Star Wars Escape Pod

We're catching up with The Bad Batch with reviewing episodes 3 & 4. Lots of surprises amongst these two episodes, including seeing Pantora for the first time in animation (also showed up in Dark Disciple the Clone Wars Season 7 adaption novel). Fennec Shand in animated form, as well as more speculation as to what is coming our way with the show. What are your thoughts on Fennec in animation? W...

The latest headlines have taken Star Wars fans by surprise, waking up to see articles saying that "Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic" was being removed from the production roster. WHY? Is this because of the absence of Cara Dune? Or what if it's the weak link in the New Republic era of stories? Did we loose out on a potentially amazing show? Or maybe this Star Wars story just didn't need to b...

Is Omega the first force sensitive clone? Does that have something to do with the creation of SNOKE? What has the latest Darth Vader comic series revealed about that and does Omega have something to do with it? Many theories we want to chat about right here and now. The second episode of The Bad Batch has revealed even more about OMEGA, and of course we journey back to Saleucami to meet with Cut -...

"Star Wars: The Vow of Silver Dawn" has been racking up the chapter count with 204 and counting! Exclusively available in simplified Chinese only, this high republic based web novel takes place at the end of the High Republic era. You may be wondering what this book is all about and how you can read a translated version. Let's chat about that! More podcast news towards the end of this short episod...

New guest, Dan, joins Josh in the escape pod to chat about the latest Star Wars title to the VR market. "Star Wars Pinball VR" by Zen Studios came out not long ago. We gave it a moment to breath, obtained a hot fix update to address some bugs. And here we are with our initial opinions and month long review. Wish list items, idea's for fixes and improvements that can be made to make this even bette...

Return to the Ewok Adventure Commentary Tracks! Comes a beloved sequel to last weeks commentary. Join us in the escape pod as we journey once again with our friend Wicket and Cindel as they take on pirates, adventure, old forest men, death, and nightsisters? Ready up your Disney plus pages to the Star Wars Vintage Collection and select The Battle For Endor. Line it up at 00:00:00 and we'll do the...

The Bad Batch has premiered! Of course we look forward to the After-Show down the road with aftershow-host Diego (featured from our 40 part clone wars talk series). Until then, Blake and Josh have much to say on the weekly release of each bad batch episode going forward. Today we kick off with the premiere length Bad Batch MOVIE we had launch on May 4th. There was plenty to chat about today. We al...

Today we're sitting down for some laughs with the crew of the escape pod watching Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage. This film dropped recently on Disney plus in the Star Wars Vintage collection, only previously released on home video twice in history, 2004's DVD and the VHS / Laser disc in 1990, a whole 6 years after it aired on TV!! Imagine waiting that long if you missed the theatrical &...

Celebrating the 42nd Star Wars day, 50 years at Lucasfilm, and so much more! We kick things off with the Ultimate Star Wars Trivia game, custom and exclusive to Star Wars Escape Pod with now over 150 questions. Our What Happened segment of the episode covering The Bad Batch gives your light recap in a breeze from their first and only appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars so you can watch The Bad...

Introduced to us in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", and then "Star Wars: Rebels", and "The Mandalorian" Bo-Katan has been a fan favorite character for years, played by the amazing Katee Sackoff, it's been excellent to see her go from playing her in animation to live action screen. But what has this character's arc been like, and where has she been in the overall saga through these multiple shows and...

The legendary actor behind the mask of Darth Vader passed away November 28th 2020 and some of his belongings are being auctioned off in his hometown of Bristol, UK. Other news headlines and more in this latest issue of Lightspeed! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you at lightspeed in under 15 minutes! Covering all the latest headlines, comics and novel releases, toy / product rev...

Help us out by leaving a review and even dropping one here at Podchaser! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/star-wars-escape-pod-966682 What do we think about the High Republic so far, the evil in the galaxy at this time and the threats the Jedi face. As well as stories coming to us later this year in this new era to Star Wars. Even if you haven't read ANYTHING from this era so far we'll just tell...

The third novel in the High Republic series is here brought to us by Claudia Gray, author of Lost Stars, Master & Apprentice, Bloodline, and Leia: Princess of Alderaan. Overlapping the events of Light of the Jedi and A Test of Courage this new story features Reath Silas (Jedi Padawan) on a mission to the frontier when The Great Disaster happens mid hyperspace. We break down character profiles,...

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. From the latest comic and novel announcement...

If you're unsure what Star Wars Legends is, we breakdown not only what that is compared to the canon, but also how the stories and timeline events differ. Notable stories can be found in each chronology as well as different names for the eras involved with those stories. This SUPER sized episode contains an intermission in the middle to break it up into two sections. The first half covers Legends...

Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) by Genndy Tartakovsky, bridged the gap between Episode II and Episode III. It was prominently known as the only animated bridge between films at the time until we had the debut of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008 which is known today as a 7 season show on Disney plus (almost 8 before cancellation in 2013). 2003's Clone Wars (also known as the micro-series) has been re...

Known to many from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", "Star Wars: Rebels", E.K. Johnsons "Ahsoka" novel, and of course "The Mandalorian" as well as her voice cameo in "The Rise of Skywalker". This character has been on a roller coaster journey, from the start when star wars fans were not too sure about her, but today she is a fan favorite character and has worked her way into the hearts of millions. Sta...

Taking place 200 years before Episode I, the second novel in the High Republic series targets towards junior readers but it's not to be underestimated, this is a GOOD STAR WARS story, if you have not read the book this is a spoiler style discussion for both A Test of Courage and Light of the Jedi (if you have not listened to our previous High Republic discussions). THERE'S MORE: A line in the nove...

What Happened!? Introducing our new sub-series on the podcast. With each episode of What Happened you'll be listening to a full catch up and in-depth conversation about specific characters and their story threads woven into the star wars saga. Don't miss a beat as we include every appearance of them in the (canon) comics, novels, shows, and the films of course! This is a non-profit show, however w...

A very special guest on the show today - Adam Lamping, from https://rebelscum.com/ We met Adam at a Force Friday in 2017, and I thought he was perfect to have on the show, and even introduce rebelscum to our listener base as well as chat about collecting, various types of merchandise ranging from action figures of the Kenner line all the way to Power of the force and beyond to the Hasbro Black Ser...

The High Republic is here! With the launch of Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, as star wars fans we get the first novel and kick-off story to the era that is now known as "The High Republic". Taking place 200 years before "The Phantom Menace". We hope you've all had time to read through this excellent addition to the star wars story. This IS a spoiler centric breakdown / review / dis...

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. What's going on with Gina Carano? No more Ca...

After a few months it's now time to do a full review and breakdown of the latest from the Star Wars VR lineup. Anyone considering a Quest 2 or getting into VR for this game should listen to this, and anyone curious about the story of the game + mechanics of the latest adventure will enjoy hearing Josh and Blake chat all about it. You can pick it up on the Oculus store here: https://www.oculus.com/...

A vintage article from a 1980's magazine from "Fantastic Films" has surfaced and we're gonna read through most of it and break it down a bit, what was it like to live in 1980 when The Clone Wars was such a mysterious thing? This article here (Fantastic Films Collectors Edition #20 - Dec 1980) was written by a star wars fan 40 years ago and his insight on what the future of star wars could bring. ...

Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. Be sure to check out Toy Taders, a Vancouver based toy / collecti...