Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

It's Day 4 of the podcast series that literally everyone is talking about, 7 DAYS OF DENGAR! Today, we welcome our friend Brandon from Talking Bay 94 as he fills us in on evrything about the man who was Dengar, the late great Morris Bush. Who was he, why was he Dengar, how did he know Ringo Starr and what about him on screen in the Darth Vader suit?!? It's a revealing and action packed episode lik...

It's DAY 3 of the epic podcast event of the century, 7 DAYS OF DENGAR and today we're talking about Dengar's "many" appearances on screen. After barely being in Empire and making a shocking cameo in ROTJ, Dengar really got to shine in Clone Wars. What was like that like and how is his armor differnet? And what about the Aftermath books, the comics and seriously what about ROTHGAR DENG? Is Dengar a...

It's DAY 2 of our week long 7 Days of Dengar series and you all know we've been touched by Dengar, but what about someone who actually touched Dengar? That's right, today we welcome back our friends, Regal Robot's Tom Spina and the man who put the scar on Dengar, Nick Maley! Hear Tom identify every single piece of Dengar armor and learn from Nick just what it was like to place that infamous wound...

It's the kickoff to 7 DAYS OF DENGAR, the explosive week long series that only BLAST POINTS is ridiculous enough to give you! It's a week of episodes where we are going over everything about our favorite bounty hunter who is wrapped up in toilet paper, DENGAR! In this first installment, we are asking WHY DENGAR and introducing WHO IS DENGAR? These are the questions that we will be pondering during...

Join us as this week we take a close up look at all the greatness the Disney Gallery episode on the making of the Mando Season 2 finale gave! It's a trip behind the scenes that left us shook and wondering how much Luke is Luke, is Luke Luke and what about Luuke? From real world issues to secret chili recipes, computer Luke voice and a hot John Knoll dubbed in German, this episode has it all! So tr...

Indy Year continues as this month we welcome the legendary Dr. David West Reynolds. In addition to finding the actual shooting locations from Star Wars back in the mid 1990s, creating the visual dictionaries and building Star Wars.com, Dr. Reynolds has for decades been doing archaeology on Raiders of the Lost Ark! He has been an actual Indiana Jones in the deserts of the world and in the Lucasfilm...

In the summer of 1971, film scholar and media theorist Gene Youngblood sat down in the grass under the Hollywood sign with some 27 year old kid named George Lucas for a local public access show on young filmmakers. What came out of it is an endlessly fascinating conversation between two forward thinking and brilliant minds. Lucas shares his frustration at the studio system, says how he thinks of h...

Back in the 90s, the seeds of Blast Points were planted as we would watch Boba Fett hologram watches and Yoda head mugs be sold on the legendary Star Wars QVC specials hosted by the engergetic and hilarious Steve Bryant. It's a dream come true as this week we proudly welcome Steve Bryant on to our show. Join us as we talk to Steve about the time QVC almost burned down and Mark Hamill saved everyon...

Hey everyone, just thought we'd put together a little something as a tribute to the incredible author of so many of our favorite Star Wars non fiction books and friend of the show, the late Jonathan Rinzler. He was always so kind and supportive of us, even when we teased him and the weird sounds his cat made. Jonathan passed away at the age of 58 on July 28th, 2021 but his pioneering work, his giv...

Sometimes you just have to tell Return of the Jedi how much you love it and this week we're sending the mighty ROTJ a dozen roses AND a box of chocolate!! Join us as we examine just how much the influence of the deep thematic elements of the throne room ending of ROTJ has spread across all of Star Wars. Redemption, forgiveness, family, masks... all the vital Star Wars herbs and spices are there in...

Indy Year continues as we get totally serious and talk about the hottest topic there is - the Indiana Jones kids read along books and records! Join us as we listen to the read along records for Raiders, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. They're a weird and exciting world of outrageous cuts to the story and even more outrageous accents! What characters are cut and why is the Temple of the Doom read...

It's summertime, it's hot out and that can mean only one thing - HOT WAMPA SUMMER! When the ice caves melt, the Wampas come out to get down! We're celebrating in the only way possible and that's by listing off our top GREAT MOMENTS IN WAMPA HISTORY! Join us as we talk about puppet Wampas, Wampa deleted scenes, toy commercials, kids yelling Wampa, Wapma excitement, toy Wampas, Wampa secret BBQ reci...

Our year long tribute to Indina Jones continues with a look at the wild history and unique legacy of the always unique INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM! The highs, the lows, the controversy and anything goes! It’s a tale of birthday cakes, broken backs, dirty t-shirts from JC Penny and terrified children! How was this movie conceived, how will it reflect on future Indy projects and why is the...

It's no secret that we are huge supporters of the Droids animated series but with it recently coming on Disney +, our love has gone into hyperspace! Join us this week as we examine the vastly underrated Droids series, it's wild history and the show's rich legacy that continues to this day. How did the show begin, what about that bopping theme music, why is Ben Burtt actually Mungo Baobab AND what...

We all know Han Solo had a run in with a bounty hunter on Ord Mantell but did you know that the legendary Brian Daley wrote a standalone story about it that came out the same year as the Star Wars radio drama? This odd, wonderful and long of out print piece of SW history stands alone as the one thing that combines the voice cast of the Beuna Vista read along records and the spirit of the NPR radio...

This week is all about the amazing THE ART OF FORCE AWAKENS! 2013 was a magical time as Star Wars was just getting ready to strike back in a major way. The Yoda like production designer, living legend and hero of ours, Rick Carter led this quest with a period of guided imagery from the best artists in the world where the blue sky was the limit and some incredible illustrations flowed along next to...

The Krayt Dragon. One of the greatest mysteries in the Star Wars universe. Where did it come from? When did the word KRAYT first appear? Why was Kenobi's call changing so much? What's with the "missing" DVD version? What is its shocking connection to a Disney Haunted Mansion kids record? Join us while we explore these mind bending questions and more in this extremely important and "Kraytly" fascin...

Indy Year rages on as this month we are talking all about the incredible INDIANA JONES presence at the Disney Parks around the globe. We couldn't do this one alone and we are thrilled to be joined by one and only SAVANNA KIEFER from The Dorky Diva Show! Savanna guides us through the fascinating history of Indy in the parks, the stunt show in Florida, the sad gift shops, the wonderful Indy Adventur...

In honor of the 44th anniversary of the original George Lucas masterpiece, STAR WARS, this week we are talking all about the fascinating 2004 DVD commentary that featured Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt & Dennis Muren! Lucas talks about influences and parsecs, we're missing Carrie and Ben Burtt is just being Ben Burtt. Along the way are minds are blown thinking about Luke and Leia (that's right) a...

That group of lovable misfit clones, The Bad Batch has finally arrived and this week we are talking all about the first two episodes, Aftermath & Cut and Run! Join us as we discuss why we love the mysterious Omega, why the clones are The Dad Batch, Tarkin on Kamino, Saw's birthday party, THX-1138 deep thoughts, where the show could be going & more!! We are loving this show so fat and it's an all-o...

It's our May the 4th Super Spectacular as we are so excited to talk about a video of an incredible live call-in show from Sacramento that happened in January 1997 all about the beloved Star Wars Special Edition! TV news hosts Walt and Mark take some mind warping, insane calls ranging from Star Wars fans dropping trivia and asking about toys and we're going over every glorious second of it! Along t...

The Dejarik or Holo-Chess game scene is classic Star Wars. It's a hologram of a tiny little monster fight strategy game played between a giant hairy creature and a gold robot. Classic Star Wars. The scene has lived in the hearts and imagination of fans for years but we need to know what it's all about, how it happened and who each monster is. There's only one person who could join us on this quest...

Indy Year continues and this month we're talking the weird and wonderful Marvel comic book series, THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES. It ran for 34 issues and featured amazing talent like John Byrne, Steve Ditko and David Michelinie all contributing to the weird and wild Indy adventures found in its pages. Why did Marvel not want anything to do with Indiana Jones and how come after the Raide...

Our long running Sounds of Star Wars series continues with our look at one of the most underrated sound experiences in the galaxy far far away, ATTACK OF THE CLONES! As the legendary Ben Burtt's role in the production of the film grows, somehow the sounds become even more insane. Long planned wild Burtt dreams come true while secret seismic charges fail to impress Lucas. From Poggle's poetry, a sh...

5 years ago, we took the Ewok Cartoon Challenge where we bravely attempted to find out how many episodes of the animated adventure of those furry defenders of the Endor forest we could watch in a week. Now, with the Ewok cartoon making it's Disney Plus debut, we figured it was time to revisit the challenge and see how many episodes of season 2 we could watch in ONE NIGHT. How many did we get throu...