Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace and The Empire Strikes Out

Beyond good, beyond evil, beyond your wildest

imagination. I don't remember you from the Jedi

temple. Yes, you do. Jedi mind tricks don't work

on Jedis. I knew that. Hello and welcome to episode

66 of Tooncast Beyond, brought to you by the

Geekcast Radio Network. I am one of your hosts,

TFJ and Mike. Joining me in this ordering of

66 episode is Steve Megatron. Hello. Hello. How

are you? Prime. That's just prime. Today we are

going to be heading to a galaxy far, far away

as we celebrate May the 4th. That's right, today

is Star Wars Day. And we here at the GCRN and

Tooncast Beyond are celebrating by talking about

two of the LEGO Star Wars films. The Padawan

Menace and The Empire Strikes Out. So... To set

the stage these were they weren't the first there

were more there were films and videos based on

the Lego Star Wars been produced since 2005 but

these were the ones that I kind of saw first

before the other ones like I've never seen the

quest for R2 -D2 I've never seen Lego Star Wars

Revenge of the Brick so I've never seen Lego

Star Wars Bombad Bounty where apparently Boba

Fett is hired by Vader to go hunt down Jar Jar,

which I'm sure every Star Wars fanboy and fangirl

cheered at that. But The Padawan Menace was the

first one I noticed on Cartoon Network back in

2011. It was an exclusive TV special. It's about...

the Jedi Academy field trip guide, Master Yoda,

who is leading a group of rambunctious Jedi younglings

through the Senate chambers when he senses a

disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save

the Republic, he discovers that one of the younglings

secretly boarded his ship and has a taste for

adventure. What was your... had you noticed,

have you seen any of the LEGO stuff before actually

watching this one? I've watched Lego DC stuff,

but I'm in Marvel, but I've never watched Lego

Star Wars See I've watched I enjoy the DC stuff

the Marvel stuff's a little hokey Yeah, well

it is Marvel after all I Don't want to get into

that argument as an argument for another podcast

The Lego Star Wars stuff is really cool most

the time they get Voice actors that they can

to reprise certain roles like Anthony Daniels

is C3PO and that kind of stuff And they even

Get you know like the Clone Wars actors came

back to voice the roles like Tom Kane and Phil

Lamar and all that stuff So it's very very very

cool this one Was interesting they be basically

with the Lego Star Wars stuff is doing folks

is it's taking What we know as the Star Wars

Sexology, I guess at this point since there are

six total films. Well seven so I don't even know

what the seventh It's gonna break my brain but

it's taking the original six films one through

six and Putting the Lego spin on them. So in

the Padawan menace we have this rambunctious

kid who just kind of stows away and Ends up putting

a net and a name tag on himself and he names

himself Ian of all things Yes, I noticed that

Incorrect spelling. I mean the well, it's the

traditional spelling Yeah, it's not the Stephen

Murray spelling But, you know, in your case,

in your case, you kind of had to put the E before

the I because the kid would have had the initials

ICP. Oh boy. What did you think when you watched

this? What were your overall opinions on it?

This is basically a 28 31. I wanted to groan

first 22, huh? I groaned You groaned. Yes. I

didn't I didn't enjoy this one as much as the

second one Really? Yeah I'm not I'm more of a

fan of the the Empire in general I'm not a fan

of I'm not really a fan of like the only the

only saving grace for me was Yoda The rest of

it I was like It was a little cheesy, but it

was it it was funny I think it would be better

if I was watching it with Ian because I Myself

didn't get that much out of it this particular

one just because it's I mean, yeah, the Chancellor

Palpatine where he's wearing the Sith hood and

then, you know, Sam Jackson's character is like,

it's a Sith Lord. And then he's like, takes off

the hood and they're like, oh, it's just the

Chancellor. And then they're like, then he just

keeps flipping it back and forth. So that was

kind of funny. But, um, and it was interesting

seeing Yoda building stuff randomly throughout

the thing. I found the droids a little jarring.

C3BO and R2? Yeah, more so than anything, because...

I felt like they were just in there as a way

to move the story along. Yeah, they kind of are

in this one there. Well, as we go along, because

this is just... I can probably come up with a

better title, but basically, episode 66 of Toon

Caspian will be called Lego Star Wars, episode

1, The Menacing Empire Strikes Out. But... Basically,

this is the first of many Lego Star Wars that

we're gonna be doing because I have watched the

Yoda Chronicles Those were little short videos

that they did late like they weren't the 30 minute

feature they were like 10 let basically like

old YouTube video length kind of thing. So At

one point in the Yoda Chronicles c3po becomes

the narrator But yeah, I mean, in this one, it

just seems like they're just there. R2, I kind

of forgive, because I... R2, I forgive. It's

the 3PO that's in there, and then the throwaway

of the Gungans and the Chewbacca. Oh, the Gungans.

Me so think this movie sucks. No. That's what

the original Phantom Menace meant. I would watch

this before the Phantom Menace again. Other than

Qui -Gon, Qui -Gon's a saving grace for that.

See, I think the producers of this kind of gave

Jar Jar an out on Padawan Menace because they

started making fun of Boss Nass more in these

two than they did Jar Jar. Good job with the

butt. Good job with the butt. It's funny. The

coolest thing for me for Paddle on Menace was

the running gag, the three -time running gag

of Darth Vader trying to come into the scene.

And then George Lucas coming in and going, uh

-uh -uh. Yeah, it's not your scene, Darth. I

thought that was hilarious. I like the little

adventure that they're, you know, they're sitting

out and sitting forth. And I like the whole thing

of your name's Ian. Oh yeah, right, whoops. And

it switches over and we realize that that's Han

Solo. Thought that was cool. I noticed that the

uniform changed and you know You know it's one

of those things where I'll say this the Lego

animation on the star like Lego animation in

general for the DC stuff for the animation for

both DC and Marvel is great regardless of how

hokey the Marvel stories can be The the animation

around on all the Lego stuff is amazing and the

Star Wars stuff. It's like It's like they just

captured it in Lego form and the lightsabers

look amazing You know all that stuff the blasters

everything Absolutely loved that Padawan menace.

Yeah, you're right. I do like Empire Strikes

had a little bit more But Petal and Menace was

pretty decent. I think I'll probably give it

a three, three and a half out of five. What about

you? I'll give it about that. I mean, it wasn't

horrible. I could find worse things to watch

than this. It's not like I was grasping at straws

to go gouge my eyes out or anything. It was actually

pretty decent. So I'll give it the three point

five out of five Yeah So we're gonna take a quick

break and we're gonna come back and see just

how many pitches it takes for the Empire to strike

out Of course I did it was me or him why wouldn't

I that is a subject of some debate Alright folks,

it is time. We are back here celebrating Star

Wars Day and on September 26, 2012, oh my god,

this came out four years ago, a new special entitled

Lego Star Wars The Empire Strikes Out aired on

Cartoon Network in the United States. In it,

Luke Skywalker embarks on a mission to find and

destroy the Imperial base on Naboo but is relentlessly

chased by a group of fanatic fangirls. who think

of him as a celebrity for destroying the Death

Star. Meanwhile, Darth Vader engages in a sithing

rivalry with Darth Maul. Try to say that five

times fast, folks. In order to prove he is the

best Sith Lord to Emperor Palpatine, who is constructing

the second Death Star. All right, so what is

so cool about the LEGO Star Wars stuff, like

I know the LEGO DC stuff makes up not makes up

but creates their own stories with the DC characters

and I haven't seen I've seen maybe half a scene

of the Lego DC stuff and eventually we're gonna

get into that because I know I know you like

that stuff so but the Lego Star Wars stuff it's

just so fluid because it has such a rich history

of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy

and basically Lego Star Wars meshes everything

together and it meshes so well There's so many

references in this. And then Luke ends up running

around dressed as Vader. I thought that was hilarious.

That was pretty funny. And then he had all the

fangirls following him. Yeah, that was pretty

good too. And then, well, what he does is with

the fangirl thing, did you notice one of the

fangirls looks like to be the daughter of Greedo?

yeah I think I understand the green one yeah

yeah oh man I think isn't it in this one or the

last I think it's in the Phantom Menace where

I don't know phantom padawan menace I'm sorry

where where where someone says oh my god Han

shot first Well, of course I shot first. I absolutely

love that. And it's one of those things where

Empire Strikes Out is such a cool story. They

give you the whole, wait for it, wait for it,

spoilers, I am your father. I love all the jokes

that they put into this. They take Empire Strikes

Back. And turn it into one of the best comedy

routines. I'm going to rock your world. Yeah,

stop it Yeah, it's absolutely hilarious. I absolutely

love it. What did you like about Empire Strikes

Out? Vader trying to desperately earn the affection

of the Emperor and the Emperor still Patting

Darth Maul on the head until he screws up and

then Vader destroys Darth Maul and the Death

Star and he's like that's my boy and then they

do the reverse of the of the uh a new hope where

they hand out the medals yep and then he gets

a medal and then he shows his face and they're

like uh and then they go over to um well yeah

because previously that scene They - Luke is

trying to get away from the fangirl, so he said,

hey ladies, you know what's under that helmet

over there? They show him with Hayden Christensen.

And shows a picture, yeah, of Hayden Christensen.

And he's like, do you really want to see it?

Here you go. And they chase half a mall. Yeah,

half a mall. I think the coolest part was the

lightsaber with him. With Darth Maul. Mm -hmm

making the lightsaber joke with the 1 2 and then

the 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 different things that came

out of there I thought that was really really

cool. What did you think of the Darth star? I?

Thought it was stupid and I was glad Vader destroyed

it I Love the part where it's like have it find

a Skywalker not this Skywalker yeah I love it

that it's um the Darth star I like I knew something

like that was gonna happen I didn't know exactly

what was gonna happen but when when the Emperor

goes to take care of something and Darth Maul's

like it could use some more red and then you

knew what he was doing he was gonna absolutely

yes pray I don't alter it any further yeah I

love the LEGO Star Wars stuff. I mean, like I

said earlier, I have watched the LEGO Star Wars

Yoda Chronicles, but this is the first, like,

this is the first time, I actually wanted to

do this episode for Tooncast Beyond two or three

years ago when the thing first came out, because

I'm like, ooh, DVD, yay! This was back when DVD

was still popular. We use those still? Yeah,

apparently so. They're turning into the way of

the VHS and the Betamax tapes. What are those?

I know what a VHS is. I know what a Betamax is.

I never had a Betamax, but I had a VHS. Yeah,

the entire listening audience that's under 30

probably doesn't know. Go to your local video

store and ask them what a VHS is. What's a video

store? And how much they charge you if you didn't

rewind it. Yeah, I know. Oh my God. You know,

that's how the video, this is completely off

the top, but that's how the video stores made

their money. People not rewinding the tapes because

they'll charge you an arm and a leg. 3PO and

R2 were like, I love the whole tour guide thing

for 3PO. I mean, I know that was in Padawan,

but... just his continual like when he starts

this one off I actually screencapped this and

put it on Facebook because in certain states

right now in the United States they're having

a whole bathroom debacle figuring out which person

can go into which bathroom. Yeah, I have an opinion

of that, but I'm going to leave it alone. No,

no, no. Well, I'm not sitting here trying to

get controversial or anything like that about

it. And it's one of those things where I really

don't want to bring it up because it is such

a controversial topic. I'm going to bring it

up on Altered Geek. I want to poke a bear. You

always want to poke a bear. The funny thing was,

this episode... Shark, wow, where the hell did

I get shark from? Empire Strikes Out starts in

the hangar and they're all getting ready to go

after Vader and they're all getting ready to

jump to lightspeed. So 3PO is in the question

mark bathroom. No, he's well, no, no, no, he's

not he's not he's he's in the they have the series

doors That all have different signs on them.

They have male female droid and other stuff So

he comes out of the droid bathroom realizes that

everyone has left him It's like Chewbacca, huh?

Is anyone here and you go to the question mark

bathroom and Chewbacca comes out of the question

mark bathroom and I'm just like oh my god that

so fits into current events right now and this

short or this this this film here is like I said

it came out Empire Strikes Back came out four

years ago so Star Wars predicting the future

yeah you'll like my comment oh god I'm having

fun with that. Oh god, I'm scared to even look

down. What else did you like about Empire Strikes

Out? It was mostly just the jumping back and

forth between Luke and Vader. Kind of, you know,

like where they collided with their tie fight

and the X -Wing. And then they're like... whoa

that was and then Vader's like weird as they're

going in different directions and then Luke ends

up landing with uh crash landing into the Death

Star or the Star Destroyer yeah and uh has a

droid and he's wearing the costume they're like

Lord Vader uh I didn't know you had an R2 unit

and then R2 just zaps him and then they just

he starts doing the da da da da da da da da and

it's beeping and it's whistling And then of course

where he's on the planet and he tells them to

destroy the barracks They're like, are you sure

and he's like I said destroy the barracks And

then they have the the at at shoot it Yeah, and

then Vader shows up that's not the real Vader

I am Yeah, I thought it's more amusing because

it was Vader yeah I'm just absolutely loving

this Lego Star Wars stuff. It's so awesome, fun

and cool. It really, really is. Anything else

you want to say about either Padawan or Empire

before we rate Empire? No. Empire for me... There

wasn't anything wrong. I gotta give it a 5. I

loved every bit of this thing. What about you?

I give it a 4 .5 out of 5. I enjoyed a lot of

that. Yup. Alright folks, we're gonna take another

quick break and just so this episode of the podcast

isn't just 20 some odd minutes long between the

two reviews of the shorts, we're gonna take a

quick break on the way back. You know, we're

going to pick Doug Abel from talking about my

generation up. He's stuck on Hoth or Dagobah

or something. He's stuck under a swamp somewhere.

So we're going to go jump in our X -Wings and

TIE fighters and go pick him up. And we're going

to come back and we're going to talk about Star

Wars Day after this. Luke Skywalker. So pleased

to meet you at last. Don't play nice with me

Vader. You killed my father. Oh, really? I've

got news for you news that is going to blow your

mind Here it comes Right now get ready spoiler

alert Luke I Am about to rock his world You young

ladies are mobbing the wrong chap. What? Lord

Vader's much too modest to show you, but behind

that evil mask you will find... this! Don't touch

my chest buttons! I need them to breathe! Alright

folks, we, uh, we had jumped into our X -wings

and TIE fighters and Millennium Falcons and all

that stuff and we found Doug. He was, um... He

was stuck under the x -wing, but he was over

what I thought he was an orbiter of half Yeah,

I was actually trapped in that whole Darth Vader

thing I've been I've been having a horrible breathing

Yes, so even though Tim Cass beyond is all about

cartoons These Lego things are not exactly super

lengthy, so I wanted to kind of pad the episode

and have the three of us discuss our experiences,

if any, with Star Wars Day. For those of you

who don't know, who have been living under a

rock since 1977, Star Wars Day is May the 4th.

May the 4th be with you. Steve, have you had

any of you gone to any celebrations or done anything

Star Wars specific in the past years? No. Okay.

No, I haven't. It's not that I wouldn't. I just

haven't. Okay. What do you think of the overall

fandom coming together and celebrating one of

the greatest space franchises of all time on

one day? I think it's kind of cool. I mean, I

think that that's kind of nice to have a day

like that for, especially something as iconic

as May the 4th. It just, it fits. So it's not

like it's straining too hard to hit that achieved

title. Yeah, exactly. What about you Doug? Have

you ever done any Star Wars themed stuff, parties

with friends or events or... Do they actually

have conventions on Star Wars? I don't even know.

Oh yeah. I'm sure they do, but I don't know.

Yeah, I have never actually done anything on

May the 4th for it. However, that said, I have

done stuff at Comic -Con. I Well, whatever was

I want to say it was last year or something like

that. They had the comic -con fell on the same

day that that The movie came out that the original

Star Wars came out and they had this huge blowout

thing with with Lucasfilm They had the 501st

Legion out there they had everybody all stacked

up out on the stairs outside of the convention

center and It was just this huge thing and everybody's

got you've got every Jedi and and everybody stand

out there and just pictures galore I've done

droid hunts that they've had out there for it

on that what comic -con considers their Star

Wars day, which is Unofficially, it's like the

Friday of the four days that they do it and that's

their Star Wars day But it's never it's never

fall on me the fourth because of when comic -con

typically is Yeah, Comic -Con's usually July.

For me... I mean, I think I pretty much fall

into the category of Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, and

Howard. Basically just marathon -ing the movies.

You could say it's a trap. Depending on which

trilogy you watch. Yeah, that's true Hurry up

Sheldon before you George Lucas decides to change

it again Just absolutely awesome So we are gonna

be doing more Lego Star Wars episodes in the

future here on to gasp Because most of these

are shorts and films they don't really follow

into the season pass because there isn't an actual

Right now. I know there's a series starting on

disney xd at some point this year and a new star

lego star wars series but the lego star wars

stuff they're going to be short burst episodes

uh... put him in every now and then and maybe

next time i'll actually have done on the actual

whole episode this time around uh... what was

your overall impression on hit you've seen petal

on menace and empire strikes out right now no

actually i have not yet i don't know i don't

know going to kill you Know I haven't had a chance

Worst geek ever comic -con denied. I didn't even

know that they had padawan menace out. Okay,

I knew there were Lego things It's like 2011.

Oh my god. I feel yes. I'm awful. I'm absolutely

awful. Yes. Yes you are I Feel like it's a trap

There's been a great disturbance in the Lego

force. That's right All right, thank you for

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time a disturbance. I feel in the force mistaken.

I hope my feelings are Tired of being right all

the time. I am. There are other people that fit

the suit. You know what I'm saying? No. Right.

So it's a wrap!