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

It's our penultimate episode of character reviews from the Ahsoka series! Today, we're looking at the deeply compelling Baylan Skoll, and considering his motives for finding and accessing the source of allegedly immense power on Peredia. 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...

We got conflicting stories about Sabine's initial Jedi training in the "Ahsoka" series, but if what the good guys said was true, then Sabine may have been training for the express purpose of taking the Darksaber away from Moff Gideon. 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...

Our series of recaps for Ahsoka season 1 marches on! It's a comparatively quick episode today, since we'll be talking about the enigmatic Shin Hati. She was a mystery at the start of the show, and only a bit less so by the end of it. 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...

Say "Hello there!" to part 5 of our Ahsoka season 1 recap series. Today, we're talking about Ezra Bridger, the comparative MacGuffin of the show. Everyone presumed he wanted to get home, but he sure didn't seem like he was in much of a hurry. 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...

Welcome to part four of our continuing series of Ahsoka season 1 recaps! Today, we're taking on the show's dad bod big bad, Grand Admiral Thrawn. He still likes to play cat-and-mouse with his prey, but it seems he's lost a step or two. 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 b...

It's part 3 of our ongoing series of Ahsoka season 1 recaps! Today, we'll look at the one organization we're going to talk about in this series - the New Republic. What did we learn about this not-so-fledgling government? 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 helpfu...

We're continuing our series of recaps for season 1 of the Ahsoka series! Today, we're talking about everything new we learned related to the late lamented Morgan Elsbeth. And just why was she so fanatically drawn to Thrawn, anyway? 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 su...

We're starting our final series of recaps for season 1 of "Ahsoka"! We're kicking it off by considering what new things we learned about Hera Syndulla over the course of the series. 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...

The cargo containers from the catacombs, those have to be coffins, right? And since we see the Great Motherrs pull off the Chant of Resurrection, this has to be a set up for creating an army of the dead, right? We'll talk about the history that supports this in our deep dive today... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minut...

"The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord" (see what they did there?) is the final part of the Ahsoka series, and it left us with more questions than answers - and did what we all probably expected would happen, knowing there's a movie in the works...  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 Sp...

"The Burden of Leadership" follows Lando in the moments after he said goodbye to Han on Home One, and gives us a clearer idea of why he didn't just help get Han back, but took on a bigger responsibility and and joined the Rebellion. 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...

It was a close call for me, but "No Contingency" is my favorite of the four stories in this latest round of looks at the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View," which features Mon Mothma out on an actual mission. 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 hel...

"From a Certain Point of View" is a story inside "From a Certain Point of View," and features the character famous for using the phrase "from a certain point of view." We'll share our own point of view on this story 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 he...

We're starting our fourth set of four looks at the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View" collection! "The Light That Falls" takes place on Dagobah, and comes from an unlikely and insightful narrator. 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. :-...

The writers' strike is (just about) over! What does that mean for upcoming Star Wars movies and shows? We'll evaluate, and we'l cover some other news tidbits, too. 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....

At the end of Star Wars: Rebels, Sabine said it was time to bring Ezra home. But in these last two parts of the Ahsoka series, she sure doesn't seem to be in any rush to leave Peridea. Maybe it's time to reconsider her motives...  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...

It was called "Dreams and Madness," but there was precious little of either in part 7 of the Ahsoka series. "Time" might have been more appropriate, since that was the chief driver of every plot element in the episode. Our breakdown arrives 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...

Those Imperial dignitaries were pretty mysterious when we saw them consulting with Palpatine in Return of the Jedi. It turns out (no surprise) that they're pretty awful people, too. We're talking about the last in this latest mini-series of looks at the FACPOV collection...  Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rati...

My own two cents: "My Mouth Never Closes" is my favorite of the four in this third set of stories from the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View" tales we're examining. For one thing - who know this particular Sarlacc is a vegetarian? 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 Spoti...

We saw Max Rebo on the sail barge in Return of the Jedi, but where was Sy Snootles? You'll get the answer in "Satisfaction," part of the "From a Certain Point of View" collection of short stories (along with insights into this complicated character). 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...

It's the start of our third mini-series of episodes looking at the stories from the Return of the Jedi "From a Certain Point of View" compilation! We'll kick it off with the Salacious Crumb 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 YouTu...

There's more to the rise and fall of the Great Witch Kingdom of the Dathomiri than they're letting on right now in the Ahsoka series. We'll examine what we learned, and where the gaps are, in this week's deep dive 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 Spotify would be super helpf...

Star Wars Insider 221 keeps adding to the bounty of Return of the Jedi short stories we're getting this year! "Lost in the Woods" takes place shortly after the Battle of Endor, and Threepio has finally gotten sick of the deity treatment. 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...

It's the episode we've all been waiting for, and Filoni and company held nothing back. "Far, Far Away" is the densest and most impactful episode of the Ahsoka season by a country parsec, and also sets the ticking clock in motion for the rest of the proceedings. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review o...

It's a bit of a surprise, once you find out who it is that's being represented in this short story from the "From a Certain Point of View" collection of tales celebrating the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. But, unfortunately, there are a few confusing elements in the run-up. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minut...