The ForceCast: Star Wars News and Commentary

Join us to meet and some of the artists that are participating in the Celebration Anaheim artist show. ForceCast Rebels  Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. Today Spencer chats with Russell Walks and Stephen...

Join us to meet and some of the artists that are participating in the Celebration Anaheim artist show. ForceCast Rebels  Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. Today Spencer chats with Matt Busch and Shea Stande...

Join us to meet and some of the artists that are participating in the Celebration Anaheim artist show. ForceCast Rebels  Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. Today Spencer chats with Karen Hallion and Chris De...

Charles Murray has written some of the most important episodes of Star Wars animated television. He wrote the series finale of The Clone Wars, in which Ahsoka left the Jedi Order. He wrote the Rebels episode "Path of the Jedi," featuring a powerful appearance by Yoda. On this episode of the Rebels Roundtable, Charles explains how his young daughter inspired him to join the galaxy far, far away and...

This week we tackle some listener questions about collecting.  Where are the Rebels toys?  What's the best way to get the Star Wars comics?  Why are things so gosh darn expensive?  

It was one of the biggest news weeks for  Star Wars  in a long time. From an earlier release date for  Episode VIII  to a galaxy of books leading up to  The Force Awakens , the shape of the galaxy is changing. In this ALL Around the HoloNet edition of the ForceCast, we discuss these things and more! 

Join us to meet and some of the artists that are participating in the Celebration Anaheim artist show. ForceCast Rebels  Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. Today Spencer chats with Brian Miller and Randy Mar...

After the action-packed Star Wars Rebels Season One finale, we had to know what Vanessa Marshall, a.k.a. Hera Syndulla, thought of it all. On this episode of the Roundtable, Vanessa talks about Hera's growth, her relationship with Kanan, the changing dynamic of the series, and what it's like to work with Ashley Eckstein as the newly returned Ahsoka Tano. Learn about the making of Rebels and the ev...

A massive wave of Star Wars is headed our way and to celebrate High Adventure is capturing the moment with a 5TH album later in 2015! The fans send in some of their favorite indie band songs, I search back channels of the internet to find the artist behind a song revolving around Lando, and a NEW segment debuts on Galactic Top 40! It's your Star Wars music mix and more in this week's episode of Ga...

This week Harrison Ford is injured in a plane crash, Indy celebrates a milestone at Disneyland, the Raiders guys hit SXSW, we cast our eyes on some new Indy merchandise, Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock returns looking at the Ford finger, Double T's reviews Indy's first adventure and we have more of your great emails!

Justin sits down with  Star Wars: Servants of the Empire  author Jason Fry for a chat about the recently released second book in the series and the increasingly more nuanced Star Wars galaxy. But first, we discuss the week in Star Wars news in Around the Holonet. Yes, that’s we… as in discussion… as in more than one person talking about it. We love democracy. We love the Republic… 

The Expendables is coming to television.  Toy Story 4 will be a love story.  Last week's box office was bad, and this week's releases look even worse.  We don't even have any good DVD releases.  And, worst of all, we've lost Leonard Nimoy.  While it's hard to put a positive spin on this week's news (especially that last item), we do find some things to be happy about on this week's Outer Rim!

Christian Blauvelt from BBC Culture joins us to discuss the Star Wars Rebels episode "Fire Across the Galaxy."

What would it take for Episode VII to be better than The Empire Strikes Back?  From whose perspective might we want to see the earlier films told?  Chris McGuffin (TheForce.net) joins us this week to delve into these questions, and we field comments from the chat room as we return to our live shows.  Don't miss this episode of Echo Base!

With Celebration coming soon, we take a break from the philosophical topics this episode.  Instead, we provide a primer on community events such as Celebration, Star Wars Weekends, and the upcoming Star Wars Day on the Disney cruises. 

Where's Hera? It's the question Star Wars fans around the world are asking as they search store shelves for merchandise that exclude women. Tricia Barr (FanGirls Going Rogue) and Amy Ratcliffe (Geek With Curves) join Justin to discuss this issue and why it matters. David Collins (The Commlink) and Lukas Kendall (Film Score Monthly) also stop by to talk possible contenders for John Williams' Star W...

Yes, the Academy Awards were handed out this week, but according to the FCC's groundbreaking  decision, net neutrality is the real winner.  Find out what this means for you, which 80's cartoons are getting reboots, and why you may have had a hard time finding what you want at stores recently, all in this week's Outer Rim!

Andrew Lupi from Far, Far Away Radio joins us to discuss the Star Wars Rebels episode "Rebel Resolve."

This week Chris Pratt still dominates the web but now he has some directorial company, Disney celebrates an Indy milestone, Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock reviews the Indy Mickey big fig, Double T's joins us for another review, we have a new entry in our Indiana Clones segment and we have more of your great voice and emails! 

The ForceCast is undergoing a bit of a reconstruction, but we're still on the air! This week we've got interviews with Fantasy Flight Games' Edge of the Empire producer Max Brooke and DJ Elliott from Star Wars Celebration. Then we put uber Dark Horse Star Wars comics fan Paul Hermann together with former Star Wars: Droids editor Ryder Windham for a heartwarming geek out session. All that plus the...

Stephen Stanton, the voice of Grand Moff Tarkin, joins us to discuss his role on Star Wars Rebels .

It's official: Spider-Man is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! We explain how this happened and what this means for upcoming Marvel and Sony movies. We also tackle a highly controversial topic from last week's Family Guy episode (and an older South Park episode), discuss the upcoming Zelda live-action series, lament Jon Stewart's recent Daily Show announcement, and much more!

It's Valentine's Day weekend, which means we're talking about love in Star Wars . But it's also the release week for Marvel's Star Wars: Darth Vader #1, so we're going to the dark side with an interview with the writer, a roundtable discussion of the issue, and a deeper look at Vader's psyche. All that plus the week's news, fan events, and rumors in an exciting episode of the ForceCast!