The Wretched Hive: A Podcast About Whatever We Want

A quick programming update from your friends at TWHP.

Episode #149: The final arc of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7 is incredible and, with all due respect to ROGUE ONE and THE MANDALORIAN, some of THE HIVE think it’s the best Star Wars content released for the screen since REVENGE OF THE SITH. It’s bold, sure, but so is our coverage of ANTHONY DANIELS explaining every C-3PO costume he wore, Cassian Andor series casting announcements, and The For...

Episode #148: Comic Con is officially cancelled, Bob Iger is back, and the future of Star Wars Celebration is uncertain (clouds the future, the dark side does), but THE HIVE is keeping the Falcon’s thruster pedal to the metal with an update on the Cassian Andor television series, Sam Raimi’s slip about directing Doctor Strange 2, and big updates in the world of comics. PLUS an impromptu choices (B...

Episode #147: We’re back at full strength like Luke after his dip in the bacta tank on Hoth and joined by special guest Rancho Obi-Wan’s MARC MORITA! We’ve got serious speculation on The Mandalorian Season two release date and Rosario Dawson’s turn as Ahsoka Tano. PLUS we cover the Cassian Andor series official synopsis, take a deeper dive into The Skywalker Saga 27-disc box set, consider the futu...

Episode #146 (resetting to match iTunes): As Star Wars and the rest of our universe is impacted by Coronavirus the show must go on and it does with Greg, Scott, and Niko taking the helm to discuss the impact on our lives including cancelations of major cons and speculation on STAR WARS CELEBRATION and San Diego Comic-Con. PLUS Mandalorian Season Two talk and this week’s early release of Star Wars...

Episode #108: “THE DEAD SPEAK” reference from Episode IX takes a turn as we discover that A CLONE OF PALPATINE is who we meet in TROS… so we’re all good, right? We’ll let you decide as we break down this new twist to our favorite saga. PLUS it’s true, all of it: Bob Iger is out and a NEW BOB is in, Project Luminous morphs into High Republic, The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release schedule...

Aside from Harrison Ford’s laughter on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE there’s a bunch of news to cover this week including STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7, The Rise of Skywalker coming to streaming and Blue Ray, JOE RUSSO’s take on KEVIN FEIGE’s Star Wars collection, and a dubious honor earned by AVENGERS: END GAME. PLUS we’ve got a guaranteed winner (or your money back!) for this week’s SW Tweet of the Wee...

The mysterious PROJECT LUMINOUS is touching down at a spaceport near you on February 24th, Mandalorian Season 2 drops this fall along with Marvel’s FALCON AND WINTER SOLDIER and WANDAVISION, but the biggest news of all this week might be George’s WILHELM SCREAM (at Disney?). PLUS we cover James Gunn’s deleted clue for Guardians 3, Harrison Ford’s confirmed role in Indy 5, and our first look at CBS...

New friend and faithful listener JOSH HODGES joined Steve at Timeless Pints to share the genesis of his fandom, his love for laserdiscs, and his thoughts on the sequel trilogy and The Rise of Skywalker. Recorded live at Timeless Pints on 1/25/20.

Episode #105: The trailer for STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7 dropped like an escape pod from the TANTIVE IV and we’ll catch you up on that and more this week including KATHLEEN KENNEDY and the future of your favorite franchise in the wake of lackluster box office for THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, almost-but-not-quite Ep. IX director Colin Trevorrow’s mysterious script, breakdowns and long lines for D...

Mini Ep. #31: Disneyland’s latest Star Wars attraction RISE OF THE RESISTANCE opens in mere hours and our own lifelong Star Wars fan Scott Evanskey was one of the select few to ride it before it opens to the public on Friday, January 17, 2020. Listen in as Scott provides a detailed telling of his experience riding the most impressive Star Wars attraction to date!

Episode #104: Our in-depth review and analysis of THE RISE OF SKWALKER continues with a detailed look at the timeline, focused on when PALPATINE made love, made whoopie, shagged, did it, made the beast with two backs, engaged in coitus, had intercourse, or otherwise copulated with the female of a similar species to create the son that in turn helped make is granddaughter, REY PALPATINE-SKYWALKER....

Mini Ep #30: Scott and Steve provide their perspective on The Mandalorian season 1, recorded live at Timeless Pints on January 5, 2020.

Episode #103: The entire crew joins in for our initial full team reaction to STAR WARS EPISODE IX: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER with plenty of spoilers…DO NOT listen to this episode if you have not yet seen the film! We discuss Rey’s lineage and its impact on Star Wars canon, the joys, challenges, benefits and hair-pulling drawbacks of having to investigate beyond the films to fully understand the Skywal...

Mini Ep #29: Merry Christmas! Ready to unwrap THE RISE OF SKYWALKER? Having noodled on the conclusion of the Skywalker saga for nearly a week Dave and Steve share their initial reactions to several key elements of the film including Rey’s parentage, lightspeed skipping, and the implication of hundreds of star destroyers having PLANET DESTROYING CAPABILITY. Join us as we journey into the minutiae o...

Join Dave, Steve, Christine, and Lisa immediately before and after their first viewing of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker on Thursday, December 19, 2019. Listen in as they pontificate about what they are about to see and then hear their immediate reactions as they walk out of the theater. This episode is 100% spoiler free but not 100% calorie free...many French fries died to bring you...

Episode #102: The Star Wars universe is hotter than the twin suns of Tatooine this week with THE RISE OF SKYWALKER landing in theaters, THE MANDALORIAN grabbing the bounty as the top television show on the planet, and Baby Yoda quickly becoming a cultural zeitgeist. Scott gets an impromptu SW Choices from Dave, we prep you to prep for Ep. IX, we fawn over Richard E. Grant’s emotional response to s...

Episode #101: BABY YODA has taken the universe by storm while at the same time the DISNEY/LUCASFILM marketing machine has kicked in and the galaxy-wide promotion of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is now in full swing so there is no shortage of news including DAISY RIDLEY rapping on The Tonight Show, JOHN BOYEGA admitting to losing his Ep. IX script, Baby Yoda vs. Porgs, and more. PLUS we come to the final...

Episode #100: Disney President BOB IGER and Lucasfilm provided a very special anniversary gift this week as THE MANDALORIAN premiered along with a ton of additional content via DISNEY+ and we’ve got plenty of opinions and in-depth analysis ready for your ear holes. Very special thanks to all of you for sticking with us for the last four years and 100 episodes. MTFBWY!

Mini Ep. #27: Hosts Steve and Scott provide a shot-by-shot analysis of The Mandalorian trailer 2, released on October 28, 2019.

Episode #99: Despite their much ballyhooed introduction as contributors to the Star Wars universe, Game of Thrones producers DAVID BENIOFF and D.B. WEISS quit last week creating a major shift in plans for LUCASFILM and the future of SW theatrical releases. We’ll dish on the latest updates PLUS we’ve got news on EWAN MCGREGOR and the Obi Wan series, SW film locations you can visit, and Marvel updat...

Mini Ep. #26: Steve and Scott provide a shot-by-shot analysis of the final trailer for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, released on October 21, 2019.

Episode #98: Is there too much STAR WARS at DISNEYLAND? We explore this plus tons of news from the interwebs including the return of Dennis Lawson’s character WEDGE and R2’s role in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (thanks for the huge spoiler Anthony D), national treasure MARK HAMILL’s reminiscing about ANH, The art of Jedi: Fallen Order, as well as Marvel’s plans for NOVA, the future of Spiderman, and whet...

Episode #97: Did LUKE SKYWALKER receive training between EMPIRE and JEDI? We tackle this age-old question and more in this episode of TWHP! Also we break down FORCE FRIDAY gear, new images of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and THE MANDALORIAN, JJ’s take that he would have done Ep. VIII differently than RJ, the (fake? real?) Mara Jade graffiti at Galaxy’s Edge, all the while pining for the original Vader he...

Episode #96: Our top-notch research team has uncovered absolute (half-baked), iron clad (more like tin foil) evidence that HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN will appear in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and that’s just the beginning (literally, it’s like the first thing we discuss) in this episode of TWHP!  We’ve got JJ Abrams and Bob Iger turning their backs on Apple, a sneak peek of the content coming to Disney+, John...