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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2025 · 34 MIN

#15 Lauren Tom , Fans Star Wars question, Superman, Iron Heart,

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Lauren Tom is an American actress. She began her career on stage, winning an Obie Award, and gained recognition for her role in The Joy Luck Club(1993). On television, she is known for her roles in the NBC sitcom Friends (1995–96), the ABC shows Grace Under Fire (1997–98) and Men in Trees (2006–08), The CW series Supernatural (2012–14), and the Disney Channel series Andi Mack (2017–19).In animation, Tom has voiced Amy Wong in Futurama, Dana Tan on Batman Beyond, Jinx and Gizmo in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone on King of the Hill, Numbuh 3 in Codename: Kids Next Door, and Mrs. Maybank and Dr. Jamanpour on Hamster and Gretel.Tenn Graneet  John Sner from San Ramon emailed Us: whats the back story I’ve been seeing about the gunner In Star Wars who fired the death Star:Tenn joined the Republic Navy as an assistant gunner when he was 20 years old, serving throughout the Clone Wars and continuing to do so after the Galactic Republic's transformation into the Galactic Empire. He was eventually promoted to the rank of master chief gunnery officer and transferred to the Death Star. Tenn was ecstatic about this at first; he was a staunch supporter of the Empire who reveled in the opportunity to wield such a powerful weapon. He did not expect it to actually be used against inhabited planets. He assumed that the Empire only built it as a fear tactic, which was partially true, but Grand Moff Tarkin believed that the greatest way to inspire fear was to make an example of Alderaan. As soon as Tenn fired the superlaser, he was wracked with guilt and suffered a mental breakdown. With the pull of a lever, he had wiped out two billion lives.

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