The Reel Rejects - SKELETON CREW Breakdown & Review!!!!

Episode Date: January 15, 2025

DID THEY STICK THE LANDING??? Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew "The Real Good Guys" Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/thereelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Follow Us On Socials: / reelrejects https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelreject... Michael Tessler & John Humphrey RETURN for the SEASON FINALE of their inaugural series together, giving their FIRST TIME Reaction, Commentary, Analysis, Easter Eggs, Breakdown, & Full Spoiler Review for Episode 8 ("The Real Good Guys") of the latest Disney+ series from Showrunners Christopher Ford & John Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming / Far From Home / No way Home, Clown, Cop Car). After the revelation on At Achrann, things take a turn as allegiances shift, the kids make a break for home, and Jod Na Nawood takes a turn toward his dark side... The Skeleton Crew features Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Robert Timothy Smith, & Kyriana Kratter as our surrogate Goonies along with appearances from Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), Kerry Condon (Captain America: Civil War, The Banshees of Inisherin), Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block), Tunde Adebimpe (Twisters, TV on the Radio), & MORE! With its Stand By Me, Stranger Things, & Pirates of the Caribbean vibes, can this much-needed shot of swashbuckling, heart, & good will make a place for The Skeleton Crew in the upper echelons of the Star Wars Pantheon??? Follow Michael Tesslerr:https://www.instagram.com/mjtessler/ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Music Used In Manscaped Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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absolutely and uh let's have some fun let's do some lighthearted magic yeah and uh that's actually i was gonna say it's a good segue because oftentimes the best of star wars is watching a bunch of people you know banding together in a rough situation and lifting each other up out of it you know that impossible should we press that button we should it's a this is an intro podcast at this point so we're gonna do it we're gonna press the button then we're gonna go into hyperspace we're gonna do it hyper speed remember the little red button A little red button. Push the little red button. Pull the levercrunk!

Yeah, do, do you. Wow. I think they really stuck that landing. Yeah. Palpatine, somehow Palpatine returned. You know. What? What do I know?

I really, I appreciate, um, the restraint. It's nice. to see something that comes to a conclusion, you know, I feel like a Star War especially, many things, any Marvel Star War or otherwise comes

with a certain, I think, expectation that there will be some massive revelation at the end that's going to rearrange your entire perception of things. And I do think that I'm curious to know how people respond to this. Because, yeah, they... It'll be mixed. I think.

Yeah, they concluded their story and they let this be just the final chapter of that almost to a definitive degree like you could imagine that any of these characters could come back but it's not really saying that much at all you know yeah i mean i think the um they left it open-ended enough to where there's definitively an opportunity and and i got and maybe i'm wrong i got the sense watching his ship go down and seeing the sacrifice that all the kids and the dad and all of them are willing to make that was a moment of i think redemption and sort of maybe watching the ship go down

as like horrible as it is but seeing the republic back like obviously he's not there yet if it's going to take him some time but like i think that he might be able to be worked on I feel like, and I feel like there's like what, I guess, I liked a lot of things about this. And I think one thing I love the most is that here in the afterglow, it does feel like with Jodnanawa, Jude Law, and the writing of that character, you got a very interesting snapshot of this guy now that makes a very fun, he provides a very fun function for the show in that for the first half, he's this evuncular. presence who's you know comforting in the face of all this intrigue and and these new worlds and this you know the the you know scary parts of the journey and then as as the kids get more confident his intentions are revealed and then you know i was i was impressed at how it took until this episode to click like no he is just the villain of this series right now but this also feels

very genuinely like a chapter out of this character's life he gave a brief not to where he came from in a way that I could at least begin because of his performance and what he's brought to it thus far and the notes that he's played and the little tells his character has

I was able to just extrapolate a little mind's eye you know like one of those little slides of where he came from in my mind and also I could imagine this being just the beginning for a character like this for his journey like this is the kind of character I can imagine popping up again anywhere

and being used for... I feel like there's a better phrasing than just being used for, but providing... He provides a really sort of unique vantage point and perspective, and I'll tell you, I would pay good money to watch a scene with him in a conversation with Luke. Sure, like, oh yeah, like absolutely.

You know, or even Asoka or, you know, because I think there's a sort of an interesting... And tell me if you read this, differently and this gets into a little bit of lore stuff for a moment but when he was telling his story and he described his master as somebody who who was also had was starving you know was like him i wonder if the master took him on after order 66 could have been so he never experienced the jedi in in a traditional sense he even joining and taking on you know the a paduan ship or even as a youngling, it was post Order 66 and somebody that was, you know, which is really,

really interesting to me because other than like Ezra, who if you remember from a, you what, we watched Richard. Yes, Ezra Bridger. He's one of it. He grew up. He filled out. Yeah. He did. Did.

With beautiful hair. Hey. But he's really the only other example, I guess, Sabreger. as well, of sort of the Jedi's who were trained as Jedi's post-order 66 pre-Luc Skywalker, which is not a great time to be trained as a Jedi. And to me, that's really, really interesting because he really, he has no, it's not even like the Republic coming back as like a thing that he can like hold on to like, oh, those were the good old day. you know and i i think that added a really interesting

i i appreciate how open-ended they left it and i also appreciate that he has the ability to like i don't think he's inherently a bad if he was a bad duty would have slaughtered all those people yeah and i and i think they ran wrong like as much as you can sometimes tell in various shows stories whatever when someone says don't do it or all kill this person like chances are they're not going to because it's their whole leverage yeah like he's here i did keep wondering like when it gets to be whims dad you're sort of like i bet he's probably

not going to do that but like there are a number of times where you're like wondering if it will come down to that in this episode it certainly convinced me like there was a time when i wasn't thinking about there being a sympathetic wrap up i was entertaining all possibilities i was like he really does seem committed to this steadfast to this and like yeah like any of the good elements we saw before are superficial as compared to like what this true nature of the character is but by the time

we got to the end yeah I was I was in a much more interesting place than that well he was emulating the world that he lived in yeah not who he is which I think is as he put it a sliver of light and I think watching all of them

continue like impossible the Nazi reflection of himself impossible to not like even him wanting to protect the plant like i don't believe what he was saying was insincere like the great work and all like for you know that he just again and i said this from the very beginning when we first met him like what would a former jett i survived all the atrocities of the inquisitors and all you know what would they want more than anything else. It's people to have a good night's sleep.

Yeah. And a place they can't find you. A safe haven where, yeah, you never have to worry. And it was that, it was, there's an interesting thing about the end of this because there is a level of triumph to all of the trappings, the tone, you know, as the X-Wings, as the cavalry, you know, invades. And, you know, we turn the tide on the pirates and the light changes and all that stuff. And it's interesting because on the one hand, you know, Jod's not doing the right.

thing but part of your mind does bargain that sort of like man I get it though and like really if you're just going to kind of keep things moving as usual just skim a little for yourself like I suppose this this long forgotten mint planet couldn't be that much the worse off and hey for all that you've been through this would be some kind of yeah like oddly I could see this being your bridge to like stopping your life of you know swashbuckling and piracy and just you know finding a tenable scenario and in a way you're like I can imagine after this hostile takeover how that

might work out benevolently kind of maybe in the future but you know it can't end there but also you know the kids do effectively in saving the day reveal the planet to the rest of the galaxy and change the way of life for everybody there

which I think is really the other like the two most compelling things about this episode and I think of the overarching like we in we often exchange uh freedom for comfort sure and security and you know and not to get like too thoughty about it thoughty yeah this isn't and or all right no save it but it is though right like the the Greg told me I have to talk faster so I'm going to try to do that really well. We want coy speeds.

All right, everybody. So here's what I'm thinking about this episode. I'm thinking that when we have a planet that's going out. The duplicitousness of Jodnanawood. Yeah, what I'm trying to say is that when you have a planet that's, you know, really far away from all the other planets and you're trying to think of all the different stuff that's going on there. And, you know, people are just so comfortable in their way of life. And it's really hard for them to do anything but their way of life, you know? So, and there's just this fear of the act. I tried. I really can't. That was good. At first, I was like, oh, this isn't so much the bid as you were just segueing into your point.

I was trying to get to my point, but I don't know how to talk as fast as Koi. I don't, um, I don't too. No, the planet itself and, and sort of this like seclusion in exchange for peace and prosperity and there's always food in the grocery store.

You don't question it, not to get like political or anything, but like, uh, it sort of reminds me of like a, like post-Cold War United States sort of existing in this like, everything's, great like we're like we're just doing our thing and um but chilling over here but there's these sort of outside fears um and and all these things that like how much are you willing to trade you know like are you willing to trade a patriot act for freedom sure like like is the safety of a controlled you know and and it's sort of i think a very sort of timely uh question where like

we are so quick to take that for granted and quite literally everybody just fell into the trappings of that because nobody likes to be uncomfortable you know and and I think that was such a beautifully done sort of the kids experiencing it and being able to reconcile that all the fears and concerns that their parents and the previous generations had about the galaxy at large, all of them were valid. But there is always light in the darkness. And trying to remove yourself from it, trying to protect yourself rather than being that light,

is a great disservice to the world or the galaxy at large. and can in a way contribute to the darkness to bolster the darkness. Well, that's exactly it. The more secluded you become, the more, I mean, look at all that they learned and all that they experienced on their journey. And the way they kept bringing those things back,

whether it be, you know, a skill or just a little moment of discerning or a little bit extra maturity. Like you could feel both the specific events of the journey but also just like the emotional, you know, the little arc for the characters of the journey along the way. Yeah. Well, and that's a good segue into chatting about the characters of the show.

The real meat and potatoes. Whims Dad. Wim's Dad. Wim's Dad. I mean... Tune Dad of Bimpay out there. Those kids did such a great job. Yeah.

And like, I don't, you know, we don't give enough credit, my opinion, to, like, the challenges of being a child actor. And what those kids brought was, like, light. and magic and and it's funny because you know you and i were talking about like yeah yeah like you know it took us a minute to get their names and at first i was like does that mean i don't like them and then by the end i'm like if anybody touches him yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah like i'll wreck them um that's the thing i expect to get the most sort of smoothed out upon again like a more paced rewatching of this is is like yeah because i thought the kids did a really nice job across the board and I

was pulled into their journey. I feel like you get the most depth and the most resonance out of Jod across the board and the most sort of complex stuff comes from him.

Well, think about the like try like you're, I'm making an assumption here. I think most of these kids probably have done a couple small little things. Sure. This is obviously the biggest thing they've ever done. Oh, sure, sure.

Could you imagine they're like, all right, and we're pairing you with Jude Law, you know? And I think what was, as we like look back on the series at large, I think from their journey and arc, the two episodes that really stuck out to me, and I think they were one right after the other, was when the group split up, which I think gave some much needed breathing room

to let each of the characters really step into their own. Agreed. And it's interesting because at first I was like, I wish they would have done that earlier or more consistently. But then I thought about it. And Fern and KB, their dynamic

and the payoff of KB's really emotional moment, which really like, my chest stopped beating for a minute watching that sequence. Yeah. They needed to show how over, like, all of that, as I take like the larger look at it, was intentional for that payoff. You know, I really, I'm like, yeah, what would I do differently?

But I'm not going to lie. I'm a pretty creative guy. I would have never thought to make this show. And I think that's part of what I love about it, you know. It's not a thing that we knew we needed, but it's definitely something that was very much missing in. in the galaxy and when i think it it finds a very conscientious way of speaking to and and this might be presumptuous of me to say but as as a as a more died-in-the-wouls uh you know citizen of the galaxy far far away you can tell me if this tracks but like i feel like this show found a very

smart way to like be accessible to and appealed to the youthful route I think people are eager to kind of like smush over to the side and pretend like isn't there a lot of the time or people often bemoan

for feeling I don't know juvenile or patronizing this has the youthful like Star Wars has kids in mind and this speaks well to that but it also doesn't eschew the stuff that you want that's a little bit darker

that's exploring another genre that's getting to some kind of more resonant emotional place and yeah I feel like this nicely managed between the journey of the kids and the journey of Jod

you have a little bit of both and it's like I think it's underrated that the niche of and I guess this was I don't remember what the TV rating

for this was but this seems like the kind of thing that like TV 14 well the Andrew ones is TV was this also TV yeah I don't think so because I feel like

this might not be quite that level and to that end I feel like this is something that, yeah, you could... I have my niece and nephew, who are eight and six, respectively, have loved the show. Yeah, and it's one of those things that I think it... Those things that you can watch as a young person, it's like kid horror that's, that's like not super rubberized. It is like a underserved thing and it's valuable.

It's like the things that can show you as a child. some peril, some things that are a little bit kind of maybe nerve-wracking or scary a little bit, but that also kind of help you to learn about and sort of see some of those harder parts of the world in a safe environment. It's also fun and fanciful.

And I think it is a marvelous thing when you can be two different ages, watch the same thing, and have two completely different takeaways. Yeah. And, you know, that moment when the dad got over the the the chasm and landed on the other side and he had this like excited childlike wonder about him i

i couldn't i couldn't help but sort of feel that way about how i enjoy this show you know where it's like okay maybe i'm not maybe this wasn't made specifically for me but i'm able to enjoy and celebrate this thing that brings me to a time and place that I, you know, I think we all miss. And part of why Star Wars has sort of the unique benefit of not just being a fantastic, fascinating bit of lore to explore, but it also is a story that exists in our memory and nostalgia and brings us to a different time and place. And I think a lot of the disappointments often stem from the fact that we're not able to transport ourselves back into that time and place, which is an impossible ask. But every once in a while, you get a piece of content that really puts you there.

And I think this was similar to how I felt seeing the prequels and theaters as a kid. Like fun, exciting on the edge of my seat, there's a sense of childlike wonder, whereas a lot of the Star Wars content after that that I consumed as I got older, I started viewing it for very different reasons and looking for different things. But it was nice to just have Star Wars for the sake of just having fun.

Well, I think this, I mean, this seems like it is made for you, but it's made for a few kinds of people. And that's a nice thing. It's for us. Yeah, it's made for a little bit for kids and a little bit for adults and a little bit for diehard fans in a little bit for anyone could probably

access this. And I think that's also a conscientious thing to do. And I don't think that every project needs to be for everybody, and I do think it would be good for Star Wars to figure out how to have multiple different projects for different audiences in a way that doesn't like

create a real nasty discord. You know, it's like I can understand the growing pains of recent Star Wars has had a lot of debate about like, who is this for? And are we showing? shutting out any number of other people. Well, not everything needs to be for everybody.

Yeah. And not everything is for everybody. Yeah, it's just not how the world works. But at this point in time, this juncture of Star Wars, like what I perceive to be where they were aiming feels like a well-timed and very nicely kind of broad appealing thing. Well, and I think the other thing is trust creatives. You know?

Well, yeah, and have trust creatives and also. So allow the time and grace for them to map something out and make sure it sound. Like, you know, we'll see how it goes with D.C., but I think that James Gun theory, like, is a correct way to proceed sort of like, hey. I mean, that's always been my biggest gripe about Star Wars in the Disney era. Star Wars and Marvel TV have both had that same problem of, like, half the time, like, the Sterling example for me is Loki season two. in the midst of everything else that had come in the phase up till that point

it was like oh my god this is like a night and day difference I can tell this was this seems anyway this feels mostly like it was planned out and ironed out in advance so we knew what we were embarking on

and yes you can still adjust things beyond that but yeah not made with adjusting in mind and this didn't feel like it was made with any adjusting in mind and that's sort of the there is a sort of a little bit of a pickle that Disney put themselves in

in that they created a sequel trilogy which did not have a singular coherent vision which I will never till the day I die understand how that transpired actually I know how that transpired I will never understand why they let it transpire sure and then you know a credit where credits do

they promote to Dave Faloni you know they empower several really brilliant creative minds people like Pablo Delgo

um happy from John I like I like the idea of just calling him happy happy that's all I know him from

there's no other career outside of that didn't do anything he's never swung in his life no not a single hit but you know you watch them and they are have threaded as as well as they can a connective tissue between episodes four

uh episodes six and episode seven um and subsequently try to explain the bridge between the uh originals to the sequel trilogy i'm i'm excited for this next chapter because i think the lesson was learned. I think these TV shows, a lot of which I think were greenlit in haste during the Chepec. We need to announce a slate. No, but actually, every slate. We have a shareholder meeting next week. We got 10 ass properties. We're going to put a timeline of shows that people are going to get real, eat it about. And, you know, but I think that era is done. Yes. I think that we, especially after the Mandalorian movie, and then I assume what will be the kind of final movie

to wrap it all up, the Thrawn connective tissue movie. I think we can move on. It would be nice. We can move to a different chat. And I appreciate it because, listen, at the end of the day, the sequels were made. They, short of changing time and space, can't go back and

fix that. Oh, give it time. Do you think? I wouldn't put a lot of money on it, but I've just seen too many franchises go to a point where they're willing to be like, this is only a sequel to parts one, two, and whatever, you know, so I don't think Star Wars would do that,

but I wouldn't count it out for all time, always. 50 years down the line, you never know. I think if Carrie Fisher were still around maybe, maybe, but I think that they had what they had and they captured, they did what they could, you know, but regardless,

in this time, in this, the dark times, in the dark, there has been some wonderful nuggets of storytelling. There have been. And at the end of the day, John, did you have fun? I had a blasty blast. This was lovely, and this was a fun action-packed finale. I liked the notes they left us off with. I'm excited to watch it again.

And, yeah, like, I keep coming back to that. But I am very curious to, like, now behold this again as a piece, you know, at pace. I'm excited to watch it with, like, my niece and nephew. Yeah, exactly, to share it with some folks. Not that I didn't enjoy watching a video. No, no. But you do have the attention spent of a six-year-old. What?

I like to that they brought the ending it's sort of long gestating and a lot of the parent stuff is them being at you know home freaking out but but I did like to that they brought the sort of classic 80s coming of age trope of like

the parents have to listen to the kids now after they have done so much to tell them to get back in line the kids are finally like no you don't understand and so yeah like when when the droids finally go down and whims like no I can actually tell you now like we gotta go stuff like that was really fun and it's sort of a beautiful and like and it's one of the fun parts

about getting older is there are those moments where your dynamics change with your family and and and you begin to find yourself and and it's cool I mean like watching watching him turn the lightsaber on yeah and being like you know what he's not a he's not a joke anymore yeah he's this kid was able to form a coherent plan and a vision executed on it and yeah um and i think that's part of why jod dropped the gun like it's it's it's interesting like that's and that's what i've been loving about this show so far is like again we and i know we touched about it last week is is there's the sort of like understatement in the moment that then germinates into something richer in your mind and it's like i think if i had to levy any

kind of like again oh you maybe could have done this I'm like I feel like there's maybe a crescendo you could have gotten to with Fern a little bit more I feel like of everybody like I feel like Neil had his episode KB had hers I completely agree with it culminates with whim I feel like

Fern maybe got a little slighted in that yeah I didn't feel like there was a punctuation or like a true resolve after everything with KB I think her sort of trying to resist while the others were playing

playing along when they got to the at Aden was their attempt at that and I don't think it's fully and not for lack of performance either I just don't think there was enough material there for her to especially not being the one

able to pull the the Leva Crohnck yeah she does like finally convince her mom but it is that thing of I guess the the kids do feel more like ensemble with with emphatic moments for each person rather than

and like four full characters. Her relationship with her mom, though, and that sort of moment of trust. Yeah. I, like, maybe not a crescendo, but certainly a higher note than you. A validation of,

yeah, like, of the theme of the character. Of how far she's gone. Yeah, and, and, and, yeah, like the validation of the fact that, like, you are clearly for this planet's status quo, you know, the squeaky wheel, who would try and so hard to get to just fall in line, damn it, but also, like,

we absolutely needed exactly what you have right now and also I needed a little bit of that too because yeah they're super cautious and they're super you know committed to like no they're just there are systems in place and like you have I thought that was a nice

if you want to talk some version of expectations you get the reveal I guess was that Stephen Fry the you know the actually we didn't check it has to be but yeah you get that final like I'd be willing to bet some cold hard credits on that like that reminded me me of both Tron and also, you know,

2001's got the howl, you know, any red dot is howl. But I thought that was kind of just a fun, you know, it's such a loaded thing. You're like, is this a Wizard of Oz scenario? Is this a benevolent machine? Is this some kind of other sinister force? It's funny because I'm pretty sure in one of the earlier videos of ours that I, I had a feeling that it was some kind of centralized,

intelligent droid. At first I thought it was going to be like a twilight zone and it was just like there's nobody here. Like everybody just left and it's just been like on autopilot or something. That would have been neat. Because it was empty and it looks like there are places there's so many racks of buttons you could have the staff here. I think what was interesting that I didn't expect

is for them to know that it was a droid. Sure. That to me was the bigger surprise of... Oh, of course. It's, yes. Like, why did nobody mention this? Yeah. But it also I don't know

It kind of makes sense Given what it is And how it's been able to just like Exist as it has up till now You know what I think the most Relatable part of the show was What's that? Stealing a ship

Breaking the barrier That divides you from the rest of the known galaxy Risking your life And the lives of potentially millions just because you don't want to take a test at school. A little bit, though. Like, that's also a layer. That's also part of the cake, you know?

I was like, you know what? That is the most relatable content that I have. Yeah. And part of you thinks he's watching those X-Wigs at the end, like, can I get them to take me so I really don't have to take the test? No, for real, though. He's like, I know. I know he ends up saying I don't have to take the test anyway, but.

Yeah. Oh, man. Yeah. And how nice? Because if they can play their cards right and they can handle the map right, it'll be really cool when somebody from here shows back up later. Either one of the kids is older or Jude Law comes back. Like, there's a lot that's really fun. And I think that something, yeah, Stephen Frank.

Hey, there you go. Nice. Good job, internet. It was cool to have him in there. He's got a good voice. He does a lot of audiobooks. You know what's crazy, though? They never told us who.

Captain Reddard was voiced by. Oh, it's true. It's true. Maybe they're saving him. I mean, I would love for like a pirate pocket of the Star Wars universe that they could find a way to like,

that's all the other thing that's been very nice about this is I feel like, yeah, fun injection of genre and you end off on, yeah, like the ships are invading and, you know, the little,

all the little boats are coming out. And yeah, like they did a nice map of that just genre. I would enjoy, you know who Honda, Onaka is? I know this name. I'm not going to...

So, Hondo is the, kind of the infamous space pirate slash just absolute character. Do we meet Hondo in a... Hondo and Naka. Do we meet Hondo in a show? No, not in Clone Wars.

All right, fine. But, uh... Yeah, Hondo is great. Hondo is actually at a galaxy's edge. Well, it's smugglers run. Okay, okay. Then I've seen... Yeah, he's the animatron.

Um, and, uh, it's Jim Cummings so prolific voice act yeah I love that he's Ando Naka and Tigger Yeah, that was not a good tigger in Bresden It's okay

And poo Yeah, for that matter But yeah no it was a really sort of He's like a really fun pirate character And I would be I agree I think exploring these different aspects of the galaxy that we don't usually get to really see

and to see that culture play out and to play around with different genres. And I appreciate how focused the show. Like, it got off the beaten path once or twice. The only episode that I'll tell you was really kind of wholly forgettable for me was when we met Owl Lady. Sure. What episode was that?

Three or three? Two or three? Okay. And it just, none of that landed for me. And I realized that, like, the point of the episode was to introduce us to Owl Lady so that they could call the X-Wing at the end.

And I mean that is the most fantastical seeming thing they did I think you know and like to me and I'm not going to lie I was super sad

that the X-Wing fighter pilot that you always talk about his name's Carson Carson my man and Carson T-shirt he's always out here

yeah it's just always that should be they should do like a beat cop show in the galaxy So I hate to break it to you. Chips. I know.

Star Wars chips. No, no, no. I'm literally going to break your heart right now. Are they making Star Wars chips? No. There was a TV show that was greenlit called the Rangers of the New Republic. And he was supposed to be one of the main characters. What?

Which is why he's everywhere because he was supposed to be a crossover. And then when, uh, what's your name got canceled from Mando. Oh, yeah. Corona. Caradune. Caradune. Gina Carano. Yeah.

But now she's uncanceled. Cool character. But I don't think we're getting that show back. Which is a shame because I was really looking forward to that. I feel like the New Republic has always been this like, okay. That would be cool. That would be worth exploring. And clearly in the sequels, the New Republic is not the best institution.

So like... Do you know why? Because it's hard to govern anything. Yeah. Yeah. we'll get into that and another wrap i want a star wars film noir like a like a china town that reveals like some kind of crawman the water who like murder on the mando express murder yes murder on nightmare at 30 000 parsecs murder on the on daren al daron express

Anderone. I'm sorry. I knew one Star Wars word and I... Space race. Crammed it. Have you seen that meme of the guy he's putting pegs into holes

and the girls like watching him and it's like the square peg goes in the square hole? That's right. The round peg goes in the square hole. She just goes more and more crazy as he keeps putting them all in the square hole. Anyway.

John? Yes, Miguel. I think we should end this. Never. With a... a lightning round star wars trivia for you okay okay yes okay number one what is the name oh no of job of the huts little grimy oh his little buddy his little buddy oh no it's not oh i know this and i and i and three oh it's not it's not one it's dexter jester

salacious crumb salacious crumb i always think that that's from a Vonnegut book. I always think, I get, you know, who I get salacious crumb confused with our crumb. That's fair. So, hey, I think about it. In fact, every time I hear that, I'm like, slacious crumb is a Star War?

Wow. What is the name? Max Rebo. Palpatine. What is the name of Palpatine's master? Oh, oh, Darth Taranis is his apprentice. Wait, Darth Sidious is his name. Darth, wait a minute, hold on, there's another Darth.

Is it a Darth? Is it a Wayne? It's a Darth. Darth Plagis. Yes. Yes, we got there eventually. First you named Tyrannis. Who is Darth Tyrannis? He's Count Duky.

Yeah, Count Duky. That's right. That's right. Christopher Lee. Bent Lightsaber. What happened to Captain Panaka from? You remember Captain Panaka. Definitely.

I just learned about Captcha from episode one the Naboo security guy who was in charge of protecting the queen definitely had the cool hat he did he did I remember this what role did he end up taking after the fall of the republic oh treasurer grandamoff grandamoff grandam off well done yeah well good done him taking over for old tarks upward no well he

actually he was just a moth climbing that ladder to eventually be old tarks Wow. What happened to Target? He got delectrified. Electrified? Yeah. He got dead.

He got dead. Yeah, he blew up in the Death Star. He got real dead on the Death Star. All right. Final question. That's it. Okay, fine. Here we go for all the bucks.

All the points. Are you ready? It all comes down to this. SM 33, Nick Frosh, shout out. Love that he's in the show. He's got a bigger role in Star Wars than Simon Pegg does. And I love. loved every second of it.

Anyway, let's do this. What's the most question? Trying to remember his, Simon Pegg's funny line of, that'll be two hydroflask cups. What the hell are those? Dehydration.

Like, where are those cold? Oh, you. I'm not going to tell you. Oh, you know? Because I know. Do you know? No. Don't know.

Why would you do that? All right. Final. Star Wars trivia question. And then, guys, there is no more Star Wars content until Andor season two. Trying not to let go. And that's literally the end of all Star Wars content for 2025. Wow.

So we only have one show together, John. Oh. Are we going to do Andor? We should do Andor. Okay. I mean, I was on the first season of Andor with, I think, Greg, do we do a treat? I got to go back and look. I lose track sometimes of who was where.

Who was Acer? If it was you, I guess it wasn't you. The first chancellor. It was not me. It was me. Maybe it was me and or. Maybe it was me and Greg. No, I watched it on the channel.

Yeah. By myself. Well, maybe it wasn't on the channel. Oh. What was the name of the first chancellor? Okay. Of the new. Oh, Republic.

Chancellor, uh, oh, come on. You know them. You love them. Chancellor Lando Calrizia. Chancellor Leia You're getting closer Chancellor Han Solo

Jesus crack Imagine Han Solo in charge of a massive bureaucracy Chancellor Chewy Chancellor Yeah Chancellor who's left Luke didn't do that shit

Mon Mothma Well done Mon Mothra Mon Mothma who we hung out a bunch with in Andor and hopefully season two that's right

well more political intrigue enough of our thoughts and feelings what are your thoughts and feelings I think we're done this this made

oh I'm sorry this made my day better this made my day better this made my day better you silence guys on behalf of myself and the entire

real reject family we just wanted to say be safe out there and I'll see you in Japan. Yes, come track down Michael in Japan and then send us a picture of it or it didn't happen. Live long and prosper.

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