Skywalking Through Neverland: A Star Wars / Disney Podcast

This is a celebration of the life and work of Chistopher Lee. We scoured the globe looking for clips and bits of history to share with you in a tribute to this amazing man. He has the distinction of being a two-time Guinness World Record-holder, legendary monster, accomplished swordsman and Count Dooku! Star Wars Weekends may be over for 2015, but Skywalker Kevin Raider-Nerd Reitzel is here to give us the Week 5 Recap. Including the legendary FRANK OZ in his first-ever guest appearance to talk Star Wars and being the voice of Yoda. Be sure to check out our Bonus Content this week with full audio from the Frank Oz panels at Star Wars Celebration. Also on this episode: Skywalker Shout-Outs - EndorCast And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Quick Episode Summary: Star Wars Weekends #4 (7:35) RebelForce Radio Meet-Up Frank Oz Collectibles Skywalker Shout-Outs (42:51) EndorCast Farewell, Christopher Lee (45:48) Biography Movie clips and audio sound bytes Good stuff!   Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirt

On Saturday, June 13, 2015, Frank Oz spoke for a second time about his career as Yoda and so many Muppet characters. This took place at Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Week 5. James Arnold Taylor interviewed Frank Oz at the “Stars Of The Saga” Show and we have 2 full shows to share with you. We want to thank Tricia Barr for getting her FastPass and recording this audio for us all. Be sure to check out Episode 81 for Tricia’s recap of SWW2015 Week 4! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Follow us on Meerkat and join in on interactive live-streaming of events. Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube

Friday June 12, 2015 will go down in history as the day Frank Oz attended Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios to talk about his career as Yoda and his many Muppet characters. James Arnold Taylor interviewed Frank Oz at the “Stars Of The Saga” Show each day of SWW Week #5, and we have 2 full shows to share with you. We want to thank Kevin Raider-Nerd Reitzel for being there to record when many Skywalkers and fans could not. Thanks for sharing with us all, Kevin! Be sure to check out Episode 82 when it airs, for Kevin Raider-Nerd Reitzel’s recap of SWW2015 Week 5. Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Follow us on Meerkat and join in on interactive live-streaming of events. Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube

Star Wars author ADAM BRAY is full of surprising stories. Not only is he the author of Star Wars: What Makes A Monster?, co-author of ULTIMATE STAR WARS and the upcoming STAR WARS: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know, he has also been to many countries as a travel writer. Language barriers and whale watching lead to some interesting experiences! Skywalker’s David and Luann Manderville report on STAR WARS WEEKENDS #4 and share their interview with James Arnold Taylor. Once again proving that a nicer guy does not exist! Also on this episode: Skywalking On TV Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan!   Quick Episode Summary:  00:00:00 Welcome Skywalkers! Tweet at us @SkywalkingPod00:08:59 San Diego Comic-Con Star Wars Day 00:12:00 Mousedroid Mixer: Author ADAM BRAY, Part 1 00:42:58 Mousedroid Mixer: Author ADAM BRAY, Part 2 01:20:54 Skywalking Shout Outs and Skywalker Of The Week 01:27:55 Star Wars Weekends #4 with David & Luann Manderville 01:51:32 Christopher Lee,

Show 80 calls for a salute to DAVID LETTERMAN for over 30 years of Late Night Fun! After 3 decades Dave has had a great deal of Star Wars references and we give you…Our TOP 10 STAR WARS / DAVID LETTERMAN CROSSOVER CLIPS! Our Fairy Podmother, Margaret Kerry, is back to help those in need with her segment - Ask Tink! The original animator’s reference model for Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan” is full of fun and showers everyone with pixie-dusted advice. Star Wars Weekends #3 is complete! Tricia Barr, co-author of ULTIMATE STAR WARS, was there as a special guest, signing copies of ULTIMATE STAR WARS and generally having a #fangirlflail time. She tells us all about her experience! Back To Tomorrowland! We take another look into the history of Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland from the 1950’s. Rebel Spy and Ghost Host Dave Skale brings us the history and sounds of Tomorrowland from 1959-1964. Thanks to DisneyChris.com for the awesome audio sound clips. Also on this episode: Star Wars Celebration - Autograph Hall Interviews wit

On May 20th Disneyland kicked off its 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration with a special 2-day Media Preview event complete with premiere parties and interviews with Disneyland Imagineers. We take you with us as the Disneyland Resort debutes 3 new shows: the much-anticipated Paint The Night Parade, an all-new Disneyland Forever Fireworks, and World Of Color: Celebrate! Paul Barrie from Window To The Magic helps us recap the event. Disneyland Creative Directors & Imagineers included in this episode: Mary Niven, Vice President, Disneyland Park Steve Davison, Executive Producer, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment Sayre Wiseman, Executive, Parades & Spectaculars, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment Scott Trowbridge, Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering Kim Irvine, Art Director, Walt Disney Imagineering Jeff Shaver-Moskowitz, Producer, Walt Disney Imagineering Larry Nikolai, Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment Randy Wojcik, Walt Disney Imagineering C

Author James Kahn has a full resume from helping to save E.T.'s life, creating original music and writing the best-selling novelization of RETURN OF THE JEDI. We are so excited to welcome him to the show and listen to his fantastic career in storytelling. Star Wars Weekends #1 Recap! John Fowler is back to tell us all about his time, and whether or not he saw Han Solo. NEW segment - we take a look into the history of Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland from the 1950’s. Rebel Spy and Ghost Host Dave Skale is back with this new series and each week we will look at another decade of Tomorrowland leading up to the NEW Disney film of the same name. Also on this episode: Lightspeed To Main Street: Disneyland's Diamond Anniversary Prep Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts ON SALE at TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping AWESOME new Star Wars on HerUniverse? Click here! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Follow us on Meerkat and join

DJ Elliot and Mark Daniel have entertained the masses at Star Wars Celebration conventions and Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. They've made you laugh, dance and throw objects at large stuffed Star Wars Angry Birds. Today they are our special guests! You want to talk about an entertaining episode? This is it! Skywalker John Fowler (@StarWarsFanFL), one of our correspondents covering Star Wars Weekends 2015, gives us survival tips, tells us what he's expecting and his game plan for each weekend. If you are attending, make sure to find John to grab a Skywalking Through Neverland button!   Sarah flies through the Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland and the new Pixie Dust Challenge. And we also recap our day at Regal-Con 2015. Head over to Once Upon A Time Fan Podcast to hear their Podcast Stage at Regal-Con, on which we were one of their guests! Also on this episode: The Simpsons “Springfield” opens at Universal Studios Hollywood. We Live-Streamed this on Meerkat. Were you one of the 250 pe

Stephen Stanton is Skywalking through Neverland! He is the voice of Grand Moff Tarkin on STAR WARS REBELS, Sleepy dwarf in Disney’s THE 7D, and Lord Henry Mystic of Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor (plus many more), Stephen is the perfect match for our Star Wars/Disney podcast. And what a conversation we had! Also on this episode, MORE Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Interviews! John Ratzenberger (Major Bren Derlin / every PIXAR movie ever / Cliff Clavin) and Clive Revill (voice of The Emperor in ESB) join us this week. Thank you to Denise Vasquez who invited us to her Music Mondays Open Mic for a special #StarWarsDay celebration. Live drawing with Randy Martinez, music, comedy and fun! We recap. What did you do for May The 4th? Also on this episode: Cliff's Notes Countdown Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping AWESOME new Star Wars on HerUniverse? Click here! Contact us

In this jam-packed episode, Jeffrey Brown, author of the wildly successful Darth Vader and Son series of books, joins us to discuss his NEW book, Darth Vader and Friends! We delve into his artistic process and it is fascinating. We got tons of interviews from the Autograph Hall at Star Wars Celebration which we will play throughout the next month. This week it’s RETURN OF THE JEDI creature shop technician KIRK THATCHER, and hang-gliding Ewok FELIX SILLA. Also on this episode: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - our first thoughts. Ask Tink with MARGARET KERRY is back! Advice doled out in the cutest voice ever? Yes, please! Skywalking Through Star Wars Celebration - #TeamHoojib Bryn MacKinnon’s review and revelations. And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping AWESOME new Star Wars on HerUniverse? Click here! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.

We present to you the entire AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON global press conference that took place on April 11th, 2015 on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA. We had the opportunity to speak with Kevin Feige, Head of Marvel and Producer of AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, as well as Director Joss Whedon.For good measure, the rest of the headlining cast was there as well. Check out this impressive list: · Robert Downey Jr (“Iron Man”) · Scarlett Johansson (“Black Widow”) · Chris Evans (“Captain America”) · Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) · Mark Ruffalo (“The Hulk”) · Jeremy Renner (“Hawkeye”) · Cobie Smulders (“Maria Hill”) · Aaron Taylor Johnson (“Quicksilver”) · Elizabeth Olsen (“Scarlett Witch”) · James Spader (“Ultron”) · Paul Bettany (“Vision”) · Joss Whedon (Director) · Kevin Feige (Producer) I mean, they almost didn’t fit at the table! Be sure to check out Episode 75 of Skywalking Through Neverland for our audio review of AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. 

Minutes after the STAR WARS CELEBRATION ended, an assembly of Skywalkers gathered to discuss the best moments of the convention.   This episode is packed with THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer reactions (tears), Star Wars Celebration thoughts (and tears), Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Red Carpet Interviews (more tears), and even a word or two from Mary Franklin, Star Wars Celebration organizer-supreme!   Special thanks to our Debriefing Panel: Alan Sanborn, Robert (Bald Solo) Bapst, Tricia Barr, Geek Kay, Dave Skale, Joey Pittman, Matthew Clifton, Kevin Raidernerd Reitzel, David and Luann Manderville, Ryan Stampfli, Fernando Perez, Patty Hammond and Jeff Long.   And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping AWESOME new Star Wars on HerUniverse?  Click here! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube

Saturday, April 18th of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2015 was Star Wars Rebels day! Star Wars Celebration hosted a public panel on the Celebration Stage titled “New Allies and New Villians" featuring the trailer to Star Wars Rebels Season 2. We were blown away with the addition of Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex to the cast. Shortly after this morning panel, the media gathered for an hour-long Press Conference where we all were able to ask questions of the producers, directors and cast of Star Wars Rebels. Participants include: Dave Filoni (Executive Producer, Supervising Director), Simon Kinberg (Executive Producer), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Kanan), Vanessa Marshall (Hera), Tiya Sircar (Sabine), Steve Blum (Zeb) and Taylor Gray (Ezra).  We have the press conference for you in it’s entirety. It’s fun to note that there were only 2 mics and everyone was fighting for them. Of course, Richard grabbed the mic - listen for his question around 48 minutes. And our own Fangils Going Rogue friend Tricia Barr got the final qu

The Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Podcast Stage! A glorious hive of Skywalkers & Tweetwalkers! We bring you our Interactive Fandom Adventure.   Joining us were Star Wars Artists Randy Martinez and Denise Vasquez. Loads of audience participation, games and lots of prizes. We played Pictionary with Star Wars Artists!! Rob Dehlinger composed a LIVE Skywalker Of The Week! And of course, a live podcast recording :) Stay tuned at the end of the show where you will hear a compilation of all the glorious music Rob Dehlinger has composed for Skywalking Through Neverland. Many thanks to our Sponsors and helpers, without which we could not have put on such an awesome show.   SPONSORS: Adventures by Daddy, Funko POP!, Rob Dehlinger, Randy Martinez, @Tomsy79, Joey Pittman, Gary Oransky of Fangirl TV, Roon Marchant, LEGOLAND CA, Chris Alexander - Star Wars Origami And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping on HerUniverse?  Click he

Cris Macht, director of The Force Among Us and The Force Within Us, gives us the scoop on his NEW Star Wars reality show, REAL FANS OF THE SAGA. Watch out - they will be filming this at Star Wars Celebration! Jack and Holman Wang, creators of the adorable new books STAR WARS EPIC YARNS, talk about how much work and love went into creating them. You will be fascinated! Seeing a Marvel film in 3D is one thing, but seeing our favorite heroes LIVE is a whole new experience. Our Skywalking Through Neverland Rebel Spy and Ghost Host, Dave Skale, took his 17-year old niece to see Marvel Universe LIVE and they both weigh in on the event. Also on this episode: SWCA Podcast Stage Update (Interactive Fandom Adventure) Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping on HerUniverse? Click here! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and fo

On Episode 72 of Skywalking Through Neverland we talked with Victoria Sampson, ADR supervisor on Return Of The Jedi. As we learned in our discussion, Vickie had worked on countless major films with countless major stars. Some of her stories were unrelated to Star Wars and Disney but were so fascinating we wanted you to hear them, so this bonus content contains the stories that were cut out. So sit back and prepare to be entertained… Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube

This show features special guest, Victoria Sampson! She was the ADR supervisor on Return Of The Jedi, as well as COUNTLESS other films. We had an amazing conversation - you DO NOT want to miss this! We also talk with Star Wars Celebration newbie Bryn MacKinnon. She still had some questions about attending this life-altering event so we brought her on as the voice of all #SWCA first-timers. Also on this episode: SWCelebration Podcast Stage Update as we reveal more giveaways for our Interactive Fandom Adventure Cliff’s Notes Countdown Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. Shopping on HerUniverse?  Click here! Contact us: tweet! tweet! @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube

The last time you were at Disneyland did you happen to see The Walt Disney family crest on sleeping beauty's castle? Or the signs on the bathroom door? The devil is in the details, and Russell Flores has seen and documented them in his book, “Seen, Un-Seen Disneyland”. It’s fascinating, and he has many stories to tell. Star Wars artist Randy Martinez is back to tell us about his Star Wars Celebration print. And this time he is joined by by his girlfriend and renowned Star Wars artist herself, Denise Vasquez. You don't want to miss this because we reveal some details of our Interactive Fandom Adventure on the Podcast Stage. Guess who else is back? Our Fairy Pod(God?)Mother, Margaret Kerry! She flew in to help all of our Skywalkers with their questions in her ASK TINK segment. We also have our shout-outs and the Skywalker of the Week! And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan! Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic! Check them out HERE. SPONSOR: HerUniverse! We are so excited to welcome this

Star Wars Celebration is less than a month away! If you’ve never been to one before, or need a refresher, Skywalking Through Neverland has some convention tips for you! Richard and I have been to every domestic Star Wars Celebration since Celebration IV, and several other conventions in between. So sit back and let us help you skywalk with ease through your convention experience. Donald Wicks, one of our incredible Skywalkers, is starting his own podcast! Learn all about EndorCast, his new Rebel Legion cosplay podcast that just premiered. Also on this episode: Skywalking On TV Skywalker Shout-Outs Skywalker Of The Week And remember…NeverLand On Alderaan!   You can find the companion piece to the STAR WARS CELEBRATION SURVIVAL GUIDE HERE on AdventuresByDaddy.com where there are even more tips in written form. Skywalking Through Neverland T-Shirts now available on TeePublic for $14! Check them out HERE. NEW SPONSOR: HerUniverse! We are so excited to welcome this amazing company as a sponsor. Fans helping fans

It’s a BIRTHDAY episode! Not only is it Sarah’s birthday on March 10th, but our special guest Scott Allen's birthday is March 12th, the air date of this show. We had a great time talking with SCOTT ALLEN of the 501st Legion about all things ranging from starring in our fan film TPZ, the charity work he's done and being part of the fan generation working in the Star Wars universe. Disney Legend, Tinker Bell reference model and our official Podcast Fairy Godmother, MARGARET KERRY is back to talk about the new film, TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST. She doles out her opinions and wisdom the way only Tinker Bell can! “Fly, yes. Land, no!” Right after wrapping our interview with Margaret Kerry, we learned that Harrison Ford violently crashed landed his vintage plane and was in critical condition. Oh no! We also learned that Harrison Ford just may be Wolverine in disguise, considering the MANY accidents and broken bones he’s weathered. “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage." Also on this episode: Birth