Show Notes - Ep. 46, 9/30/17

New internet show: Science and Star Wars. Lives on starwars.com Facebook feed, it’s optimized for mobile…watching it on a laptop, you see the black bars left and right…Anthony Carbone of the Star Wars show is the host…first ep about Lightsabers https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/videos/1648026615248933/ Rian Johnson on Instagram: Ep. IX is done https://www.instagram.com/p/BZU4eJmj_je/?taken-by=riancjohnson “Aaaand that’s a wrap on the hardest working post production team in the galaxy. Going to miss sitting in dark rooms with these goobers. When will the trailer hit? 10/9 according to Star Wars News Net on twitter “We confirmed with a long time source that #TheLastJedi trailer is indeed coming on October 9. Mark your calendars. Only 2 weeks to go!!! :)” THEN…Mark Hammill’s tweet: “Watch Monday Night Football on Monday October 9th - for no reason in particular.” Mark’s tweet was quickly deleted. Luke is The Last Jedi according to Rian Johnson http://time.com/4931509/star-wars-rian-johnson-last-jedi-identity/ This!! Is palps back??  Snoke Lego figure comes with Palpatine hologram https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-Supreme-Leader-Snoke-with-Palpatine-Hologram/464642770 Rian Johnson reveals some good tidbits about TLJ at Japanese Con https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=2CJBJ1Mu1bQ :44 Joseph Gordon Levitt All of it will be promoted through six major brands that will conduct a global marketing campaign http://deadline.com/2017/09/star-wars-receive-promotional-help-tie-ins-brands-general-mills-nissan-verizon-1202172967/ On the Han Solo front: @realRonHoward Ron Howard is all over twitter: https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/911540200597319680 …and will we be visiting the Spice Mines of Kessel? https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/910629203665702912 The holidays will be here in 12 parsects and the lego advent calendar is already on Amazon. Includes a Rey Kenobi mini-fig… https://www.windowscentral.com/thrifter-deal-lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-kit Holiday gift ideas: I want to rock socks like JTru Justin Trudeau http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-justin-trudeaus-chewbacca-socks-cause-social-media-nerdgasm-1041504 Star Wars X-wing miniatures game will get ships from TLJ https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/12/16294638/star-wars-x-wing-miniatures-wave-xiii-the-last-jedi-kylo-ren-resistance-bomber Book: “A certain point of view” out on October 3, sounds amazing. One story is about OWK’s after death experience https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-new-star-wars-anthology-book-will-cover-obi-wan-ken-1810167666 John Hamm (Mad Men) will perform as Boba Fett in audio book http://nerdist.com/star-wars-short-stories-from-a-certain-point-of-view/