009 - Our Q&A with QnAProps!

[00:00:00] Speaker A: So. Hi, everybody. This is Bryce Rankins. This is my co host, Bryan Romero. [00:00:04] Speaker B: Hello. Good morning. [00:00:05] Speaker A: And you're listening to episode nine of the Starlight archive. Today we are talking to and joined by Quentin from Q and a props. [00:00:20] Speaker C: Hey, everyone. It's nice to be here. Always down to talk some higher public, especially with you guys. [00:00:25] Speaker B: Yeah, we're super excited to have you on. We've been trying to get you on for probably like, a month and a half now. Schedule's finally lined up. [00:00:32] Speaker C: It's tricky with the time slots and with the time difference. [00:00:34] Speaker A: As soon as we started talking about, like, oh, who could we bring on? You were one of the very first names that we. We mentioned because your work is so good. Yeah, I'm honored. [00:00:42] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:00:43] Speaker A: I mean, like, it's you and Mark Thompson. Like, those were our first two things we listed. [00:00:47] Speaker C: I'm honored to be in the same list as Mark Thompson. Yeah, he's a legend. [00:00:52] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely. [00:00:53] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:00:54] Speaker B: First off, we'll rewind. We got Quentin on Q and a props. He does amazing lightsaber props that he 3d prints, right, as well as ships. [00:01:04] Speaker A: Yeah, that's right. [00:01:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I saw a geode on there, which I was very excited about. [00:01:10] Speaker C: I got a geode. A geode. A geode bootend. [00:01:15] Speaker A: Sexiest man in the galaxy. [00:01:16] Speaker C: I got a bunch of. Bunch of hieropublic stuff that I offer on my Etsy store and also just share in general on my socials. So, yeah, it's basically whenever the high republic came out, I absolutely fell in love with it. And I got into 3d printing at the same time. And I was like, you know, as Disney isn't making any book related merchandise, especially not for the higher public, I was like, let's take matter into my own hands and make some for myself. And then eventually I shared it online with some other folks and they were interested, so I offered them on my Etsy store. And then. Yeah, now here you are. Now here I am on the Starlight archive podcast. [00:01:58] Speaker B: So why don't you tell us what got you into Star wars? When did you get into. [00:02:02] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm actually. Yeah, I'm. For those wondering, I'm actually still quite young, 21 years old, and when I got into Star Wars, I was 14. Eight years ago with the release of solo, that was my first Star wars movie I saw in theaters. And, yeah, so quite late. Yeah. So, like, compared to you, you start, of course, with, like, the legend books in the nineties. What is it? Yeah, so I got into it, like, quite late, and I didn't grow up with, like, these nerdy type of geeky films like Star wars, like Marvel, like all those other types of. Types of movies. But, like, after that, I just got sucked into it. Really loved the whole Skywalker saga. Then, of course, the Mandalorian that helped us all to grow my love for the. For the fandom and just for the stories they're telling. So, yeah, then eventually, the high Republic came around, and I wasn't, like, at all a reader. Like, in middle school and high school, I think I managed to pass high school without reading any books. Like, I was just, oh, my gosh. Yeah, that's impressive. Whenever I got book reports, I just looked at summaries online and managed to get through it. I don't know how I did it, but I did it. And so I was really just. I was into Star Wars. I knew that, but I really wasn't into books. And then I heard this big publishing initiative started by Charles. So with light of Jedi, I was like, you know, it's the first book to, like, to a big publishing initiative. I was like, let's give it a shot, and if I like it, I'll read the next one, and next one. If I like that one, I'll read the next wave. [00:03:43] Speaker B: And you did. [00:03:44] Speaker C: And I did. And I'm at phase three, almost. What is it, four years later? Three years later. Yeah, four years, almost. [00:03:51] Speaker B: What is time? The pandemic. [00:03:53] Speaker C: I know, right? It's as if I read light of Jedi yesterday. That's such a big impression. [00:03:58] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely. That's awesome. It's. And it's cool that you got in with solo. Like, I've never heard that before, and. But that's, you know, you're a lot younger than we are, so that'll. That'll happen. But, like, that's. Especially with the fandom, it's not the most loved movie. [00:04:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:04:15] Speaker B: But it's still. I had a lot of fun with it. [00:04:18] Speaker A: I really liked solo a lot. [00:04:20] Speaker C: Yeah, I like. [00:04:21] Speaker A: I like being able to say corellia for the first time, and then, of course, with the. The lady proxima and all that, like, all this extra underground. I love the criminal underworld of Star Wars a lot, seeing all the stuff with them. And then Crimson dawn and then, of course, the end with Maul being there. I can't even imagine what that was like for you to just be like, who's that guy? [00:04:46] Speaker C: At that point, I've seen fragments of Darth Maul and the double bladed saber. You can't avoid seeing that. But I was. Yeah. But, like, solo it is. It is such a controversial movie, but, like, it's. It's my. It's my first movie, so it holds, like, a special place in my heart. [00:05:04] Speaker B: I love that. That's so cool. [00:05:06] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I do believe that solo perfectly captures what Star wars is about. Like, the. Just the campiness of it. Like, the vibe is so there. Yeah. I just appreciate that movie a lot. I actually rewatched it. I think. I think, like, last month still had a blast. Yeah, yeah. [00:05:25] Speaker A: And coming in with all those, that extra knowledge of other Star wars that they are referencing and things like that, not to mention Donald Glover in that movie. [00:05:32] Speaker B: Oh, it's amazing. [00:05:33] Speaker A: So good. [00:05:34] Speaker B: Very excited for his first show. [00:05:36] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:05:37] Speaker B: Him and his brother still writing that show. And it's still apparently, like, on schedule. We don't know what the schedule is, but, like, apparently they're still going with it. Still greenlit, so. [00:05:45] Speaker A: Yeah. So you got into high Republic on the ground floor then? [00:05:49] Speaker C: Yes, that's right. Yeah. [00:05:51] Speaker A: Like, right from the beginning. [00:05:52] Speaker C: Well, I think. I think light of Jedi released two months ago when I got into it. [00:05:58] Speaker B: Oh, okay. [00:05:59] Speaker A: Okay. But you were still there. Like, I mean, I didn't start reading. I read the first comic when it had come out. [00:06:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:06:06] Speaker A: Within about a month of it happening. But I didn't read Light of the Jedi until last year. [00:06:13] Speaker B: You're last. [00:06:15] Speaker A: Last summer. I want to say it was. Yeah, last summer. Last spring. [00:06:18] Speaker B: Bryce has been on a fast track. [00:06:20] Speaker A: Yeah. I've been flying through. [00:06:22] Speaker B: Let's go into your sabers because. [00:06:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:06:25] Speaker B: Well, let me tell you how I found you first. So I was lurking on the high republic subreddits. Shout out to those guys. Those helped kind of guide where we wanted to go with the podcast. And I've seen you post a few times on there. I'm like, oh, that's really cool stuff. This was very early on, too. So you had a few. Didn't have as many lightsabers up, but you still had your, your geode, which I fell in love with. So cool. [00:06:47] Speaker A: The high Republic summer also loves Geode so much. [00:06:50] Speaker B: And then, like, I didn't think anything from it. And then I think I saw Kevin Scott or Charles Soule post you on. On one of their Instagram stories and that you gave sabers to those guys during celebration. And then I didn't put two and two together. And then a couple months later, I'm like, oh, that's the same dude. [00:07:08] Speaker C: Yep. Yep. That is the same dude. [00:07:10] Speaker B: Do you want to tell us about that. [00:07:12] Speaker C: Yeah, no. So I was. It was mostly just a private project at first, just making those savers and also offering those on my Etsy page. I did occasionally share it on the high Republic subreddit, which is such a lovely place. I don't think I've ever been to such a, like, a loving community on Reddit that is very supportive, but in general, just the high Republic is so. Oh, it's like a little family within the Star wars fandom, which can oftentimes be very toxic. So it's a nice change of pace to have, like, such a kind and loving group. But anyways, I did share some. Some pics on. Of my works on there, but I didn't think too much of it. I was planning on, like, creating social soon, but then celebration came around the corner last year. Can't believe it was. It's. It was. [00:07:58] Speaker B: I know. Yeah, it was a year ago last weekend. [00:08:00] Speaker C: Yeah. And I just thought, you know, as a little present or a little token of appreciation of all the things they've written and all the. Yeah. Just all the beautiful stories they've all just gifted us with. I wanted to return it to them in a way of giving them, like, lightsabers. So with a bag full of sabers, I approached them, and I was like, here. Here you go. Pick one. And it's just a gift freely given if you. You all. [00:08:28] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:08:29] Speaker C: See what I did there? Yeah, yeah. And, you know, I got, like, their autographs on my favorite books of them. Also on, like, the tote bag from the, like, from the store? No, the rising storm out of prints edition had, like, a tote bag that came with it, and I. Oh, did it really? [00:08:52] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, missed that one. [00:08:53] Speaker C: It's actually, like, right there, like, the COVID And that is signed by all the authors. [00:09:00] Speaker A: Oh, cool. Oh, cool. [00:09:02] Speaker B: That's sweet. [00:09:03] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, no, I just, like, grabbed a photo with them and had a lovely chat and gifted them the sabers. And then eventually, when that meetup kind of ended and everyone went their separate ways, I saw them all, like, getting together and, like, talking about the lightsabers, and I was like, oh, my God, that's so cool. They're really appreciating, like, the little gifts I got them, and they were like, you know, we gotta take a picture of us posing with the lightsabers. And, you know, at that point, my head was just going insane. I was like, oh, my God, this is the best thing that ever happened to me. Like, best Star wars experience. So I was like, okay, let's take my shot. And was like, you know, could I join the picture? And they were like, oh, of course. Yeah. With the lightsaber maker. So eventually, I grabbed a picture with all of the authors wielding the sabers that I gifted them. [00:09:54] Speaker A: That is incredible. To be, to have a group of such talented creators just all celebrating you as a creator in that moment must have been just so fulfilling. [00:10:09] Speaker C: Yeah. I still honestly can't believe it. And when I got back from that with my friends, I was like, it took me a few minutes to, you know, fully settle again. I was up in the clouds. [00:10:22] Speaker B: Yeah. I was bummed I missed the meetup. Ended up being later in the afternoon one of the days, and we end up going to a party that we had to be there early for. I think it was the boat party. So we had to be at the docks a little bit early to get on the boat because there was a boat party. [00:10:35] Speaker A: Ships in the night. [00:10:36] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So. But I I kept seeing all these high republic people, or cosplayers, walking around. Like, that's cool. Like, it's gotten, like, legit traction. And then the panel that they did was so packed. [00:10:48] Speaker A: So the panel at the last Anaheim Star wars celebration for the high Republic was also huge. And that one was hosted by Christina Ariel, who does the Star wars show, the high Republic show. And I had passing knowledge at that time, but I just remember seeing all these people. There was a geode cosplayer there, which was awesome. I brought this up on our sneaky geek episode with the bitches of Dathomir, which is a great higher public podcast. Yeah, listen to it. It's so good. But, yeah, there were all these high republic cosplayers, and all the authors were there, and they threw up their artwork for the end of phase three, and it's the explosions happening. And I was like, oh, well, I guess I know what's gonna happen to that. But I remember that whole panel. I was like, oh, my gosh. This little, like, book project that's happening on the side is huge. So huge. And so when we went to go start this podcast, we had a lot of questions of how many other podcasts for higher public are there? Because we assumed there would be a ton that we'd have to be kind of competing with. But there's not a ton. There's a handful of really good ones. And that community is also just so nice. [00:12:09] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:12:10] Speaker A: So can we talk a little bit about your props? I mean, we've got you on here specifically for. For that, right? [00:12:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:12:17] Speaker A: Can you kind of walk us through your process of how you go about it from research to design to fabrication, et cetera? [00:12:24] Speaker C: Yeah, totally. So usually I start with just brainstorming what kind of props would be relevant, what would I like? Because I'm the target group. [00:12:36] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. [00:12:37] Speaker C: Which really helps if you have a little small business that you are the target group. So it's basically like, what would I like to have on my bookshelf? And then you go ahead and make that. So, yeah, you have the idea first, of course, then you start gathering references. So one book that really helps me is the art of the high Republic book. [00:12:59] Speaker A: Kristen Baver. [00:13:00] Speaker C: Yes, that's right. Yeah. So, yeah, I just gather as much references as possible, not only from that book, but also just like, from some of the, like, the video infographic introductions to the characters. Like, sometimes they have, like, the, they wield their advice savers, and I use that as well. Back when I started doing this, I did it with a friend. Now I'm like a solo. I do a solo, basically. But he was a very good 3d modeler, so I basically did rounds of feedback with him with, like, printing it and giving feedback. Printing it, giving feedback. So we have, like, the final version. I don't do the 3d modeling myself, I have to admit, like, still nowadays that I still use, or I have a select few people that do the modeling for me who are so talented and I could never, but they do such wonderful work. But we just basically go back and forth with, like, what's possible to print. As there are also, like, 3d printing limitations. You can just print every shape there is. Yeah. So eventually, when we have that figured out, I just print it in the correct colors. And usually that's with the luxurious high Republic gold and silver and so. Yeah. Which also, like, I've chosen such a good era to make lightsabers of, like, the high Republic has the prettiest sabers ever in store. [00:14:30] Speaker A: Agreed. [00:14:31] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. So, like, shiny and ornate and extra and. [00:14:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:14:38] Speaker C: Oh, totally. So, yeah. [00:14:40] Speaker A: So there's an entire manufacturing team working together for these sabers with you? [00:14:47] Speaker C: Yeah, I guess there is a team working. Sometimes they're a lot less busy as we don't have references to everything. But I think, I believe in October there is the higher public lightsaber collection art book coming out. [00:15:06] Speaker B: The book coming out. [00:15:07] Speaker C: Oh, that's gonna make delayed, like, three times. Like, it was supposed to come out like 2020. [00:15:13] Speaker B: Yeah, it was supposed to be already. Yeah, I think so. And I think. I wonder if it's just, if they just started expanding with, with all the characters that were in there and with the phase three books coming out, if they just added Jedi from there as. [00:15:25] Speaker A: Well, insert that Kylo Ren meme of him screaming, more. [00:15:30] Speaker C: Yeah, the book got even thicker and thicker with also the acolyte, maybe. [00:15:35] Speaker B: Oh, snap. That would be really cool if they. [00:15:38] Speaker A: Add all the act collections stuff. [00:15:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:40] Speaker A: Do you ever, when you're looking for your research, do you ever find discrepancies between what the original concept art was versus how it ends up showing up in the Marvel or the dark horse. [00:15:51] Speaker C: Books all the time? That is honestly one of the most frustrating things ever, because all the wonderful artists in the higher public, the comic artists, have such a distinct style. If you compare the aryan and Dito run of the main line of the Marvel comics and compare that to the very distinct Harvey tolibal style of the higher Republic adventures, there is such a big difference. And it's hard to try to create a realistic interpretation of their version of the saber, basically. So, for example, with canton size saber, we had references of their saber in the higher public adventures comics, and Alyssa Wong actually asked me or commissioned me to make their saber. [00:16:47] Speaker A: That's so cool. [00:16:49] Speaker C: That is so cool. But I really wanted to do it, but there wasn't, there was one reference of the full saber hilt, but it was just so in such a distinct style, which wasn't particularly realistic. So it would be hard for me to use all my resources to make that version. And then eventually, when the lightsaber collection book comes out, it'll be the realistic final version. So I'd have to then change the design up again to match it. [00:17:21] Speaker B: Hold that thought. Because I just picked up a canton side, uh, variant covered, like, two days ago, and now I'm, like, wondering if it's on. [00:17:29] Speaker C: I believe it's hard to see. [00:17:34] Speaker B: Yeah. Have you seen this one? It's hard to see a saber, but. [00:17:38] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, yeah. [00:17:40] Speaker B: This cover. [00:17:41] Speaker C: Yeah. But there is one panel within the comics that shows their saber. [00:17:47] Speaker B: Oh, cool. [00:17:49] Speaker C: Let's see. [00:17:50] Speaker B: I did cantom. [00:17:53] Speaker C: Yeah, they're so cool. [00:17:54] Speaker B: Circus background. [00:17:56] Speaker C: So as you can see with that picture of the reference, it's a very clear reference, but it's such a distinct style. [00:18:03] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:04] Speaker C: With all the, like, the lines. [00:18:06] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:08] Speaker C: So I'm afraid whenever, yeah, yeah, it is. But I'm afraid if I now try to model this and recreate this reference picture as best as possible, I'll have to change it up whenever the, like, the realistic interpretation comes out trying to match. So, yeah. Good question, though, because that has been a frustration of mine for a very long time. And it's, like, such a problem. Like, no one basically has that problem except for me. [00:18:41] Speaker B: All the Jedi that are in the high Republic and how very different their sabers are compared to, like, the prequel trilogy. And we'll get to spoiler into it, but, like, they do show a little bit of. Of how and why that happens in the comics, which is. [00:18:55] Speaker A: Right. [00:18:56] Speaker C: Yeah. Whenever that happened, I was. I was heartbroken. [00:19:01] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. [00:19:03] Speaker C: Okay, so this is just behind the scenes, but, like, whenever that happened, I. Wait, but this is phase three, so I can't really talk about it. [00:19:10] Speaker A: I mean, go for it. We'll see what happens. [00:19:15] Speaker C: There is this explanation why the sabers got a lot less ornate. [00:19:20] Speaker A: The protocols. [00:19:21] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:19:21] Speaker C: Everybody come home. [00:19:22] Speaker A: I did. I did read part of that issue. I can't wait. [00:19:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:26] Speaker C: Whoever came up with the idea to make lightsabers less pretty, why it doesn't make sense. [00:19:34] Speaker B: Hurt so much even though he wasn't around then. [00:19:37] Speaker C: Yeah. My most hated character in the entirety of the Star wars saga is the person that came up with the idea to make savers a lot less ornate. [00:19:50] Speaker B: Whoever came up with the protocols. [00:19:51] Speaker C: Yeah, I hate them. [00:19:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:55] Speaker A: I mean, truly them all coming home and being on coruscant created such a problem, an echo chamber for what the. What the Force meant. What the Jedi. What it meant to be a Jedi. And I feel like that all leads to the downfall of the Jedi in the end. [00:20:15] Speaker B: Well, in very related news, that's kind of the main story point of the living Force, the new book that came out a couple weeks ago from John Jackson Miller. It's all about kind of the repercussions of that 150 years later and how it. How the Jedi leaving the galaxy at large to go a little more centralized in Coruscant affects the planets around and. Yeah, it's a really cool book. [00:20:41] Speaker C: Anyways, I should get that sometime soon. [00:20:46] Speaker B: Nice. Yeah. [00:20:47] Speaker C: Looking forward to it. [00:20:49] Speaker A: A lot of people, when they hear something is 3d printed, their first concern is, like, the lines, like, the 3d print lines, the textures being a little weird. I've seen some clips online of, like, extra paste kind of being added to it to fill in those lines and that sort of thing. How do you go about that process? Because I've seen some of your earlier stuff versus your very, very shiny stellangios. And how did you go about kind of perfecting that process so that you can make these so smooth? [00:21:24] Speaker C: You're asking me to share my secrets. [00:21:27] Speaker A: Let's not go without giving away too much in the way of trade secrets, but reassure our audience so that they can go, oh yeah, no, I can order that. [00:21:36] Speaker C: So yeah, no. When I first started off, like very back in first ten orders I received on my Etsy store, they were basically just white versions of like lightsaber parts that I offered, which they could paint themselves. Oh, cool. Like this one was the Obi Wan saber in the background. That one was just 3d printed and it had a bunch of like those, those first versions had a bunch of layer lines and I also had like a cheap 3d printer. So I wasn't really concerned with like hiding the layer lines, let's say. But eventually, like when the business scaled up more, I realized that I can also offer them like completed versions, but then in the, like in the correct colors. So I started experimenting with that. And usually with 3d printing, like metallic shiny objects, the layer lines only get more and more visible. So it was hard for me to like dial the settings so it wouldn't be that visible, which they weren't the first 1st few versions. But then eventually I got into like the bamboo lab 3d printers, which are such good machines. They make it so easy to calibrate basically everything to make sure those layer lines are as hidden as possible. Basically. [00:22:52] Speaker B: Right on. [00:22:53] Speaker C: And so, yeah, now I just use those, those machines to basically recreate a product that looks almost like real metal. Like this one for example. [00:23:06] Speaker A: Oh, nice. They look really lightweight too. [00:23:09] Speaker B: Vernestra's. [00:23:09] Speaker C: Yeah, they are. Yeah. This is ferns. [00:23:12] Speaker B: Yeah, I know my sabers. So can you tell us about ship design and because you have a few ships as well. [00:23:21] Speaker C: Yes, yes. Like the, like the vector vectors. [00:23:26] Speaker A: Oh yeah, with wings. [00:23:29] Speaker C: Yeah. So there, one thing I've noticed whenever I was reading the high Republic was that there are so many distinct new ships. Yeah. Which first, like, first, of course I started with the lightsabers, but then eventually I moved on to like stuff like geode and I realized that people also might be interested in like the ships because like they're so one of a kind. And like, for example, Starlight beacon too. Oh, yeah. [00:23:57] Speaker A: But you made a kit like, it's like build your own model kit. [00:24:00] Speaker B: Yeah, it's amazing. [00:24:03] Speaker C: So yeah, you basically got all the, all the parts and it's basically like a little Lego set. You just click a few parts together and eventually you just have like the skill model of it for your bookshelves. Yeah. [00:24:14] Speaker B: That's awesome. Speaking of Lego, Bryce made his own Lego Starlight beacon. [00:24:18] Speaker A: I did make my own Lego star really? Because there wasn't one. So I made it primarily with the Lego Advent calendar parts, which are really good for those micro builds. Like, I wasn't building some massive starlight beacon. Like, it's about an inch and a half tall. Okay, it's about 4 cm tall, but it doesn't have any of those like extra extruding, you know, and a few little. It doesn't have all the extra parts like sticking out the sides too much. But yeah, it's actually right in the other room. [00:24:48] Speaker B: Oh yeah, it's still over there. [00:24:50] Speaker A: Yeah, I haven't moved it. [00:24:51] Speaker B: Let me grab it. [00:24:52] Speaker C: That's like the perfect Christmas ornaments. [00:24:54] Speaker A: I want to talk to you about your Christmas ornament. Did you see those? [00:25:00] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. I shared on Twitter the idea of having a starlight beacon. [00:25:06] Speaker A: When I saw yours, I was like, oh, shoot. Okay. I wonder how big that is. And then I saw it on the bookshelf and I was like, oh my gosh, this thing's way bigger than I thought it was going to be. [00:25:15] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a big one. [00:25:18] Speaker A: Yeah. It's so cool. But, uh, going back to your ships, I saw that you have a video on. I think it's, I think I saw it on your instagram of you decorating a Christmas tree with, with all of the, the little ships. You had the vessel and you had the vectors. How many ships do you have now in that? [00:25:36] Speaker C: I offer only two right now on my Etsy store. But I can tell you this is a little bit of a starlight archive. [00:25:46] Speaker B: Exclusive exclusives or Christina Ariel says exclusives. [00:25:51] Speaker C: The long beam cruiser in a very short time. [00:25:58] Speaker B: Awesome. [00:26:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:00] Speaker B: Excited to see that one. [00:26:02] Speaker C: It's actually talking about the ships. I need to talk about Daniel Alex on principles. He actually offers very nice 3d models of a lot of high republic ships. Even like the Nile storm ships, Nile fighters. The Starlight beacon, he modeled that as well. And also long beam cruiser the vessel as well. He makes such, such incredibly accurate and detailed models and he allows me to use those commercially on my Etsy store. Oh, cool. His work is phenomenal and I encourage everyone with a 3d printer to check out his work. It's Daniel Alex on principles. He's such a talented guy. [00:26:42] Speaker B: Yeah, we definitely want to shout him out. [00:26:43] Speaker C: No, but yeah, talking about the Christmas tree ornaments, I actually came up with that idea of basically I looked at Starlight Beacon. I was like, that would make for the best Christmas tree topper. [00:26:55] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:26:56] Speaker C: So I eventually like implemented, like, a hole in the bottom of the design and put it on, like a small little Christmas tree. And I was like, oh, my God, that is amazing. I need to share this AsaP. But before I did that, I went on his. On his page to see some more higher public ships that he made. I printed those out, and, well, eventually that video got created, and I think there were seven. Seven ships, or six. [00:27:20] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:27:22] Speaker C: But, yeah, I am planning on offering those for a Christmas release to make them, like, available for others to purchase trees. [00:27:32] Speaker B: Love me some ornaments. [00:27:35] Speaker A: So you've done ships, you've done sabers, you've done some props for Dune. [00:27:39] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:27:40] Speaker A: You've done sabers from other eras. Do you have any hopes to do anything else that you're kind of hoping for, like the statues from Jedha or maybe a nameless egg? [00:27:52] Speaker B: Feel free to write down ideas. [00:27:54] Speaker C: Yeah, no, but honestly, if, like, any listeners or any. Any of you come up with some ideas for, like, future props, you can always reach out to me sometimes. I'm right now in a phase where I don't really have any ideas for future props, although I do have a lot in the backlog to, like, release in the future. Oh, gotcha. But, yeah, if you have some ideas, please share. Please share them. Like the statue of Jedha. That's. That's a good one. No, but for future projects. Well, of course, I have to mention the accolade. Coming out. Coming out. [00:28:32] Speaker A: Yeah, of course. A lot of sabers. [00:28:34] Speaker B: So excited. [00:28:36] Speaker C: Like, when I saw that trailer, when that ended, the first reaction was, of course, like, play it again. But then after the second time I watched it, I was like, oh, my God, I'm gonna have so much work, like, using all of these savers because I am gonna do it. But we just haven't, like, gotten any reference photos yet, so I'm hoping they're gonna do the same as they did with the Ahsoka show, I believe. Like, San Diego Comic Con. [00:29:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Showed them early. [00:29:06] Speaker C: Had, like, an exhibition of all the lightsabers. So please, Star wars, anyone from Star wars, if you're listening to this, bring up the idea to display all the savers at a convention so I can start calling it or start making it. [00:29:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I. Wonderful. Do it again this year for. For Comic Con. [00:29:23] Speaker A: I mean, acolytes just come out, so it makes sense. [00:29:25] Speaker B: Yeah. Right in the middle. If not, it'll just end. [00:29:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:28] Speaker B: Time as DCC rolls around and they're. [00:29:31] Speaker A: Hoping for a season two already. [00:29:32] Speaker B: So let you know, I'm going at least one or two days. [00:29:37] Speaker C: Okay. [00:29:37] Speaker A: Star wars booth at San Diego. [00:29:39] Speaker C: Share as many details as possible. [00:29:42] Speaker A: Do a full walk around. [00:29:44] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:44] Speaker A: This angle. This angle from the top overhead. [00:29:47] Speaker C: Every single angle. [00:29:48] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. [00:29:50] Speaker A: I'm here representing Q and a props. I need to see. Can I hold these, please? [00:29:55] Speaker C: Wow. Well, that's actually funny because, like, eventually my ambition is to one day, like, become a prop maker and create all of those. [00:30:04] Speaker B: Oh, it's awesome. Yeah. [00:30:06] Speaker C: I mean, it's hard for a dutch guy as, like, there are no productions, of course, here, so I'll probably have to move to the states or London or whatever. [00:30:14] Speaker A: Yeah. They're. They're really cool guys over there. So you're. You're going in, like, as far as groups and, like, as far as jobs on set. Like, before we get back to the high Republic conversation, the props guys are usually just so cool. [00:30:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:31] Speaker A: And, you know, they kind of off in their own world, but there's, I mean, lon and skip and all those guys are. Yeah, they're all just really, really nice guys. Anyway, let's get back to higher public at this point. I mean, we've talked about all the prop stuff. Let's just talk about high Republic. [00:30:49] Speaker B: Like, yeah. [00:30:50] Speaker A: Who's your Jedi? Who's who when they're in a book? [00:30:53] Speaker C: Who. [00:30:54] Speaker A: You're like, yes, yes. More of them. [00:30:57] Speaker C: I gotta go with Bell. Bell was such a fascinating character, and he's been through so much. [00:31:03] Speaker B: Yeah. The poor guy. [00:31:04] Speaker C: It's just I can relate to him so much as we are, like, similar in age as well, and his relationship with Loden is so extremely, I don't know, heartwarming and, like. [00:31:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:31:17] Speaker C: Every time I read, like, I read chapters about them, it's just so lovely, and it's also part of what got me into the higher public, like, those chapters in life of Jedi with them. Yeah. Oh, it's. It's so good. And I won't, of course, talk about what happens, but I'm still very interested to see where. Where that story goes. And Bell is just still. Still my guy, plus. [00:31:42] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. [00:31:44] Speaker A: I love wreath Silas, too. [00:31:45] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:46] Speaker A: Bell Zettifar, and Reath Silas both. And I feel like they don't cross paths very much. [00:31:51] Speaker B: No. And I would want them to more. [00:31:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:53] Speaker C: Mm hmm. [00:31:54] Speaker B: I feel like they'd be BFF's. [00:31:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:57] Speaker A: He's already got burial. [00:31:58] Speaker B: Yeah. And sort of related news. Did you see the young Jedi adventures? [00:32:03] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:32:04] Speaker B: Yeah. The kids show when Belle shows up. [00:32:06] Speaker C: I love that. Yeah. I'd be, but I'd be a happy man if eventually Kai ends up being Belle's Pedawan. [00:32:13] Speaker B: That's what we're saying. [00:32:14] Speaker A: That's what we're saying. [00:32:16] Speaker C: Yeah. Would be, like, the perfect master and apprentice. [00:32:22] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I want. [00:32:24] Speaker A: He's already started. He's already, like, basically begun that relationship of, like, somebody that he looks up to, but that also bestows wisdom upon him. [00:32:33] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:33] Speaker A: I'm sure Belle doesn't think that he's qualified, but. [00:32:36] Speaker B: Right. [00:32:36] Speaker C: No. And I feel like with wreath. Wreath is such a. Is, like, a character written for us. Like, to be relatable. Like, he's such a bookworm and loves to stay inside, read his book, study, then he's thrown into this big adventure. So I feel like Reeth is just such a relatable character for, like, a lot of more introverted bookworms, which, I mean, representation and just in general in the high Republic has been so, so good. [00:33:07] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. All around. [00:33:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:09] Speaker A: Yeah. It's nice that it's. That there's such differences in their approach to the force, their approach to being a Jedi, their approach to just. Are they adventurous? Are they not? Are they interested in helping people, or are they interested in serving the force? Is this an individual help situation or a greater, larger group kind of thing? Are we off for swashbuckling, or are we offer telling every person we meet that we can't be attached but we're down to get down, you know? [00:33:42] Speaker C: Yep. [00:33:43] Speaker A: Hell's our man. Yeah. [00:33:49] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:33:50] Speaker A: Sorry, babe. I don't do attachments. [00:33:53] Speaker B: Same time next week, though. [00:33:56] Speaker C: Also really quick. It's a crime we've never got, like, Foo references for Elzar Saber because he's such a big character. [00:34:02] Speaker B: I didn't realize that. [00:34:03] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:34:04] Speaker A: He's not very present in the comics, so we don't have a lot of vids. [00:34:07] Speaker C: Like, we've seen the top of his saver plus the bottom in covers, but, like, the middle part, it's always covered by his hands. So I just don't have enough references to make his saber, which sucks because he's such a big character. And I'm imagining the posts and the photos I can make with the three sabers of Stellan Avar and Elzar constellation in the force or provide a discounted bundle of the three or something like that, you know? I guess I'll have to wait till October. [00:34:42] Speaker B: Yeah, right. I'm really excited for that book. When I. When that original one came out of just everybody's. I think stones is in there too. We'll sneak peek for the high Republic. Like, I. I went through that book, like, so slowly, and because I just love Jedi and Jedi Lore and lightsabers, I, like I mentioned before, like, I have a whole bunch of the Disney ones. Uh, and so I love that stuff. So when they announced the high Republic version, I was like, oh, yeah. Say less. [00:35:10] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:35:12] Speaker C: Totally looking forward to that. Yeah. [00:35:15] Speaker A: Yeah, that's. That's a lot. Do you have any plans for Marchion Rose? Weird saber gun thing. [00:35:26] Speaker C: Oh, that one. Whoo. That is a. Well, that is an interesting one. I'd like to make it as, like, a private project, but I know that international shipping with prop guns can be quite, so I don't really want to dive or delve into that niche of blasters. [00:35:49] Speaker A: Gotcha. [00:35:50] Speaker C: To avoid the police showing up at my house one day. [00:35:53] Speaker B: Yeah, that's fair thinking. [00:35:55] Speaker C: I'm smuggling, like, fake guns or guns outside of the country. [00:36:00] Speaker A: So. [00:36:00] Speaker C: Yeah, no, that is. That is not really on my list. But I do have to say that maybe or maybe not. I'll leave it up to you, to the audience. I have already made the rod of seasons in daybreak, maybe. [00:36:17] Speaker A: Oh, cool. [00:36:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:19] Speaker B: Hell, yeah. [00:36:20] Speaker A: That is super cool. I, you know, having only read the first three books, I only vaguely know of their existence, because I haven't seen anything for them yet. I've only, you know, read it. And that whole, like, all of their links to everything else, I'm still very in the dark in. Because of only being three books into phase two. But that's very exciting. [00:36:41] Speaker C: Yeah, it feels like. [00:36:43] Speaker A: And that's why you need the egg to go with it for full mother set. [00:36:50] Speaker C: Good one. Yeah, it's a. I've actually managed to, like, the same with the Keeves saber. Like, to have it snap apart. [00:36:59] Speaker A: That was magnets. [00:37:01] Speaker B: Oh, that was. [00:37:01] Speaker A: So I ran across the house to find Bryan when you dropped that video. [00:37:07] Speaker B: He said, before I did, which is rare. [00:37:08] Speaker A: You gotta see this thing when you just, like, pop. I was like, ah, Bryan. [00:37:15] Speaker C: It's actually so funny because Kevin Scott actually, like, purchased that one day one. [00:37:21] Speaker B: Oh, wow. [00:37:22] Speaker C: And then the latest release, like, he. Which was Tyorksaber, as we're recording this right now. [00:37:29] Speaker B: Love that one. [00:37:30] Speaker C: To, like, celebrate the release of Saber for hire. He also, like, he hasn't. Or he just received the Keith saber at that point, but he was ready. Like, he purchased ty saber too. So he's growing. Growing quite the collection too. Now. [00:37:46] Speaker A: Kevin's got approved. Oh, yeah. This is Cavin Scott approved merch. [00:37:51] Speaker B: Yeah, that saber turned out. Really, really good. [00:37:53] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:37:54] Speaker B: Yeah, the three prongs. I love that on there. I mean, obvious part of the lightsaber, and I just love Tyor can. Her whole story. [00:38:01] Speaker A: Super cool. [00:38:01] Speaker C: Yep. Can you imagine being stabbed with that in the middle of the chest, dude? [00:38:06] Speaker B: Right? [00:38:07] Speaker C: Brutal Elsa, man. Oh, wait, that is. Yeah, that's. That's a bit too spoilery, probably. [00:38:14] Speaker B: No, he made it that far. [00:38:15] Speaker C: Okay. [00:38:15] Speaker A: No, no, about it for the podcast itself. [00:38:17] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, it's fine. [00:38:22] Speaker A: But what does it mean for Elzar to be stabbed in the chest with three. [00:38:25] Speaker C: Yeah, no, so, like. Like, the prongs are, like, huge, so. Yeah, I can see how you can survive that so casually as he did. [00:38:33] Speaker A: But, yeah, he's just like, whoa, whoa. Thanks God it wasn't a saber, bro. It's still, like, three knives to the chest. [00:38:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:41] Speaker C: Dude, what a mandev. He's such a. Such a conflicting character. Like, you love him, you hate him, you love him again, you hate him again. You're like, ugh. Yeah, I've seen people on Twitter, like, saying constantly, like, I can fix him, I can fix him, I can fix him. [00:39:04] Speaker A: Oh, boy. That's not a. [00:39:06] Speaker B: Let's cut that Taylor Swift song that apparently just dropped a. [00:39:11] Speaker A: Well, I think it's good time here to wrap this whole thing up, let you get out of here and go on with the rest of your evening where you are almost evening. [00:39:21] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:39:22] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:39:23] Speaker C: Before I. We stopped recording, I wanted to ask you just in general, not the ones I've made. What is your favorite higher public saver? [00:39:35] Speaker B: Ah, see, I. That's tough, cuz I. Well, I love Barry Aga, and his saber is really cool, especially with how long it is. [00:39:43] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, it's beautiful. This is my favorite, those of you listening at home. [00:39:49] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:39:50] Speaker B: And then Orla Gereni is one of my other favorites. And I love the swinging saber that she has. It mirrors dark rays. Yeah. Oh, it's so pretty. [00:40:00] Speaker C: Yeah, with the magnets. [00:40:02] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:40:02] Speaker B: Plus she has white blades, and I love those. [00:40:04] Speaker C: Totally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:40:06] Speaker B: Bryce, your turn. [00:40:07] Speaker A: Okay, now, like, you say it, and then suddenly, like, my brain's running through all of them. [00:40:11] Speaker C: We have porters. [00:40:12] Speaker A: You said the blade, Lily. I love lilies. I love the way lilies are held on, like, the way that they attach and how she, like, holds them because they don't just, like, swing like most. [00:40:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:28] Speaker A: Think lilies are super cool. [00:40:29] Speaker C: Plus, the higher public insignia on there, like, so cool. [00:40:32] Speaker B: Oh, I didn't even realize that. [00:40:34] Speaker A: Yeah, that's super cool. Oh, yeah. [00:40:38] Speaker B: Oh, that's awesome. [00:40:39] Speaker C: Yeah. That's such a cool design. [00:40:43] Speaker A: Yeah. Or the jorinies are definitely up there for me. But also keeves little. Oh, gosh, one is so hard. Oh, skiers is so cool with the little guard there. [00:40:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:40:59] Speaker A: It's so beefy. [00:41:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:41:01] Speaker B: Makes sense for a trend. [00:41:02] Speaker A: Oh, we're just gonna go through. You just walk me through them. [00:41:06] Speaker C: So we have Cohmac's. It's a bit of a. With the curve. [00:41:12] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:41:13] Speaker C: Love the, like, the decoration here. Then ferns, like, design wise, isn't as interesting, but, like, you have the whole light whip thingy, which we might see in that clay. [00:41:27] Speaker B: Oh, I'm so hoping we do. [00:41:29] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah, totally. [00:41:31] Speaker A: I think everyone's. Everyone's gonna be very mad if they. Because everyone. Because of the expectation if they don't, so. [00:41:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:41:38] Speaker A: I wonder if they'll hold off on it for a little bit, though. [00:41:41] Speaker C: Like, oh, yeah. [00:41:41] Speaker A: Like, episode three or four. They're finally like, oh, by the way. [00:41:45] Speaker C: Yeah. I'm so excited. Yeah. But I feel like people on Twitter are gonna be like, oh, now they do light whips. Ugh. [00:41:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:41:53] Speaker C: They're trying to do everything to keep it interesting. [00:41:55] Speaker B: Meanwhile, they've been doing light whips since the early nineties. [00:41:58] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:41:59] Speaker B: Expanded universe comics and stuff. [00:42:01] Speaker C: Yeah. They're not bringing that up. Yeah. [00:42:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:42:06] Speaker C: Okay. Anyways, avars. [00:42:09] Speaker A: Yeah, I do like avars. [00:42:10] Speaker C: I just love the elegance of. And it's such a, like, I think besides then. [00:42:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:42:15] Speaker C: They're so, so iconic. [00:42:17] Speaker B: I love how similar they are. [00:42:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:42:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:21] Speaker C: But this can, like. [00:42:23] Speaker B: Oh, awesome. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I picked my. My stolen one up at Disneyland. [00:42:27] Speaker C: Oh, nice. [00:42:27] Speaker B: A couple months ago. Yeah. [00:42:29] Speaker C: The one with the comic, too. [00:42:31] Speaker A: Yes. [00:42:31] Speaker C: Yeah. Awesome. That is sick. Why? I do have some other ones, but I don't have them in stock currently. Like, the little young Jedi adventure series. [00:42:42] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:42:43] Speaker A: Oh, the young Jedi adventures. [00:42:44] Speaker B: Yeah. That show's just so cute. [00:42:47] Speaker C: It's fun. [00:42:49] Speaker B: I know we're not the target demo. [00:42:51] Speaker C: But we can still enjoy it. Come on. [00:42:53] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And it's nice to throw on with my nephews and my niece. [00:42:57] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. That must be. [00:42:58] Speaker B: They're not super into it, but, like, they'll sit and watch for a little bit. I'm like, this is how it starts. It's okay. [00:43:03] Speaker C: Yeah. You're slowly indoctrinating them with Star wars. [00:43:07] Speaker B: It's funny because my nephew. What am I. My nephews are starting to get into Star wars. They haven't seen the movies yet. They're just a little bit too young, but I think they're almost there. But for some reason, one of my nephews loves Darth Vader. Oh, and all the bad guy stuff. [00:43:20] Speaker A: Also afraid of Chewbacca. [00:43:22] Speaker B: They both are afraid of Chewbacca. Yeah, I mean, you know, seven foot, big old hairy thing walking around there, you know, five and six. So it makes sense, but yeah, yeah. Like, one of them loves Darth Vader. I am getting a Vader costume for Halloween, and he just wore it around. I'm like, yeah, that's my guy. Nice proud uncle moment. [00:43:46] Speaker C: Joining the dark side on in the early ages. [00:43:49] Speaker B: Yeah. Right. [00:43:50] Speaker A: Okay, I have an answer for your saber question. [00:43:53] Speaker C: Okay. [00:43:54] Speaker A: As far as design goes, I'm gonna go with Orla Jereni. But as far as the ones you've made goes, Keev. Because that magnet thing, just so cool. Watching that come apart, I was like, oh, my God. [00:44:10] Speaker C: Like, I. [00:44:10] Speaker A: In my. In my opinion, that is the. The most. At least the most impressive reveal that I've seen you do. [00:44:16] Speaker C: Nice. [00:44:17] Speaker A: That was so good. And then as far as the saber, I'm the most interested in, from a story perspective, it's loading great storms. Because that saber went on a little bit of a journey. [00:44:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I did. [00:44:31] Speaker A: Yeah. As far as. As the saber that goes on the most interesting journey and what one I'm interested in. And as far as where is it now? Is. Is loading. Great storms, for sure. [00:44:44] Speaker C: That's already on the to do list. [00:44:46] Speaker B: Nice. [00:44:50] Speaker A: But, yeah, I think. I think Orla Jareni's is probably the most interesting design wise, just, you know, because it's. It's. It's very temple guard. Yeah, I love the temple esque, which is really cool. And considering that she is not necessary, she doesn't serve the Jedi. She serves the force as a way seeker. Like, that's very cool. [00:45:07] Speaker C: Oh, that is such an interesting concept. Yeah. [00:45:10] Speaker B: The way seekers. [00:45:11] Speaker C: Man, I love the higher. [00:45:12] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, yeah. [00:45:14] Speaker A: It's so good. It's so good. Well, thank you so much for coming on and chatting with us for as long as you did. [00:45:19] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:45:20] Speaker C: Well, thank you for having me. It was lovely chatting with you guys. [00:45:23] Speaker A: Yeah. I can't wait to see all the different things you're making going forward. So thank you so much for coming on and talking to us about your process and about your love of the high Republic and getting to nerd out with us on our love of the high Republic anytime. Let's run through where people can find you. Where are you active online? Can people see your stuff? Where can people buy your stuff? [00:45:44] Speaker C: Most importantly, yeah. So I share most of my works on Twitter or @qnaprops. It's all the same usernames on Instagram as well. Props. And I recently started sharing TikTok videos on TikTok as well, which is also qnaprops with an n, so. [00:46:04] Speaker A: Qna, not the n. Yeah, props. [00:46:08] Speaker C: Yes, that's right. [00:46:09] Speaker A: Props. [00:46:11] Speaker C: And then if you're interested in supporting the work that I do and having a super nice addition to your bookshelf, you can always find me on Etsy. So the link of that one is in my bio. It's qnaprops dot etsy.com. [00:46:26] Speaker A: Cool. [00:46:27] Speaker C: Yes. [00:46:27] Speaker A: Wonderful. Well, as always, make sure you follow us on our socials. We're active on threads and on Instagram, and we are available anywhere. Podcasts are of at the Starlight archive podcast. On both of those, you can find us there. And of course, make sure you give the podcast a like and a follow, and we will see you next time as we dive into wave two of phase one. And we can't wait to talk to you guys about all that stuff, because we got to find out what's going to happen at this place called valo. [00:46:59] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:46:59] Speaker A: So that's pretty exciting for everybody. [00:47:01] Speaker B: And we can't wait to talk to Quentin a bit more. A little bit later. Down the line. [00:47:04] Speaker A: Yeah, down the line. Once we get to phase three, we have all these new sabers to talk about when, you know, when Quentin's workload officially overtaken his entire life and he has no time whatsoever. [00:47:14] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:47:14] Speaker A: We'll be able to talk to him again. [00:47:16] Speaker C: I'd love to be on here again. It was a lovely chatting with you guys. [00:47:20] Speaker A: Yeah, same for you. Thank you so much. All right, everybody. Be well. Quinton, do you have a favorite quote from the high Republic? [00:47:26] Speaker C: Yes, it's okay. So my favorite quotes from the high Republic, at least, is. And I think there are some contenders, like, outside the high Republic, too. It's from Sskeer. Yes. [00:47:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:47:39] Speaker C: But it's. Most Jedi have felt the temptation of the dark side. It is only natural, but we resist it. It is a deliberate path to the dark, not a series of bad days. Being a Jedi is about choosing the light over and over again. [00:47:51] Speaker B: That's it. [00:47:52] Speaker A: Thank you very much. [00:47:53] Speaker C: Drop the mic. [00:47:54] Speaker B: Boom. [00:47:55] Speaker A: See you next time, guys. The Starlight archive is brought to you by Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero. It was edited by Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero. Romero. Bryce Rankins designed the logo. Bryan Romero did most of the research. It's produced by Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero. Basically, it's just us. The Starlight archive is brought to you by Sneaky Geek Media 2024. All rights reserved.