Show Notes
Without the edit, there is no film. Without Marcia Lucas, there is no Star Wars.
Sideway’s video Why the Music of Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading is absolutely fantastic - also give his video on Cats a watch too if you were raised Catsolic by a Cats loving mother and have a lot of thoughts about the musical crimes of that film which are hard to share in polite company.
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Guest Starring: Grace Koh as Maryann Brandon Abigail Nussbaum as Kathleen Kennedy Christian Byers as Chris Terrio Kim Ho as Joseph Campbell, a man so racist people assumed he was doing a bit
CLIPS Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Raiders of the Lost Ark The Skywalker Legacy Star Wars Icons Unearthed Unplugged: Marcia Lucas Full Interview (Nacelle Company) Rough Cut Podcast: Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker The Art of the Cut Episode 28: “Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker” Editor Maryann Brandon, ACE Dolby Creator Talks Episode 62 - The Sound of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
MUSIC Duel of the Fates, Fanfare and Prologue from Star Wars Episode IX, We Go Together & A New Home - John Williams Avalon - Benny Goodman
“Loopster”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Drums of the Deep”, “Groove Grove”, “Crypto”, “Stormfront”, “Sneaky Adventure”, “Thinking Music”, “Showdown”, “Vanishing”, “Decisions”, “Floating Cities”, “Lost Frontier”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Bleeping Demo”, “Enter the Maze”, “Secret of Tiki Island”, “Smoking Gun”, “Anguish”, “Thunder Dreams”& “Myst on the Moor” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Suspended Animation” & “Synapse” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
"Romeo & Juliet" by PM Music
“Venus” & “Mars” from Holst’s The Planets, as performed by USAF Heritage of America Band
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