This week, on the tower of technobabble, we have two interviews conducted at their recent world record attempt at Wonderfest 2014. The first interview is with academy award winning special effect master Phil Tippett, on how he got into the business, how he’s preserving effects from his past films, and how he’s currently using special effects to tell a new story. Then, we speak with an honest-to-gosh stormtrooper about what goes in to a kick-ass stormtrooper’s uniform, how the imperial ranks are simply misunderstood, and how his group, the 501st legion, is working to do some good on our planet. We also get into some real-world issues from a different perspective than we usually see.

Show Notes

Interview with Phil TIppett

IMDB Info: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864138/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Help Phil Make Mad God, Part 2!:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madgod/phil-tippetts-mad-god-part-2

Tippett Studio: http://www.tippett.com/

Chronicle Collectibles: http://www.chroniclecollectibles.com/

Interview with Alex Brown (TK-3855) - 

Name, Rank Serial Number: http://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=12431&costumeID=124

The Story Behind R2-KT and the people behind it:

http://www.r2kt.com/ and http://www.astromech.net/

The 501st Legion (Vader’s Fist, yo!): http://www.501st.com/

Ultra Pop! 

https://www.facebook.com/UltraPopShop

Wonderfest

http://wonderfest.com/

Allllllll the 40 hours worth of material we got at Wonderfest:

http://toweroftechnobabble.com/WorldRecord.html