Star Wars: Cantina Chronicles

This week, the CWN team review The High Republic: Path of Vengeance by Cavan Scott and share their conclusive thoughts on all the books published for phase 2 of the High Republic including comic tie-ins. Be sure to stick around until the end of the show to hear what’s coming for phase 3 and our ideas for a compelling direction for the story given the Nihil seem to finally be taking shape in the Pa...

This week, the team navigate the Koboh Abyss and unlock the secrets of Tanalorr in their spoiler-filled review of Jedi: Survivor! Stay tuned after the conversation to hear their thoughts about where the series could be heading, the possibility of game characters transitioning to live-action, and the next title’s rare opportunity to give us Guinness! 

This week, the news team review season 2 of Star Wars: Visions. While sharing their thoughts and praise for the wonderfully diverse offering of animated shorts, the team examine the benefits of interconnected storytelling versus standalone tales untethered to canon. Our review of Visions season 2 also incites another debate over the term, “Grey Jedi,” and the team finally reaches an agreement abou...

This week the Core World News team review Star Wars; Jedi: Battle Scars by Sam Maggs! Stay tuned after the review to hear their early impressions of Jedi: Survivor, the newly released sequel to the acclaimed Jedi: Fallen Order. 

The Core World News team reviews Chapter 24, the season finale of The Mandalorian and discuss the unrelenting action, who got it right (Ben) and who got it wrong (everyone else), and what this might mean for the Mandoverse going forward. Stay tuned, leave a review and follow us on instagram or twitter to get the latest updates on events and live shows!  

The Core World News team review Chapter 23 of The Mandalorian and dive into the recently completed comic series, Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade! Stay tuned, leave a review and follow us on instagram or twitter to get the latest updates on events and live shows!  

The Core World News team discuss all the latest film announcements, streaming shows and interviews transmitting from Star Wars Celebration 2023!  “Beware, a new war is beginning, and there is much speculation on its outcome in this holorecording…” -Baylan 

The CWN team chats about all the latest Star Wars news before diving into their coverage of the final two episodes of the Bad Batch season 2. 

The Core World News Team discusses Chapters 21 and 22 of The Mandalorian. In their discussion of Chapter 21: The Pirate, the team talks about their desire to live out their days on Adelphi Station, the shortcomings of the New Republic and the differing motivations of each Mandalorian as this covert searches for their place in the galaxy In their coverage of Chapter 22: Guns for Hire, the crew chat...

The Core World News team pitch Star Wars feature films in reaction to deflating news surrounding the development of an upcoming Star Wars movie. After talking about the many possibilities for what they’d like to see in a new movie, the team fire up the forge to refine their thoughts on the most recent episode of The Mandalorian. The team rejoice in the dramatic canonization of Kelleren Beq and cha...

On this week’s episode of Core World News, we review Chapter 19 of The Mandalorian. After an episode recap and some tantalizing speculation about Thrawn, your hosts dive into topics like cloning, the New Republic governing style and possible next moves for the Mandalorians now that Din and Bo have been accepted back by the covert. 

This week, the CWN team descends into the mines of Mandalore to discuss the history of the of Mandalorian culture, speculate on the fate of its people, and discuss their favorite moments from the adventure-filled Chapter 18 of The Mandalorian. Your hosts then conclude the show with a review of Bad Batch episodes 11 & 12, and react to new insights regarding the imperial cloning operation and the pe...

That's right, The Mandalorian is back and that means we're covering every episode in our companion segment, Fistful of Beskar! This week we rejoice for the triumphant return of our favorite gunslinger and 52-year-old toddler with our review of Chapter 17: The Apostate. We discuss Din Djarin's motivations, the fantastical nature of the show, and what may be on the horizon for our favorite clan of t...

This week, the news team reviews season two episode ten of The Bad Batch and discuss the parallels between Benni's plight and the Batch's. The team also gets hyped about Mando Seasons 3 and engages in a wild round of speculation, hopes, and predictions. 

The CWN team review episode 9 of The Bad Batch and journey deep into both the dark caverns of an alien world and the hearts and minds of the Bad Batch as they cope with the loss of Echo and now confront new obstacles…

This week, the news team reviews the two episode mid-season event of The Bad Batch and discuss how the story of both the clones and the science of cloning could connect to the Mandoverse and beyond. The team also celebrates Senator Chuchi as a standout paragon during the dark times, discuss their favorite Bad Batch armor, and theorizes about the future of both the show and what may lie ahead for D...

Join the Core World News team for their review of the Bad Batch episode 6: The Tribe and the first three issues of Yoda: Light and Life to behold the return of two beloved Jedi in all new stories!

This week the Core World News team discusses the latest episode of The Bad Batch before making their pilgrimage to the holy city of Jedha for their review of the audiodrama Battle of Jedha by George Mann.

The Core World news team discusses the latest trailer for The Mandalorian season three before heading to Safo Toma for some Riot Racing in The Bad Batch episode four, "Faster."

Benn, Grandt and Atum chat about the exhilarating third episode of The Bad Batch, the fate of the clones and the possibility of Commander Cody and Obi-Wan reuniting on a future episode of the hit series. 

Join our Core World News Team for their first VIDEO POD!!  Click here for our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@coreworldnews8966/videos    This week the Team talks about The Batch Season 2's first two episodes. "Spoils of War" and "Ruins of War". Plus we get into Ubisoft's recent tweets announcing details of their upcoming open world Star Wars Game that will be coming out this year! Also,...

Join the Core World News Team as they discuss WHO IS THE CHOSEN ONE?? Done in a 3 round draft, The News Team discusses Rey, Aniken, Luke, Palpatine, Leia, Yoda, Obi Wan, Ben Solo, FN-2187, and More!!!

Join our Jedha Jamboree and dive in to the fantastic stories from The High Republic's Second Phase!! This week the Core World News team discusses Zoraida Cordova's Novel titled: CONVERGENCE. It's a masterpiece and converages well with the stories from the Comics and the young adult titles "Quest for the Hidden City" and "Path of Deceit". Bright Suns!!! 

Join the Core World News team as they discuss the huge info drop about the upcoming Video Game from Respawn "Jedi: Survivor". Coming March 17th 2023. What is Cal's mission? Who are his new companions? wan will the game play be like. PLUS we catch up on the latest Bounty Hunters arc finally and see if Dengar can pull off the greatest double cross in the galaxy. AND we cover Charles Soule's 100th is...