Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3965346-20160407055213

There's an interview that was done by Rebecca Sugar just now. It reveals some news about Steven Universe and facts. You can read about it here, https://www.reddit.com/r/stevenuniverse/comments/4dnj1h/new_rebecca_sugar_interview_reveals_musical/.

Here's some points from it:


 * There's a musical episode coming soon and it will have seven songs and tap dancing. And the tap dancing sound used will be a recording of Shelby Rabara tap dancing.


 * Shelby Rabara orginally auditioned for Garnet and Jennifer Paz orginally auditioned for Amethyst.


 * An upcoming song (implied to be a part of the musical episode) by Jeff Liu and Ben Levin had a Pearl verse added that was never there before and it will either be a duet or multiple characters singing in the same song.


 * Ruby and Sapphire relationship is based off of Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quarty's relationship.


 * She either went silent or not when a Yellow Diamond song was mentioned but, she said wanted a Yellow Diamond song.


 * Rose and Pearl's relationship is confirmed to be requited love.


 * A new character will appear and they will have voice work. Rebecca Sugar is excited about the character and they will appear this fall.


 * Rebecca Sugar loves the idea of a Steven Universe live musical.


 * Apparently, Sapphire is associated with "sight and seeing" while Ruby is associated with "touch and healing". And Sapphire didn't always have one eye.


 * She hopes for a Sardonyx song one day.


 * There's some interesting talk about the concept of fusion at like 57 minutes in.

I know the link to the interview is on Reddit but, here's the link to the interview so you can conveniently access it from this thread, https://secure-hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/e/6/5/e65fa56f8fd5552d/CNI679.mp3?c_id=11405013&expiration=1460013381&hwt=ab0ce6804617341e796f4c2b4e8a7b72. (the interview starts at the 40 minute mark)

Here's my thoughts on the interview:

This sounds very exciting! I can't wait for the musical episode and Peridot will look so cute tap dancing (she'll be just like her voice actress, Shelby Rabara, who's also a dancer, too), I also love the songs, so, that will exciting. Wow! I can't believe that Shelby Rabara and Jennifer Paz orginally auditioned for Garnet and Amethyst, good thing they picked Estelle and Michella Dietz to voice Garnet and Amethyst and gave Shelby Rabara and Jennifer Paz the roles of Lapis and Peridot. I can't imagine Garnet and Amethyst with Peridot and Lapis' voices, it wouldn't be fitting for them. But, Jennifer Paz and Shelby Rabara are perfect for Lapis and Peridot. They made the right choice! I hope the song with the Pearl verse features all the current gems, Steven, and Greg. If Rebecca Sugar, loves the idea of having a Yellow Diamond song and a Sardonyx song then, it might happen. I would love to hear a Yellow Diamond and a Sardonyx song. A new character, huh? I wonder who's she's gonna be, I hope it's a gem. Voice work? Huh? The character must voiced by a really a big voice actor. I wonder who the character will be voiced by? Whoever it is, I hope the character (if it's a gem) will be voiced by one of the members of Mama Bares (either Joan Almedia or Ai C, we need to complete the music group, only half the group is voicing SU characters, Deedee Magno-Hall and Jennifer Paz, who are voicing Lapis and Pearl). Sapphire didn't always have one eye? What? How is this possible? I wonder if it's possible to mutate/genetically alter a gem or change a gem's physical form or body parts. I guess it is since Sapphire used to have more than one eye, I wonder if they're gonna show how that works. It's interesting to find out that Ruby and Sapphire's relationship is based off of Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quarty's relationship. It's interesting that Pearl and Rose's relationship is requited love. The idea of a Steven Universe live musical sounds cool. I'm happy to hear that the possible hiatus after "Summer of Steven" won't be as long as the one Steven Universe is right now (fall? So, that means that it if it goes on hiatus, the hiatus might last for 1-2 months, leaving us episodes on late September or early October-late November or early December then, it go on hiatus until January of next year).

This makes me even more excited for "Summer of Steven" because, there's a lot to look foward to. 