Our guest today is Nick Tierce, a narrative designer who has been playing in the world of immersive narrative for the past decade. His latest project is Hollow Medium, a podcast and multimedia project over at https://www.hollowmedium.com.

Nick was a pioneer player of Disney's early experiments in immersive storytelling such The Optimist, an alternate reality game (ARG) tied to the film Tomorrowland, and Legends of Frontierland at Disneyland. Check out this prediction that Nick made in  2014 as Legends of Frontierland was winding down:

"If I may be so bold as to project speculation decades down the road, I can imagine a future where — rather than grafting these experiences onto existing locations — original themed environments will be constructed to exclusively house this type of open, immersive, exploratory story world."

Luckily for us, we didn't have to wait long for Nicks speculation to become reality. The Galactic Starcruiser is the end product of these experiments. We were able to chat with Nick about these and many other subjects. He is an expert on the subject and we learned a ton.

NOTE - This is an abridged version of  our full conversation with Nick. There is one spoiler warning about 30 minutes in. We'll drop the full conversation with Nick in our next released episode as it was a spectacular interview filled with too much fun to keep to ourselves. Enjoy!

Hollow Medium

Nick's article at Micechat.com from 2014 about Legends of Frontierland

Nick's Twitter Feed

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We spoke with Mike Ehmcke, one of the hosts of the Wookiee Radio, We Be Geeks, and Mighty Marvel Geeks podcasts.

Mike has worked as an AV technician in Entertainment for the wizards at Disney for nearly 25 years. He was a member of the opening crew onboard the Halcyon for the first few voyages of the Galactic Starcruiser. He shared stories of his interest in Star Wars, his time working aboard the ship, and his time with Disney.

No spoilers - - - all fun. :)

Wookiee Radio

We Be Geeks

Mighty Marvel Geeks

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It's an armor party - who could ask for more?

We chat with Mike Forester, the host of the Armor Party podcast and the artisan behind Hondo Supply, one of the coolest unofficial Galactic Starcruiser and Galaxy's Edge themed accessory shop on Etsy.

Mike is also a member of the 501st Legion, an international fan-based organization dedicated to the construction and wearing of screen-accurate replicas of Imperial Stormtrooper armor, Sith Lords, Clone Troopers, bounty hunters, and other villains from the Star Wars universe.

As an experienced costume builder, Mike is uniquely suited to discuss costume creation for your Galactic Starcruiser voyage. He also has some fun stories about his voyage on the Halcyon, his excursion to Batuu, and his time with the 501st.

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Hondo Supply
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We are joined this episode by Jey - the Crucial Crew Member!

Jey works aboard the Galactic Starcruiser as a crew member. We met Jey on Twitter and were thrilled to be able to chat with him for some info on what it is like to contribute to this amazing experience. Jey's passion for the Halcyon and his work shines through and it was a blast to chat with him.

Jey's Twitter account is @CrucialCrew2021.

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This week, the heroes were privileged to chat with Dan-O, the popular creator of The Dan-O Channel on YouTube. Dan-O was an early cheerleader for the Galactic Starcruiser experience at a time when many others were spouting off with garbage hot takes and click bait videos. He was a well of positivity in those early days and we very much enjoyed watching his videos as we prepared for our voyage.

We chat with Dan-O about how he gained a love for Star Wars, the early days of his channel, and his voyage aboard the Halcyon.

We finish up by discussing what it is that makes the voyage so special for so many people. Hint - it is magic. :)

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The Heroes gather to discuss a variety of topics from workshopping a new character for an upcoming voyage, tweaking old characters to fit new makeup requirements, and a look at what the Imagineers can do to produce overlays to change things up from time to time.

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We spoke with the fourth member of the Heroes of the Halcyon - my 14 year old son Zach. Zach was 13 back in March when we took our voyage. In this episode, he shares his experiences and viewpoints on the Galactic Starcruiser. He must have been at least mostly okay with it since he is joining us for our return visit in October. :)

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The superfans are joined by podcast host extraordinaire Holly Frey.

Holly is a co-host of several well-known podcasts such as 'Full of Sith', 'Criminalia', and 'Stuff You Missed in History Class'.  More importantly, she is also perhaps the world's greatest fan of Greedo, Ouanni, and other members of Rodian species from Star Wars.

Holly joined us to chat about her three (!) voyages on the Galactic Starcruiser, her love of Rodians & the cocktails in the Sublight Lounge, and many other GS/Star Wars adjacent topics. She was way too much fun to talk to and we were thrilled to be able to chat with her.

We also reveal the winner of our recent giveaway and Drew has a special treat at the end of the episode.

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Criminalia

Full of Sith

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Ah - the benefit of hindsight is beautiful, isn't it?

In this episode, the superfan trio looks back at some tips that they wish they knew before their fateful voyage. No spoilers here - just good information to know before you head out to the stars.

We also discuss some listener email, read a couple of podcast reviews, and reveal a fun giveaway for our Instagram followers.

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In this episode, we're joined by Sara & Steven from the Princess And Scoundrel YouTube channel & podcast. Sara is a travel agent specializing in book the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser for her customers and she details why you would best be served using a travel agent for booking your Galactic Starcruiser voyage. Her husband Steven is a notable droid builder in the Star Wars community. We have a lot of fun this episode and we're pretty sure that you will also!

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