MythBusters Talk Star Wars

In my ongoing series Star Wars Rocks on starwars.com where I interview bands and celebs who adore Star Wars, I have to say I was pretty excited to interview the hosts of one of my favorite shows on the Discovery Channel -- "Mythbusters."

I chatted with hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, as well as members of their build team Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci about their days working for Industrial Light & Magic, close calls on the show, the ultimate myths to break and of course, a few Star Wars myths that needed to be set straight once and for all.

Here's a sample from the article:

Could you survive a 50-foot fall into a snow bank like Luke Skywalker did?
"It's plausible, depending on the exact conditions," Imahara explains. "You could survive, but you'd be pretty badly hurt. Let's just say you probably wouldn't be jumping up on a tauntaun and riding to the next outpost, if you know what I mean."

"Actually, a couple of people have survived falls from thousands of feet into snow banks," Savage says. "So, yes."

"Definitely, I did it once snowboarding," Belleci says. "Okay, maybe it wasn't a 50-foot fall, but it WAS high."

Here's the full interview:
Putting Star Wars to the MythBusters Test