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S02E37: Promptly Pondering Star Wars Pinball
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There's a new Star Wars pinball machine on the horizon... and someone is excited! Also, an update on "Star Wars: Starfighter" which is ACTUALLY happening!
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Transcript
Introduction and Star Wars News
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We're talking Star Wars Pinball we're doing it fast. Aren't you a little short? Aren't you a little short? Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?
00:00:13
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Hello and welcome back to Short for a Stormtrooper, a 15-minute Star Wars podcast. This is your host, Bob. It's just me today. And we are going to talk about the Star Wars pinball scene, which is rapidly expanding.
00:00:28
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But first, there is some pretty big Star Wars news updates to be shared on August 28th. which was just a couple of days ago.
00:00:39
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They started production of Star Wars Starfighter. This is the movie that will be coming out in about a year and a half in May of 2027, directed by Sean Levy, who directed by sean levy who is famous for directing Deadpool movies is also because I've been kind of off and on doing a little bit of a Stranger Things rewatch, getting ready for the final season of Stranger Things coming up.
00:01:07
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He also directed a bunch of Stranger Things episode episodes. I'm sure he's directed some other things, but that's what I know him for from. I like Sean Levy. I think this would be good. It is of course starring Ryan Gosling.
00:01:20
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And that was about as much as we knew about casting. So we knew Ryan Gosling. News had come out a few weeks ago that Mikey Madison was orbiting a villainous role.
00:01:35
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It turned out that she did not take that part. Story was it was a money decision. She held out for more money. Good for her. I think she's wonderful, so that's good.
00:01:46
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Mia Goth, though, instead, who I vaguely know, has stepped into those shoes. And the other villain character is going to be played by Matt Smith. We've talked about him before on this show.
00:02:01
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He was Doctor Who. He is Daemon Targaryen. He has a wide range from... fun, sweet Doctor Who to menacing, ah no Fs given, Daemon Targaryen.
00:02:16
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So it's going be very interesting to see how he plays in this. Now, they announced the rest of the cast or some substantial names of the cast. And I have to admit that there was only one name on this list that I knew of.
Star Wars Timeline Developments: New Jedi Order
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Now, the strange thing was I was reading a lot of of ah press pieces that were like, oh my gosh, this cast is gonna be amazing. It's fantastic people.
00:02:41
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There's only one person that I know and it's the last person I'm gonna say. So let me let me read off these names. Maybe you know who these people are and you can reply back to me in comments on this webcast, this podcast, or you can hop onto our Discord, of course, and talk about it.
00:02:56
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Here's the people I don't know. Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamel Westman, Daniel Ings, and the person who I do know, and I'm actually excited about joining this cast,
00:03:12
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is Amy Adams. Amy, i think, first burst into my attention in the Disney movie Enchanted. She was funny. She was the one who played the Disney princess who came to real life and was wandering around Central Park.
00:03:28
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ah They made a sequel to it, which I didn't watch because I heard it was terrible. ah Amy Adams was also most recently Lois Lane before... um before ah Rachel Brosnahan was.
00:03:42
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And I'll take that back. You what? I'm going hit pause here for a second because Amy Adams was just... but I do remember the name of the movie. It was called Night Bitch. Crazy movie starring Amy Adams recently.
00:03:55
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ah Really fun to watch, though. Check it out. Night Bitch. Amy Adams, I think, is going to be great in this cast. The most exciting thing about all this is they also released a picture...
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of Ryan Gosling alongside Flynn Gray, who apparently is a young man who plays his nephew. Amy Adams, I think, is Ryan Gosling's sister and the mother of this boy. And hopefully I'm not spoiling too much for you guys. I'm going to leave it at that.
00:04:22
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ah You know, I really don't know anything more about this movie, but they did release a photo of those two on set. And the thing that I'm excited about is this movie is actually happening. So with all of the announcements and false you know false calls, i take backs, putting things on the shelf.
00:04:43
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This thing is happening. So Mandalorian and Grogu, absolutely happening. It will be out next Labor Day, May of 2026. Star Wars Starfighter, absolutely happening. It will be out May 2027, unless there's some delay, but we can count on it then, okay?
00:05:02
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So I'm looking forward to this. I'm just looking forward to seeing more Star Wars in the theater. Apparently Starfighter is going to be set after the Rise of Skywalker. So now we are entering the post episode nine timeline. I forgot exactly what they're going to call. I think it's called the New Jedi Order on that that timeline that they had laid out. But we'll see what happens with all of that.
00:05:28
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Anyway, excited for that.
The Star Wars Pinball Scene
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Okay, let's talk Star Wars pinball. Now, those of you who might follow me or you know be friends with me outside of the context of this podcast might know that I have gotten really into pinball over the last year. I joined i always enjoyed pinball, but I joined a league.
00:05:50
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I've gotten very serious about it. I now have a virtual pinball machine. in my office and I've been playing a lot of pinball lately. Actually this last week I started a new Instagram account to recap my pinball adventures. So if you're interested you can follow that. It's called Bobby G Pinball.
00:06:09
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I'll put a link to it in the show notes but you're welcome to join me there. Anyway here's the thing. ah There has long been a rumor broiling for the last several months that the next game that Stern Pinball, now Stern Pinball, one of the last major pinball manufacturers based in Chicago, actually based in Elk Grove Village. I know a lot of you are in the Chicago area, so it's Elk Grove Village, kind of back in the home mecca of pinball.
00:06:39
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Stern Pinball, the top manufacturer, that their next big machine that will be released this fall would be a Star Wars machine. ah Now, the thing that was strange about that is there have been a lot of Star Wars pinball machines over the years.
00:06:54
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Most recently, the last Star Wars pinball machine that came from Stern was released in 2018. So that's only seven years ago. And now they're doing another Star Wars machine. Now, some people were upset about that. Why are we doing more Star Wars?
00:07:08
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I was excited about that. and You know why? It was because the Star Wars machine that I released in 2018, I hate that machine. I'm terrible at it. ah You know, my my friend, Father Mark Tuscan, he's got one of these in his basement. They gave it to him when he retired from being a priest.
00:07:26
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And I played it in his basement and it was fun to play with Mark. But I'm sorry, I just don't like this machine. It's no good for me. Now, they said was going to be, boy, I really sounded whiny there.
00:07:39
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I'm sorry. I kind of sounded like Luke Skywalker going for Tosche Station. Anyway, not a fan of the 2018 Star Wars from Stern. um Now, here's the thing. i There was a rumor for a while that it was gonna be based on Skeleton Crew.
00:07:53
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There was a rumor for a while that it was gonna be based on episodes one, two, and three. There was a rumor that it was gonna be released episodes seven, eight, and nine. We didn't know what it was going to be.
00:08:07
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The most recent rumor was that it was going to be back covering Episodes four, five, and six, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi.
00:08:18
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People kind of scratching their heads. It's like, there have been at least three pinball machines with this theme of the Central Trilogy. What are they doing? Well, finally, last week, Stern released a little teaser trailer.
00:08:35
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There was nothing more about it other than the fact that the machine is coming towards the end of September. And the name of it is Star Wars, colon, Fall of the Empire.
00:08:49
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And for those of you who love the old Kenner toys, the logo for this looks just like they used to do the old Star Wars action figures around the Empire Strikes Back timeframe. You know what I'm talking about.
00:09:03
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It's like the Star Wars, and then that becomes the frame, the silver frame. And then in the Star Wars text in the middle, Fall of the Empire. So... It seems like it's going to be about episodes four, five, and six.
00:09:17
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Maybe it's going to be a slightly different take. Maybe we might actually get like different characters. Could it be other things that were happening during the fall of the Empire? Could there be some Andor, some Rogue One in there? Maybe even some Solo in there?
00:09:32
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I don't know, but I am here for it. I am so excited for it, you guys. And... I have to a admit, I am probably, probably going to go ahead and buy one of these machines.
00:09:49
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I will. A lot of it depends on how our bonuses are this year. So
Pinball Machine Plans and Expo Anticipation
00:09:56
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I'm going to say to my boss's boss's boss, Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture.
00:10:02
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Hey, Julie, if we can get some nice bonuses this year, I know it's kind of been a rough year, but if we can get some bonuses this year, then i could be using that to invest in a Star Wars Fall of the Empire pinball machine.
00:10:17
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i have figured out how I can manage to fit it into my office. It's gonna mean taking it on a shelf, moving some things around, all of that kind of stuff. It's gonna dominate my office, but it will still be workable.
00:10:30
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And I think that is going to happen, but I don't wanna commit to it. until I've actually played it. Now, I'm hoping that should be able to get my hands on this guy, you know, pretty much after it comes out, the towards the the and well the the next couple of weeks, middle of September onward, going to go into production.
00:10:53
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We'll start seeing more about it. ah Stern has actually been doing some fun things lately. They have been with their new director of community, I think is his title, Jack Danger.
00:11:06
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Pinball Pro, been for years, been a streamer of pinball for years. He has been every other day streaming one of the old original Star Wars machines, ah starting with the you know the original one way, way back when, and you know kind of releasing a few little tidbits about what this new machine's going to be.
00:11:23
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So when he's out of... The machines, which is coming up pretty soon, they'll make a little bit more detailed announcement about what this machine is actually going to be like. I'm expecting that in the next week or two.
00:11:36
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So I'm really excited about that. Of course, I'm going to keep you looped in. If I don't get my hands on it beforehand, then I know that when I am back in Chicago in the middle of October for a week of working in the Accenture office, but also Pinball Expo,
00:11:55
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probably the granddaddy of pinball shows, which will be at this is such a crack up for those of us who grew up in the Northwest suburbs, at the Schaumburg Renaissance Convention Center, right by Woodfield Mall, ah is pinball mecca for Vlog Weekend.
00:12:13
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That's coming up in the middle of October. I will be there and I will definitely get all of the vibe about this new Star Wars pinball machine and i will collect that and I will pass it on to you.
00:12:26
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It would be great if ah John Borg is the name of the guy who who um designed this new machine. If I can get a hold of him by any chance during Expo and get him to talk even for a couple of minutes, I will get him on this show.
00:12:43
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That would be so sweet. So cross your fingers for me. Okay, we're gonna wrap it up at that point. We went a little bit long last week, so we're gonna go a little bit short today. Thanks as always for joining us. You know, I was just checking out my reviews and right now I've got a perfect 5.0 review. I actually asked ChetGPT to look for me and it did and it was right.
00:13:04
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So thank you everybody who's left me a review. If you haven't done that yet, I would love you to do that. It doesn't even have to be a 5.0. It would be nice if it was. But, you know, be honest.
00:13:15
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00:13:26
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Conclusion and Community Engagement
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