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We tour the Millennium Falcon with Donald Glover, give a roar for change, and provide an in-depth analysis of the Becoming Solo featurette. Join Bruce and Mark as they welcome Pete Morrison of RebelsReport.com and a special appearance from Riley! Forces of Destiny, Solo box-office predictions, Boba’s Bounty, and more…
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News: What is the Story?
Could Solo break the Memorial Day box office record? (jedinews.co.uk)
Scott Mendelson, writing at Forbes.com, sums up the situation…
The first bit of official pre-release tracking is out for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Let me throw in the all-important caveats that A) tracking guestimates are not an exact science and B) the opening weekend can trend up or down based on one variable over another over the next three weeks. With that said, we may be looking at a $160-$170 million Fri-Mon Memorial Day weekend. That would be the second-biggest Memorial Day weekend launch, sans inflation or 3D bumps. That would be a record launch, ahead of the $153 million Fri-Mon debut (counting Thursday previews) of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End back in 2007.
If you want to adjust for inflation, a $160 million+ Fri-Mon launch would be the fifth-biggest Memorial Day weekend debut behind Pirates 3 ($156m in 2007/$204m adjusted), The Lost World ($92m in 1997/$180m adjusted), X-Men: The Last Stand ($122m in 2006/$172m adjusted) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($125m in 2006/$162m adjusted).
Tour the Millennium Falcon with Donald Glover
- Living quarters
- Guest quarters
- Food & coffee bar
- Captain’s quarters
- Walk-in cape armoire
- Cockpit
- Record & upload your best Chewbacca roar to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter between May 3-25
- Force For Change will donate $1 (up to million) to UNICEF USA to support global nutrition programs of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
New Forces of Destiny shorts are out
- Traps and Tribulations (Luke sounds so much older… heheh
- Chopper and Friends (Chopper’s crew got lucky. I’m still not sold on the Ewoks…
- Perilous Pursuit (Fun little chase- characters felt legit- and you knew exactly when this one takes place.
- A Disarming Lesson (Awesome use of music, but the voices sounded very echoie, like in a tin room.
- Monster Misunderstanding (Good lord- they come out of the water?!?!!?
- Art History (Great episode!
- Porgs!(Felt like an RPG side quest lol But I have to ask- when did this take place? Chewie was eating Porgs for a while on Achto before he felt guilty, and didn’t him and Rey like leave that night, or the next day?
Boba’s Bounty
- Mark: Sphero BB-9E
- Pete: Han Solo Card Game – “Fake” Sabacc
- Bruce: Star Wars Battle Pod
Becoming Solo Featurette
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Author: Bruce Gibson
I’m co-host and executive producer of The Star Wars Report podcast. I’ve been a Star Wars fan since I was 9 years old and still love the new films and series. You’ll also find me over at Trek.fm doing shows about that other Star franchise. Follow me on Twitter: @admiral_rex