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Get ready to take down some AT-ATs because the Empire has arrived to the Atari 2600! We do our part to help the resistance in this episode, but also check out games like Swimmer by Tehkan, Tazz-Mania by Stern, and Aztec Challenge by Cosmi in today's thrilling episode!Website -https://historyofvideogamespodcast.comYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@historyofvideogamespodcast1994Twitter - https://twitter.com/HistoryofVideo1Email - historyvgpodcast@gmail.comHosts - Ben & WesMusic - Arranged and recorded by Ben

For a full list of all the movies and series announced at D23 Expo, click here! Incredibles 3 (In Development) More from the Pixar super family? We are so down. All we want is a movie about the kids. Especially Jack-Jack. Fingers crossed we get a film with the super Parr kids going on an adventure together! The Mandalorian and Grogu (In Production) It's official, Star Wars is returning to the silver screen in May 2026. As they teased the Mandalorian and Grogu we got hints about AT-ATs, a Star Wars: Rebels character joining the cast, and the return of Mando's Razor Crest ship. Snow White (In Post Production) Next March we will finally see the live-action remake of Disney's first animated feature-length film. The trailer hosts a fun rendition of “Whistle While You Work” and lots of color (although lots of CGI). We are cautiously curious and intrigued… Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 (In Production) For fans of the Percy Jackson books, the new series on Disney Plus is a must-watch. Season one followed the first book of the series and D23 revealed that season 2 is coming soon and follows book 2. Enjoy this episode? We have good news! Subscribe for extended and additional Neverland Files episodes! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theneverlandfiles.substack.com/subscribe

How to Survive is now on Patreon! Support us at Patreon.com/HowtoSurvivePod to get every episode one week early, plus monthly bonus episodes and more. It's episode 286…and I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle it shall be appalled by it. Mad God (2021) is the singular vision of Phil Tippett, the stop motion genius behind Star Wars' AT-ATs and RoboCop's ED-209. Over the course of 30 years he slowly created what some believe to be his opus–Mad God–a nightmarish film with very little clear story, but an awful lot of grotesque imagery. We talk about a film that is both an impressive technical exercise and a hollow procession of misery, the nauseating levels of skill required to produce it, whether we'd be sad if Gromit died and whether the individual behind dozens of screens showing a babbling baby's face should give more thought to workplace safety. All of which leads to one question: How would you survive? Whatever happens, one thing's for sure: Your land shall become a desolation and your cities a ruin. Next month, we're watching a couple of ‘Space Madness' films - Solaris (1972) and Aniara (2018).

This week we celebrate Star Wars with a fabulous short portraying the infamous AT-AT death walkers as 'nature-creatures' in their natural habitat - this is a beautifully observed work, made in Unreal Engine by Jeremy Cummins.  Cummins is an experienced character creator, now working for Tippett Studio, with an impressive list of credits including Ant-Man and the Wasp, Spider-Man and Avengers, among others.  We discuss the transition pros are making in the development of an Unreal pipeline and the impact this has on the creative machinima community.  0:44 Intro to the film3:18 About Jeremy Cummins4:33 Developing the pipeline5:36 PhantomFX takes over Tippett Studios, what are the implications?7:01 Migration – in the film, and metaphorically8:59 Stunning lighting effects9:18 Characterisation of AT-ATs – itchy and goofy!10:27 Sound effects inconsistent? Cows vs dino vs croc = buff… nah12:14 Who's got a sub to Galactic Geographic?13:50 Humour and the portrayal of death dealing machines15:00 The ambient sound needed a bit more work to achieve verisimilitude16:06 Check out Pie in the Sky too – and why it's a better film17:47 Tapping into a ‘magical movie moment' in time, anthropomorphism and our fascination with machines as animals in the Star Wars universe20:00 Communicating size with sound22:34 Length of the film24:00 Excitement: AT-ATs were only ever seen for such a short length of time in the original canon, so how cool to see them again!26:30 A perfect example of contemporary realtime cinemaCredits -Speakers: Ricky Grove, Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, Tracy HarwoodProducer: Damien ValentineEditor: Phil RiceMusic: Animo Domini Beats

At ATS you can #owntheseat, not just fill it, shares Dorion Baker, Vice President of Talent Acquisition. ATS features an employee stock ownership plan, plus they've been named a Washington Post Top Workplace winner for each of the past 10 years. Sixty percent of their new hires come through existing employee referrals.“We have hired a lot of people, but 60% of those people are the result of our employee referral program. Sixty percent, which if you do your own research, you'll see industry average is somewhere around 20 to 40%. And if you're doing 40%, you're doing pretty well. But we're really proud to say here at ATS that 60% of our hires are the result of employee referrals. Says a lot about our people, number one. It says a lot about the fact that our employees want people to come to work here with them.”Find show notes and additional links at: https://clearedjobs.net/ats-do-not-just-fill-the-seat-own-the-seat-podcast/

On the thirty-third episode of Blockbuster Rewatch, Andy Atherton is joined by Scott Criscuolo to do a live watch of 1980's Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The guys talk about probe droids; the smell of tauntauns; the ships of Star Wars; scruffy nerfherders; how it is Vader's movie; the great character actor, Julian Glover; imposing AT-ATs; never telling Han the odds; Yoda, the scamp; George Lucas's tinkering with the re-releases; Jedi parkour; C3PO's off switch; Lando's coolness factor; Luke's tough decision; the intro of Boba Fett and great light saber duels.

In Star Wars The Last Jedi we got the big scene where Luke Skywalker showed up as a force projection to make a foolery out of the First Order while the Resistance were empowered by his might and hope. In the legends comics when it was Lucasfilm running the show with George Lucas as the owner, we had a very similar scene where Luke Skywalker goes up against AT-ATs. Here's how he fought it and took it down with his lightsaber and his immense force powers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, Founder of Rubber Cheese.Download the Rubber Cheese 2022 Visitor Attraction Website Report - the first digital benchmark statistics for the attractions sector.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends July 31st 2023. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://ats-heritage.co.uk/https://twitter.com/ATS_Spencerhttps://twitter.com/ATS_Heritagehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerclark/ Spencer ClarkAs a newbie to the sector, I started my career in attractions back in 2012 when I joined ATS to help grow the business. There was so much to learn, but I used my experience in design and creative problem solving and a natural ability to understand clients needs quickly.Today I am in the privileged position of co-owning and leading the company as MD with a fantastic team and a reputation to match.My underlying passion is in creating value through great design and unrivalled customer service. I love nothing more than to listen to clients describe their problems and to be asked to help them overcome them, often in a highly creative yet pragmatic way.I love how we can use technology (thoughtfully) to elevate an experience. At ATS, we are pioneers of on-site and on-line digital visitor experiences across the cultural sector, delivering amazing audio & multimedia tours, digital apps/tools, films and tailored consultancy services.We help our clients to engage with millions of visitors and we're privileged to be trusted by attractions small and large across Europe, including St Paul's Cathedral, Guinness Storehouse, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Titanic Belfast and Rembrandt House Museum.Outside of work, I'm busy keeping up with two active daughters and try to get on the water paddle boarding, on the hills mountain biking, or roaming around in our camper van.  Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode, I speak with industry experts from the attractions world. In today's episode I speak with Spencer Clark, Managing Director of ATS Heritage.Spencer shares his insight into what the biggest pain points are for attractions when developing their stories, and the ATS methodology that helps bring out the very best experience for your guests.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue. Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, Spencer. It's lovely to have you on. Spencer Clark: Thanks for having me, Kelly. Kelly Molson: It's taken a while for me to persuade Spencer to come on. I'm not going to lie, I've had his arm right up his back for a while, but he's finally here. Spencer Clark: I've relented. Kelly Molson: He has relented, but he might regret it. Right, icebreakers. What's the worst gift that anyone's ever given you? Spencer Clark: Who's going to be listening to this? I'm not so much worse, but once you get, like, your third or fourth mug, it might be personalised and tailored to you, maybe they're quite amusing, some thoughts gone into it, but when you get a few too many mugs, that creates a little bit. Kelly Molson: Would you rather socks than mugs? Spencer Clark: Yeah, I'm getting into my socks now. Yeah, some nice socks would go down a treat, I think. Kelly Molson: Yeah, I'm with you on this. So this was a Twitter discussion, so the team at Convious sent me some lovely Convious branded socks the other week. They're great. And I had them on. I took them a little picture, I put them on social media and then everyone was like, "Oh, socks. Yeah, were going to do socks for giveaways", but everyone said, "No, socks are rubbish". And I was like, "Absolutely not". Socks are, like, low of the list of things that I want to buy myself. So if I get free socks, I'm going to wear them. Spencer Clark: That's it. And you get your favourites. Kelly Molson: Good. No mugs for Spencer. Okay, this is a random one. If you can only save one of the Muppets, which muppet do you choose and why? Spencer Clark: Oh, man, that's quite a good one. Miss Piggy is a little bit hectic for me. I don't think I could spend a lot of time with her. The chef's quite entertaining, though. The hoodie gordie chickens, I think is. Yeah, I think he was smiling face and, yeah, I like a good chef, so, yeah, I keep him. Kelly Molson: It's a good choice. And I wasn't expecting the impersonation either. Impressive. Spencer Clark: There you go.Kelly Molson: Really, we're taking this podcast to new levels, people. This one would be quite easy for you if you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life. What would it be? Spencer Clark: That's a good. That's really good. Back after Uni, 1999, I went travelling with my best friend and we had a little campervan and went around New Zealand for four weeks and we bought two tapes when we landed in Auckland and we had those two tapes and we listened to just those two tapes for four weeks in a camper van. And one was Jamiroquai Synchronised album, big Jay Kay fan. And the second one was Californication by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Kelly Molson: Excellent. Spencer Clark: And I can still listen to them over and over again now. Kelly Molson: I think I'll let you have the two because it's a great story and really good memories attached to those two. Spencer Clark: Oh, every time we put it on. And Dave is not a great singer, but it's a memorable voice he has. So we're travelling around, these tracks pop up and I'm taking straight back to a certain lovely mountain right here in New Zealand. It's Delcito. Thanks, Dave. Kelly Molson: Lovely. Thanks, Dave. Good memories, good story, good start to the podcast. Right. What is your unpopular opinion? Spencer Clark: So it's QR code, but in a particular setting. And that is where, in restaurants or places to eat, where the QR code is that's your menu. It's the way you pay and everything. And I think just sometimes it gets just a bit frustrating. It's not a great experience because I like a big menu, not necessarily with pictures on the food, I don't need that. But a good menu with everything on it, so you can kind of see the choices, but on your phone you can't really see the whole menu, so that's a bit annoying. And then you got to just order it and add it to your basket and then you think it's gone, then do all the payment. Spencer Clark: I know it's supposed to be easy, but in that environment, I prefer just chatting to a waiter or a waitress and just and having a good experience. Kelly Molson: I agree. When there was a need for, it was great. Obviously, during pandemic times, that was great that you could go in and you could do that. But, yeah, I want to ask questions. I can't decide between these three dishes. What would you pick? You want that conversation, don't you? That's the whole part. It's all part of the experience of eating out. Spencer Clark: It definitely is. And I did a lot of time as a waiter in my late teens and early twenties. And a great waiter makes your night. That's the way I see it. All your day. It's just under use. You don't want to cut them out, you want to go just all on the app. Kelly Molson: Right, listeners, that is a good one. Let me know how you feel. Are you up for having a little chat with your waiter? Straight waitress? Or do you just want to go QR code, cut them out, no chat. No chat. Let me know. Spencer Clark: Sometimes I have those moments as well, of course, but overall, I'd rather chat with someone. Kelly Molson: All right, tell us about your background before you got to ATS. It wasn't in the attraction sector, was it? Spencer Clark: No. So ATS where I'm at now, I've been eleven years and this is the first entry into attractions culture sector. So I did product design at uni and I was never going to be the best designer. It worked out, but I love design and I love the process of essentially being given a problem and find ways in which you can design something to solve it in the best possible way. So to design was definitely in my interests. And then after Uni, I had an idea. My sister is profoundly deaf and so we had an idea for some software, or had some ideas for some software that helped communicate with businesses using your PC. This is pre Messenger and pre WhatsApp all of that. Spencer Clark: So it's kind of when using modems, if anyone remembers those, I'm really sure my age when talking about modend dial ups and yeah, I went to the Princess Trust actually for a bit of funding, a bit of help, and kind of did that start up. So that was inspired by trying to find a solution for an issue that my sister was facing. But then, yeah, the internet really hit us and we had messenger and thankfully, communications with deaf people are far better now. And on almost any cool playing field we've got WhatsApp texts, all of that sort of stuff, and email everything, so it kind of levelled it a bit. Then I set up another business with her and it was deaf awareness training. So we would train healthcare professionals, predominantly. The front of house, health care, how to communicate better with deaf patients. Spencer Clark: Again, driven off of a pretty horrible experience that my sister had. And so, yeah, trying to sell something and making the experience better was really important to us. So that was really good. And through that, funny enough, I met ATS along that route because ATS were looking for some sign language tours. They were the first company to really start to do it on handheld devices. And yeah, that's how I met them, because they found us doing deaf awareness training and signing and asked us for some help. That was the seed. But then at the same time, when I was doing small business consultancy around childcare businesses, really random, but it was the same sort of thing. Spencer Clark: I love working a bit of entrepreneurial spirit in me and I loved helping organisations, smaller businesses, particularly with their cash flows and their marketing ideas, and just general small business help, really. And then I found ATS and that's a whole other story. Kelly Molson: I love that. Yeah, well, great story. I didn't realise that you had a startup and you've been part of all these quite exciting businesses and it's those businesses that kind of led you to ATS. Spencer Clark: Yeah, I had a moment and as many of us do, I suppose I was getting married and I was working in these different jobs and it was quite randomly kind of moved to different things and I was trying to find the focus, what do all these different businesses and these things do? And I was kind of looking at what I enjoyed, what I was good at, and I went through a bit of a career reflection and had someone help me do that. And we're looking, what's the common thing here? And it was creativity, it was working with people. It was definitely small business, not big corporates. And at the time, because I'd already known ATS through doing some of the sign language stuff, they went on my list as, “I need to have a chat with Mike about that one day”. Spencer Clark: He's the founder of ATS. And then yeah, eventually we sat down in the chat and invited me on board to try out. And that was eleven years ago. Kelly Molson: And that was eleven years ago. Tell us about ATS, tell us what they do for our listeners and what's your role there? Spencer Clark: Sure. So I'm now Managing Director ATS. So I've been there in that role for two and a half years now, two or three. Prior to that, I was Business Development and Sales Director, so driving new business. And yes, so ATS, we've expanded out now, but I guess we're a full service. From Creative Content so predominantly known for audio multimedia guides to on site interpretation and storytelling. So our core business is around coming up with brilliant stories, working with our clients to write scripts, and then looking at the creative ways in which we can tell that story to their target audiences. So whether it's families, adults, overseas, we then come up with all these great ideas. And whether it's audio or multimedia, with film or apps, with interactives and games, we try and find all the unique ways of telling that story, of that unique site. Spencer Clark: So we have predominantly in house, fantastic production team, editors, filmmakers, developers, we have interpretation specialists and script writers. So once we've done all the content, we've also got all the technology as well. So part of our business has we manufacture our own hardware, so multimedia guides, audio guides, we have software that runs on all of them. We also do apps and PWAs, and we have a tech support team as well, who are out managing all of our clients. So we have 45,000 devices out in the field at the moment, so there's a lot being used, a lot of experiences being had one of our devices, but they all need battery changes, servicing, all that sort of stuff. So we got a tech team for them as well. So complete end to end from consultation, content, hardware, support.Kelly Molson: Yeah, and great sector to work in. You talked about developing stories. Heritage organisations have the best stories, right? So it is an absolutely perfect fit. I want to talk about the process that you go through and how you make that happen for the heritage sector. What is the biggest pain? So I'm in the marketing team of a heritage organisation and I've got a pain and I know that ATS can probably help me solve it. What is that pain that I bring to you? Spencer Clark: There's a number that we get approached about and I guess the first one, though, is we've got great stories. So, yes, heritage and cultural sites naturally have loads of great stories, so the most prime problem really is them to say, "We want to understand which audience we want to tell our stories to", number one. And then number two, "once we know that, how do we tell the stories in the best memorable, entertaining, educational way?" So really, they're the starting point, really, is helping them understand who their audience is and then going, "Right, how are you telling that story?" I often say with a creative conduit between the site and its heritage and their audiences. And we're the guys in the middle. Spencer Clark: You go, Right, we're going to understand these really well and come up with really great ideas to tell that story to that person in that experience. And that's the prime too. But then it expands out because once you start chatting to them and you go, well, those stories can be told in different ways to different audiences, but also the experiences are very different across sites. So you could have a linear tool, so you kind of know that the story has to make sense stop after stop and it's kind of a narrative thread, whereas other sites are random access, so you're moving around. And so therefore, everything needs to make sense in that situation as well. Kelly Molson: Very interesting, isn't it? I hadn't thought about how the building itself or the area itself can have an influence on how the story is told. Spencer Clark: Absolutely. So we do guides at St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, and you're thinking, "Right, big ecclesiastic sites, they must be very similar", but they're not. St Paul's random access. So once you've done the introduction, you can go wherever you like in St Paul's and access that content. The storytelling within that space, however you like. Westminster Abbey is very linear and so you start at point 1 and you have to go through and there's a fixed route to it. They're two very different buildings architecturally, so the challenges with that, for example, is when we're designing the scripts and designing the experiences, saying, "Well, what is the visitor journey here? And where are their pinch points?" I think in one spot in Westminster, we had 10 seconds to tell a story. Spencer Clark: People can't stay more than 10 seconds in that area because it just ends up backing up and then it's awful for everybody else. Whereas St Paul's is very different. You've got a lot more dwell time and a lot more space that you can sit and just listen. So two very different experiences that we design. Kelly Molson: That's really complex, isn't it? So you're not only thinking about how to tell the story in the best way to fit with the venue and the access and how people walk around it, but also from a capacity perspective, people can't stay in this area for longer than 10 seconds. So you've got to get them moving. Spencer Clark: Exactly. Kelly Molson: It blows my mind. Talk me through your methodology then, because I think that's quite interesting. Like, how do you start this process? They've come with the pain. We've got this great story, we're not telling it in the best way that we could. How can you help us? Where do you start? Spencer Clark: It's a good place. What we love is you get face to face and you walk the current experience and you walk through it. And it's great to talk to visitor experience teams, curatorial, front of house, as well as senior stakeholders and having a conversation with all of them to kind of really get a sense of what's the outcome I'm starting with what's wrong or what do you want to better? What do you want this outcome to be? And then we kind of work backwards because we have a lot of experience to share. And so there's things around this routing, wayfinding, dwell time. There's things around operations and logistics of handing out hardware or promoting an app if that's what clients are pushing out to their visitors. But we all got to understand there's lots of different models as well. Spencer Clark: So some sites, for example, you may pay to get in, but then you may pay for an audio or a multimedia guide or an app afterwards. So you're paying for your ticket and then you've got a secondary spend for a guide. I have seen a lot of our sites, especially some of the bigger ones, they have an all inclusive. So you buy your ticket and you get your guide included. But those two models means two different things because on the all inclusive, the majority of your audience are getting that guide. Therefore that story that we're going to create for you is being told to the biggest proportion of your audience, whereas those who buy additional, you know, the take up is going to be lower, therefore that message is not going to get to that many. But you don't need as many devices. Spencer Clark: And so we look at kind of whether they can handle a stop of hundreds or thousands of devices in some cases. Kelly Molson: Oh, you mean like where they're going to put them? Spencer Clark: Exactly. Kelly Molson: Yeah, it's all about that. Spencer Clark: These castles and heritage sites didn't really they weren't designed to hold racks or racks of guides, which is why they end up in some funny places, sometimes moat houses and whatever. So we start there, that's kind of walk it through. We want to listen and understand what everybody as a stakeholder, what they're wanting from it, but then we really kind of go, what does the visitor really need and want? What are they paying for? What are their expectations? And how can we have our impact on the visitor experience, which is essentially what it is. We're involved with storytelling content, visitor experience and technology, essentially the delivery method of it. Kelly Molson: What's a good case study, then, that you could share with us? I guess the proof of the pudding is in people being engaged with those stories. So it'll be about the feedback, right, that the organisation gets once people have been through the experience and they get good TripAdvisor recommendations and all that kind of thing. What's a good example that you can share with us of something where you've worked on it and it's made quite a vast difference to that experience?Spencer Clark: I'd like to say every single project. We generally want every client. We're passionate about making a difference. You're investing in time and money and we want to add as much creativity to it, but we want it to be as effective as possible, which is why I really want to understand what clients are wanting to get. If we look at this in a year's time, what do you want to see happen? And if it is better, TripAdvisor does that. I think we're hitting that really well, because not many sites, I'd say you have visitors kind of commenting on the audio or the multimedia guide back in the day. But when you look at a lot of our client sites, they get mentioned in TripAdvisor and how it's made a massive difference. Spencer Clark: So I was chatting with a client today, the guide is eight years old, a multimedia guide. We did a full film production for the introduction film, but then we also put that content into the guide, so it felt like this really the continuity in the storytelling. So once you arrive, you watch the film, you got the characters on the film, but they also feature in your guide. So as you've watched it, you go off and you go to a dinner party and we're just chatting today and they said, eight years on and it's still really good and getting reference to and we've got prospect clients and new clients who go over and check it out and they just love it. Just because we've designed it to last a long time, it shouldn't date because it's often our sector. Spencer Clark: They're not refreshing content like that every couple of years. It needs to last as long as it can and get its money's worth. The output is a great Visitor experience. Hopefully we're inputting on the NPS score, so hopefully people are saying, “yes, the overall, we're one part”. My colleague, Craig, he says it people don't go to a site for the multimedia guide. Right. They're not going, oh, we're here ATS are great, let's definitely go to one of their sites. They don't they go there? And then once they get this wonderful experience with the front of house with a fantastic audio multimedia guide that's been thought about and really designed well. Spencer Clark: And then the retail was great and the food and beverage was good and there was parking and whatever, and it was a sunny day because if it's a rainy day, everyone has a really bad experience. It's raining, which is obviously out of control of many sites. So, yeah, we're one element, but an important one, we feel, that really impacts on ATS and TripAdvisor and feedback and repeat visits. Kelly Molson: Do you get asked that question, actually, about how long this will last? So you said that guide has been around for about eight years now and I'm thinking, "yeah, that's good going, that's good return on investment, right?" We get asked that quite a lot about websites. "How frequently do you need to update your website? How frequently do we need to go through this process from redesign and development?" And I think it really depends on how well it's been done to start with. So we've worked with attractions where we did their website, like six or seven years ago. It still looks great because it was thought out really well, it's planned well, the brand was in place and it's the same, I guess, with your guide, if it's done well from the start, it's going to last longer. Spencer Clark: Absolutely. And to me, that's part of the brief, that's the design process, looking at the brief and the clients and asking those questions, "Well, you're, you can update this" and you kind of know they're not going to update it in a year. So how long was the shelf life of this product? What do you want it to last? And so once you know that at the beginning, you start producing it in a way that you say, well, that might date, you could have contemporary fashion, but that might look a bit dated in five, six, seven years time, whereas if we go animation, you can make things last a lot longer. But then, yeah, realistically you could be looking at how long does this last? Eight years, nine years? Spencer Clark: We've got clients up to ten years now. As long as you write it, you have an awareness that you don't mention potentially people's names who work there because they may move on and maybe even the job title might change. So you got to just be a little bit careful of kind of mentioning that, especially at site's consideration. When you've got 12, 13 languages, you make one change in the English, you've then got to change all that. So again, it's this understanding at the beginning saying, well, the risk of having a celebrity or whoever if you don't want them and they're out of faith or whatever, or they're not available to do any rerecords you got to think about that and say, well, that's going to have a knock on effect, and that will change then eventually. Spencer Clark: So, yeah, there's all these little secrets of the way in which things are, but we're aware of them. And that has a massive impact on the cost down the line. And the quality, of course.Kelly Molson: That's the benefit of the consultancy approach that you take as well, isn't it? Is it, that you are asking those questions up front and you're thinking long term about what's best for the organisation, not what's necessarily best for you? Is it better for me if they update this every three years or every eight years? But what you want is to get them the best experience from it and have the best product possible. So you ask all the right questions to start with. Spencer Clark: Absolutely. And sites are all different. The story at one place might not change, but they might have a different view on it and so or a different angle coming in. Well, there's a different story or theme within that place. So we did know National Trust site, so they had a big conservation project and so we've done the restoration conservation story. They've come back to a couple of years and now we're looking at different stories within them and telling stories very much around female stories at the house as well. So we're bringing that in. And what we can do, we're going to layer it and put in with the content so it will start to really. You have this lovely kind of layering of story and content that people can dip in and out of depending on what they're interested in. Spencer Clark: But that means it is evolving, but you're not recording loads of other stuff, you're just starting to build up on this nice kind of collection of content. But then you got sites such that you know they're going to have temporary exhibitions every year. So Buckingham Palace, we do their permanent tour, but then the exhibition changes every year, so we'll be going in there and rewriting content just for that element of it. So, yeah, most places don't change a lot of their content, but when you do, it's usually just elements of it, or adding languages or adding an access tool or something like that. Kelly Molson: Yeah, and I love that.  But actually what we're trying to do is just make something better. And that doesn't always mean that you have to spend a shitload of money on making something, you know what I mean? You don't have to start from scratch, you can make something really great with what you have. So we've been talking a lot with attractions about just making what they have better. They don't need a new website right now. What you could do is just add these things in and that would make your website 10% better than it is now. Amazing, right? You've saved yourself a lot of budget, but you've still got this brilliant project and that's the same with what you're talking about. It's not a start from scratch, it's just building on and improving what you have. That's a good place. Spencer Clark: It's a good offer to have. I think it is, because sometimes you just want a little refresh and actually just slightly dated or that's not the language or the tone we use completely. So we just want to change this intro and often the introduction is the beginning of the experience. So if you can tweak and change that can actually set the tone for the rest of it anyway. We often go and say, "Well, what have you gotten? What improvements can you make on a minimal budget?" And that's the honest conversation you have early on and you're going, "What do you want to happen realistically? What are your budgets, what's your time scales?" And then we'll come back to you with something that's tailored to you and see what we can do. Spencer Clark: And often a review of the current experience and will be constructive and we think you could just improve these bits at the moment. Kelly Molson: Yeah, I love that approach. And also, do you have a moathouse that you can keep all these devices in? And while we're on the topic of that, let's talk about something that you mentioned earlier, which is this app versus devices debate. So you mentioned, and it hadn't even occurred to me. Do people have the storage space for all of these devices? Are they going to be able to put them somewhere? And I bet you get asked us all the time, isn't it going to better if we have an app because people have got that phone in their back pocket all the time and so then you don't necessarily need as many of the devices as you might need. There's quite a big debate around this at the moment, isn't there? What's your take on it? Spencer Clark: Well, of course I've got my opinion on this one, Kelly. But you know, these questions when I joined the ATS, so I joined eleven years ago and I started going to the conferences and the shows and the exhibitions and you know, apps were around and it was the, "Oh yeah, they're going to be the death of the audio guide". So there's me, joined a company thinking, "Oh okay, I wonder how long I'll be around for". But what history has shown me is that what drives a really good product and a good solution, whether it's an app or a device, is really understanding those outcomes and visitor behaviours and COVID was obviously a point in time where people weren't touching things.Spencer Clark: And it was a concern at the time like, “okay, I wonder how long is this going to play out?”. But what we found is humans fall back into an ease of life and convenience and quality, I think is kind of where people say, "Oh, no, they won't use devices anymore and they won't use touch screens". And I remember chatting with Dave Patton from Science Museum and he said, “Yeah, in COVID, we turned all the touchscreens off”. Everyone kept going up to them and touching them because they thought they were off to turn them on, so they turned them off so that people wouldn't use them. And actually what they're doing was touching that device more. Do you remember the days people were wiping down all the trolleys? I'm quite an optimist, so I was sitting at the time. Spencer Clark: Once we passed this and through it, I feel we will kind of fall back into, you're not going to take your own cutlery to a restaurant a year, so that hasn't happened. And QR codes are less and less visible on those restaurants. Yeah. What it really is about for us is, and I touched upon it, there's a few things around why ultimately you can do everything. Our multimedia guides and audio guys can do pretty much one of these, but for a number of reasons, visitors aren't necessarily going straight over to these and dropping the hardware. If I rock up with my kids, got two kids, they don't have phones, so they're not going to download an app when they get there. My phone is my car key, it's my travel, it's my wallet, it's everything, so I'm using it all day. Spencer Clark: And there's obviously battery concerns there as well, so you kind of start getting kind of battery anxiety of that where you carry around a charger. But there is something and the more and more we work with clients and we compare, we put apps in places as well as multimedia guides or audio guides, and we look at the take up and we look at the behaviour of visitors. And even more recently, we're doing a site. At the moment, it's got temporary exhibition for six months. I'll be able to say a bit more about it once we've done the end of the review, but essentially we've had kind of AB testing and looking at how the take up is for guides versus apps and we're positively seeing big demand for devices for a number of reasons with the audience time who were there. There's the quality. Spencer Clark: As far as I've paid my ticket, especially on the all inclusive, I get my guide and it's really well designed and this is part of the experience designed for it. I'm not worrying about battery and the headphones are in there. I haven't got people walking around with audio blaring out because they've gotten their headphones, which is really annoying to all the other visitors that I've been to a few museums and seen that and heard that it's not a great experience. There's definitely a quality thing there about it's part of, this is part of. Kelly Molson: Do you think it's part of, it's escapism as well? So, like, for me, I'm terrible if we're out and about, if me, my little girl and my husband are out for the day, my phone is in my bag the whole time and I forget to take pictures. I forget to tell social media that I've been to a place, "Oh, God, what I've got for lunch”, because I'm too busy doing it. And I think with the kind of headsets thing, there's an element of escapism there, isn't there, where you don't have to have your phone. I like not having to be on my phone. I like that for the whole day. I've had such a great day, they haven't even thought about looking at my phone. So I don't know whether there's an element there. Kelly Molson: We're so tied to our phones all the day, all day, aren't we?  For work and things.  I'm just going to put these headphones on. I'm going to escape into a different world where I don't need to think about it. Spencer Clark: Yeah, don't get me wrong, there's definitely a place for apps and there's a use for them, which is why we've developed a platform that makes apps as well. But the devices over this recent exhibition, I'm just learning more from visitors and the staff who are there, and they're saying, "Yeah, you take your phone and you might have the tour going, but I don't turn my notifications off, so I'll still get interrupted by things". And you're right, I want to be in this experience. And my attention, I'm hoping, is mostly on what's there and the stories that are being told to me. So, yeah, there's a lot around there. There's also perceived value. Spencer Clark: I did a talk at Historic houses pre covered, but I had like 160 people in the Alexandra Palace and I asked them all, "how many of you just have downloaded an app in the last twelve months?" A few hands put up and then said, "Okay, how many of you paid for an app out of those?" and all the hands went down. There's this thing about, would you spend £5 on an app? Probably not a lot of people would. It's got to be really well promoted and maybe in the right circumstances, the right place, the right exhibition, you'd get someone doing that, but people will pay and you see it. They will pay £5 for a device that's being designed and put in there as part of the official experience of this site. Spencer Clark: So you've got to look at the take up and the reach that an app will bring over a device as well. So there is perceived value. See if you can charge for it great or if it's in ticket price, it just makes the whole value of the experience even better. I'm not sure what's your experience when was the last time you paid for an app, Kelly? Kelly Molson: Bigger question, as you asked it, I was thinking, and I can't remember. There must be something that I've paid a minimum value for, like it was like, I don't know, £0.69p or £1.29 or something like that, but I couldn't tell you what it was or when I downloaded it. Kelly Molson: I mostly have car parking apps on my phone. Honestly, I think at one point I counted I had seven different car parking apps on my phone because all of the car parks obviously stopped taking cash. I'm terrible with cash, I never have any of that. A lot of them. But they're all free.Spencer Clark: There's definitely something there around perceived value and what it means to the experience, I think. Kelly Molson: Yeah, it's really interesting, actually. Spencer Clark: The debate will continue for years, though, Kelly. The debate will carry on.  And if that's about telling a great story to as many people as possible. Right now, in our view and our data that shows across all these sites is devices that are doing a better job than apps at the moment. But there's still a choice. Some people will have them. And I think it's going to be a blend. It's going to be a blend, but overwhelmingly the device is more. Kelly Molson: But it's interesting because you mentioned and one of my questions is, how is ATS evolving? Because I guess that you didn't always have apps as an option for people. So that's probably one of the ways that you've evolved over the years, right? Spencer Clark: Yeah. So we started doing audio guides. That was the initial and then again, Mike, the founder, was really spotted multimedia as an opportunity, screen devices as we started coming through. Not everyone had smartphones at that point. And so to provide a screen device, it was great for putting additional content and film content and also accessibility, sign language videos and things like that, which is how I got into ATS, sign language videos. So putting them on a screen and you look at how much audio visual content we now all consume on a small handheld device, he definitely saw something. And that's where ATS kind of drove that element. A lot of our work was multimedia guides over audio guides. Spencer Clark: And it was about not just playing audio with an image on the screen, because that's not adding much for the sake of this device, you need to add a lot more to it. And that's where we grew our in house production team. So all the editors coming up with really good ideas and animations and videos or interface designs, all that sort of stuff, and interactives and games and things like that, you could be really just opened up a whole world of opportunity, really. Yeah. So we started pushing that. But again, part of that design process was, and going back to the kind of we only had 10 seconds to tell this story or whatever, it's the same with these devices, and when we're creating content, visual content, it's got to warrant the visitor's attention. Spencer Clark: If you've got an amazing masterpiece in front of you, then of course you don't want to be head down in the screen, you want to be looking at it. But what could that screen do, if anything? We may decide not to even put anything on there, just go audio. But there could be something there that you want to, a curator might be interviewed and show you certain details on the painting and you could point them out on the screen. That then allows you to look and engage with the art in front of you. But, yeah, we drove that kind of way of delivering interpretation on site through multimedia guys, but we do a lot of audio as well. Spencer Clark: I'm just plain, straight, simple audio, I say simple, but lovely sound effects, really nice produced, choosing the right voices, really good script, sound effects, that sort of stuff. So, yeah, it's quite a pure way, I guess you would say, with audio owned.Kelly Molson: Nice, you mentioned the word warrant back there. Which brings me to my next question, which I think is fascinating, because there aren't many organisations that are ever going to achieve this, but ATS has a Royal Warrant now. Spencer Clark: Yeah, yeah, we got it in March 22. Kelly Molson: Absolutely phenomenal. Tell us a little bit about that. Spencer Clark: Yeah, so we've worked with Royal Household for quite, well, a couple of sites for over 15 years. We provide audio multimedia guides across pretty much all of the raw sites now, which is a wonderful achievement, we're really proud of it. And, yeah, we applied for a Royal Warrant. They're awarded to about 800 businesses in the UK and they range from one person, sole trader, craftsman, craft people through, to multinationals and SMEs and everybody in between. And it's a mark of quality and excellence in delivery of service and sustainable as well over a long period of time. We applied for it and were awarded it in March. It was a really lovely accolade for us as a business and it was a great moment to get so we've got a hold of that now. Kelly Molson: That must have been lovely. So, again, at the start of the episode, you mentioned that you'd moved into the MD role, and that was a couple of years ago. Right. So you've been an MD through COVID times, which must have been a challenge for you. As a founder of an organisation myself, I know that was a big challenge, having to learn how to do things in a completely different way. That must have been a really lovely kind of success story of those times. Spencer Clark: Definitely. We have got such an amazing team and one that people stay with us, our team stay with us for a long period of time and it was also a point where I was taking over and the founder, Mike, was properly retiring. So for him, it was really great to get for him. And we had one made up for him as well, a plat, so you can have his own he's got his own rule warrant, but yeah, for the rest of the team, it is a recognition. What's really important for me is that everybody in the team is responsible for the quality of service that we deliver from picking up the phone and working on projects, the development team, the service team, the teams that go on site. Spencer Clark: We've got staff as well, so we staff at St Paul's Cathedral and Bucks Palace and Windsor Castle, so we got members team handing out guides and operations there. And it's everyone's responsibility in our business to offer a great service in everything we do. And it definitely was yeah, it was a really great recognition that we could share with the team. Kelly Molson: Amazing. Right, what is next for ATS? What exciting developments are they're coming up that you can share with us? Anything on the horizon? Spencer Clark: Yeah, I guess this year feels like many, and I've been speaking to, you know, it's nice to get back into conferences and exhibitions and stuff where you kind of chatting to the sector, but this feels a little bit more normal as a year. I think last year was still a kind of bounce back out of COVID but this year seems to be mor. There's tenders coming through. People are now doing new projects, so that's good to see. So there's an appetite. I think what it's really shown is there's an appetite in the sector to really improve the quality of visitor experiences. I think that's what's really that I'm seeing and something that we're well positioned to support clients in is that quality of a visitor experience. On the back of that, we're looking at always continuing to look at different ways in which to tell stories and the way in which we can engage with the visitor, which doesn't always mean the latest tech. Spencer Clark: We've looked at AR and things like that and we've tried it, but what you got to be careful, what you got to understand is, instead of when you've got visitors from 8 to 85 year olds, your solution has to be accessible to everybody. And as soon as you might put in something that might if the technology doesn't quite work in that environment because it's too dark or too light or whatever, or the tech just isn't there to do it, then it suddenly breaks the magic of that experience. Spencer Clark: And so you look at different ways of being innovative and that can just be through a really different approach to the script writing, or putting a binaural 3D soundscape instead, or having a really good interactive that just brings the family in to answer questions or something like that. We will always continue to innovate, but it's not necessarily about technology. But we love tech. But you've got to think about the practical implications of tech in the projects. And that goes back to earlier I said about sustainability in the budget and some organisations just don't have the appetite or the budget to invest in some of this tech, even though they see it and they say, “we want that”. Okay, “this is how much it's cost. And it's brand new”, so you'd be developing from scratch or whatever. Spencer Clark: And it's not always palatable with the budget holders. So, yes, you got to think about operationally sustainable. What's the best solution that reaches your outcomes, essentially? So, yeah, where else are we heading? Great content. We've got new products coming through, new devices, that sort of stuff, which has kind of been, like I said, our core business. But we're also doing a lot more online, so digital exhibitions, things like that. So we're taking our onsite storytelling experience and moving online. So we've done some virtual tours, but not just 360s where you've got hotspots. We add the ATS magic to it. What else can we add into those kind of online experiences? It's a different experience, but we can definitely add some lovely creativity to the storytelling on that. So we did that with a number of clients, including Glenn Palace. Spencer Clark: We did the Churchill exhibition, which was a full three day film shoot over COVID, which was a huge challenge. But yeah, there was a high risk factor there when your main star is a Churchill lookalike and if he got COVID, the whole shoot pretty much cancelled, but we managed to get through that, so that was good. So, yeah, more of that sort of stuff. So, looking at the online space, we're getting into 3D digitisation of collections, so we've got a partnership going on where we can photogram using photogrammetry to create 3D models. And then what we're saying is we add the ATS magic to that, where you got that model. Let's put it in context, let's tell that story around that actual object. Spencer Clark: It's a 3D model, so, yeah, we're playing around with areas on that and some other things that I'm sure I'll share in the future. We're not standing still. That's for sure.Kelly Molson: No. And I'm sure I'll hear about it at whatever conferences that we're at together at some point, Spencer. We always ask our guests about a book that they love that they would like to share with our listeners. What have you prepped for us today? Spencer Clark: I'm in the car a lot, so I do a lot of audio books, if anything. I don't know if it's an excuse, but I just don't find time to sit and actually read. Busy family life, busy work life, all that sort of stuff. So a lot of audiobooks. But also, I love business books, whatever you can learn from kind of business and marketing. And obviously I had that role previous to ATS, I was kind of supporting small businesses and stuff. So there's one I had, I attended a session by a marketeer called Bryony Thomas and she's got a book called Watertight Marketing. Her session was brilliant, it was really practical, it's really scalable. So it could be for a one person company, sole trader, up to an organisation that has multiple products online, wherever. Spencer Clark: It was just a really good book that just gives you clarity and thinking. And there's this takeaway straight away from it and a really good approach to kind of reviewing your marketing and how well it's working, and then just picking those things that are going to work quickest to find out where the weaknesses are, the leaks, essentially, she calls them. So, yeah, I'd really recommend it. I'm hoping quite a lot of your listeners are interested in marketing. We're all looking at trying to get visitors back in and what our service and products are. So I'd recommend Watertight Marketing by Bryony Thomas. Kelly Molson: Oh, I think that's a great recommendation. I've read that book, I've met Bryony once a very long time ago and it's so simple, it's ridiculous, isn't it? And you think, "how is this the first book that's talked about marketing in this way?" That's what blew my mind when I read it and it is, it's just about plugging the gaps, filling the holes in your bucket. It's absolutely brilliant concept, great book. Thank you for sharing. Right, listen, if you want to win a copy of that book, and I would recommend that you do, if you head over to our Twitter account and you retweet this episode announcement with the words I want Spencer's book, then you might be lucky enough to win yourself a copy. Thankfully, it was only just one book today. Everyone else tries to kill my marketing budget and goes with two. Kelly Molson: So well done you, Spencer. Thank you ever so much for joining us on the podcast today. It's lovely that you came on, I'm really pleased that you did. Lots to think about there and loads of tips for our listeners if they're thinking about enhancing their stories. So thank you. Spencer Clark: It's been a pleasure. Thanks, Kelly. Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast.

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We continue our review of Star Wars Rebels by looking at the second half of season 2 (episodes 12-22).  Topics include: What radio station was Zeb listening to? Lightsabers cut through AT-ATs? Kanan continues to hide his feelings for Hera The Enemy Mine episode Evil Paul Revere and Sally Ventress Beef Cargo is back and filming season 3 of the Mandalorian, the Ninth Jedi was a pilot? and another fun voicemail from Rural Farmboy. We bring you a Yoda FACPAtoid and so much more! Episode Time Stamps: 08:10 - Mandalorian Season 3 Filming Notes 11:08 - More Ninth Jedi? 14:10 - Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Review (Episodes 12-22) 80:36 - Maul Bag 85:41 - FACPAtoid Please subscribe, rate and review the show and chat us up on Twitter or in email. Twitter: @facpapod Web site: http://FromACertainPointAskew.com Podawan Podcast Network: @podawans Merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/facpapod Intro/Outro - Galactic by Seb Jaeger (via https://filmstro.com/music)

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First, Mat Bradley-Tschirgi has an interview with popular Star Wars podcaster Jason Swank of Rebel Force Radio on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Then, Mat, Thrasher, and BJ have a longer discussion on the movie itself. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) ditches his friends to train with an old green alien (Frank Oz). After the victorious ending of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, this sequel starts with the Rebels on the run on the ice planet of Hoth. Our heroes split up to different planets for reasons, but eventually they get back together again. After a certain paternal revelation, things will never be the same for Luke, Han, Leia, and Lando. A darker tale than the first with inspired cinematography by Peter Suschitzky, The Empire Strikes Back is a fan favorite for a reason. At times it's meditative, at other times it's a retro romance with sparky dialogue and sparkier performances. An opening large scale battle on Hoth with the elephantine AT-ATs has been adapted into countless video games. This flick is well worth revisiting if it's been a while. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Greenlit Podcast Network Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's books (Podcast You Nerd!, The Films of Uwe Boll Vol. 1: The Video Game Movies!) Buy Thrasher's tabletop RPG supplements from DriveThruRPG Watch Alex Miller's YouTube series The Trailer Project --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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In the Fistful of Destiny season finale...Half a million troops, 7000 TIEs, 6000 KX droids, 3000 AT-ATs, 30 rebel ships, a mysterious stranger, and a stop at Skinny Silhouettes Past-an-Go™ are all that stand in the way of freedom. You’re all clear crew, now let's wrap this season and go home! Music by Travis Lee Eller and  PREMISE on the BEAT. Support us on Patreon!Merch and more: FistfulOfDestiny.comRate us on Apple PodcastsInstagram: @FistfulOfDestinyTwitter: @FistfulDestiny

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Kanan and the Rebels help Rex and the clones fight off an Imperial attack as AT-ATs chase their AT-TE through a sandstorm. On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss: The life and purpose of the clones, Kanan’s conflicting thoughts on the clones after Order 66, The AT-ATs’ pursuit of the clones’ AT-TE in the sandstorm, Kanan and Ezra using the Force to land a perfect shot, and Rex and Ahsoka’s reunion. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

All of the Day is back! It's just Setzer and Derek this week. Cheston was supposed to come but he got into a Switch related incident. Shameful. Regardless, this week the boys discuss the booming Nintendo economy and a brave new world for Star Wars games. Wouldn't it be neat if something outside of the standard AAA fare got ahold of Star Wars? Alas, enjoy climbing your AT-ATs to unlock the rest of the map. Setzer played more Jurassic World: Evolution and Derek played .hack //G.U. Apparently offline MMOs are more fun in theory than in real life.  E-mail: allofthedaypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @allofthedaypod Intro theme: Will Power from Persona 5 Outro theme: Sonic Boom from Sonic CD

This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. ATS is a Utah-based manufacturer and supplier of COVID-killing disinfectant solutions as well as safety, personal protective equipment, and water purification products. Richard Allred, CEO of ATS, is here to tell us more about what they are doing in response to COVID-19 to enable businesses and consumers to safely disinfect without putting human health at risk. RICHARD ALLRED The COVID pandemic has accelerated the importance of continuous disinfection of facilities, but it has also cast a light on the harmful human health risks stemming from exposure to traditional disinfectant chemicals. At ATS, we are shifting disinfection practices from hazardous to non-hazardous, toxic to non-toxic, and corrosive to non-corrosive. Exposure to harmful disinfectant chemicals is much like involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke and the associated systemic health risks. ATS allows businesses and consumers to safely disinfect without compromising bacterial and viral kill strength and to simplify the application process in a way that does not require eye, skin or respiratory protection equipment and can be performed without post-application wiping or rinsing. ATS is helping communities kill COVID without putting human health at risk. DEREK MILLER The pandemic is highlighting a significant rise in accidental human poisonings caused by hazardous disinfection chemicals and practices, and we are encouraged by the awareness ATS is promoting to protect our communities while we combat COVID-19 transmission on surfaces. Learn more at atssmartsolutions.com. I am Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, and this is Speaking on Business. Originally Aired: December 30, 2020.

After a year of reviewing The Empire Strikes Back ten minutes at a time, we share our final thoughts, observations, and conclusions of this series. On the fully armed and operations episode, we discuss: How the special edition was received overall by our guests, Where The Empire Strikes Back ranked among all the Star Wars movies, How perceptions of The Empire Strikes Back have changed over time, The reveal of the AT-ATs, Han and Leia’s iconic romance and banter, The movie poster, How “The Imperial March” has become an iconic piece of music. The quality of the dialogue and character moments, And more. You can find all episodes of this series on RetroZap: Part 1: From the Crawl to the Rescue - with Ryder Waldron on episode 54, Part 2: The Wampa’s Lair - with Dan Zehr on episode 64, Part 3: The Battle of Hoth - with Allen Voivod on episode 78, Part 4: The Asteroid Field - with Jay Shepard on episode 93, Part 5: You Seek Yoda - with Jeff McGee on episode 105, Part 6: Only What You Take with You - with Johnamarie Macias on episode 114, Part 7: There Is No Try - with Bill Drewnowsk on episode 126, Part 8: Always in Motion - with Joe Carroney on episode 144, Part 9: I Love You, I Know - with Chris Leddy on episode 153, Part 10: Luke Confronts Vader - with Becca Benjamin on episode 162, and Part 11: I Am Your Father - with Joe Tavano on episode 180. Plus, we announce the next movie we will be analyzing in 2021. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, masks, and posters are available on TeePublic. Find all episodes on RetroZap.com.

In which we tear apart the first part of Empire Strikes Back. From the launch of Imperial Viper probe droids to the AT-ATs.

Alice White (@alicewhitethp) and Buddy Duquesne (@buddy_duquesne) are back to discuss the first part of the epic Battle of Scarif! Features klaxons, being in awe of AT-ATs, K2-SO loveliness, and the 1000-Watt smile of a hero. If you'd like to support the show please visit our Patreon! Follow the show on twitter @RogueFunPod and let us know what you think. Support Rogue Fun: A Podcast Story by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/roguefun Find out more at https://roguefun.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Welcome Back into The Cafe! This weekend I talk about my favorite moments from The Empire Strikes Back, my thoughts and feelings about Jedi Temple Challenge, will I be playing EA's Star Wars Squadrons, some silly and weird Star Wars characters names. I also, have a friendly little rant about AT-ATs and A.T.A.T.s, oh boy! The B.M.C. Question of The Week ~ How Did Maz Kanata Get Luke's Lightsaber? Think about that and leave me your answer on Twitter @ThatBMCPod or over on my new Facebook group Blue Milk Cafe Pod. I'll read the answers on next weekend's episode. Remember if you are interested in maybe becoming a co-host of The Blue Milk Cafe give me a shout out. Please if you have any feedback for The BMC Holo-Booth, you can send it to @ThatBMCPod or @FischFrik on Twitter, you can also join the Facebook group Blue Milk Cafe Pod, you can also email me a voice mail at PorgBach@Gmail.com or follow the link below to leave a message. I have spoken! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebluemilkcafe/message

RadioPublic|LibSyn|YouTube|Patreon|Square Cash (Share code: Send $5, get $5!) The Siskel and Ebert of American politics, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin, give this Wednesday two thumbs down. This week is the week Donald Trump finally became Darth. All across DC, Storm Troopers are finely arrayed, AT-ATs are at the ready, and Tie Fighters fill the sky. Glorious.  It began Monday with the first strains of John Williams score rising as cameras followed Trump and his all-white entourage marching across Lafayette Park, met by Empress Ivanka, there to present Donald with his second favorite book after Art of the Deal, his beloved Bible… Well, “a” Bible… aka, “The Holy Prop”. Hey! No spoilers for Gop senators, as none of them have seen it yet. After this blockbuster wraps, the White House will begin production of their ”The Omen” reboot. The protests have been peaceful, until the cops show up… or, the bureau of federal prisons special operations response team, the 91st Military Police Battalion… or whoever these guys are. None of them will miss their chance to beat a black guy or a journalist… or, maybe shoot them, and not with paintballs either. But don’t worry, when the 82nd Airborne runs out of bullets for any American civilian protesters, they will have their bayonets. Police now lay out pallets of paint cans and bricks, go back to their hunting blinds, and wait. Arlington police decide none of this is for them, and go back to Virginia to be peace officers. DC says they didn’t want them here anyhow. The DEA will hunt down the protesters of the killers of George Floyd, with special emphasis on whomever Donald Trump points at today. Listen, if you didn’t want violence and brutality in your neighborhood, you should have tipped your police better. You can’t reform the police if you first lose your job. Donald was just looking under his desk for something, not hiding under it! While he was down there, BLM support surged, as most Americans can see racism Isn’t being taken seriously enough. Steve King’s racism was taken seriously enough to get him ousted off the Republican ticket. Ferguson, Missouri elected their first black mayor, who is also their first woman mayor. While hatred for Donald Trump grows, so does the love for Joe Biden.  Joe Biden’s former boss and good buddy, the President of the United States Barack Obama will be sending the love tonight.

On this fully armed and operational episode, Allen Voivod from Star Wars 7x7 joins us to discuss the Battle of Hoth from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. On this episode, we discuss: Allen’s favorite moments and characters from The Empire Strikes Back, The Imperial fleet assembling with Darth Vader’s Super Star Destroyer, The introduction of The Imperial March, The roles of General Veers, Admiral Ozzel, and Captain Piett, Luke’s farewell to Chewbacca and Han Solo, How the AT-ATs were teased and then revealed as the Battle of Hoth starts, The assault of the snowspeeders on the AT-ATs, and The harpoon and tow cable maneuver. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Disney’s new ‘Star Wars’ ride is open and the Theme Park Rangers have returned from Batuu, the base planet of the parks’ Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area, with tales of their journey on the new attraction. Biggest surprises (2:00) “It’s massive” (3:14) Technological masterpiece and challenge (5:00) Opening day hiccups (6:56) "It’s huge and its intimate” (9:08) AT-ATs up close (11:11) The drop – how scary is it? (13:46) The most memorable parts (16:32) Rise of the Resistance vs. Millennium Falcon (17:43) Advice for those going to ride Rise of the Resistance (19:45) 2-hour wait for Flight of Passage or Rise, which do you choose? (21:11) Virtual queue (22:15) Will the ride have an impact on earnings, attendance? (22:57)

This week for possibly THE BEST STAR WARS MOVIE EVER, John, Manny, and Andrew go without a guest and without pants! What are those AT-ATs doing? Where is Boba? What is a Yoda? All this and a fun game where you guess which bad reviews are about Empire Strikes Back! Follow us and let us know your favorite moments @DelfinPod on social media! Support the pod at www.patreon.com/delfinpod  

This week, Mac and Ross go All In on failure, growth, and Exile. Next, we speed on over to Hoth to check out some AT-ATs. Finally, we take a trip to Theed and below! All this and more awaits you in episode 11! SWAI EPISODE XI © 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Best one in the Series? If you ask Angel it is. Empire sits in rare company with Films like Aliens, The Godfather Part II, Bride of Frankenstein, Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight as film sequels that are considered better than the Original. While Javi disagrees, it's easy to argue its merit as a high watermark in this franchise. Between the iconic AT-ATs, The Imperial March Darth Vader theme, and the shocking twist that no millennial or Gen-Z viewers don't already know going in, and the introduction of Yoda, this movie expands the already captivating world of A New Hope. Join your hosts and we review this awesome film and discuss how Solo and Episode III help provide new context for some of the ideas explored.

We're still recovering from last week's movie night (Summer camp aliens! Run for your lives!), so it's a simple show this week, catching up on our recent silly activities. Including: Kornflake on the road in search of adventure and/or relaxation; the music of Carbon Leaf; a live album release show by The Great Molasses Flood; another Moth storytelling show with Matthew Dicks; the Mayor onstage at Old School Game Show; Kevin running around an island for no good reason; and random encounters in Boston with AT-ATs, the Pride parade, and exploding rabbits. Also: It's National Dive Bar Day. So go somewhere that's sketchy, shady, and creepy (you really want all three), and belly up.

Mikey and Kaitlin are back with all the latest Star Wars news and we take a dive into the seedy Star Wars Underworld, our spotlight topic this week is the bounty hunter IG-88. You can contact Resistance Radio on Twitter @RRadioPodcast, Facebook or on Hypable.com. Don’t forget to subscribe to us on iTunes or on Spotify! Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon with lots of special perks, including special after dark episodes that go beyond just Star Wars. Check it out! Today’s podcast is brought to you by audible.com – get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/resistanceradio. With over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Get the latest Star Wars audiobook for free! Want a Resistance Radio shirt and/or button set? Our merch is now available from the Resistance Radio store. An instagram post sheds light on the current filming status of Star Wars Episode IX Kano teaming up with Disney to bring new Star Wars themed coding projects More images and pictures from Disney’s Star Wars Land had surface and we got a good look at the AT-ATs from Rise of the Resistance— and they look epic Star Wars Resistance has started up its 2nd half, we break down our thoughts on the mid season trailer Who is IG-88? Our thoughts on IG-88s connections to different story lines, from the original trilogy to Qi’ra from Solo to Sabine and Leia from Rebels How deadly is he? And how will we see him in the Mandalorian. If there are any issues downloading this episode from iTunes, please refer to this guide. If there are any further technical issues, feel free to contact Hypable’s podcast manager at andrew@hypable.com or tweet @HypablePodcast

In Episode 26 of Dateline Mousetalgia, we discuss the increase in park tickets that happened overnight earlier this week. We’ll also cover the special general admin, Southern California, and military rates for tickets and hotels currently being offered. Next, it’s on to Galaxy’s Edge, as we share all the exciting info that was just released regarding this summer’s upcoming Star Wars-themed land. Blue milk, AT-ATs, interactive droids-- it’s a Star Wars fan’s dream come true! Lastly, we’ll touch on D23’s 10th anniversary, from membership price increases, to 2019 offerings, to the 2019 member gift!

The pumpkins have fallen out of fashion, Christmas commercials invaded televisions the day after Halloween, the smell of peppermint is in the air, and it won’t be long before there’s enough snow on the ground to build a snowman.  Do you want to?  You know… build a snowman?   In the NEWS A YouTube channel has compiled “all” Ready Player One references in one gigantic video list.  You can soon build your own virtual reality bedroom (Ready Player One style) will memorabilia, movies, TV shows, and even classic video games!  Beetlejuice is now a musical stage production on its way to Broadway.   TechnoRetro Arcade Star Wars landed on home game consoles everywhere in 1982 with the release of The Empire Strikes Back, a scrolling shooter that pitted players’ snowspeeders against AT-ATs on the march towards Echo Base.  The low-resolution game (hey, it was 1982) did not diminish game play in the least.  The walkers looked like walkers.  The snowspeeder looked like a snowspeeder.  The snow-covered terrain looked like snow-covered terrain.  And the FORCE… Well, it was multicolored flashing and had cool music.  The Empire Strikes Back on Atari may not have been “winnable”, but it sure did provide hours of fun reliving the “Battle in the Snow”.   Saturday Mornings In 1985, Bill Watterson brought the dark imagination of a small boy to life in the funny papers under the title Calvin and Hobbes.  Calvin, a bright, energetic, and playful boy, teamed up with his striped friend Hobbes to remake the world as they wanted it to be.  From transmogrification to snowmen in somewhat disturbing positions, Calvin and Hobbes kept parents on their toes as the pair (?) delivered joy to newspaper subscribers every day as the paperboy completed his neighborhood route.  JediShua and shazbazzar recall some memorable “snowman” strips from the ‘80s and ‘90s.  (Thanks for the idea, Russ!)   They Live Evil-Lynn returns from Masters of the Universe to fill her role in this John Carpenter film from thirty years ago.  They Live is a creepy look at ‘80s culture through the eyes of the filmmaker as Carpenter warns his audience of the dangers lurking beneath the surface in our capitalistic economy.  But theater-goers weren’t as interested in the underlying message of the director (who claimed the film is a documentary), they just wanted to be entertained by the likes of pro wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.  From muscles to mullet to mouthing-off, Roddy Piper drew in audiences to see this sci-fi thriller about friendship, aliens, magic glasses, and street brawling.  Featuring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster, They Live is an essential part of ‘80s pop culture.   Feedback Jedi Holmes presents One Punch Man. Jack o’ Lanterns Matt Marks shows off his designs. Armando discovers an amazing carving. Raising Fangirls shows off some cool creations, too. Even “Little ‘A’s” has a round rendition of retroism for her orange gourd.   Thanks for tuning in to TechnoRetro Dads, EarBuds!  Be sure to subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts.  Don’t forget to rate and review TechnoRetro Dads on iTunes, share us and with us on social media, get TechnoRetro merch at TeePublic, and join discussions on Discord about toys, cereal, games, movies and/or shows from the ‘70s and ‘80s by giving the ‘Dads your feedback via voice mail at (209) 878-7323 or sending us your mp3dback via electronic-M to podcast@TechnoRetroDads.com.

Over the course of the Star Wars franchise, we've been treated to some epic battles: dogfights between X-Wings and TIE fighters at Yavin-4, AT-ATs on the frozen wastes of Hoth, jungle warfare on Endor, and Rogue One's epic battles on the beaches of Scarif. The Last Jedi offers no shortage of skirmishes, either. Except this time, the Resistance's consistently bad military tactics finally catch up with it.

More Reviews! The Last Jedi News! Snoke's Mega Star Destroyer Scoop confirmed!  The Toy's R Us poster has old AT-ATs with new ones! Strange: Kylo's TIE Silencer has the Death Star on the box.  EMPIRE's new cover! HPV Another look at Luke on a cover of a magazine.  Han Solo news! New Han Solo casting!

It’s the last episode in the current Mayhem Studio! We’ll be in our new digs on Broadway Avenue for next week. But, until then, join Sorg, Chilla, and Katie as they talk what’s new in tech this week for AwesomeCast 356, including: We’re having a couch party next week. Check out our Facebook event for details! AwesomeChat will be back after our move next week, too! Chilla is sharing his Awesome Thing of the Week. Let’s say fishbowl, iPhone, and AR. Have you caught Planet of the Apps? Chilla is talking about some AR concepts from the show. Who has a HoloLens Sorg can borrow? Chilla is speculating Apple will be coming up with their own HoloLens solution. Interested in hunting a serial killer? There’s a box for that! Katie is telling us all about it. Sorg is finally catching up with some Alexa. Thanks to Prime Day he treated himself to an Echo Dot. Alexa is teaching Sorg how to not kill the pets while Missy is away. Sorg is comparing Siri to Alexa and how he uses each differently. Chilla is teaching Sorg how to connect his Echo Dot with his Fire Stick to collaborate his Tech. Atari is announcing a new console, but there still isn’t much info about it? Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars hotel with guest storylines? Do you love Star Wars enough for an immersive hotel experience? Katie is leery. Chilla is saving up. Sorg is comparing Westworld to the Star Wars immersive hotel. The truth comes out, Katie is boycotting the Star Wars immersive hotel because there are no AT-ATs. Love LEGO enough to eat LEGO-themed food? There’s a great restaurant option. Tech Shop might stay in Pittsburgh! Google Glass is coming back! YouTube is providing gif-like previews – just like Porn Hub has been doing for a while. Chilla has found a use for the Dudders Dot – in his car. Things Sorg finds on YouTube – this week was Myth Busters meets atom lab. Want to know what it’s like to operate an independent game store? We’re touching on some news about it. ScareHouse podcast + Kennywood + AR makes it a topic for us to discuss! Katie recommends the 4D Lego Movie. Katie brings us a dick-o-meter to log in to porn accounts using your male anatomy. PRT is trademarked already? Make sure to check out Replay FX coming up soon! Are you a musician? We’d love to talk updating our theme. Bonus points if you do it Mystery Science Theater style. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion? Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), and John Chichilla (@chilla). Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

It’s the last episode in the current Mayhem Studio! We’ll be in our new digs on Broadway Avenue for next week. But, until then, join Sorg, Chilla, and Katie as they talk what’s new in tech this week for AwesomeCast 356, including: We’re having a couch party next week. Check out our Facebook event for details! AwesomeChat will be back after our move next week, too! Chilla is sharing his Awesome Thing of the Week. Let’s say fishbowl, iPhone, and AR. Have you caught Planet of the Apps? Chilla is talking about some AR concepts from the show. Who has a HoloLens Sorg can borrow? Chilla is speculating Apple will be coming up with their own HoloLens solution. Interested in hunting a serial killer? There’s a box for that! Katie is telling us all about it. Sorg is finally catching up with some Alexa. Thanks to Prime Day he treated himself to an Echo Dot. Alexa is teaching Sorg how to not kill the pets while Missy is away. Sorg is comparing Siri to Alexa and how he uses each differently. Chilla is teaching Sorg how to connect his Echo Dot with his Fire Stick to collaborate his Tech. Atari is announcing a new console, but there still isn’t much info about it? Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars hotel with guest storylines? Do you love Star Wars enough for an immersive hotel experience? Katie is leery. Chilla is saving up. Sorg is comparing Westworld to the Star Wars immersive hotel. The truth comes out, Katie is boycotting the Star Wars immersive hotel because there are no AT-ATs. Love LEGO enough to eat LEGO-themed food? There’s a great restaurant option. Tech Shop might stay in Pittsburgh! Google Glass is coming back! YouTube is providing gif-like previews – just like Porn Hub has been doing for a while. Chilla has found a use for the Dudders Dot – in his car. Things Sorg finds on YouTube – this week was Myth Busters meets atom lab. Want to know what it’s like to operate an independent game store? We’re touching on some news about it. ScareHouse podcast + Kennywood + AR makes it a topic for us to discuss! Katie recommends the 4D Lego Movie. Katie brings us a dick-o-meter to log in to porn accounts using your male anatomy. PRT is trademarked already? Make sure to check out Replay FX coming up soon! Are you a musician? We’d love to talk updating our theme. Bonus points if you do it Mystery Science Theater style. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion? Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), and John Chichilla (@chilla). Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

Ariel gets bleeped, Jonathan gets exhausted, and you get a whole lotta geek news, from a D&D screenplay to controversy in X-Men artwork, and everything in between! Links: Will Carrie Fisher show up in Star Wars IX? Joe Manganiello a bigger geek than we thought Walking Dead actor joins Rampage monster film New rules for certain Academy Awards nominations The Fifth Element has another run in theaters Ghost in the Shell movie a flop? More Ghost in the Shell on the way - but it's more anime Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to look at the back side of water Michael Crichton manuscript getting the movie treatment The End is Nigh: Michael Bay says there are 14 more Transformers stories Life is like a box of spice - Forrest Gump writer joins Dune project New CoCo trailer IT trailer Clowns really don't like that IT trailer Joss Whedon could write and direct BatGirl New trailer for The Mummy Elephants the size of AT-ATs in King Arthur trailer From Aquaman to the Black Lagoon - WIll Beal's next project Is Sylvester Stallone expendable enough for Expendables 4? Will Turner shows up in Pirates 5 teaser New Warriors TV series will bring Squirrel Girl to the screen Daredevil Season 3 to shoot later this year Invader Zim TV movie on the way Marvel artist hides extremist religious statements in comics, Marvel responds Toyota made a life-sized Tonka truck

Tom ate some some Vietnam era ration gum and they explore the gum sold with baseball cards. Brandon wants to know more about the rations and they share a love of paper mold. They discuss Rogue One and Tom provides a small narration about seeing films in Australia. AT-ATs are at their best in the Empire Strikes Back. Brandon didn't like the Ewoks. Brandon raises the Predator and Tom talks about the impact these iconic action movies had on his early development. Brandon brings up the topic of scratch and sniff stickers. Tom notes that the commercial cannabis industry is the new scratch and sniff sticker market and the place to sample these particular sticker smells is at the Art of Rap concert circa 2015. Brandon reflects on the wisdom of Easy-E. To get future podcasts go to http://atticaficionados.com/ and subscribe.

Tom ate some Vietnam era ration gum and they explore the gum sold with baseball cards. Brandon wants to know more about the rations and they share a love of paper mold. They discuss Rogue One and Tom provides a small narration about seeing films in Australia. AT-ATs are at their best in the Empire Strikes Back. Brandon didn't like the Ewoks. Brandon raises the Predator and Tom talks about the impact these iconic action movies had on his early development. Brandon brings up the topic of scratch and sniff stickers. Tom notes that the commercial cannabis industry is the new scratch and sniff sticker market and the place to sample these particular sticker smells is at the Art of Rap concert circa 2015. Brandon reflects on the wisdom of Easy-E.

Tom ate some Vietnam era ration gum and they explore the gum sold with baseball cards. Brandon wants to know more about the rations and they share a love of paper mold. They discuss Rogue One and Tom provides a small narration about seeing films in Australia. AT-ATs are at their best in the Empire Strikes Back. Brandon didn't like the Ewoks. Brandon raises the Predator and Tom talks about the impact these iconic action movies had on his early development. Brandon brings up the topic of scratch and sniff stickers. Tom notes that the commercial cannabis industry is the new scratch and sniff sticker market and the place to sample these particular sticker smells is at the Art of Rap concert circa 2015. Brandon reflects on the wisdom of Easy-E.

Tom ate some some Vietnam era ration gum and they explore the gum sold with baseball cards. Brandon wants to know more about the rations and they share a love of paper mold. They discuss Rogue One and Tom provides a small narration about seeing films in Australia. AT-ATs are at their best in the Empire Strikes Back. Brandon didn't like the Ewoks. Brandon raises the Predator and Tom talks about the impact these iconic action movies had on his early development. Brandon brings up the topic of scratch and sniff stickers. Tom notes that the commercial cannabis industry is the new scratch and sniff sticker market and the place to sample these particular sticker smells is at the Art of Rap concert circa 2015. Brandon reflects on the wisdom of Easy-E. To get future podcasts go to http://atticaficionados.com/ and subscribe.

Topics for discussion: A release date for the Venom movie from Sony Is a Matrix reboot in the future Will The Fly be rebooted……again? The Amazing Stories reboot we requested is happening. Killer Klowns From Outer Space being rebooted as a TV series Mathew Vaughn directing the sequel to Man Of Steel Life size At-Ats […]

Hello and welcome to another episode of 3 Guys and the Mouse! This week the guys are joined by Elizabeth to discuss news about Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, Star Wars themed land AT-ATs, and give a review of the Beauty and the Beast live action remake. Make sure to subscribe on iTunes or follow us on Spreaker! Enjoy!

On this episode, Chris, Ben, and Dominic continue the Rogue One discussion by discussing the characters of Galen Erso and Director Orson Krennic.  They look at their relationship, their interaction with Jyn, and how the novel Catalyst impacted their experience.  They also discuss the recent comments by Frank Oz about Yoda in The Last Jedi.  Plus, Gareth Edwards discusses Rogue One deleted scenes, a new Darth Vader comic series is coming, Celebration updates, and Star Wars Land will have AT-ATs.  All this and much more! Website:  www.starwarsunderworld.com Support The SWU on Patreon Facebook: www.facebook.com/swunderworld Twitter: @TheSWU Subscribe and Review on iTunes Email: swunderworld@gmail.com Voicemail: 1-410-989-1138 Listen live Thursdays at 9pm EST on Channel 1138

Degunk your junk and clear your phone memories, as you're going to need it all for this epic edition of The Vintage Rebellion Podcast. This months show has no less than ten guests joining the team throughout the various sections. Stuart is joined by Horacio Narvaez (Ozio) and Marco Jay to take an in depth look at the Lili Ledy license.  Rich has no fewer than FOUR guests during this months rebel Briefings.  Jon Spira joins him to discuss the Elstree 1976 DVD release, whilst Adam Pemberton speaks with Jez about the recent Echo Live toy show.  Henrik Friden discusses the recent huge Norway haul and Jason Smith returns to the show to discuss Palitoy 45 AB combinations. This month in the newly titled Beyond the Toys section, Grant speaks to Propstore's Prop Guru Brandon Alinger and Emmy Award winning comedy screenwriter David mandel on their new publication 'The Art of Ralph McQuarrie'.  The book which will be the most comprehensive guide to artists behind The Original Trilogy. Pete continues the guest ratio having Chris Botkins join him for Market as they take a look at the Rebel Commando, whilst also delving into the recent Propstore auction. Jez offers a feast of acquisitions in the NA segment, as he looks at Trilogo MTV-7s, Hoth Survival mailer Kits, Canadian Ugnaught MOC, Argentinian Pepsi rulers, TIE Pilot Uzays, AT-ATs and a look at Cash Converters. As well as all this Chris Georgoulias joins the team during feedback to make some corrections on information given during Episode 29. Don't fear the length of this show is a one off and will be back to the usual 5 hours in December. x x Enjoy the show!!!!!!!

AT-ATs, Donnie Yen, and Star Wars awesomeness, oh my!  In this very special, very sudden episode, Mike, Rachael, and Shaun discuss the second trailer for Star Wars:  Rogue One.  We squee, we babble about predictions, and we generally have a joyful time discussing this very exciting upcoming movie! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If […]

It’s episode 39 of Children of the Force! Join us, and together we will rule the galaxy as father and son and daughter and listener... Check out our show guide for photos and links and all that sweet (like "dude" sweet) stuff: https://childrenoftheforce.com/2016/06/03/episode-39-walnut-shells-in-a-grapefruit-rind/ This time, we start off with listener feedback, because it's the greatest.   LISTENER FEEDBACK [1:10] STAR WARSY STUFF [3:15] We all read the Lando comic recently, so we talk about that.  Does that one part in the Lando comic give us hope for Ben’s redemption?  WHAT’S THAT SOUND? [9:10] How did they make the nasty crunching sound when Vader choked Captain Antilles on the Tantive IV? NEWS [11:45] Celebration Europe’s art was revealed, along with the names of two new types of stormtroopers: Death troopers and shoretroopers. And those AT-ATs are AT-ACTs (All Terrain Armored Cargo Transport), which makes me think that the yellow panels aren’t panels at all, but are in fact huge yellow crates that contain cargo.  MAKE THE MOST ANNOYING SOUND YOU CAN THINK OF CONTEST [17:10 – 18:15] Cienna Ree is a appearing in X-Wing, from Fantasy Flight Games!  Check out the images from The Force Awakens comic adaptation over on starwars.com. CANON NEWS [27:15] Captain Phasma’s armor has a great origin. JOKE [30:00] What kind of ship does a curious Rebellion pilot like to fly?  What character in Star Wars likes burgers the most? Q&A COUNCIL [31:10] What Star Wars toy would you like to see produced that hasn’t been made yet? STUMP THE LUMP! [35:05] The kids ask me the name of the character that Billie Lourd (Carrie Fisher’s daughter) plays. I fail. OUTRO [38:10] Thanks for listening! Send us a voicemail or email us at forcechildren@gmail.com if you want to take part in the discussion or just give us some feedback. Thanks!

Nach einem Bericht über das Crossing Europe Filmfestival und einer kurzen Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Sci Fi-Trailer und -Projekte nehmen wir den kontroversen ersten Durchgang der österreichischen Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 zum Anlass über Politik in Science Fiction zu sprechen. Die aktuellen Ereignisse ziehen sich dabei wie ein blauer Faden durch die Diskussion und leiten leider auch nahtlos in die Love/Hate-Rubrik über, die sich retrospektiv Star Treks berühmt-berüchtigter erster “Nazi-Folge” ‘Patterns of Force’ widmet. Die Ferengi-Erwerbsregel passt dann wie die Faust aufs Auge zum nahenden Muttertag, und auch sonst versuchen wir punktgenau Weltbewegendes zu elaborieren: Was machen AT-ATs am FKK-Strand? Ist Worf ein gefährlicher Headbutter oder doch ein Teddybär? Und wieso haben wir so viele Klicks aus Mountain View, Kalifornien? Timecodes 0:45 – Aufnerden bei Crossing Europe 2016 4:02 – Wir müssen reden: Österreichische Präsidentschaftswahl, Star Trek Horizon Nachfolgeprojekt abgedreht, Rogue One und Independence Day 2 Trailer 8:12 – Hauptthema: Politik in Science Fiction 1:10:27 – There is so much love in this hate group: Star Trek – Patterns of Force 1:28:00 – Ferengi Rule of Acquisition: “Never make fun of a Ferengi’s mother.” Show notes Crossing Europe Filmfestival: www.crossingeurope.at Film ‘Heimatland’: http://www.heimatland-film.ch Film ‘Unten’: https://www.facebook.com/unten.doku http://wahlkabine.at ÖVP Tirol Frauen Spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHyEFFhQQY Podcast ‘Alle Bücher müssen gelesen werden’ von Klaus Varias: https://abmgw.com Dan Simmons’ Hyperion kommt als Serie: http://io9.gizmodo.com/dan-simmons-fan-bradley-cooper-is-finally-making-his-hy-1710428755

He doesn’t need your boundaries! Spring break AT-ATs. Let Danielle tell you about Lethal Weapon! Lethal Weapon 5: The Weapon is an Axe. He’s not a misinformant! Smashing the patriarchy pole! CONTEST TIME!! What is this from? #contest It was an onion of a dick joke. Is it athletic? Fast and… Continue reading

Our special guest Craig Miller was the Publicist and Director of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm during the hey-day of the 70's and 80's. Ever wonder how fans knew what was going on in fandom before social media? Whose job was it to tell the world about this new movie called Star Wars? Craig shares some awesome stories. Now speaking of social media… SO MUCH STAR WARS this week! Rogue One Teaser Trailer dropped as well as The Force Awakens Blu-Ray with Special Features. We review some of the bonus features with Skywalker and blogger, Drew Kaplan. Then, Richard and Sarah dive in to the ROGUE ONE TEASER TRAILER. The music! The plot! AT-ATs! Next week we'll take a deep dive into the documentaries including A Cinematic Journey, Crafting Creatures and Building BB-8.  Also on this episode: Things We Want To Share Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Superheroes Half Marathon - all signed up! THE JUNGLE BOOK mini-Movie Review Ode to Erik Bauersfeld Skywalker Shout-Outs and Skywalker of the Week. We have a NEW Facebook Group! If you want to connect with other Skywalkers and share in positive discussion, this is the place.    And remember...Never Land On Alderaan! WHERE WE WILL BE (IN REAL LIFE) 4/14-4/17/2016: Star Wars Half Marathon Meet-up at Walt Disney World! Event Details SUPPORT THE SHOW Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts plus DESIGNS at TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping HerUniverse? Click here! CONTACT US tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod NEW: Join us on Periscope each week for a Pre-Show Chat. We also bring you to Disneyland, Red Carpet Events and Theme Park Openings. Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!

Our special guest Craig Miller was the Publicist and Director of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm during the hey-day of the 70’s and 80’s. Ever wonder how fans knew what was going on in fandom before social media? Whose job was it to tell the world about this new movie called Star Wars? Craig shares some awesome stories. Now speaking of social media… SO MUCH STAR WARS this week! Rogue One Teaser Trailer dropped as well as The Force Awakens Blu-Ray with Special Features. We review some of the bonus features with Skywalker and blogger, Drew Kaplan. Then, Richard and Sarah dive in to the ROGUE ONE TEASER TRAILER. The music! The plot! AT-ATs! Next week we’ll take a deep dive into the documentaries including A Cinematic Journey, Crafting Creatures and Building BB-8.  Also on this episode: Things We Want To Share Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Superheroes Half Marathon - all signed up! THE JUNGLE BOOK mini-Movie Review Ode to Erik Bauersfeld Skywalker Shout-Outs and Skywalker of the Week. We have a NEW Facebook Group! If you want to connect with other Skywalkers and share in positive discussion, this is the place.    And remember...Never Land On Alderaan! WHERE WE WILL BE (IN REAL LIFE) 4/14-4/17/2016: Star Wars Half Marathon Meet-up at Walt Disney World! Event Details SUPPORT THE SHOW Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts plus DESIGNS at TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping HerUniverse? Click here! CONTACT US tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod NEW: Join us on Periscope each week for a Pre-Show Chat. We also bring you to Disneyland, Red Carpet Events and Theme Park Openings. Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!

We are back with a brand new episode of Rebellion.   This week we look at Relics of the Old Republic, plus we have a new Co host Drew Hall!  Sit back and relax as we discuss Jedi recruitment philosophy, AT ATs and eventually get to parts of the episode.   There's a lot going on!   Follow Us on TWitter @MopcastNetwork @ScottyWhite @Teslapunk Follow us on youtube www.youtube.com/mopcastnetwork www.mopcast.com

The second episode in our ‘Mel learns some culture’ series takes us to the ice planet Hoth, with the Tauntaun sleeping bag and AT-ATs. We also meet Yoda in the swamp, Han Solo is encased in carbonite and Luke and his dad do some bonding.