Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

This week we are taking it back to 1995 and revisiting the classic Leonard Maltin and George Lucas interviews that began each VHS tape in that legendary THX box set release. Leonard and George get deep talking about inspiration, they start some Star Wars legends and they talk about that exciting prequel trilogy that will begin in just 4 years. It’s a legendary chat and an episode we’ve wanted to d...

This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of our favorite Star Wars things, the often misunderstood Ewok Adventure : Caravan of Courage! Joining us in the festivities are our friends Patrick Cotnoir from The George Lucas Talk Show and Silver from Star Wars Thrifting! Listen as we discuss why Cindel is an icon, the themes, the effects, the tragedy of Chukha-Trok and so much more! So...

Going into the sequel to Star Wars, things seemed to be going great. Lucas had total control, he wouldn’t have to direct this time, the script was great and it seemed like the problems that haunted Star Wars were a distant memory. What happened was a shoot filled with time and money quickly vanishing, constant problems and a growing fear that Lucas could potentially lose everything. Listen as we g...

Snaggletooth! Sure we all know him and love him but what’s his story? Who made mask, why are there so many versions of him and how is he one of the only aliens to appear in all three of the original films? For serious questions like these, we need to once again call upon the Snaggletooth expert, Regal Robot’s Tom Spina for help. Listen along as Tom talks about actually owning Snaggletooth’s real p...

We’ve always been obsessed with the Return of the Jedi deleted scenes A-Wing Pilot that looks like a grandma but have always wondered - who is she? We’ve stayed up all night wondering what is her story was and who played her? This week we have got all the answers and we’re talking about the incredible actress that played her and what we think her character’s story could have been! So track the mai...

Episode 416 - The Star Wars Radio Dramas Strike Back. With John and Maria Jose Tenuto This week we’re happy to welcome back to Blast Points, John and Maria Jose Tenuto as they discuss their new book The Star Wars Radio Dramas! Join us as we go in depth on the book’s creation, the continuing legacy of Brian Daley and other unsung heroes of the classic radio drama! AND - what does it all have to do...

It's a new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS as we listen to our friend Tom Spina from Regal Robot talk to Industrial Light and Magic Legend HOWIE WEED! Listen as they discuss Howie’s experience inside the special edition Wampa suit, working on classics like Gremlins and The Fly! AND - hear just what priceless advice George Lucas gave him while in the Wampa suit! It’s a really fun chat so listen to...

This week we are talking to the amazing superfan listener Josh Freeman, who for one year straight, listened to an episode of Blast Points every single day. And he took detailed notes on each episode. We’ve got questions for him and he’s got a lot of great questions for us. It’s a trip through 8 years of wild Blast Points history so start the countdown clock for seven more days of Dengar, celebrate...

Are you a Star Wars sound effects expert? Do you know a Death Star ambiance from a Hyperspace background sound? Then you should join Blast Points as they play NAME THAT STAR WARS SOUND! Listen as they quiz each other with 15 sounds hand picked from just the original trilogy! What ones leave them stumped? What ones do they name right away? Listen and find out! Listen today and celebrate the love! J...

Back in April 2005 at Star Wars Celebration III, George Lucas did three Q&A sessions with fans from around the world. These incredible talks were all recorded and released on the old fan club Hyperspace site. We’ve got the audio for all three of them and we’re going through each one question by question and talking about them all! Hear Lucas talk about his favorite CDs, a future for live action St...

The big Disney convention D23 happened last weekend and as always some quality Star Wars madness happened. Listen along as we discuss the very Spielbergian Skeleton Crew trailer scene by scene, the glory of NEEL, Andor season 2 , the Mandalorian and Grogu motion picture and more! And we’re talking about Captain EO a lot. A. LOT. so stick your head in a Christmas tree, save the world with dancing,...

If you’re anything like us, you’re obsessed with Grand Moff Tarkin and every time you watch Star Wars A New Hope, you quickly become obsessed with all those wild rolling R sounds Tarkin makes! Well don’t worry as we are here to listen to every Tarkin line in the movie and rate them Olympics style! Does the rolling R line get a bronze, silver or GOLD medal? Listen and find out! So get lost in a cor...

It's a new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS as we listen to Tom Spina from Regal Robot talk to Industrial Light and Magic Legends as they tell the story of how they crafted "maquettes" to design the creatures of Return of the Jedi. The audio is from a Regal Robot video put together from Tom's exclusive interviews with Phil Tippett, Jeanne Lauren, Chris Walas, Dave Carson, Kirk Thatcher, Judy Elkin...

It’s the summer of 1983 and after seeing the highly anticipated RETURN OF THE JEDI, people did what they had to do to make their opinions heard - they wrote to STARLOG magazine! Listen as we read all the letters from issue 76 of Starlog and discover that basically almost nothing has changed in Star Wars fandom for over 40 years. So get jiggly with it, celebrate the love and listen today! JOIN THE...

The season finale of The Acolyte has arrived and it's got it all - a creepy peek a boo guy, Mog's growing hair, gravity bending lightsaber battle insanity, a far out space chase and some serious deep thoughts on destiny, choice, good, bad and all the stuff that makes Star Wars so Star Wars. Join us as we go over it all and discuss this truly epic episode. Celebrate the love and listen today! JOIN...

It’s the big penultimate episode for The Acolyte season 1 and we’ve got a lot of heavy thoughts on this one! Listen in as we’re talking about the Jedi, the power of choice, right and wrong, consequences, lies … and the 1998 Jean Claude Van Damme classic, Knock Off. so look out for evil Macaulay Culkin, celebrate the love and listen today! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATR...

It’s summertime and The Acolyte is turning up THE HEAT! Join us as we discuss episode 6 “Teach / Corrupt” and ponder the it’s many mysteries, an unknown planet, Last Jedi parallels, naked bodies, baby bird things and legend that is MOG. Celebrate the love, dare to be sexy and listen today! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! WEEKLY ACOLYTE COMMENTARIES! BAD BATCH SEASON...

It’s the crazy crazy craziest Acolyte night yet as we’re talking all about the episode that freaked everyone out, “Night”. It’s the heaviest 30 minutes of almost nonstop action and we feel like we got force pushed through a wall with this one. We’re talking the big reveal, the big losses, the power of two, how Bazil is the key to it all and so much more. So OMG, celebrate the love and listen today...

The episode is titled “DAY” and all we can think about all day everyday is MUNDI and Bazil! And the spooky masked Sith person. And the red head Jedi sword master guy. And how we’re loving this show. Listen in as we discuss everything about this latest and greatest installment of The Acolyte and more in this MundiMania filled episode! So, what are you waiting for? Celebrate the love and listen toda...

The Dark Side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural but it's not unnatural how much we were into The Acolyte episode 3, DESTINY! Listen as we get some deep thoughts going on the many interpretations of The Force, the special children Osha and Mae, what really happened that night on Brendok and more! PLUS - we're hooting and hollering about the Granny Witch! So g...

It's some Acolyte crazy nights and we're excited to finally be talking about this show and kick off our series of episodes dedicated to THE ACOLYTE! Listen as we discuss the epic first 2 episodes and get deep with some of it's mysteries, wonder about who the spooky voice person is, talk about babies, great big bushy beards, chairs that are droids, the Bee Gees and so much more! So celebrate the lo...

It's the 25th anniversary of our beloved Phantom Menace and that also means it's taken us 25 years to listen to the read along book for TPM! It's the whole movie condensed down to about 19 minutes with weird alternate takes of dialog, music from the original trilogy, Funkadelic Neimodians, some shockingly dark stuff and more! PLUS - more fun TPM theater stories from listeners!! So head to the dung...

We asked for YOUR stories of seeing The Phantom Menace back on the big screen for the 25th anniversary and you delivered! We're playing every single one of your wonderful messages and it is total Star Wars magic. PLUS - It was the most epic May the 4th ever and we're looking back at all the Star Wars madness that happened in there! Celebration Japan tickets, a new Acolyte trailer, Tales of the Emp...

This week on Blast Points we are honored to be chatting with an ILM legend, the great TONY MCVEY! Listen in as we are once again joined by Regal Robot's Tom Spina as we all talk to Tony about his passion for monsters, movies, joining the ROTJ creature department, Salacious Crumb, and then coming back to Star Wars with The Phantom Menace. The gorgeous debut prequel item in Regal Robot's Archive Col...

Episode 400 - The QVC Phantom Menace Spectacular It's our big 400th episode of Blast Points, the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace AND May the 4th so there is no better way to celebrate then by watching two full hours of a QVC special from August 1999 when Episode 1 mania was sweeping the nation! It's hosts Lisa Robertson from QVC and the legendary Steve Sansweet showing off comics, vinyl fig...