guys to guess of course in the
comments yeah like we could hold you
back from doing anyway well while
they’re guessing giving them time to
guess Rebekah can at least identify all
the clips that she saw so I don’t know
okay so if it’s a sequel or something I
don’t know which one but okay How to
Train Your Dragon Boogie Nights The
Breakfast Club but rebel without a cause
I assume yeah um a Thor movie or
possibly The Avengers I don’t know um
Carrie Magnolia Mommy Dearest
I wrote down no wire hangers but okay
fine no it’s it’s yeah because that I
think might play anyway um and then
Darth Vader and Luke of course and
psycho okay so we can put that now on
our on our screen and Jem as anybody
figured it out in the comments um
top ten parents stopped in train movies
movies how top ten how white kids
disrespect their parents good top ten
star wars lines which clearly wasn’t the
case no top down old AF movies
the beans man all right Lori yeah Thor
super old yeah I’ve done worse parents
and movies yeah so that’s what I thought
it was but now the characters it’s not
the parents people think so flip it top
10 people with parent issues yeah yeah
it’s the top 10 movie characters with
mommy or daddy issues so that’s pretty
well ranked list right well when the
case last week we argue with it
beautifully you can find this on our on
our website or on our YouTube channel
just look up top 10 movie characters
with mommy your daddy issues I have a
second one okay one is not going to be
as easy flirt that easy it is subjective
this way I’m gonna write things down
alright let’s have a look Manny
so you have come here for information I
have something for you
I don’t come back you tell mother I love
her
you know what they call a quarter
pounder with cheese apparently we’re
losing him Joe can you hear me
he’s going into afib give me another epi
one milligram and make it different
oh yes we made a difference feeling my
legs hurt oh there we go that was our
second no your mojo let’s find out first
Rebecca you know okay I’m thinking it’s
character specific it is character
specific yeah I believe so
death specific do you know those
characters are very interesting okay
let’s see can you which ones can you
identify so um I stopped writing after
Kirk okay but um yeah cerimon dearth
mall or qui-gon jinn I guess I don’t
know but I think it’s dark mom uh
possibly josh brolin but he’s not a
character and I don’t know what movie
that was I feel like I do though but No
Country for Old Men yes okay
pulp fiction so you know I don’t Vincent
her other guy what’s his name
it’s a bigot or I know this no Samuel
Jackson’s name in there Oh Jules Jules
yeah
question mark uh Dark Phoenix and I
think I assumed it was Dark Phoenix and
and your boy and my boy Cyclops but also
the James Marsden uh then I have Kirk in
the card and then I stopped writing and
then it was bane Oh from the Dark Knight
Rises
and then it was Hicks Newt and Bishop
from alien 3 and lastly Boba Fett are
men who would be by the way in the pool
that’s my that’s my pick so we have them
all up there Danu I think well let’s see
any any commenters know what it’s at
London chance
characters we did not want to die so
easily hmm
Edgar Alexis Darren Angela says top 10
you see those deaths coming mmm
Elizabeth Stephen says top 10 awesome
movies Savage kid says top 10 final
words I’m high okay so deaths I could
not be absolutely but I think okay one
of the first one you said there Jim if
that’s not the topic of the list it
should have been now it was the first
one people you didn’t want to die so
soon so easily so easily okay I will
reveal it because it’s pretty much that
it stopped and disappointing deaths of
great characters right like a punk so
there you go
that was that was a fun one yeah yeah
yeah all right so that’s it for know
your mojo I know we want to run this
along let’s get to our poll I want to
see what the poll is doing Jim whoa
pulling it out at the last second is
what happens when you throw your
endorsement behind someone Rebecca I do
not do not I’m just uh I’m sorry i I’m
sorry oh man oh no I’ve drawn the ire
for my freaking james comey over here
just like last second to the polls okay
really sorry I I apologize I’m very
sorry Rebecca
Becky’s our basic and I’m telling you
don’t be basically oh okay apologies to
all people named back um so we got okay
so we got Han Solo Darth Vader in order
Luke Skywalker Boba Fett I think I’m
doing this right Chewie Rey
jeez I can’t honestly I should have said
something about Princess Leia because I
don’t think she got her due in this pool
at all no also neither also neither
great food ammo you any love though I do
love Poe yeah I won’t say the thing I
was going to say right right it’s about
the new movie yeah what you guys should
all go think that I want to say but
whatever Oh so yeah that’s kind of how I
thought that would go it’s still it
doesn’t stop it never stops not
surprised that that Lando didn’t get
more level if you just I mean you know
Billy Dee Williams
we were talking cool yeah yeah I know I
well I pushed I pushed hard for him to
be on the pool yeah we actually had
trouble eliminating a lot of the the
characters who were on there
hold on many many are directors yelling
something we can’t say that on camera
exactly he revealed his innermost
desires to us who wants to do all right
like I said in a little bit of of this
next week is our Christmas I’m sorry
holiday show I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m
sorry don’t be sorry don’t be sorry it’s
a Christmas Christmas it’s a holiday
show I’ll get him in an or it’s no it’s
good we can decorate for all holidays
yeah for sure maybe know what menorah
Happy Hanukkah to anybody out there
who’s celebrating Hanukkah it’s
happening tonight is the fourth match
yeah so you know lots of Hanukkah gelt
and latkes and all that fun stuff wait
wait Vader’s wick oh but oh I wanted to
say something Wow the dark side might be
pulling up well we’ll get back to this
it’s not over I will come back to it
before we leave but I want to say this
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interested in a spoiler full like I
review it around so it’s killing us not
being able to discuss so many things I
just want to yell it’s a long movie it’s
very good it’s all week oh my god now
Vader is Bill that way he’s crushing it
we do have a clip to play us out this is
I think this is Rian Johnson talking
about you know Star Wars and the last
Jedi and all that stuff so so tune in
next week same bat-time same bat-channel
thank you so much for joining us
everybody bye guys
walking up the ramp walk into the
hallway I flashback to when I was a kid
and with the action figures inside
suddenly I had like a big lump in my
throat brian is doing many unexpected
things I think taking characters in new
directions
the individual stories of these
characters are elevated and made fresh
and new
that’s what I love about Ryan’s approach
to the story it’s like a real journey of
discovery
is and gentlemen welcome to episode 8
first time shooting with mark the first
time Shane with Daisy
first time shooting a Star Wars movie
and we’ve got some cool stuff
sad like a dog whimper Ryan’s wonderful
personality is all over this phone he
has flaws in other areas I just don’t
know about this
there’s the weird thing that happens
mines being built when when you first
show up on it here’s kind of over about
walks by at all and then you get into
the nitty-gritty of working on it ready
action
naturally that level of it goes away and
you find yourself just focus on making
the scene work getting the shots and
then once in a while you’re taking a
little break and sitting back and you
look around
to get the holy crap mountain again
concentrators works split up by holy
craps
hey beautiful quiet very nice guy
and he’s so vital to our team so
anything he knows or anything you say in
the comments he knows first alright
there’s no secrets you can’t keep
secrets from Jim or us yeah well he’ll
tell us I assume the nice ones the nice
ones yeah he’s a bit of a filter so
don’t make him cry if he starts to weep
openly we know you guys are gonna be
really you’re being mean I’ll be I’ll be
watching over everyone yes
so I said there is a poll and it’s very
important so it’s Star Wars Edition and
so we figured let’s do everything Star
Wars the poll is who do you think is the
coolest Star Wars character so no I hope
that means so not who would win in a
fight not who is the most important
character maybe if that’s how you rate
your however you rate cool yeah so it’s
it’s really up to you by ways of cool
this was me
super total it means not given an F
you’d be surprised how hard it is to
narrow down just ten characters between
the prequels and the new trilogy and the
classics it’s actually really tough to
narrow down so take a look yeah so what
do we got we got your han Solo
we got your Darth Vader this is not in
order okay Princess Leia Lando
Calrissian Boba Fett Poe Dameron Mark
Hamill I was gonna say Marky Mark Hamill
Luke Skywalker actually I prefer Mark
Hamill okay there no Luke Skywalker Rey
last name unknown Finn who died don’t
think even he just has numbers no they
called him Finn because he took his
number away oh no but isn’t it like
seven yeah yeah exactly
but he isn’t they didn’t turn to one
eight seven into a last name no okay and
Chewie
I wanted who do I want
Darth Maul on cuz I yeah this is what
I’m talking about there were Darth Maul
is clearly Koon but like you got a key
you got to keep at least the main cast
of the originals on every G’s original
orig ease yeah
hey Jim would you mind telling the
people how to vote on the pool yeah so
the voting is very simple you just go to
the live chat and you’re type the name
of the character that you want to vote
for and it all automatically gets
counted
that’s very it took me a very long time
to figure this automatic automagically I
did say automagically a lot of magically
was that deliberate yes
he’s taking credit for our folks taking
credit for it no gyms gyms fat gems fast
gems brilliant yeah okay um something
else that’s important is that later in
the show we will be running an interview
that we did earlier this week with your
friend and mine Greg Grunberg Oh lando
get here you go he snap Wexley an actor
a comedian and musician walk into a bar
as his podcast we’re gonna be talking to
him about his childhood best friend JJ
Abrams and the Star Wars and other
things you might know him from heroes
and lost and stuff like that
you may yes so Rebecca coolest Star Wars
character yeah okay so this is also in
the Greg Grunberg interview but yes how
is it not han Solo
like somebody said let’s do this pool
and I was like why no one’s gonna say
anything but haunting what do we got
here Han is one second on his second I
mean Darth Vader he’s got that brand
recognition the cool shiny helmet I know
but like okay I feel like when his
helmet comes off that’s not he like
becomes humanized yes and like I don’t
know if that I mean I guess he’s cool
but like there’s never a moment where
han Solo is not cool no han is always
cool except for that part where they’re
torturing him in Empire and he’s clearly
hot because he’s like you know what I
mean I understand yeah well yeah also
when they’re flying him out he clearly
got a little less cool anyway whatever
I’m being I know you’re being no you’re
being literal oh yes yeah other things I
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did you answer you didn’t who I thought
was okay um I’m a little bit boring with
my my my thoughts here I I always love
Darth Vader he’s like you know the
quintessential I guess villain okay so
here’s the thing if we were judging
costumes alone Boba Fett
would crush it but it’s real I think all
of these okay yeah that guy that guy’s
helmet
good good switching but like we’re not
judging just by costume and I think it’s
kind of disrespectful to the actors to
have like you were judging just by
costume it beats phasma yes but that was
not on this list but if we were judging
these folks problem is like being a
central character doesn’t necessarily
make you cool like Luke Skywalker is
like the most important character in the
original trilogy but he’s far from the
coolest yeah I also I feel like Mark
Hamill and Carrie Fisher cool factor is
act like infinitely higher than Luke
Skywalker’s and live oh yes for Mark no
for Fisher Leia is the boss gem what up
what do you think buddy well I’ve always
thought Darth Vader was a cool character
but you know kind of I like kind of like
Luke how Luke looks in this particular
particular image that I have he’s like
exactly great that’s that’s the word I
was looking for but anybody in the
comments have any comments
do they have comments oh my god this is
oh I love this keep coming it’s full
disclosure we used to do this on
Facebook and there were fewer comments
mmm but now jim has his practices
speeders is a a big yeah but like but
like calling Ference I see you
commenting how you liked the last Jedi
and I see Carl voting for Chewie
I see cat fat I can read your comments
you don’t need to cry I’ve seen you
you’re here you’re in front of me and
talk to Taylor Carlson you’re right
maybe we should have but I soaked up
there but I think I made a decision to
just focus on the movie characters
anyhow it’s the cartoons because if we
go into the cartoons then it’s just it’s
just like crazy
there was nothing it was hard enough to
narrow it down with main Hollywood Canon
films like we didn’t even get to touch
Rockwell actually trying to figure out
who to put on the pool could be its own
episode
yeah it’s true yeah well maybe we’ll do
that next week no I know what we’re
doing next week anyway
holidays great holiday show even though
I’m gonna bring in exclusively Christmas
sweaters well do they have
no well maybe you can get like an
eight-point reindeer pretty good right
that’s like ridging the cultural gap
right Dalton menorah okay before I put
my foot any further into my mouth yeah I
think we are let’s go to mojo trivia
this is my favorite part of the show Oh
because Dan and I are going to challenge
each other to some Star Wars trivia and
I think I get to start if I remember
what they told me earlier and we came up
with these questions ourselves so I’m
I’m less interested I’m more interested
in the meta here who has the who came up
with a better question so yeah but also
I don’t whatever we also did emoji
trivia oh it’s a super fun last week we
started at we practice it we wanted to
see how it would go everybody seems to
like it so basically it’s last week what
we did was like movie titles but
obviously there are only so many Star
Wars movies so we had to like get a
little bit creative phrases things
titles like anything from Star Wars but
I don’t think we actually explained it
emoji trivia is you make a series of
emojis and you guess what those emojis
represent so I’m trying to think so like
you know two female characters one no
two anyway we want a pizza place would
be super easy right because you can be
any way you like nobody knows what two
guys ago on the place I know that show
it’s a grand lion Reynolds young Ryan
Reynolds the reason I called Ryan
Reynolds berg for like 15 years but
that’s a google for you anyway I would
like you guys to interact with us so
before we answer our trivia questions
maybe you guys can try to help us out
yeah you can smoke us at the trivia yeah
probably yeah so I think I go first
let’s go all right all right I don’t
have them written down though because it
no no I know so I can’t read them here’s
the first question
which character was played by multiple
actors in the original trilogy so I had
help coming up with these questions you
can yell at somebody else yeah I know
who it is I know you might have one
wedge antilles I can’t read that I’m
trying to read it later later Mon Mothma
or quicks
Madine me okay so I’m gonna need some
help from the comments because I
actually don’t know who Crick’s Medine
is he’ll pass it down guy does any part
no I’m just talking to them do you
actually know Jim don’t tell me if you
know um I do now okay let’s go go they
just googled it can I can I see a
picture actually does anyone in the
comments know who Crick’s Medina’s does
anyone know Kirk’s Medina’s they’re
giving you the answers they’re giving me
the answers okay
are people answering is there oh yeah
there’s no consensus that means it’s a
good actually there is a consensus some
of one name is appearing more than the
others but all of the names are
appearing which is because this is a
great tribute yes which is the name
that’s coming up often it’s wedge it’s
wedge interesting because I know wedges
in the 1st and 3rd iik I’ve got one I’ve
got my answer I’m not so so but by the
way in case you’re still wondering Chris
diamond wolf 64 says Crick’s medine was
an admiral in the rebel alliance and he
was in The Return of the Jedi he’s like
he has like a beard can you see yes yes
yes I think I actually had his Star Wars
card whoo when I was like 10 hmm okay is
it all right I’m gonna answer now Mon
Mothma no no it is not
Oh bummer the comments were right was it
way yeah it is which well no so it was
played by two four guys but the voice
was dubbed over by a third guy for both
of them wait which one of these those
actors is the one that’s related to Ewan
McGregor I can’t help you because I know
in in what’s it called in the rogue
squadron the n64 game isn’t like they’re
one of the actors who played wedge is
wedge in that game so which one is it
like I said maybe it’s the voice guy
okay but that I wasn’t count obviously
oh no it is multiple their agent
well there you go any Tory wants to know
because the comments we’re confused but
also helpful I think we have an emoji
one now yep what does this you know I
got resents uh don’t say it you know I
do I do I had so much fun doing it it
represents appealing to younger
audiences whatever that eighty help me
out help me out guys
well give them some time give them right
there’s a delay I’m sitting here very
smug I’m not very smart right now well I
mean it’s like what can I put in but
this is great I like it a lot that’s not
a forest yeah palm trees whatever you
don’t know it’s it’s the guy in the
galaxy
maybe the galaxy it’s far far away we
know and I don’t know if you guys know
this but all of the planets in star wars
represent a different climate on earth
well if you think about it like just
like in one place is like British
Columbia and the other places Namibia
and the other place is this like it’s
just all like they go anywhere in the
galaxy and it all just looks like places
on earth you okay I blew it can I answer
yet does anybody there’s some answers
coming yes Gabrielle Jimenez says it’s
Battle of Endor and it’s just like he
walks and or bond or he walked we turn
off the Jedi
that’s basically my answer I think they
got I said okay okay you know what
that’ll have a totally time for me to
ask some questions right yes exactly my
turn
okay here’s a question oh that’s right I
have to oh jeez now one of these answers
I think I know the answer okay I think
mmm read it yes han Solo famously
completed the Kessel run in the
Millennium Falcon in less than 12 light
years parsecs minutes wartime Hoffs
there’s only one other employee that I
hope is watching right now because this
joke is only for these people Oh anyway
I think I know the answer let’s give
them some time yeah okay so I I just
confirmed that I do know the answer
she’s gotta throw that out there but I
would like you guys to help me
dragons Iran atomic hacker Arjun Kishore
hip nursing Karl the dude101 actually
the do one of our six but everyone is
saying parsecs but dude101 said
light-years a note block also said lie
to your boy well and little Superman 32
is pointing out that parsec is not a
unit of time I know and so this is just
like this is 70s sci-fi jargon it’s
totally parsecs guys Rebecca got it she
guessed it do we have some of my emojis
yep give me the isn’t emoji is this
story telling can I see the color of the
emojis is very is perfect here although
on my phone I tried so hard I know to
find the one yeah yeah it’s funny
because like I have an android phone and
it’s like a samsung so like all of my
emojis are it’s like you gotta know the
names of the emojis to find them yeah I
can’t just paste it here okay I’m a
little confused actually I got a hint
well actually well maybe I have
something I want to say but then it
doesn’t work with the emoji so hey hey
hey
well Han shot first but then he couldn’t
because he’s being shot yeah that’s just
the order that that that’s just that
stupid emoji on my phone waiting in the
break to reference
okay yeah you know the comments are
getting all these right there right Star
Wars fans up here well that’s what we
want man or the answer huge Star Wars
fan yeah what now there you go there’s
got a question okay that is yours oh
this is mine yeah I’m like I don’t know
a character of Lando Calrissian is first
introduced on what planet not doing that
accent anymore
Tatooine Korra sont des Ben or terminus
I met Billy Dee Williams you met Billy
Dee Williams yeah at Comic Con did he
offer you any cool 45 he did not but
wasn’t drinking one very smooth yeah
heõs mmm he’s so smooth oh yeah okay
mm-hmm yeah kind of like that I feel
like this is the thing that I should
know mmm to be to be fair I know this
through playing a lot of video games
they mention it so quickly Star Wars
type of like transitions between our
crew yeah oh I was hoping to see a star
wipe okay I’m not sure and I know that
the comments are the moments would not
get out of the park already are but oh
yeah yeah is it so the one person said
Khorasan for some reason by pardon one
person said Khorasan for some reason
which is I appreciate your reference all
right well tell me what it is it is best
it is best man okay I thought it might
be all right let’s do like just a
lightning round
ask me one one last question I don’t
have anything what is the force
lightning there you go boom
okay speed it up another one this is
last one I think maybe how many rebel
fighters are seen surviving the Battle
of Yavin in a new hope Oh manufactures
watching I hate you like three three two
no that wasn’t the current guess three
yeah yeah my question what are we doing
oh what’s that
haha what’s that uh stormtroopers no
what kind of techniques face images it’s
a movie like a lot of space ninjas it’s
a movie it’s the title of one of the
movies big hint know someone Ithaca I
was I
the most proud of this one so I really
hope the comments get it well we’re
going a bit too fast for the comments no
they’re getting the answer to the
previous question right I don’t know
there we go
what that is who said it did someone say
it no we’re seeing that okay I thought I
was terribly clever with this one hang
on there’s one correct answer what is it
Virgen says it’s attack of the clones it
is it responds get it because they’re
all attacking and they’re the same and
they’re dudes in white face Nazis all
right there we go how we doing Maura
we’re doing I think we got a move on oh
my was quick okay this one’s quick
droids are not allowed in the Jedi
Temple Cloud City Jabba’s palace or the
mosque Eisley cantina
oh yeah okay she got it you said cantina
and as the jacket has destroyed all of
my trivia good thank you
very good all right my god oh my god are
we done we’re mojo connecting yeah so
like I said earlier we have a very
special guest today who we spoke to
earlier this week as part of our mojo
connects series so let’s see who that is
hey mojo Alex I’m Rebecca Bradenton with
me as always is Dan parity and welcome
to mojo connects with us today we have a
man that you may know from Star Trek
beyond you may know him from big ass
spider you may know him from alias were
lost or masters of sex or from his band
banned from TV or from his podcast an
actor a comedian and musician walk into
a bar or of course you might know him as
snap Wexley from the Star Wars franchise
of course I’m talking about Greg
Grunberg welcome Greg thanks for joining
us thank you very much
heroes I think is the heroes most people
know me right but yes the thank him for
that list that was that was the entire
IMDB page and been impressed you are a
diagnosis murder which is a show I
watched
skeletons is that the plot of the show
no it was Dick Van Dyke there’s a
detective doctor if I get a chance to
guest star on some classic shows and
work with some amazing actors I do it I
mean I I absolutely love it I did it
with CSI I did it with
psych I did it but they’re all these
shows I’m a fan of and then you know
there’s an opportunity to work on it and
I grab it so yes we’re going down oh for
sure working with all of these like
iconic actors that you’ve worked with
has anyone ever kind of is there any
like behind the scenes story the where
they gave you a great piece of advice
that you’ve kind of taken with you
through your career yeah I mean it
happens every time I work you know I
worked with Tony Shalhoub and I remember
what heat I think he said eat less on
set II know it’s you know what happens
every time I work out it may not be a
piece of advice that someone actually
turns to me and gives me but I study all
these great actors that I work with I
just worked with Al Pacino and Barry
Levinson and I did the I guess you’d
call it the Joe Paterno story about Penn
State and it’s gonna be on HBO I got to
play Al Pacino’s son in a movie go
toe-to-toe with Al Pacino it’s that’s
like that’s ridiculous stuff in my
career I know I’m supposed to be you
know I’m supposed to be like hey you
know this is my life this is my career
I’m an actor for me it’s always amazing
and so just studying him as hopefully
not studying in in scenes but studying
him Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher me these
people right I pull from everybody I
work with and I’m just so lucky to be
doing what I’m doing do you think you’ve
ever been starstruck by anybody like to
the point where you felt like ah this is
unprofessional he’s an actor
when I first walked on the Millennium
Falcon my first you know walked on the
set of Star Wars you know there with my
best friend JJ and JJ Abrams I have
known each other since we were four
years old I mean he’s he’s my brother
and so there was a really strong level
of being come
enough that I ignore the the rule of not
bringing your cell phone onset like
taping everything I possibly can okay
found right and I get on set and and I
had this scene where I’m standing around
and they turned to me and they’re like
snap did some recon snap what do you got
out there and I’m this is my moment you
know I’ve I have very few sort of big
moments of the movie big for me and it’s
a small role in force awakens but I’m so
excited to be there anyway I’m looking
around and there’s c-3po and there’s you
know han Solo and Princess Leia it’s
it’s crazy and after that take JJ Scott
succumbed over to me and he whispers in
my ear he’s like dude you’re watching
the movie so I kind of want to get your
experience as a Star Wars fan like penis
a picture of the first time you saw the
movie in the theater the first thing I
saw it just like most people it
absolutely blew my mind
because you have to remember I’m an old
guy so I saw it when I was 13 and it was
the you know I it had just come out no
one knew what it was we saw commercials
we saw things but it was it was a you
know unintended whole new galaxy a whole
new world characters that you
immediately relate to it was it blew my
mind and I’m not gonna say that that’s
the moment that I said hey this is what
I want to do for a living because it
wasn’t I’m much more of a comedy guy and
everything but I immediately gravitated
toward the movie I couldn’t get enough
of it and Kevin Smith and I’ve talked
about this how it was the first time
that you leave a movie and you’re
talking about the characters lives as if
they’re real people and you’re exploring
that and you’re discussing you know what
could be and what hasn’t been and what
came before it and how did this work
other things you know you don’t you
might take a life lesson from it it
might move you you might get emotional
but this really it changed the way I
looked at movies I got lost in this
deeper then I got lost in anything else
Star Wars really changed that for me and
that’s what I love to do as an actor I
love to go to work become someone else
entertain other people get
emotional response out of other people
but this is something special this Star
Trek I know I mean heroes was like that
too because that it was very relatable
it was it was a real world this this
just opened up a whole new world for me
right being that you’re so close with
the JJ Abrams is there anything that
you’ve kind of you know hey you should
do it this way and that you want to take
credit for that he’s done or no not that
I want to take credit for that’s a whole
other League of creativity that I can’t
a whole other level that I can’t even
get to the thing that I that I’m
fortunate of first of all he’s the
greatest guy in the world and then when
we’re together he’ll throw ideas at me
just like any other you know Kipp friend
would knowing that I’m not gonna say
anything and to hear stuff you know it’s
I’m of course the selfish
actor just thinking about himself and
only himself he says something and I’m
like yeah how to snap Wexley plan
maybe snap can come rescue them out of
that I mean in the first movie or in my
first experience on that movie in that
franchise I got to London I didn’t know
really what I was gonna do I I went in
for a fitting here in LA and then they
were all in London the cast was there I
get there they’re having dinner I went
straight from the airport to this
restaurant and I walk in there’s Larry
Kasdan and there’s Captain Kennedy and
JJ and a cast amazing cast and I’m
looking at everybody this is Chinese
restaurant I walk in it was downstairs
and and Larry Larry Kasdan goes there is
there Snapple Exley and that’s the first
who I was playing and I and I didn’t
even care what he meant
staff Wesley sounded like a human so I
was like well I don’t have to wear that
much makeup and what what is what does
that entail and then immediately you
know they started talking about it a
little bit and I was thrilled you know I
would done craft service on this movie
but it was it was such a cool thing and
then while we were shooting I was smart
enough I think you know I’m up in this
on this in his x-wing I’m in my x-wing
and turns out it was everyone’s x-wing
because they’ve just put us put them in
it anyway we’re doing we’re on the get
but we’re doing the thing I’ve told the
story before but it’s it’s funny they
have a series of lines
that you’re supposed to read and it’s I
got your back you know you know on your
left button and then I nailed all these
lines set them all it’s added a bunch of
stuff that they have using whatever and
and then they said okay here’s a series
of other ones we want you to say I’ve
been hit I’m going down this is the end
and I was like no you were showing us
before the show but this is something
I’m extremely envious of next to the
being and Star Wars thing obviously you
have an action figure
have you played what your own action
figure you guys you guys need one there
yeah this is one of my action figures
very cool you see is a reflection I
think yeah anyway yeah this is the snap
works the action figure it comes with a
flame trooper with a big a big hook
weapon and a bad guy and and then I’ve
got a pop toy I feel like I’m you know
this is it’s the holiday season
no no plug your mug so tell us a bit
about your podcast and actor a comedian
and a musician walk into a bar what can
we expect from that it’s there’s three
episodes up now and we’re about to go
record the fourth episode it’s so much
fun and it’s just a it’s it’s two guys
that absolutely love joining me in a bar
and we do it from a different bar we’re
gonna start doing it from a different
bar every time it’s like just it’s and I
don’t want to say it’s barroom
conversation because that’s that tag has
been given a you know a bad quality but
it’s well as long as you guys don’t walk
into a locker that’s our guest every
time Kirk Fox is that is amazing and he
brings a comedian to the party
Nick MARSOC is a great musician and
nickel to a song and did you stop to
check it out it’s called an actor a
comedian and a musician walk into a bar
the longest podcast titled ever and
hopefully people enjoy it well before we
go I just want to get your opinion on
our poll which is coolest Star Wars
character um without question in my mind
it’s Han Solo it’s awesome that
character is so sort of nonchalant
guy a little cockier than he should be
in over his head at times and somehow
weaseled his way and and fights his way
out I mean here’s the foreword come on
come on girl no I’m not this Star Wars a
file who can pull a little character
from the back of the bar I really I’m
just a huge fan well I totally agree
that’s what I said
everyone kind of argued with me and they
were like but there are other cool
characters and I said no there aren’t
it’s Han Solo and of list exactly thank
you so much for joining us thank you so
much you guys for watching see you next
time yeah thank you
may the force be with you yeah I’ve
changed shirt shows us and it was
showing us but then we were moving and
it wasn’t it’s like one of those movies
where like someone looks at themselves
in the mirror and then moves in the
mirror doesn’t move it’s it’s really
happens a secret window anyway ah that’s
a terrible movie but I would like to
tell you that the entire Greg Grunberg
interview will be a standalone interview
on our YouTube channel at some point
this weekend so you should check the
entire thing out because we listen step
out
yeah man Greg’s a great guy he was uh we
had a lot of fun with that yeah it was
super fun and now for the next part of
our show vs so you know WatchMojo we
like to compare to compare to vaguely
similar things and see which is better
well we were like what could we add to
this and I figure why not add our
opinion because you know I said whoa
anyway 2017 we’re cool I know anyways
so Jim I told you we did lots of things
jim has come up with a generator wink
wink
which means that he has scraped our
website for tags and keywords to come up
with random verses to smash two things
together that have nothing to do with
each other at all
correct but this time they do it’s Star
Wars but they’re still random we’re
still gonna try to compare them and see
who comes out on top
what so did that did I do that
you did it great with this way yeah so
okay that’s uh stuff let’s start hmm
okay oh yeah and the other thing is this
if you have any random Star Wars versus
visas that you want us to compare type
them into comments and Jem will try to
catch them because the comments are
apparently going really fast that’s
right I slowed them down but it’s okay
now okay okay this one is it’s gonna be
funny
what about the Phantom Menace versus box
office revenue I don’t think they were
fighting each other I think they were on
the same side I think it was that the
side of money
delicious 1999 money yeah so yeah I
think box office revenue money wins and
wins out yeah yeah especially cuz like
Phantom Menace was like yeah but then
I’m sure everyone everyone at Lucasfilm
was like money bath like Disney versus
Harrison for seems like the most
powerful conglomerate in the world yes
super I thought there were laws man I
thought the odds against this kind of
thing I saw tweet it’s like movies are
just gonna be called Disney’s now you
see the newest Disney yeah geez I can’t
take I’m not really a big fan of
Harrison Ford in his current state I
find he’s just like he went from like
the most dashing cool dude in the world
to just very grumpy old man dashing is
not the word I would call a rugged
rugged rugged rugged tough but funny
loves me some Indiana Jones but I’m
gonna have to go with this neat this
needs just gonna have to yeah even
though I said Han Solo was close han
Solo that’s all is the coolest bombs
he’s a fictional character he does night
I also love the fugitive though a lot
you switched the samples and and there’s
and you know what a lot of crossover
there between one arms
nice think about it I’m gonna get you a
question versus idea from the chat yes
pores versus evokes I’m doing okay I’m
going
he walks because they actually served a
purpose oh I’m sorry
it’s not really a spoiler is it let us
know in the comments was it a spoiler I
thought the forms were cute I mean they
served and I was her bothered which is
low but they actually fought a battle
that you always know yes but no okay I’m
sorry I beat you better um I think the
pork sir just so fresh in my mind cuz we
saw that we saw the movie yeah we’ve
seen it I know we already said that but
it bears repeating I really liked them a
lot and I never found they were getting
in the way of my suspension of disbelief
in the movie and having rewatched Return
of the Jedi I feel like they you walks
do get in the way of some of my
suspension of disbelief if that makes
any sense
sure yeah I mean like right they killed
a lot of stormtroopers we disagree we
disagree next next that was a good that
was a good versus okay well a lot of
people in the comments are asking
actually bb-8 versus r2d2 like oh man
okay so this was this was like bb-8
movie right
oh yeah yeah he uh he pulls it out he
pulls out all the stops one of the oh
he’s so cute he’s great I gotta go to
though I know I know I might think I’m
wrong but I I’m gonna go bb-8 artoo was
sassier – i love it just a sassy droid
bb-8 just like he can’t move isn’t oh
wait that’s a spoiler yeah well it’s not
he will he will do what it takes to get
the job done he does the things he uh he
might you’d be surprised
as to all the things that little sucker
can do yeah he’s great
uh I’m going with r2d2 though yeah yeah
we have both we’ve disagreed so okay one
more I think I got time for one more and
I’m betting that the comments have a
good one for us you see why I’m not I
want I wanted to ask one from the from
from the generator okay yeah so you
didn’t do that work and it’s gonna be
for the for the real fans cassian and or
versus kyle katarn
okay so Cassie and and or is the guy
from rogue one all right yeah he’s a
terrible character kyle katarn
pardon who played him I don’t know
actually do you know the actor Jenna
Luna partner Diego Luna okay yeah yeah
Kyle Couture he’s a terrible character
okay yeah it is not done don’t trample
character Jim Jim’s a big road one fan
boy and I have a seriously hot take that
I’ll get to later but we’ll get to it
later
that is a series watch watch fight you
are watching he will fight me on it for
sure it’s gonna be great
but Kyle Katarn was a character from the
games he was in darkness and roses – and
then Jedi Knight another interesting
fact is they both stole the Death Star
plans in their respective respective
things and they’re both standings for
Han Solo it’s hilarious this one’s
cannon I’m going Kyle Katarn just cuz I
played like I’ve helped him do all the
stuff fine then I’m going with cannon
choice okay at least one person in the
comments who agrees that Kyle Katarn
would whoop his ass
yeah what’s because he like he’s just
like oh I’m a Jedi now I use the Force
yeah alrighty let’s see how the live
pool is doing your boys keep bringing up
the green at the rear it’s coming okay
so our people voting okay when we vote
for Luke Skywalker are we voting for
Luke Skywalker original trilogy or Luke
Skywalker current trilogy it’s by exact
same dude no it’s not okay like in the
same way that like Darth Vader prequel
is not really the same as time Vader
Yakko original trails I kind of find no
I’m getting yelled at by the studio I
feel like the I feel like there’s a lot
of disagreement happening in the control
room here this is a good poll topic um
anyway so that’s what I’m wondering if
people are voting for like cos get
current Luke is cool yes super cute but
oh I already checked on my poll okay um
I also have a note here that I wanted to
tell the story of the first time I saw
Star Wars which was in the theater for
the rear elisa’s yes I did not see Star
Wars as a child yeah and my friends were
super huge fans and so they took me and
they were like they were like watching
me watch the movie you know don’t you
hate that
I hate it so much when someone’s just
like anyway watching you absorb
something so the first time I saw Jenna
Yoda in context I scream Grover and they
were it is very difficult to listen to
Yoda and not be like well that’s
Grover’s voice he’s not but he’s not
asking about why we have to take naps or
something yeah and I just kept like
thinking that he would start you know
talking about anyway whatever
did I have any talking points yeah well
I have my heart ache but we’re saving
that for the end same for the area keep
watching all right well every week we
have resident movie reviewer Eric Cohen
here to join us and tell us some things
about movie news but this week we’re
talking Star Wars so that’s what we’re
doing looks like taking some time Star
Wars I mean I don’t know anyway so when
I saw Star Wars I was really blown away
blown away by the fighting so let’s see
a clip of how hard the actors trained to
get their fights right
physically I never really had to push
myself that hard and stamina wise you’re
like oh my god
it’s like a psychological thing of
knowing that you can do it more and more
and more daizy is training for a moment
where she is on the islands and she has
a moment to herself and she’s practicing
with the staff
and then she realizes what am I wasting
my time practicing with the staff I have
Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in my
satchel it’s just working out the moves
for that action
I was a planning teacher her this whole
routine in three days but she
surprisingly then everything in an hour
she is a very quick Lin there
this is the hardest physical thing I’ve
done yet
the suit can be very restrictive just to
move in just to walk in you do the move
and you think gosh is it lunchtime yet
finem phasma ended up face-to-face which
results in a major fight one thing I do
want to do is do the whole fight by
myself those really good scenes to shoot
very tiring
what was cool was learning different
types of fighting was intense and fun
but really hard training yesterday was
great and then today we started and
honestly I was watching out him and he
gives it so full out every single time I
mean it was kind of like oh my god I can
do that I can do that
it’s just rigorous in a great way and
these stunt guys are very disciplined so
you can’t half-ass it
the stunt team are absolutely amazing
they let my boys and girls
like well the kylo Ren fills up the tank
top I was surprised I was well anyone
who does like how well kylo Ren fills
out the tank top should see you
definitely see them you and speaking of
the movie this is our chest high this is
our chance to talk about the movie cuz
all of us saw it I saw boiler free
review up on our channel already they
you should check out but not out no no
wait till after the show we’ll do like a
little synopsis what we’ll do a spoiler
free discussion here
so it’s interesting because fans well
you know the critics are loving it fans
seem to be a little bit wishy-washy a
friend of mine asked me today on gchat
never watching Johnny he’s like what’s
with this disparity and I don’t want to
ruin anything of the movie and I don’t I
don’t want to taint anyone’s mind
befo get going I will say this it was
you know we came out of there and what
do you say when you first see this movie
I mean you know for me it really felt
like you know it was a passing of the
torch it was going from JJ Abrams to
Rian Johnson it was going from former
generation or it was getting us more
comfortable with the new generation so
in other words you know the Luke’s and
the Leia’s you know they’re still there
and and largely a part of this movie but
it’s all bringing us to the this world
where we’re comfortable with all of
those as being the main characters the
fins and the race and the kylos and so I
was comfortable with how they did that
my personal feeling I I did love the
movie
my personal feeling though was it was
hard to get as excited as I got about
the force awakens because for me the
force awakens was it was reignited a
love for Star Wars that had been dormant
for so long
it was definitely a cultural phenomenon
right and you and especially with
releasing rogue one last year like a
buddy of mine he actually works at
WatchMojo home hey Andrew
Andrew always says like there’s going to
be a point when you’re sick of Star Wars
and I don’t think we’ve reached that
point yet but I think it’s fatigue
fatigue is like starting to set in but
then again look at look at the Marvel
Universe I mean you know that you would
think that there’s superhero fatigue but
that hasn’t happened yet exactly and
that you know speaking of movie news so
Disney just bought Fox for a lot of
billions of dollars several times the
GDP this movie by the way for what it’s
worth
it broke no it didn’t break records it’s
the second biggest grossing film of a
Thursday night viewing 45 million
dollars it took in last night
second only to the force awakens so
again it’s this comparison between this
movie in the force awakens also I feel
that like people who were a bit
disappointed by the force awakens
because you know like if you take all of
the people who were interested in it
like there’s a section of those who were
disappointed and they’re not gonna go
see this one right think I don’t know I
think if someone loves stuff in Star
Wars you’re into Star Wars and you’re
just gonna and you’re gonna see it even
if it’s just a rag on it but then again
I actually it took me a long time to see
what was the third one in the prequels
that was Revenge of the Sith which was
probably the best one but I was so
turned off by the first two and this is
another point that we have to discuss so
in our review we slagged a little bit on
the prequels and I’ll take full
responsibility for that I didn’t love
the prequels yes you asked me
point-blank and I didn’t want to talk
about it but we noticed in the comments
that there’s a lot of love for the
prequels and I but you have a theory
about that well it’s not my theory it’s
it’s it’s Thomas’s in the offices theory
he giveth the gave this to me so he is
younger than me and this is important so
he’s about 24 and he grew up with the
prequels and so for people who grew up
with the original trilogy they didn’t
have that childlike excitement with the
new with what the prequel not the new
but with the prequels but for kids that
grew up with the prequels as maybe their
entry films you know they just have that
kind of childhood nostalgia that you get
I can confirm I can’t confirm yet so you
agree with this theory and why do things
all the things that would turn you off
as an adult like just aren’t gonna phase
you like bad bad CGI terrible dialog
clunky dialogues silly humor we probably
get inaudible comments right now but I
do think that it speaks to the fact that
Star Wars is about nostalgia and so you
know if I’m nostalgic about the original
series and then the our viewers are
nostalgic more about the prequels then
another generation is gonna be nostalgic
about the series that that’s out right
now so you know bottom line I think it’s
a great movie I loved it I think all of
you if you’re Star Wars fans you should
go out and see it well I want to hear
from Jim actually if he’s got any
shoutouts that he wants to give a lot of
people are asking you know can we see
the comments and we can definitely Devon
of the 100 percent stated comments and
you know a lot of people are there’s a s
333
who says P cólera is the best and I do
enjoy watching the prequels Outkast 93
loves Revenge of the Sith which was a
good movie it was a great yeah which is
the one with the sand line that’s a dr.
clones
yeah the sadler okay serious issue with
that scene Syrio the sand like well
Hayden Christensen is not a good not the
greatest I mean but like George Lucas
saw life as a house and he saw hidden
Christmas and stomping around as a
teenager like don’t forget to die
slamming the door and his teeth in his
parents face and he’s like that’s my
Darth Vader we gotta happen you become
again there are interviews that prove
this yeah so Diamond wolf 94 says he’s
23 and he finds the prequels are above
average neither good nor bad okay so it
feels like the comments are as divided
as the rest of the world so there’s a
lot of comments he’s not read I think
this lines up nicely with our market
research as to what our demographics
so anyways they’re predicting that this
is going to make four hundred and twenty
five million dollars in its opening
weekend world just a little something
for Disney I like it did you like it
yeah did you like it yeah are they gonna
like it I mean if you if you liked force
awakens I don’t see how you could
dislike this one I don’t think it’s
gonna convert any newbies I was very
surprised at in the comments how many
people didn’t like the force awakens
just in the comments I didn’t know that
yes it’s it’s a popular contrary in
opinion when’s your heartache happening
my heartache
oh my happen right now we’re talking
movie let’s do it if you think that row
one is the best Star Wars movie I pause
it to you that you actually aren’t a
very big fan of Star Wars movies and the
central themes and ideas that you like
are actually just not represented by the
trilogy so if you because it’s the most
different movie it’s got a lot of
elements borrowed but I’m saying that
like you know if your favorite thing at
the burger joint is their spaghetti
maybe you actually aren’t that big on
that burger joint that’s an interesting
point that you’re bringing up because as
was alluded to before rogue one is still
my favorite Star Wars and I do agree
with you in the fact that the
philosophies in row 1 are completely
different than all the themes that are
being done in Star Wars
but I accept your defeat in this battle
listen but the thing is what’s happening
with the news the sequel trilogy and the
new Canon is that they’re pushing for a
more nuanced understanding of all the
philosophies that are being done in the
in the stars ok because George Lucas
loves just talking about the like the
light and dark just having like very
crisp lines yes but what the new Canon
is pushing for is just like completely
getting rid of that that debuff that
divide just you know kill the past zero
human all that and with and with no
spoilers but those are themes like
morally gray areas
yes that is a big theme in the new movie
very much so
I want to move on to know your mojo okay
yeah it’s one of our favorite items in
my enjoyment but I’m gonna deliver these
yes okay so here’s the thing we’re gonna
do something called know your mojo right
now and what that is is we’re reverse
engineering a list which means we’re
going to eric is going to give us dan
and i the entries on a list and we’re
gonna try to figure out what the title
of that list is and it’s somewhat
starrwood it’s loosely affiliated with
Star Wars
you guys ready we have to this time here
we go but yeah let’s stop with the super
cut so super cut a you know the first
one many I don’t want to fight dragons
yes you do why were you you see that
little slut girl you see Cheryl know
about you you’ll learn when you’re older
Jim well I don’t think that I want to
learn that way why have you done this
moved farther than I and the worthy son
show her that if she had remained
Simmons the curse of blood would never
have come on it hurts doesn’t it you own
a lot of pain
why did you tell her I got expelled
because you did get expelled
mistress bunk is conflict and bring
order to the galaxy I’ll never join you
you go out with friends well a boy’s
best friend is his mother no I wanted to
look got a guess I know you’re gonna get
know people are gonna guess we’d like
you guys to guess of course in the
comments yeah like we could hold you
back from doing anyway well while
they’re guessing giving them time to
guess Rebekah can at least identify all
the clips that she saw so I don’t know
okay so if it’s a sequel or something I
don’t know which one but okay How to
Train Your Dragon Boogie Nights The
Breakfast Club but rebel without a cause
I assume yeah um a Thor movie or
possibly The Avengers I don’t know um
Carrie Magnolia Mommy Dearest
I wrote down no wire hangers but okay
fine no it’s it’s yeah because that I
think might play anyway um and then
Darth Vader and Luke of course and
psycho okay so we can put that now on
our on our screen and Jem as anybody
figured it out in the comments um
top ten parents stopped in train movies
movies how top ten how white kids
disrespect their parents good top ten
star wars lines which clearly wasn’t the
case no top down old AF movies
the beans man all right Lori yeah Thor
super old yeah I’ve done worse parents
and movies yeah so that’s what I thought
it was but now the characters it’s not
the parents people think so flip it top
10 people with parent issues yeah yeah
it’s the top 10 movie characters with
mommy or daddy issues so that’s pretty
well ranked list right well when the
case last week we argue with it
beautifully you can find this on our on
our website or on our YouTube channel
just look up top 10 movie characters
with mommy your daddy issues I have a
second one okay one is not going to be
as easy flirt that easy it is subjective
this way I’m gonna write things down
alright let’s have a look Manny
so you have come here for information I
have something for you
I don’t come back you tell mother I love
her
you know what they call a quarter
pounder with cheese apparently we’re
losing him Joe can you hear me
he’s going into afib give me another epi
one milligram and make it different
oh yes we made a difference feeling my
legs hurt oh there we go that was our
second no your mojo let’s find out first
Rebecca you know okay I’m thinking it’s
character specific it is character
specific yeah I believe so
death specific do you know those
characters are very interesting okay
let’s see can you which ones can you
identify so um I stopped writing after
Kirk okay but um yeah cerimon dearth
mall or qui-gon jinn I guess I don’t
know but I think it’s dark mom uh
possibly josh brolin but he’s not a
character and I don’t know what movie
that was I feel like I do though but No
Country for Old Men yes okay
pulp fiction so you know I don’t Vincent
her other guy what’s his name
it’s a bigot or I know this no Samuel
Jackson’s name in there Oh Jules Jules
yeah
question mark uh Dark Phoenix and I
think I assumed it was Dark Phoenix and
and your boy and my boy Cyclops but also
the James Marsden uh then I have Kirk in
the card and then I stopped writing and
then it was bane Oh from the Dark Knight
Rises
and then it was Hicks Newt and Bishop
from alien 3 and lastly Boba Fett are
men who would be by the way in the pool
that’s my that’s my pick so we have them
all up there Danu I think well let’s see
any any commenters know what it’s at
London chance
characters we did not want to die so
easily hmm
Edgar Alexis Darren Angela says top 10
you see those deaths coming mmm
Elizabeth Stephen says top 10 awesome
movies Savage kid says top 10 final
words I’m high okay so deaths I could
not be absolutely but I think okay one
of the first one you said there Jim if
that’s not the topic of the list it
should have been now it was the first
one people you didn’t want to die so
soon so easily so easily okay I will
reveal it because it’s pretty much that
it stopped and disappointing deaths of
great characters right like a punk so
there you go
that was that was a fun one yeah yeah
yeah all right so that’s it for know
your mojo I know we want to run this
along let’s get to our poll I want to
see what the poll is doing Jim whoa
pulling it out at the last second is
what happens when you throw your
endorsement behind someone Rebecca I do
not do not I’m just uh I’m sorry i I’m
sorry oh man oh no I’ve drawn the ire
for my freaking james comey over here
just like last second to the polls okay
really sorry I I apologize I’m very
sorry Rebecca
Becky’s our basic and I’m telling you
don’t be basically oh okay apologies to
all people named back um so we got okay
so we got Han Solo Darth Vader in order
Luke Skywalker Boba Fett I think I’m
doing this right Chewie Rey
jeez I can’t honestly I should have said
something about Princess Leia because I
don’t think she got her due in this pool
at all no also neither also neither
great food ammo you any love though I do
love Poe yeah I won’t say the thing I
was going to say right right it’s about
the new movie yeah what you guys should
all go think that I want to say but
whatever Oh so yeah that’s kind of how I
thought that would go it’s still it
doesn’t stop it never stops not
surprised that that Lando didn’t get
more level if you just I mean you know
Billy Dee Williams
we were talking cool yeah yeah I know I
well I pushed I pushed hard for him to
be on the pool yeah we actually had
trouble eliminating a lot of the the
characters who were on there
hold on many many are directors yelling
something we can’t say that on camera
exactly he revealed his innermost
desires to us who wants to do all right
like I said in a little bit of of this
next week is our Christmas I’m sorry
holiday show I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m
sorry don’t be sorry don’t be sorry it’s
a Christmas Christmas it’s a holiday
show I’ll get him in an or it’s no it’s
good we can decorate for all holidays
yeah for sure maybe know what menorah
Happy Hanukkah to anybody out there
who’s celebrating Hanukkah it’s
happening tonight is the fourth match
yeah so you know lots of Hanukkah gelt
and latkes and all that fun stuff wait
wait Vader’s wick oh but oh I wanted to
say something Wow the dark side might be
pulling up well we’ll get back to this
it’s not over I will come back to it
before we leave but I want to say this
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interested in a spoiler full like I
review it around so it’s killing us not
being able to discuss so many things I
just want to yell it’s a long movie it’s
very good it’s all week oh my god now
Vader is Bill that way he’s crushing it
we do have a clip to play us out this is
I think this is Rian Johnson talking
about you know Star Wars and the last
Jedi and all that stuff so so tune in
next week same bat-time same bat-channel
thank you so much for joining us
everybody bye guys
walking up the ramp walk into the
hallway I flashback to when I was a kid
and with the action figures inside
suddenly I had like a big lump in my
throat brian is doing many unexpected
things I think taking characters in new
directions
the individual stories of these
characters are elevated and made fresh
and new
that’s what I love about Ryan’s approach
to the story it’s like a real journey of
discovery
is and gentlemen welcome to episode 8
first time shooting with mark the first
time Shane with Daisy
first time shooting a Star Wars movie
and we’ve got some cool stuff
sad like a dog whimper Ryan’s wonderful
personality is all over this phone he
has flaws in other areas I just don’t
know about this
there’s the weird thing that happens
mines being built when when you first
show up on it here’s kind of over about
walks by at all and then you get into
the nitty-gritty of working on it ready
action
naturally that level of it goes away and
you find yourself just focus on making
the scene work getting the shots and
then once in a while you’re taking a
little break and sitting back and you
look around
to get the holy crap mountain again
concentrators works split up by holy
craps
hey beautiful quiet very nice guy
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