1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Originally there was a pilot episode that was kind of 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: selling the idea, the concept of Rebels to Disney, the 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: Dave Filoni and his crew had put together. And so 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: I was actually the voice of the narrator of that show, 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: and it was Obi Wan Kenobi narrating it. So originally 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: Obi Wan was supposed to be like the narrator. How 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: cool would that have been? 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Potter Rebellion, everybody, I'm Johnny Brody. You're 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 2: friendly neighborhood and moderator. And this is part two of 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: our season one recap of Star Wars Rebels. Now, if 11 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 2: you haven't listened to part one, feel free to do 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: so now, or just keep listening to this part and 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: then listen to part one like it's a prequel in 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: true Star Wars fashion. It's up to you now. Of course, 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: I'm not here alone. Got the Captain of the Ghosts, 16 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: got everybody from the Ghost Crey here First? Up our captain, 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: our voice, the reason pilot of the ghost and the 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 2: only person I know who once lifted a Dodge Caravan 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: over her head, Miss Vanessa Marshall. Next, she's not only 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: she not only voices a gun slinging Mandalorian. She can 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 2: also throw football one hundred yards off her backfoot miss 22 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: teaser car and he's our fact and this man right 23 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: here he once outran a Dodge Tratus while barefoot in 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: Nova Scotia. 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 3: The voice of esther Bidger Taylor Gray. 26 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not well. 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: Here's the thing. 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: If anything I just said was in any way wildly inaccurate, 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: and you know, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, this 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 2: man that I'm about to introduce can correct it all. 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 3: He's our producer, our fact checker, mister J. C. Reichenberg. 32 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 5: Don't you dare? 33 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 6: I believe it all. 34 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 3: And it's all canon now, but that's not all. 35 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: We have a very special guest joining us for part 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: two of our season one recap. Now, this man has 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: voice characters are basically every major studio. It's a good thing, 38 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: like the space in his brain isn't litigious because there 39 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: might be some wars going on there. One of those 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: men prolific voices was that of all we want Kenobe 41 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: across the clone Wars and the boys who welcomed us 42 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: in the rebels with that Holowcrown message and spark of rebellion, 43 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: and while the Galaxy says you shouldn't trust someone with 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: two verse names. This man has three, so I think 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: we're good with that. All set, It is with great 46 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: pleasure that we welcome the one only James Arnold Taylor. 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 4: Roll in the red carpet. 48 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: Let me do that right, hang on hello then, am 49 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: otherwise everybody will get upset. 50 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: No, that's the show now, all right, that's a wrap 51 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: everybody like from there. 52 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: Welcome to our first minniesote James, Welcome. It's a pleasure 53 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 2: to have you here and this show. You know they'bi 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: Walt has been tracking what you're doing, and I approve. 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 2: I think it's well done. 56 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's fantastic. And then you know, jac and 57 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: I go back so far, and we've been buddies forever 58 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: and we used to have a studio together. We produce stuff, 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: so I know I'm in good hands here. And John, 60 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: you're fantastic. You amaze me with your your knowledge and 61 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: keeping these three on track. 62 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: Yes, Taylor, they make my job easy, but I appreciate that, 63 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: my friend. So look, I want to get into it 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: because I watched Clone Wars in real time. I rewatched 65 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: before doing this podcast because I wanted to have that 66 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: context going into the rewatch for Rebels, and but I 67 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: remember watching spark A Rebellion when it came out, and 68 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: just because I didn't know what was going to happen, 69 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: I was like, we're going to follow this new band 70 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: of rebels. I didn't know that we were going to 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: get Obi Wan from Clone Wars to basically bridge that 72 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: or you could say, Ezra bridge that gaps in to 73 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: this new generation of Star Wars characters. What did you like? 74 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: What was that like for you? Because I know the 75 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: show abruptly ended, and we don't have to get into 76 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: all the nitty gritty that the Disney acquisition, all that stuff. 77 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: We'll get there. We're in that when your next business, 78 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: we can do that. But I'm wondering, like, how did 79 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: that come about for you? And what was it like 80 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: getting that call and what's going through your head? Can 81 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: you can you give us some insight into the ten 82 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: eleven years ago when that happened. 83 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I actually I've got a pretty good memory for 84 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: those things. I tend to remember like every studio I 85 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: ever recorded, and somebody says, oh, you were in this 86 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: game and such and such a time, I'll be like, oh, yeah, 87 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: I was at SLAMI Studios, and you know, I can 88 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: explain it all. So I remember these things pretty well 89 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: because I'm a nerd for this stuff. And we got 90 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: the call saying, you know, we need a little obi Wan. Now, 91 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm sure you all know this. But 92 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: originally there was a pilot episode that was kind of 93 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: selling the idea, the concept of Rebels to Disney, the 94 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: Dave Filoni and his crew had put together. And so 95 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: I was actually the voice of the narrator of that 96 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: show and it was obi Wan Kenobi narrating it. So 97 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: originally obi Wan was supposed to be like the narrator. Yeah, 98 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: how cool would that have me? Wait? 99 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 5: I didn't know that. Did y'all know that? 100 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: I didn't know? 101 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 3: Did you know this? 102 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 7: Yeah? 103 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 6: I mean I did because James and I have known 104 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 6: each other first. 105 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: When I was doing it, you have studio at that time, 106 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: so I was like, you know, yeah, I just did something, 107 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: you know. But so I was also the voice of Canaan, 108 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: and then d Bradley Baker was in it, and Catherine 109 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: Tabor were in it, and it was the four of 110 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: us and Mikey Kelly, another very talented voice actor, and 111 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: we were all the ones that did all the scratch 112 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: tracks for all of the wild you know presentation that 113 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: would become Rebels. 114 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 8: So no way, I had no idea. No way does 115 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 8: this exist? Can we find we need James L. 116 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 3: Taylor cut all right? 117 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're probably going like, James, You're not supposed to 118 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: say that. I mean, you know, look every So it 119 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: was because we were all still under the NDAs of 120 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: Clone Wars and everything, because it was very abrupt, and 121 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: they were like, we need to put this presentation together, 122 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: and we need voices that we can trust and that 123 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: we know will just give us what we and we 124 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: also knew there was never a chance in the world 125 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: we were going to get these jobs. I was hoping 126 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: for the Obi Wan part. 127 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 7: But you know, Mike hold On is Mikey Kelly in 128 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 7: Clone Wars and I'm I'm late. 129 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: No, Mikey was not in Clone Wars, but they brought 130 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: him in to do Ezra because it was just, you know, 131 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: they needed that track. And so uh Dee was playing 132 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: Steve's you know role parts, you know, because they are 133 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: kind of like minded folk, and then Kat did both 134 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: of your roles. 135 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 5: Actually, yeah, I am blown away right now. I'm sorry. 136 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 5: I'm blown away. 137 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: And this was well before we knew that any of 138 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: you would have these parts, so we were just kind 139 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: of playing, you know, and I think I did kind 140 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: of like Canaan was kind of this, you know, kind 141 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: of a Johnny Depp kind of you because I've been 142 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: Johnny Dep' voice double for years and they said, give 143 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: it kind of that that Johnny Depp vibe, and so so. 144 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 9: You know, Kens, it wasn't Captain Jack Sparrow made, but 145 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 9: he was somewhere riding there. 146 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's so good. 147 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 3: That's amazing. 148 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 8: To see that. 149 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,559 Speaker 1: But so, and then to answer your question more fully, 150 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: and I'm sorry I'm hogging all the time. 151 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 3: This is. 152 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: Let me tell you about my life. So I was 153 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: brought in to do obi Wan for now the show 154 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: is going, and it's like and Dave was like, he 155 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: pulled me aside and he said, you know, they really 156 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: wanted you and McGregor, but he's not available, and so 157 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: we got you. And so but it was like, so 158 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: you really need to give it. So for the last 159 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: you know, how many years before that originally I started 160 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: back in. It's been twenty three years I've been the 161 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: voice of Obi Wan. And when I started, I was 162 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: very specifically having to match Ewan's voice because they were 163 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: still making the movies. Revenge of the Sist was still 164 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: being made. Attack of the Clones would just come out. 165 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: We had done the Clone Wars micro series, and so 166 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: I was always told to just just match how he 167 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: was doing obi Wan Kenobi, and so that happened, and 168 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: then we got Clone Wars, the series that we all 169 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: know and love now, and Dave and George Lucas were like, no, 170 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: forget that. Ewan will never be obi Wan again. Sarah Aleckannis, 171 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: of course, will never be obi Wan. Your obi Wan. Now, 172 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: do your own spin on it. And so all those 173 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: years of doing that, then I walk back into the 174 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: room and they're like, yeah, no, you've got to be 175 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: Ewan McGregor again. So they very much wanted a Ewan 176 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: McGregor vibe before that message, because of course that's you know, 177 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: the coolest thing for me is that message was something 178 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: that we never heard before, but it was in a 179 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,119 Speaker 1: vital part of the storyline to all of Star Wars. 180 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: You know, all we see is is obi Wan come 181 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: in and talk to Yoda and say I left a 182 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: message and gave would and now we get to see 183 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: it and now it's this part of everything, and it's 184 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: in it's in video games, it's in toys, it's in 185 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: if only I got paid every time, but I did. 186 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: That's in that story for another day. So but yeah, 187 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: so I was really thrilled to be a part of it. 188 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: But it was very much in my head that I 189 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 1: had to go back to sounding as much like you 190 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: and as I could. And I hear it in that 191 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: that I that I get nervous about it. But here's 192 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: the proof that maybe I did my job. A couple 193 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: it was Father's Day a few weeks ago, right, and 194 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: you McGregor's daughter put a Instagram message out with the 195 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: picture of her and her dad when he was playing 196 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: Obi Wan in the movies and she was a little girl, 197 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: and and then she put an audio clip on and 198 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: it was this is Master obi Wan Kenobi and she 199 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: didn't realize it was actually me. 200 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 8: That's so funny, close relationship, they no, just a testament 201 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 8: to absolute what she did. 202 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: And she comment because people said that's actually James Arnold Taylor, 203 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: the voice of Obi Wan and Clone Wars, and she's like, wow, 204 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: he's good, you know, James. 205 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'll thank you for sharing all that. Well, 206 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: I do want to share something with you, you know 207 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: you and wanted to come on the podcast. I said, sorry, buddy, 208 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: we got James Arnold Taylor for this episode. It's gonna 209 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: have to wait. 210 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. 211 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 3: Yes, which I. 212 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 8: Would reach Obi wan Quota Sorry, Jaccheck. 213 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 2: I mean right, I mean that's that's how that's how 214 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 2: the story went down. But you know that's let's backtrack 215 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 2: a little bit, like were you a fan of Star 216 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 2: Wars before getting the Clone Wars job? Like how much 217 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 2: of the Lord did you know or did you have 218 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 2: to learn? Kind of like Taylor really had to learn. 219 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 2: I know, Tia, you had to learn on the job. 220 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: What was it like for you stepping into this massive, 221 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 2: massive universe. 222 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: Well, Vanessa and I are almost exactly the same age. 223 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: I think our birthdays are maybe even near each other. 224 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: No maybe no, I think I'm a little older than you, 225 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: but we're the same year. And so I say that 226 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: to say that we were born into Star Wars like 227 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: it was, you know, by the time we were, you know, 228 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: seven or eight years old, Star Wars was becoming part 229 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: of the zeitgeist, and so I grew up playing Star Wars. 230 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: I grew up playing Han solo. I wasn't old ben 231 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: Kenobi back then. Who knew? But yes, I was very 232 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: much a Star Wars fan from day one, and I 233 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: grew up going to see all the movies. You know, 234 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm an old man. I saw them in the theater 235 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: when they first came out, and so yes, yes, and yes, 236 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: I loved all of it, and I loved the imagination. 237 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: But I was a big Lord of the Rings fan, 238 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: and so I always thought that, you know, Obi Wan 239 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: was this very much this Gandolf character, and that was 240 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: pretty accurate. That's what they were going for. And so 241 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: I loved it. And then when I got the opportunity 242 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: to be a part of it, you know, I just 243 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: was like, this is my world's all coming together. Animation 244 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: and Star Wars. Who knew. 245 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 10: I'm going to jump in if you all want to 246 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 10: see how big of a Star Wars fan James Arnold 247 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 10: Taylor is and how far back it goes. James and 248 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 10: I did a short film in twenty fifteen that was 249 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 10: called Summer seventy eight, a short film and it's James 250 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 10: and I playing with Star Wars action figures. That came 251 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 10: out in nineteen seventy eight, and through all of it, 252 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 10: James was like, I mean, it's not us, it's like 253 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 10: Lydia his daughter's hands. But we wrote it and produced 254 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 10: it and directed it together, and it's James was so 255 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 10: crazy about the detail, like, oh no, that action figure 256 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 10: didn't come out till nineteen seventy nine, so we can 257 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 10: only use these eight or whatever. So he's he's he 258 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 10: goes deep, he goes way back to the Oh. 259 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was so fun. I don't know if you 260 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: guys have seen that movie, but boy, we had fun. 261 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: I got to show that at Celebration twenty fifteen, the 262 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: last one I hosted, and I got to show up 263 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: before every one of my interviews and people loved it. 264 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: It was a really cool little homage to JJ Abrams 265 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: and but I give all credit to jac He came 266 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: into the studio. We had a beautiful studio space together 267 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: that we shared, and he came in one day and 268 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: he's like, I got this idea. We just got to 269 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: do this. Can we do this? There's like three weeks 270 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: still celebrating, like yes, we can do this, and we did. 271 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: It was great? 272 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 5: Was it for? 273 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 8: Was it for? 274 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: You know? 275 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 8: Did you have that in mind that it would be 276 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 8: for to screen at Celebration. 277 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 10: What it happened is James and I had done a 278 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 10: film together called Hughes The Force a few years prior 279 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 10: and which in which James plays Obi Wan on camera. 280 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 10: I got called out by Lucasfilm, like, what's the next 281 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 10: fan film you're going to do. We're bringing back the 282 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 10: Fan Film Awards at Celebration and I missed the deadline 283 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 10: because I have the idea after the deadline, and so 284 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 10: with like three weeks to go, I was like, I 285 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 10: had this idea last night while I was driving around, 286 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 10: and James is like, we can totally do that. 287 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 6: We've got three weeks. You're nuts, and he's like, no, 288 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 6: we got three weeks. 289 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: I'll show it all editing. 290 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, I'll show it at the Yeah, i'll show it 291 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 10: Celebration before my thing. And I was like, okay, well, 292 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 10: I guess we're doing this now. And we put the 293 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 10: whole thing together in three weeks, which was pretty cool. Well, 294 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 10: it's fun. It's like eight minutes. It's on YouTube. Everybody 295 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 10: should watch it. It's fun. 296 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 8: We should, Uh yeah, we should? 297 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: Can we? 298 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 5: I don't know? 299 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: Show it here? 300 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 11: So yeah, yeah, find it we'll drop the link as 301 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 11: the kids say. 302 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you are hip man, you. 303 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 4: Are a super Bowl the way, I can't got to 304 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 4: know James. 305 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 11: It's funny. It was at Star Wars weekends. And is 306 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 11: it called one hundred voices or no? 307 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: My show is called well there they call it obi 308 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: Wan and beyond. I call it talking to myself, talking 309 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: to it. I have a show where I do. It's 310 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: there's two hundred voices I do in the show. 311 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 11: It is beyond amazing. So the way the way I remember, 312 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 11: my dad was there. My he's my biggest fan. He's incredible, 313 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 11: but we're we're out there watching it and he sports everything. 314 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 11: Do we go and see your show like during it's 315 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 11: during the Star Wars weekends and I remember him going like, yeah, man, 316 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 11: animation is not for you dude. 317 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: After he saw the. 318 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 11: Show, He's like, I don't think you can do this, 319 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 11: and I was like, yeah, I'm I'm not gonna quit. 320 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 11: I think this isn't me because that was what I 321 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 11: understood animation was. And it is incredibly, incredibly impressive. If 322 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 11: that is anywhere online, people should check that out. 323 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 5: It is. 324 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's on my on my YouTube channel, my website 325 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: and stuff. Yeah, you can look it up stage show 326 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: and all that. 327 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 8: Yeah, drop the link, Jayson. That is also how I think. 328 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 8: I think that's how I. 329 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: Missed that each other. 330 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 11: Yea. 331 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 8: Yeah. So for any of you guys listening that, I'm 332 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 8: curious to know how many of you listening went to 333 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 8: Star Wars Weekends and James, I wonder if you have 334 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 8: special intel, like will that ever happen again? 335 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: So Ashley and I have been trying so hard to 336 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: get them to bring it back, because for those of 337 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: you that don't know that are listening, that don't know, 338 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: Star Wars Weekends was this amazing event that went on 339 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: for I believe about ten years. I was involved for 340 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: seven years and I hosted it for the last five 341 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: years of the event. And it was this amazing bringing 342 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: together of all things Star Wars for four weeks, four 343 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: weekends at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, in the Hollywood Studios, 344 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: and actually the last couple of weekends, the last couple 345 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: of years they did it, we did it for six weeks, 346 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: which was fantastic. So it was we bring in all 347 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: the stars from the movies and the people that were 348 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: involved in that, and we'd have talk shows and we'd 349 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: interview them. There was a special Rebels show when Rebels 350 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: came out, and we did that whole thing. It was 351 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: an interview, and then there was a Clone War show 352 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: before that, and there was a fireworks extravaganza at the end, 353 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: and oh man, there was so many wonderful things had happened. 354 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: It was such a cool event. And now they built 355 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: Star Wars Land. You thought, what a perfect way to 356 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: do Star Wars. Totally stop doing it because because they 357 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: built that. But so we're trying. We keep telling him, boy, 358 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, even if you did it like one weekend 359 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: for like you know, because it was it was ten 360 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: years ago this year that it stopped. So I was 361 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: like really hopeful that they might have said, hey, we're 362 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: going to do just a you know, but nothing so far. 363 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 8: So well, let's put it out in the ether, or 364 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 8: let's just say it right now, because I the only 365 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 8: complaint I had about Star Wars weekends is that, well 366 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 8: maybe the heat and humidity, but that's nothing to do 367 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 8: and there's nothing that's just something to do about that. No, 368 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 8: But the only thing was that like we you know, 369 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 8: our cast meet, I couldn't do it on the same 370 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 8: weekends it's because they split it up so like every 371 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 8: weekend that you would go, you'd be with people from 372 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 8: like live action, other animation, et cetera. Which was fun 373 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 8: because then we get to know other casts and other 374 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 8: you know, other actors from different media. But you know, 375 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 8: of course, like we like to do things together, so 376 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 8: it would be that would be my only complaints. 377 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: Lamely, we knew that that was the last year. It 378 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: would have been great to have done a Rebels one 379 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: because the last year of Clone Wars, which you know, 380 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,959 Speaker 1: or maybe even the year twenty fourteen. So last year 381 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: was twenty fifteen, but in twenty thirteen or twenty four 382 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: I think it was twenty thirteen, they said to me, 383 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: who do you want? And I said, I want you 384 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: to bring in the whole cast to Clone Wars because 385 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: the show had been gone already, and they did so 386 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: they brought in Tom Cain, Kat Tabor, Matt Lantern, Ashley 387 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: of course her and I were there already, and Dee 388 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: Bradley Baker and so we were all together on stage 389 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: and we did a special show. So great if they 390 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 1: could have done that with the Rebels, but if they 391 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: ever bring it back, they would have to do that right. 392 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 8: Well, it was. I mean, those weekends were so much fun, 393 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 8: and that was like really kind of near the beginning 394 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 8: of our you know, we've done many conventions and Star 395 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 8: Wars celebrations since then, but Star Wars Weekends was kind 396 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 8: of the first real like Star Wars centric convention, if 397 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 8: you can call it that. But so much fun. I've 398 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 8: never been in a parade before. That was you know, 399 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 8: do you remember. 400 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: That puts us in the cars and you sit on 401 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: the back of the car and they drive you through 402 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: the motor cave, you know, up on the stage and 403 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,719 Speaker 1: there's about fifteen to twenty thousand people out there baking 404 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: in the sun while we were up on the stage, 405 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: and then we say hello there, and yeah. 406 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 8: It was great. That was great. I would tote I 407 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 8: would happily happily do that again if it was possible. 408 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: Some of my fondest memories was when Vanessa did her 409 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: first year. Vanessa, I'm sure you remember, you were just 410 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: like a little kid in a you were just like 411 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 1: almost every moment You're like, I'm crying with so much joy. 412 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 7: I mean, come on, guys, So Peter Mayhew was there 413 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 7: and I couldn't I couldn't look him in the eye. 414 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 5: I was too. I just couldn't. He's so magnificent. 415 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 7: And then I realized I was being rude, but you know, 416 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 7: but not acknowledging his humanity. But they were so kind 417 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 7: that ultimately, you know, I will never forget. 418 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 5: I'm there and jar Jar is there. I'm at best. Yeah, 419 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 5: he's there. 420 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,479 Speaker 7: And you presented us with or Mickey Mouse gave us 421 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 7: our ears, and we were all on stage and they 422 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 7: brought out this millennium falcon cake for Peter's birthday, and 423 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 7: he walked for the first time up to the cake. 424 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 7: He had had surgery to be able to perform in 425 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 7: the films, and he blew out his candles and I 426 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 7: just remember, after all this, I walked in the bathroom, 427 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 7: I saw myself with Mouse ears on, and my first 428 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 7: action figure was Chewbacca. My my it's off card now, 429 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 7: but I don't care. It was worth it to play 430 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 7: with it. But I had just been on stage with 431 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 7: him and jar Jar Binks, and like, I just didn't. 432 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 5: Understand how this was my life. 433 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 7: And you were so kind to me through all that, 434 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 7: because I was like, wait, I'm getting in a car, 435 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 7: and you would say, don't worry about it. You're going 436 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 7: to sit on the top, You're going to wave, And 437 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 7: Ashley said, don't do this because you don't want like 438 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 7: do this so that you that you look better. 439 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 5: Sorry for those of. 440 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 7: You who are listening, you sort of keep your arm 441 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 7: close to your body so that you don't have like 442 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 7: wabble a arms or whatever. 443 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 5: I mean. 444 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 7: I was given all kinds of pointers and and just 445 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 7: blown away and we became friends with the people who 446 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 7: worked there at Disney. 447 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 8: Yeah. 448 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 7: It was it was just it was, it was miraculous. 449 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 7: I could not believe this was my life. 450 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 5: Yeah. 451 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 7: And then of course I've told the story cause play 452 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 7: for Jedi Alison Barrios who waited outside, not that it 453 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 7: was freezing cold in Florida at the time, but still 454 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 7: to sleep outside to give me a set of La 455 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 7: coup that she had made by hand for me, totally 456 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 7: ugly crying, just when acts of kindness like that happened 457 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 7: from from a place where there was no agenda whatsoever 458 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 7: and the show had not. 459 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 5: Even come out yet. 460 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and you were waiting. They would sleep 461 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: out front, in the front of the you know, the 462 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: parking lot, the entrance area, and they would stay out 463 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: overnight because then they would get tickets to get autographs 464 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: because back then it was I was part of it is. 465 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: We'd all sit in our bacon, our little tents outside 466 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: and sign autographs for everybody at certain points. 467 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 7: It was incredible and thank you for being so kind. 468 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 7: And it's funny because I had met you previous to that. 469 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: I think in the episode. 470 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 7: Part one, I was telling them how record sessions normally happened, 471 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 7: and weren't you in the cast of Scooby. 472 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 5: Doo and Batman. 473 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 7: I believe when I came into Scooby Doo you were there, 474 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 7: so you were like one of these iconic in the 475 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 7: record session that I was mentioning earlier, but also Andrew Kashino, 476 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 7: who played Sagerera in the Clone Wars. 477 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 5: I was always like tell me. 478 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 7: It was like, tell me everything you know, and he 479 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 7: can't tell me anything, of course, because he's like NDA 480 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 7: dot Gov like he's like, I can't talk, you know. 481 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 7: But but I was always I just thought my life 482 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 7: would never include such, you know, magnificence, and so to be, 483 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,239 Speaker 7: you know, rubbing elbows with you in this context was 484 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 7: just earth shattering for me. 485 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 5: But sorry you inhaled Ta, I don't mean to come. 486 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 8: Oh well no, I was just oh, go ahead, go ahead. 487 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 5: No, no, I'm done, I'm done. Go ahead please. 488 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,479 Speaker 8: I was just also remembering, I don't know, Taylor, if 489 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 8: it was the second year that we went or the 490 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 8: third year that we went. But they debuted, uh, Disney 491 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 8: Disney World debuted. 492 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: What do you like the your cause players? 493 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 8: Yeah, our our characters like the park the park versions 494 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 8: of our characters. And I was like, what is my 495 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 8: life right now? Like there are there's a Sabine and 496 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 8: an Ezra walking around Disney World greeting Star Wars bands, 497 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 8: and like I that was like such a pinch me moment. 498 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 8: I mean, the whole thing, like getting to like, you know, 499 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 8: like you said, there was like twenty thousand Star Wars 500 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 8: fans and you're getting to like interact with these guys 501 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 8: and also just getting to like enjoy the park in 502 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 8: a way that I never have before maybe never will again. 503 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: They were so kind. 504 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, it was just such a surreal experience, but 505 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 8: genuinely meeting live action or I don't even know what 506 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 8: they're called characters, right, like those park characters. Yeah, cast members, 507 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 8: the cast members, Yes, that's right, cast members, and that 508 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 8: they there was now a Sabine run and an Ezra 509 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 8: Bridger and we were like taking photos with them. I 510 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 8: think I have a picture, James of you. 511 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: Me my phone. 512 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 7: Right. Yeah. 513 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 8: That was so surreal and so wild, and I was 514 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 8: truly having like an out of body experience experience, being 515 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 8: like what is what like like Vanessa said, like, what 516 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 8: is my life right now? In the best way possible obviously. 517 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was like I say, five years of me 518 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: hosting it, and so they would bring me out a 519 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: week prior, so I would spend five to six weeks 520 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,479 Speaker 1: depending at Disney World at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and 521 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: my wife and my daughter and I and then I 522 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: could bring a guest and I brought JC one time 523 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: with us. And some of my fondest memories are JC 524 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: and my daughter, who was you know, probably seven or 525 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: eight years old at the time, running around with lightsabers 526 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: in the green room, you know, having lightsaber battles. So 527 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: it like hit JC. It's like, oh, I can be 528 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: a kid. I can I can just be a kid 529 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: again and play Star Wars again. That It's like those 530 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 1: are just magical moments. So it's wonderful that I have 531 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: all these Some of my fondest memories of working at 532 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: Star Wars are actually with all of you at these events, 533 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: so it's it's really cool, even though we didn't work 534 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: a lot on Rebels together, yeah, or at all, because 535 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: I was in the right right. 536 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 10: I can't believe you remember that conversation that we had afterwards, 537 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 10: because it was I was like, oh my gosh, like 538 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 10: playing with Lydia just a time machine for me, like, 539 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 10: and we had that conversation. I can't believe you remember 540 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 10: that so long later. 541 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: Still don't get the whole Jedi thing, do you? 542 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 11: You know? 543 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: Hearing all that because in the last episode we talked about, 544 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 2: and we've been hinting at this with our listeners, we 545 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: want to do live shows eventually, and hearing you reminists 546 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: about the Star Wars weekends, which I unfortunately didn't get 547 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: to experience, I feel like, because we are in the 548 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: age of reboots and recools and sequels or whatever you 549 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 2: want to call it, there's something here. This may be 550 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 2: a conversation for off the podcast, but I think there's 551 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: a way we can combine our force, a little Avengers 552 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: Assemble Star Wars edition, some sort of live show action 553 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 2: where we can recreate that experience because obviously the pandemic 554 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 2: through a wrention all those live experience things and those 555 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 2: in person events, and I think now more than ever, 556 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 2: like we don't get too far into current events, but 557 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 2: the current state of the world, like we need hope, 558 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 2: we need stuff like Star Wars, we need stuff like Superman, 559 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 2: we need we need a reason to rout for the 560 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 2: good guys again. And I feel like that's what these 561 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: That's what those weekends sounded like. It was like that 562 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 2: safe space where people could just be themselves within this 563 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,199 Speaker 2: with people that are like minded, like themselves. So I 564 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 2: think there may be something here with you talking about it, 565 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: and we've been wanting and we've been floating ideas of 566 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 2: live shows, there's there's something here, so we we'll talk. 567 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 2: I think I like it. I like the way you think, 568 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: well you do you you well, you know, like like 569 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 2: the spark of rebellion. You gave the spark here and 570 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: that just got my brain going in terms of everything else. 571 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: That's awesome. 572 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 573 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 2: So I mean, look, you're very uh obviously you love 574 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 2: Star Wars. We just established this and you know the 575 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 2: fact that you got to bridge the gap between episode 576 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 2: three Clone Wars and into Rebels. 577 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 3: That's a huge thing. 578 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 2: You're a very modest person, you know, even before we 579 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 2: go first, like I was only in one episode, but 580 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 2: that that Holocrown message is so important if not like 581 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 2: the like the the tipping point for Rebels, I would 582 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 2: argue because at this point, the Jedi are gone, obi 583 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 2: Wan's an exile about to go in exile, because you 584 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,199 Speaker 2: recorded that at the Jedi Temple, and you know, you're 585 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 2: setting the stage for Ezra Bridger essentially the very broken legacy, 586 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 2: you know, and you were the only I believe in 587 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 2: Jason good thing we have our fact checker in real time. 588 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 2: You were the only Clone Wars era character voice that 589 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 2: we heard in the Rebels pilot, so like you were 590 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 2: the one that set the stage for this new era. 591 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 2: But also, and it's going back to what you said 592 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 2: about the original proof of concept of obi Wan was narrating, 593 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 2: you were setting the narrative for Ahsoka to return, essentially, 594 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 2: because like that was the setup for Fulcrum later in 595 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 2: the season, and the Jedi are faded away until Ahsoka 596 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 2: lights the torch again that obi Wan passed on to her. 597 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 2: So with that Holocrown message, I'm telling you it's it's 598 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 2: such a focal point, and I believe it's been reused 599 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 2: in other mediums. I think it was in Fall and Order. 600 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 2: I think it was even in the Lago Star Wars, 601 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 2: so it's been reused so many times. 602 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: I joke about the payment, but no, I do, I guess. 603 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 2: I mean, I think you guys should I'm not gonna 604 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 2: Joe y'all should pay James, I'm just gonna say it. 605 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 3: I'll say, so you don't have to. 606 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 8: I mean, for sure it's being used. 607 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, conversation, kid, I kid, but I don't 608 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: I know when it's being used because they have to 609 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: let me know and all of that too. So yeah, 610 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: it is used quite a bit. And it's been used 611 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: in like I say, the toys and the Holocron and 612 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: stuff too. And I'm sure they I'm sure they give 613 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: me something for it, but very small anyway, because you 614 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: know what's billionaires, Star Wars actors, we're all just rolling 615 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: in it from working in Star Wars now, I kid, 616 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: but not anyways. Uh, it is a really important message 617 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: and it's fantastic that it is now part of the 618 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: lore and I think forever will be. There's some amazing 619 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: fan videos that have been made from it, where they've 620 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: taken that message and turned it into other things with 621 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: montages of stuff. So for me, I say that, I 622 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: mean with all sincerity, I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity 623 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: to have been the voice that did that. And you know, 624 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: I'm incredibly grateful to you and McGregor that he wasn't available. 625 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: I mean, and and look, I'm incredibly grateful that I 626 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: have a career in Star Wars because of him, and I, 627 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 1: you know, having the ability to do a voice that's 628 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: similar to his. So yeah, it is a very cool 629 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: part of what we have now of Star Wars. But 630 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: I also think it's a really important part of what 631 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: you're getting about about hope and stuff too, because when 632 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: people are down, I see a rise of that video 633 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: pop up and people do their montages of Rebels best 634 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: Parts or clone Wars are combined, and it's like, don't 635 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: lose hope because that's the whole message, right and in 636 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: time a new hope will emerge, you know, And that 637 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: was the most important message, And that was I think 638 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: the coolest thing because it almost it's really before you know, 639 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: Rogue One and all these other movies started tying this 640 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: all together. Rebels was the first part of that after 641 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: Clone Wars to start tying in things because of course 642 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: Clone Wars tied in things in the prequel area. You 643 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: guys started tying things in to the sequel area. Er, well, no, 644 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: what are they? What are what are four, five and six? 645 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: What are they called? They were called the sequels, but 646 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: now there's the other ones, so original challenge trily sorry, 647 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: they tie into the original trilogy in a way, and 648 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: so it allowed obi Wan to tie in that that 649 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: whole message of hope even before Princess Leiah in Rogue 650 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: one says hope, you know, and all of that. So 651 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: really pretty awesome stuff that they did there. 652 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 10: As a as a lower fan of just like the 653 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 10: nitty gritty on Star Wars, it is that obi Wan 654 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 10: speech is like one of those like treasure chess things 655 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 10: that you never thought you would see in two thousand 656 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 10: and five that we got to see. And it's it's 657 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 10: similar to like man Mathma in Rebels and man Mathma 658 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 10: in and Or the recent season series of and Or 659 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 10: where you know that mon Mathma speech was set up 660 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 10: in the West End Games role playing game in the nineties. 661 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 10: So it's like pretty cool to get these see the 662 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 10: thing that the people in Star Wars got to see 663 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 10: that you never got to see as a fan, Like 664 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 10: it kind of puts you in that world a little 665 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 10: bit deeper, which is super cool. 666 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 6: Sorry to you. 667 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 8: Oh no, no please. I was just I'm gonna say 668 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 8: that I'm not like super sentimental about stuff, but man, 669 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 8: that speech gets me every time. It's so moving and 670 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 8: especially I actually think I posted it on my Instagram 671 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 8: a few months ago because things were, you know, things 672 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 8: in the world were feeling very bleak and I was 673 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 8: feeling a bit dejected and that spoke to me in 674 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 8: that moment, and I was like, got to post it. 675 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 8: So it's I feel like it's applicable in so many 676 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 8: ways and is so hopeful and like really gets me 677 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,959 Speaker 8: every time I read it or hear it. 678 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, I mean it's again for me. It 679 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: is the forever gratitude part of being it because you know, 680 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: it was sad when when Clone Wars ended, we of 681 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: course never thought we would come back in any way, 682 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: shape or form, except for you know, video games and stuff. 683 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: We would still be voicing these characters if they needed 684 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,239 Speaker 1: them for things, you know, because they're not always going 685 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,479 Speaker 1: to use the big famous people. They're going to use 686 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: us for video games and stuff, So we knew he'd 687 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: be back in that regard, but to get to be 688 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: back on the show that was the show was really 689 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: important and fun, and it was so great that you know, 690 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: Ashley and Matt and all of us got to come back, 691 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: and of course d you know, got to come back 692 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: and do these things too, So it was it was 693 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: awesome and and now I've forever am grateful for the 694 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: fact that I got to be that guy. And you know, 695 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: I think a nice little a little wink to you're 696 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: all right, Jat So. 697 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 3: That's awesome. 698 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 2: I have a question this could really pertain to both James, 699 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 2: you and Vanessa, because the between the two of you, 700 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 2: the amount of voices you've done is ridiculous. 701 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 3: It is ridiculous. 702 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 2: And it's not just like scratch vocals or wala like 703 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 2: you've done. You've played multiple different characters. So Steve touched 704 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 2: on this a little bit when we had him on 705 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 2: a while back. I would love to ask the two 706 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 2: of you differentiating but between those characters and making those choices, 707 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 2: because you know, you got to make choices for how 708 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 2: they sound or like what's driving them and all that stuff. 709 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: And I guess the random part of that is that 710 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 2: you ever slip into a previous voice while doing a 711 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 2: current voice, because I know that. I don't know if 712 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 2: that's an occupational hazard, but that's my curious brain is 713 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 2: wondering about this. But I also know we have a 714 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 2: lot of aspiring voice actors listening to the podcast, and 715 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 2: I think hearing from two geniuses and masters like yourselves 716 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 2: to pull out the curtain a little bit would be 717 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 2: really insightful for them. 718 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: Well, Vanessa, I mean, i'm ladies first place. If if 719 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: you have thoughts, but I can certainly go if you don't. 720 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I mean I have thoughts. 721 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 12: I've said in the part one of this that I 722 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:48,959 Speaker 12: was concurrently playing Gomorra and to Harah, you know, one 723 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 12: show was happening and I got pulled aside sort of 724 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 12: three episodes in, and they said, we've only just realized 725 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 12: that we've hired you to play two green. 726 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 5: Women in space? Can you butcher up the second one? 727 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 7: And I was like, not a problem, and so and 728 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 7: so Gomorah suddenly. 729 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 5: Goma. They would make go. They'd be like, no, I'm 730 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 5: gonna scratch gamor today. Hey guys, you know how you doing? 731 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 9: You know? 732 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 7: And no, it wasn't that, but I I had to 733 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 7: organically figure that out because you can't go from a 734 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 7: sound because it doesn't land properly, it doesn't feel authentic. 735 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 7: But you know, Hara comes from her heart and her 736 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 7: voice emanates from there. She's somewhat cerebral, she's, you know, 737 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 7: a mastermind playing chess at all times. 738 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 5: She's more sort of uh. 739 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 7: From the heart up, and Gomora operates from the heart down, 740 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 7: and she is much more more grounded in sort of 741 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 7: her sacral guttural area. And I tried to utilize that 742 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 7: in terms of letting that govern wear the voice originates 743 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 7: and of course. 744 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 5: Organically how it would land on the listener. 745 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 7: But I was only made to be hyper paranoid about 746 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 7: that is because I just thought I was getting fired 747 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,280 Speaker 7: every time I finished a Guardian session. 748 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: So I was just like, I don't know how much 749 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 1: lower I no. 750 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:31,919 Speaker 5: I mean, it wasn't that bad. 751 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 7: But Trevor Duval, who played Rocket, was always like, no, no, no, 752 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 7: I got commorded, and he's, look how you do it? 753 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 5: I don't know if you. 754 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: Remember that I do. Yeah. So we were working on 755 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: Guardians because I played Yondu and Cosmo on Guardians yep. 756 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: So that was always fun because I felt like, so 757 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,879 Speaker 1: I had a very surreal moment in my early on. 758 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: Like I said, I've been voicing Obi Wan for twenty 759 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: three years, and when they did the Clone Wars micro 760 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,800 Speaker 1: series that was the first time I did him. And 761 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 1: then after Camel and I of course have been friends 762 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: for you know, twenty five years or so. And I 763 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,280 Speaker 1: remember I was at a Christmas party for my agency, 764 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 1: the agency. We were at very Hollywood thing, and we're walking, 765 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 1: you know, from the buffet, and He's going, so, what's 766 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: going on with Star Wars? 767 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:15,360 Speaker 9: You know? 768 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 1: And I was like, I'm telling Luke Skywalker what's going 769 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: on Star Wars? And so then it was kind of 770 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 1: the same thing. Like I'd meet with Vanessa, I'd be like, so, 771 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: how is star Wars? You know, it's like Obi Wan 772 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: is now asking about Star Wars because you know, once 773 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: you're no longer in it, you're like, oh, is it 774 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: still good? Everybody is good? You know, and all that. 775 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: So it was fun that we had those moments. But 776 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: I remember joking about it. The fact that you're playing 777 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: these two amazing characters that both happen to be aliens 778 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: that are green. So yeah, but yeah, for me, as 779 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: far as I don't know, I'm a bit of a 780 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: mold this way. It seems as though I picture the 781 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 1: character and then they come out of my mouth. I've 782 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: never had anybody say like, oh, you sounded you know 783 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: too much like this or that or whatever. I and 784 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 1: a lot of times because you want a reference, and 785 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,480 Speaker 1: I go no, because I usually bring references with me, 786 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: so I'll listen to it in the car on the 787 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: way to the studio or if I'm recording here, like 788 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: I have my home studio here and my booth is 789 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,479 Speaker 1: over there, and oh my gosh, I go and set 790 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: it up beforehand, and so every time I go into 791 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: a session, I've listened to what I did before, and 792 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: I try to be that way about it. But you know, 793 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,120 Speaker 1: like with Obi Wan So, I was also the voice 794 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 1: of plokon Lo Kuhn was of course never on Rebels 795 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: because of Order sixty six. 796 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 5: No stop too soon. 797 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 3: It's always too soon. 798 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: So when we did the episodes, I would just switch 799 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,480 Speaker 1: back and forth. D and I and Tom Kaine we 800 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: were nerds that way. So so Pobi Woe was saying, oh, Hello, 801 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: then Master Plow Colt, Master Konoby, you've seen little Soka. Yes, 802 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 1: I believe she's with Anakin somewhere. Should I be worried? No, 803 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:53,359 Speaker 1: I do think so, you know. So you just switch 804 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,399 Speaker 1: back and forth and you have the conversation in your head. 805 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 1: Sometimes we're probably more comfortable having our own conversations than 806 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: inter acting with other actors at times. But I don't know. 807 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: I just love doing it. I love the challenge of it. 808 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 2: So there was no Fred Flintstone like slip up as 809 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 2: you're trying to do Obi wan ever like that never happened. 810 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,760 Speaker 2: And no yabadaba don'ts I guess like a better. 811 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: Term, yeah, yaba daba doo. 812 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 7: No. 813 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,720 Speaker 1: Although there was a character on Guardians that we did 814 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: that was jack Q I think was his name, And 815 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 1: they actually told me to sound a little like Fred Flintstone, 816 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,480 Speaker 1: so he was kind of like a little more gravelly. 817 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 9: But Fred Flintstone's right here, so I would do Fred, 818 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 9: but Jacque was more like this. 819 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,440 Speaker 1: So it was just I mean, it's very slight difference, 820 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,319 Speaker 1: but that was if you listen carefully, you'll hear it. Yeah, 821 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: it's not like all my characters are different. I will 822 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,839 Speaker 1: combine different people to create characters. Like one time, very 823 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: famously in My Little World, Dave Filoni called up and said, Dames, 824 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: what would it sound like if Christopher Walkin was an alien? 825 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: And so he sent me a script and and so 826 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 1: I took Chris Walkin and I gave him, you know, 827 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: a little more cowboo and what's for them? And he's like, yeah, yeah, 828 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,280 Speaker 1: that's too much like Christopher Walkin, So pull it back. 829 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,359 Speaker 1: And so I did variations of Christopher Walkin as this 830 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:22,720 Speaker 1: kind of crazy alien who ended up becoming oci Sobeck 831 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: in these one episodes of Clone Wars. And what I 832 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: ended up doing is I threw a little al Pacino 833 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: and a little Christopher Walking together. So you got al Pacino, 834 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: who ha got Christopher Walkin and the way he stretches words, 835 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: and I combined them both and you get ohci soback 836 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: and so it's a combination. And so yeah, that's the 837 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 1: that's the. 838 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 8: Thing, and that is why they pay him the big bugs. 839 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,879 Speaker 11: I think, I think we're gonna have a really hard 840 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 11: time finding a social clip here. 841 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 7: They're also good, well, jims, do you ever have like 842 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 7: a sentence that's sort of like a shoehorn? Into a 843 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 7: character like I had to voice match Elizabeth Hurley for 844 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 7: Austin Powers. 845 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:06,359 Speaker 5: Yes, I've been. 846 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:10,760 Speaker 7: Doing this that long and I remember she used to say, 847 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 7: you know, lots changed since nineteen sixty seven, and that's 848 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 7: how I would get into her character. And I learned 849 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 7: from that, like if there's one sentence that you just 850 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 7: say to yourself mentally before. 851 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, there is definitely for you know, Captain Jack 852 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 9: Sparrow and my Bady Yo homemades. You know, yes, why's there? 853 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 9: I'm gone, I might. 854 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,400 Speaker 1: Desided, though, So I do so I double for a 855 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 1: lot of celebrities, so if they're not available, so I 856 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,120 Speaker 1: do justin Timberlake's doubling for Trolls and Shrek, and it'll 857 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,320 Speaker 1: be like Poppy, you know. If I say Poppy, I 858 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: don't want any glitter, you know, or for Jay Bershell 859 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: for How to Train Your Dragon, I might go okay, Bud, 860 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, that's kind of the thing that gets me 861 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: into that. Or if I'm doing it was a great 862 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,319 Speaker 1: Scott Marty. If I'm doing Doctor Remitt Brown for Chris 863 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,399 Speaker 1: Filloyd or oh well, wait a second doc. If I'm 864 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: doing Morning McFly, I'll say whoa, whoa wait a second doc. 865 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,520 Speaker 1: Those are my my cues to get me into those voices. 866 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: Or David Spade Ah, no TATCHI no tautchy. 867 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's amazing. 868 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,920 Speaker 4: You see what my dad was like. 869 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,520 Speaker 8: Quit Taylor, I don't see if you jure in this 870 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 8: for you man, everyone, If if you have not seen 871 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:29,480 Speaker 8: uh James's One Man Show, or if you haven't listened 872 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 8: to it, heard it and you were amazed by what 873 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 8: you just heard or saw. This is a social clip. 874 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,960 Speaker 8: Please go check it out. It's on your website right 875 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 8: or your YouTube channel. 876 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's on my website a my YouTube. If you 877 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: go to my website and check out Stage. 878 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 5: Show, watch it. 879 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:43,920 Speaker 8: You will be amazed. 880 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,399 Speaker 2: And this is just James Arnold Taylor dot com. What's 881 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 2: what's the webs James Arnold Taylor dot com. 882 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, there was another James Taylor out there, so I 883 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:51,359 Speaker 1: had to throw that Arnold in there, you. 884 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:55,840 Speaker 8: Know, But who's that guy? 885 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,319 Speaker 1: Funny story, So James Taylor, you know, and some people 886 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 1: may not know because younger generation. But he's a singer 887 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,320 Speaker 1: that's been around since I've as long as I've been born. 888 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,040 Speaker 1: And I always say his career broke about the time 889 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,319 Speaker 1: my mom's water broke, but it was nineteen sixty nine. 890 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: But so James Taylor very famous singer and he is 891 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: part of SAG and so I remember one time he 892 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: got one of my residual checks and I got one 893 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,760 Speaker 1: of his residual checks, and it was pretty funny because 894 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: the one I got from him was for the Simpsons 895 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,239 Speaker 1: because he was on the Simpsons, and it was like 896 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: twenty five cents. And the one he got of mine 897 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: was for we did the movie Atlantis Lost Empire and 898 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,880 Speaker 1: I was Michael J. Fox's double, and that we did 899 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,480 Speaker 1: the sequel for it. And I finally got my first 900 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:42,279 Speaker 1: like giant residual check and he got it and it 901 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,839 Speaker 1: wasn't twenty five cents. I'll just say that, yeah, And 902 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,279 Speaker 1: so it took like months to figure it out and 903 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 1: we sent it to James Taylor instead. I'm like, oh, man, that. 904 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:58,000 Speaker 8: James Taylor does not need this money. It's never occurred 905 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:02,480 Speaker 8: to me that maybe you didn't go by jat before 906 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,840 Speaker 8: you started this career. 907 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 1: So I was a stand up comic when I was sixteen, 908 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,520 Speaker 1: and then I was I got into radio at seventeen, 909 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,160 Speaker 1: and I was a DJ actually for you know, most 910 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: of the first part of my life. And then I 911 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,560 Speaker 1: wrote and produced radio comedy for thousands of radio stations 912 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 1: all over the country, everybody from Howard Stern to Rick 913 00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: D's and Mark and Bryan and all in between. And 914 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:27,319 Speaker 1: so I was James Taylor. And it was just when 915 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:28,879 Speaker 1: I was on the radio and I was a DJ, 916 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,240 Speaker 1: I was James Taylor. I worked at an easy listening 917 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,480 Speaker 1: station that played James Taylor, and I'd be like, that's 918 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:38,880 Speaker 1: James Taylor with James Taylor. And I realized when I 919 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,280 Speaker 1: became a SAG actor, which was I don't know, almost 920 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,879 Speaker 1: thirty years ago. I guess that I got my SAG 921 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,799 Speaker 1: card and they're like, you can't be James Taylor, and 922 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,760 Speaker 1: you can't be James A. Taylor because there's a James S. Taylor. 923 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: So there could only be one James middle initial Taylor, 924 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,880 Speaker 1: and there could only be one James Taylor, but you 925 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 1: could be James middle name Taylor. So real name is 926 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,279 Speaker 1: James Arnold Taylor. And so I just said, I'll just 927 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:04,200 Speaker 1: do my full name. 928 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,279 Speaker 3: Wow, it's a great name. I mean, it's it reminds me. 929 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,960 Speaker 2: I feel like if there's ever an Office Space sequel 930 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:12,960 Speaker 2: or spin off, you know, they had the Michael Bolton 931 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,240 Speaker 2: thing at office Space, like there's we got a craft 932 00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 2: suddenly where James Arnold Taylor and James Taylor. 933 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:18,800 Speaker 3: As his whole thing. 934 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:20,960 Speaker 2: Just like with the Michael Bolton thing, I'm just throwing it, 935 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:22,440 Speaker 2: just throwing ideas at the wall. 936 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,760 Speaker 4: Do you do a James Taylor? I? 937 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,839 Speaker 1: You know it clears I might know. When I did 938 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,280 Speaker 1: stand up, I had this whole routine where I would say, 939 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 1: you know, I would quote James Taylor's songs. And I 940 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: had this whole kind of routine where I would say, 941 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, if you need me, I'll be up on 942 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,800 Speaker 1: the roof. Just remember you've got a friend. I'm a steamroller. 943 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,239 Speaker 1: I can keep going. So those are just all like 944 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,440 Speaker 1: titles of his songs. And I formulated this whole sentence 945 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,880 Speaker 1: kind of explaining the old deal. But yeah, no, I 946 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,000 Speaker 1: thought for a while about changing my name to Paul Simon. 947 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 1: But I thought, now I'm really dating myself. 948 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,600 Speaker 10: You could have though, because Paul Simon and was married 949 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,120 Speaker 10: to Princess Leah. 950 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:03,280 Speaker 1: That's really perfect. 951 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:04,440 Speaker 3: Oh there you go. 952 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,960 Speaker 1: Wow, it all comes around to Star Wars always. 953 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,640 Speaker 5: Always. 954 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,520 Speaker 2: I wanted to ask you this other thing too, James, 955 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,759 Speaker 2: because one of the other recurring themes strut the show. 956 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,600 Speaker 2: And you know, as you saw, like I love to 957 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:20,560 Speaker 2: talk like shine light on voice acting and how it's 958 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,279 Speaker 2: you know, a lot of times people dismiss it for 959 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,920 Speaker 2: whatever reason because they're not seeing the action unfold in 960 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,840 Speaker 2: front of them. But in so many ways, I find, 961 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,480 Speaker 2: and I've done a very small handful of voiceover, in 962 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,520 Speaker 2: some ways it's so much more difficult than what you 963 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:34,920 Speaker 2: have to do on cameras. Just like there's things on 964 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:38,360 Speaker 2: camera that can be more difficult doing in voiceover, but 965 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,439 Speaker 2: all the emotion and all the character work is all 966 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,399 Speaker 2: like there, and in some ways you got to flex 967 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,600 Speaker 2: it even more because they can't see you doing subtleties. 968 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,719 Speaker 2: So bringing it back to Obi Wan, he's just said, 969 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,239 Speaker 2: it comes back to Star Wars. You know, over the 970 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,200 Speaker 2: course of what you said twenty three years seventeens on 971 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 2: Clone Wars, that's a lot of emotional baggage you're carrying 972 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,400 Speaker 2: with this character. There's a lot of stuff that that 973 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,200 Speaker 2: man's been through, and I'm just wondering, like, how do 974 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,760 Speaker 2: you carry all that? But also how do you detach 975 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,120 Speaker 2: from that? Because you know, when you fully invest in 976 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,120 Speaker 2: a character, you're going to absorb everything that they are feeling, 977 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,319 Speaker 2: everything that they're doing. So how do you detach from 978 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,920 Speaker 2: that to make sure that James is okay and you 979 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,120 Speaker 2: know when obi Wan is not. 980 00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,120 Speaker 1: That's a great question. It's an interesting question. It's it's 981 00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,640 Speaker 1: timely too, in that now we have this resurgence of 982 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,240 Speaker 1: the live action of folks coming back, you know, Rosario 983 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,480 Speaker 1: now playing ah Soca, and you've got Hayden and Ewen 984 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: coming back and playing the characters and playing them in 985 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 1: the Clone Wars era. And it's funny because I've always 986 00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:37,359 Speaker 1: been you know, said, you know, however many years I've 987 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:38,759 Speaker 1: played the character and I talked about it in my 988 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,880 Speaker 1: stage show and stuff, and I've never wanted it to 989 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: come off like I'm going like, hey, I'm obi Wan. 990 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: It's more so for me. It's as all of you, 991 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, and Vanessa and I fully relate to this. 992 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Star Wars. I'm pinching myself. I never could 993 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,920 Speaker 1: have dreamed. So it's more of like I am grateful 994 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,960 Speaker 1: and try to stay, you know, as grateful as I 995 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 1: can about it all. But at the same time, it's 996 00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,800 Speaker 1: very strange because I've been able to the one actor 997 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: that has taken this character into places that you and 998 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,799 Speaker 1: never got to take him, Sir Alec guinnis never got 999 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,399 Speaker 1: to take him, and so there's weight to that, there's 1000 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,960 Speaker 1: gravity to that, there's importance to that, Like we talk 1001 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,480 Speaker 1: about the holocron message and so I don't but there's 1002 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,319 Speaker 1: a balance because then, yeah, and you know how inflammatory 1003 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:19,279 Speaker 1: social media is. If I say something like you know, 1004 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 1: I've been this voice for twenty three years, people like, oh, 1005 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,760 Speaker 1: he thinks he's all that. It's like, no, I'm incredibly grateful. 1006 00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,000 Speaker 1: I hold it. I don't hold it lightly, and I 1007 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,680 Speaker 1: hold it with great respect and honor. And then when 1008 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,080 Speaker 1: you and you know came back to play the character, 1009 00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,439 Speaker 1: it was like, this is so cool, but it's also 1010 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,520 Speaker 1: a little sad because I go like, oh, yeah, no, 1011 00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:41,800 Speaker 1: it's because the spotlight definitely goes away because he's amazing. 1012 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,640 Speaker 1: He's an amazing presence. He is Obi Wan now, and 1013 00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:48,759 Speaker 1: so trying to balance all of that, that's where I 1014 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:49,960 Speaker 1: guess I do kind of come into that. And I 1015 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,360 Speaker 1: appreciate that question because it is just like, at the 1016 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,480 Speaker 1: end of the day, I'm a voice actor, I'm an actor, 1017 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm a character actor. I'm really called to be lots 1018 00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: of different people. I always wanted as a kid to 1019 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,040 Speaker 1: be a voice actor, very specifically, since the time I 1020 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,680 Speaker 1: was four years old, I wanted to do voices. The 1021 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:07,640 Speaker 1: funny part is is now in my career and where 1022 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,440 Speaker 1: it is at, I get asked to do cameos and 1023 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,160 Speaker 1: movies all the time. So I'm actually in like five 1024 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,319 Speaker 1: movies that are coming out on camera over the next 1025 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,040 Speaker 1: couple of years. Here you know, one that came out 1026 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,520 Speaker 1: two years ago, one that came out last year, one 1027 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,680 Speaker 1: that just came out now, and another one's coming out soon, 1028 00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:24,799 Speaker 1: and then there's another one. So it's funny. So I'm 1029 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:26,399 Speaker 1: on camera a lot now, and I have a great 1030 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,000 Speaker 1: appreciation for what all of you do because you've you 1031 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:34,080 Speaker 1: do both brilliantly. But yeah, I'm trying to find my 1032 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,239 Speaker 1: own identity in it all as the guy that was 1033 00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:39,680 Speaker 1: obie Wan Kenobi for all those years. But I don't know, man, 1034 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:41,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if I have an answer to it 1035 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,640 Speaker 1: other than I appreciate you asking it and kind of 1036 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,640 Speaker 1: acknowledging it. It's not easy being the person that kind 1037 00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:51,080 Speaker 1: of holds the reins for the whole time of a character. 1038 00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:52,839 Speaker 1: I mean, you all find that out because you were 1039 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,120 Speaker 1: the originals of that, and then the live action ones 1040 00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,480 Speaker 1: come out and you just go like, it's weird. How 1041 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,040 Speaker 1: do you balance all this? And to the fans, the 1042 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,560 Speaker 1: fans just think we're all buddies, you know, like people 1043 00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,480 Speaker 1: literally go So you and McGregor know each other, right, 1044 00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,600 Speaker 1: And I'm like, no, I met him once. I once 1045 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,040 Speaker 1: two years ago at Star Wars celebration London at a 1046 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:16,640 Speaker 1: photo op, and it was literally just like everybody else Okay, smile, 1047 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: click there you go, all right, thanks, and that was it. 1048 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,960 Speaker 1: I mean, that was my time with you and McGregor. So, 1049 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:26,439 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know, it's a different world being 1050 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:28,600 Speaker 1: a voice actor, and you have to just know that 1051 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:30,920 Speaker 1: if you do your job right, nobody knows you exist 1052 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:31,600 Speaker 1: most of the time. 1053 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:33,040 Speaker 5: Can I share? 1054 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,920 Speaker 6: Can I share a story that you shared with me before? 1055 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 10: Though about Johnny Depth you did something for I don't know. 1056 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,520 Speaker 10: It was actually Pirates of the Caribbean, wasn't it? Was 1057 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,200 Speaker 10: it the actual movie or is it a game? 1058 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,600 Speaker 1: No, it was a thing at Disney World. It's no 1059 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,680 Speaker 1: longer there. It's called the Legend of Jack Sparrow. It 1060 00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,680 Speaker 1: was a wonderful like experience. You walk into this big 1061 00:49:56,719 --> 00:50:00,760 Speaker 1: space and the voice of the skull. So for the Pirates, 1062 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,800 Speaker 1: when you go to Disney World and you go in 1063 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:04,279 Speaker 1: parts of the Caribbean, the voice of the skull is 1064 00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:08,279 Speaker 1: actually me dead Minte, no tales, you know, and all that. 1065 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,120 Speaker 1: But I was the voice of this skull for this 1066 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,680 Speaker 1: other thing, and I got to spend an entire day 1067 00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:17,360 Speaker 1: with Johnny Depp on stage, just he and I acting 1068 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:19,640 Speaker 1: with each other. And he was on a green screen. 1069 00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:21,759 Speaker 1: I was up on a scaffold with a headset doing 1070 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,359 Speaker 1: the voice Captain Jack. I'd be with you right here, 1071 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,400 Speaker 1: you know, and all that. And he was just the 1072 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,680 Speaker 1: nicest guy in the world. So, yeah, that sets the stage. 1073 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what you were going to say, and didn't. 1074 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,319 Speaker 10: Yeah, but didn't he say something like he was like, oh, 1075 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,920 Speaker 10: you did a great job as me, and this thing 1076 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,839 Speaker 10: like didn't you get an acknowledgment from him at one point? 1077 00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:42,279 Speaker 1: He's a very sweet man. I found him to be 1078 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:46,560 Speaker 1: just incredibly honest and humble and sweet and professional, and 1079 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:50,040 Speaker 1: it was I was nervous about telling him I've been 1080 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,960 Speaker 1: in your voice double for ten years, like you know, 1081 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,440 Speaker 1: when you're not available, I fill in for you. But 1082 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,960 Speaker 1: he was great. You know, he was just like, yo homemade, 1083 00:50:58,120 --> 00:50:58,359 Speaker 1: you know. 1084 00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:01,040 Speaker 6: What are you gonna say? 1085 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:01,200 Speaker 11: So? 1086 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, because sometimes like you know, I've never met Michael J. Fox, 1087 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:06,719 Speaker 1: but I've been in his double for you know, twenty 1088 00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:10,759 Speaker 1: plus years on things. And it's the only person I've 1089 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,160 Speaker 1: met that I've talked about it in depth with is 1090 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:16,120 Speaker 1: John Ratzenberger, who you know, of course, Norm from Cheers. 1091 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,320 Speaker 1: I'm not Norm, I'm sorry Cliff Claven from Cheers. Uh, 1092 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,239 Speaker 1: And he was he was in Star Wars. I can 1093 00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,759 Speaker 1: bring it back to Star Wars, don't worry. I always can't. 1094 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,359 Speaker 1: Because he was a guest at Star Wars Weekends one year. 1095 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,640 Speaker 1: And so we did this bit and I did his 1096 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,640 Speaker 1: voice on it. And I've been his voice double for 1097 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:34,280 Speaker 1: pt Flee, for Disney for A Bug's Life for years 1098 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,080 Speaker 1: and I did his voice and He's like, do my voice? 1099 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:37,440 Speaker 1: Come on? 1100 00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:37,839 Speaker 8: Do it? 1101 00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:38,040 Speaker 9: You know? 1102 00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,400 Speaker 1: And he loved it. So it was Yeah, it was 1103 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:41,040 Speaker 1: pretty funny. 1104 00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,600 Speaker 8: I have a question about this voice doubling. Is there 1105 00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:49,160 Speaker 8: only one? Like are you the voice double for my 1106 00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,200 Speaker 8: old J box? Or like are you you know what 1107 00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,360 Speaker 8: I mean? Are there are there a couple of guys 1108 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,919 Speaker 8: that you guys you know when you're busy, this other 1109 00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:57,240 Speaker 8: person fills in, et cetera. 1110 00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,480 Speaker 1: That's a great question, it's a fair question. And yeah, 1111 00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:03,279 Speaker 1: so you want to primarily be the main person. So 1112 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:07,880 Speaker 1: like David Spade, Johnny Depp, J Barrochelle, Michael J. Fox 1113 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:12,960 Speaker 1: for a time, some of these people's like exclusive double 1114 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,040 Speaker 1: for many years. But then like for the Back of 1115 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,080 Speaker 1: the Future video game, for example, my buddy A. J. 1116 00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:20,960 Speaker 1: Lecasio an incredibly talented who would be great on the show. 1117 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,319 Speaker 1: He's in Star Wars now he plays young Cad Baine 1118 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:28,360 Speaker 1: in the Underworld. And AJ is an amazing young actor 1119 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:30,920 Speaker 1: and he does a better Michael J. Fox than Michael J. 1120 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:35,200 Speaker 1: Fox like, and so he really rallied for that part. 1121 00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:36,640 Speaker 1: You know, he knew there was an opening and he 1122 00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:38,440 Speaker 1: did it. And he thought when I met him, I 1123 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:39,880 Speaker 1: was gonna be like all mad at him and was like, 1124 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:43,000 Speaker 1: oh my god, AJ, You're fantastic. So I try to 1125 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,040 Speaker 1: be very open about it. I know that there's other 1126 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,200 Speaker 1: guys that do Fred Flintstone from time to time. There's 1127 00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,200 Speaker 1: people that do Christopher Walking or J. Barrochelle, you know, 1128 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,200 Speaker 1: and stuff. So yeah, there are backups and there are 1129 00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:55,560 Speaker 1: just sometimes what it is though, is just one director 1130 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,920 Speaker 1: doesn't tell the other director, the producer. It's an outside 1131 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,520 Speaker 1: sourced thing, you know. It's like Disney owns it, but 1132 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,080 Speaker 1: they hired another company and so they do a casting 1133 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:06,359 Speaker 1: call and they don't realize, oh, they should have used 1134 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:10,200 Speaker 1: this person. So those things happen. But for the most part, Yeah, 1135 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,040 Speaker 1: I've been very blessed to be an official double for 1136 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,960 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of people, even Andre the Giant, 1137 00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:16,840 Speaker 1: I believe. 1138 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:16,960 Speaker 8: It or not. 1139 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:18,200 Speaker 3: No, what really? 1140 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:19,040 Speaker 8: What? 1141 00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:20,000 Speaker 3: What are we gonna hear about that? 1142 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:27,719 Speaker 1: It sounds like, yeah, spots mologue for the Princess Bride game. 1143 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,800 Speaker 1: They did a Princess Bride game, and of course Andrea 1144 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,480 Speaker 1: the Giant had already passed away, and I was the 1145 00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,000 Speaker 1: least likely person at five foot four and one hundred 1146 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,560 Speaker 1: and twenty three pounds to walk in the room and 1147 00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:41,319 Speaker 1: go and but uh, yeah, I booked the role. 1148 00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:44,920 Speaker 4: So that's funny. It's like the biggest Princess Bride fan 1149 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:45,399 Speaker 4: there is. 1150 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:49,520 Speaker 8: Guy am the world's biggest Princess Bride fan. So that 1151 00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:50,960 Speaker 8: just brought me a lot of pride. 1152 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:51,360 Speaker 6: Thank you. 1153 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:52,960 Speaker 8: Wow, that's amazing. 1154 00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,880 Speaker 1: Antoya Until Mandy Patankin decided to do the part, but 1155 00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,640 Speaker 1: I recorded the entire video game as an Ingo Montoya 1156 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:01,360 Speaker 1: and Fessek, and then Mandy decided he wanted to do 1157 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:02,520 Speaker 1: the game and they replaced me. 1158 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:06,160 Speaker 8: But I got, yeah, you did it. 1159 00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:08,200 Speaker 2: So what you're saying is we need to do a 1160 00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:12,400 Speaker 2: standalone Princess Bride rewatch special episode on Pot of Rebellion. 1161 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:13,680 Speaker 2: That's what I'm getting out of this. 1162 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:16,440 Speaker 4: I've never seen Princess Bride. 1163 00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:21,280 Speaker 2: Well, then it's going to be just what do you mean, Okay, 1164 00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:22,839 Speaker 2: we're going to do this? Is that we're gonna because 1165 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:24,040 Speaker 2: you've never. 1166 00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:26,719 Speaker 11: Seen the greatest movie ever seeing you're seeing that I'm 1167 00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,160 Speaker 11: not watching the best stuff I had seen Rebels. 1168 00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:30,839 Speaker 4: Now I'm getting to watch it. 1169 00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:35,359 Speaker 10: So we've taken a side quest to Princess Bride at 1170 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:39,640 Speaker 10: my bar. I've been planning and want to do a 1171 00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:44,520 Speaker 10: event called Anybody Want a Peanut, which is a Princess 1172 00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:48,759 Speaker 10: Bride watch with an audience, except when you walk in, 1173 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:52,640 Speaker 10: you get a bag of props and you get assigned 1174 00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:57,319 Speaker 10: a character, and anytime the character does a line, everybody 1175 00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:00,520 Speaker 10: who got to sign that character does the line with 1176 00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,560 Speaker 10: the character, and we do it kind of like a 1177 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:08,080 Speaker 10: rocky horror picture show. Participation because everybody except for Taylor 1178 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,799 Speaker 10: knows every line. 1179 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:15,600 Speaker 8: Everybody knows every line, or they should if they don't. 1180 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:17,840 Speaker 8: If you don't, you should fix that immediately. 1181 00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:19,960 Speaker 3: All right, we're doing this. 1182 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,520 Speaker 8: If you've seen a movie one hundred times, you start 1183 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,120 Speaker 8: to know when they life what the line is next. 1184 00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:25,920 Speaker 1: J C. 1185 00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:27,239 Speaker 8: Can I be there for this? 1186 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:27,920 Speaker 1: Yes? 1187 00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:30,160 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, we'll offline that conversation. 1188 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,600 Speaker 4: You can play the Princess Bride. 1189 00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:33,759 Speaker 1: Would you want who? 1190 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:34,239 Speaker 7: You know? 1191 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:35,399 Speaker 1: Who would you want to be? 1192 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:43,359 Speaker 8: I mean, oh that's too Oh no, it's impossible. Uh 1193 00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:49,799 Speaker 8: that's it. No, Inigo Montoya, no Wesley. I don't know. 1194 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:53,840 Speaker 8: I don't know, really, there's just too many options. Miracle Max, 1195 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,640 Speaker 8: Miracle Max maybe, but he just doesn't have that many lines. 1196 00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:58,520 Speaker 8: So then I'd be like, I have it easy or 1197 00:55:58,560 --> 00:55:59,480 Speaker 8: maybe Miracle Max. 1198 00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:00,319 Speaker 7: You know. 1199 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:02,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if y'all know. So I had a 1200 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,680 Speaker 1: show called Clone Wars Conversations years ago, and I would 1201 00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,799 Speaker 1: just interview my Star Wars cast mates, and at the 1202 00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:10,719 Speaker 1: end of each episode, I would have us recreate a 1203 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:15,080 Speaker 1: scene from something other than Star Wars in our characters, 1204 00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,600 Speaker 1: and so Sam Whitwer and I did from The Princess 1205 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:22,400 Speaker 1: Bride and it has gone viral on all over the 1206 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:24,879 Speaker 1: internet and people, of course, everybody steals the clips from 1207 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:27,360 Speaker 1: my YouTube, so everybody doing stop doing that. But anyways, 1208 00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,359 Speaker 1: they uh and some people have animated it. But it's 1209 00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:34,120 Speaker 1: so it's it's Wesley and and uh and Inga Montoya 1210 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:37,279 Speaker 1: and it is Sam, It's Darth Maul and Obi Wan 1211 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:37,880 Speaker 1: doing it and. 1212 00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:42,319 Speaker 8: When they're when they're the could you hurry it up? 1213 00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:47,600 Speaker 8: You know, Taylor, You've got to see this movie. Please 1214 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:50,920 Speaker 8: hold no, he's. 1215 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:52,280 Speaker 3: Waiting until we can all do it together. 1216 00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:55,719 Speaker 4: I'm on a podcast talking about it. 1217 00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:56,440 Speaker 1: I don't watch it. 1218 00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,760 Speaker 2: Well, that time has come today, my friend, So let's que. 1219 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:02,960 Speaker 8: Up that or whatever homework to do. 1220 00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:09,000 Speaker 2: That's so cool, James, thank you for sharing that. And 1221 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,479 Speaker 2: I really appreciate your answer with your identity thing, because 1222 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,400 Speaker 2: it's not like you I was wanting like a clear answer. 1223 00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:18,440 Speaker 2: If you had it, great, But I think the message 1224 00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:20,000 Speaker 2: that I got from that is you're working on it. 1225 00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:21,800 Speaker 2: We're always working on it. We're always trying to figure 1226 00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:24,440 Speaker 2: it out, and the goalpost is always moving when it 1227 00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,600 Speaker 2: comes to that stuff. You know, it's like today, yeah, 1228 00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:28,160 Speaker 2: I may have figured it out with tomorrow what I 1229 00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:30,960 Speaker 2: thought worked yesterday, you know, like it may not work 1230 00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:33,280 Speaker 2: the next day in the day after. So I appreciate 1231 00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,440 Speaker 2: you being open and sharing that with us because I 1232 00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:38,600 Speaker 2: know that the audiences they can conflate your character with 1233 00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:40,880 Speaker 2: who you are, because as an actor, you're going to 1234 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,760 Speaker 2: give everything you have to this character in order to 1235 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,440 Speaker 2: do it justice. And for you doing obi Wan for 1236 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:48,880 Speaker 2: as long as you have, I mean that's twenty three years. 1237 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:49,960 Speaker 3: You know that. 1238 00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,400 Speaker 2: That's for you to acknowledge that and for you to 1239 00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:55,040 Speaker 2: share that, it's really appreciated. I'm sure many others listening 1240 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:55,840 Speaker 2: appreciate it too. 1241 00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,439 Speaker 1: Thank you. Yeah, you know. I mean the thing about 1242 00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,240 Speaker 1: it I've always said about Obi Wan Kenobi is he's 1243 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,360 Speaker 1: a true believer. He's a true believer in the force, 1244 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,520 Speaker 1: and he will hold that line all the way. Of course, 1245 00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,160 Speaker 1: you know as he you or my brother Anika, you 1246 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,560 Speaker 1: know all that. And I feel the same way for 1247 00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:13,840 Speaker 1: myself personally about my own you know, personal faith and 1248 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,320 Speaker 1: everything too. So it's like I relate to this character. 1249 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,840 Speaker 1: I try to when I meet fans at comic cons now, 1250 00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,920 Speaker 1: I try to bestow a little Obi Wan wisdom. My 1251 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,240 Speaker 1: beard is more old ben Kenobi now. But when we 1252 00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:29,120 Speaker 1: started this game, it was it was more young. But yeah, 1253 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,439 Speaker 1: so I love the character of Obi Wan. I think 1254 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:33,080 Speaker 1: if I could be a part of that, you know, 1255 00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,520 Speaker 1: that's that's pretty cool for me. 1256 00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,040 Speaker 5: I was setting a campaign to bring plow kuon back. 1257 00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:43,600 Speaker 1: But okay, yeah, me too, me too. And you know, 1258 00:58:43,640 --> 00:58:45,840 Speaker 1: he was one of Dave's favorite characters and the other thing. 1259 00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:48,840 Speaker 1: So this is behind the scenes kind of show plow 1260 00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:50,960 Speaker 1: Kun originally. So what Dave said to me was he 1261 00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:53,120 Speaker 1: wanted him to sound like Gandolf, which he meant, you 1262 00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:55,120 Speaker 1: know Ian McKellen from the Lord of the Rings movies. 1263 00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,360 Speaker 1: So Plo Kun when you hear him on the show 1264 00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:02,400 Speaker 1: is usually here is Koto. I've got like, you know, 1265 00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,600 Speaker 1: I got to do the whole old you know, I 1266 00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:07,040 Speaker 1: get a bass right because he sounds like he's talking 1267 00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,560 Speaker 1: through that mask. I do him Normally it's Gandolf, and 1268 00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,600 Speaker 1: so I would say, Koto, y'all, little Soca, and then 1269 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,080 Speaker 1: by the end of it, it's Quoto yall little Soca 1270 00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:21,280 Speaker 1: and through the mask. So the first season I heard it, 1271 00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:23,880 Speaker 1: I voiced, I voiced the whole thing, just as you 1272 00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:26,960 Speaker 1: know Ian McKellen would. And then I watched the season 1273 00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:29,560 Speaker 1: and I heard them pitch him down, and I'm kind 1274 00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:31,560 Speaker 1: of a mimic. I just whatever I hear, I do. 1275 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,720 Speaker 1: So we went back into the studio to do it 1276 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,960 Speaker 1: and I started doing him down here and then Mattwood 1277 00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:39,440 Speaker 1: was like, James, you're killing me man, because now I 1278 00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:43,160 Speaker 1: can't pitch him no boom. Now I'm doing like Andrea 1279 00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:46,120 Speaker 1: the Giant. So I had to pitch my voice back up. 1280 00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:50,480 Speaker 1: And I always have to remember that untreated Klocun is 1281 00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:51,520 Speaker 1: just right here. 1282 00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:56,840 Speaker 8: But you were making Math's job easier for I was, 1283 00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,800 Speaker 8: you're modulating it yourself. He's got, you know, nothing to do. 1284 01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:01,600 Speaker 1: That's it. 1285 01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:02,680 Speaker 8: That's pretty amazing. 1286 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:04,400 Speaker 3: I love that, James. 1287 01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:07,120 Speaker 2: We could talk to you for hours, man, and you know, well, well, 1288 01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:09,080 Speaker 2: we would love for you to come back. I mean 1289 01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:10,800 Speaker 2: it's an open door and we're so happy you're here. 1290 01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:12,640 Speaker 2: And you know, when we were talking about doing this 1291 01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:15,440 Speaker 2: two part season one recap, you're the name that came 1292 01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:18,000 Speaker 2: up because you said, look, Obi Wan comes back, he 1293 01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:20,720 Speaker 2: comes in for part two Sparkle Rebellion. It's only right 1294 01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:23,400 Speaker 2: we would have James Arnold Taylor for part two of 1295 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:25,800 Speaker 2: our season one recap, so it is some of that 1296 01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:28,360 Speaker 2: was planned out. Now, I want to give the floor 1297 01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,480 Speaker 2: to you really quick to kind of wrap this up. 1298 01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:33,800 Speaker 2: As you know you've listened to the show Taylor users 1299 01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:36,160 Speaker 2: sense ass Im says cuth And music to jac Yes, 1300 01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,080 Speaker 2: I would love for you to do us that honor. 1301 01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,880 Speaker 2: But with this little we talked about this whole director's 1302 01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:43,640 Speaker 2: cut or like release the James Arnold Taylor cut. Let's 1303 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:47,680 Speaker 2: say this is your Holocrome message Part two to our 1304 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:51,640 Speaker 2: Pod Rebellion listener, Star Wars Rebels fans, Clone Wars fans 1305 01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:54,720 Speaker 2: to you know, whatever you want to say to the 1306 01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:58,000 Speaker 2: audience right now, and you can wrap it up with 1307 01:00:58,040 --> 01:00:59,760 Speaker 2: Made the Force Be with you and Cuthan Music, whatever 1308 01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:01,400 Speaker 2: you want. But I wanted to give you the floor 1309 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,800 Speaker 2: here because it is it is a pleasure and honor 1310 01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:04,439 Speaker 2: to have you here. 1311 01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:06,560 Speaker 3: And I know that the listeners feel the same. 1312 01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:08,840 Speaker 2: And you know, just like at the end of Spark 1313 01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,960 Speaker 2: Rebellion Part two, we want to give it to Obi 1314 01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:12,760 Speaker 2: Wan himself to send us home. 1315 01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:17,000 Speaker 1: Wow. Well, that's it's very humbling and very kind. I 1316 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:20,040 Speaker 1: I just want to thank you all. And and you know, 1317 01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:22,520 Speaker 1: Vanessa and I see we text each other all the time, 1318 01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:25,040 Speaker 1: and you know, so she was so sweet to ask 1319 01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:26,920 Speaker 1: if i'd want to be on. I'm like, I don't know, 1320 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:29,600 Speaker 1: if I'm like, you know, I wasn't really on the 1321 01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:31,960 Speaker 1: show much. She's like, oh, come on, James. So I'm 1322 01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,640 Speaker 1: just very grateful to all of you and Tia and Taylor, 1323 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:36,680 Speaker 1: you guys, I love when I get to see you. 1324 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:39,720 Speaker 1: I miss you. I miss our time at Star Wars weekends. 1325 01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,720 Speaker 1: And I'm so grateful to all of you. And I 1326 01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:43,480 Speaker 1: love what you guys are doing and John and jac 1327 01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,360 Speaker 1: you guys are fantastic to help them get this off 1328 01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:49,000 Speaker 1: put together. I'm excited for this show to just keep 1329 01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:52,439 Speaker 1: going and going and going. But let's see, Obi Wan 1330 01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:56,080 Speaker 1: would say, hello there, this is Jedi Muster Obi Wan 1331 01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:59,760 Speaker 1: Kenobi with a very important message for the poult of Rebellion. 1332 01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:04,480 Speaker 1: Do not lose hope. A new hope will arise and 1333 01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:09,640 Speaker 1: it is in this podcast. So as you conclude a season, 1334 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:15,120 Speaker 1: we come again with the famous words que that music 1335 01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:18,840 Speaker 1: and may the Force be with you always. 1336 01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:26,480 Speaker 2: Potter Rebellion is produced in partnership with iHeart Podcasts Producer, 1337 01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:29,919 Speaker 2: hosted by Vanessa Marshall, Tia Surkar, Taylor Gray, and John 1338 01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,800 Speaker 2: may Brody Executive producer and in house star Wars guru 1339 01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:36,040 Speaker 2: slash factchecker J C. Reifenberg. Our music was composed by 1340 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,920 Speaker 2: Mikey Flash. Our cover art was created by Neil Fraser 1341 01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:41,520 Speaker 2: of Neil Fraser Designs. 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