Edward James Olmos has never shied away from his activism and personal beliefs informing his work. He went from baseball player to rock and roller to iconic Latino actor, but the road was never easy.

Recorded live at Dallas Comic-Con Fan Days in February 2016.

There is a spoiler warning in the episode for a very short section that contains massive spoilers for Battlestar Galactica.

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There is something wrong with the opening crawl for The Force Awakens. Fan and typography enthusiast John Gruber and original Star Wars opening title sequence designer Dan Perri help unravel the mystery of where (and when) things went wrong.

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A small group of fans spent almost half a decade restoring the original Star Wars (in HD) from 35mm film prints. They don't want to make money off of it. They don't want their names publicized. They just want the work to be done. This is their fascinating story, as told by "Mr. Black".

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20 guests are asked to pick just one thing in (or about) Star Wars: The Force Awakens to talk about for two minutes or less.

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This episode is nothing but spoiler talk regarding The Force Awakens, with John Gholson and Moisés reflecting on what they absorbed having just seen the film at an early critics' screening, prior to its public opening.

Pictured above: John Gholson, age 5, being "choked" by a grown man.

Part 1 of this conversation can be found here.

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