Star Wars Escape Pod

With Celebration behind us we take a look back at some highlight moments and then talk about the latest Mandalorian episode! With only 2 left in the season we can only wonder what the road holds for Bo Katan who now possesses the darksaber and Mando and Grogu. Join Josh, Bryce and Blake in the escape pod for a fun filled our of Star Wars conversation! Go find our YouTube channel and subscribe ther...

That's it folks! Our final day of Celebration came and went just like that. But we still had some great panels to watch and some news still got revealed to us despite most of the weekend behind us. Volume 2 of Visions is looking stacked! And the Bad Batch will hit it's final season as it's third. Celebration will return in 2025 over 3 days in April over in Japan! Stay tuned to the end for that ann...

Day 3 of Celebration gave us 3 big panels like the Villains of the Sequels, A Lookback at Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Disney Parks Star Wars related panel as well. Although not too much new information was revealed today we do chat some High Republic info that we didn't get a chance to talk about yesterday and of course those updates to Disney parks, new gameplay information on Jedi Survivor and more. Let...

Another exciting day with news on the Celebration LIVE stage and lots of panels! Return of the Jedi celebrated 40 years in a panel, Clone Wars celebrated 15 years and Celebration LIVE stage had many interesting guests including the cast of "Ahsoka" and "The Acolyte" among other tid bids and details they revealed today at Celebration to us fans to buzz about. Dave Filoni drops news that Tales of th...

Not only did we finally get a trailer for Ahsoka, but we got a new one for Indy 5 as well! And oh.. by the way, Dave Filoni is directing a Star Wars movie. THAT'S FRICKEN RIGHT! Lucasfilm announced 2 entire new eras to the canon book ending the saga and also slipped in a hidden era we all are very familiar with but possibly put it there for the sake of a future announcement? Fans will see movies i...

Stranded on yet another dustball repairing our escape pod, join Kirk and Josh for a break as they chat 40 years of Return of the Jedi, Solo after 5, and all the amazing story threads those movies offered fans over the years. Zeb returns to Star Wars in this latest Mando installment! And it seems Bo Katan could lead the tribe now that she has a new position granted by the armourer.. Tech sacrafices...

"The Sabered Hand" would have been an appropriate name for this episode rather than the foundling, as it's exactly what this episode will be remembered for, however it may have spoiled the surprise.. Kelleran Beq.. ahem Ahmed Best returns to Star Wars with his character first featured in Jedi Temple Challenge! We absolutely love Ahmed and remember him fondly as Jar Jar Binks. The Bad Batch returns...

Doctor Pershing returns to The Mandalorian, and we get a Star Tours style episode of Coursucant showing viewers almost more than we've ever seen before! The Bad Batch may have cut ties with Cid for good but we're not sure it did this weeks episode any favors. Will Bo Katan stick with Mando's creed, the children of the watch? Will Moff Gideon return? Was that Thrawns tie fighter squad that blew up...

Mando and Grogu journey to Mandalore where we see Sundari city once again and the things that have survived somehow among the ruins... Join Josh, Blake and Ben in this weeks Mandalorian and Bad Batch episode aftershow chat. Why is the darksaber so heavy? The Mythosaur.. let's talk about that. And Crosshair returns to the spotlight in "The Outpost" and some heavy character narrative going on there!...

The Mandalorian is back! Journey with us diving deep into Mandalorian Chapter 17 "The Apostate" as Mando seeks to redeem himself in the eyes of his peers. Babu Frik and the whole Friken family makes their way back to Star Wars, as seen once before in The Rise of Skywalker. And later on The Bad Batch chat, we discuss the Zillo Beast striking back, again!! The next failed mission of clone force 99 a...

It's been a while since we caught up on some star wars news so let's do a small catch up on all things we may have missed in the recent weeks as we've been focused on The Bad Batch and now The Mandalorian. With Celebration around the corner please stay tuned into our Discord server or the podcast to catch any updates on how we'll make it as easy as possible to stay on top of the news that weekend....

This week we chat about episode 9 and 10 of The Bad Batch which put us in the middle of another miner uprising story, this time on a desert world where a valuable and highly explosion mineral is found called Ipsium. Fan Expo 2023 in Vancouver passed us by! We said hello to the lovely Ashely Eckstein and caught some on stage audio snips of Star Wars fan and Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis as well...

Joining us this week is Jason Eaton! Jason creates unique and licensed work, films miniature replication, restorations of original pieces, and unique models that previously only existed as a design concept. He provides paint masters for toy companies as well. You may recognize him from the Star Wars show on YouTube as the one who made the Starlight beacon miniature based on the concepts drawn up f...

We dive deep into Palpatines NEW era for clones and stormtroopers in his galactic empire with this past weeks double special Bad Batch story arc that saw the return of Senator Chuchi, Rex, Bail Organa and Palpatine himself! Could there be a clone vs TK battle down the road?  We chat "Mandoverse" - is it a term worth using? Does it exist in the greater context of Star Wars? New Celebration guests a...

Star Wars Podcast Day is here! Come celebrate with us in this weeks episode!!! One of our topics today is what happened to all the Star Wars video games? In fact, what happened to all the Star Wars board games?! Now it's just mainly miniature wargames, expansion packs, DLC's and pay to win across the board... for the most part. Let's talk about everything wrong with exclusive star wars licenses in...

The Zeffo, also known as the Zeffonians, were an ancient sentient species native to the planet Zeffo. They were also introduced to us in Jedi: Fallen Order, a game which has a sequel coming at us in a few weeks time from now. SO, what was that giant mech-beast? Or more accuratly, who's was it? Who designed it, and to DO what? Did this have something to do with the Zeffo's extinction? Originally ac...

Let's go back and relive the good old days of the Boonta Eve classic... but more on the edge kinda thing. This is a death race! And only the fastest thinkers and strategists can compete, so naturally Tech is put to the test. Let's dive into this episode and then look back and ahead at all the times a star wars show has had some director change-up. It happens guys. What could have been different? L...

"Commander Cody, the time has come." Cody returns to a galaxy far, far away in this latest episode of the Bad Batch! Let's dive into all the deep connections this episode shared with the lore, the Clone Wars, previous Bad Batch moments and more. Join Josh, Blake and Kirk! We ran our first giveaway in 2022 all thanks to Kirk and the folks at Orbitkey - be sure to check out the Star Wars collection...

The Spoils of War! Dooku's treasure is up for the taking, and our heroes from Clone Force 99 are tasked with the job to steal some for thier own. Join Josh, Blake, and Bryce in the escape pod to break down this latest episode of The Bad Batch kicking off 2023. Will we find out more about Omega this time? Is she force sensitive? Will Echo get an upgrade? Many things to look forward to! Let's get in...

2022 was a BIG year for Star Wars, Join Josh and Blake in the first hour taking a look back at 2022 and all the Star Wars stories that were told that year as well as big events and moments in the fandom, then a quick flash at what's coming up in 2023 this year! We are so excited to launch into 2023 with presenting the good news about our complete library of podcast episodes published on YOUTUBE so...

DID YOU ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY?! Tune in this week for Ultimate Star Wars Trivia, a Star Wars Escape Pod specialty, of course. How did you do answering all the questions? Compete against Blake, Phil, Bryce and Kirk! Fake-Filoni George-Ducas makes thier comedic return to help trivia lifelines. And of course stay tuned to the end to hear the results of our Orbitkey giveaway! Thank you to all our audienc...

The Mayor of Nerdtropolis himself, Sean, joins Kirk and Josh this week on Star Wars Escape Pod to chat top 3 underrated Star Wars characters of choice, and the future of STAR WARS on Disney plus.. or in the cinema? What IS going on with Star Wars? Let's get into it. Go check out NERDTROPOLIS for all things pop culture related! www.nerd-tropolis.com Facebook.com/Nerdtropolis Instagram -  @Nerdtropo...

Founder and leader of the Rebellion, Chancellor of the New Republic, and mentor to Princess Leia, friend of Padme. Let's dive deep into this character from the start to the end of what we know so far in each appearance she's had in Star Wars so far. Join Josh and Blake as they undergo an overlook of this character arc so far! What Happened!? A Star Wars Escape Pod sub-series. With each episode, "W...

Duh Duh Duh Daaaaa!! Duh Duh Daaaa!! Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer hits the internet as of this day at Brazil comic con!  And with that came our official release date for The Mandalorian Season 3! Lot's of new books and High Republic content to chat about. Andor Season 1 came to a close and so have our aftershows on the matter. And last but certainly not least, enter in the Podcast...

Rix Road is where Clem Andor was once hung by the Empire, to see the events that take place in this episode in the very place that has long affected both Cassian and Maarva is very good story telling. This is where Ferrix’s rebellion begins. Like a seed that’s been planted long ago it’s finally begun to flourish... Join your host Josh, your co-host Blake, and our friends Kirk and Nick in the escap...