Show Notes - Ep. 53, 1/19/18

Episode #53: As we engage light speed towards SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY in May, Episode VIII THE LAST JEDI continues to drive conversation and speculation…that is, unless writer/director RIAN JOHNSON continues to HOLD OUR HAND and solve all the riddles for us. This week we cover Rian’s TLJ explanations, review the plot synopsis for Solo, and explore the connection between Star Wars and THE LEGENDS OF THE FALL. Remember that one scene where TRISTAN gets worried about monkeys, gets stoned on the couch, and starts to age backwards?

Rian Johnson wrote TLJ on a MacBook Air https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-rian-johnson-kept-his-star-wars-script-from-leaking-online-1515689397 TLJ has a connection to “Legends of the Fall”? Listen at 25:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09c0MXDxto Stop calling TLJ a flop already! https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/07/stop-pretending-star-wars-the-last-jedi-isnt-a-big-box-office-hit/#4e3516078215    TLJ struggling in China https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/05/box-office-star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-bombing-in-china-but-thats-okay/#23bfd5d36ec9 AMC posts image about drop in audio for Haldo’s heroic sequence https://www.pedestrian.tv/film-tv/theatres-warning-punters-last-jedi/ Rian Johnson feels the need to hold our hand and explain everything https://www.cbr.com/rian-johnson-last-jedi-blue-lightsaber/ In another article Rian explains Why the Knights of Ren are not in TLJ https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-last-jedi-knights-of-ren-2/ Star Wars Rebels returns on Feb. 24 for final seven episodes. https://dorksideoftheforce.com/2018/01/16/star-wars-rebels-finale-jaw-dropping/ LFL releases plot synopsis for Solo http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/16/solo-star-wars-story-plot-synopsis/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_facebook_entertainmentweekly The “Kessel Run Millennium Falcon” Lego set hints at a new design for Solo https://screenrant.com/solo-star-wars-story-lego-millennium-falcon-design/ Ewan still interested in playing Obi Wan https://geektyrant.com/news/ewan-mcgregor-responds-on-possible-role-in-obi-wan-kenobi-spin-off-film?utm_content=bufferd4b7f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Harrison Ford at it again, this time helping a woman who crashed her car https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/11/harrison-ford-helped-woman-in-car-wreck

Show Notes - Ep. 52, 1/5/18

Episode #52: While THE LAST JEDI kills it at the box office and many fans and critics continue their tirades on the interwebs, THE HIVE is here to be your calm (not), cool (sometimes), and collected (almost never) source for the latest and greatest STAR WARS updates and analysis. This week we get caught up on the box office records set by Ep. VIII and review the most articulate and insane critic and fan reactions. Plus we discuss Disney’s purchase of Fox properties and renew our love for VERY LONELY LUKE.

TLJ killing it at the box office: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4356&p=.htm $531 Million as of January 1st http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars8.htm #8 all time domestic and #23 all time worldwide http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ Five years in, Disney deal looks wise https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8085568/star-wars-last-jedi-franchise-crosses-4-billion-eclipsing-disney-lucasfilm-price Astronauts on the ISIS space station watched TLJ https://www.space.com/39098-astronauts-watching-star-wars-last-jedi-in-space-edit.html Rottentomatoes.com 91% critics, 50% fans. They deny a bot attack http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/star-wars-last-jedi-rotten-tomatoes-user-ratings-bots-skewed-1202647473/ Review: TLJ is glorious http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-glorious/20171215.htm Review: GQ https://www.gq.com/story/lets-lovingly-nitpick-star-wars-the-last-jedi-to-death Review: “Star Wars is dead gen xers” http://www.zdnet.com/article/star-wars-is-dead-gen-xers-get-over-it/ Review: a list of times TLJ told the old fans to eat shit https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-list-of-some-of-the-times-the-last-jedi-told-the-olde-1821396631 Rian Johnson: we need this discourse for SW to grow https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rian-johnson-backlash-grow/ RJ: Rey’s lineage is still apparently undecided https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/that-big-last-jedi-reveal-about-rey-isnt-solved-after-all_us_5a39a21ee4b025f99e130e7f Carrie’s fingerprints are all over her lines in TLJ – scene with Laura Dern https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-wars-the-last-jedi-director-rian-johnson-carrie-fisher-helped-write-leias-most-touching-scenes Is Star Wars Fantasy or Science Fiction? https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/star-wars-last-jedi-science-fiction-it-s-time-settle-ncna830281 Porgs: “The perfect example of natural selection” https://qz.com/1163325/the-porgs-in-star-wars-are-a-perfect-example-of-natural-selection/ Disney acquires Fox properties including Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc. https://www.cbr.com/disney-fox-announcement-nears/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/14/disney-buys-much-of-fox-in-mega-merger-that-will-shake-world-of-entertainment-and-media/?utm_term=.e4d30b9b27a0 JWill is composing the theme for Solo – due May 25th. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/john-williams-solo-star-wars-story-theme