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

"Identity Crisis" kicks off the first half of our third-quarter doubleheader from The Bad Batch Season 3. Not only does it reveal the deep dark truth about the Empire's M-count prisoners, it also plants the seeds of Emerie's own 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 wou...

Three-quarters of the way through the final season of the Bad Batch, and we get a pair of episodes filled with set-ups, payoffs, and payoffs that don't go the way we expected. And they put the pieces in place for a desperate final four episodes. 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...

Movies in pre-production, TV shows in post-production, animation continuing, and so much more - April 2024 is shaping up to be a pretty interesting month in Star Wars storytelling. Here's everything we know about so far that's coming this month...  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...

It's one of my favorite things each year - the April Fool's Day episode of the show! Today, I'm breaking down what was real, what was fake, and what was true from a certain point of view in our Ronto Roasters Franchise episode. Punch it! And here's a list of our previous April Fool's Day shows and topics: 2023: Jaxxon's live-action appearance in Skeleton Crew: https://sw7x7.com/jaxxon-skeleton-cre...

They're going nationwide with Ronto Roasters! Disney is turning the quick-serve dining location in Galaxy's Edge into a franchise, aiming to have hundreds of them open in time for the release of "The Mandalorian and Grogu" movie in May 2026. 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 w...

No Qui-Gon until way later? A kinder, gentler Boss Nass? The Gungan Sio Bibble? These and more are some of the main differences in the ealier going of The Phantom Menace, according to an earlier version of the script. 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, t...

It's been a while, but some Star Wars merch tied to a show actually debuted *before* the show premiered! And yes, there are some new and interesting tidbits to discover about "The Acolyte" - including fresh hints at the danger our heroes will face. 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...

Well, we can now rule out a couple of the possible explanations for how Asajj Ventress survived her "death" in Dark Disciple, only to show up in "The Harbinger" episode of The Bad Batch. What's left? And where do we go from here? 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 supe...

Bad Batch S3E9 is "The Harbinger," which heralds (finally!) the return of Asajj Ventress. It's a complete story without any loose ends (aside from the one enormous one), and thus begs the question - will we see her again this season? 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...

It used to be only Force-sensitive characters - Jedi and Sith - were the meditation experts in Star Wars. The makers of the Bad Batch have now made meditation an outright part of their storytelling, and for the first time with just plain folks. This is our deep-dive episode related to Bad Batch S3E8, "Bad Territory," and will also tie in details from S2E6, "Tribe." Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to...

Fennec Shand offers Hunter and Wrecker a classic quid-pro-quo deal ... but is she double-crossing them? Signs point to yes in "Bad Territory," the 8th episode from The Bad Batch season 3. Our 7-takeaway breakdown is here...  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...

In our last (for now) look at The Acolyte, we're going to consider new interviews from creator Leslye Headland and how they build on what we saw in the trailer and what we already know from previously shared details...  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,...

Today, we're wrapping up our conversation with Jeremy Thorpe about diegetic music in Star Wars - that's the music the characters can hear in-universe. And there's yet another level to this, which is the music that the actors hear on-set...  Punch it! Here's the Google spreadsheet that's being continuously updated... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xQbWcg8p6Vidjn2equgBOzjPdn5vSmctSQJaWinUrS...

You know how some Star Wars charaters are actually hearing the music that's being played a the scene they're in? Well, it turns out there are WAY more songs like that than you ever might have guessed. I'm talking with Jeremy Thorpe today, who's made it his missoin to collect them all. Punch it! See the complete collection here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xQbWcg8p6Vidjn2equgBOzjPdn5vSm...

We're finishing up our look at the new Star Wars Databank entries for the recently introduced Acolyte characters, and pointing out which cast member has been left out, plus which character has been unexpectedly linked into this group. 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...

In addition to The Acolyte trailer, we got a whole bunch of supporting material about the new characters we'll be meeting - and an old one, too. We're gonna talk about five of them today, and connect them to the original cast announcement. 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 wou...

Three different time periods? A Sith that no one ever heard of by the time of The Phantom Menace? Footage repeated from Star Wars Celebration Europe? These are just a few of our first reactions about The Acolyte trailer that just dropped... 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 wo...

The urgency to attack Mount Tantiss had to get even greater for Rex when he heard Omega talking about "M-count" experiments. Does he know what that means? We'll talk about why he should, and what that means for the Bad Batch series endgame. 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 wo...

In our deep dive episode related to "Extraction" from The Bad Batch, we're considering the idea of the ticking clone clock. It's partly about the half-life of the Order 66 chip, and partly about the rising danger to Palpatine from disgruntled clones. 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...

"Extraction" is the action-packed conclusion to The Bad Batch mid-season doubleheader, in which Palpatine's clone problem becomes clearer, bridges are mended, and we find out why some rebellions are built to last. 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....

We've now seen the second and third clone assassins, or Clone X Troopers if you prefer, in The Bad Batch. And after the events of "Infiltration," we know a lot more about them. We'll dig in on today'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 help...

"Infiltration" is episode 6 from season 3 of The Bad Batch, and the first half of their mid-season doubleheader. We start finding out in this episode how the first seeds of rebellion are being planted - and how hard it is to make them grow. 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 wo...

Two episodes at once in the middle of a season? Sure, let's call it a mid-season finale! Even though The Bad Batch won't take a hiatus, it still kind of counts, and it definitely serves as a turning point for our heroes. 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...

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Daisy Ridley's promoting a new movie, and you know what that means - getting grilled about her upcoming Star Wars movie. Which, she says, could start filming by the end of ... this year?! Well, let's sort out the possibilities...  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...