The Wampa's Lair: A Star Wars Podcast

In this end of the year special episode, Karl looks at the track “Open The Door” from the Season 2 soundtrack of The Mandalorian by Ludwig Goransson and how he uses the music to tell the story of the beautiful goodbye between Grogu and Din!

Gather around the Bright Tree Village campfire with us as we listen to some your Christmas Star Wars memories, share some of our own, and discuss some key moments from Star Wars that really capture some of the themes of Christmas!

The finale for Season 2 of The Mandalorian has hit and our hearts will never be the same! Greg Cass, @eyeoncanon joins Karl to discuss the big surprises, bold moves, and heartfelt story we got in Chapter 16: The Rescue! Be advised, lots of spoilers!

It’s been almost a year since the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker so we look back at how we feel it holds up after some time! Before we dive into that discussion, we also talk about the latest episode of The Mandalorian as well as the news of all the...

The A New Hope Radio Drama premiered in 1981 on NPR and turned a 2 hour movie into a nearly 7 hour listening experience! After playing the radio drama at the end of episodes so many times over the years, we finally sit down and go through the WHOLE ser...

The latest episode of The Mandalorian is just so mind-blowing that Karl has Jim Capron on to discuss all the events of Chapter 14: The Tragedy and all that it might mean for the characters involved! The Wampa’s Lair podcast is available on iTunes!

We finish off our Attack of the Clones love fest by discussing some of our favorite musical moments in the movie! But before we get to that, we take some time for another Mando Watch segment to discuss the latest episode of The Mandalorian, The Jedi!

We’re back with another Mando Watch to start as we take a quick look at Chapter 12 of The Mandalorian and then we dive back into Attack of the Clones as we discuss some of our favorite action scenes in the movie!

We open the episode with a new segment called “Mando Watch” as we share some of our highlights from Chapter 11 of The Mandalorian! Then we dive into a conversation about some of our favorite character moments in Attack of the Clones! That’s right,

The Mandalorian is back! We dive into Chapter 9 “The Marshal” and discuss the use of Western motifs, the character of Cobb Vanth, and so much more! Grab your Bantha, but look out for Krayt Dragons, and join in on the fun!

We look back on the first season of The Mandalorian and rank each episode by discussing our favorite moments, themes and lessons we learned, and musical cues from each of the 8 episodes! Come join us and get pumped for Season 2 by revisiting some of th...

Come celebrate our 400th episode as we discuss the latest Mandalorian sneak peek, share some of our listeners’ thoughts on the show, and then dive into some of our favorite ancillary Star Wars material- from the radio dramas to video games!

It’s a love story set to backdrop of a crumbling republic- it’s Attack of the Clones! We take a deep dive into why George Lucas created the story the way he did for Episode II. From the early concepts of the story,

We share some news about ways we’re getting involved with Star Wars Reads month for October- from joining a Wampa’s Lair Book Club to entering a giveaway! Then we jump into a conversation about all the exciting new toy releases that have been coming ou...

Throughout the saga, we see characters tempted away from their paths and offered quicker, more seductive paths. Looking at characters like the Emperor, Snoke, Vader, and Kylo, we discuss what some specific temptations are and how they effect those whom...

We take a look at some of our wisdom characters from across the Star Wars universe! Hitting on Ben Kenobi, Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Maz Kanata, and Kuill we discuss some of the particular wisdom they share and how that wisdom plays out!

We finally got our trailer for Season 2 of The Mandalorian! Grab your jetpack as we dive deep into all the sights and sounds of the new trailer and all it might mean for the upcoming season! This is the way.

We take a planetary tour of the planets of the sequel trilogy and look at how each planet helps to tell the story! From the desert of Jakku to the salt flats of Crait, into the pit of Exegol and to the jungle of Ajan Kloss,

Diving deep into the heart of Rogue One, Jim Capron joins us this week to discuss the moment when Jyn is reunited with Saw and receives the message from her father. We look at the importance of vulnerability and the need to know one’s worth and beloved...

Leia Organa, Princess of Alderaan, Daughter of Anakin and Padme, Mother of Skywalkers- pick your title for our beloved royal highness cause in this week’s episode we discuss our Top 5 Leia Moments! From the halls of the Tantive IV to the jungles of Aja...

We are joined by our buddy Greg Cass, EyeOnCanon on Twitter, to discuss the role nostalgia plays in Star Wars. Is it good for the franchise or does it leave us stuck in a certain place? Tune in to listen to us work our way through these incredibly pert...

When Disney took over, the Expanded Universe was renamed as Legends and so many of those stories that spanned nearly three decades have become exactly that; Legends! We discuss some of our favorite stories from the old Legends canon in this week’s epis...

Karl is joined by Marie-Claire Gould of the What The Force Podcast to discuss the pivotal moment in The Phantom Menace where Anakin meets Padme for the first time and all that that means for the mythos of Star Wars!

Like mythical stories told around a campfire, we sit down and discuss some of the most legendary stories about Luke Skywalker and what they teach us about his character and about our own journeys! The Wampa’s Lair podcast is available on iTunes!

We are joined by special guest Jamie Dwyer, creator and producer of the “Duel of the Fates” podcast which is a radio dramatization of the Episode IX script by Colin Treverrow! We discuss the creation of the radio drama as well as some of our favorite s...