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

"Trials of the Darksaber" is episode 15 from season 3 of Star Wars Rebels! Today's a Rebels Briefing day with a surprise tie-in to a seminal Legends tale. Punch it! ***We're 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 comme...

A link to the Journey to The Force Awakens, hiding in plain sight in "Monster," season 3, episode 13 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. Details here... Punch it! ***We're 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...

It's the first Star Wars Trivia Lightning Challenge of 2017! I got 24 right and 4 wrong in this edition. Can you top that score? Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any of the content o...

Star Wars stories often feature a Hero's Journey - a Joseph Campbell-inspired narrative structure. Does Rogue One include it? For Jyn, it looks like they did. Punch it! ***We're 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 c...

Saw Gerrera, played by Forest Whitaker in Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels, connects a lot of different pieces of the Star Wars galaxy. Looking at the links today... Punch it! ***We're 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...

How do we know K-2SO wants to be a real boy - a real Rebel boy, that is? He's striving to be brave, truthful, and unselfish. I'll explain in the podcast. Punch it! ***We're 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...

What does the way forward without Carrie Fisher look like? I'm exploring this from a few angles, including a look at a leak/rumor and how that could play into the plans. Punch it! ***We're 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 link...

Echoes of Empire Strikes Back, xenophobic protocol droids, and a narrowing for Grand Admiral Thrawn's rebel search, in "Warhead" - Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episode 14. Punch it! ***We're 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 link...

Lucasfilm creatives talk about expanding our conception of the Force and its users. Well, it started with "Nightsisters," Clone Wars Season 3, Episode 12. Punch it! ***We're 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 comme...

Rian Johnson says a large part of Star Wars Episode VIII will focus on Luke Skywalker - why he's on that island, and what he's going to do next. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any...

Act of commission - Woody Harrelson announced as joining the young Han Solo movie cast. Act of omission - no exact release date from the PR. Details here... Punch it! ***We're 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 com...

How did the Rebels find out about the Empire's interest in Jedha? And who is Director Orson Krennic's tailor? The answers in today's episode... Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any of...

Leia also raced Han to determine who would captain the Star Destroyer, which involved speeder bikes and spacesuits. The details are here... Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any of the...

Did you know? Even though they weren't an official government, the Rebel Alliance operated at least one black-site prison (and probably more). The scoop here... Punch it! ***We're 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...

"Ghosts of Geonosis" is Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episodes 12 and 13, featuring Forest Whitaker reprising his role as Saw Gerrera from Rogue One. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on an...

Everyone's talking about Obi-Wan versus Maul, but there's so much more to the Star Wars Rebels Season 3 mid-season trailer. I'm breaking it all down here. Punch it! ***We're 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 comme...

I conducted a poll in two Facebook groups about who people thought would be killed off at the end of Star Wars Rebels Season 3. The results are in... Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on...

It's true ... from a certain point of view. Rogue One made more in 2016 than The Force Awakens. But maybe a billion less overall. Is that a "success"? Punch it! ***We're 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 comment o...

Sure, Chirrut Imwe is very likely a Force user. Is Baze Malbus a Force user, too? I'm sharing my reasoning here, which also ties into Order 66. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any o...

Baze Malbus says Chirrut Imwe is not a Jedi. So how do you explain his amazing feats in Rogue One? Maybe not a Jedi, but still a Force user? Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any of t...

The 2017 Preview Series concludes with a look at comics, video games, Force Friday, and more. Plus, an announcement about the Expanded Comicverse. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on an...

Our 2017 Star Wars preview continues with a focus on Star Wars books and on Star Wars Rebels. Resolving the Aftermath trilogy, springing Thrawn's plan... Punch it! ***We're 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...

What can you expect to be revealed at Celebration Orlando in April? The first Episode VIII trailer, on-set pics from the Han Solo movie, and more. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on an...

For our final episode of the year, we're looking back at the year that was for the expanded Star Wars canon, including TV, books, and comics. Punch it! ***We're 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 comment on any of...

Looking back at the people we lost from Star Wars in 2016, plus one more interview about the passing of our Princess, Carrie Fisher. ***We're 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 comment on any of the content of thi...