Revisiting Revenge of the Sith – SWR #379

The trio, Mark, Bruce and Riley catch up on the latest in SW! The Rise of Skywalker trailer breaks records, Deals for May the 4th, Toys “R” Us comeback and Riley watched ROTS with his girlfriend for her 1st time. He has thoughts. The Star Wars Report is available on Apple Podcasts! Be sure to subscribe, rate and review! You can show your support of The Star Wars Report podcast by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/starwarsreport Get all kinds of exclusive bonus content for our patron supporters! The Rise of Skywalker trailer watched record times (cinemablend.com) In its first day of availability, the first Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer was watched more than 111 million times. That’s 20 million more views than what The Last Jedi’s teaser trailer and more than double the views that The Force Awakens’ teaser trailer got in its first 24 hours back in late November of 2014. In terms of how the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer has been faring overall since it premiered, it received 87 million views through YouTube views alone from various channels, which outpaces Rogue One’s 87 million, but still lags behind The Force Awakens’ 103 million and The Last Jedi’s 119 million. There isn’t any data on how it’s done on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram views, but Deadline’s report also mentions that even if you just look at the YouTube performance, the preview is going viral “like crazy.” Avengers: Endgame is north of $1.2 billion in 5 days and beats TFA records (jedinews.co.uk) Star Wars Day: ‘May the 4th Be With You’ items for sale (starwars.com) A little Toys “R” Us is coming back (Toy News) The New York Post reports that Tru Kids Brands – a licensing firm formed last year by creditors of the ill-fated Toys R Us – plans to open a handful of US stores in time for the Christmas shopping season. These smaller stores will span about 10,000 square feet each, a radical downsizing from the some 600 stores that were shuttered last year, which typically occupied 20,000 to 50,000 square feet. “We are a little start-up company now,” said Tru Kids chief executive Richard Barry. Barry had not commented on where the new stores will open. Controlled by the investment firms Angelo Gordon and Solus Alternative Asset Management, Tru Kids owns both the Toys R Us and Babies R Us brands, as well as the rights to Geoffrey the Giraffe. The Toy R Us brand still operates more than 900 stores across Asia and Europe. Tru Kids said it will open 70 more stores overseas this year. In the US, Tru Kids operated Geoffrey’s Toy Box pop-up stores inside 600 Kroger grocery stores during the holidays. Dooku: Jedi Lost (audio novel) is out on Tuesday (jedinews.co.uk) The highly anticipated audio novel Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost written by Cavan Scott is out tomorrow! A self-confessed Dooku fan, Scott is well known to Star Wars fans already for his work on Adventures in Wild Space, Choose Your Destiny, Star Wars Adventures and Tales from Vader’s Castle. The 382-minute-long narration from a full cast of voice actors, brings a new type of novel to the Star Wars Galaxy. Narrator Marc Thompson, who also performs the role of Master Yoda Boba’s Bounty Riley: ROTS  with Sav Mark: Wrapping up Master & Apprentice plus an ARC of Alphabet Squadron #ClaudiaGrayIsTheNewTimothyZahn Bruce:  Master & Apprentice audiobook   Download the mp3 HERE!: (Right-click and “save as”) Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/starwarsreport Twitter: twitter.com/starwarsreport iTunes: starwarsreport.com/itunes RSS FEED: feeds.feedburner.com/starwarsreport_podcast