The Blockade Runner Star Wars Podcast

Show Notes: Kevin, Chris, Dan, and John get together to discuss Luke Skywalker's future in  The Last Jedi and beyond. We consider a compelling Dave Filoni quote from the  Rebels season four panel from Star Wars Celebration Orlando ( courtesy of the fantastic Steele Wars podcast ) as well as an excerpt from Brian Jay Jones's  George Lucas: A Life book for some support while exploring just w...

Ryan and John discuss the news coming out of Star Wars Celebration Orlando for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2. We dive into the single-player campaign, updates to the multiplayer modes (and more) before taking a quick look at Rey's just-announced Last Jedi dlc outfit. Links: Email=theblockaderunnerpodcast@gmail.com Twitter=@blockaderun Stitcher YouTube Instagram=theblockaderunner

John, Chris, and BCD spent four glorious days at Star Wars Celebration Orlando last week and this episode features our thoughts about the show as well as an in-depth analysis of the  Last Jedi trailer. Recorded from the show floor and/or our hotel room on the 6th floor of the Fairfield Inn! Email=theblockaderunnerpodcast@gmail.com Twitter=@blockaderun Stitcher YouTube Instagram=theblockaderunner

John and Chris are joined by Adam from The Nerfherder Council to chat all things Star Wars Celebration Orlando. We compare our tentative schedules and must-attend panels as well as share a few stories from Celebrations past. Not long now! #SWCO Links: The Nerfherder Council Email=theblockaderunnerpodcast@gmail.com Twitter=@blockaderun Stitcher YouTube Instagram=theblockaderunner

Ryan, Dan, and John discuss Rogue One 's home video bonus features as well as some of the revisions and deleted scenes first covered in Anthony Breznican's EW.com stories. Watch or listen using the link’s below!   EW.com links: Rogue One Revisions Alternate Ending Revealed Bonus Vader Scene Jyn Erso's Mother Was A Slain Jedi Riz Ahmed Almost Played a Madman Engineer Named Bokan Blockad...

John and Dan break down  Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns." We chat about Ezra's involvement in the episode, Maul's fate, and Ben Kenobi's lightsaber skills before sharing some brief predictions for the upcoming season three finale. Watch or listen using the link's below ! Links: Email=theblockaderunnerpodcast@gmail.com Twitter=@blockaderun Stitcher YouTube Instagram=the...

Show Notes: John, Chris, and Dan get together to discuss our hopes for the 40th anniversary of Star Wars including what we'd like to see at the Celebration Orlando panel and a potential rerelease of the  A New Hope in theaters. We gave Google Hangouts on Air a try for this episode and it was a lot of fun for us. We'll keep working on this as a possible method of recording shows; incorporat...

Show Notes: This episode features an interview I did with Han Solo fan filmmaker Matt Mickelson back in September of 2016. Matt has been working on a Han Solo movie with his daughters and posting episodes online over the past few years, and he's preparing to release an updated, complete cut soon. We talked a bit about making Star Wars fan films, sharing Star Wars with his daughters, Han Solo i...

Show Notes:  The title for  Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi  was revealed today and we couldn't wait to share our thoughts here on The Blockade Runner. We wanted to record an episode as soon as possible discussing the news, so rather than wait until we could all record together, John spoke to Kevin, Ryan, Dan, and Chris individually. Each of us had something a bit different to share and...

Ryan, Lindsey, and John get together to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher and further discuss  Rogue One . Check out the links below, particularly the one for the Steele Wars call in show devoted to Carrie's life - it's the best tribute to her we've seen thus far.  Music: Han Solo and The Princess Albert and Tiffany Chang - "Princess Leia's Theme - Violin Tribute" Elliott Smith...

Show Notes: Kevin, Dan, Ryan, and John discuss our initial reactions to  Rogue One  on this first Blockade Runner show covering the film since it's release. We get into our favorite characters, sequences, and effects, as well as our feelings regarding the film's conclusion and its most memorable moments. This episode features 2 hours of  Rogue One  talk but we'll definitely be discussi...

Show Notes: Chris joins John to discuss his recent viewing of Rebels season 2 and 3 before we chat about his skepticism regarding Rogue One and Star Wars stand-alones in general. This may not be our most evergreen podcast as Rogue One releases in less than 24 hours here in the States, but if you need something to help you pass the time before it does, give this one a listen. Most of us are SUPER E...

Show Notes: Join John and Kevin from The Blockade Runner as we play clips from and discuss  Christmas in the Stars , the phenomenal 1980 Star Wars Christmas album from Meco! We also share some of our favorite Star Wars-related holiday memories from years past. Links: TheForce.net interview w/ Meco Email=theblockaderunnerpodcast@gmail.com Twitter=@blockaderun YouTube Instagram=theblockaderunner

The final Rogue One trailer is here and we're just two months from the film's release! In the first section of the episode, Kevin and John breakdown the trailer shot by shot. Ryan and John chat about the trailer in the second half of the show too, though our discussion is less centered on the individual shots from the trailer and more on the tone, music, and themes of Rogue One . Links:

In episode 15.5 of The Blockade Runner podcast, we revisit a recording Ryan and John did last year discussing the Nintendo Gamecube game  Rogue Squadron III.  If you're a listener of our other podcast, Nintendo Fun Club, you may have heard this conversation there, but if not, we spend about 30 minutes discussing one of our favorite Star Wars games (with a brief Blockade Runner update beforehan...

Dan, Ryan, and John discuss the newest  Rogue One  trailer just a few minutes after it launches. We share our initial reactions to the trailer, our favorite shots, and how best to handle marketing Vader until the movie releases. This one is a bit shorter than our usual output, but we're laser-focused on  Rogue One  all the way through (though I somehow neglected to lament the lack of Bistan in...

Kevin and John tackle the big announcements on  Rogue One ,  Star Wars Rebels Season 3,  and  Episode VIII  coming out of Star Wars Celebration Europe.  Links: Slashfilm 's Rogue One Panel Live Blog

Ryan, Dan, and John spend this episode analyzing the character reveals and images from Anthony Breznican's newest  Rogue One  story for  Entertainment Weekly . The issue is full of compelling photographs and information straight from Kathleen Kennedy and Gareth Edwards, so we had a lot of fun digging into it.  Entertainment Weekly Posts "Rogue One : Exc

Ryan and John chronicle the  Rogue One  reshoots saga before discussing  The Star Wars Show , those insanely cool but super expensive Ultimate Studio Edition Collectibles,  The Force Awakens  soundtrack, and why John is happy for "Chewbacca Mom" and Ryan "feels nothing."  Rogue One Reshoot Article Links The Hollywood Reporter:  " Di

The Phantom Menace  turns 17 this month and we took the opportunity to discuss our favorite things about the movie (there's lots) in this episode of The Blockade Runner! We start with the promotional tie-ins and marketing leading up to  TPM 's release before jumping into the film itself. Join us to remember why you loved  The Phantom Menace  in 1999 even if you've forgotten along the w...

This Blockade Runner Podcast episode features Ryan and John catching up on the Star Wars news from the past few weeks. We cover Celebration Orlando 2017, Respawn's upcoming Star Wars game, the George Lucas Museum debacle, the upcoming Making of  The Force Awakens  book, and more. Links: Celebration Orlando 2017 #Bui

This week's episode features a discussion Ryan and John recorded last year for their Nintendo podcast (Nintendo Fun Club) about the Nintendo DS/Game Boy Advance game based on Revenge of the Sith . It's a shorter episode and covers just that one topic, but we think the game is fun and worth revisiting. We'll be back soon with a new episode of The Blockade Runner podcast, but we hope you...

The Blockade Runner shares our reactions to this morning's Rogue One teaser trailer in episode 9 of the podcast. The first segment features Kevin and John sharing initial reactions and favorite moments of the teaser. Ryan joins John in the second segment to tackle the teaser in a more chronological, shot by shot approach.  Intro and outro music for The Blockade Runner is 

Kevin, Dan, and John devote this entire episode to discussing the  Star Wars Rebels  season two finale, "Twilight of the Apprentice." We share our favorite elements as well as some criticisms of this very special episode of  Rebels , and we definitely delve deep into the major events from the show, so please don't listen until you've watched at least once (though as we get into in...

Lindsey and Ryan report on all the Star Wars happenings from last weekend's C2E2 2016. We discuss the big announcements from the show, the Star Wars merch and autographs they grabbed, and one very compelling Poe Dameron cosplayer. Intro and outro music for The Blockade Runner is  “Hedonism” by Ash.