About this episode

The episode discusses Colin Trevorrow's aspirations and experiences related to directing Star Wars films.

When he first heard that Lucasfilm would be making new Star Wars films, Colin Trevorrow knew he had been put in this earth to direct one of them... Guest Starring David Chen as Colin Trevorrow Alexei Toliopolous as George Lucas Abigail Nussbaum as Kathleen Kennedy Asher Elbein as the Crawl Jackson Ryan as the disembodied voice of the Lucasfilm PR department CLIPS USED: Happy Sad Confused: Colin Trevorrow, Sam Richardson Jurassic World (dir. Colin Trevorrow, 2015) Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi (dir. Rian Johnson 2017) The Clone Wars: The Secrets of Mortis Disney Lucasfilm Purchase Announcement Kathleen Kennedy ABC News Interview MUSIC Duel of the Fates, Main Title, Jurassic Park Theme & A New Home by John Williams “Stringed Disco”, “Backed Vibes Clean”, “Lithium”, “Rolling At 5”, “Phantom From Space”, “Evening Melodrama”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Morgana Rides”, “Raw", “Chill Wave”, “Martian Cowboy”, “Prelude & Action”, “Echoes of Time v2”, “Controlled Chaos - no percussion", “Marty Gots A Plan”, “Dark Times", “Black Vortex”, "Peace of Mind", “This House”, “Quirky Dog”, “Drums of the Deep”, “Hero Down”, “The Dread”, “Mystery Sax", "The Chamber", "Intrepid", "The…

People in this episode

Host: Tansy Gardam

Guests: Colin Trevorrow, David Chen, Alexei Toliopolous, Abigail Nussbaum, Asher Elbein, Jackson Ryan, Kathleen Kennedy

Topics covered

• Star Wars
• film direction
• Colin Trevorrow
• Lucasfilm
• movie analysis

Keywords

• Colin Trevorrow
• Star Wars
• Lucasfilm
• film direction
• movie analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucasfilm, Disney

Books & works: Star Wars, Jurassic World, Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi, The Clone Wars: The Secrets of Mortis

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