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March 29, 2011 |
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Date released |
April 1, 2011 |
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Duration |
2:15:50 |
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Star Wars Holiday Special to hit Blu-ray, Steve Sansweet's final ForceCast appearance as a Lucasfilm employee, a spoiler-free report from The Clone Wars Season 3 finale premiere, poetry from Billy Dee, the first Celebration VI rumors, and much, much more!
Guests[]
- Kyle Newman
- Paul Bateman
- Steve Sansweet
Topics[]
- The Holiday Special will be released on Blu-Ray in November. Kyle and Paul join Jason and Jimmy to discuss.
- Friday, April 1st marks Steve Sansweet's last day as a Lucasfilm employee. He joins Jason and Jimmy to discuss his departure and a variety of other things.
- While cleaning out his basement, Jimmy found an old cassette of a 1982 radio interview with Peter Mayhew and Jeremy Bulloch, conducted by the eponymous hosts of The Wendy and Bill Show (Wendy being Jimmy's wife). Jimmy played part of the interview on this show and said he would play more next week. The entire program will also be released as an app exclusive.
- Billy Dee Quote of the Week
- Billy Dee singing poetry at this week's Wizard World Toronto convention.
- Fox reports that Billy Dee will be on The Cleveland Show later this month.
- Headline News
- Lucasfilm has confirmed that the complete Star Wars saga Blu-Ray set will be released on September 16, 2011.
- Star Wars Insider is now available worldwide (except Germany).
- ForceCast listener Jeff Ellis provided a spoiler-free report of Lucasfilm's The Clone Wars Season 3 finale screening. The full report can be found on the ForceCast blog. Jason reads excerpts from Ellis's comments.
- Expanded Universe fans have created a petition that asks George Lucas to better adhere to elements of the EU in his authoritative storytelling.
Significant quotes[]
- "Quote goes here" - Speaker's name
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