The ForceCast: Star Wars News and Commentary

We have an official release date! We also have news about casting calls we believe may be for Episode VII. Eric and Erik read the audition piece for "Thomas and Rachel," discuss what the character descriptions mean (if anything at all), and discuss a new actor rumored to be considered for an unnamed role. We’ve got all this and more in this week’s ForceCast!

Official Indycast Correspondent Mitch  Hallock is on the search for adventure comics at New York Comic Con 2013 and finds great new comics that would make Indiana Jones proud! Mitch sits down with artist/writer Tim Seeley to talk about his career, his work on Image Comics "Revival" and the new mystical adventurer from Dark Horse Comics - "The Occultist" Then it's a chat with the man behind Monarch...

This week, we cover the big Episode VII screenwriter shakeup. Arndt is out and Kasdan and Abrams are in. What does this mean for the story and the key players? We also discuss a rumor that Harrison Ford is onboard, celebrate the one-year anniversary of Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, and read your emails.

This week Joe speaks to Young Indy's Jay Underwood, Harrison would love to return to play Indy, there are more Indy 5 rumblings, Indy hits blu again, Spielberg says he nuked the fridge, the Adaptation gets optioned, Joe and Keith are back with the Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and we've got more of your emails in the mail segment!

This week we have the honor of interviewing someone who has over 300 hours of experience as the voice of Star Wars, voice actor and audiobook narrator Marc Thompson. We also discuss a leaked Star Wars licensing roadmap, talk bonus content from the "Making of" eBooks, and respond to your questions and comments!

We finally have a chance to play with X-Wing Wave 3 and get some hands-on experience with how the new ships change the game.  We also cover Star Wars Pinball, Tiny Death Star, SWTOR's Galactic Starfighter expansion, and more!

What are heroes without villains? This week, we discuss the Star Wars Rebels panel at New York Comic Con, where Lucasfilm revealed that the main villain in Rebels will be an Imperial Inquisitor. There's also news about The Clone Wars bonus content and a rumor about Episode VII working titles. Plus, we speak to Star Wars author Dan Wallace about his work on the Essential Guides and his upcoming boo...

In this jam-packed episode, we go over Star Wars Pinball , the new Angry Birds release, X-Wing Wave 3, recent RPG releases, the upcoming Imperial Aces expansion, the upcoming LCG Force Pack and deluxe expansion, and much, much more!

What can we take away from the Star Wars Rebels teaser?  We couldn't be more excited, but the teaser raised some interesting questions for our Discussion segment.  We also take a look at the latest Disneyland rumors, some interesting comments from Jett Lucas, and more!

This week Jay Little, lead designer of the X-Wing Miniatures and Star Wars roleplaying games, joins us to discuss Edge of the Empire and Age of Rebellion!

It's Star Wars Reads Day Eve here at The ForceCast. Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee join us from Lucasfilm to discuss their work answering Star Wars questions for a living. Then, we talk to two of the biggest names in the Expanded Universe author community, Timothy Zahn and Aaron Allston. On top of all that, we cover an exciting slate of stories about Episode VII, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: 1313,...

This week we've got casting rumors for both Rebels and Episode VII!  Also, LucasBooks Senior Editor Jennifer Heddle joins us to discuss the Empire and Rebellion books, the Star Wars Expanded Universe, and more.  We also talk about Star Wars Detours and get to some great listener feedback.

It's a shorter show this week, but we cover the latest Star Wars news, rumors, and releases all the same. Disney's CFO calls the spinoff films "origin stories," J.J. Abrams reportedly expands his California headquarters, and Star Wars Rebels heads to New York Comic Con. Oh yeah, and there might be a young Han Solo movie in the works too.

It's important to revisit iconic aspects of prior Star Wars films in the upcoming trilogy. But at what point do throwbacks become stale? This week we talk about finding that balance between honoring what's come before and creating something fresh. We also discuss title and casting rumors, news about Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge, and the status of our predictions for the upcoming films.

We didn't care much for the Star Wars: Force Collection game, but fortunately we've got some news about the first RPG adventure, Beyond the Rim, and the now-downloadable Free RPG Day supplement!  Plus discussions about the SWTOR guild, a big update to the Star Wars Dice app, and more!

WARNING: This episode includes brief but MAJOR SPOILERS for Star Trek Into Darkness. // Erik Blythe is out this week, but special guest co-hosts Bonnie Burton and Christian Blauvelt join Eric Geller to discuss the latest and greatest rumors about Star Wars Episode VII. Could we see Benedict Cumberbatch make the jump from Star Trek to Star Wars? Would that be a good thing? Plus, Eric, Bonnie, and C...

Is The Clone Wars content coming exclusively to the Apple TV? Is Episode VII really being pushed to late 2015? Don't let these rumors get you down, because we have good news too! Lucasfilm Senior Events Lead Mary Franklin joins us to talk about Celebration, San Diego Comic Con, and much more!

This week we've got an interview you don't want to miss! Steve Horvath, Senior Vice President of Communications and Digital Business from Fantasy Flight Games, joins us to talk about GenCon, upcoming products, his personal experiences with Star Wars, and more!

This week's show is all about rumors and the fans who love (and hate) them. We discuss secrecy versus leaks in the Internet age, Star Wars blogging as a form of journalism, and how to manage expectations now that the next movie era is upon us. Plus, new Episode VII rumors, book news, and your Force ghost feedback.

We've got a lot of things to catch up on since our last episode!  We've started a Star Wars: The Old Republic guild, FFG has released their first deluxe expansion for the Star Wars Card Game, they've just announced "specialization decks" for Edge of the Empire, and SWTOR has released their 2.3 "Titans of Industry" update.  In addition to this and other news, we discuss whether SWTOR is still worth...