The ForceCast: Star Wars News and Commentary

CBS has announced a new Star Trek television series coming in a little over a year, but in an already-crowded sci-fi market, is it too little too late?   And will it be set in the original universe or in Abrams' timeline?   And what's the premise?   Not much information has been released yet, but the announcement presents a ton of questions about the future of the franchise, and we take a look at...

We welcome back Ron Longo and Laird Malamed as they return to the music of legendary composer John Williams as they took a look (and listen) at the Force Awakens Trailer! [In Stereo]

With The Force Awakens coming in just a few weeks, many fans are getting their costumes ready for the premiere.   But here in the U.S., many major theater chains are restricting cosplay options.   Are these justified?   Do they go too far?   How will they affect your cosplay plans?

Galactic Top 40 is back! For the October edition I've got classic tracks to take us back until The Force Awakens gives fans new tracks, relive some of your favorite Star Wars video games, variants of main Star Wars themes, my thoughts on the trailer, and an exclusive soundtrack from said trailer! We're closing in on the big day, so get yourself stoked with the music of Star Wars. All right here on...

The full-length The Force Awakens trailer has arrived, and we give our first impressions and burning questions. Does it make sense that Finn or Rey wouldn't know what the Jedi were? Why aren't there many aliens in the trailer? Who, if anyone, is the Skywalker child in this movie? Why do the Knights of Ren have such a limiting dress code? For more, join us next week for Q&A.

It may be too soon to say The Force Awakens  is the best Star Wars  movie ever, but this new trailer certainly makes it easy to jump to that conclusion!  Join us this week as we do a frame-by-frame analysis of the final trailer here at Echo Base!

We're back!  Sadly (or not, depending on your opinion), several of this year's new television shows many not be for much longer.  This week we look at which shows are likely to be canceled and which may stick around for another season.

This week we have a special episode of the show as Official IndyCast Correspondent Mitch Hallock hits New York Comic Con and speaks to the cast of the Indy-esque series The Librarians and artist Des Taylor!

Once upon a time, Star Wars  was ruled by a "benevolent dictator" of sorts: George had the creative vision, and George ran the company.   Now, however, both business decisions and creative direction involve collaboration.   Join us this week as we look at how this new paradigm is shaping the future of Lucasfilm!

Kick off Season Two of Star Wars Rebels with special guests John Hodges and Aaron Harris as we discuss the The Lost Commanders.

If you haven't seen Anthony Ingruber doing Han Solo, head to YouTube and check it out right now , and you'll see why he has our vote to play a young Han Solo in the future.  Then head back and listen to Kyle, Lou, and Chris talk to Anthony about his work in Age of Adeline  and his thoughts about the possibility of playing a young Han or Indiana Jones in the future! As a bonus, we're including a "l...