Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour

In Episode 161, hosts Alyce and Laura don’t have* anymore questions about Vader, there is enough Vader content! F**k! In a follow up to the most recent YEAH DUH news about Ahsoka Season 2, we confirmed it will, in fact, only take you an hour-ish to get all the background you need on the Mortis gods, so get to it!  The Mandalorian and Grogu and the Gift That Keeps On Giving. There’s a director...

In Episode 160 hosts Alyce and Laura are* Herbert the Pervert and he is us. Not in a pervy way, just in the way of whistling through our teeth when we talk and preferring cozy robes over clothing.  Alyce’s Movie Club Update: confusing Marvel movie cash-grab is confusing  The new Lucas Museum in Los Angeles is open for business! The museum had its big opening night party , so let’s discus...

In Episode 159, hosts Alyce and Laura and a vending machine walk* into a bar, get busted and go Wayfinding:  A Gen Z Slang Segment may need to be an official segment on this show. We’re just learning so much!  To smut or not to smut?  Are you old Wayfinding or new Wayfinding, or a secret third way to use the word ‘Wayfinding’? Or, PLOT TWIST, are you Wayseeking?  We enjoyed lea...

In Episode 158, hosts Alyce and Laura learn* a new Gen Z term, which as it happens, means they are that Gen Z term.  Caravan of Corrections: pronunciation, Wales, Notting Hill and more! The Star Wars Gazebo at D23 gives us treats for being good, patient little fans  Starfighter deets and that clip we definitely didn’t watch Mr. IMAX is psyched about Starfighter. Also why didn’t it occur to us that...

In Episode 157, hosts Alyce and Laura are* worried about Olivia Coleman in the upcoming movie, Wicker. I mean… splinters… There are a lot of corrections. We’re not sorry though, our Caravan of Corrections gives us content during slow news cycles Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi series dropped all episodes on August 5. Have you watched? Tell us what you think! D23 is happening next weekend . There...

In Episode 156, hosts Alyce and Laura are really sweating* through that Corporate Life this summer! Yay! WHY IS IT SO F---IN HOT??!! This show/episode is STILL NOT sponsored by Cinemark, but it really should be! Related note: Alyce has gone platinum A new experience is brewing for Star Wars fans! Sounds like we’ll learn more at San Diego Comic Con in a few weeks, but Philly fans get to experience...

In Episode 155, hosts Alyce and Laura are SO BACK* living that Force Toast life!  Cinemark Movie Club, have we (Alyce) got a half-baked almost-idea for you!  Life hack: the cheapest place to order some decent as hell mozzarella sticks What even is this Caravan of Corrections about, anyway? Who remembers anything from May?  Make Lyte a thing again Maul tried to manifest Anakin. Fun fact: If Maul an...

In another All-Maul Recap on Tap bonus episode, hosts Alyce and Laura discuss* the final 2 episodes of Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord Season 1.  At the time of recording, Star Wars Celebration tickets had just gone on sale. So we talk a little about that.   The keg is tapped in our final Recap on Tap of Maul Season 1! Join us for a recap and discussion of episode 9: Strange Allies and the season fi...

In the first Force Toast Bonus episode since 2024, hosts Alyce and Laura don’t want to wait until JUNE to talk about the last 4 episodes of Maul, so we’re squeezing out a few recording sessions as we have time! Shout out to our friends at Del Rey/Penguin RH for sending us The Mandalorian and Grogu adult coloring books! Couldn’t miss a ride on the Caravan of Corrections, even in a bonus Po-po pee p...

YOU ANSWER TO ME B-TCH TITLE CARD HERE In Episode 154, hosts Alyce and Laura have* the Mandalorian and Grogu and Maul. That’s it. That’s the episode.  JK there are a few other things: The final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu! ( YouTube ) If you don’t want to watch the full 37-min video of Jon Favreau’s appearance at CinemaCon, SWNN has a good breakdown here .  Are you going to the May The F...

In Episode 153, hosts Alyce and Laura are * going to the MAUL later, thank you for asking. Laura whips out the good sh-t for Happy Hour We made a Sally Ride error and every woman in STEM that left an indelible mark on the world rolled over in their grave… including Sally Ride, probably.  The Mandalorian and Grogu is coming out in May, a few weeks after May the Fourth. You’d think that would be a g...

In Episode 152, hosts Alyce and Laura learn* valuable lessons about 90s Nickelodeon theme songs and where the f-ck Tosche Station is! If there is one thing you take away from this podcast, it’s that you are supposed to watch all 39 hours of Daredevil before you watch Born Again.  Will Alyce’s prediction/dream that Taylor Swift be cast as the voice of Grogu ever come true? Here’s an update… ( Gizmo...

We open on the Chimera f--kin’. In Episode 151, hosts Alyce and Laura enjoy* one last jaunt to Peridea, complete with TOE Fighters, Rebels Season 1 Ezra and Grand Admiral Cock a Doodle Blue! Let’s catch up with Alyce’s Marvel catch up. Catch up Inception! Speaking of, should we add a Marvel segment to our show when Daredevil comes back? What do we call it? Marvel Manor? Marvel, May I? Marvel Mount...

In Episode 150, hosts Alyce and Laura celebrate* the 7th Avernersary of Force Toast (and The Mandalorian) but mostly Force Toast. Reminiscing on 7 years of watching and reading Star Wars, doing trivs and learning mad skills, like how to do Star Wars Celebration, how to podcast and how to not drink too much when podcasting. Important life lessons! What do Sam Elliott, sh-tty beer and football have...

In Episode 149, hosts Alyce and Laura toast* to the comedic genius of Catherine O’Hara, Nightsisters inventing semaglutides, and daiquiri shacks (shaquiris? Is that anything?) We start by discussing the atrocities taking place in Minneapolis and the U.S. at large, and how our respective areas of the country are reacting. Just in case you have any doubts of where we stand, we supported the January...

In Episode 148, hosts Alyce and Laura are* impatient for Starfighter, for Ahsoka and for the Mando movie. The theme of the episode is WE’RE SICK OF WAITING! It’s the first episode of the 2,026th year of when humans started counting years Alyce shares thoughts on the Stranger Things finale. Also she’s an influencer now. You have been influenced.  Who gives a sh-t about Tom Cruise, can we talk about...

In Episode 147, hosts Alyce and Laura bid* 2025 adieu, sum up their silly holiday seasons and dive into all the Ahsoka action in a recap of episode 4! Alyce returns to her local avant-garde theater and it was full of chaos! And waffles! Analyzing and reviewing the many iterations of The Grinch We finally learn what exactly the K-pop Demon Hunters are. They’re on the Netflix.  Ahsoka Season 2? We d...

In Episode 146, hosts Alyce and Laura find a few Star Wars news breadcrumbs and discuss* all the things they don’t remember about the Ahsoka series (it’s a lot of things). Thanksgiving rewiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind We never really thought about it, but it turns out The Volume technology isn’t exclusive to Star Wars Hot take: Star Wars: Starfighter will be as well received or better received by general a...

In Episode 145, hosts Alyce and Laura take* a look back at Halloweens of yore and bring back their new segment: Ahsoka Again!  Please be advised: temporary tattoos should not go on your face Ho phase and college days! Alyce had the best group Halloween costume back in the day. Shoutout to Mandoverse Updates on socials, we love your updates (Follow them on Bluesky ) A brief discussion on The Mandal...

In Episode 144, hosts Alyce and Laura are* feeling excited about Star Wars for the first time in a while!  TV Talk. Everything is cancelled. The end.  Welcome back to The Puddin’ Pod. The podcast about pudding.  Update: The Puddin’ Pod has also been cancelled now.  Some hints about how much Rotta the Hutt we can expect in “The Mandalorian and Grogu” film Meg Dowell’s spoiler-free review of Star Wa...

In Episode 143, hosts Alyce and Laura dig* deep to find Star Wars and Star Wars-adjacent news to discuss… outside of the Mando trailer, clearly we gotta get into that. Did you know Alyce is a low-key profesh cake decorator? They haven't even started making Space Balls 2 yet and they’re already spoofing The Force Awakens In a shameless effort to distract us from the Jimmy Kimmel firing fiasco (befo...

In Episode 142, hosts Alyce and Laura find* a possible new career path for Alyce: Star Wars movie prop auction item appraiser… or fortune teller. It’s between those two options. Anyone else loving Foxy Knoxy on Hulu? Prop Watch is over (for now)! One of us guessed almost exactly right and the other one… did not Why do we keep forgetting that Maul: Shadow Lord is going to be a thing?  The people ye...

In Episode 141, hosts Alyce and Laura demand* justice for Luke’s cancelled Tosche Station plans. Those power converters aren’t going to pick up themselves! Beware, movie prop auction houses have hidden fees for those buying $2 million lightsabers. Rich people - they’re just like us! If an Allen Wrench is good enough for film-grade lightsabers, it’s good enough for your Ikea bookshelf. I guess we c...

In Episode 140, hosts Alyce and Laura and the set of Attack of the Clones may have* accidently created a new superhero: Super Pipe Cart Man! Matt Smith is joining the Dark Side of the Star Wars universe! Hey, haven’t we heard that story before? ( Deadline exclusive) More Lego Star Wars silliness is on the way! Check out the trailer ! First came the Mando-verse, now we’re [allegedly] getting a Rey-...

In Episode 139, hosts Alyce and Laura forgot* what happened in Ahsoka, and Keeve Trennis is all up in her feelings. The History of the Mandela Effect and how it relates to Star Wars (via GoodHousekeeping ) In a follow up to last week’s episode, more about the award-winning dog balls Prop Watch! Prop auctions are interesting to us. So we’re gonna talk about it. ( via Yahoo ) Star Wars’ 50th anniver...