Closing Crawl

The Closing Crawl team - Matt, Drew, Jared, and McCormick - recap Star Wars: Andor Season 2, episodes 10-12. Explore the depths of the Rebellion against the Empire with key scenes like Deidre's interrogation, the Rebel Council's wonkiness, and the emotional arcs of Cassian, Claya, and Dedra.  They touch on broader themes like the consequences of authoritarian regimes and the importance o...

Join the Closing Crawl crew as we cover the devastating Ghorman massacre, Cassian’s destiny, and Mon Mothma’s speech that ignites the rebellion. We critically examine Bix’s characterization, Cyril’s trajectory, and the show's handling of gender representation. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch...

The Closing Crawl crew breaks Andor Season 2, Episodes 4 through 6 Bix's trauma and Cassian's paranoia Luthen's fledgling instability of Luthen The  classic version of the Gorman massacre Stunning retro-future industrial design We also discuss pacing and Disney’s release strategy, and of course, favorite things. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...

Closing Crawl begins our coverage with the first arc of Andor Season 2, including: a standoff over fondue etiquette a buffet on Mina-Rao with a marionette and a giant space cow creeping fascism trauma https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

The Closing Crawl crew reviews Ahsoka episodes 7 and 8: 'Dreams and Madness' and 'The Jedi, The Witch, and The Warlord.' Ahsoka’s arrives on the planet, Ezra and Sabine reunite, and Balan Skull pursues his own enigmatic agenda.  We check in on the characters’ arcs, unresolved conflicts, and the quality of the visual effects for Ahsoka Season 1. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl...

We discuss the confrontation between Ahsoka and Anakin in 'Shadow Warrior' to the breathtaking visuals and new characters in 'Far, Far Away.'  Join us as we review our "insights," favorite moments, and even some intriguing fan theories. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch...

Closing Crawl's recaps Ahsoka episodes 3 and 4, 'Time to Fly' and 'Fallen Jedi': Ahsoka's training of Sabine, their struggles to redefine the Jedi Order, and the demise of Inquisitor Merrick. We think through  the importance of personal relationships in the show's narrative and parallels to the original and sequel trilogies. Highlights include exciting space batt...

In this episode of Closing Crawl hosts Matt, Drew, Jared, McCormick, and Jon delve into the nearly two-hour premiere of the 'Ahsoka' series.  We discuss: continuity, character reintroductions from 'Rebels,' the use of maps in Star Wars, production and acting. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcra...

Bo-Katan and Ahsoka lament the Mandalorian Civil war’s casualties. Mandalore needs a new type of leader, in the mold of Bo’s sister Satine. I’m sure everyone who lost loved ones in the conflict are glad that Bo learned a lesson. Ahsoka has a SpaceTime(™) with the Jedi council. We’re in act 3 of Revenge of the Sith and Ahsoka joins the council meeting in time to say smell you later to Mace, Ki-Adi...

An old-school “Lucasfilm Limited” logo, nice and green, introduces our show, followed by a red Clone Wars logo and title card:  Part 1 Old Friends Not Forgotten. For the first time in the series, we have no Jedi Fortune Cookie. Grievous has launched an offensive across the outer rim. On Yerbana, Obi-Wan arrives in the knick of time to slice a missile in half before it kills Cody, and sticking a Ma...

Ahsoka and the Martez sisters failed at smuggling spice, and are imprisoned on Oba Diah. They argue, someone calls Ahsoka a Jedi, and Ahsoka responds with 'so what if I were?': the sisters react in horror. See: the Martezes’ parents were killed in a mishap during Ziro the Hutt's prison break, when the elder Martezes came up on the wrong side of Bariss Offee’s solution to the trolley...

Ahsoka’s been riding around Coruscant on a speeder bike looking emo: I guess being a Skywalker is a state of mind. Her bike malfunctions and plummets into a bottomless pit, crashing onto a platform several hundred levels down. She meets the owner: Trace. Trace offers her a place to fix her bike, as well as a job Ahsoka demonstrates technical aptitude. Trace is trying to be a capitalist, but really...

The Bad Batch have just freed Echo from the Techno Union, and are trying to escape. Echo leads them to an elevated walkway, but they’re cut off by droids. Tech summons local flying creatures, and our heroes must take a literal leap of faith off the platform onto their backs to escape… But the droids have wings too?!? Our heroes escape the droids, to the local’s village. The locals and our heroes s...

Separatists led by Admiral Trench battle Republic forces led by Anakin and Mace Windu for the Republic shipyards on Anaxes. Rex has an idea of why things are going badly: analytics; the droids know Rex's strategies too well. They plan to take a small squad to the enemy Cyber Center, where intel is processed, to see if they can figure out what's happening. Before leaving, Rex and Cody cha...

The Closing Crawl Crew discusses the past of the podcast, the future of Star Wars, and visits with an old friend, long gone. Recorded live at Gen Con in 2022. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Yoda is on a spirit quest and arrives at a Force cloaca that is spewing the living Force into the galaxy (Oh shit! Is that Ego the Living Planet’s music?). Yoda passes the corpse of J.N. Reynolds and lands in what can only be called Grandfather Nurgle’s Summer estate. Yoda is approached by a Force Spirit, and follows it into the jungle. The force spirit is joined by her sisters Melpomene, Thalia a...

Plo Koon is sent to find the source of a distress signal sent to the Jedi Temple. Plo & his Bros search during a sand storm and find a ship that crashed ages ago. Plo discovers a lightsaber in the wreckage. Plo Spacetimes(™) the temple and tells them the ship belonged to long-lost Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. The council reminds the viewers that Sifo-Dyas was the one who ordered the production of th...

Spiritual leaders on the somehow-still-peaceful planet of Bardotta are disappearing, and that Queen Julia has called upon the Senate for help. The ghost of Senator Onoconda Farr chimes in with an undignified snort, but no one in the Senate has a sense of clairaudience or of irony, and so it goes unnoticed. Chancellor Palpatine calls the Jedi Council to let them know it will in fact be a mismatched...

Senator Amidala is apparently the only person responsible for aiding refugees, and apparently all money comes from the Banking Clan on Scipio. Amidala and her aide Teckla Minnau travel there and meet old friend, Rush Clovis.  Clovis proves his good intentions by sneaking into Padme's bedroom, this bank has security almost as bad as Fortress Inquisitorius ! He explains that the Banking Clan is...

We open on Fives meeting with Shaak Ti. Shaak says that the chancellor wants the tumor. Shaak is going to take the tumor to the Jedi temple first, and Nala Sey protests. AZ3 runs into Fives in the halfway, and their clone guards aren’t super good at the whole guarding thing. AZ lets slip that Fives is to be mindwiped and assigned to Sanitation duty. Fives is done getting the runaround and as it tu...

There’s a battle for Ringo Vinda, a massive space station surrounding an entire planet. Anakin leads the clones, along with twin Jedi sisters Tiplee and Tiplar, against the Separatist droid onslaught of the station. Anakin relays his battle plan, with Fives and Tup to assist the twins. Unfortunately Tup is overcome with a headache and a sneer forms as he says the word “Jedi.” During a final push o...

Ahsoka is accused of bombing the Jedi temple and killing clones to cover up the crime and she's now on the run. The Jedi council, having decided that Ahsoka is guilty, chooses to send the most logical people to catch her: the two Jedi she has the closest relationships with, Anakin Skywalker and Plo Koon.  After calling Barriss Offee to ask for help, she is spotted by police, and escapes into...

Anakin and Ahsoka are leading an invasion of Cato Neimoidia in their starfighters. Anakin gets cocky and is covered in buzz droids. R2 says don’t threaten me with a good time and indulges in some fun sized droid murder. Unfortunately he can’t clear Anakin’s undercarriage, and it is filthy with buzz droids (I passed out from STD joke choice paralysis when writing this for a few minutes.) Yoda Space...

Darth Maul and Savage Oppress are floating in a escape pod in space. A lightsaber cuts a hole in the hatch, but that’s no lightsaber: it’s a darksaber! We see Pre Vizsla and is that Bo-Katan? Deathwatch return to their camp and it’s got a real master race vibe to it. Maul declares himself the true lord of the Sith so I think we can assume the Deathwatch base is on the planet Avignon. Pre and Maul...

The droids have successfully obtaining the super-secret data from the Separatists, and then gotten stranded in THE VOID. We open on the droids and Corporal/Colonel Gascon in a sub-ground level city that is… occupied…? by people. Sort of. Gascon and WAC try to get food and power, in the local diner, but are denied service. WAC follows some space-cockroaches to the dumpster behind the diner, where G...