In this episode, Ryan and John discuss their recent Star Wars activities, including reading the Star Wars Archives books and playing Jedi: Survivor. We then jump into discussing upcoming Star Wars releases including The Acolyte, Andor, and The Mandalorian and Grogu. We round out the show by expressing our excitement for the upcoming The Phantom Menace theatrical rerelease before finishing the show by discussing a few upcoming Star Wars video games.

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• The Acolyte  to Release This Summer
• Andor  Wraps Filming
  • Stellan Skarsgard Shares His Satisfaction for Second Season of Andor 
• The Mandalorian and Grogu to be Release on May 22nd, 2026
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace  Celebrates 25 Years with Return to Theaters
• A ‘Star Wars’ Mandalorian Videogame Reportedly in Development by Respawn Entertainment 
• Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster Release Date Confirmed

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Ryan and John celebrate the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi by discussing their favorite memories and scenes from the film as well as its indelible impact on all of the Star Wars stories that have followed.

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Maggie and Brandon from Talking Bay 94 join us to discuss The Mandalorian Ch. 21, “The Pirate.” We talk hot pirate action, space bureaucracy, Pelly Moto wig conspiracies, and much much more!

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This episode is all about Obi-Wan Kenobi and Celebration hype. We cover the updated Kenobi release date, what it may mean for Celebration, recently announced guests for that event, wrestling pay-per-view and film release strategies, and more!

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• Disney Vows to Help Repeal Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill: ‘It Should Never Have Passed’
• Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Announces First Celebrity Guests 
• Shadow of the Sith Excerpt
• Incoming Transmission from Obi-Wan Kenobi

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This episode features our full discussion (including spoilers) of Cavan Scott’s The Rising Storm, our look at The Bad Batch episode 12 “Rescue on Ryloth,” and a few recent news stories.

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I had originally planned to visit Galaxy’s Edge in March 2020, but, well, March 2020 happened. I finally made it to Batuu this week and naturally, I took some pictures.

It’s weird to think of theme park photos as “spoilers,” but in this case they may be. To me, the best part of Galaxy’s Edge was the feeling of discovery, that *you* are exploring an authentic Star Wars locale. If you feel like my photos could potentially take away some of that magic for you, feel free to peace out. Thanks for reading this far! But if that’s not an issue for you, here are a bunch of pictures I took.

As I continue to read through a recently purchased lot of 90s Star Wars magazines, I can’t help but share some of the weird/cool/ridiculous stuff I come across. Issue 9 of Galaxy has a big Shadows of the Empire focus, which is not terribly surprising considering the time of its publication (Fall 1996).

I recently purchased a lot of random Star Wars magazines, and included were a few issues of Galaxy, a magazine that was totally new to me. Published by Topps (the trading card company), Galaxy came in at the tail end of the 90s comic book boom, and ran for 13 issues from 1994 to 1997. The magazine differentiates itself from Insider by having less of a focus on the films and more on the EU and collecting.

Let’s take a look at issue 3!

Episode #151 features a look at the latest Star Wars video game announcements and updates, some headscratching re: no Mandalorian season two trailer yet, Ryan’s highlights from the recent Force Fest, and more.

Quick disclaimer: John did that thing where he chose the wrong microphone setting and recorded the whole episode from his webcam mic, so the audio quality isn’t quite up to our normal aggressively average standards. That being said, it sounds ok and shouldn’t be a big deal unless pro audio is important to your podcast listening.

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• The LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Deluxe Edition…Unmasked
• Force Fest “Rose Tico Deserved Better” Panel
• Skytalkers Episode: E. ANNE CONVERY ON THE CLONE WARS, MYTH, & FAIRY TALES

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“The Old Republic” calls to mind many different feelings for people. For some, it’s modern Star Wars “done right,” with all of its action and original trilogy archetypes. It’s the anti-Prequel, prequel. Despite its roots in comic books and tabletop RPGs, other fans grimace at the mention of the era, with its oftentimes edgy imagery and “(video)gamification” of the Force: reducing the light and dark side to a point meter.

Although most of the stories set in The Old Republic have been folded into the Legends banner, the era lives on in the form of an online role-playing game, simply called Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). I enjoy massively multiplayer online RPGs (or just ‘MMOs’ if you’re nasty), and played SWTOR when it launched in December of 2011. I enjoyed it for a few months in the same way I’ve enjoyed other Old Republic content, which is “kinda.” 

But recently, like many characters in Star Wars itself, I’ve been interested in the history of the galaxy. The Jedi, The Sith, The Old Republic, and the MMO that released 8 years ago, is still updated today, but seems to be absent from most Star Wars discourse….

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