Skywalking Through Neverland

John Goodson, ILM model maker & digital artist, has worked on everything from Star Trek: First Contact to the Star Wars Disney+ series. He shares his stories and behind-the-scenes knowledge with us. We also debate how Star Trek communicators work and evolved! Films and models discussed in part 2:   Star Trek: First Contact - Enterprise NCC-1701-E The Mandalorian - Razor Crest Star Wars: Special Edition Return of the Jedi: Special Edition Skeleton Crew Battleship USS Iowa Museum   We highly recommend you watch the YouTube version which contains pictures and video illustrating our discussion. You can meet John and get his autograph on August 1 during the Virtual Cantina tour when it stops in San Francisco. Part 1 of our discussion available here.   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com . Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland

John Goodson, ILM model maker & digital artist , has worked on everything from the Star Wars Special Editions , Prequels & Disney+ series to Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Transformers , and more. His filmography is so vast that this discussion is only part 1! Look for part 2 out next week.    Films and models discussed in part 1:   What inspired John to become a professional model maker   Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home filming of the whales   Back to the Future 2   Ghostbusters 2   The Phantom Menace - Republic Cruiser   Ahsoka series - San Diego Comic-Con trip with Ahsoka’s T-6 shuttle   The Mandalorian - Moff Gideon Light Cruiser   We highly recommend you watch the YouTube version which contains pictures and video illustrating our discussion. You can meet John on August 1 during the Virtual Cantina tour when it stops in San Francisco.   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland.

In this episode, we speak with Patrick Cotnoir, co-producer of the new documentary, "I'm George Lucas: A Connor Ratliff Story". This documents behind-the-scenes of the hilarious “The George Lucas Talk Show” which you can see live or on YouTube. Both the documentary and talk show pay tribute to George Lucas by answering this question: what would George Lucas be like as a talk show host? “The George Lucas Talk Show” has hosted guests such as Weird Al, Ahmed Best, and Whoopi Goldberg. What would these people say to George Lucas?    Patrick Cotnoir, co-producer and talent booker, shares some great stories on both the documentary and talk show. He also helped create “The Naboo Movie: All-Star Live Reading of The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary” and we just had to get some behind-the-scenes stories of that as well! It is always great speaking with someone who has just as much love and respect for George and the Star Wars Saga.  "I'm George Lucas: A Connor Ratlif

  THE ACOLYTE premiered on Disney+ on June 4!  We review and break down the first two episodes of this mystery-thriller Star Wars series with Mike Celestino ( Laughing Place / Who’s the Bossk Podcast) . The series is set at the end of the High Republic era of Star Wars, and 100 years before THE PHANTOM MENACE. Mike brings his extensive knowledge of THE HIGH REPUBLIC publishing initiative to our discussion, sharing the links between the two. He also attended THE ACOLYTE Hollywood premiere.   Richard and Sarah spoke with series showrunner and executive producer Leslye Headland during a star wars fan site roundtable, and we play her comments as they apply to our discussion. The first 30 minutes of this show starts out spoiler-free, and then we get into nitty gritty details of the first two episodes. Watch for a spoiler warning.   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.sm