Media Nerds/Star Wars Nerds

Dan & Kenton break down this week's "exclusive" Vanity Fair cover story on The Rise of Skywalker. Plus, a little more Phantom Menace talk. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community:  bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/nerds_podcast twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur

The Nerds talk about the next 8 years of Star Wars films, Dan commits to watching The Phantom Menace on it's 20th anniversary (May 19th) and Rest In Peace, Peter Mayhew. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community:  bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/nerds_podcast twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur

The Nerds welcome Simon Ovid to the podcast to talk all about his trip to Chicago for Celebration 2019. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community:  bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/nerds_podcast twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur

Dan and Kenton watch and re-watch the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, picking it apart and over-analyzing every minute detail. What a great time to be a Star Wars fan! Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community:  bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/nerds_podcast twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur

Dan & Kenton watch the Episode IX panel live from Celebration in Chicago! No, the Nerds aren't in Chicago. They're in Winnipeg, watching the livestream from Chicago. Did you know that Winnipeg was once known as the "Chicago of the North"? True story. Anyway, they watch and react, and completely lose their shit when The Skywalker Rises teaser trailer drops. Only 8 months to go! Join the Star Wa...

The Nerds talk about the Episode IX poster that was "leaked" ahead of Celebration. Is it real or not? Dan & Kenton are in disagreement on this one.  Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community:  bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/nerds_podcast twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur

The opening of Galaxy's Edge is just a few short months away! What will we be able to do there? What can we buy? What can we eat? Dan & Kenton talk about the new Disney theme parks and begin planning their family vacation.  Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen  twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur twitter.com/nerds_podcast

Dan talks about a recent symphony orchestra performance of Star Wars & Star Trek music that he attended. Kenton thinks an Obi-Wan movie would still be better than a series. Both are ignoring the Rotten Tomatoes ratings of all future Star Wars films. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen   twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur &nbs...

Dan plans his upcoming trip to Celebration while the Nerds talk about the recent Episode IX photo leaks. They also speculate about what an Orson Welles Darth Vader would sound like... Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur twitter.com/nerds_podcast

EA ditched its in-development "open world" Star Wars video game this week. Why? Dan & Kenton talk about what that game should look like and question EA's ability to make it.  Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC  Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur twitter.com/nerds_podcast

The Nerds talk about all the Star Wars stuff coming out in 2019, and then travel back 35 years or so to talk about the 1st Star Wars stuff to come out after the original trilogy.

We've become used to watching Star Wars films at Christmastime, but because there's no theatrical release from Lucasfilm this December, the Nerds decided to watch the film that SHOULD have been released this month, Solo. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur twitter.com/nerds_podcast

Nick Nolte and Carl Weathers join The Mandalorian, Canadian explorers find a real-life Sarlacc pit, the Galaxy of Adventures animated shorts launch on YouTube and Amazon promotes its Star Wars toy day! Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: bit.ly/2E1BFGC Or Tweet at us: twitter.com/kentonlarsen twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur twitter.com/nerds_podcast

This week marked the 40th anniversary of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, so the Nerds talk about that, as well as the Rogue One spinoff show and Boris Johnson's "inside information" about the Obi-Wan film. Join the Star Wars Nerds Facebook community: http://bit.ly/2E1BFGC Or Tweet at us: https://twitter.com/kentonlarsen https://twitter.com/danvadeboncoeur https://twitter.com/nerds_podcast

Dan & Kenton finish watching the controversial eighth episode in the Star Wars saga. Will Finn and Rose hack Snoke's ship? Will Rey get the Porgs to Krait in time to save the Resistance? Listen to find out!

Kenton & Dan finally find the time to watch the most loved (sarcasm) film in the Star Wars franchise. Well, time to watch half of it at least.

Star Wars movies used to come out every three years, with a 16-year gap between the 1st three trilogies. Now, we've had four movies in less than three years. Is there such a thing as too much Star Wars? The Nerds discuss in detail.

Dan & Kenton discuss the recent casting news for Episode 9 and whether or not there are too many big Hollywood stars in Star Wars now. They also preview the new animated series Star Wars: Resistance and try to determine how old is too old for Star Wars.

The Star Wars Nerds are moving closer to the bright centre of the universe. We are now hosting the podcast on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/starwarsnerds so download the app to listen to us and interact with the podcast in fun new ways. Anchor has also distributed Star Wars Nerds to the following podcast listening platforms: Google Play: http://bit.ly/2PIHE5A Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tE...

The Nerds talk about the recent Episode IX casting announcement: Luke is back, Leia is back, and Lando is back! Only 504 days to go! 

The Nerds discuss the recent Comic Con announcement that Lucasfilm is resurrecting the Clone Wars cartoon series for a seventh season. Is it as big a deal as fans are making it out to be?

One week after the wrap-up of FanQuest, Dan & Kenton talk about the event highlights. They also ask each other the questions they wanted to ask Lucasfilm Creative Executive Pablo Hidalgo if they'd been able to have him on the podcast longer. 

Lucasfilm Creative Executive and Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo returns to the Star Wars Nerds podcast during FanQuest 2018 to discuss his trip home to Winnipeg, what's changed at Lucasfilm in the three years since he was last there (hint: a lot!) and thecompleteplotsynopsesofthenextsixStarWarsfilms. Just kidding, he doesn't talk about that. But he does talk about his job of filling in the detai...

Fellow Star Wars Nerds Carson Samson, Chris Schiffmann and Kelly Stifora join Kenton & Dan for a round table discussion about Solo: A Star Wars Story.