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

The countdown to Bad Batch season 3 continues! Today, we're recapping the highlights of season 2, which included a shocking death, political skullduggery, and the most impactful episode of the series to date. 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. :-) L...

We're one week away from the season 3 Bad Batch debut! Let's start the countdown by recapping what happened in Season 1, in our patented 7-takeaway breakdown style. 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...

There's a shiny new unabridged audiobook edition of "X-Wing: Wraith Squadron," and there's a couple of specific reasons I've been happy to dig into Legends tales like this. Maybe they apply to you, too? Let's talk about it on our review show...  Punch it! You can get this - or your first of any other Star Wars audiobook - on us! Just go to https://audibletrial.com/sw7x7. Your first title is free a...

What's your favorite Grogu moment? That's the Q I pulled from Star Wars Conversation Cards by Kelly Knox today. I have my answer(s) - what are yours? 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?sub_...

Did you know, while the Rebels and Empire were fighting with a significant chunk of their forces at Endor, there was another major fleet battle happening half a galaxy away? And we know almost nothing about it! So let's talk about what we know and can guess at... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review...

The unlikely duo of Keo and Frisk star in "The Light You Bring," the Vanguard tie-in story to Star Wars Squadrons. They're told to keep a low profile on an intel retrieval mission, and you can imagine how well that goes... 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...

The Disney earnings call happened a couple days ago, and there were Star Wars name checks, a new video game project, and a lean into more franchise IP production. Also, some biz stuff that it's tough not to be a little cynical 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 Spotify would be...

Seems like amost all the EA video games have had some sort of tie-in story in another kind of media, including comic mini series and novels. Star Wars Squadrons did, too - two short stories published on the EA website. "Count to Three" is the one we're covering today. Punch it! Here's the link to the story itself: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/squadrons/news/count-to-three-short-story ~*~*~*~*...

2024 is not only the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace - today is also the 25th anniversary of the very first Star Wars podcast! So it seems fitting to continue our year-long series of TPM dives today, where we'll dig into the Trade Federation. 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 S...

Now that we've fully explored the story mode for Star Wars Squadrons, it's time for our 7-top-takeaway final review. 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?sub_confirmation=1 Wanna leave me a t...

The final story mode mission of Star Wars Squadrons features a plan so crazy it just might work, which also raises some questions that may be better left unasked, and unintentionally draws comparisons to a famous scene from Kevin Smith's "Clerks." 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...

We're switching back to the Empire perspective in Star Wars Squadrons. Despite the fact that the Starhawk has been abandoned, and the Temperance can't jump away, Captain Kerrill chooses NOT to finish off the New Republic, but mysteriously attacks the Starhawk instead. Punch it!  ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or...

Another star has gone out in the galaxy far, far away. We dedicate today's episode to Carl Weathers, who brought all of his dramatic, comedic, and action-star skills to the table as Greef Karga in The Mandalorian. Weathers passed away on February 1, peacefully in his sleep, at the age of 76.

The Starhawk is burning, the Temperance's hyperdrive is down, and the Empire is closing in. Vanguard gets a do-or-die mission in Star Wars Squadrons, relying on the fact that not everything is as it seems...  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. :-) L...

The Bad Batch leads the Star Wars storytelling releases for February 2024! It's a light month overall, but we'll run it all down regardless, from movies to live action, books to comics, video games to earnings reports, and more. 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...

The Starhawk and company are limping away from the Empire, trying to get to Chandrila. You, as the Imp in Star Wars Squadrons, want the Starhawk to blow up in a debris field or divert into the Ringali Nebula. It's a win-win situation, or so it seems... 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 o...

The plan worked! The Starhawk prototype is almost defenseless as the ISD Overseer arrives in Star Wars Squadrons. But Hera's in charge of the ship, so it's definitely going to be a tough fight - and help could show up just in the nick of time. 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...

Admiral Rae Sloane has a job for you, but your squad leader seems unhappy with the assignment, and the New Republic keeps telling you what a terrible person you are as you blow up stuff at Mon Cala, during the latest Star Wars Squadrons 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 Spot...

The ISD Overseer survived their panic hyperspace jump in Star Wars Squadrons, and got even luckier - they wound up in a system with an Imperial munitions depot. But its Colonel has other plans for the Overseer, which leads to a controversial decision... 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...

The trap is baited - now it's time to spring it. During "Into the Abyss" in Star Wars Squadrons, your job is to lure the ISD Overseer within tractor beam range of the fully armed and operational Starhawk. But things don't play out as planned...  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...

We're back with the New Republic for Star Wars: Squadrons! Lindon Javes knows the Empire is looking for Project Starhawk, but he's got plans for them ... which you don't get to know just yet, but in the meantime, you get a DS1 and a DS2 style flying experience. 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...

Sure, it was a shock to see Asajj Ventress in that Bad Batch trailer. But the seeds of her resurecction had already been planted - even in the Dark Disciple novel itself. We'll dig into the known possible scenarios on today's show... 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...

Podcast Stardust is making The Phantom Menace the movie they discuss over the course of the year with special guests, and I was honored to be invited on their first episode to discuss the crawl, meeting Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon, and much more. Punch it! Here's the homepage for all things Podcast Stardust: https://retrozap.com/podcast-stardust/ They're also on all your favorite podcast apps, so check Ja...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Bad Batch are back in the trailer for their final season, but all anyone wants to talk about is the surprise appearance of Asajj Ventress - who supposedly died during the Clone Wars. What gives? It's the first of seven takeaways we'll discuss... Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or re...

LT-514 called it - despite the direction not to interfere in a surveillance mission, a local Imperial hothead scares a New Republic convoy, and Titan Squadron has to improvise. It's part 6 of our look at the story mode for Star Wars Squadrons...  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...