Children of the Force - a Star Wars podcast

Season 1 of Rebels was an amazing thing, so for the first half of this Reaction Corps episode, we talk about it.  At the 44 minute mark, we begin our reaction to and review of Siege of Lothal, the 1-hour TV movie premiere of season 2.  Join us, and together we will find out just how good a star pilot Anakin/Vader was as father and son and daughter and listener!

Episode 8 of Children of the Force heralds a return to form and the start of summer (related, those are)! We discuss the Star Warsy stuff we've been up to lately, talk about the great Christopher Lee, the reveal of  Andy Serkis' name in The Force Awakens  and discuss the upcoming video game  Star Wars: Uprising . In our Canon News segment, we talk about the recently revealed fact that there are "h...

We had good intentions to cover the whole Mortis arc in this episode, but there was just so darn much to talk about! So instead, you get us reviewing and reacting to the first episode of the Mortis trilogy, Overlords.  Is the Son the Inquisitor? Is the Daughter so selfless that she's just annoying? Was the Father a "chosen one" thousands of years ago? Is there a Mother?  We attempt to untangle the...

Episode 7 of Children of the Force is the first of what is sure to be many mini-casts. Today, we defenestrate the format and bring you a couple short segments instead. First, Anna opens a pack of Topps Rebels trading cards and she and Liam make their first ever trade. It's epic.  Second, Al has some fun comparing the song "Flight to Neverland" from Hook to "Across the Stars" from Attack of the Clo...

In this episode, we pull back the curtain and record a single take with no editing. It’s a Meandering Star Wars Day Spectacular! We talk about more Celebration stuff, the new Vanity Fair photos from The Force Awakens, Anna’s reading of Attack of the Clones, we ask you to submit a joke, and we give names to some of the ruffians from Maz Kanata’s castle. We also get a voicemail from Star Wars Kidsca...

In this episode of Reaction Corps, we review and analyze and oldie but a goodie, the Nightsisters arc from season 3 of The Clone Wars. It's a pretty spooky arc with quite a bit of horrible things occurring, and ... well ... witches and Sith. What do you expect, right?  Do you root for or against Ventress? Feel sorry for her? I think all of us did all three at different points in the arc.  We also...

In this episode of Children of the Force, we have a special report from Celebration courtesy of Kate from the Who Wars podcast. We also run down our reactions to some (but not all, because that would be impossible) of the news from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim. Follow Kate  @kamiduu  and be sure to check out  Who Wars  and her blog  kateswhatever.wordpress.com We also have further reactions to th...

It's a super-special Reaction Corps, as the Children of the Force enthusiastically react to the 2nd teaser trailer for The Force Awakens! This was recorded in the afternoon on Thursday, April 16th, so we were fresh off viewing it and hadn't read any of the other information that's out there now like the fact that the battle of Jakku took place shortly after Endor and that the bad guys are called T...

On episode #4 of Children of the Force, we lament the fact that we’re not going to Star Wars Celebration this year. But that’s not all! We talk about the Star Warsy stuff we’ve been up to, including … well, basically feeling bad about not going to Celebration. But also feeling happy for everyone who is! We also discuss the upcoming Journey to the Force Awakens books in detail and freak out about t...

In episode 3 of Children of the Force, we talk about the Star Warsy things we’ve been doing these days. We talk about the Clone Wars Ziro the Hutt arc, which then leads to discussion of the new Ventress/Vos book, Dark Disciple.  In the news, Anna laughs way too loud when hearing that Harrison Ford broke his ankle back in June. And we discuss that incident while talking about Ford’s recent crash la...

In episode #2 of Children of the Force, we forgo our usual format to bring you an interview with the fantastic artist Annie Stoll, illustrator of the new book “Star Wars Rebels: Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook.” Annie talks about her personal art history, tips and tricks for making your own Rebels-inspired street art (in your backyard on a box, of course!), Sabine, the origins of some of the art in the...

In this episode of Reation Corps, first we speculate for a few minutes on what we’ll see in Fire Across the Galaxy, then we discuss this epic episode in detail. How about that Fulcrum reveal? The Inquisitor? Vader? What does this mean for season 2? Also, we go off on tangents about force nexuses, the horrors of real-world war vs. the awesomeness of Star Wars war, and the finer points of death in S...

On episode #1 of Children of the Force we introduce ourselves, discuss action figure gender imbalance, review the read-a-long book Ezra’s Wookie Rescue, and discuss Sith and Ewoks in the Question & Answer Council. Children of the Force: It may not sound like much, but it's got it where it counts. Check out Star Wars Kidscast:  http://starwarskidscast.blogspot.com Video of the Chewbacca Furby:  htt...

This week on Reaction Corps, Anna, Liam and I analyze and react to the second-to-last episode of season one of Rebels, Rebel Resolve. We discuss what it means to call yourself a Jedi during the dark times era, ramifications for disobeying Fulcrum (and just who is Fulcrum, anyway?), and what it means to say that Mustafar is the place Jedi go to die (and who else might be there?). Join us, and toget...

In our first Reaction Corps, the kids and I enthusiastically react to the Rebels episode, Call to Action. 

In Episode #0 of Children of the Force, Al and his kids do a rundown of the show outline while still having tons of fun. We discuss the names that have been revealed for some of the "The Force Awakens" characters, tell a knock knock joke, and review the first half of the first issue of Marvel's new Star Wars comic. We also discuss our favorite movies, planets and bounty hunters in the Question & A...