Join us for a special media for Star Wars podcasters speaking with the behind the scenes visionaries for the hit new Disney Plus series, Andor. Around the Galaxy joined more than a dozen other podcasters and spoke to TJ Falls (visual effects), David Acord (sound editor), Luke Hull (production designer) and Michael Wilkinson (costume design).www.ATGcast.comPatreon.com/ATGcastYouTube.com/ATGcast@ATGcastTJ Falls is Vice President of Visual Effects at Lucasfilm. Having previously served as the primary VFX Producer on a number of Lucasfilm projects and a VFX Executive on others, he now oversees visual effects production for all of Lucasfilm’s slate of feature films and live action series, while still maintaining a hands-on role producing specific projects.David Acord is an American sound editor and voice actor best known for his contribution as a supervising sound editor of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Acord received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and British Academy Film Award for Best Sound for his work on The Force Awakens, with fellow sound editor Matthew Wood.[1][2] He also provided the voice of several characters in the film, including the stormtrooper FN-2199 (often known as TR-8R). Though the voice role is minimal, the character gained considerable attention on the Internet following the film's release. Acord also had minor voice roles as an Imperial Male PA and two stormtroopers on episodes of Star Wars Rebels. In 2015, Acord was one of the sound designers for Disney Infinity video game.[3] In 2020, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing for 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, shared with Matthew Wood.Michael Wilkinson is a costume designer known for his work with Zack Snyder and the DCEU. Wilkinson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 2013 film American Hustle.Luke Hull wasproduction designer on ‘Chernobyl’ where he won an Emmy for Outstanding Production Design and the Art Directors Guild award for Excellence in Production Design on a Television Movie or Limited Series.