Around the Galaxy

Pete and Chris are joined by Mick from Noice Guys podcast as we talk about our favorite Star Wars Droids! We also dig into the impact of current cinema trends of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whil...

Justin Berger and Jamie Benning are authors of the brand new book The Unauthorized Timeline: Return of the Jedi. (https://filmumentaries.com/where-to-buy-rotj-timeline-book/). Continuing as the second book in the Unauthorized Timeline series, Return of the Jedi includes dates, photos, facts, call sheets, and much more relating to the final film in the original Star Wars Trilogy . The Empire Strike...

Pete and Nick are joined by Joe Barksdale as we talk about our favorite Star Wars video games! From the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws all the way back to coin-op classics! The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a deep dive into the...

W. Earl Brown is known to Star Wars fans as Taanti, the Weequay barkeep and friend of Cobb Vanth (Timothy Olyphant) in The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett. He sat down with Nick and Pete to discuss his Star Wars fandom, stories from the set of The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett and life in "the business." WARNING: The language in this episode is very Deadwood influenced. From Wikipedia: Willi...

Pete, Nick and Chris talk about the upcoming Ahsoka series, look at images that came out this week from both Empire Magazine and the new trailer, and speculate about what we will see and how it will tie to Rebel. @TrevorProject Put action behind your words and donate to the The Trevor Project’s mission is to “To end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young p...

Pete Fletzer and Chris Ryons hosted a panel at Philadelphia Fan Expo on June 4. This is the live audio directly from the event - the audio quality is not our best. From the Philly Fan Expo brochure: “In 1977 Star Wars took the world by storm, changing movies, marketing and fandom forever. Join podcast personality Pete Fletzer (Around the Galaxy/Star Wars Galaxy Magazine), and Chris Ryons (cohost o...

Debra Wilson is known to Star Wars fans as Cere Junda from Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor. She shares insight into Cere's journey, the plot twists and her epic battle with a certain dark lord of the Sith. She also talks to us about her upcoming role in Diablo IV as Prava, how she goes about bringing characters to life and flatulence. Yes, flatulence. Debra Wilson, is an American actress and c...

Patrick Cotnoir joined Nick, Pete and Chris to talk about The Last Jedi! The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a deep dive into the canon or a particular aspect of the saga. And our LIVE Friday night call-in talk show, Force Co...

Joe Barksdale is a former NFL tackle, LSU football star, turned musician and standup comedian. He is also a tremendous Star Wars fan. Joe joins Nick and Pete to talk about Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, the state of Star Wars fandom plus gives us his position-by-position pick of Star Wars characters as his fantasy football team. The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generation...

Pete flew solo for most of the night and let the callers do the talking! We hit on Galactic StarCruiser closing, Heir to the Empire as a Filoni film and even got into healing the fandom with Echo Base Network's Coach. Pete, Nick and Chris are joined by our callers talking #StarWars Visions Volume 2 and some Jedi Survivor. The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations....

Pete, Nick and Chris are joined by our callers talking #StarWars Visions Volume 2 and some Jedi Survivor. The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a deep dive into the canon or a particular aspect of the saga. And our LIVE Friday...

Emmy Award winner, Greg Iwinski, joins us to talk about the WGA Writers Strike, its impact on the industry and Star Wars. Plus your calls talking about your favorite May the 4th drops. The SSWNetwork brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a de...

Pete Fletzer and Nick Mielke had the opportunity to interview Star Wars Visions executive producers James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes about the new animated anthology series. Those conversations are presented in this episode of the Around the Galaxy podcast along with their (mostly) spoiler free reactions and review of the series. From the release: “Star Wars: Visions” will premiere exclusi...

Jez Allinson aka The Running Stormtrooper became Star Wars famous with his appearance at Star Wars Celebration in London this year by running on a treadmill by the fan stage the entire time raising money for Make-A-Wish. The Running Stormtrooper Project began in early 2016 as a low profile, one off charity run. Since then the charity running has grown in challenge and success. The fundraising targ...

Chris, Nick and Pete discussed what the ending of Mandalorian Season 3 means for the series, for the saga and for the fans. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a deep dive into the canon or a particular aspec...

Chris, Nick and Pete discussed their predictions for the end of season 3 of the Mandalorian including a funny and spirited discussion about who the spy could be. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that magic moment when Star Wars fans meet for the first time. On Podcast of the Whills, we take a deep div...

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, the actor who plays Carson Teva on the Mandalorian surprised Nick, Pete and Chris as well as special guest hosts Becca Benjamin and Mark Sutter for a special Force Connect, Live (but not) From London episode coverage of Star Wars Celebration. He joined us for an amazing conversation about Star Wars Celebration, going from fan to actor in the Mandalorian, a wonder Carl Weathers...

With Star Wars Celebration 2023 coming to a close, Nick, Pete and Chris were joined by Ryan Arey of ScreenCrush to talk about the highlights of this year's show and what it means to the state of the Star Wars galaxy. We dig into the influence of the Star Wars Legends expanded universe, the challenges of television driving major motion pictures and the impact of season 3 of the Mandalorian. And, ye...

On this week's Force Connect, Pete and Chris are joined by guest co-host Rayven and welcome Matt Singer of ScreenCrush to talk about the Mandalorian Season 3 and it's direction. Is it losing the average fan or is the world building something they can lean into. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that ma...

Kyle Newman, the director of Fan Boys and 1Up, returns to the SSW Network to talk about his upcoming documentary about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. The film, called A Disturbance in the Force, features interviews with the people who made it and the celebrities that were shaped by it including Kevin Smith, Weird Al Yankovic and many more. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to...

Chris and Nick welcome special guest host, Bryan Barry of Pink Milk, to discuss the latest episodes of The Mandalorian and the Bad Batch and ponder the lessons being taught. Are cults good or bad? What is the right choice of the adoptive father? Plus they take listener calls for their perspective! The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Ar...

Nick, Chris and Pete take calls and share their wild theories as to where the Mandalorian and Bad Batch are headed this season. We dig into how the Star Wars Legends stories will be brought back from EU obscurity to drive the plot of Star Wars stories to come. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you that mag...

Pete is joined this week by the bass player from the band ASH and Martin Keeler, two thirds of the team putting together the must-attend party of Star Wars Celebration in London on APril 9. www. ThisIsCantina.com has all the details on bands who will be playing, celebrities who will be signing and tickets. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations...

Join Pete, Nick and Chris as we talk #Mandalorian and #BadBatch and all the #StarWars news of the week! This week we took listener calls and talked about connections from the two current #DisneyPlus shows to #TheLastJedi as well as dug into the cults of #Mandalore. The Streaming Star Wars Network brings content to #StarWars Fans of all ages and generations. With Around the Galaxy, we bring you tha...

Nick is joined by performer Dee Tails who performed many creatures and droids for Lucasfilm in recent years including appearing as the troll Falken in Willow, L1 in Rogue One a Star Wars Story, the Pike Quay Tolsite in Solo A Star Wars Story and Slowen Lo in The Last Jedi - just to name a few. He shares his story of how he got to where he is today and the role that Star Wars played in his life. Th...