Live Call In Show – Ep 53 : Solo teaser reaction caIls w/ Iraj of The Sith List

Iraj Dowlatshahi, host of The Sith List podcast, joins us to discuss…

- The brand-new Solo teaser and trailer!

- “Official” hashtags

- Aaron from OKC checks in with his thoughts on the trailer

- Increased hype levels after seeing the Solo trailer

- Iraj’s hype is all the way up 

- Hidden Han Solo in the Super Bowl teaser

- The new Solo artwork released by Lucasfilm 

- We discuss spinning letters and our favorite shots

- King Tom calls from “Australia” to pitch a Seinfeld-ish coat endeavor  

- Everybody loves Donald Glover 

- How much of a relationship do Lando and Han have after the Falcon changes hands?

- The parallels between Solo and another beloved heist film

- Steele’s new trailer reaction video (now available on YouTube!)

- Katie McCort from New York puts her unique spin on the trailer

- Will Solo be better than Rogue One?

- We try to gauge how Solo will perform at the box office

- Emily Lind from the Canto Bight Dispatch podcast demands a dad joke from Iraj

- The variance between the Super Bowl teaser and the official trailer 

- Emma from Edmonton gives us her trailer reactions and drops some cape blasphemy

- The factors that will make or break this film

- Simon Daoudi in LA has some ideas about Lucasfilm’s shortened marketing strategy

- The hazing process for new members of the MSW Podcast Network

PLUS, IN THE FIFTY-FIVE MINUTE SUPPORTER BONUS SECTION

- Rusty Brown from San Diego impersonates his casino correspondent sister

- Buying Donald Glover as Lando 

- Rebecca Edwards from Perth calls the show prior to having seen the trailer 

- Robbo from New Jersey actually enjoyed the trailer!

- An ill-fated attempt to impart EU knowledge

- Rebecca rejoins us after watching the trailer, and is HYPED 

- The Awesome Space Octopus!

- Iraj and Steele talk about delicious beer

- Shawn calls from LA with his thoughts on the trailer 

- The trailer’s use of graphics, and reminiscing over Lost

- Kyle from Toronto loved the gunslinger scene

- Did we see Kessel in the trailer?

- What’s the nature of the Han and Qi’ra relationship?

- Robbo returns to tell us about Lando’s droid

- A prophecy that misread could have been

- Katie’s interest in Solo is higher after our visit from Robbo

- We discuss Westworld!

- Potential future Star Wars standalones

- And much more!

Follow Steele Wars on Twitter & Instagram 

Show prep Eric Strothers : @ericstrothers / @bad_motivators 

Show notes Dom Legaspi : @domlegaspi

Follow Iraj: @TheSithList