The Hoopla Podcast

The Mandalorian, Season 3 Episode 2 - Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore Check out the Hoopla Reviewpla of the latest episode of the adventures of Mando and Baby Yoda! We discuss the space physics of speed drowning, celebrating Buunta Eve, and much more! Let us know what you think about our wild theories on Twitter and Instagram @HolocronHoopla Connect with our main Hoopla Podcast pages @HooplaPod...

We return once again to a galaxy far, far away for another adventure with Mando and Baby Yoda! Holocron Hoopla is back for the new season of The Mandalorian on DisneyPlus. The Hoopla Crewpla recaps the events of The Book of Boba Fett which saw our favorite duo, Din Djarin and Grogu, reunited just in time for their new adventures across the stars. We get our thoughts on Chapter 17: The Apostate and...

Kang the Conqueror, super hero ants, unhole-y slime guys! What could be more HOOPLA-tastic than that! The Hoopla Crewpla is back to discuss another MCU movie setting up Phase Five in a big way! We discuss all of our (least) favorite parts of this movie and what it means moving forward for the MCU. Spoiler alert: Jonathan Majors is great Join the HOOPLA on Twitter and Instagram to let us know what...

The Hoopla Crewpla (mostly) discusses episodes 1-5 of the new HBO series: The Last of Us Join us as we discuss Pedro Pascal playing a role of a reluctant father figure shepherding an mysteriously important child through a world filled will unimaginable sci-fi dangers. This is the way! (Stay tuned for Holocron Hoopla Season Two when the new season of Mando drops on March 1st) We are joined by Speci...

We conclude our adventure of reviewing The Hobbit Trilogy with our most HOOPLA-filled episode to date! The Hoopla Crewpla discuss deleted scenes, breaking the laws of physics, varying degrees of pointlessness, and much, much more!! We break down all the best and worst parts of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies! A movie so good they put the same word in the title three times!!! A movie so g...

We are back in Middle-earth!! The Hoopla Crewpla watched the second movie of the Hobbit Trilogy this week and have a whole lot to talk about! This was the first time watching this movie in over a decade for some of us and the first time EVER for one of us! How does The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hold up after all this time?? Tune in to find out! Join the HOOPLA on Twitter and Instagram to let...

We are back in Middle-earth!! The Hoopla Crewpla watched the first movie of the Hobbit Trilogy this week and have a whole lot to talk about! The Crewpla really embraced the The Hobbit vibes in this episode! Join us for a conversation about how The Rings of Power has changed how we view this trilogy and some of our favorite things about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey What type of pizza do YOU th...

The Hoopla Crewpla just saw the cinematic spectacle of the year and now we have to talk about it! Avatar 2: The Way of Water was beautiful and we love finally being back on Pandora with all our favorites Na'vi! We give our brief and **SPOILER FREE** thoughts on this incredible sequel so after you listen to this episode we think everyone should go out to their local theaters and see this experienti...

The Hoopla Crewpla just saw the cinematic spectacle of the year and now we have to talk about it! Avatar 2: The Way of Water was beautiful and we love finally being back on Pandora with all our favorites Na'vi! We talk about waiting 13 years for this movie, the incredible visuals throughout this film, our favorite new and old characters and much much more! SPOILER: Special Guest Jake Sully may or...

The Hoopla Crewpla are back for one final episode to discuss the fantastic first season of Andor! We talk about all our favorite events and characters from season one and pose some classic HOOPLA theories about what we hope to see in the future of Star Wars television. Also, Jamie *finally* gets an official Hoopla title!! (and a new twitter handle ) Let us know what you think about our wild theori...

The Hoopla Crewpla discuss the two-part season finale of Andor! This truly was Star Wars at its finest! It is a beautiful day to bash some ISB skulls just like Maarva and Nemik would have wanted! We also confirm our single greatest and most accurate theory in the history of The Hoopla Podcast!! *Theory Music* Let us know what you think about our wild theories on Twitter and Instagram ! @HolocronHo...

The Hoopla Crewpla discuss what could possibly be the best episodes of Star Wars television ever made!!!?! Andor episode 7, "Announcement" and the Narkina Five arc (episodes 8-10) were endlessly entertaining and we loved every second!  We talk about all the events leading up to the *spoilers* daring escape from space prison and each member of the Crewpla has quite a few theories about where t...

The Hoopla Crewpla dives into the world of Super Hero Movies for the first time to discuss their thoughts on the new MCU movie Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever! We talk our favorite moments, performances, and surprises from this movie which brings Phase Four of the MCU to a close. This episode is jam packed with spoilers so if you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to be spoiled you can go...

Things are heating up for Cassian Andor and the Hoopla Crewpla is loving it! The second arc of Andor takes us on a heist mission on the planet of Aldhani with some of the most beautiful cinematics we've seen yet in a Star Wars show. Tune in to hear about all our favorite parts from these three episodes of Andor! And as a special surprise, one member of the Crewpla admits live on pod that he doesn'...

**SPOILER FREE EPISODE** The Hoopla Crewpla discuss their thoughts on the new MCU movie Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever! Keeping everything just vague enough that you can listen to this episode before you see the movie. Check it out now before you see the film and then come back for our full spoiler-filled review in the next episode of Hero Hoopla! Let us know if you agree with our thoughts by tw...

Welcome to Season Two of the Hoopla Podcast! We are diving into the world of Star Wars to watch and review the new Disney+ show Andor! The first arc of Andor had some incredible moments and set the stage for a great first season! Come join the HOOPLA as we break down all our favorite parts! If you think for a second that we left our incredible theorizing and 100% accurate predictions back in seaso...

We are back for a new season of the Hoopla Podcast! Join us every week as we discuss the new Disney+ Star Wars show Andor! Check out some awesome Hoopla merch !

What a great first season of The Rings of Power and a very fun first season of the Hobbit Hoopla Podcast!!! We aren't ready to say goodbye to Middle-earth so we got together once again to discuss Season One as a whole How many theories did we get correct? How many new theories are yet to be proven true?  Join the HOOPLA on Twitter and Instagram to let us know what your favorite parts of this...

An absolute slam dunk of a season finale! Evil revealed and we reveled! Listen to the Hoopla Crewpla discuss our thoughts on Episode 8 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Alloyed. *SPOILERS* We have some very strong opinions on the identity of Sauron and what we expect from the show moving forward now that THE RINGS OF POWER have been forged!! (a few of them at least...) We have merch! C...

The Hoopla Crewpla watches Episode 7 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: The Eye  We look in on our favorite characters in Middle-earth in the aftermath of the Mount Doom explosion and share our (mostly reasonable) views on this emotionally-intense penultimate episode! With our sights set on the finale, the showrunners vision for season one is becoming clear and our classic theories...

Our first episode with MULTIPLE confirmed correct theories! We learn about Adar's origin and we finally get the highly anticipated confirmation that Bronwyn is, in fact, not Arondir's daughter. Phew! The Hoopla Crewpla discuss all of our thoughts on this absolute masterclass of cinema and breakdown most important parts of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Episode 6: Udûn We have merch! Ch...

The HIGHEST RATED episode in Hobbit Hoopla history!! The Hoopla Crewpla continues to rack up more confirmed theories as well as a truly astronomical number of false theories about who is Sauron. But hey! At least we are correct sometimes. We break down our favorite moments for The Rings of Power, Episode 5: Partings Join the HOOPLA on Twitter and Instagram @HobbitHoopla LinkTree Check out some awe...

Alliances are formed, friendships renewed, and hooplas hoopla-ed! Episode 4 has it all! But is it worthy of a passing grade from Chris?? The Hoopla Crewpla discusses the many new revelations from Numenor and Middle-earth and FINALLY one our countless theories is confirmed!* *to be incorrect... Join the HOOPLA on Twitter and Instagram @HobbitHoopla LinkTree Check out some awesome Hoopla merch ! Sta...

The Hoopla Crewpla reviews Episode 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, "Adar" We catch up with old friends and meet some pretty important characters in the Island Kingdom of Numenor! If you're looking for highly speculative and even more highly accurate theories about the future of all these characters, this is the podcast for you! Join the Hoopla on Twitter and Instagram @HobbitHoopla...

Hobbit Hoopla is back with our review and recap of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episode 2 "Adrift" Join us as we discuss the events of episode two and come up with some super accurate theories about who the mysterious characters are in the show! Morgoth is up to his dirty tricks again and cursed us with a few technical difficulties in this episode. Please forgive any disruptions in au...