Star Wars Escape Pod

Known to many from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", "Star Wars: Rebels", E.K. Johnsons "Ahsoka" novel, and of course "The Mandalorian" as well as her voice cameo in "The Rise of Skywalker". This character has been on a roller coaster journey, from the start when star wars fans were not too sure about her, but today she is a fan favorite character and has worked her way into the hearts of millions. Sta...

Taking place 200 years before Episode I, the second novel in the High Republic series targets towards junior readers but it's not to be underestimated, this is a GOOD STAR WARS story, if you have not read the book this is a spoiler style discussion for both A Test of Courage and Light of the Jedi (if you have not listened to our previous High Republic discussions). THERE'S MORE: A line in the nove...

What Happened!? Introducing our new sub-series on the podcast. With each episode of What Happened you'll be listening to a full catch up and in-depth conversation about specific characters and their story threads woven into the star wars saga. Don't miss a beat as we include every appearance of them in the (canon) comics, novels, shows, and the films of course! This is a non-profit show, however w...

A very special guest on the show today - Adam Lamping, from https://rebelscum.com/ We met Adam at a Force Friday in 2017, and I thought he was perfect to have on the show, and even introduce rebelscum to our listener base as well as chat about collecting, various types of merchandise ranging from action figures of the Kenner line all the way to Power of the force and beyond to the Hasbro Black Ser...

The High Republic is here! With the launch of Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, as star wars fans we get the first novel and kick-off story to the era that is now known as "The High Republic". Taking place 200 years before "The Phantom Menace". We hope you've all had time to read through this excellent addition to the star wars story. This IS a spoiler centric breakdown / review / dis...

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. What's going on with Gina Carano? No more Ca...

After a few months it's now time to do a full review and breakdown of the latest from the Star Wars VR lineup. Anyone considering a Quest 2 or getting into VR for this game should listen to this, and anyone curious about the story of the game + mechanics of the latest adventure will enjoy hearing Josh and Blake chat all about it. You can pick it up on the Oculus store here: https://www.oculus.com/...

A vintage article from a 1980's magazine from "Fantastic Films" has surfaced and we're gonna read through most of it and break it down a bit, what was it like to live in 1980 when The Clone Wars was such a mysterious thing? This article here (Fantastic Films Collectors Edition #20 - Dec 1980) was written by a star wars fan 40 years ago and his insight on what the future of star wars could bring. ...

Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. Be sure to check out Toy Taders, a Vancouver based toy / collecti...

If you haven't played "Star Wars: Squadrons" we got Reid and Josh in the Escape Pod to chat all about this latest installment to the star wars games library. This game did get released a while ago and it's time to now dive right in and share all about what this game is like, from cross-play to what it's like flying in the cockpit of an X-Wing, even in virtual reality. This game not only let's you...

This episode is dedicated to the 40 part chronological sub series on this podcast labeled as "Clone Wars Talk" hosted by Josh and Diego, the chronological walkthrough is the perfect way to watch this series and now is the best time before the next wave of live action series hits Disney plus! If you haven't tuned into that program, scroll back on our old episodes and locate the first one and go fro...

Lucasfilm Games has arrived as a company label that will be attached to all future games released by Lucasfilm, previously known as LucasArts it's a curious thing to think about the potential future games we'll be getting from the company. Battlefront 3? More company diversity other than EA exclusive games? Indiana Jones games in the works? Check out the sizzle reel and announcement page as well a...

The Star Bores podcast (Peter and Iain) join Josh in the Escape Pod to chat about the Mandalorian season 2 that is finally completed and wrapped. When we had them on last it was to speculate on season 2 of Mando so it was perfect to eventually get them back on to chat about the result of that season and see how our speculation lined up with what we saw. Josh will show on the Star Bores podcast for...

What is the High Republic? Check out exactly what's going on with this announcement from Lucasfilm and when these stories take place in the timeline. What books are we getting, what comics, graphic novels, disney plus shows ect, everything you need to know is right here in our fourth issue of "Lightspeed". The best way to experience the story itself is to just pick up the books for yourself at Ind...

Celebrate the 100th episode of "Star Wars Escape Pod" with our crew playing a custom star wars trivia game, multiple choice varying of all different sorts of difficulty spread from the Canon, to EU and beyond. There is a galaxy wide worth of facts out there, but who will be the true Master today? We the latest videos and news that dropped for Star Wars the High Republic, a new era that will take p...

2020 has been a crazy insane year. Let's face it, it sucked. But what didn't suck was all the cool Star Wars stuff we got from Disney / Lucasfilm! Dreams came true when Clone Wars season 7 launched and Bad Batch was announced. Mandalorian had it's second season, resistance came to a close with season 2 and we had multiple star wars VR video games launch as well! Between book launches and announcem...

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars Headlines and news in this compact mini episode, the third in our subseries keeping you up to date on what's new and what's coming! Tune in to hear Jon Favreau chat to Good Morning America about the Mando finale, Luke Skywalker, and The Book of Boba Fett, and Grogu! The Book of Boba Fett being the silent titled show that wasn't announced 2 weeks ago at the Disney Inv...

This season of the mandalorian finished incredibly strong with the return of the jedi we all know and love, Luke Skywalker! Green lightsaber and an entrance into a hallway much like his father before him. Today we chat all about this finale, the dark saber, bo katan, boba fett, and his new upcoming spin off show that was not announced until the post credits scene of this episode! Stay tuned right...

Extra! Extra! Extra! Get your star wars news headlines right here in our sub-series called "lightspeed". Direct, to the point star wars based news headlines that will keep you informed in a galaxy far, far away. Tune in now or for that short commute! All that crazy Star Wars news last week with all those new movies? Check out a fast track walkthrough as to what that's all about! Or check out our f...

What a great episode! Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, both intense action and adventure filled. Had major solo train heist vibes all over. Bill Burr's Mayfeld has fantastic character moments in this one. Of course we are introduced to Valin Hess, a creepy Imperial officer who is played by the same actor as Game of Thrones the night king! Not to mention, that insane SEISMIC CHARGE action at the end! "he...

SO. The Disney Investor Day happened... breath, breath, breathing, I keep telling myself. What a massive load of announced shows, but it's the most Star Wars that's been announced in one go since the 3 sequels and spin offs which happened. We got quite the wide array of projects to chat about and NOTHING is missed in this episode of the podcast. We listen to the coverage of Kathleen Kennedy announ...

Welcome to the first episode of lightspeed! An express catch up on the news from a galaxy far, far away. This is almost better than googling this stuff yourself because you can listen to us here chat about it in less time while you do other things too! Like driving to work, or cleaning the house. Get your weekly star wars news fix right here in our first episode of LIGHTSPEED, if it's successful t...

We've been waiting a long time to see Boba Fett in some real on screen live action, action.. You know, without it ending in him diving head first into a sarlaac pit. Well this is the episode, brought to us by the director of "Spy Kids" and "Sharkboy and Lavagirl" comes a new episode of "The Mandalorian", chills all over this one! So much to chat about, Boba's heritage, Jango Fett, Mandalorian cult...

I can't believe the day has come to chat about a live action Ahsoka Tano, watching all the animated shows has really started to pay off! We'll catch you guys up on her story a bit and chat about where she was and what's happened since, but my only recommendation is to watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels to really get the full picture and story. Us sharing this info is not the sam...

I think we just saw Snoke. A mangled body and a deep choir monk song in the background... I got a bad feeling about this... But also a very good feeling because it means we finally get some connections and some answers to the sequels.. possibly! Let's chat all about The Siege, the latest episode from The Mandalorian. Such a great direction by Carl Weathers himself. Stick around for some chat about...