Episodes

Oct. 10, 2022

ROGUE ONE '77: What if Rogue One was made in the 70s?

A Star Wars movie known for its dialog from a parallel universe

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Oct. 4, 2022

Fighting for Real: ANDOR Episodes 1-4

We are wowed by the first episodes of ANDOR

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Sept. 28, 2022

THE TRADE FEDERATION: or Let's Explore Globalization Through the Starā€¦

Mixing experimental Marxist theater with Star Wars?

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Sept. 21, 2022

Final Thoughts on OBI-WAN KENOBI (SOMC CROSSOVER)

Before ANDOR, we close the book on the last Disney+ series

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Sept. 14, 2022

SERIOUS SILLINESS: Wookieepedia (with @WookOfficial AKA Jordan)

The serious and silly business of cataloging a fictional galaxy

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Sept. 7, 2022

GRUNGE PHASE: How DARK EMPIRE shaped Star Wars in the 90s

Tom Vietch and Cam Kennedy's comic defined Star Wars for a new generation

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Aug. 31, 2022

DARK FORCES: Mental Health in Star Wars

How Star Wars characters handle depression and other mental health issues

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Aug. 24, 2022

What is Star Wars? (SOMC Crossover)

We attempt to answer this deceptively simple question

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Aug. 18, 2022

The Redemption of Darth Vader (SOMC Crossover)

Was Darth Vader truly redeemed at the end of Return of the Jedi?

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Aug. 10, 2022

REBEL SCANNERS: Preserving Star Wars (with Rob of TEAM NEGATIVE 1)

How fans are preserving original film prints of the Star Wars films for posterity

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Aug. 3, 2022

ROLE MODELS: The time I saw George Lucas (with special guest MY MOM)

Yes, I really made a Star Wars podcast with my mom

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July 27, 2022

PREQUELS 1986: What if the prequels were made in the 1980s?

A radical thought experiment about an alternate Star Wars production history

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July 20, 2022

NOT THAT FILONE: Turkish Star Wars (with Ed Glaser)

Filmmaker, writer & historian Ed Glaser joins us for this first entry in our series on Star Wars rip-offs

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July 13, 2022

I MADE SOME SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS MYSELF: Fan Edits (with HAL 9000)

Just how many versions of Star Wars are there? A conversation with famed fan editor HAL 9000

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July 6, 2022

REVISIONIST HISTORY: The Special Editions

We discuss what works and what doesn't about the Special Editions and wrestle with why they exist.

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June 29, 2022

OH, HI MARK: Our 1996 Interview with Mark Hamill

We interviewed Mark Hamill when we were 12 and never listened to the tape...UNTIL NOW

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June 29, 2022

Obi-Wan's a Union Man: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 6 (Finale)

We talk union busting, mythology, and the most emotional moment in all of Star Wars.

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June 22, 2022

TREK WARS: Star Wars vs Star Trek

What is the real relationship is between the two most famous "Stars?"

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June 20, 2022

The War on Children: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 5

Thoughts on canon, flashbacks, and media literacy

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June 15, 2022

MAKING OFs MADE US: Star Wars Behind the Scenes

We discuss how the making-of documentaries for the Star Wars films and how they influenced our lives

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June 14, 2022

You Might Say We're Encouraged to Love: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 4

Where we talk Jedi Batman Shit and limits of the Volume

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June 8, 2022

BIG DOORS: Return of the Jedi

An extra-large episode devoted to our problematic fave of the original Star Wars trilogy.

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June 3, 2022

Their Fire Has Gone Out of the Universe: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 3

Fear, fire, and making racism bad again.

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