Skywalking Through Neverland: Keeping the Star Wars Magic Alive

Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee! That can only mean one thing… it's time for BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS ! The spell has been cast and Teresa Delgado of Fangirls Going Rogue and Disney Vault Talk joins us to talk about this much-loved 1971 film. Sherman Brother's music, animation meeting live-action and some glorious 1970's revolutionary effects make this film an instant classic. Sarah and Teresa...

#MayThe4thBeWithYou! #RevengeOfThe5th! In honor of these dates, Richard and Sarah discuss fan-made holidays with the help of our Skywalkers. We've enlisted our NEW Facebook Group to come up with creative holidays that may happen in the Star Wars or Disney universe. Remember those awesome "Create-Your-Own" storybooks? It's a bit like that! We debut our new segment, Skywalker Stories , with Alison B...

We did it! We're outlaws! And we ran 22.4 miles in the Inaugural Star Wars Half Marathon - Dark Side Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort. Richard and Sarah capped off the weekend with an (illegal) roundtable of Skywalkers from near and far to share our runDisney experiences. Have no idea what we're talking about? Listen in and you'll understand why we're wanted podcasters.... NEW STN Live Podcast...

Some Star Wars fans grew up with the original trilogy, some jumped in during the dark times; then there’s the prequel generation, and even those who came in during  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  TV series and the Disney acquisition. Which Generation fan are you? Where do you fit in? Richard and Sarah join in a heated TikiCantina discussion with special guests  Johnamarie Macias  ( The Wookiee Gunner...

Our special guest  Craig Miller  was the Publicist and Director of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm during the hey-day of the 70’s and 80’s. Ever wonder how fans knew what was going on in fandom before social media? Whose job was it to tell the world about this new movie called Star Wars? Craig shares some awesome stories. Now speaking of social media… SO MUCH STAR WARS this week!  Rogue One Teaser Tra...

In true Disney fashion, Disney Channel PR and Lucasfilm put on a genuine Red Carpet bash at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA for the finale of Star Wars: Rebels, Season 2. In this episode, Richard and Sarah take you to the Red Carpet, inside the Main Theater with Q&A on "Twilight of the Apprentice" from cast and crew, and further to one-on-one interviews with Dave Filoni, Ashley Eckstein, Vaness...

In this episode we are diving into Classic Marvel Star Wars Comic #8: "Eight For Aduba" or Magnificent 7 in space. You may recognize this comic as the introduction to several iconic characters, including Jaxxon and Serji-X. We have our usual top trio to discuss the issue. Star Wars artist Randy Martinez lends his artistic and nostalgic wisdom to the discussion. Richard also remembers reading these...

What do Tangled and Trials of the Temple have in common? Turns out Kylo Ren and Rapunzel are best friends! That’s not true. All of it. But it IS true that the Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Magic has a NEW Tangled: The Musical show! Chickaphant’s parents tell us all about it. New music composed by Alan Menken! Ruffians! Thugs! And a light-up Pascal with Snuggly Duckling mug? Sign me up! March 10th wa...

STEP IN TIME: Remembering Disney’s Matinee Movies is back and this time we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1975 classic film - Walt Disney’s THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG! J oining us on this journey to the old west are special guests Steve Glosson and Teresa Delgado of Disney Vault Talk . They bring their brand of fun and fond memories to the conversation while Richard reminisces about his...

With the imminent release of Disney’s ZOOTOPIA on March 4th, it's the perfect time to bring you Behind-The-Scenes stories from the Press Day Sarah attended at Walt Disney Animation Studios. We had press roundtables with the Directors, Writers, Production Designers and Character Designers/Animators of ZOOTOPIA. She’ll go into some amazing stories, fun facts and we’ll hear audio from the filmmakers...

Welcome to Skywalking Through Neverland's 1st Annual ALL-TIME AWARDS Show! You nominated, you voted, and now it’s time to reveal the WINNERS of Disney, Star Wars and Marvel All-Time Awards. These are not just any categories, and we have some very distinguished Presenters to reveal your winners. Joining us in studio are: Star Wars Oxygen - David Collins TechnoRetro Dads - JediShua and Shazbazzar Br...

Have you gone back to watch the 6 films of the Star Wars Saga after seeing The Force Awakens? What did you think? What did you feel? With all the new movies, comics, novels and TV shows that fill in gaps or show a different POV, it can change the way we look at the films. Richard and Sarah explore those changes with special guests Bryan Young ( Full of Sith , Starwars.com) and Chris Salton ( Brews...

It’s our Valentine episode - so if you’re single, try MouseMingle ! MouseMingle.com is a NEW dating website for Disney fans and you may have heard it mentioned on SNL, The Tonight Show and The View, to name a few. We interviewed the creator of MouseMingle.com, Dave Tavers , about the site blowing up around the country and around the world. Learn more about MouseMingle right here! It’s not just for...

Come with us on our day off at Disneyland! The day begins with a trip to…Skellig Michael? That’s right, before we take you with us to Disneyland, we spoke with Bryce and Carly Yelverton about their amazing experience on Skellig Michael, which is where Luke Skywalker appears at the end of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. The island is far off the coast of Ireland, and the journey there is half the fun...

"At last! Beyond The Movie! Beyond the Galaxy!" as it says on the cover of each issue of the Marvel Star Wars comics from 1978. We are taking our Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics segment and spinning it off into its own show! If you are a new listener to the Skywalking Through Neverland growing podcast Empire, what we do is take you through each issue of the vintage series from the 70s and 80s! Sta...

The 2nd Annual Star Wars Half Marathon weekend 1/15-1/17 in Anaheim, CA was a rousing success! Richard and Sarah completed 19.3 miles while flying through the streets of Disneyland and recorded fun sound bytes along the way. Joining our recap is author Russ Flores (Seen, Unseen Disneyland). (21:55) What happens when you get swept in a runDisney race? Skywalker Amanda Bond made it to Mile 11 of 13...

We have the complete pleasure of bringing you a wonderful conversation with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS actors and power couple Gloria and Vincent Garcia . They were on set for a full month as they shot the exciting opening scene of the film. Gloria Garcia was lucky enough to play the first female you see, looking fiercely protective of her village as Poe runs behind her to his X-Wing. Their ener...

LiningUp.net was able to raise thousands of dollars for Starlight Children’s Foundation while providing us and almost 200 line members with the experience of a lifetime. Line organizer Craig Haasis joins us to give us all the wrap-up details. Ultimate Star Wars author Adam Bray was eager to talk The Force Awakens and his storytelling thoughts. We happily obliged and what follows is a very enlighte...

Well, crack open a bottle of champagne cause it’s time to celebrate the new year! Tricia Barr ( Fangirls Going Rogue , co-author of Ultimate Star Wars), Joe Tavano ( Retrozap.com , Brews and Blasters ) and Bryn MacKinnon ( Window To The Magic ) join us to look back at the Year Of Star Wars - 2015! (There was some pretty cool Disney stuff, too. Oh, and that little Star Wars Land announcement…) What...

We take all of our Skywalkers with us to the STAR WARS: The FORCE AWAKENS World Premiere, Red Carpet & After-Party in Hollywood, CA!! It was an absolute once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we share EVERYTHING with you. We talked with J.J. Abrams right after seeing this next chapter in the Star Wars saga!!! We also bring you clips from the line, like the moment we found out we would actually see THE...

Hey Hey Skywalkers! To tide you over until our THE FORCE AWAKENS PREMIERE coverage, here is another CLASSIC MARVEL STAR WARS COMICS segment with Star Wars Artist Randy Martinez ! This was supposed to be included in Episode 103, but it would have been over 3 hours! So while you wait for THE FORCE AWAKENS with overwhelming anticipation, listen as we dissect 1977 Marvel Star Wars Comics Issue #6: "Th...

This episode is brought to you from The Force Awakens Line in Hollywood, in conjunction with LiningUp.net . It is basically a 12-day Star Wars party with the goal of raising money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation . Text JEDI or SITH to 80000 now to donate $5. Since we recorded this in the TCL Chinese Theater’s forecourt, you may hear some fun Star Wars fans popping in…oh, and sirens. Always...

FULL UNCUT AUDIO from STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Global Press Conference which took place in Los Angeles on December 6th, 2015. Every big name involved in the movie, except Mark Hamill (huh...), was in attendance. Listen in for some GREAT interviews with our first 45-minute panel consisting of J.J. Abrams, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyongo and Lawrence Kasdan. The second pa...

It's a Star Wars music episode! Composer and recording artist, Tom Ameen , is releasing his first STAR WARS themed album on piano, entitled "Journey To The Stars." He is a delightful guest and we can't wait for December 7th and the release of this album! (7:21) KevinRaider Nerd Reitzel is getting ready for the AMC Star Wars Saga movie marathon that leads up to THE FORCE AWAKENS. He is a veteran of...

Season Of The Force opens at Disneyland!! We were there on opening day, November 16th, 2015, with lots of friends and Skywalkers, so of course we had an impromptu roundtable discussion with Teresa Delgado (Fangirls Going Rogue), Dave Skale (Ghost Host), Anthony Fox (MousePire podcast), Georgia Peach and more! (23:36) Last weekend was also the Avengers Half Marathon and Inaugural Infinity Gauntlet...