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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 88 : Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Review

The holiday season is coming to an end, but if you're itching for more, ring in the new year with some Life Day leftovers, as we review the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special! Can a Star Wars Holiday Special succeed without a singing Bea Arthur? Listen and find out! We also talk about some of the recent announcements from Disney about upcoming Star Wars content.

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special Is Out And It's Joyous!

jdodson gives this a solid "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

jdodson gives this a "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special is out on Disney+ and after watching it with my family I can say that it's quite fun. It improves on the original Star Wars Holiday Special in nearly every way which... isn't too hard to do.

If you are curious where this fits into the Star Wars cannon it appears to take place directly after Rise of Skywalker and I imagine isn't directly considered canonical as it alters the Star Wars timeline considerably due to a fun plotline involving time travel. If you enjoy watching holiday films this time of year and have Disney+ and dig Star Wars this is for you.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Comes This Halloween Eve!

I know I'm late to the game in writing about the new Mandalorian Season 2 trailer but let's do it anyway! The Mandalorian was the show that kicked off the launch of the Disney+ streaming service and became a quick Star Wars fan hit. The show was so popular that "Baby Yoda" or The Child spawned numerous memes that are still quite popular. If I had any critique of the first season it was that it felt a bit rushed and some episodes felt a bit "monster of the week" where I would have preferred them to be all threaded to the main narrative. That said, I really enjoyed The Mandalorian and after watching the latest trailer I'm excited for the new season to drop on October... Read All

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/28/2020 at 01:07am

Hey Greg, I tried to keep the post potentially spoiler free and I added a spoiler tag to note there may be potential spoilers in the comments. That said, let's keep the comments potentially spoiler free moving forward if we can.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 09/28/2020 at 11:29am

(Edited comment, removed previous one made before Jon's)
I saw the trailer shortly after it was released, I think. It's exciting! Thanks for posting the date, I didn't know (or remember) when it was supposed to start. I watched some videos on this were from the YouTube channels called New Rockstars (https://youtu.be/t_bKLFIGJBY) and IGN (https://youtu.be/4iR5_SxE3EY). Their speculations may contain spoilers, so don't watch them if you don't want speculative spoilers.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/28/2020 at 01:01pm

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GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 09/28/2020 at 01:04pm

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/28/2020 at 04:55pm

I read that Season 4 will start to answer questions. So expect more setup for seasons 2 & 3.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/28/2020 at 09:58pm

I read a leaked script for season 2. Besides incorporating a young Snoke character where you see his pre-school years it’s mostly just people asking questions the whole time.

“WHY IS THE RAZOR CREST BLUE?”

“Where did Mandos cape come from?”

“What’s Bossks back story?”

Oddly no one makes any kind of definitive statements about anything. That said it does open up ground for 20 new Disney+ shows so that’s something. I think one was titled “Investigation: Star Wars.”

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 09/29/2020 at 05:02am

It's blue, because that's the best color, of course! Though, I admit that black or purple would look pretty cool. What if it was fair and shifted between all the primary colors? That would be awesome! But, to keep it simple and to stay on budget, they selected the best and that, of course, is blue! LOL Hm, actually I think it's gray/silver, at least that's what the Lego model's color is. Though I did see a sexy blue pic of it on Deviant Art of it going through Hyperspace. It's still not as sexy as an X-Wing, but it is what it is.

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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 79: The Rise of Skywalker Blu Ray Review

In this episode of Star Wars Radio... ahem, Cheerful Ghost Radio, we're here to talk all about the home release of The Rise of Skywalker and see if our opinions have changed since December.

You may notice we are a bit late with this one, and as you listen you might notice from date cues that we recorded this a while back. With people across the world protesting for a great cause, our podcast seemed less important, and we didn't feel the timing was great for releasing new episodes. We hope listening to this can give you a fun reprieve from reality, but please don't let us, or anything, distract you from the importance of what's going on around us.

Season 7 of Star Wars: Clone Wars Arrives Feb. 21

The seventh season of the Star Wars animated show Clone Wars arrives on Feb.21. If you haven't checked out Star Wars: Clone Wars, now is a good time to get started. I watched all current seasons on Netflix and enjoyed it, so I recommend it for Star Wars fans. It will be on Disney+ and you can find more information here: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-clone-wars-season-7-release-date-reveale/1100-6472475/

"How Star Wars: Clone Wars’ Final Season Crosses Over with Revenge of the Sith" https://youtu.be/cftmJIXFOsQ

Feel free to share some thoughts and comments!

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/26/2020 at 10:41pm

Promoting to main page.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 01/26/2020 at 11:00pm

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 01/27/2020 at 09:05pm

For those that have yet to watch it, the watch order is here: https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 01/27/2020 at 09:09pm

I hadn't realized there was a watch order. I watched the episodes of seasons one through six one by one, starting with episode one of season one and ending with the last episode of season six.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 01/28/2020 at 12:00am

Now you need to watch it again using the watch order! :)

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 01/28/2020 at 01:58am

I'll probably wait until season seven is done, but I'll keep it in mind and come back to this post when I'm ready. Thanks!

Travis Admin wrote on 01/29/2020 at 03:31am

Honestly, the effort of following the watch order isn’t worth it IMO. We’ve gone through the series twice and nothing major felt out of place.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/29/2020 at 05:59pm

Also I gotta say, I’m more excited about this new season of clone wars than I was for Mando or any new movies. I’ve been wanting that missing plot ever since the first time I saw this show.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/01/2020 at 04:44am

Now that season 7 is done, I'm rewatching the series. I started out ignoring the chronological watch order, but then decided to try it out. I think this watch order is pretty good. I didn't feel like things were out of place or off when I originally watched it, but this order adds to the experience, I think. This show is good and I only recently realized they not only made this Clone Wars show, but also a movie of the same title, which is slightly confusing. Because of this, I was able to actually see how Anakin and Ahsoka met and how or why he calls her "Snips."

Travis Admin wrote on 06/02/2020 at 01:56pm

Yeah the movie was basically one TV show arc cut for movie length.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/02/2020 at 08:05pm

So, basically at the start, one thing about this chronological watch order that's cool is that there are clones in an early episode called "Rookies," but you don't actually see them train until season 3. So, if you watch that episode, before "Rookies" (a season 1 episode), then you know who's who. It's cool, I think.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 07/03/2020 at 05:46am

Wow! I just finished my re-watch of The Clone Wars, which included the newly released season seven. I must say that viewing episodes in order of the canonical timeline is really helpful, it puts some things closer together. I sorted the webpage to just show me stuff like TV and movies, so I also watched the prequels during this re-watch. I must also say, wow (again), Star Wars is amazing! Even if you know that characters survive, since they appear in later media, it still has an affect on you. I definitely recommend this!

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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 74: The Rise of Skywalker

It's been four years since the Star Wars sequel trilogy began, and with The Rise of Skywalker, the trilogy concludes. If you've heard any previous episode of this show, you likely heard a tangent about Star Wars, so it's no surprise that we are talking about this, one of the biggest events in recent Star Wars history. Come join us as we discuss the film, and share thoughts from some members of the Cheerful Ghost community as well.

In this episode, Jon references this GamesRadar article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jj-abrams-rian-johnson-reaction-last-jedi/

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 12/25/2019 at 05:26pm

I'm imagining an "Emperor Hunters" series, where there's a big industry after RoS, where bounty hunters and assasins have been brought into a new Emperor Hunter Guild. They track down possible clones of the Emperor, all over the Universe, capture the possible clone, perform a DNA test, then either kill them, if they're a clone, or let them go, if they're not a clone.

The main protagonist is your "Average Joe" Emperor Hunter (I'm imagining a middle-aged Bill Murray for the role), who has been on the job for years, but is depressed because the thrill of the job is gone. Now he's basically a government employee who does mostly paperwork and every once in a while has to go check the DNA of a baby.

The show would follow the Average Joe character as he deals with living a mundane life, having a family, but longing for the excitement of the hunt, but probably being too old and out of shape to be able to *actually* hunt down a dangerous clone... until he gets a random tip and starts following it to a secret cloning lair, where he has to figure out a way to not get caught, and destroy the cloning apparatus.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 12/25/2019 at 09:25pm

What if the original incarnation of The Emperor is Elon Musk?

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 12/25/2019 at 10:19pm

(Because of his battery technology)

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 12/26/2019 at 05:55am

If you want some New Hope hype, here's a reaction video just released today. 3 people that had never seen the original movies (but are watching The Mandalorian, and have some knowledge of the prequels lol) and one that has. It's super fun :)

https://youtu.be/Xnq5lIh8lX0

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/26/2019 at 09:00pm

Elon Must is definitely one incarnation of the Emperor.

That's an interesting idea for an Emperor Hunter show. There are so many Emperor clones that the job is very rote and boring sounds kind of interesting but a show about nothing would NEVER WORK! 🤣

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/26/2019 at 09:33pm

In the crawl for The Rise of Skywalker it says "THE DEAD SPEAK" and it's a reference to The Emperor sending out a transmission to the galaxy in Star Wars which Kylo is hunting him down from. Apparently that transmission was sent from within Fortnite!

https://www.slashfilm.com/listen-to-emperor-palpatine-message-in-fortnite-cut-from-rise-of-skywalker/

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/26/2019 at 09:35pm

ALSO

Kylo Ren was on Mustafar at the beginning of Skywalker, which would have been an incredible thing the movie could have told us.

https://www.slashfilm.com/the-rise-of-skywalker-opening-scene-location/#more-595160

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 12/27/2019 at 05:35am

I kind of assumed it was mustafar and looked it up later.

Also that the scene with the Death Star wreckage wasn’t on the forest moon of Endor, but the ocean moon of Endor.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/27/2019 at 02:35pm

👍

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/31/2019 at 12:45am

Another good pod y'all! I loved The Rise of Skywalker. I feel it will add to The Last Jedi on future viewings. Especially around Luke's interaction with Rey.

I feel overall TROS fits in well with the other trilogies. The core of each trilogy is around a Skywalker and a Palpatine, and this makes this trilogy have a similar story arc.

It also felt like a return to Star Wars for me. While I love TLJ, it does not feel like a Star Wars movie to me. The filming and story of TLJ felt more removed from all the other films.

I really loved the last scene of the movie. It really felt like Rey had finally found a home with the Skywalkers. As an adoptive parent, this really struck a cord with me. Family doesn't have to be blood.

Nitpicks:

The second transport with Chewy on it. This seem convenient for the story. After the movie, I was wondering how nobody saw that there were two transports.

The dagger also seemed convenient. Maybe I didn't understand its origins correctly, but I thought it was an ancient Sith artifact (older than the death star). The fact that it points to the Death Star and the fact that the wreckage fit perfectly within the outline of the piece of metal that slides out of the dagger made it feel like Abrams and Terrio didn't really have a good way to tie this artifact in with the story. Maybe someone added the piece of metal that slides out, post death star exploding?

I did not feel like the kiss between Kylo and Rey was earned. It seemed a little too on the nose for me, but my wife loved it!

Overall I loved this ending. Then again, I have loved all Star Wars movies.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/31/2019 at 01:23am

Jon, I think all these shows are coming to Quibi, not Disney+. Buy into the Quibi hype!

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/31/2019 at 02:04am

> I feel it will add to The Last Jedi on future viewings. Especially around Luke's interaction with Rey.

I can't wait to watch it again. That said, with my schedule and the fact it's not on home video, i'll have to. 🤣

> It also felt like a return to Star Wars for me. While I love TLJ, it does not feel like a Star Wars movie to me. The filming and story of TLJ felt more removed from all the other films.

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GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 03/19/2020 at 07:28pm

There's a cool behind the scenes video that shows off many of the ships we saw in that large fleet. I didn't recognize all of them when I first saw it, but since then I've watched more Star Wars (including Resistance and Rebels), so it's cool to see these ships in there. I thought you'd enjoy this, so here you go, it's short: https://youtu.be/Hgkt9jTx-bM

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Send In Your Rise of Skywalker Thoughts!

On Sunday we are going to record our Cheerful Ghost Radio review of Rise of the Skywalker and if you want us to read your thoughts on the show, private message me directly on Cheerful Ghost! In the comments i'll have a thread open where you can tap or click the message icon to send me your thoughts directly and make sure you focus them down to some easy to read on the air!

Rise of Skywalker Friendship Featurette

Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is coming to theaters December 20th and LucasFilm is in full hype mode. As part of that a brand new featurette is out that focuses on the relationships the cast has built up over 40 years as the series finally comes to an end. This short seems like it would be the kind of thing to hit the special features of a blu-ray release so it's fun to see it now.

Rise of Skywalker First Clip: "They Fly Now"

A bit ago Lucasfilm released the "final trailer" for Rise of the Skywalker that wasn't quite final as they've released other trailers with a few seconds of extra footage and today this FIRST CLIP of the film. It's a 30 second action scene straight out of Rise of Skywalker and doesn't really give up much except that we have possible confirmation on the starting location of the film.

This is a huge spoiler but is 30 seconds cut right out of the film so if you don't want that spoiled don't click play. That said, if you are interested in discussing it do so in the comments.

Lucasfilm also revealed another few minute spot highlighting the legacy of Star Wars linked below.... Read All

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 70: The Rise of Skywalker Halloween Special

The final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker is out, and we have some opinions about it! We talk about our thoughts and predictions for the Skywalker Saga finale, as well as what we've been playing and watching this past month.

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LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special Is Out And It's Joyous!

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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 74: The Rise of Skywalker

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