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WEEK IN GEEK: It’s an animated kind of week this week as Andrew gets his specific Star Wars fandom ignited with the premiere of the new Disney+ animated series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and D. Bethel nerds out on all the ingenious choices and animation tech found in the new Sony/Netflix film, The Mitchells vs. The Machines.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Ross, Dalton. “Watch Dee Bradley Baker Voice All the Star Wars: The Bad Batch Clones.” Entertainment Weekly, Meredith Corporation, 03 May 2021.
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines director, Michael Rianda, tells the story of getting the billboard for the classic Michigan restaurant, Redamak’s, into the movie via this Twitter thread:

The story behind Redamaks in our movie: @Roweyourboatz loved it and it was a Michigan staple- where the Mitchells are from. We wanted to use real places so the world would feel more authentic.

We thought Redamaks would be an easy get- it was not. (1/2) https://t.co/lc35jv0Z3l pic.twitter.com/YAKIBotU1v

— Michael Rianda (@michaelrianda) May 4, 2021

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• “Episode 148 – Bro-Bro Yo-Yo” (27 October 2017): Where Andrew discussed the premier of the final season of Star Wars: Rebels.
• “Chasing Chickens” (17 July 2020): Where D. Bethel confesses his undying love for Gravity Falls.

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• “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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• “District Four” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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