TRASH COMPACTOR: A (Mostly) Star Wars Podcast

Star Wars was made for the big screen, but it owes most of its continued life and legacy to home video. Join us for a delightful discussion with NATHAN P. BUTLER, author of A Saga on Home Video: A Fan's Guide to U.S. Star Wars Home Video Releases to learn about how Star Wars has been kept alive for new generations through the evolution of home video! Visit Nathan's website: starwarsfanworks.com Bu...

I'm joined by returning guest MICHAEL A. NIXON and the inimitable RILEY J. SILVERMAN for a discussion about the connections between STAR WARS and DOCTOR WHO. We talk about their similarities, differences, and the current state of both venerable sci-fi/fantasy franchises. Listen to THE GAME OF RASSILON , their Doctor Who RPG podcast: http://thegameofrassilon.com/ Michael's socials: https://twitter....

Desktop editing software, consumer video equipment, and a renewed interest in Star Wars coincided in the late 1990s to spawn an explosion of fan-made Star Wars movies. Josh welcomes Jeff, who went by the handle Azeem when he ran fanfilms.com and TheForce. Net Fan Films from 1999-2005, to discuss the fan film phenomenon. TRANSCRIPTS AT trashcompod.com RATE US podchaser.com/trashcompod FOLLOW US ins...

We're joined by the inimitable BRANDON WAINERDI, best known for his podcast TALKING BAY 94 ( www.talkingbay94.com ), to talk about the role MARCIA LUCAS played in the creation of the original Star Wars trilogy, her contributions to the New Hollywood of the 1970s, and her conspicuous absence from the popular narrative of both. And we speculate what may be behind her newfound willingness to talk abo...

What do I, Josh, have in common with Darth Vader and Mace Windu? It ain't my lightsaber skills, I'll tell you that much. Part of the concept of this podcast was to chart a personal journey through Star Wars, the ways my friends and I grew up with it and how it's intersected and shaped our lives. Our mental health episode was probably the most personal we've gotten so far, and probably paved the wa...

Our jaws are off the floor. Our tears are dry We're finally ready to talk about LIGHT & MAGIC, the 6-part documentary series on Disney+ from Lawrence Kasdan that told the story of the George Lucas's INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC in unprecedented detail. In this episode Josh, Bracey, and Russ discuss what separates it from previous behind the scenes documentaries. TRANSCRIPTS AT trashcompod.com...

We talk all things fonts and logos with special guest Justin, the person behind the incredible @StarWarsFonts Twitter account . @StarWarsFonts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/starwarsfonts Justin's definitive opening crawl tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ0Nx3SBt44 Justin's Aurabesh fonts: https://twitter.com/AurekFonts/status/1435672346447155201 & https://twitter.com/AurekFonts/sta...

What would ROGUE ONE have been like it was made right before (or right after) the original STAR WARS in 1977, just like the story itself? Who would have played Jyn Erso? Who would have played Cassian Andor? And who would have directed it? In the tradition of our PREQUELS 1986 episode, we have a blast pondering what may have happened in an alternate timeline. Short version: a pretty awesome flick w...

What if Star Wars grew up alongside us? You'd get a show exactly like STAR WARS: ANDOR. We talk fascism, punchable faces, and why the devil is in the minutiae. TRANSCRIPTS AT trashcompod.com RATE US podchaser.com/trashcompod FOLLOW US instragram.com/trashcompod & twitter.com/trashcompod1 EMAIL US trashcompod@gmail.com

We're joined by playwright and all-around creative ANDY BOYD to discuss his play, THE TRADE FEDERATION, OR, LET'S EXPLORE GLOBALIZATION THROUGH THE STAR WARS PREQUELS. A young experimental playwright named Andy Boyd pitches George Lucas his screenplay for a new Star Wars film. The concept: a prequel to the prequels that fleshes out the economic and social implications of the mysterious Trade Feder...

As ANDOR debuts we are pleased to present another bonus episode from our cousin podcast, THE SECRET ORIGINS OF MINT CONDITION, where we did a final wrap-up on the OBI-WAN KENOBI show a month after its final episode aired. NOTE: Please excuse the audio quality of the intro, it's not indicative of the rest of the episode! SECRET ORIGINS OF MINT CONDITION on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.co...

If you have any question about Star Wars about its in-universe lore or its real world production, every fan knows there's only one place to go: Wookieepedia. On this episode, I chat with Jordan, the person behind the official Wookieepedia social media account @WookOfficial, about what drives fans to obsessively catalog this fictional universe. Wookieepedia : https://starwars.fandom.com/ @WookOffic...

in 1988, Star Wars was dead. It wasn't until a comics writer named Tom Vietch wrote a letter to Lucasfilm to propose a new Star Wars comic project on a whim, and to his surprise, both the company and George Lucas himself were game. For Vietch, there was only one artist who could do the story justice: Cam Kennedy. Despite being delayed years and moving from Marvel to Dark Horse Comics, the resultin...

In recent years, Star Wars has had some striking depictions of heroes struggling with internal demons. Some might even say depression. In this conversation, we discuss how Obi-Wan, Luke, and Anakin/Vader do battle with enemies within. And if you ever find yourself struggling to cope, here are some free resources you can go to for help: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline The 988 Suicide & Crisis...

What makes Star Wars Star Wars? What makes good Star Wars and what makes bad Star Wars? We attempted to answer these deceptively simple questions on an episode of our cousin podcast, THE SECRET ORIGINS OF MINT CONDITION. Enjoy this bonus presentation until we return next week with a brand new episode of our own. SECRET ORIGINS OF MINT CONDITION on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

BONUS CROSSOVER with THE SECRET ORIGINS OF MINT CONDITION: Was Darth Vader redeemed at the end of Return of the Jedi? Follow Secret Origins: instagram.com/secretoriginsmc RATE US podchaser.com/trashcompod FOLLOW US instragram.com/trashcompod & twitter.com/trashcompod1 EMAIL US trashcompod@gmail.com TRANSCRIPTS AT trashcompod.com

"If you've only seen them this way, then you've never seen them at all!" In 1997 George Lucas released a special edition of the original Star Wars trilogy with new digital effects and changes both subtle and drastic. Since then, the original unaltered versions of the films have not been made officially available. But where there's a will, there's a way, and fan efforts to restore and pre...

George Lucas was awarded the James Smithson Medal at George Washington University in October, 1997...and I was there because my mom agreed to take her freshly Bar Mitzvahed son over 200 miles to see a man get an award on a school day. I asked my mom to come on to share our memories of the event, why she decided to take me in the first place, and what George Lucas said that she never let me forget....

What if George Lucas continued making a new Star Wars movie every 3 years after 1983's RETURN OF THE JEDI and EPISODE I came out in 1986, EPISODE II came out in 1989, and EPISODE III came out in 1992? Who would have been cast? Who would have directed? What would the special effects breakthroughs have been and how might they have changed the stories of the films? JOSH is joined by JON, RUSS, and FR...

Filone : No, we're not talking Dave of Disney+ renown. It's a handy Italian term referring to a cascading film categorization system that values trends, traditions, and filmmaker intentions above rigid codification. Think of it as genre and subgenre 's more fluid, contextual, and generally cooler cousin. Just the concept we need to fully wrap our heads around the movie we're discussing today. Auth...

Digital technology allowed George Lucas to realize his true vision for Star Wars...but it did the same for everyone else. The proliferation of affordable desktop video editing software in the late 1990s and early 2000s led to a new form of fan participation: the Fan Edit. And for the last 20 years, fans have made innumerable bespoke versions of the Star Wars films. THE PHANTOM MENACE without Jar J...

🎵Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turned and rearranged), Ch-ch-changes (Jabba ain't gonna be a human man)🎵 This week, JOSH, JON, and BRACEY unpack their evolving opinions about the many alterations and addendums of the 1997 Special Editions and beyond. Which changes work? Which still hurt a little? Which, if any, open a window into the sometimes mysterious, always wavy-haired head of one Mr. George Lucas?...

Twenty-six years before it existed, Trash Compactor got its greatest "get." And, friends, blow it we did not. We're confident you'll agree once you finally hear, straight from the source, the answer to the burning question that's been on everyone's lips—is Mark Hamill good at the 1996 PC game Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom? But let's back up for a minute. In the mid-'90s, a 12-y...

JOSH, JON, MURRAY and MICKEY use the occasion of the OBI-WAN KENOBI finale to discuss film editing, the impact of new technology on labor, and the most emotional moment in all of Star Wars. RATE US: podchaser.com/trashcompod FOLLOW US: instragram.com/trashcompod EMAIL US: trashcompod@gmail.com TRANSCRIPTS AT: trashcompod.com Support TRASH COMPACTOR: A (Mostly) Star Wars Podcast by contributing to...

GARBAGE SCOW EDITION! JOSH is joined by JOHN and JOE (on loan from  The Secret Origins of Mint Condition podcast) to discuss two of our foundational fandoms, Stars TREK and WARS, and the different things we get from each. Tune in to discover who would win in a fight: a Star Destroyer or the Enterprise? (Spoiler alert: we don't care!) RATE US: podchaser.com/trashcompod FOLLOW US: instragram.com/tra...