Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

In this edition of Blast Points Presents, we are honored to bring you a conversation with our friend TOM SPINA and VFX and monster legend CHRIS WALAS! You may know Chris from some little stuff like RETURN OF THE JEDI, GREMLINS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE FLY and so much more. Listen as Tom and Chris talk about life, work, design and everything in-between in this incredible chat. CHECK OUT ALL TH...

It's a new trailer for The Mandalorian season 3 and it's KNOCKED US OUT! Join us as we talk about the droid bar, why Pershing is on Coruscant, Battle Droids, the Droid Bar, Din's motivation and the Droid Bar! So attach an oil straw to your chest, listen today and celebrate the love! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! BAD BATCH! ANDOR! LIGHT AND MAGIC COMMENTARIES! KENO...

In the magical time of May 2002, there were three days on the cable television dedicated to Star Wars biographies and what better way to start it then with a giant sized special on The George Lucas. Join us as we examine every inch of this A&E Biography special on the legendary Mr. Lucas and discuss how there are still so many things we are still learning about him. It's all about the baby photos,...

The Bad Batch is back, Blast Points is back and it's an all out Star Wars party as we celebrate the first amazing three episodes of season two! Things really get moving with episode three and we're breaking it all down as we look at where Clone Force 99 has been and where they may be going in the future! We're talking trap doors, The Dooku Renaissance, George Lucas in Beverly Hills Cop 3 and of co...

It's the holiday season and in the spirit of giving and for our grand finale to AOTC YEAR, we are listing off 40 reasons why we are thankful for ATTACK OF THE CLONES! We each picked 20 things that we love about the second Star Wars prequel and we're kissing that movie under the mistletoe over and over! Listen as we give thanks to Wat Tambor, the floating pear, Dooku on a speeder, the mullet and so...

This week Blast Points becomes WILLOW POINTS (or is it BROWNIE POINTS?) as we celebrate the magic that lies within talking all things WILLOW! Join us as we look back at the classic 1988 film, its legacy, our eternal love for it AND we're going over the first two episodes of the excellent new Disney Plus series! Listen as we break down all the action, all the character moments, all the orange whips...

In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a conversation "our friend and frequent guest" Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with the legend that is PHIL TIPPETT! Join them as they talk about creativity, inspiration, stop motion, Mad God, Tauntaun heads, Starship Troopers, Howard the Duck and more! check out the original video here :...

The first trailer for INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY is here and seriously folks, we are barely keeping it together. Listen as we discuss the trailer, how incredible it looks, share some theories on what could be happening, talk about how we will fall out of our chairs upon viewing it and more. So if you miss the desert and the sea and want the return of the great adventure - then listen to...

The Andor season 1 finale is here and we're losing our minds so hard that we are possibly saying it's as good as the pizza in the Italy of EPCOT. (it is.) Join us as we discuss the show's epic, explosive conclusion, why the whole season was so incredible and where it all could all be going next. It's all about escaping the prison of the mind, MothmaMadness being forever and one more sweet visit to...

Our insane Van Halen 1984 project with Regal Robot's Tom Spina continues as this time we examine the classic track, HOT FOR TEACHER in 19 minutes and 84 seconds! Joining us on this incredible feat is Lucasfilm creative art manager, author and Van Halen fan PHIL SZOSTAK! Listen as we wonder how this song is even possible and wonder if there is time travel happening in the iconic video! You may thin...

AOTC Year is back and we're going clubbing! Join us as we are going second by second into the “best four minutes of Star Wars” - The exciting Attack of the Clones OUTLANDER CLUB! We're not alone on this quest into the lower levels of Coruscant as we’re joined by Star Wars author and friend of the show Amy Richau! It's nonstop excitement as we talk about sheer pants, Elan Sleazebaggano’s ears, the...

We were recently honored to take part in a couple of fan roundtable interviews with some incredible behind the scenes talent from ANDOR! Join us as along with many of our friends and fellow podcasters, we talk to Visual Effects Producer TJ Falls, Supervising Sound Editor David Acord, Writer Beau Willimon and Executive Producer Sanne Wohlenberg! It's a fascinating chat about what went into making A...

The Andor Narkina 5 prison arc has concluded with the spectacular 10th episode of the series and we are bustin' loose to talk all about it! Join us as go over this episode, the entire arc AND discuss the many ways the show unintentionally took inspiration from George Lucas' classic first film THX-1138! It's all about the prison of the mind and how do you get out?! So, escape the void, celebrate th...

In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a conversation "our friend and frequent guest" Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with the group of legends that is PHIL TIPPETT, DENNIS MUREN and JON BERG! It was originally recorded in April of 2021 and a video cut with only the Star Wars related content was released with the debut of the (...

Our coverage of TALES OF THE JEDI continues as this week we look at the series as a whole and the three AHSOKA stories! These are stories about life and death, surviving, teachers and students and we're touching the nose of the space tiger so that we can survive and talk about them all! How do the stories relate to the Dooku Downfall Trilogy? How could the lessons in these shorts inform future sto...

We are honored to be a part of this epic roundtable interview with three-time Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning composer of the incredible score for Andor, Nicholas Britell! Join us as along with our friends from Friends of the Force: A Star Wars Podcast, Jedi News, Skytalkers, Space.com, Talking Bay 94, and Triad of the Force we learn all about how the unique score was created, it's inspir...

Tales of the Jedi is here and first we are talking all about the three incredible COUNT DOOKU stories! We love The Count quite a bit and these bite size bits of Dooku have us going off the deep end with heavy Star Wars thoughts. Good Dooku, master and apprentices, Yaddle, Mundi's giant hood and so much more! PLUS - the shocking final SNOKETOBERFEST of the year! So, erase Kamino from the archives,...

This week we have a bad case of MOTHMAMADNESS as we're going over all things MON MOTHMA! We have been huge Mothma fans for years but ANDOR has taken it over the top. Join us as we examine Mothma's creation and first appearance in ROTJ, her roles in Clone Wars, Rebels, Rogue One and how her in Andor changes everything. PLUS - what new old 1983 Mothma information did we discover that SHOOK US TO OUR...

It's a simple question but one that inspires thousands of thoughts - Why did Vader block Luke's death blow to the Emperor in Return of the Jedi? Especially if he still wanted to rule the galaxy as father and son. Inspired by a 2013 blog post from JW Rinzler where he asked this question, we are analyzing every aspect of this small but oh so important moment in ROTJ. What was Vader thinking and what...

That's right, this week we are finally talking about ALIEN EXODUS. In the wild times of 1995, there almost was a trilogy of books by Hugo and Nebula award winning author Robert J. Sawyer that not only explained how humans came to the galaxy far, far away but boldly connected the Star Wars universe to THX-1138 and American Graffiti. YES! Join us as we explore how this came about, what the story wou...

In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a recent conversation "our friend and frequent guest" Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with multi-Oscar winning Vis. FX Supervisor Ken Ralston! They're talking about Ken's incredible career, his visionary creature contributions to RETURN OF THE JEDI and more! We all know and love the maquet...

When we finally got to visit Galaxy's Edge last May, our minds were blown and we had to know one thing - who in the world was responsible for the little amazing details all over Batuu? Join us as along with Tom Spina, we get all the answers with former creative director with Walt Disney Imagineering, Eric Baker. Eric and his crew were in charge of all beautiful, detailed props and set dressings fo...

Andor is here, we getting up at 4am to watch it and are possibly delirious here talking about all the finer points of the brilliant first three episodes! It has it all : little frog people, serious drama, a binocular POV shot, an intriguing plot and of course, A WALL OF GLOVES! So pour some Caf, listen today and celebrate the love! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! LI...

Our outrageous VAN HALEN 1984 side series continues as with Tom "Regal Robot" Spina we dissect each song on the album for 19 minutes and 84 seconds! It's the second episode so it's about the second song, the all-time classic JUMP! We're talking the amazing video, the synths, the guitar, the lyrics, why it's such a classic and much, much more. LISTEN TODAY ANYWHERE PODCASTS ARE!! CHECK OUT ALL THE...

The D23 Expo descended upon California last weekend and the big Lucasfilm panel did not disappoint! Join us as we look at the big hitters of the panel and come to the conclusion that we are DOOMED! We're talking INDY 5, Andor, Willow, Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, Mando, Ahsoka and MORE! What gave us goose bumps and what made us want ice cream? It's a warning that we are about to cross over into a...