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

When you find out that "The Extra Five Percent" is about an X-wing pilot at the Battle of Endor, you can make a pretty educated guess what the gist of the story is. You'll also get well-written doses of action and emotion in the process. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would...

The strikes are over - but now everything's delayed?! Well, on the live action series front, maybe, but there's plenty of other Star Wars storytelling moving forward. We'll do our roundup of what to expect in December 2023 on today's episode... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotif...

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"Wolf Trap" masterfully weaves a number of Star Wars themes into a story on the edge of horror, with Alyssa Wong evoking the best of Stephen King with a murder bear captivity story. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subscribe here...

Ever wonder what happened to the Emperor's Royal Guards after they were sent away  in Return of the Jedi? There's an answer now, and the richly-told first-person story includes an encounter with Luke Skywalker. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-)...

"To the Last" features a couple slices from Admiral Piett's life - the last minutes in Return of the Jedi, the nightmares inspired by The Empire Strikes Back, and his briefly sketched Imperial origin story. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Lik...

Our eighth run of looks at the "From a Certain Point of View" stories celebrating Return of the Jedi kicks off with "Trooper Trouble," and suffice it to say, hilarity ensues. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subscribe here: https...

Let's try out another of Kelly Knox's Star Wars Conversation Cards! I want to hear your answer to #77 - what Force power would you want to have in real life and why? Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subscribe here: https://youtub...

Dave Filoni has been promoted! He's now the Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm, which means his area of oversight just got a whole lot bigger. We're discussing how, and what it means for the future of Star Wars storytelling (including Ahsoka). Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotif...

It's Thanksgiving Day here in the US, and since we're always thinking about Star Wars, here's what we're thinking about today: how many times we see people sharing meals together in the movies. Let's dig into the feast...  Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpf...

"Impact" is the last of the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View" stories we're considering in our latest little mini run, and this story concerns an Imperial officer with a curious thing or two in common with Cassian Andor. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would...

Darth Sidious is a tough nut to crack. Getting in his head requires some serious talent, and thankfully, we get it in the unconventional Palpatine story in Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View." Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Lik...

Remember the heartbreaking scene in Return of the Jedi where one Ewok is mourning over the body of another Ewok killed in the Battle of Endor? it's even more heartbreaking with the backstory. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subs...

We're starting another mini-run of looks at the story of Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View." It kicks off with "Twenty and Out," which has a premise you might expect, and a funny idea to go with it, but doesn't get much farther. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify...

"The Secrets of the Wookiees" is jam-packed - not just with fun details (it is), but also collects details from multiple animated series, video games, comics, manga, and novels. It's written in-universe, told by Chewbacca and translated by Threepio - with the latter's running commentary. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra m...

Happy Life Day!!! Today we're checking out a few fun facts about the holiday from "The Secrets of the Wookiees," an in-universe book with pop-up bonuses. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subscribe here: https://youtube.com/sw7x7?...

We haven't talked about this on the podcast since 2015! Now that there are five more movies than there were back then, we're revisiting our watch order - and thewre's a solution for watching them in episode order while preserving the Vader reveal. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spo...

Kevin Feige's movie is now a no-go. Taika's taking his sweet time. And those are just two of the Star Wars movies that weren't even talked about at Star Wars Celebration London! We're resetting our status update on all the movies we know about... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spot...

"The Last Flight" kinda snuck up on me, if I'm being honest. I'm a fan of the love stories, sure, but the tragic turns in this one caught me a little off guard. It's the last (and my fave) in this recent run of four from the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View" collection...  Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra...

"Ending Protocol" tells the story of a stormtrooper who's creeped out by Ewoks (and considering what they do to stormtroopers, I don't blame her) and who's also responsible for saving Princess Leia's life during the ground battle. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be sup...

I've said it before, but I'm a sucker for love stories, and "The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels" turns out to be one, about an unlikely character - the A-wing pilot whose sacrifice defeated the Super Star Destroyer at Endor. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super he...

"Ackbar" is the story behind one of the most iconic lines of dialogue in Return of the Jedi - "It's a trap!" And based on the backstory, it seems like an ill-advised line that could have incited panic among the troops. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful,...

"After the Fall" gives us some #HighRepublic Phase 2 perspective while also giving us some tantalizing glimpses of what a Phase 3 galaxy looks like. We'll talk about this story from "Tales of Light and Life" today... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, to...

Bob Iger mentioned "Ahsoka" as a source of good news regarding Disney+'s performance in the Q4 earnings call. But the underlying numbers seem muddier. We'll talk about Star Wars storytelling implications of all the news on the call. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be s...

The final Nielsen viewership ratings for Ahsoka season 1 have been released! Good news - the second half was up significantly from the first half. It's only those missed opportunities that could have pushed it to even greater heights. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be...