For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome to our Star Wars Celebration preview, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) as we make our predictions for this weekend's Star Wars fan extravaganza with a game of bingo! We fill our bingo board with our biggest predictions and hopes for what we hope to see this weekend. How many will we get correct,...

Welcome to the finale of our Skeleton Crew recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) conclude our series catch-up by discussing the final 2 episodes of Skeleton Crew ! We talk the biggest themes of the season's conclusion - including Jod's true nature, the kid's return to At Attin - and...

Welcome back to our Skeleton Crew recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) continue our catch-up episodes by discussing Episodes 5 & 6 of Skeleton Crew! We talk the big moments of the episodes - including the search for Tak Rennod's lair on Lanupa, more pirate lore, the Bounty Hunter Pokkit and her pa...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) look to catch-up on the Skeleton Crew episodes we have missed by reviewing Episodes 3 & 4 of the series! We look back on the two episodes, including Jod's deal with the kids, Jod's past with Kh'ymm, his various aliases, what the Jewels of the Old Republic...

Welcome to the return of For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew (⁠ @StarlightAndrew⁠ ) & Donovan (⁠ @DonovanMcComish ) are here to discuss the 2-episode premiere of Skeleton Crew! We talk the childhood whismy of the series and the young cast, the mystery surrounding the planet At Attin, the threat of the pirates, and Jude Law's character's connection to them, SM-33 beco...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) continue our Tales of the Empire mini-episodes as we discuss Barriss Offee's arc in the anthology season! From her recruitment and initiation into the Inquistorious, her past with Lyn aka the Fourth Sister, her escaping the Dark side and returning to the Li...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are playing catch-up with 2 mini-episodes discussing the Tales of the Empire anthology season! Up first, we are here to discuss Morgan Elsbeth's arc in the season! From the massacre on Dathomir, to her deal with Admiral Thrawn and the Empire, to her subsequ...

Welcome to the Season Finale of our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) as they are joined by Candace Kaw ( @candaceisageek ) of The Geeky Waffle to discuss the Season 1 finale of The Acolyte ! We talk the biggest and most shocking moments of the finale, including everyone's return to B...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! We're a week late, but we're finally here to discuss The Acolyte Episode 7 - "Choice"! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) breakdown the truth of #WhatHappenedOnBrendok, and the dark secrets the Jedi have kept hidden that took place. We talk Sol's attach...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Conor ( @DepaBanana ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Noor-Hal ( @noorhal ) to talk "Teach/Corrupt" this weeks tense, seductive (in more ways than one) episode of The Acolyte ! We talk on what the episode began to build towards, includi...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) are joined by Maggie Lovitt ( @maggieofthetown ) - Lead News Editor of Collider - to discuss "Night" - the action-packed, emotionally devastating 5th episode of The Acolyte ! We discuss everything...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) and Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Jarod The Dark Jedi ( @darkjedi2552 ) of The Nerd Academy Podcast to discuss "Day" - the 4th episode of The Acolyte ! We discuss the big moments of the episode, including Kelnacca's exile on Khofar, Mae...

Welcome back to our The Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Conor ( @DepaBanana ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Linds ( @acosmiclove ) to discuss "Destiny" - the 3rd episode of The Acolyte ! We go back in time to follow a younger Osha & Mae as we uncover more secrets surrounding the ev...

Welcome to our recaps of The Acolyte, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade) & Conor (@DepaBanana) are joined by Scotty Holiday (@ScottyHolidaySW) to discuss the 1st 2 episodes of The Acolyte! We talk the biggest elements of the series premiere, including the greater mystery of the series, who Mae's master...

Welcome to our final Bad Batch recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! After taking the month of May off, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are here to discuss the series finale of The Bad Batch - "The Cavalry Has Arrived!" We talk the biggest moments of the finale, including the happy ending for the Batch, the escape from Mount Ta...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) catch-up on the episodes they missed after a couple weeks off, as they discuss "Into the Breach" & "Flash Strike!" We talk the shared themes of the 2 episodes, including Omega's plans to escape Tanti...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is joined by Savi ( @andorisms ) of Stardust Records to talk "Juggernaut!" We talk about the surprising return of Admiral Rampart to the story, his imprisonment on an Imperial labor camp, and the Batch's mission to break him out, Crosshair's...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, the Batch is back with another 2-part episode, as Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) recap the dread-filled episodes "Identity Crisis" and "Point of No Return"! We discuss the biggest aspects of the episodes, including Emerie's promotion...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) are joined by resident Ventress superfan Catrina Dennis (@ohcatrina) to talk about the return of Asajj Ventress in "The Harbinger!" We talk about the long-awaited return of Catrina's favorite character, including her connection with Om...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) as they are joined by Moe ( @jynmystardust ) to talk the 8th episode of the season - "Bad Territory!" We talk the return of Fennec Shand, the continued mystery of the Empire's M-Count experiments, Omega helpi...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On today's episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) discuss the 2-episode doubleheader "Infiltration" & "Extraction!" We talk the big themes of the episode, including the Assassin Clone CX-2 (and who he may be), Rex's Clone unit's mis...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Eli ( @OchiFan327 ) of the Star Wars : In A Galaxy Podcast to discuss "The Return!" We talk the major points of the episode, including Crosshair & Hunter's clashes after Crosshair and Omega's...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) discuss "A Different Approach" - the 4th episode of the final season! We talk the major themes of the episode - including Omega & Crosshair's continued escape from the Empire, the continued introduction of mor...

Welcome to our coverage of Season 3 of The Bad Batch, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) as they are joined by Savi (@andorisms) and Linds (@acosmiclove) of Stardust Records to discuss the 3-episode premiere of the final season of The Bad Batch! We talk the highlights of the episodes - including Omega and Crossha...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, we begin our rewatch of Season 2 of The Clone Wars ! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ) revisit the Holocron Heist arc! We discuss the major points of the arc, including the debut of Cad Bane, Palpatine's sinister plan to steal the Jedi Holocron, Anakin and Ahsoka's continued growth...