Star Wars 7x7: A Daily Bite-Sized Dose of Star Wars Joy

More dialogue? More scenes? More background information? Just because the trailer dropped last week, that doesn't mean you won't be hearing anything new from Lucasfilm about The Last Jedi between now and December 15. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.c...

Thanks to a new IMAX display for The Lsat Jedi, folks are stirring up trouble in fandomland. Why? Because Luke is pictured on both sides of the display, one dedicated to the Light Side characters, and the other dedicated to the Dark Side characters. But what does it MEAN? That, and a the meat of a recent Andy Serkis interview, on today's podcast. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://P...

Well, The Last Jedi has been getting all the headlines recently, but quietly in the house, I can hear little squeaks of information from beyond the walls of my imagination. Information about the as-yet-untitled Han Solo movie, as well as the script in progress of Episode IX. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get s...

It's funny - Rian Johnson at first said he didn't want us to watch The Last Jedi trailer, and then he was all, "Watch it watch it watch it!" I'm beginning to wonder what kinds of mind games he might be playing with us. And this trailer certainly seems to have its share of mind games - or what Saw Gerrera might refer to as "Lies! Deceptions!" Here are the three biggest ones. Punch it! ***I'm listen...

The Last Jedi theatrical poster was revealed on Monday, October 9th, earlier in the day before the release of the trailer. So you can excuse it for getting lost in the shuffle. But the poster has some interesting information on it - from the way Luke Skywalker is depicted, to the new injury on Rey's arm, to name a couple things. And what's excluded from the poster is also very telling in a way, to...

I was thrilled to be a guest on CTV News in Canada again yesterday, this time to talk about The Last Jedi trailer. it's been a wild 24 hours since the release of the trailer, and already, the speculation is heating up - including speculation that the trailer is filled with, as Saw Gerrera might say, "Lies! Deceptions!" Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate t...

This is the audio track from the video of my trailer breakdown for The Last Jedi - look for the video version later today at Facebook.com/sw7x7 or YouTube.com/sw7x7! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 show notes and links, and to commen...

Rian Johnson, Mark Hamill, and Adam Driver all want you to see as little as possible of The Last Jedi before you see it in theaters. In fact, Rian Johnson said, "If you want to come in clean, absolutely avoid it. But it's gooooood....." Well, he's right, but here - in the spirit of their best intentions, is an episode giving you the reasons why you might want to skip the trailer, without actually...

Want to know the highlights of The Last Jedi trailer without having to listen to the full breakdown? The most important things you need to know about the trailer are here in this podcast. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 sho...

Star Wars has always been political, whether by drawing inspiration from real-world politics to dealing with its own internal politics. Today, I'm looking back in brief at some of the political elements of previous Star Wars movies, and speculating as to how much politics will be a factor in The Last Jedi. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wa...

Lucasfilm did something it's never done before - brought a major exhibit to New York Comic-Con. Costumes and props from The Last Jedi were on display at NYCC, and we learned more intriguing details about the Elite Praetorian Guards than anything else. But there were also some interesting tidbits about Kylo Ren, Resistance bombers, and even something about Finn that's really more about what Lucasfi...

The Falcon appears in six Star Wars movies so far (four released, two in production), and so far it seems like it gets boarded by hostile parties in all but one of those six movies. (Well, maybe we don't know what the porgs' intentions are.) A brief history of the Falcon being boarded - onscreen, offscreen, and in deleted scenes - awaits you on today's podcast. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported!...

The Han Solo movie continues its re-shoots and wraps up filming for more of its actors, while Rian Johnson reveals the actress playing the Resistance fighter named Tallie in The Last Jedi, whose character was first revealed via an action figure release on Force Friday II. Plus, later in the show (and with ample warning to avoid it if you want to), I'll address the spoilers out there about Tallie....

Lucasfilm put its best foot forward to kick off their Star Wars 40th anniversary anthology, "From a Certain Point of View." Gary Whitta (Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels), Christie Golden (Dark Disciple, Battlefront II: Inferno Squad) and Ken Liu (The Legends of Luke Skywalker) tell the first stories in the anthology, which feature tales from the capture of the Tantive IV. Punch it! ***I'm listener sup...

"We know Hera and Chopper survive at least until Rogue One. Who do you think will die in Rebels Season 4?" That's the question I posed in a couple of Star-Wars-dedicated podcast groups on Facebook earlier this week. The choices, of course, were Ezra, Kanan, Sabine, and Zeb. Their answers on today's podcast... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star...

Four new episodes of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny arrived on Sunday evening! They included "The Starfighter Stunt," "Teach You, I Will," "Newest Recruit," and "Tracker Trouble," the latter of which takes place during The Force Awakens. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***...

The first nine episode titles and first six episode descriptions of Star Wars Rebels Season 4 have been released! Today, in the second half of our Rebels Season 4 preview, I'm comparing those descriptions to what we've been shown in the two trailers to see how they match up with what's been revealed to us. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wa...

The first of a two-parter, taking a look at the upcoming final season of Star Wars Rebels, based upon the new (and also final) trailer for the first half of the season, debuting in October. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 s...

Operation Cinder was part of Emperor Palpatine's infamous "Contingency" - his plan to have the Empire washed away from the face of the galaxy in the event of his own death. It already has ties to the Star Wars comics (Shattered Empire) and novels (the Aftermath trilogy). Now, it's tied into video games with Star Wars Battlefront II, as Admiral Garrick Versio is drawn into the operation. His daught...

Inspired by BB-8 on the Run - which, when you consider it, you discover that Tuanal can't have been too far away from Rey's AT-AT home - and by the fact that every important abandoned child in Star Wars has had someone benevolent and nearby to help with their upbringing. So, the question is, who was that for Rey? I put out a poll, and the results may shock you. Plus, an overseas movie chain may ha...

Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill have been two of the loudest proponents of keeping the runup to The Last Jedi as spoiler-free as possible. So of course they would be the two folks picked to be primarily interviewed for the traditional Empire Magazine (three years in a row is a tradition, right?) cover story on the coming Star Wars movie. But there are a couple of surprises in the article, to be sure...

A children's picture book? Color me surprised, too. But the artwork is absolutely stunning, and the story's got its fair share of twists and surprises. It's called "BB-8 on the Run," and I'm talking about it on the podcast today. I'll also spend a little time going all Conspiracy Theory on you, and talking about who could have been (benevolently) keeping an eye on Rey all these years... Punch it!...

A coming of age story at the nexus of politics, tyranny, and rebellion, Leia: Princess of Alderaan manages to tie the Prequel Trilogy, Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, and even a standalone movie into one utterly believable package, with a dynamic character taking her place in the center of it all. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7...

It's just one line in the novel Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray, but it was enough to launch a thousand internet articles. Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, being played by Laura Dern in The Last Jedi, appears as a young woman in the Leia novel and says something that opens the door to wondering if she'll be the first openly LGBTQ character in a Star Wars movie. Punch it! ***I'm listener suppo...

82 and 243 days, respectively! That how long you have to wait (at the very least) for The Last Jedi and the young Han Solo movie to hit theaters. But in case you're wondering where they're at with the whole moviemaking thing, I've got updates on the very end of The Last Jedi's production, and the new progress on the Han Solo movie thus far. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon...