Star Wars: Cantina Chronicles

This week, the third session of our Star Wars roleplaying adventure! The Hunt for Venn Sataii Episode III - The Inescapable Wheel 

As we work to assemble our squad to continue the campaign next week, we deliver another standard episode to chat about recent news about Starfighter shared by the film’s director and box office king, Shawn Levy. Share your thoughts about the film in the comments below and we’ll be sure to address them the next time we chat Starfighter!

This week, we gather at Resistance HQ to review the ‘The Last Order’ by Kwame Mbalia! A deftly written war story that delves into Finn and Jannah’s traumatic past as troopers in The First Order, and offers a first glimpse of the post-war theater of the galaxy after the battle of Exegal. A fascinating read that explores the harrowing culture of the fascistic regime bent on controlling and desensiti...

Torn between light and dark like Kylo Ren, we share what we love about ‘Star Wars: Visions’ and the ‘Legacy of Vader’ comics but also air our discontent with Disney for how they publicly cancelled the ‘Acolyte,’ and even call out Lucasfilm for the clunky delivery of compelling lore in both past and future stretches of the timeline.

With the campaign requiring a bit more work to schedule and mix, the trinity has assembled to provide a standard episode of Cantina Chronicles as an interstitial before their next adventure in the galaxy far, far away. In this episode, the trio discuss ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ and share all their spicy takes on the now cancelled project. After to talking Ben Solo and the Star Wars development pipel...

This week, the second session of our Star Wars roleplaying adventure! The Hunt for Venn Sataii Episode II - The Forgotten War

At long last, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived! This week, we are excited to welcome you to the first session of our Star Wars roleplaying adventure! The Hunt for Venn Sataii Episode I - Prisoners of the Empire. 

This week on Cantina Chronicles! The Cantina Crew talks through the fantasy of being able to select items in a round table draft format from the Lucasfilm Prop storage room! We’ll go around the horn and select items based on 6 categories:  Vehicle Model, Weapon, Costume, Droid, Creature and a Wild Card Selection! Join us for a discussion celebrating our favorite designs from across the Galaxy Far,...

Due to technical difficulties surrounding the several applications the crew will be using for their roleplaying game, your hosts find some extra time to deliver one last news-focused episode before blasting off on their adventure!

At long last, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived! This week, we are excited to welcome you to the introductory session of our Star Wars roleplaying adventure! In this brief session 0, Grant, serving as GM, provides an overview of the Force & Destiny dice system, goes into detail about the ‘Reign of the Empire’ setting for the campaign and ends the episode with a tease for what’s...

This week on Cantina Chronicles! Have a seat next to Adam and Ben as they do a spoiler filled review of Tessa Gratton’s Young Adult Novel ACOLYTE: THE CRYSTAL CROWN. So, raise a Glass to Jecki and Yord and let’s discuss some of their finest days! 

This week on Cantina Chronicles  Adam and Ben gather to review the comic Series “Jedi Knights” and review issues 1-5!  And to start off the episode we make a delightful discovery that Star Wars.com has finally added a page to their site with an up-to-date Galaxy Map! We discuss the ramifications of this map and what appears to be an impending definitive timeline on the site as well.  Let’s Go!

This week, Adam and Grant discuss the newly announced cast of Starfighter and dig into their thoughts surrounding what seems to be the most risk averse Star Wars movie ever put into production. 

With Grant away, Ben and Adam decide to create the ultimate Insquistorius tier list. General feelings about the Inquisitors (and their helicopter lightsabers) are discussed before the duo dive into discussing and ranking every single member. Also, listen as the two break down possible future cannon rules surrounding the death of an Inquisitor.  Reach out and lets us know how you feel about our lis...

This week, the Cantina Crew open the episode with a discussion about all the recent Star Wars news, and then tactically maneuver into their review of ‘Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch.’     

Somehow Matt Smith has returned to the galaxy far, far away! Given this is not the first time we’ve discussed Matt Smith in a Star Wars, we bring back some old theories for legacy characters he could be connected to and then explore some new ideas for roles he could inhabit that wouldn’t upset fans who want all new characters. We hope you enjoy and feel free to share your theories in the comments...

This week on Cantina Chronicles! Adam and Ben discuss all of the Star Wars News out of San Diego ComicCon and then finish up the pod reviewing the final issues of the High Republic and High Republic Adventures Comics! Grab yourself a Seat and let’s talk Star Wars!

This week on Cantina Chronicles! The Cantina Crew comes together to assemble a list of readymade Star Wars hits just waiting for a filmmaker to pluck and give life to drawing the type of crowds Star Wars fans are used to at the theater and exploring vital touchstone moments that open up exciting territory for the future. Come on in a join the discussion! Let’s go

Welcome to our 100th episode of Cantina Chronicles!   This is our “PILLARS OF STAR WARS” Episode   This Episode Lists and Explains what these PILLARS are.   Join us for our discussion of the foundational elements that all Star Wars stories require to capture that signature Star Wars feeling.   Let’s Go!   PILLARS OF STAR WARS       1.    The Hero's Journey     2.    The Force     3.    Ensemble Ca...

This week, Ben and Grant discuss the beautifully written and wildly compelling book, ‘The Acolyte: Wayseeker’ by the always brilliant Justina Ireland.

Ben and Adam accidentally told Grant to meet at the wrong bar, so it's just the two of them this week. After discussing the weekly news, the co-hosts jump into the first five issues of the Kylo Ren: Legacy of Vader comic. The amount of connection and backfilling that Charles Soule is able to do between Episodes VIII and IX is astonishing. 

After 4 years of incredible books, short stories and comics, we at long last come to the end of this sprawling narrative achievement known as The High Republic initiative. Please enjoy our review of the culminating, final novel, ‘Trials of the Jedi,’ by the brilliant, Charles Soule.  We are the Republic! 

This week, the cantina crew continue their roundtable discussion of The High Republic initiative and review the final four issues of High Republic: Adventures. After their review of the comics, the team performs a broad analysis of the Star Wars brand and gauge each other’s interest in upcoming projects and the creatives working on them. For light and life!

The cantina crew prepare for the final novel in the High Republic initiative by holding council and discussing the entirety of the High Republic narrative thus far. Next week, the team will review the final four issues of ‘The High Republic Adventures’ comics and give their first impressions of ‘Trials of the Jedi’ before a final review the following week. 

The cantina crew review the 5-issue ‘Star Wars; High Republic: Fear of the Jedi’ comics as well as the ‘Edge of Balance’ manga series.