My Star Wars Dinner Party! Skytalkers x Talking Bay 94
This was such a blast (and, honestly, a dream come true: I was a guest on one of my favorite Star Wars podcasts, Skytalkers, with the great Charlotte and Caitlin.
The episode is a deep dive into potentially my favorite Star Wars movie of all time: Empire of Dreams, the feature-length documentary that was included on the Trilogy DVD boxset. Our conversation included:
- the importance of this documentary / how formative it was to all of our fandoms
- our favorite moments from the making of the movies
- the five people I would invite to my “Star Wars Dinner Party” (a dream question) … and so much more!
The episode (and my ramblings)can be be found here: https://skytalkers.com/2020/11/19/empire-of-dreams-documentary-with-talking-bay-94/
As always, please send a note to brandon@talkingbay94.com if you need a guest to gab your ear off about BTS content!
What Would I Ask George Lucas? Ahch-To Radio Episode #53
This Saturday, my appearance on Ahch-To Radio with Alden Diaz went live! I really enjoyed our conversation, and was so grateful for the invite, as well as Alden’s great questions. Some topics we get into include:
- my Plano, TX origin as a Star Wars fan
- my overall mentality as a fan of behind-the-scenes content, (Including my heroes in the business and “bucket list” guests”
- what I’ve love to ask George Lucas … and so much more!
Again, to all who reach out and care enough about my dumb opinion to have me on their show: thank you. I love it so much and, honestly, it is just so humbling.
Send a note to brandon@talkingbay94.com if you need a guest to gab your ear off about BTS content!
Some Recent Appearances in the Star Wars Community!
If you weren’t already tired of hearing my voice on Talking Bay 94, I was on a ton of podcasts and websites this week! Truly my favorite part of being in the Star Wars podcast community is getting to meet with and talk with so many incredible people.
That being said: if you are looking for a guest or just want to chat about documentaries, send me an email to: brandon@talkingbay94.com!
- WSTR: “Episode 194 – A LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN“ – This is my third time on the show (still waiting on my commemorative plates), but I had a blast, as always. We talked a lot about BTS stuff, of course, but delved into some more recent news (and some Mando Season 2 predictions too)!
- The ForceCast: “FINAL MAILBAG OF 2020” – I guess I wasn’t that terrible last time, but Ryan invited me back on as a guest co-host for this week’s mailbag episode! I had a lot of fun going through listeners’ questions and giving a ton of thoughts on The Mandalorian. So fun!
- Friends of the Force: “WEARING A GALAXY” – TB94 producer, Jason, took the mic for a change and went over to our friends at FotF to talk about our Super Yaki collab (still on sale!). He was joined by Andrew and Skylar, who were the best collaborators on this project.
- Rebels Rebels: “S4E2, IN THE NAME OF REBELLION” – These guys were one of the first people to ever invite me on a show, so of course I was more than happy to come and talk about some early final season episodes of Star Wars: Rebels. Really great time. Highly recommend.
- Tatooine Times: “HORROR BEYOND IMAGINATION” – Something a little different … I was so glad that Fabio from TT asked if we could collab on some Halloween goodness. I got to write this time, an article I called “Horror Beyond Imagination” (of course) … all about the OT’s influences on the genre, and vice versa. Check it out!
That’s a lot! Next week, I’ll also be on Ahch-To Radio with Alden, which is a conversation I really enjoyed. More soon.
(Thank you again to everyone who reaches out and cares enough about my dumb opinion to have me on their show! It is just so humbling.)
Going "Around the Galaxy"
Special thanks to Pete Fletzer for inviting me onto his show, Around the Galaxy, where we talked all about my experiences growing up as a Star Wars fan.
The full episode can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-82-brandon-wainerdi-talking-bay-94-talks-star/id1460815340?i=1000492104676
Or, in case (for some reason) you wanted to watch my ugly mug instead, Pete put up the video version, as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpqMcrMOCMc
Super Yaki Merch Collab - Restock!
Our merch collaboration with Super Yaki was so much fun, but, *technically*. we finished selling them last month. Luckily for you, there is a very limited restock of a few of the shirts that is live right now, right here: https://superyaki.com/collections/super-yaki-x-talking-bay-94
So if you’re looking for a way to show off your love of Ahmed Best / Jar Jar Binks, this is now your chance.
This is your last chance. Stop emailing me about it.
My Star Wars Journey on The ForceCast
I was so excited when Ryan, host of The ForceCast, reached out to me about coming on the show to talk about “finding my Death Star”. It was a bit of a full circle moment, because my Star Wars journey is so intrinsically tied to obsessively visiting TheForce.net and Rebelscum.com. As Ryan puts it, “Finding Your Death Star” is a term uttered in the movie Fanboys that represents Luke Skywalker, and his journey from farmboy to rebellion hero.
Check out our conversation and check out the rest of the great episodes over at The ForceCast, who have been doing this Star Wars podcast thing longer than I think I had even ever heard about “podcasts”.