Beginning to Take My Star Wars YouTube Channel Seriously

Years ago when I created my Star Wars website, I also set up my Star Wars YouTube channel, and, sure, I put up a few videos here and there, but no particular concerted effort. However, helped in part by the global pandemic, I recently realized that I had doubled my YouTube output, from 11 videos published on my Star Wars YouTube channel from when I published my first video in late November 2014 through early December 2019, with another 29 having been published since - so I've nearly tripled the output in the past 8 months versus the first 5 years(!).

While a big driver of the new content were my quick book reviews, there has been a huge renewal in interest from fellow Star Wars fans, largely due to The Mandalorian, so I've been focussing more on that, with not only quick reaction videos after each episode of the second season, but also some further helpful videos related to the episodes (e.g. "Cobb Vanth in Boba Fett's Mandalorian Armor in the Aftermath Trilogy", "Mandalorians DO Remove Their Helmets", and "M-Count = Midi-chlorians?").

I realize people are loving the Mandalorian content on my YouTube channel, as well as the Darksaber, so I've been working on developing more of it, content-wise, but I also have begun thinking about visually working on my YouTube channel, including getting a new banner.

I would love to see where I can take this - both the YouTube channel, as well as developing my Star Wars content. I've also recently begun thinking about defining my niche(s) - it seems that I've had a lot of Mandalorian, Darksaber, and book content. I may also bring to YouTube some of the focus I have had with my Boba Fett and Darth Maul series....

In any event, I am curious to see how this continues to develop and we'll see where it goes.

Growth in My Video Content Output Contributing to the Boost in Video Content for My Star Wars YouTube Channel

Having had a realization recently that I produced more video content in the past year or so than I had in the previous decade, and feeling a little bit bummed that I had missed out on so many opportunities over that decade, yet also realizing how much more opportunity there is in both the present and the future, I have felt the need to produce more video content to take advantage of the opportunities out there. 

A big part of this is directly attributed to my having got into Gary Vaynerchuk's content and ideas about putting out content, as well as the significance of video content. However, a big unlock for me came in the spring during quarantine when I got the idea to do daily videos unedited and for me that was a big unlock - not only to come up with ideas to speak about them and to not worry at all about post-production or any editing work at all and that was huge for me to go into it and just speak.

One of the ways that it actually contributed in a fascinating way has also been with regards to Star Wars videos. I created my Star Wars YouTube channel 6 years ago in November 2014; from November 2014 until March of this year, I had published 11 videos. Since then, I have doubled that production. 

Largely, this is due to the positive influences and ideas of Gary Vaynerchuk, as well as the realization I don't necessarily need to edit down my videos. So a huge major piece of that was just talking about books and not worrying about any post-production work. I've also begun to be less afraid to put out content also realize there's an interest in certain pieces of content. In addition, I just discovered a week ago the ease with which it is to record off of a screen, so I don't necessarily need to try to find and download various files of various television episodes of Star Wars shows, so it is a lot easier to go and record clips and then insert them into videos such as this video on The Mandalorian or this video from this past week on Jango Fett. 

So I'm very excited to continue producing video content and also to be working on my Star Wars YouTube channel, especially since we're only a quarter of the way done with this season of The Mandalorian and there's a lot of renewed interest in Star Wars and especially Mandalorians, as well as the Darksaber, of which I already have not only relevant video content, but a bunch of written content on my Star Wars website. I'm very excited to see what can happen and, hopefully, I'll be able to break through to 300 subscribers on my YouTube channel soon :)