The Blockade Runner

February 12, 2018
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Star Wars: The Power of the 90s (1993) – The Blockade Runner Podcast – February 11th, 2018

Ryan and John return to the 90s to discuss all of the Star Wars books, comics, games, and merchandise releases from 1993. Join us as we look at

Books: The Last Command, The Truce at Bakura, Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, and the West End Games sourcebooks from 1993
Comics: The Dark Empire trade paperback and Tales of the Jedi: The Knights of the Old Republic #1-#3
Games: X-Wing, Rebel Assault, Super The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars Chess
Plus: The George Lucas Super Live Adventure, The Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, and more!

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First Reactions to the Solo Teasers – The Blockade Runner Podcast – February 5th, 2018

Our two-part Solo teaser reactions episode features an initial discussion of the trailers with Kevin and John before Ryan and John jump into a lengthier moment-by-moment look at the footage. Join us as we get into the look, tone, and feel of the first Solo footage (and repeatedly swoon over Donald Glover’s incredible transformation into Lando!)

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January 24, 2018
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A Canto Bight Conversation – The Blockade Runner Podcast – January 24th, 2018

In this week’s Blockade Runner episode Ryan and John discuss the hotly debated Canto Bight sequence from The Last Jedi. Only we both really, really like it, so we’re not so much debating as we are high-fiving each other about how punk rock it is! This conversation was actually part of last week’s episode, but we split it out into it’s own thing because we think the Canto Bight sequence deserves a little more love than it’s getting.

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January 17, 2018
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Sacred Jedi Texts: The Last Jedi Art Of and Visual Dictionary Books

Join Ryan and John as we dive into The Art of The Last Jedi and The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary books on this latest episode of The Blockade Runner. We both love reading the Art Of and Visual Dictionary releases that accompany each new Star Wars movie so much, so we’re excited to dedicate an entire episode to them. The Art Of discussion leans pretty far into analysis and gleaning what we can about The Last Jedi‘s production process from the book while the Visual Dictionary portion of the show is more focused on fun little details and lore. Authors Phil Szostak and Pablo Hidalgo have written two incredible Last Jedi resources that we think are essential to any Star Wars fan’s own library of sacred texts, so whether you join us for this discussion or not, be sure to pick up and dig in to copies of both.

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The Art of the Last Jedi
Star Wars The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
Blast Points Episode 105 – The Art of The Art of The Last Jedi (Jason and Gabe recorded a super-fun show covering the Art of book last week; smart, joyful, and hilarious as always)

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December 28, 2017
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Chris’s Critical Take on The Last Jedi – The Blockade Runner Podcast – December 27th, 2017

A couple of Blockade Runners made an early morning trip to a Last Jedi screening just before the holidays and we took the opportunity to check in with Chris to hear about why he unfortunately didn’t love the movie (unlike pretty much everyone else involved with The Blockade Runner). This episode is brief as we recorded it in the car on the way to and from the movie, but if you didn’t love Rian Johnson’s first contribution to the Star Wars series you may enjoy hearing a similar perspective from Chris. Or, if you loved it like the rest of us on the show did, Chris provides an alternate take without resorting to insults and hyperbole.

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December 20, 2017
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The Last Jedi After Two Viewings – The Blockade Runner Podcast – December 19th, 2017

In our third Last Jedi reactions episode, Ryan and John discuss their evolving feelings about #TheLastJedi after multiple viewings as well as dig in to the character arcs for Luke Skywalker and Vice Admiral Holdo.

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