The Falcon has 3 Brains! – SWR #324

Join Riley and Mark as they discuss The Last Jedi Blu-Ray special features and deleted scenes, George Lucas’s Ending. Sphero’s Droids, and so much more! Star Wars Report is available on iTunes! 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! Thanks to our patrons!  We reached 50! Links from the show: Our Blu-Ray Review Things we learned… George’s Alternate Ending Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel could cost over $500 million (collider.com) The rise of streaming services — especially regarding their cryptic viewership numbers and production costs — has changed how success is measured when it comes to television. Amazon’s mega-spending for its Lord of the Rings prequel TV series. According to Reuters, the company paid $250 million for the story rights alone, and coupled with production and marketing costs, that overall figure could rise to $500 million. Could Disney do a similar model with the new Star Wars series on their streaming platform?   The Falcon as a character: Alex Leadbeater at ScreenRant unleashed a complicated new theory about the upcoming Star Wars movie that would explain exactly what makes the Millennium Falcon so special: The ship’s computer might get harvested from Lando’s droid at some point during Solo.As Leadbeater points out, diehard fans want “an explanation for how the Millennium Falcon’s computer works.” The ship itself can communicate directly with droids and has its own unique personality; that’s been the case since the very first Star Wars Movie. https://www.inverse.com/article/42575-solo-movie-millennium-falcon-star-wars-l3-37 Download the mp3 HERE!: (Right-click and “save as”) Also, for exclusive updates and content, be sure to subscribe to our mailing list! Email:         [email protected] Facebook:  facebook.com/starwarsreport Twitter:      twitter.com/starwarsreport iTunes:     starwarsreport.com/itunes RSS FEED: feeds.feedburner.com/starwarsreport_podcast