Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast

On this day in 1978, CBS aired what they hoped would be an instant classic: a brand-new holiday special to be rewatched and beloved for years to come...set in a galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars Holiday Special. Today, on the 46th anniversary of it's airing and Life Day, we're revising the classic, and we've brought along the incredibly talented and lovely hosts of The Mixed Reviews , Gavin and...

We've finally reached the end of the Star Wars: Droids , and that means it's time to watch 1986's hour-long television special "The Great Heep". And to help us serve up this HEEPing portion of Droids , we're joined once again by the wonderful Patrick Cotnoir, Executive Producer for the George Lucas Talk Show ! Patrick also shared details about the upcoming Mustafar Takes Los Angeles: A Live Staged...

It's a bittersweet episode as we bid adieu to our often beloved, often confusing Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO. At least...until The Great Heap! And we could not have arrived at the end without the help of an incredible guest - writer, photographer, multi-fandom extraordinaire - it's Meigs, creator of Meig's Odyssey and @Meigalorian everywhere online! We talked to Meigs about...

We're flying SOLO in our penultimate episode covering Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO , and we're taking the opportunity to reflect on our time covering this show. As chaotic as it's been, it's been SO much fun to chat with friends, new and old, and introduce them to this wild series. And, we have a couple amazing guests left on the docket...so stay tuned! Plus, we talk "Tail of...

Kybo gets his revenge in "The Revenge of Kybo Ren" because, sure. And Coby (who we just met in Episode 8) gets back his ... Tessellated Arboreal binjinphant (?) in "Coby and the Starhunters" But more importantly, we had an amazing conversation with Chris Cummins, comics writer, historian, and host of Sci-Fi explosion on Twitch! We talked to Chris about his first Archie Comic, why rescue animals ar...

We're kicking off our FOURTH year of the pod off right by continuing to enlist the help of some AMAZING guests to help us break down Star Wars Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C3PO. Hannah, host of The RaeSide , joined to discuss everything about the chaotic Episodes 6 & 7, "The New King" and "The Pirates of Tarnoonga!" Plus, Hannah talked about starting her channel,...

We've been at this for THREE years! And truly, we would not be here without our good pals Derek and Doug, hosts of Walloping Websnappers , Skreeonk! , and so many more amazing glitterjaw.com podcasts, so we brought them along to celebrate by talking two chaotic (and kind of touching?) episodes of Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C3PO-- "A Race to the Finish" and "T...

We're continuing our journey through Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO and to help us dissect this bizarre show, we've brought along our friend and one of the hosts of Fear Coded, a podcast that looks at horror through a queer lens, it's Tyler! Tyler is also a long-time Star Wars fan and we were so thrilled he could join us to talk "Escape from Terror" and...

We're kicking off a BRAND-NEW (to us) series and diving into the classic Star Wars: Droids: The Adventure of R2-D2 and C-3PO! It's an animated show so spectacular it demanded two colons in it's title (but, sadly, only one season). In our first episode, we cover the series premiere and talk about the history of the show and Nelvana, the animation company that brought it and it's com...

It's a Glitterjaw Crossover! We joined our pals Katie and Doug from Novel Gaming to discuss Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena by Mark Oshiro, a middle-grade novel tie-in to the popular new game from Zynga! The book focuses on Rieve's backstory and gives more color to the characters in the game. Plus it...weirdly serves as an instruction manual to online hero shooters and objective ba...

The first Star Wars Theory to touch The High Republic, The Acolyte, is officially over...for now at least! We're covering the finale of the the latest and greatest of Star Wars television, so we brought back our friend Doug ( @ickybooley ) to help us break down everything these two episodes had to offer. You can find all of Doug's amazing shows - Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast...

Cass and Tommy discuss two of the best episodes of The Acolyte so far - Night & Teach / Corrupt. Night gave us the dark action we've been waiting for, while Teach / Corrupt swap Mae & Osha and give us the hottest scenes in Star Wars to date. Plus...we announce the next series we'll be covering on the pod...Star Wars Droids! Shew. Grab your headphones and a fan for this one. Our soc...

On this week's minisode, Cass gives an update on how their cosplay for Star Wars Celbration is shaping up. (Spoiler, High Republic Fans: It's Lourna Dee!) And Tommy might have found his "collectable" in Jazware's Micro Galaxy Squadron series! This is one you'll want to check out on video. Follow us on Instagram to watch the the full reel! The situation in Gaza is incredib...

Oh boy. First up, we talk briefly about our thoughts on the state of the Star Wars fandom, the good, the bad, and the chuds. But more importantly, we discuss some of the more positive aspects of the fandom and encourage everyone to engage with their fandoms, Star Wars or others, in a healthy way. Check in on yourself, and if things feel overwhelming, it's OK to take a break from social media,...

We're so thrilled to have the chance to sit down with Patrick Cotnoir , producer for The George Lucas Talk Show (plus so many other amazing projects!) to talk the new documentary, I'm "George Lucas" - A Connor Ratliff Story , which you can stream right now at imgeorgelucas.com . We also nerded out about The George Lucas Talk Show , including the time he flew a kite in a hurricane...

We're back, punky mufkins, and we're finally diving into the High Republic era by talking the first two episodes of The Acolyte, Lost/Found and Revenge/Justice . And we've brought along our good pal Doug Fink from many a show over on glitterjaw.com ! We broke down the episodes, talked about the show's history, and discussed how it sits in the High Republic era. (We also took lots o...

We're BACK with a brand-new, bite-sized episode for our punky little mufkins! We're talking our vision for these Flyby episodes and some AMAZING fundraisers happening in the fandom RIGHT now. And...it's PRIDE month, so we're shouting out Wookiepedia, as always, for the work they're doing highlighting queer characters in the Star Wars canon. Clashing Sabers is teaming up with Ta...

Content Warning: We included some songs with lyrics that reference self-harm and suicidal ideation. Y'all knew we couldn't resist talking about the Bad Batch one last time. And so we brought back one of our FAVORITE activities and built PLAYLISTS for the Bad Batch! And to help us out, Wade from Records of the Republic joined us and built two KILLER playlists for Wrecker and Echo. Be sure t...

We finally arrived at the finale. Saying goodbye is never easy, but we're so happy we got to experience this beautiful show. It left a major impact on us. And the finale was no exception. We shared our thoughts (and lots of tears) in this one. Since we talked about the situation in Gaza and the atrocities millions of Palestinians, including children, are facing, we wanted to provide listeners...

Walloping Websnappers, listeners! No, really. They're here! On this very special crossover episode, we were joined by our very good pals and hosts of Walloping Websnappers - Derek and Doug - to discuss...Spider-Woman!? That's right, Episode 12 of 1979's Spider-Woman, "Invasion of the Black Hole," pays direct homage to Star Wars: A New Hope! Join us as we break down the episod...

This show CAN'T END! Don't let it end! In this, our penultimate episode dedicated to The Bad Batch, we cover everything there is to cover about "Juggernaut," including our love/hate relationship with Rampart, gush over just how bad ass Omega is in "Into the Breach," and stress over the final moments as the boys make their way to Tantis. Plus, we give our thoughts on two...

11 episodes down and, unfortunately, only four to go. "Identity Crisis" gave us the first episode of the season - possibly the entire series - that doesn't feature any member of The Batch. And what an incredible episode it was as Emrie finds herself as the head of Project Necromancer. "Point of No Return" saw CX-2 finally arrive on Pabu, decimating The Batch in a surprise a...

Swamp monsters, the return of TWO beloved characters, and we finally have an answer to the question, "Is Omega Force-sensitive?" ...well, sort of. We give our thoughts on "Bad Territory" and "The Harbinger," talk about our hope for an Asajj Ventress animated series (Disney, please!), and continue to gush over the wonderful gift we've been given with this final sea...

This season of The Bad Batch feels like a SPRINT and not a marathon, 'cause boy we're getting a LOT of episodes to talk about in a short period of time! This past week saw a double-feature with two episodes releasing on March 13th. We talked the double release as well as all the juicy, Clone-heavy goodness "Infiltration" and "Extraction" had to offer! Follow us on Twitt...

Cass and Tommy discuss all the beautiful themes this season is setting up for us. Crosshair and Omega have to find some common ground (or just...cause a ton of havoc!) in "A Different Approach." And Crosshair has to deal with what was left buried on Barton IV in "The Return," a beautiful follow-up (of sorts) to Season 2's "The Outpost." Get your "tearing up&q...