ForceCast: April 27, 2012

[Chris Wyman]

The ForceCast returns with a full report from Chicago's C2E2 where we sat down with Star Wars legend Anthony (C-3PO) Daniels and star of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Rudy, and The Goonies, actor Sean Astin, for a little chat about the 'Wars. Plus, Ralph McQuarrie is laid to rest and details on how you can win a set of ForceCast trading cards. It's all right here, right now, and only on your Weekly ForceCast!

For more information about Sean Astin's "Run 3rd" campaign, follow him on Twitter @SeanAstin and visit the official "Run 3rd" blog.

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[ReddingRedFive]

What a great interview with Anthony Danials. Be great to have him on the show from time to time.

[Jorbex]

Great episode! The interviews were fantastic, but I think Mr. Stanton finally crossed the line; Moralo Eval's story was just too much (it might have something to do with the fact that I listened to the segment right after reattaching a three year-old's partially amputated finger, but I didn't find the story even remotely funny).

[adam_qd]

I didn't find it overly crude, its just a Grimm Tales type thing, and its ok to have some adult themes in Star Wars, I get incredibly tired of how everything in Star Wars has been re-tooled to a pre-school audience, Bring on the Thumb Chopping Horror Stories!!

Mr Daniels was amazing as always.

[JediShua]

I kept wondering why Stephen happened to pick this one. yikes!
Have you ever seen some of the old Mother Goose poems? They're pretty surreal too.

[Jorbex]

I kept wondering why Stephen happened to pick this one. yikes!
Have you ever seen some of the old Mother Goose poems? They're pretty surreal too.

Many classic fairy tales are gruesome, that's for sure. Eh, I'm aware my strong dislike for the segment came from my own job-related experiences with injured children, but still...

[starwrz]

Anthony Daniels was probably the best panel I have heard at any convention. Its awesome that he is so passionate about the wars and when I saw him do the Star Wars in concert you can tell that he truly loved what he was doing. I remember back at CV he was walking through the lines to get in and was just having fun with all the fans, and lets just say he is always flirty with the ladies my wife was dressed as Slave Leia and he had some pretty epic remarks. Great show as usually Jimmy and Jason....

[darthblu3]

Tones!! Antony is a great interview and he is such a great ambassador for Star Wars. It's refreshing to see an OT actor who appreciates The Wars and what it has meant to the fans. I think it is awesome how he still advocates for Star Wars and is so involved in the ongoing projects. Just think if Hamill, Ford, Fisher, Ewan, Nat and even Hayden were even half as involved as Tone is, how awesome SW fandom would be! Thanks Jason and Jimmy for bringing us such a great interview with him.
The Sean Astin interview was great too. Sean seems really down to earth and just a normal dude, except he's famous.

[he_guy]

I have listened to the show through the Sean Astin interview so far, and did anyone else notice the cheering in the background. Anyone have an idea of what was getting that kind of reaction? It seriously sounded like an NCAA basketball game was going on. I can't remember anything at CV that sounded like that outside of the Main Event and very select parts of other panels.