For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome back to Forging the Path - our Star Wars Ranked series here on the For The Republic Podcast Feed! This month, as it's been a month since the release of The Mandalorian & Grogu, let's look back at every project we've had from the "MandoVerse" so far, and determine our favorite! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) as we rank every season of The Mandalorian & it&#39...

Welcome to our full SPOILER-filled discussion of The Mandalorian & Grogu , here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as we review the 1st new Star Wars movie in over six years! As Din Djarin & Grogu jump from television to the big-screen, let's talk about what we liked, what we didn't like, and our o...

Star Wars is back in movie theaters! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is here to give his non-spoiler thoughts on The Mandalorian & Grogu - the 1st Star Wars film since 2019! How did the adventures of Din Djarin & Grogu translate to the big-screen? Full spoiler review episode coming next week! Support The Trevor Project-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.thetrevorproject.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "WHAT CHOICE?"...

Welcome to Episode 4 of Forging the Path! Our Star Wars ranked series here on the For The Republic Podcast Feed! Each episode join Andrew (⁠⁠ ⁠@StarlightAndrew⁠ ⁠⁠) as we craft together our lists of various Star Wars topics. This week, we're changing things up a bit. In preparation for next week's release of The Mandalorian and Grogu , I am looking back on my experiences of watching Star W...

Welcome to our recap of the Maul: Shadow Lord Season 1 finale, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) are once again joined by Mads ( @lite_thespark ) to discuss the final 2 chapters of the season! We talk the biggest moments of the finale, including our characters teaming up to escape Janix, the long-awaited return o...

Welcome back to our Maul: Shadow Lord recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) are here to discuss Chapters 7 & 8 of Shadow Lord ! Going inside Maul's mind and getting glimpses of the moments that made him who he is, we get perhaps the best character study we've seen of Maul as a character...

Welcome back to our Maul: Shadow Lord recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) as we discuss the 5th and 6th chapters of the series! The Empire has arrived on Janix, and we talk the biggest parts of these incredible episodes, including the Inquisitors hunting Maul and the Jedi, Lawson's interrogation and aid of Devon & Daki, M...

Welcome back to our Maul: Shadow Lord coverage here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) discuss Chapters 3 & 4 of Maul: Shadow Lord ! From Maul's mind-games and duel with Devon, Lawson's conflict with his job and personal life, Two Boots' insistence on contacting the Empire, Master Daki & Devon reuni...

Welcome to Episode 3 of Forging the Path! Our Star Wars ranked series here on the For The Republic Podcast Feed! Each episode join Andrew (⁠⁠ @StarlightAndrew ⁠⁠) as we craft together our lists of various Star Wars topics. This week, let's get nostalgic, as we look back on our favorite levels in the original Lego Star Wars video game! It's recently been 21 years since the release of the fi...

Welcome to the beginning of our Maul: Shadow Lord recaps, here on For The Republic A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) as we discuss the 1st 2 episodes of the new animated series! From Maul looking to rule over the crime syndicates on Janix, Detective Brender Lawson's investigation of Maul, Padawan Devon Izara and her interactions with Maul as she...

Welcome to our 10-year anniversary retrospective of Star Wars: The Force Awakens , here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as they look back on a decade of the 1st Star Wars film of the Disney era, with very special guest (and noted Rey expert) Mads ( @lite_thespark )! We look back on a...

Welcome to Episode 2 of Forging The Path! Our Star Wars ranked series here on the For The Republic Podcast Feed! Each episode join Andrew ( ⁠@StarlightAndrew⁠ ) as we craft together our lists of various Star Wars topics. This week, as we are getting closer to the release of Maul: Shadow Lord , let's have some fun and talk about which characters we would like to see make an appearance in the ne...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of FORGING THE PATH - our new Star Wars ranked series here on the For The Republic Podcast Feed! Each episode join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) as we craft together our lists of various Star Wars topics. With our 1st episode, we are here to rank our favorite "FIRST STEPS" moments in Star Wars ! These are moments where our heroes take their first steps into...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) continue their rewatch of The Clone Wars to discuss the episode "Senate Spy"! An episode that introduces Senator Rush Clovis, a former flame of Padme, that 100% does not make Anakin jealous in any way whatsoever! We have fun talking about the bigge...

Welcome to the 100th episode of For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as we celebrate our biggest milestone yet the same way we began - talking about The Clone Wars ! We discuss the Zillo Beast arc of Season 2. Heavily inspired by Godzilla and kaiju stories, how does Star Wars put their own sp...

Welcome to Episode 99 (Nice touch!) of For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! It's been a very busy couple of weeks for Star Wars news, and Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are here to break it all down for you! From our discussion of the newest Lego Star Wars special - Rebuild the Galaxy: Pieces of the Past , to our trailer reviews for The Mandalorian & Gro...

Welcome to the return of our Clone Wars rewatch, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! As we return to our coverage of The Clone Wars Season 2, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) look back at the standalone episode "Bounty Hunters!" A tribute to Akira Kurosawa's legendary film Seven Samurai , we discuss how Kurosawa's films have inspired Star Wars over th...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, it's time we finally continue a yearly tradition on the podcast, as it's time for our (extremely late!!!) lists of our favorite Star Wars stories of 2024! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) rank their Top 5 favorite Star Wars projects from last year! From The Acolyte, to the end of T...

Welcome to Part 2 of our Tales of the Underworld - here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) are once again joined by Catrina Dennis ( @ohcatrina ) to talk Cad Bane's arc from Tales of the Underworld! We discuss the most pivotal moments from these episodes - including Cad's past as Colby - a child street-rat on D...

Welcome to Part 1 of our 2-part discussion of Tales of the Underworld - here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) are joined by special guest and noted Asajj Ventress superfan Catrina Dennis ( @ohcatrina ) to talk about the Asajj Ventress arc of Tales of the Underworld ! We talk the major moments from her 3 episodes - in...

Welcome to our final Andor recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as they discuss the last 3 episodes of Andor Season 2, including the epic series finale! We break down the biggest moments of the final arc - including Luthen Rael's final act, the backstory between Luthen and Kleya, K...

Welcome back to our Andor recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) as they discuss the 3rd arc of Andor Season 2! After a season's worth of build-up, we finally witness the Ghorman Massacre, and it's immediate aftermath. We talk about the biggest moments from the episodes - including Cassian's en...

Welcome back to our Andor recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) discuss the 2nd arc of Andor Season 2! We talk the biggest themes and moments of the episodes - including Cassian and Bix's life on Coruscant, Cassian's mission to Ghorman, Syril's new position on Ghorman - and his bigger role in the E...

Welcome to our Andor Season 2 recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ), & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as we discuss the 1st arc of Andor 's final season! We discuss the major themes and moments of the arc, including Cassian's dealings with a disorganized rebel group, Bix and Brasso's life on the fa...

Welcome to our Star Wars Celebration Japan recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! The full crew is back together again as Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) and Conor ( @DepaBanana ) discuss the biggest news, best moments and most shocking reveals of Celebration weekend! From Ryan Gosling joining the Star Wars family, to the announcement of Maul:...