Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

Indy Year continues as this month we are joined by Star Wars author and all-around cool person, Amy Richau as she takes a look at the complicated and fascinating history of women in the Indiana Jones saga! From Marion, Willie, Elsa and Spalko to all the women behind the scenes and everything in-between. The highs, the lows, the cringe, the comics, the books, video games and so much more! Amy comes...

There has been a wild Lucas spotting ... have you felt it? A recently discovered video features the great Mellody Hobson and her husband in a call to an elementary school in New York. Things start normal enough with Mellody answering kids' excellent questions but once GL drifts in things take some interesting twists. There is GL talking about the end of the world, Anakin's fall to the dark side, t...

Star Wars movies contain many rich traditions like operatic storytelling, faster and more intense action, explosions, and gorgeous dialogue free end scenes that soar with music and end the film with an epic exclamation point! Join us as we look at these scenes and rank our own personal top 12 Star Wars cinematic ending scenes! What do we agree on? Where do our opinions split? What's our different...

Join us as we explore one of the greatest mysteries in Star Wars history, the shortened down IMAX verson of AOTC! In November 2002, Attack of the Clones was released in around 50 IMAX theaters across the country with a little over 20 minutes of the film cut out so it could play on the giant IMAX projectors. What was cut out? What stayed in the movie? What new information do we have on just WHO did...

We all know Muppets and Star Wars go together like a bowl of peanut butter and M&M's but how did this all come about? How did the wizardry of George Lucas and the magic of Jim Henson combine and change both of thier creations? Join us as we explore the long and connected history of Star Wars and The Muppets and we take a very close look at the time Luke Skywalker and the droids traveled to a "Come...

Indy Year continues as we look at a little secret gem in Indiana Jones history, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark : The Movie on Record. This wild artifact from the past is basically the entire movie, cut down to about 45 minutes and presented in a purely audio format. It has no narration and is just audio from the film with some extra sounds mixed in along the way. Join us as we talk to the record's...

BOBA FETT! have you heard of him? We’re finally doing an episode all about the one and only Boba Fett because we finally feel like we have our loving feelings straightened out on him. Join us as we look why this masked figure on a pink dinosaur gained so much mystery and popularity early on and how the cult of Boba has really only just begun! PLUS: we discover an old early reader novel that may ho...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and that can mean only one thing ... 2-1B! Join us as we talk everything 2-1B including his legendary scene in ESB, deleted scenes, his beautiful voice, the many appearances in other Star Wars things, 2-1B in the EU and more!! If all that wasn't enough to make you fall in love, we close things out with our (and a special guest) descriptions of fantasy rom...

It's been a little while since it ended but we are still not done thinking about The Mandalorian season 2! Between Bo Katan, the evolution of Din, the rescue and separation and the themes presented in the series, we still have a lot to discuss! Join us as we look back at each episode in the last season and wildly speculate on what it could all mean for season 3 and beyond!! So put on some Slayer,...

Our year long monthly tribute to the 40th anniversary of Star Wars' cousin, Indiana Jones is finally here! In this first installment, we are looking at the creation of Indy and how so many of the same ingredients that went into the creation of the galaxy far far away also went into making the great adventure. How did Lucas and Spielberg meet? Who is the third very important person that made the ea...

It's our 5-year anniversary and this week we are pledging our undying love to Star Wars by renewing our vows and taking the JEDI OATH with the 1999 masterpiece known as The Junior Jedi Training Manual. This amazing CD / book combo was released for kids with The Phantom Meance and it seriously almost made us explode. Join us as we freak out a little, wonder if we are getting high from sounds, discu...

It's the epic conclusion to SAGA YEAR, and in true RISE OF SKYWALKER fashion, it's a DYAD of episodes. This is the DARK SIDE of the episode dyad where we go over everything that still puzzles us in that little movie TROS. From Rey looking at trees, to Palpatine, last names and everything in between! We're looking back and talking through all of our personal gripes in this therapy session of an epi...

It's the epic conclusion to SAGA YEAR, and in true RISE OF SKYWALKER fashion, it's a DYAD of episodes. This is the LIGHT SIDE of the episode dyad where we celebrate all we love in that little movie TROS. From the crawl to Klaud, Babu Frik and everything in between! We're looking back on all of our personal highlights in this one! But look out... there's a dark side of the dyad episode too! SO CELE...

It's the Return of the Blast Points Holiday Special! The greatest holiday tradition ever is back! We made it home for Life Day and we are joined by tons of SPECIAL GUESTS and FRIENDS sharing thier magical Star Wars holiday memories and traditions! PLUS : "The Client" meets Santa, Chewbacca reads Twas The Night Before Christmas, a special call from "George Lucas" & Boba Fett vs. St. Nick! So look f...

The book we've all been waiting for is finally here, Phil Szostak's amazing The Art of The Mandalorian Season 1! Join Jason and Gabe as they dive into the book's fascinating details like how the show got started, the wild history of live action Star Wars on TV and how the unique nature of the show led to a slightly different and more streamlined design process. If that wasn't enough excitement, th...

Saga Year continues and its finally time for this little movie that nobody ever talks about, THE LAST JEDI. Join us as we take a look at writer / director / king / wizard Rain Johnson's insightful and fascinating commentary for the film and all the secrets that it holds. From force connections, the hero's journey, Luke's role to Young Ones references, this is the commentary that is spark that'll l...

The new From A Certain Point of View short story anthology for the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back is here and we're celebrating the only way we know how with a giant-sized episode where we review ALL 40 STORIES! Join us as we discuss each one and rate them in our scientifically proven scale of WIZARD, POSSIBLY or POODOO. Where do we wildly disagree? What stories made us want to run do...

The time has finally come for us to talk about one of the most important topics ever : THE NOSES OF STAR WARS! Yes, we are taking a beyond in depth look at the nasal cavities of the original trilogy & WHO KNOWS WHAT WE FIND IN THERE?! But we can't do it alone, so with us on this quest into the unknown is friend of the show and resident wizard at Regal Robot and Tom Spina Designs, the one and only...

The Mandalorian season 2 has arrived and left us in a state of absolute SHOCK. Join us as we discuss this first episode, The Marshall and pretty much deliriously freak out about everything. From major reveals to prequel love, alien combovers, bartenders, aspect ratio changes, Galaxy Rangers and Krayt Dragon calls, this episode has it all. So brush that Bantha's teeth and celebrate the love with BL...

Saga Year continues as we look all the way back into that ancient history time of 2015 and when the HYPE for The Force Awakens was so all consuming. For 12 months, we were all in a Star Wars powered super tornado of trailers, reveals, weird sad dad commercials, hot excitement and most of all, fun. Join us as we look back on this special time and wonder if it could ever happen again and what the be...

This week we are taking a look at the fascinating first ten years of Star Wars video games! From 1977 to 1987 Star Wars and games had a symbiotic and unique relationship and we're looking at how this was born, who made them and how the spirit of those pioneering games continues to influence SW gaming today! From homemade games to Atari 2600 classics to Luke fighting Scorpion Vader in Japan, all th...

This week we're taking an up close and personal look at one of those essential ingredients of Star Wars, PEOPLE YELLING NOOOOOO! Just like mythology, themes of good vs evil, mysticism and giant explosions, people yelling NOOOOO! is just something that makes Star Wars be Star Wars. Join us as we listen to and rate 31 NOOOOOs from across the 11 cinematic films. Which NOOOOOs are the ones to know? Wh...

It's a dream come true as the one and only STEVE SANSWEET from Rancho Obi-Wan joins us to talk about one of our favorite topics, the 90s Star Wars QVC specials! It was like a Star Wars Celebration at home in the 90s as Steve Sansweet and QVC's Steve Bryant would show us some of wildest and weirdest Star Wars collectibles ever known in the galaxy! Join us as Steve looks back on how he became involv...

In this final week of Ewok Movie Month, we're taking back to where it all began with Return of the Jedi and the creation of the Ewoks. With just about everyone telling George Lucas that little teddy bear creatures saving the Rebel Alliance was a bad idea, he never backed down and he DARED TO BE CUTE. But why does cute feel so at home in Star Wars? Like the Ewoks, is there a deeper meaning for the...

People say the Ewok movies aren't canon, they never happened, nobody likes them them ... but we're saying maybe that's not true? Join us as Ewok Movie Month rages on we take a look at some of the many things first seen in the two made for televison Ewok films that have spread into other eras of Star Wars! From Nightsisters to video games to Galaxy's Edge, the Ewok Movies are EVERYWHERE! And listen...