Not unlike Han Solo emerging from cryosleep, the annual MacroFab Star Wars Christmas Special is back! Parker and Stephen welcome Josh Rozier, Chris Kraft, and Hyr0n to Circuit Break for a wide-ranging discussion covering at least the following about the Star Wars universe:
- The Most Ingenious Pieces of Technology in Star Wars
- The Most Underrated Characters
- Favorite (and Most Profound) Star Wars Quotes
- Personal picks for cool lightsaber functions
- Do Star Wars ships and vehicles ever need gas?
- Medical care in Star Wars vs. Star Trek
- Whether or not you’re sleeping while encased in carbonite or just dead the whole time
- A burning desire for vibroblades
- The toilet paper situation in Star Wars
- Does Star Wars really illuminate the vastness of space?
- Chewbacca knows everything
- Spider-Man’s goo
- So many Star Wars magic tricks
- Tow Cable/Power Harpoon as a reasonable tactic to use against the AT-ATs on Hoth?
- Science-Fiction vs. Science-Fantasy
- “Skippy” and The Mandalorian
- FM Radio Transmissions in Caves
- Star Wars: Thrawn and the curious case of loading cargo and other bureaucratic tasks
- Engineering ethics in the Empire / Darth Vader and anger management
- Stewie’s Vader
- Kylo Ren, blasters, and magical gas
- Not loving JJ Abrams’ elimination of limitations
- + much more!
About our guests:
- Josh Rozier
- A business intelligence and data analytics professional for a large, east-coast insurance monolith. In his spare time, Roz spends his time building and tweaking guitar amplifiers and pedals. Co-owner of Empire Engineering with Stephen.
- Chris Kraft
- A tinkerer currently working as a software engineer in the financial services industry. Extensive background in 3d printing and building anything that seems interesting.
- Hyr0n
- A systems engineer. Hardware hacker of AND!XOR, a group that builds electronic badges for conferences, mucks in vending machines, and designs embedded system puzzles.
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