Detention Block AA-23: A Star Wars Podcast

Send us Fan Mail For this week's episode, Zach and Mike look to dive into the previously aired episodes of Bad Batch season 2: Episode 5 "Death Tomb" and Episode 6 "Tribe".  As a warning, there are Bad Batch season 2 SPOILERS!  You've been warned.  There have definitely been mixed reviews with how this season has started; but, could the middle of this season be bringi...

Send us Fan Mail After about 10 minutes of catching up [fast forward a bit if you want to get to the Star Wars stuff], The DetBlock Crew get into some cool updates revolving around Star Wars Celebration 2023 and some interviews from some Star Wars actors.  What actors are pushing for more content from their characters?  Come check it out! Then, Mike and Dustin look to dive into the Phase 1 adult n...

Send us Fan Mail With the full Crew doing their first live recording all together, they look to bring you all of their insight and opinions about episodes 3 (The Solitary Clone) and 4 (Faster) of season 2 of the Bad Batch.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!   Prior to the Bad Batch talk, the DetBlock crew do spend some time discussing some news items related to...

Send us Fan Mail Who doesn't love a little mix of football and Star Wars?  We get that today with the premiere of a new Mandalorian Season 3 trailer that goes live during the halftime show of the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Mike brings that trailer to you live along with his reaction and breakdown.  Who is excited for this season to air on...

Send us Fan Mail The DetBlock Crew take their first stab at a LIVE broadcast!  For the broadcast, they leave the discussion fairly open to speak to whatever Star Wars content that comes to either their minds or the minds of their listeners.  When all was said and don't, they definitely enjoyed the interaction with their listeners the most! For the episode, they cover topics like the potential...

Send us Fan Mail The DetBlock Crew are back after some time off for the holidays to chime in the new year with their first episode of season 3!  For this week's episode, Dustin, Greg, and Mike first take a look back at 2022 for Star Wars and discuss how big of a year it was.  With multiple Dinsey+ series premieres, the return of Star Wars Celebration, the launching of the Galactic Star Cruise...

Send us Fan Mail The gang is all here!   The full DetBlock Crew get together one more time before Christmas arrives to bring you some of the latest news and juicy rumors within the Star Wars world. First of all, with Bob Iger back at heading Disney, a lot of rumors have been stirring revolving around Kathleen Kennedy and her time remaining as head of Lucasfilm.  With some management moves already...

Send us Fan Mail After being away for awhile for family, Greg returns to the Crew and shares all of his insights, thoughts, and opinions on Andor in its entirety.  Great to have him back! The DetBlock Crew follow that up with sharing and reviewing two new trailer releases, including one for Bad Batch Season 2 [streaming January 4, 2023] and one for the new Jedi Survivor game [releasing March 17, 2...

Send us Fan Mail Dustin and Mike bring you all of their insight and opinions about the most recent episode [12], titled "Rix Road", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you!  After the Crew talk through Andor Episode 1...

Send us Fan Mail We congratulate the DetBlock Crew as they have reached the milestone of 50 EPISODES with the release of this week's episode!  Such an awesome achievement to be met with all of the work, discussions, and fun that has gone into their podcast. With their 50th episode, the Dustin, Zach and Mike bring you all of their insight and opinions about the most recent episode [11], titled...

Send us Fan Mail Mike, once again, flies solo for the Crew today as he brings you all of his insight and opinions about the most recent episode [10], titled "One Way Out", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you!  How...

Send us Fan Mail Dustin and Mike bring you all of their insight and opinions about the most recent episode [9], titled "Nobody's Listening!", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you!  After the Crew talk through...

Send us Fan Mail Dustin and Zach are back to join Mike and the DetBlock Crew bring you all of their insight and opinions about the most recent episode [8], titled "Narkina 5", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you! ...

Send us Fan Mail Mike, once again, flies solo for the Crew today as he brings you all of his insight and opinions about the most recent episode [7], titled "Announcement", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you!  How...

Send us Fan Mail Mike flies solo for the Crew today as he brings you all of his insight and opinions about the most recent episode [6], titled "The Eye", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as he watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you!  However, before he ju...

Send us Fan Mail From the start, the Crew bring you all of their insight and opinions about the most recent episode [5], titled "The Axe Forgets", from the Andor show.  There will be SPOILERS within the episode, so you've been warned!  The views and thoughts expressed are very fresh as they watched the episode right before coming on to talk to all of you! Sponsors: Under Pressure Br...

Send us Fan Mail Before diving into the next episode of Star Wars: Andor, the DetBlock crew look to give some recognition to a legend within the Star Wars universe.  The man has allowed, for the character he voices, to become not only an iconic figure and villain within the franchise, but within the movie industry in its entirety.  Mike and Dustin praise the man who has announced his retirement fr...

Send us Fan Mail SPOILERS!   There will be Andor spoilers about the show within this episode. The wait is finally over!  Star Wars: Andor show on Disney+ is up and running and ready for streaming.  Thus, the Det Block Crew made sure to watch the first 3 episodes, which launched together, so that they could bring you their reactions, ideas, and theories behind the show and the direction is going. ...

Send us Fan Mail August 10th marked the 1 year anniversary for the DetBlock Crew launching their first every podcast episode [ The Spark That Will Light the Fire of a Podcast ].  41 episodes later and waiting a couple of weeks to get the original 3 on, Mike, Dustin and Greg come together to reflect on what podcasting and talking about the world's greatest movie franchise, Star Wars, has been...

Send us Fan Mail Originally looking to reflect on a full year of podcasting, the DetBlock Crew had to quickly change plans due to one of the original Crew members, Greg, not being able to make it.  Thus, the rest of the Crew go Rogue and look to discuss the news about Rogue One returning to IMAX theaters August 26th - 30th.  Check your local IMAX theaters as it will only be released in select thea...

Send us Fan Mail For this week's episode, the DetBlock crew takes on a different approach due to the topics discussed.  The episode will be broken out in 2 parts - the first being primarily about Star Wars and a little LOTR.  Since Dustin was itching to talk some MLB Trade Deadline stuff,  we also dive into that topic, but will release that as a separate partial episode. With PART 1, Dustin s...

Send us Fan Mail Dustin and Mike take the show today as Greg is in the middle of some travels and Zach is recovering from Covid.  After starting off with some discussion about the newly released Marvel movie, Thor: Love and Thunder [SPOILER WARNING], they discuss some recent Star Wars updates including news on the KOTOR video game remake and some trademark titles that Lucasfilm has purchased for f...

Send us Fan Mail After Covid kept some of the Crew down for a bit, DetBlock is back to bring some updates revolving around the Andor Series, Book of Boba Fett Season 2 (Potentially), along with a potential scene of Luke and Ahsoka's first encounter - from the words of Dave Filoni.  We are getting closer and closer to these shows and are loving every bit of the news coming out. Dustin, Greg an...

Send us Fan Mail Now that the DetBlock Crew are all back together, they look to focus this week's episode on discussing everyone's thoughts and opinions on the entire Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV series.  Did it surpass expectations?  Did it fall short?  What did it contribute towards the whole franchise and/or what new questions might have come up?  Don't worry, the Crew has plenty of...

Send us Fan Mail In last week's episode, with just Greg and Mike, the two of them discussed parts 1-5 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series.  Now that Dustin is back for this week's episode and that it's just him and Mike, the two of them look to discuss Dustin's feelings on those episodes.  On top of that, they also look to discuss the finale episode and how they felt the show...