Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting and you can't stop the RISE OF SKYWALKER hype machine that is coming our way. Join Jason and Gabe as they examine the article and every photo from the TROS Vanity Fair article and discuss what we could be seeing and how we all could or could not survive. Is Zorii Bliss causing us bliss? Are Hux and Pryde starting a synth pop ba...

Solo has now been out for a year and this week Jason and Gabe are looking back at what we still love about the film, it's unique legacy and the lessons learned from the whole Solo experience. Will we ever see another Star Wars film released in May? Could we ever see more adventures of young Han & Chewie? Can we please have more stories about Enfys Nest? All these burning questions and more in this...

In January 2002, Carrie Fisher met with George Lucas at Skywalker Ranch for her TV interview show Conversations From The Edge. The result is the single greatest George Lucas interview ever made. This week Jason & Gabe are guiding you through this amazing moment in history as we examine every gripping topic Carrie brings up. What's Lucas' flirting technique? What bands did he see in the 60's? What...

Phantom Menace Year continues as Jason & Gabe examine the hidden genius of the model and miniature work in Episode 1! It's the Star Wars movie that contained more model shop work then all of the original trilogy combined BUT so much of that work is still totally invisible to most viewers! Join them as they try to solve this 20 year old mystery by playing an exciting, action packed game of "What's...

just a short little sound collage from us expressing our love to the late great Peter Mayhew. Thank you for everything.

‪What time is it? It’s Palpatime! Tune in as Jason and Gabe explore every single aspect of The Sith Master on & off the screen! Has this phantom menace been playing us like he did the whole galaxy? What clues have been out there that he could return? When did he first appear in Star Wars history and what could his "return" mean for how we view the entire saga? Is he a ghost, a robot, a robot ghost...

It's been about a week since Star Wars Celebration Chicago and Jason & Gabe are slowly piecing themselves back together. Tune in as they look back on those super fun five days in Chicago, take a much closer look at that Rise of Skywalker teaser and title & finally begin discussing the new people's hero, KLAUD! PLUS : The TPM 20th anniversary panel, Lucas' loving message to the fans, what smaller p...

Got the post Star Wars Celebration Chicago blues? Don't worry as BLAST POINTS is here with an amazing LIVE from Celebration episode!! They start with a WILD full freakout live from the floor crowd reaction to the RISE OF SKYWALKER teaser and then go day by day with tired, blown out throat reactions to the Mandalorian panel, Clone Wars & more!! All recorded either on the floor, in the arena or at t...

It's Star Wars Celebration week and Blast Points is here to guide you through the five day insanity that is coming to Chicago! What are the panels we are freaking out about? What are our essential tip and tricks for not ending up in the hospital? Where will we be? What's going on? What does it all have to do with Meatloaf? Tune in as we cover all things Celebration Chicago and BEYOND!! PLUS : List...

It's Phantom Menace Year meets Celebration Month as Jason and Gabe are joined by Star Wars royalty and Rancho Obi-Wan's STEVE SANSWEET as they discuss just how Star Wars Celebration began! How was it conceived, what was it almost called, how did 1999's Celebration almost not happen at all, what was it like to be part of the crew running in, and how did what started in muddy tents in Denver lead to...

EXPLOSIONS! We've done some research and discovered Star Wars is actually all about explosions! There are hundreds explosions in the Star Wars saga and we’re talking our top 3 from each film & discussing their size, sound & feeling. It’s a totally serious episode about a serious topic and explosions is the word that you heard.‬ What explosions are the ultimate from each film? Listen and find out!...

This week Jason & Gabe are joined once again by Regal Robot's Tom Spina as they take a ridiculously hard core deep dive look at 1977's Star Wars Bar skit from the Richard Pryor show! This weird and often overlooked piece of Star Wars history offers a look at a missing piece of Cantina Alien history and gives us the mysterious glory of MUFTAK IN PANTS! How did this skit happen? How did it happen? W...

Phantom Menace Year continues as we examine THE LEGEND OF RICK MCCALLUM. He’s the superstar producer of the prequels, one man mega hype machine and we do love him. Join us as we explore the myths, tall tales and facts of the only and only “duuuuude” that is Rick! How did he get started, how did we first learn of him, does he have a giant blue ox and what are some of his greatest moments? Tune as w...

Join Jason & Gabe as they go through the second annual Blast Points Star Wars Awards! You the listeners voted and we’ve got the results! Who did YOU choose for the best member of Kanjiklub? What's the best Star Wars kiss? Who is the best new Solo character, who has the best feet, what has the best non John Williams score and what won the the important best picture? Listen and find out! You may lau...

This week it's the most ambitious crossover in all of history as Jason and Gabe are joined by Charlotte and Caitlin, the hosts of the fantastic Star Wars podcast SKYTALKERS for an epic round of 20 questions!! Join them as they have an epic, laugh filled conversation that ranges from podcasting, Episode 9 predictions, Master Codebreaker, the saga's enduring power, The Phantom Menace, animation, the...

Want an episode dedicated to the master "codebreaker", thief, scoundrel and that man with a golden tongue, DJ? Blast Points can do it!! Join us as we look at the character, what he was all about, the pre-release controversy and finish it all out with the first ever epic DJ LINE BATTLE! What DJ line from The Last Jedi reigns supreme? Listen as we take turns going back and forth with DJ lines trying...

Phantom Menace Year continues as Jason and Gabe examine the amazing sounds of The Phantom Menace! Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood now have digital technology at their hands and their imagination of what’s possible greatly expands! The Podrace! Lightsabers! Darth Maul pressing buttons! Watto’s Bell & more! Join us as we explore the importance of the introduction of digital tools in the sound process and...

This week, Jason and Gabe welcome you to the first meeting of The Sunny Day in the Void Appreciation Society! Join us as we take a look back at George Lucas' favorite episode of Clone Wars! How does this odd tale of a tiny frog man and some droids actually contain the essential DNA and thoughts of not only the Star Wars saga, but THX-1138 and just about all of Lucas' work? Want to understand the s...

Jason and Gabe are going where no podcast has gone before with a dramatic reading of the immortal 1979 Star Wars literature classic, The Wookiee Storybook! They do every voice, every scene and act out every moment in this exciting story of Lumpy trying to be a hero like his father, the mighty Chewbacca! It's an epic, hilarious episode that'll make you want to go out and find some Wasaka Berries of...

John Barry is one of the greatest unsung behind the scenes heroes of Star Wars history and Jason & Gabe are here to explore his history and lasting influence! His set designs & visionary contributions to the saga are a massive part of how we continue to define the look of everything Star Wars! Where did it all begin? How did he do it? Who else was part of that original production design team? And...

Blast Points Phantom Menace Year Begins with Jason and Gabe taking a look at the strange and fascinating early screenplay draft of TPM, The Beginning! The saga of the "Warka" family begins, there's almost no Qui Gon, and an original trilogy character shockingly "dies" in the end. From a certain point of view.... It's a real wild ride that could have resulted in a vastly different Episode 1! Tune i...

Rogue One just turned two years old and Blast Points is starting the birthday party with the giant ROGUE 100! It's 100 things we love about the best Star Wars standalone movie since Ewoks Battle for Endor! We talk almost every aspect of Rogue One with Bor Gullet, Krennic's cape, Cassian's Gloves, Giacchino's score, the film's messages and how it stands up today! PLUS : Wener Herzog is in The Manda...

With it being one year since the release of The Last Jedi and one year away from Episode 9, Jason and Gabe are taking a look back and forward at the same time! Join them as they go through each of the returning characters and look at how they changed in 8 and how that may inform where they could go next. Will Hux do stand up comedy? What's happening with Luke and Leia? What about the big, giant qu...

It's the BLAST POINTS HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Jason and Gabe made it home for Life Day and are joined by tons of awesome SURPRISE GUESTS as they all share their Star Wars holiday traditions and look back at past winter memories connected to that galaxy far far away! PLUS : Obi-Wan reads Twas The Night Before Xmas AND some of your all time favorite Star Wars characters visit with the real SANTA CLAUS! So...

Jason and Gabe are back and this week they're examining the most important movie George Lucas was ever involved in, CAPTAIN EO! What is this Captain EO? It was a strange and fascinating Francis Ford Coppola directed Disney Parks exclusive 17 minute super 3D short movie that starred Michael Jackson as a space pilot with a crew of musician aliens and robots. How did this ever happen? How did Lucas g...