The ForceCast: Star Wars News and Commentary

This week we catch up with Clone Wars, voice actor Stephen Stanton (Captain Tarkin), jam to more musical poetry from Billy Dee, and Lucasfilm's mistress of the inter-webs Bonnie Burton joins us to talk about her Star Wars Craft Book, last week's Wondercon, and much, much more.

Join us this month as we review all the publishing announcements from C2E2, including Jimmy Mac's chat with Knight Errant author John Jackson Miller. Plus, Jay and Chris talk with Deceived author Paul S. Kemp, announce a new contest, and offer up a few surprises along the way in this April edition of Jedi Journals!

Star Wars Holiday Special to hit Blu-ray, Steve Sansweet's final ForceCast appearance as a Lucasfilm employee, a spoiler-free report from The Clone Wars Season 3 finale premiere, poetry from Billy Dee, the first Celebration VI rumors, and much, much more!

Jimmy Mac reports from Chicago's C2E2, Billy Dee peddles more "collectibles" on Jimmy Kimmel, and we catch up on some recent Clone Wars feedback. Plus, in the Cantina with J.C. Reifenberg, the Director of Hughes The Force where Star Wars meets the iconic films of the late John Hughes. // Attention ForceCast App Users: Click "Extras" to hear some pre-show chatter as we prepare for the Weekly ForceC...

Curto and Burns are back again with more reports and analysis from New York's International Toy Fair! If you are a Star Wars collector, this is your Super Bowl! And the ForceCast: Collector's Edition is there to leave "No Fan Left Behind!" Walk the halls of the Javits Convention Center with James and Dan as they check out all the cool collectibles destined for toy shelves throughout 2011 from that...

This week Young Indy gets a regular TV gig, Harrison gets social, Karen Allen talks Indy 5 and Mitch talks Indy Disney collectibles! Of course we have Robs' Indy Opinion, Trivia with Pat and lots more of your great emails! If adventure has a name, it must be the IndyCast! Now available on the ForceCast app!

Clone Wars actor James Arnold Taylor joins us in the Cantina to talk about Season 3 and his plans as host of Disney's Star Wars weekends. Mike Huckabee takes on Padme, G.L. and friends to entertain theatre owners in Vegas, and fans prepare for the return of Chewbacca to the Star Wars universe.

Jovial Jay Shepard and Chris Wyman from the ForceCast's Jedi Journals are on the panel for our discussion of the final chapter in the Citadel trilogy, Citadel Rescue. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear some bonus talk recorded after the roundtable! //

Voice actor Stephen Stanton, Captain Tarkin from The Clone Wars, joins us in the Cantina to talk about his role as one of the Star Wars Saga's most iconic villains. Billy Dee surprises Diana Ross on Oprah, Episode I 3D gets an official release date, and Star Wars goes to the Oscars... sort of. All that and a whole lot more on your Weekly ForceCast!

ForceCast: Collector's Edition duo of James Burns and Dan Curto join us for our roundtable look at the second part of the Citadel trilogy, Counterattack. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear some bonus post show chatter! //

This episode Mitch visits Lucasfilm, speaks to Steve Sansweet and Disney Imagineer Brandon Kleyla plus we have the audio from Karen Allen's Q&A and lots more in this bumper issue of the IndyCast!

Jimmy Mac is back in the ForceCast sound lab to bring you a fresh collection of Star Wars songs, tributes, and parodies. For this edition, we go to the Dark Side with Sci-Fried, pay tribute to Star Wars with Jedi Elvis, and honor our favorite padawan with High Adventure. Plus much more as we rock away the winter doldrums with A Galaxy of Music!

Jovial Jay talks with Steve Sansweet about collecting Star Wars books, magazines, and more during his recent visit to Rancho Obi-Wan. Eric Geller checks in with a review of Fate of the Jedi: Vortex, plus prize giveaways and all the latest news and announcements from the world of Star Wars publishing.

Burns and Curto return with more from New York's International Toy Fair! Listen in as the duo talks through their first two days at the show, including a near six-hour marathon visit with the Hasbro Star Wars team. Plus, reviews of "The Vintage Collection" waves #4 and #5, the latest Clone Wars figures, and more.

We welcome filmmaker Jeff Yorkes into the Cantina to chat about his current gig as Editor of the upcoming Drew Struzan documentary, The Man Behind the Poster. We also follow up with O.M. (Original Mace) Eric Walker on the answer to his trivia question from last week and announce the winner of Eric's CD "Tangier Dream." Plus, the week's top Star Wars stories, including Chewbacca's recently announce...

Listen in as 501st members Dean Plantamura and Scott Will join us in a discussion of Ugnaughts, carbon freezing, Anakin's protection of Ahsoka, and of course the familiar foul stench of Captain Tarkin as we take a closer look at The Citadel. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear some bonus post show chit chat! //

This episode, Sean Connery rumors abound, the lost Hasbro Wave hits Comic Con, we flash back to Feb 1981, plus have our biggest mailbag yet! If adventure has a name, it must be the IndyCast! Now available on the ForceCast app!

The O.M. - Original Mace, Mace Towani aka Eric Walker from the Ewok Adventure films, joins us in the Cantina. Plus, Jovial Jay reports from Rancho Obi-Wan, more from Liam Neeson on bringing back Qui-Gon, Star Tours cast updates from Disney, highlights from Sir Christopher Lee at the BAFTAs, and much more. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear BONUS post-show chatter!...

The Mortis Trilogy wraps up with the most thought-provoking Clone Wars episode yet, The Ghosts of Mortis. Fulfill your destiny and listen as we discuss this Force-heavy finale with a couple of roundtable all-stars Kyle Newman and Paul Bateman. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear our BONUS post-roundtable natter as the debate rages on over The Ghosts of Mortis. //

Live from New York, it's The ForceCast: Collectors Edition! Listen in as Dan Curto, James Burns, and D. Martin Myatt review all the latest toys and product announcements coming out of Toy Fair 2011 from the biggest Star Wars licensees in the galaxy. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear "Aren't You A Little Short for a Podcast," a collection of outtakes, false-starts,...

In this special episode of the IndyCast, we debut the first in an all new series of IndyCast Read-Along Adventures where you can see the pages change when the whip cracks! If adventure has a name, it must be the IndyCast! Please not this is an enhanced podcast - please turn on your album art in iTunes to see the page transitions !

Jimmy Mac checks in with Star Wars "archaeologist" Mark Dermul on the status of the Lars Homestead preservation campaign, little Vader steals our hearts, Oprah searches for the ultimate Leia collector, Clone Wars crew head to the 2011 Annie Awards, Disney Star Wars Weekend details emerge, and much more. // Attention ForceCast Smartphone App Users: Click "Extras" to hear us prepare for the Clone Wa...

Is it all a dream? Was that really Qui-Gon Jinn? Is Anakin the Chosen One after all? Find out what we think as we look at the first two episodes of The Mortis Trilogy: Overlords and Altar of Mortis with special guests "Big Honkin" Steve Glosson and former LucasArts Sound Designer David Collins.

With Toy Fair just days away, who better to shine our Collector's Spotlight on than the Vice-President of Global Brand Management at Hasbro. He's the man who heads the team that makes the Star Wars toys we collect, now we find out what makes Derryl DePriest a collector.

This episode we announce the winners of our Blu-Ray contest, talk Drew Struzan, annotated scripts and collectibles plus lots more! If adventure has a name, it must be the IndyCast! Now available on the ForceCast app!