The Resistance Broadcast: Star Wars Podcast

Changes are coming for Star Wars as there are new bosses at both Lucasfilm AND Disney. What can we expect from Star Wars under new leadership? Is this a good or bad sign for things like The Hunt For Ben Solo and even the future of SOLO? We speculate on where we think the franchise is headed based on the new names at the top. We will also have a really fun round of our segment One With The Force wh...

Star Wars Starfighter writer tells us to temper expectations when it comes to familiar faces, as Jonathan Tropper claims there are NO legacy characters in the movie! We’ll discuss that and more including a rumor about Dave Filoni’s Mandoverse movie and is Daisy Ridley urging Star Wars fans to practice the ultimate Jedi patience for Rey’s return? We also have a great round of Will of the Force sent...

Loaded podcast today! We’re talking all about the Maul Shadow Lord trailer, plus Kathleen Kennedy’s exit interview and what to expect from Lucasfilm under Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Also, why is Oscar Isaac being so awkward when asked about Star Wars? Is there more Poe Dameron in our future as we’ve speculated??? That and more Star Wars fun including your #AskTheResistance questions! If you l...

Join us for a relaxing episode as John and Lacey look back on 2025 and our new Star Wars memories and experiences. From Star Wars Celebration Japan, including our fateful evening with ILM’s Rob Coleman, to our invite to Lucasfilm for Andor and our trip to Skywalker Ranch, we were on the move! We also had a great time covering Skeleton Crew on Galactic Goonies with so many great guests including sh...

In Star Wars news, Starfighter already finished filming and we get our first look at Matt Smith's look in the movie! Daisy Ridley gives an update on her future Star Wars movies, we shall all practice patience, but it’s moving in a great direction and PERHAPS filming soon?! We also run through a fun round of Will of the Force, launch giveaway contests, and read you #ResistanceTransmissions of The F...

All the Jedi Speak! Daisy Ridley talks about Adam Driver’s rejected Star Wars movie The Hunt For Ben Solo! And you never know what will happen on a Star Wars podcast, as we were in the middle of the show and The Game Awards revealed the new Star Wars game Fate of the Old Republic, so we reacted to the trailer live! We also have a killer round of One With the Force and answered your #AskTheResistan...

Shawn Levy had to make a big change to the third act of Starfighter before filming. Rogue One is proof of why that can be a very good thing. We discuss that and more Stargfighter bits from Levy’s chat with Kevin McCarthy, including what we can expect from Thomas Newman’s score thanks in part to advice legendary composer Danny Elfman gave to Levy years ago. Plus, a premise from The Mandalorian and...

Happy Thanksgiving! The Resistance base is heating up because it is time for our seasonal discussion on the state of Star Wars! We’ll also check on the latest news on Starfighter, Donald Glover, and John unboxes and wears the Denuo Novo Rebel X-wing Pilot Flightsuit! “They’ll never stop us!” If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to t...

- Mando News! Jon Favreau talks The Mandalorian & Grogu AND clears the air regarding The Mandalorian season 4 - Pick one: Would you rather Disney made SOLO 2 or The Hunt For Ben Solo? - Skeleton Crew scores 17 Emmy nominations, let’s get season 2! - Star Wars REBELS Exec Producer and series writer Henry Gilroy’s shock and disappointment at Jedi Sabine - What would YOU do to save 50 Anzellans from...

A more open chat and casual TRB this week as we keep the segments on the shelf, hit record, and go! This led to a really interesting discussion. Our main focus ended up being around concerns over Star Wars and where it sits on the priority list for Disney when it comes to live action productions. With The Mandalorian & Grogu arriving in just SIX months, we yearn for the buzz of a new STAR WARS mov...

The fight for Ben Solo continues as new details on The Hunt For Ben Solo surfaced over the past week. We dig into all of that, plus we each give our top three episodes of Star Wars Visions Volume 3, and speculate on the future of Qimir aka The Stranger. Where will see him next if we are to see him start the Knights of Ren! Comics? Books? That and more Star Wars fun! If you like having a great time...

Adam Driver sent shockwaves through the galaxy this week, revealing he and director Steven Soderbergh pitched a fully scripted Star Wars movie ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ to Disney that was rejected by Bob Iger and Alan Bergman. James Baney returns to the base to discuss this massive story that has left many Star Wars fans stunned. But what, there’s more? David Fincher also had a movie tossed by the D...

The new ladies of Star Wars speak as Sigourney Weaver (The Mandalorian & Grogu) and Mia Goth (Starfighter) talk about their upcoming roles. We discuss that and more including our segment Will of the Force and remembering the great Drew Struzan. If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! T...

This is it, don’t get scared now. With Halloween around the corner, we decided to run through the scariest moments in Star Wars! We also tackle some tough questions in our segment Will of the Force, like will we get any more animated or live-action stories set between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones? Plus your submitted responses for how you would pull off being a Rebel spy! If you lik...

Let’s dig into the latest Star Wars news including James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” movie still on the table despite his monster deal with Paramount, and Dave Filoni and company have wrapped on Ahsoka season 2, which Bryce Dallas Howard confirms will have romance! We also bring back our segment One With The Force, which minor Star Wars character would you like to see get the Mon Mothma treatment...

Let’s talk about this Mando trailer, synopsis, and that AWESOME throwback poster! We also touch on John Boyega playing Monday Morning Quarterback with what he would have done if he was the producer of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. We also have a fun round of our segment Will of the Force, like will Snoke be involved at all with the Mandalorian movie and that dormant M-count cloning subplot with Gr...

We dig into Star Wars news including details on Ahsoka season 2, the new Starfighter set photo of Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray at sea, and Dan Gilroy delivering a great speech after winning Star Wars’ first ever major award for writing! We also tackle tough questions in our segment Will of the Force like, will any surviving Andor characters get a spinoff series? We get into why we don’t see that ha...

There are many heroes in Star Wars. There are many unsung heroes in Star Wars. But then there are characters that are heroes that nobody talks about, some in very fateful and inadvertent ways! We had a lot of fun giving our examples, while also tackling topics in our segment Will of the Force like, will Luke’s green lightsaber appear in future movies after the events of the episodic films? Plus yo...

Last week we did a special episode about the exciting cast reveal for Star Wars: Starfighter, and now it is being reported that white-hot cinematographer Claudio Miranda (Top Gun Maverick, F1) will be shooting the movie for director Shawn Levy! We discuss that and more, including a really fun round of our segment One With The Force including: which Jedi not named Obi-Wan would you choose to face M...

Emergency Star Wars podcast! Join us for a quick episode as we dive into all the new Star Wars: Starfighter details released by Lucasfilm today. The full cast, the image of Ryan Gosling aka Joseph Starfighter and Flynn Gray, and filming has started in the UK! The cast of Star Wars: Starfighter is Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings,...

Let’s tackle some of the latest rumors swirling around upcoming Star Wars projects. Is Rogue Squadron actually back in development? A Mandalorian trilogy and spinoff movies? We give our thoughts on both of those rumors, plus, Disney is looking to win back Gen Z males, we discuss how we think Star Wars plays into that with their upcoming slate. We also run through a round of Will of the Force, will...

For the first time ever (we think?) since The Rise of Skywalker, Oscar Isaac said, though in a very non-serious manner, he would return to Star Wars! We discuss that plus Simon Kinberg recently talking Star Wars, and our thoughts on the LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past trailer. We also run through a great round of Will of the Force, could rancors appear in Maul Shadow Lord o...

It is the 750th episode of TRB! Matt Smith was going to play a young Palpatine clone in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but that idea was scrapped. Thanks to dark science, somehow Matt Smith returns to the franchise in a new villain role for Shawn Levy’s Starfighter movie! We discuss that and more, including confusion over Ewan McGregor quotes about Ahsoka season 2, will he be in it? Probably, b...

Let’s talk about the new looks for Maul (Maul: Shadow Lord) and Eman Esfandi’s Ezra Bridger (Ahsoka S2), and George Lucas breaking audience records at San Diego Comic-Con like the legend he is. Lucas reveals details about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and joins Guillermo Del Toro and Doug Chaing to discuss the important of art to society and the world. To George Lucas, you listen! We also run...

Pretty chill episode of TRB today! We have an open chat where we get into the upcoming marketing for The Mandalorian & Grogu, when will a teaser arrive? D23? And speaking of D23, what’s next for the future of live-action Star Wars on Disney Plus? We also look at some of our Star Wars items we’ve gotten from years past, answer your submitted #AskTheResistance questions, and more! If you like having...