This is the Way Podcast

Just last week Ahmed Best took Kelleran Beq from internet game show to Star Wars canon. This week, Garazeb Orellios went from animated in an animated series to...well, okay, computer generated and animated in live action. It was still great to see a Rebels character come to life! Okay, we saw Ahsoka do that last season. Hey, you get my point! Did you ever think we'd see the Armorer tell someon...

This was a short episode. Oh, of the podcast? Sure, but wow this one would have needed to be stacked with commercials to fit an hour slot. In these streaming days, well, no such trouble. Yes, I know last week's description seems similar and that's purposeful when you consider the difference between the lengths. This episode was the shortest of the series! I went this far before bringing up...

It was a challenge keeping emotions under control when we saw a certain character pop up to save the day at the Jedi Temple. Ahmed Best suffered greatly from a small but hateful group of Jar Jar haters who for some reason saw fit to punish the actor for the sins of the prequel creator. It must have been easier to blame the performer, even though the performance was exactly the direction desired by...

This was a long episode. Oh, of the podcast? Sure, but wow this one would have had to have been cut down in the days of broadcast television watching. In these streaming days, well, no such trouble. How do the helmets of the Children of the Watch relate to the numbers given to officers under the amnesty of the New Republic? Well, we don't want to talk faces and names because then we have indiv...

Just when I thought we were done in the mines, we got pulled back in. Din Djarin had to refill the ol' canteen and boy would those magic waters pay off in the end. Bo-Katan lost her home and found a new one, of sorts. Doctor Pershing gets rehabilitated and then his brain recombobulated. A certain Comms Officer feels upwardly mobile, doesn't she? Is that with her new friends or with her old. We're...

"How long is this quest gonna take?" "Oh, maybe like, an hour...hour fifteen?" Din Djarin has been seeking redemption since finding out he made a boo boo when he took his helmet off for Grogu. I mean, that's according to his den mother, affectionately known as "The Armorer" but she rules the roost with a beskar hammer and tongs. Look, I'm not SAYING Bo Katan has a thing for Din, but those looks sh...

Din Djarin visits Tatooine on Boonta Eve and all he got was this lousy droid with a bad motivator. Grogu learns where he is in the universe just in the nick of time. Time stands still on Mandalore (thankfully) and a creepy tick droid tries sucking the life right out of our hero. Bo-Katan saves the day and probably deserves the Darksaber, but she'll let her new boyfriend hold it for now. Yeah, I sa...

Last time, on The Mandalorian... Well, LUKE showed up for one. For those in the know, Din Djarin and Grogu got the band back together in the "offseason" which was actually the end of The Book of Boba Fett's season. I'm not talking post-credit scenes, either. There are purgill and space gators and monkey lizards and bat things and maybe even convors. Protocol droids abound. Anzellans steal screen t...

It's back! They're back! Convors and Purgills, oh my! Anzellan cuteness! Why did Din Djarin go to Bo-Katan before Tatooine? What's the deal with Greef Karga? Why is there always a pirate problem? Who is Ragnar's daddy and what does he do? Is Grogu going to become a great pilot? Where can we get our hands on some Mandalore glass? We expect to have first thoughts podcasts available each Wednesday, j...

This is the Way Podcast was developed specifically for the very first Disney Plus Star Wars show. We were fans well before we spotted "The Child" at the end of the first episode. The trailers that had been coming out for season one got Steve to ask everyone and anyone if they wanted to join him in discussing the show. It was an amazing and fun season. Season two came and Favreau and Filoni built o...

More Star Wars news, more often. Now that's a slogan I haven't heard in a long time. A LONG time. That's from a West Texas television station the host once worked at and was number one until he left. This is the Way Podcast doesn't bear any resemblance to that workplace. Steve Loscalzo discusses The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, The Acolyte and more in episode 110. There are a couple of news...

Steve has been watching season two of The Bad Batch weekly on Disney Plus, but you may have noticed there aren't any recap and discussion episodes of the podcast. That's how This is the Way Podcast did things during the first season two years back and that's how it is going to be here in 2023. As an animated show, it's still entertaining and no less interesting as far as lore and canon is concerne...

It's #StarWarsPodcastDay2023 and we are observing it by interviewing a "friend of the show" and focusing on the good. Maybe there is a friend out there that feels just like you do about a galaxy, far, far away. This episode was commissioned for Star Wars Podcast Day 2023 which is being observed by more than 100 different podcasts by different creators about Star Wars topics on February 7th. We wer...

New year, same news update format. That may either delight or frustrate you, but we started these news updates as a way to keep our podcast (and the name This is the Way Podcast) current between seasons of The Mandalorian. That's right, even this news update has roots in the "original" Star Wars Disney Plus show. Andor might have perfected the craft of storytelling Star Wars on streaming services,...

Do you love The Mandalorian? Do you think you'd be a great co-host if you were just given a chance? Do you think you can commit to weekly show recaps and discussions with host and creator Steve? Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Wait, wrong IP. The Mandalorian's third season starts streaming on Disney Plus on March 1st which means This is the Way Podcast is gearing up...

The year is coming to a close and our last news update of 2022 isn't a long one. Instead of reviews like many other content creators, This is the Way Podcast will avoid rehashing the good and bad and stick to the simple stuff. All fans need to know is "what's next?" and that's The Bad Batch second season and a third season of The Mandalorian less than 60 days away. Video game news, notes collector...

It's been...a few weeks since the finale of Andor aired (or streamed, rather) on Disney Plus, but it's not production delays, real life problems, or anything of that nature which has our last reaction and discussion podcast of season one coming out so late. Part of it was planned (since This is the Way Podcast doesn't get access to early watches, we can't have a podcast ready to go before some of...

The end of November and the end of season one of Andor. 2022 coming to a close and the Christmas shopping season still underway. One Bob out and another Bob in, Ahsoka and Acolyte in production and season two of Andor shooting. Star Wars seems to be in good shape. We've got your usual video game and collector news items along with some thoughts about the production of Star Wars content post-Andor....

This is the Way Podcast sometimes runs into production trouble. Host Steve Loscalzo is now a "one man show" and with family obligations, even thorough preparations, recording can be tricky. The podcast episode is still out before the finale. The episode is fantastic. The space battle between the Arrestor cruiser and the Fondor haulcraft might be one of the host's favorites. Ultimately, this is a "...

This is the Way Podcast's 101st episode is out on the third anniversary of the first ever post. A lot has happened since that preview of coverage of The Mandalorian. There's no real fanfare for this one. I didn't know what to expect on episode one, but now I've settled in to what it's like to podcast about a show I'm truly enjoying and if you're a listener, thank you! If you're not, well, then...y...

It's This is the Way Podcast's 100th episode! Almost three years since the debut alongside Disney Plus and The Mandlorian, season one. No special episode or fireworks...just our reaction to the latest episode of Andor along with our recap of important scenes, shots, and any secrets we find and discussion with you, our listeners! Episode 9 is called Nobody's Listening! and at times that's how it fe...

Well, it was bound to happen. Episode 8, "Narkina 5" may have been the least enjoyable season finale of all the Star Wars episodes on Disney Plus. Except, it isn't the season finale. That's right! We get four more episodes after this one! Still, this might have actually been the weakest episode, but that's not really a dig against a show that has raised the bar for Star Wars television (or streami...

Is this show getting better each week? Announcement is the latest episode and since the writer only has this one episode, it's possible it's a standalone and not the first of a story arc, but something tells me we're going to continue with Keef's (Cassian's) incarceration, so we can call it part of the arc anyway. We thought tears would flow during The Eye last week, but Maarva delivers the gut pu...

It's October and Andor is halfway done. Somehow we've managed to still get a couple of news items out of it and as always, we keep tabs on collectors and gamers. It's the Disney Parks news that has us hoping someone manages to spark a rebellion. House of the Dragons and The Rings of Power both vacate the scene with season finales this month and that means Andor and Tales of the Jedi might get more...

Writing "chef's kiss" just isn't the same as emoting it. What a great set of episodes. Tony Gilroy teed things up with episodes one through three and Dan, his brother, really brought the rebellion home for us. Somehow, we also gained a little understanding for the people working in the Empire as well. Beehaz may actually be a terrible human being, but he's also trying to make his family happy and...