ForceTime: A Star Wars Podcast

Author Alyssa Wong returns to the show to discuss their many Star Wars projects including The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life, From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, and Doctor Aphra (2020)! *SPOILER WARNING FOR EACH PROJECT LISTED* - Time stamps listed below! Join us as we discuss Alyssa's history with short fiction from the beginning of their writing career to hopping back...

In this episode, Travis and Kara share their spoiler-filled thoughts on the newly released book, From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi! Join us as we discuss some of our favorite stories and moments in this excellent collection of short stories from the points of view of some of our favorite side characters and background players from ROTJ! *Thank you to Penguin Random House / Del Rey f...

Travis welcomes Brian from The Old Republic Podcast and Drink the Movies Podcast for the sixth installment of Star Wars in Pop Culture! In this episode, Travis and Brian explore the partnership between Star Wars and LEGO! Join us as we cover: LEGO before the Star Wars Partnership The incredible fan project by Maestro S. Fujita in 1992 where he recreated the Original Trilogy in LEGO form before LEG...

Travis welcomes Tori Fox to the show to discuss Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! Join us as we discuss top moments, characters, callbacks, and our relationships with the Indiana Jones franchise! Plus, Tori gives us a look at what it was like to attend the premiere in Los Angeles! Follow Tori on Twitter and Instagram and check out her other Twitter page: Star Wars Steal Their Look ! Follow th...

Travis welcomes Silver // @starwars_thrifting for the fifth installment of Star Wars in Pop Culture! In this episode, Travis and Silver travel back in time to explore the Star Wars - MTV connection! From the Star Wars debut on MTV with the Lapti Nek music video in 1983 through the Tiffany Haddish/The Last Jedi sketch in 2018, and all of the insane Prequel craziness in between, we cover it all! Joi...

Travis welcomes Abbey // starwarsparallels back to the show--this time to celebrate the One-Year Anniversary of OBI-WAN KENOBI! Join us as we discuss: Our expectations going into the series and our previous relationship to Obi-Wan The decision to make Little Leia a central character in the series Some of our top moments Our favorite parallels from this series to other Star Wars media Hayden Christ...

Travis and Kara welcome Abbey // starwarsparallels back to the show--this time to break down Star Wars: Visions Volume 2! Join us as we discuss our favorites and break down all 9 episodes one-by-one. From the animation styles to the themes and characters, we cover it all! Follow Abbey at starwarsparallels on Instagram and read her work on Collider here! https://collider.com/author/abbey-matheson/...

Alyssa Wong returns to the show to discuss their current and future projects in Star Wars! So much has happened since they were on the show last December and it was such a joy to catch up! *Spoilers for Doctor Aphra (2020) through Issue #30 and Return of the Jedi: Ewoks* What was their Star Wars Celebration Europe experience like? How did it feel to be announced as a new author in The High Republi...

Travis and Kara are here to break down the finale of Season 3 of The Mandalorian: The Return! *SPOILERS BELOW* This season gave us A LOT to discuss and we can't believe the finale has already come and gone. From our initial mixed reaction to the finale to our second watch-through and feeling great about it, come along as we work through it all: The joy of speculating between Chapter 23 and Ch...

Travis and Kara are back to break down everything from Chapter 23 of The Mandalorian: The Spies! *SPOILERS BELOW* This episode gave us so much to chew on, analyze, and theorize over and we had a blast covering it all! Big things are happening in the Galaxy Far, Far Away and our Mandalorian heroes are right in the middle of it! Join us as we discuss: The Title! Who are the spies?  All the evidence...

It's episode 75 of ForceTime... and to celebrate, we are so excited to bring you co-host Kara DJ's panel recorded LIVE from Star Wars Celebration Europe: GALAXY BRAIN: Fan Speculation Through the Years! Kara welcomes Robin Arnold and Michelle Wittlich onto the stage to discuss the history of speculation in the Star Wars fandom: from the weird to the funny to the downright outrageous! How...

Travis welcomes guest-host, Kait Joven, to the show to break down Chapter 22 of The Mandalorian: Guns for Hire! *SPOILERS BELOW* The Mandalorian continues to get weird in the best possible way as we get new characters, a buddy-cop story, and the next step in the Mandalorians' journey to reclaim the planet! Join us as we cover it all: The Quarren and Mon Calamari Love Story Axe Woves and Koska...

Join Travis and Kara as they break down Chapter 21 of The Mandalorian: The Pirate! *SPOILERS BELOW* Another action-packed Mando episode is out! From Nevarro to Coruscant to the Mandalorian Covert and back, come along as we cover it all: Greef Karga vs. the Pirates Giant Pirate King Gorian Shard Hologram! Off-Duty New Republic X-Wing Pilots and Psychadelic Rock Music ZEB FROM REBELS IN LIVE ACTION!...

Join Travis and Kara as they break down Chapter 20 of The Mandalorian: The Foundling! *SPOILERS BELOW* It's the return of Ahmed Best as Jedi Master Kelleran Beq! We could not believe what we saw and had the best time discussing it all: what this means for Ahmed and the Prequel Generation, the flood of emotions that hit us when we saw him appear, and the sheer joy that this flashback scene gav...

Join Travis LIVE from Planet Comicon KC with Gary Whitta for their panel "From Rogues to Rebels!" We discuss all of Gary's work in Star Wars including Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels, The Last Jedi comic adaptation, and his stories "Raymus" and "Rogue Two" in the From a Certain Point of View books! Gary's Star Wars story and the influence it had on him growing u...

Join Travis and Kara as they break down Chapter 19 of The Mandalorian: The Convert! *SPOILERS BELOW* This chapter takes a hard left turn from what we've seen so far this season... but in a really great and intriguing way. It opens up the conversation for politics, religion, good vs. evil, and so much more. Bo-Katan's continuous character development: what will she do next? Doctor Penn Pe...

The Mines of Mandalore! Join Travis and Kara as they break down everything from the second episode of The Mandalorian Season 3! *SPOILERS BELOW* Peli Motto and the Pit Droids are back! Boonta Eve and Boba Fett R5-D4: the droid that's built for adventure The beauty and horror of Mandalore Alamites and the giant crab/spider/one-eyed Grievous! Din and Grogu working together Grogu navigating maps...

The Mandalorian is BACK! Join Travis and Kara as they break down everything from the Season 3 premiere! What is going on with the Children of the Watch? The theme of redemption in Star Wars and with Din Djarin The beauty of seeing the galaxy through Grogu's eyes Greef Karga! Pirate King Gorian Shard! The return of IG-11? The comedy in the Anzellans' workshop Rick Famuyiwa's fantasti...

Travis and co-host, Kara, break down Episodes 205-208 of The Bad Batch! Gungi! Clone Rights! Rex! From Kashyyyk to the Senate on Coruscant, join us as we cover it all! Follow Kara on Instagram @ intoalargerworldbykara and sign up for her zine "Into a Larger World" today! Follow this link: https://campsite.bio/intoalargerworldbykara  Follow the show @ForceTimePod on Twitter, forcetimepod...

The Bad Batch is back and so are we! Abbey // @starwarsparallels returns to help break down the first four episodes of Season 2! *spoilers for The Bad Batch episodes 201-204* Will Omega ever get a true childhood? Is Crosshair too far gone with the Empire? Can we trust Cid? Where does the Batch go from here??? Join us as we break it all down and speculate on what's to come! Follow Abbey on Ins...

It has officially been 5 years (!!!) since The Last Jedi blessed big screens around the world and we are here with an ode to Rian Johnson's masterpiece! Travis welcomes Sara Glassberg back to the show to remember the feeling of seeing The Last Jedi for the first time, discuss why we love it so much, and reflect on its legacy. From the dreadnought to Canto Bight to Crait, come along as we pay...

Alyssa Wong, author of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020), joins the show to discuss everyone's favorite rogue archaelogist: Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra! *Spoiler warning for issues #1 - #26 of DOCTOR APHRA (2020)* Join Alyssa and Travis as they discuss: Alyssa's relationship with Star Wars and how it's come full circle Aphra's exes, relationships, and vulnerability Just Lucky! Is he a c...

Travis and Kara welcome Abbey // @starwarsparallels to the show for their ANDOR Season 1 Discussion! Join us as we cover the key moments of Season 1 and speculate on what's to come in Season 2! Follow Abbey @starwarsparallels on Instagram and @swparallels on Hive! Check out her articles on Andor at Collider here: https://collider.com/author/abbey-matheson/ Follow Kara @intoalargerworldbykara...

Travis and Kara are back for a mid-season discussion of ANDOR! How is it different than other Star Wars entities? What are Cassian's motivations? Who is the most interesting new character? Does Dr. Quadpaw know Dr. Mandible?! Join us as we discuss the the beginning of the rebellion and speculate on what's to come! Follow Kara at intoalargerworldbykara on Instagram and check out her zine...

Abbey // @starwarsparallels joins the show to talk all about the Jedi! The Jedi are a fascinating subject, from their philosophies and code to the differences in how each of them find their own path. In Part 2 of this two-part discussion, we focus on Anakin, Ahsoka, and Kanan! What could or should have gone differently with Anakin? How much does Ahsoka take after her old master? Is Kanan the epito...