For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Today, we look back on Star Wars in the year 2023 as Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Donovan ( @DonovanMeade ), & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) name their Top 5 favorite Star Wars stories of the year! What will top their list? The Mandalorian ? Jedi: Survivor ? Ahsoka ? Listen to find out! We also discuss the trailer for the 3rd and final...

Merry Christmas everyone and welcome to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On today's episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is joined by Moe ( @jynmystardust ) for an Ahsoka -themed Tier List! We rank all the major characters from the Ahsoka series, from our favorites to the worst of the worst (Senator Xiono). Who did we think are the best characters the series had to offer...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Don (@DonovanMeade) & Conor (@DepaBanana) are joined by Alden Diaz (@ThatAldenDiaz) of Ahch-To Radio to finally have our discussion all about the Ahsoka miniseries! As the SAG-AFTRA strikes were ongoing during the release of the series, we were unable to give our weekly thoughts on t...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Once again we are able to talk about the wonderful world of Star Wars animation, and we start our return with a special retrospective episode! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) as they look back on Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars micro-series as it celebrates it's 20th anniversary! We talk ab...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! As we continue our discussions on the world of Star Wars beyond the screen, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Youtini writer & resident Star Wars book and comic expert Jacob Boushh ( @JacobBoushh ) to talk about the upcoming future of Star Wars publishing! We talk about the recent book a...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Continuing our episodes discussing areas of Star Wars beyond the screen, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Conor (@DepaBanana) & Don (@DonovanMeade) are joined by Jarod (@darkjedi2552) to talk about our favorite Star Wars video games! We share our 1st memories of the first Star Wars games we played, and then pick the 3 games that hav...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! After some time away from the show, we are back to go all in on a topic very near and dear to us: COLLECTING STAR WARS! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) and Don ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Savi ( @andorisms ) of Stardust Records as they've brought a few items from their Star Wars collections to show off, as well as the pers...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Don (@DonovanMeade) give their full thoughts on Season 2 of The Bad Batch now that the season has concluded and news of Season 3 has come out! We discuss the pros and cons of the season, the strengths and weaknesses of the pacing, the development of the Batch, comparing Hemlock &am...

Welcome to the season finale of our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Today, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) are joined by Jarod The Dark Jedi ( @darkjedi2552 ) of The Nerd Academy Podcast to discuss "The Return" - The Season 3 Finale of The Mandalorian ! We talk the biggest moments and emotional highs of the final...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) as they welcome special guest Savi ( @andorisms ) of Stardust Records to discuss Chapter 23 of The Mandalorian - "The Spies"! We talk all about the penultimate episode of the season, including Moff Gideon's ret...

Welcome to our complete Star Wars Celebration Europe recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) welcome Moe ( @jynmystardust ) back to the show to talk all 4 days of Star Wars Celebration! We discuss the biggest panels and breaking news of the weekend, including the 3 new Star Wars films in development, Daisy Ridle...

We have reached the end of Star Wars Celebration Europe, so time to recap the last day of news! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is here to talk The Bad Batch Season 2 panel, the announcement that a third and final season is coming, the Visions Volume 2 panel and new trailer, the trailer for Young Jedi Adventures , and the announcement that Celebration will be coming to Japan in 2025! Check out our Man...

Easter and Star Wars Celebration aligned on the same day this year, so let's break down the big news from Day 3 of Star Wars Celebration Europe. Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is here to discuss all of Sunday's big panels, including our final gameplay trailer for Star Wars: Jedi: Survivor , which releases later this month, the reveal that Coruscant will be an open-world location in that game,...

Day 2 of Star Wars Celebration has wrapped up, and we are here to talk the big news from the day! Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) is here to discuss the Ahsoka panel, including the reveal that Lars Mikkelsen will be portraying Grand Admiral Thrawn in the series, after previously voicing the character in Star Wars Rebels ; Dave Filoni announces Season 2 of Tales of the Jedi , and big news from The High...

Star Wars Celebration Europe Day 1 is in the books, and we are here to discuss the biggest news coming out of the event's biggest panels! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) as we discuss the Lucasfilm Studio Showcase Panel, including new Star Wars films coming from Dave Filoni, James Mangold, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daisy Ridley returning as Rey for a New Jedi Order film, our first trailer fo...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) are here to talk "Guns for Hire" - the 6th episode of The Mandalorian Season 3, and do our preview for Star Wars Celebration! We talk about this week's pulpy mystery, including several similarities to Attack of the...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) recap Chapter 21: "The Pirate"! We discuss the biggest moments of a blast of an episode, including Din and Bo-Katan leading the Mandalorian covert's defense of Nevarro, the return of Carson Teva and more reasons the...

Welcome to our recap of the Season 2 finale of The Bad Batch , here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Although this week, it's more pain than love on this panel. Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) as they discuss the final 2 episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2! We talk about the biggest moments of the episode, including the Batch's infiltra...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Don ( @DonovanMeade ), Conor ( @DepaBanana ), & Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) are joined by Noor-Hal ( @noorhal ) of The Geeky Waffle Network to talk this week's episode of The Mandalorian : "The Foundling"! We discuss the biggest moments of the episode, including Grog...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew⁠ ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) discuss "Tipping Point" - the penultimate episode before the two-part season finale! We talk about the biggest moments of an episode that brought together many plot-points of the season, including Echo leading the...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ), Don ( @DonovanMeade ), & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) discuss "Pabu" - the 13th episode of Season 2 of The Bad Batch ! After two straight super intense episodes, we get a cool down week showing a potential future the Batch may have if they choos...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) as we discuss "The Convert!" - the 3rd episode of the season! We talk about the next steps in Din & Bo-Katan's journey, as both are redeemed in the eyes of the Watch, with Bo-Katan now a member of the cult she repeatedly diminished...

Welcome to the Season 1 finale of our Clone Wars rewatch, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) as they discuss the final arc of Season 1 of The Clone Wars - the Ryloth Arc! We talk the biggest themes of these episodes, including Ahsoka's journey to regain her confidence, Waxer and Boil and their protection of t...

Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For the Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Conor ( @DepaBanana ) discuss "The Outpost" - the 12th episode of Season 2! It's another Crosshair episode, which means we're in for a treat! We talk the introduction of the worst Imperial put to screen in Lieutenant Nolan, the introduction of May...

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For the Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew ( @StarlightAndrew ) & Don ( @DonovanMeade ) as they discuss Chapter 18 "The Mines of Mandalore!" We talk this game-changing episode of The Mandalorian , including Din's journey to Mandalore, a familiar droid joining him on the adventure, Grogu's growth in strength and apparent n...