Skywalking Through Neverland: Keeping the Star Wars Magic Alive

Star Wars author ADAM BRAY is full of surprising stories. Not only is he the author of Star Wars: What Makes A Monster? , co-author of ULTIMATE STAR WARS and the upcoming STAR WARS: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know , he has also been to many countries as a travel writer. Language barriers and whale watching lead to some interesting experiences! Skywalker’s David and Luann Manderville report...

Show 80 calls for a salute to DAVID LETTERMAN for over 30 years of Late Night Fun! After 3 decades Dave has had a great deal of Star Wars references and we give you…Our TOP 10 STAR WARS / DAVID LETTERMAN CROSSOVER CLIPS! Our Fairy Podmother, Margaret Kerry , is back to help those in need with her segment - Ask Tink! The original animator’s reference model for Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan” is full of f...

On May 20th Disneyland kicked off its 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration with a special 2-day Media Preview event complete with premiere parties and interviews with Disneyland Imagineers. We take you with us as the Disneyland Resort debutes 3 new shows: the much-anticipated Paint The Night Parade , an all-new Disneyland Forever Fireworks , and World Of Color: Celebrate! Paul Barrie from Window T...

Author James Kahn has a full resume from helping to save E.T.'s life, creating original music and writing the best-selling novelization of RETURN OF THE JEDI. We are so excited to welcome him to the show and listen to his fantastic career in storytelling. Star Wars Weekends #1 Recap! John Fowler is back to tell us all about his time, and whether or not he saw Han Solo. NEW segment - we take a look...

DJ Elliot and Mark Daniel have entertained the masses at Star Wars Celebration conventions and Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. They've made you laugh, dance and throw objects at large stuffed Star Wars Angry Birds. Today they are our special guests! You want to talk about an entertaining episode? This is it! Skywalker John Fowler ( @StarWarsFanFL ), one of our correspondents cove...

Stephen Stanton is Skywalking through Neverland! He is the voice of Grand Moff Tarkin on STAR WARS REBELS, Sleepy dwarf in Disney’s THE 7D, and Lord Henry Mystic of Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor (plus many more), Stephen is the perfect match for our Star Wars/Disney podcast. And what a conversation we had! Also on this episode, MORE Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Interviews! John Ratzenberger...

In this jam-packed episode, Jeffrey Brown, author of the wildly successful Darth Vader and Son series of books, joins us to discuss his NEW book, Darth Vader and Friends! We delve into his artistic process and it is fascinating. We got tons of interviews from the Autograph Hall at Star Wars Celebration which we will play throughout the next month. This week it’s RETURN OF THE JEDI creature shop te...

We present to you the entire AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON global press conference that took place on April 11th, 2015 on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA. We had the opportunity to speak with Kevin Feige, Head of Marvel and Producer of AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, as well as Director Joss Whedon. For good measure, the rest of the headlining cast was there as well. Check out this impressive list:...

Minutes after the STAR WARS CELEBRATION ended, an assembly of Skywalkers gathered to discuss the best moments of the convention.   This episode is packed with THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer reactions (tears), Star Wars Celebration thoughts (and tears), Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Red Carpet Interviews (more tears), and even a word or two from Mary Franklin, Star Wars Celebration organizer-supreme!   Spec...

Saturday, April 18th of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2015 was Star Wars Rebels day! Star Wars Celebration hosted a public panel on the Celebration Stage titled “New Allies and New Villians" featuring the trailer to Star Wars Rebels Season 2 . We were blown away with the addition of Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex to the cast. Shortly after this morning panel, the media gathered for an hour-long Press...

The Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Podcast Stage!  A glorious hive of Skywalkers & Tweetwalkers! We bring you our Interactive Fandom Adventure.   Joining us were Star Wars Artists Randy Martinez and Denise Vasquez . Loads of audience participation, games and lots of prizes. We played Pictionary with Star Wars Artists!! Rob Dehlinger composed a LIVE Skywalker Of The Week! And of course, a live podca...

Cris Macht , director of The Force Among Us and The Force Within Us, gives us the scoop on his NEW Star Wars reality show, REAL FANS OF THE SAGA. Watch out - they will be filming this at Star Wars Celebration! Jack and Holman Wang , creators of the adorable new books STAR WARS EPIC YARNS , talk about how much work and love went into creating them. You will be fascinated! Seeing a Marvel film in 3D...

On Episode 72 of Skywalking Through Neverland we talked with  Victoria Sampson ,  ADR supervisor on Return Of The Jedi. As we learned in our discussion, Vickie had worked on countless major films with countless major stars. Some of her stories were unrelated to Star Wars and Disney but were so fascinating we wanted you to hear them, so this bonus content contains the stories that were cut out. So...

This show features special guest, Victoria Sampson ! She was the ADR supervisor on Return Of The Jedi, as well as COUNTLESS other films. We had an amazing conversation - you DO NOT want to miss this! We also talk with Star Wars Celebration newbie Bryn MacKinnon . She still had some questions about attending this life-altering event so we brought her on as the voice of all #SWCA first-timers. Also...

The last time you were at Disneyland did you happen to see The Walt Disney family crest on sleeping beauty's castle? Or the signs on the bathroom door? The devil is in the details, and Russell Flores has seen and documented them in his book, “Seen, Un-Seen Disneyland” . It’s fascinating, and he has many stories to tell. Star Wars artist Randy Martinez is back to tell us about his Star Wars Celebra...

Star Wars Celebration is less than a month away! If you’ve never been to one before, or need a refresher, Skywalking Through Neverland has some convention tips for you! Richard and I have been to every domestic Star Wars Celebration since Celebration IV, and several other conventions in between. So sit back and let us help you skywalk with ease through your convention experience. Donald Wicks, one...

It’s a BIRTHDAY episode! Not only is it Sarah’s birthday on March 10th, but our special guest Scott Allen's birthday is March 12th, the air date of this show. We had a great time talking with SCOTT ALLEN of the 501st Legion about all things ranging from starring in our fan film TPZ , the charity work he's done and being part of the fan generation working in the Star Wars universe. Disney Legend, T...

BONUS CONTENT with producer, writer, director Steven Smith. He goes into fascinating detail about his trip to SALZBURG, AUSTRIA with JULIE ANDREWS. Did he have Apple Strudel with the wondrous actress? Is her accent as enchanting as ever? We love this Behind-The-Scenes take of "A Sound Of A City: Julie Andrews Returns To Salzburg." Tweet! Tweet!  @SkywalkingPod Send emails to share@skywalkingthroug...

“The Hills Are Alive…” with Steven Smith ! He is an Emmy-winning director, producer and writer who worked on one of the most comprehensive Star Wars documentaries ever called EMPIRE OF DREAMS . Such stories he has to tell with a few of our favorite people: George Lucas, John Williams, Steven Spielberg... He also has a project coming out on Sarah’s birthday, March 10th, that’s making her sing from...

Hey Hey Ape fans! Join Richard and Mark as they discuss the 10th episode in the Planet Of The Apes TV series, "The Interrogation". In this episode which aired 11/15/1974, Pete is captured and taken to Central City where Urko (Orko?) meets with Zaius, who has a special "experiment" planned to get information from him with the aid of Wanda, a chimpanzee scientist, who has discovered a book from a ti...

Favorite 5’s! We asked you Skywalkers to help us decide on a Favorite 5 list, which will be revealed on this show! But there’s more! Richard and Sarah also have 2 more Favorite 5 Star Wars/Disney Lists to discuss: Fav 5 “rebirth” or character growth moment in Star Wars/Disney movies. Fav 5 Star Wars/Disney characters you’d want to invite to a Dinner Party. ??? SKYWALKER'S CHOICE ??? In our Point 5...

Nothing gets you in the mood for Valentine's Day more than love/hate relationships! Specifically STAR WARS' Han & Leia, and GONE WITH THE WIND's Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Though very different movies, it's amazing the similarities between the relationships. Our special guest, FULL OF SITH 's Bryan Young helps us dissect the movies and dive in to this discussion. Skywalking To Celebration -...

Hey Hey Ape fans! I know we promised we were going to go into "The Interrogation" episode on this show, but we're going to take a break and talk with artist PAUL BATEMAN. For the Star Wars fans out there you may know him as Ralph McQuarrie's apprentice. (Monty Sanzo-tera we know you were looking forward to "The Interrogation" so don't worry it's coming.) We also want to remind everyone about our P...

Settle in with a nice, hot, steaming mug of coffee as we chat with fellow podcasters Dan Zehr and Cory Clubb from COFFEE WITH KENOBI ! We delve into their Star Wars and Disney past, and then learn a LOT about STAR WARS IN THE CLASSROOM . These are great guys who examine and analyze the Star Wars saga through a critical lens on their show. MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND , a new Disney Junior show set in s...

When we spoke with artist RANDY MARTINEZ , he had just put down the paintbrush and finished his STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANAHEIM limited edition art! We talk with him about his Star Wars, Marvel and upcoming SWCelebration artwork surprises. We also talk STRANGE MAGIC with Mark Oguschewitz. Mark is now reviewing films for AdventuresByDaddy.com and did not give Strange Magic a favorable review . WARNIN...