Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

This is it. SHADOW WARRIOR. Anakin. Ahsoka. You know. This episode made us insane in the best ways, Listen and maybe we make sense in it and maybe we don't. JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 COMMENTARIES HAPPENING NOW! KENOBI COMMENTARIES! BOOK OF BOOK REVIEW EPISODES! MANDO SEASON 1 & 2 REVIEW EPISODES! BAD BATCH! CLONE WARS ! BLAST POINTS Q&A EP...

Ahoska the show starts to turn up THE HEAT and we are sweating through these episodes. We don't know what's happening and we love every second of it. listen as we see the return of Anakin for the first time and so much more! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 COMMENTARIES HAPPENING NOW! KENOBI COMMENTARIES! BOOK OF BOOK REVIEW EPISODES! MANDO SEASO...

It's the first 2 episodes of Ahsoka and hey - what did we think? Listen as we get used to this new show and adjust to the insanity we're about to subject ourselves to every week. It's the start of a new journey and we're along for the ride! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 COMMENTARIES HAPPENING NOW! KENOBI COMMENTARIES! BOOK OF BOOK REVIEW EPISO...

This week we are thrilled to be joined once again by our friend Regal Robot's Tom Spina as we talk all things RANCOR! Tom's got a very extra special big announcement and after that we are discussing how the Rancor was designed, Lucas' wish for a big monster in a pit, the man in a suit version and how the final rod puppet we see on screen is total movie magic. It's a monster of an episode so get sk...

This week it's a Halloween treat as we get spooky with a question that has haunted us for decades - what is the deal with the 9 moons of Endor?! If Endor is a moon, then what's the planet and can we even call the place at the end of Return of the Jedi an actual planet? And what's the real world scientific connection to all of this madness? We're all learning in this gas giant of an episode! PLUS -...

Sure, we all love the classic WILHELM SCREAM and we all know the fun Ben Burtt story behind it BUT only Blast Points is brave enough to tell you all the times it played in Star Wars from 1977 to 2005! And only Blast Points is rating each Wilhelm based on their unique traits and falvors! What about the Holiday Special? And do we talk about all four times there's Wilhelms in ROTJ? YES! It's WilhelmM...

We're back with an all new episode as we deal with our shared nasty case of NIGHTSISTER FEVER!! We're obsessed with those witches from Dathomir and we don't even mind them whispering to us from across the stars! Join us as look at their history behind the scenes, on the screen and more! How were they created and why is their journey to being now one of the most important parts of Star Wars so inte...

In this edition of Blast Points Presents we are honored to share this chat with our friend Regal Robot's Tom Spina and ILM creature technican Jeanne Laure about her work with Droopy McCool for Return of the Jedi and so much more. Pick up your own Droopy McCool signature edition on Tuesday 10/10 at 12pm EST! https://www.regalrobot.com/custom-star-wars-busts-statues/ explore everything Regal Robot h...

It's the one year anniversary of ANDOR and to celebrate we're talking all about the the legacy of the show and the breakout character KINO LOY! Could he show up again? Is there more to him? What other surprises are in this episode? So take off your shoes, listen today and celebrate the love! We support the SAG-AFTRA strike! We love this stuff and we want our favorite who make our favorite things p...

Did someone say Jizz and Jatz? As the whole world is going crazy about the latest "dizzcourse", we're listening to 18 obscure and somehow new to us Star Wars inspired songs from the 70s and 80s and rating them as JIZZ or JATZ! What makes a song Jizz? What makes a song Jatz? And why are we just hearing these amazing songs now?! Listen along with us as we answer all these questions and more! Listen...

This week we're taking it back to the summer of 1983 when ROTJ wasn't the only Star Wars thing blowing minds as the classic Star Wars arcade game made it's electrifying debut on the video gameshow STARCADE! We're talking about the simultaneous rise of video game and Star Wars mania in the early 1980s, why Starcade is the most soothing show to ever air on television and then we're watching the epis...

This week we are thrilled to welcome back to Blast Points, From a Certain Point of View Return of the Jedi authors and all around awesome people, Kristin Baver and Phil Szostak! Their stories in FACPOV were some of our favorites and we're talking with them all about how these stories about the legendary Max Rebo and Sy Snootles came to be! The hidden Beatles and Stones references, the Rebooty of i...

The latest From a Certain Point of View book for Return of the Jedi is here and we're talking about each and every story contained in it's 400 something pages! Join us as we spend 2 minutes on each story and if we go over those 2 minutes, Lando's Sarlaac scream shuts us down! Which ones are our favorites? Which ones didn't click for us? And what did we learn about ourselves in the process? Get on...

It's a trip to one of our favorite places as this week we're heading back to the magical land of the STAR WARS QVC SPECIALS! Listen as we watch a full episode from August 1997, an age when the Special Edition VHS tapes were the hottest things in the world and Shadows of the Empire still cast a Xizor sized shadow over fandom. Along the way we're talking Master Replica sabers, life size Vader and th...

Your prayers have been answered and we are finally talking about the 1983 kids read along book and record, THE EWOKS JOIN THE FIGHT! And just to add a little excitement to it all we're making the horrible mistake of drinking a glass of water every time R2-D2 tells us to turn the page! That's 12 glasses of water! Listen as we learn all about the brave Ewoks during the battle of Endor and almost die...

For over 40 years now people have said you can't like both Star Wars and Star Trek, but with this episode we're here to say maybe you can? Join us as we welcome back to the show the great John and Maria Jose Tenuto to discuss the many ways the 2 big space franchises have influenced each other, the connected roots of their fandoms, the shared creative minds behind the scenes, Ben Burtt's love for T...

It's the episode you've all been waiting for as we are finally dedicating an entire hour to the French kids superstar and only person to release four songs about Ewoks, DOROTHEE! Join us as we look at Dorothee's vast and incredible history, a shocking discovery about her on Disney Plus and most importantly, her Ewok songs! We're listening to each one and sharing the English translations of the bea...

Sure we all know about collecting Star Wars - but there's Star Wars Collecting and then there's STAR WARS PROP COLLECTING! It's a wild world and this week we are joined by super collector and fandom legend GUS LOPEZ and by the third Blast Pointer, our friend and Regal Robot's TOM SPINA as we explore all there is to know about collecting Star Wars props! The Death Star! Rodian hands! Han's jacket f...

The summer is heating up and so is Blast Points as this week we’re talking about the EDITDROID! In the early eighties George Lucas wanted to streamline the film editing process so he put the laserdisc based EditDroid project into motion! What ever happened to it and what does it all have to do with that wizard BEN BURTT? As if that wasn’t hot enough, we’re watching the infamous EditDroid laserdisc...

Indy Month may be over but we still have Indy Fever and now it's HOT INDY SUMMER! We've got one more Indiana Jones episode in us and this week we are talking all about that crazy Archimedes dial! What's the real history behind it and just what does it do in the movie? What's up with the dates and why is time travel so right for this story? PLUS : listen as we go over all the little fun things we f...

It's the episode everyone has been waiting for as this week we are giving our full spoiler filled talk on the much anticipated Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! AND we are finally telling our insane stories from our legendary time at the red carpet premiere in Hollywood! Listen as we talk all about Indy's final adventure, why we loved it so much, how we connected with it, wonder if Jason may...

Indy Month continues and this week we are talking about George Lucas' passion project, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles! Barely seen for years and often misunderstood, Lucas wanted the Young Indy show to educate kids about history and just maybe his dream is finally happening! Listen as we explore how the show came to be, the challenges it faced in the early 1990s and how it paved the way for th...

It's week 2 of Indy Month and the Indiana Jones Fever is only getting more intense! This week we are joined by our friend Brandon Wainerdi to discuss the change that we can all feel - THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL RENAISSANCE! It's been 15 years since the fourth Indiana Jones movie and as the world gets ready for a fifth adventure, many have been going back to KOTCS with a new perspective and a...

If adventure has a name, it must be INDY MONTH! It's the kickoff to our month long celebration of all things Indiana Jones and we're barely keeping it together. Listen as we slowly lose our minds about the IndyMania going on right now as we get closer and closer to The Dial of Destiny! Then we ask the ultimate question that is so simple and yet so complicated - WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDIANA JONES...

This week we are thrilled to welcome back to Blast Points, Skywalker Sound's David W. Collins! Since we last talked a couple of years ago, David was nominated for an Emmy for his sound work on The Book of Boba Fett, led the way with Tales of the Jedi and The Bad Batch season 2 and was the sound designer for that little thing called The Mandalorian season 3. Join us as we go over all of that and mo...