Indy Year continues as we look at a little secret gem in Indiana Jones history, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark : The Movie on Record. This wild artifact from the past is basically the entire movie, cut down to about 45 minutes and presented in a purely audio format. It has no narration and is just audio from the film with some extra sounds mixed in along the way. Join us as we talk to the record's Grammy winning producer and engineer, TOM VOEGELI about just how all this all happened. How did Tom...
Feb 23, 2021•58 min
BOBA FETT! have you heard of him? We’re finally doing an episode all about the one and only Boba Fett because we finally feel like we have our loving feelings straightened out on him. Join us as we look why this masked figure on a pink dinosaur gained so much mystery and popularity early on and how the cult of Boba has really only just begun! PLUS: we discover an old early reader novel that may hold a clue to the meaning of the Book of Boba Fett title. So get out that hologram watch and celebrat...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Valentine's Day is right around the corner and that can mean only one thing ... 2-1B! Join us as we talk everything 2-1B including his legendary scene in ESB, deleted scenes, his beautiful voice, the many appearances in other Star Wars things, 2-1B in the EU and more!! If all that wasn't enough to make you fall in love, we close things out with our (and a special guest) descriptions of fantasy romantic dream dates with 2-1B! Don't tell FX-7 because it's a 2-1B love fest like nobody has ever done...
Feb 09, 2021•49 min
It's been a little while since it ended but we are still not done thinking about The Mandalorian season 2! Between Bo Katan, the evolution of Din, the rescue and separation and the themes presented in the series, we still have a lot to discuss! Join us as we look back at each episode in the last season and wildly speculate on what it could all mean for season 3 and beyond!! So put on some Slayer, rate each Dorito in that bag and celebrate the love with BLAST POINTS! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY an...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Our year long monthly tribute to the 40th anniversary of Star Wars' cousin, Indiana Jones is finally here! In this first installment, we are looking at the creation of Indy and how so many of the same ingredients that went into the creation of the galaxy far far away also went into making the great adventure. How did Lucas and Spielberg meet? Who is the third very important person that made the early development of Raiders soar? What happened in the lengthy story conferences where much of everyt...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 16 min
It's our 5-year anniversary and this week we are pledging our undying love to Star Wars by renewing our vows and taking the JEDI OATH with the 1999 masterpiece known as The Junior Jedi Training Manual. This amazing CD / book combo was released for kids with The Phantom Meance and it seriously almost made us explode. Join us as we freak out a little, wonder if we are getting high from sounds, discuss robots in trench coats and meet exotic new Adult Aliens. It's the ultimate experience in Star War...
Jan 19, 2021•56 min
It's the epic conclusion to SAGA YEAR, and in true RISE OF SKYWALKER fashion, it's a DYAD of episodes. This is the DARK SIDE of the episode dyad where we go over everything that still puzzles us in that little movie TROS. From Rey looking at trees, to Palpatine, last names and everything in between! We're looking back and talking through all of our personal gripes in this therapy session of an episode! But look out... there's a light side of the dyad episode too! SO TRY TO CELEBRATE THE LOVE &am...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 19 min
It's the epic conclusion to SAGA YEAR, and in true RISE OF SKYWALKER fashion, it's a DYAD of episodes. This is the LIGHT SIDE of the episode dyad where we celebrate all we love in that little movie TROS. From the crawl to Klaud, Babu Frik and everything in between! We're looking back on all of our personal highlights in this one! But look out... there's a dark side of the dyad episode too! SO CELEBRATE THE LOVE & LISTEN TODAY! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! M...
Dec 22, 2020•54 min
It's the Return of the Blast Points Holiday Special! The greatest holiday tradition ever is back! We made it home for Life Day and we are joined by tons of SPECIAL GUESTS and FRIENDS sharing thier magical Star Wars holiday memories and traditions! PLUS : "The Client" meets Santa, Chewbacca reads Twas The Night Before Christmas, a special call from "George Lucas" & Boba Fett vs. St. Nick! So look for that armor under the AC/DC record and celebrate the love with BLAST POINTS! JOIN THE BLAST PO...
Dec 15, 2020•52 min
The book we've all been waiting for is finally here, Phil Szostak's amazing The Art of The Mandalorian Season 1! Join Jason and Gabe as they dive into the book's fascinating details like how the show got started, the wild history of live action Star Wars on TV and how the unique nature of the show led to a slightly different and more streamlined design process. If that wasn't enough excitement, they pick thier personal favorite pieces of art from the book! PLUS - BURNING QUESTIONS LIKE: How did ...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Saga Year continues and its finally time for this little movie that nobody ever talks about, THE LAST JEDI. Join us as we take a look at writer / director / king / wizard Rain Johnson's insightful and fascinating commentary for the film and all the secrets that it holds. From force connections, the hero's journey, Luke's role to Young Ones references, this is the commentary that is spark that'll light the fire of your TLJ love! So, hang out on a beach with Rick Carter, watch out for Cliffs, cele...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 21 min
The new From A Certain Point of View short story anthology for the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back is here and we're celebrating the only way we know how with a giant-sized episode where we review ALL 40 STORIES! Join us as we discuss each one and rate them in our scientifically proven scale of WIZARD, POSSIBLY or POODOO. Where do we wildly disagree? What stories made us want to run down the street naked? What stories answered Empire secrets we've wondered about for 40 years? Does Ve...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 40 min
The time has finally come for us to talk about one of the most important topics ever : THE NOSES OF STAR WARS! Yes, we are taking a beyond in depth look at the nasal cavities of the original trilogy & WHO KNOWS WHAT WE FIND IN THERE?! But we can't do it alone, so with us on this quest into the unknown is friend of the show and resident wizard at Regal Robot and Tom Spina Designs, the one and only Tom Spina. Join us as we ask questions like : Was Chewbacca's nose soft? Is the Toadstool Terror...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 22 min
The Mandalorian season 2 has arrived and left us in a state of absolute SHOCK. Join us as we discuss this first episode, The Marshall and pretty much deliriously freak out about everything. From major reveals to prequel love, alien combovers, bartenders, aspect ratio changes, Galaxy Rangers and Krayt Dragon calls, this episode has it all. So brush that Bantha's teeth and celebrate the love with BLAST POINTS! TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS IS THE WAY. give if you can to the gofundme : https:...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Saga Year continues as we look all the way back into that ancient history time of 2015 and when the HYPE for The Force Awakens was so all consuming. For 12 months, we were all in a Star Wars powered super tornado of trailers, reveals, weird sad dad commercials, hot excitement and most of all, fun. Join us as we look back on this special time and wonder if it could ever happen again and what the best and worst things about that time were. So fire up that "cross guard" lightsaber and celebrate the...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 3 min
This week we are taking a look at the fascinating first ten years of Star Wars video games! From 1977 to 1987 Star Wars and games had a symbiotic and unique relationship and we're looking at how this was born, who made them and how the spirit of those pioneering games continues to influence SW gaming today! From homemade games to Atari 2600 classics to Luke fighting Scorpion Vader in Japan, all the wild secrets are there in those first games! And what does it have to do with the Disney scavenger...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 3 min
This week we're taking an up close and personal look at one of those essential ingredients of Star Wars, PEOPLE YELLING NOOOOOO! Just like mythology, themes of good vs evil, mysticism and giant explosions, people yelling NOOOOO! is just something that makes Star Wars be Star Wars. Join us as we listen to and rate 31 NOOOOOs from across the 11 cinematic films. Which NOOOOOs are the ones to know? Which NOOOOOs weren't always NOOOOOs and when have NOOOOs repeated in the Force? PLUS : the epic SNOKE...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
It's a dream come true as the one and only STEVE SANSWEET from Rancho Obi-Wan joins us to talk about one of our favorite topics, the 90s Star Wars QVC specials! It was like a Star Wars Celebration at home in the 90s as Steve Sansweet and QVC's Steve Bryant would show us some of wildest and weirdest Star Wars collectibles ever known in the galaxy! Join us as Steve looks back on how he became involved, how his mother would order items for him, some of his favorite things sold on the show, listener...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min
In this final week of Ewok Movie Month, we're taking back to where it all began with Return of the Jedi and the creation of the Ewoks. With just about everyone telling George Lucas that little teddy bear creatures saving the Rebel Alliance was a bad idea, he never backed down and he DARED TO BE CUTE. But why does cute feel so at home in Star Wars? Like the Ewoks, is there a deeper meaning for the addition of the cute? What would ROTJ be like without Ewoks and why did everyone, including toy make...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 6 min
People say the Ewok movies aren't canon, they never happened, nobody likes them them ... but we're saying maybe that's not true? Join us as Ewok Movie Month rages on we take a look at some of the many things first seen in the two made for televison Ewok films that have spread into other eras of Star Wars! From Nightsisters to video games to Galaxy's Edge, the Ewok Movies are EVERYWHERE! And listen for an EXCLUSIVE Blast Points Ewok Movie Month report from Talking Bay 94 as Brandon interviews TEE...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 9 min
The trailer for The Mandalorian season 2 is finally here and we are pretty darn excited by all the wildness going down in this little ditty. The Graffiti Planet, Space Boats, fishing Quarrens in overalls, X-Wings, fighting Gamorreans and so much more. Join us as we go shot by shot and break it all down in that special super freakout style. So grab your buddy and celebrate the love with BLAST POINTS! WATCH IT IN SUPER CRYSTAL CLEAR QUALITY https://thedigitaltheater.com/forums/topic/the-mandaloria...
Sep 16, 2020•58 min
It's Ewok Month week THREE and it's time to get deep into the incredible mythology of the Ewok Saga! To help us with this quest, we welcome Marie-Claire Gould from the wonderful What the Force podcast. Join us as she breaks down the hero's quest in Caravan of Courage, the heroine's journey in Battle for Endor, a brain exploding Hidden Fortress pararell, the meaning of the Gorax, Teek, Fairy Tales and so much more. It's an illuminating episode that will make you never look at the Ewok Advenutres ...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Ewok Month continues as we look at the dark, bizarre and beautiful second chapter in the Ewok Stand Alone Cinematic Saga, 1985's The Battle for Endor. It's the lighthearted Sunday night kids film George Lucas said he wanted to be all about DEATH and it shows! How did this weird one get made? Who made it? How many times do they talk about friends and family dying? Does Wilford Brimley REALLY drop an F-bomb in the movie? What are some of our favorite parts? Tune in as we answer all those crucial q...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Ewok Month is here and we're starting it out with the legendary first Star Wars standalone film, 1984's The Ewok Adventure aka Caravan of Courage. Join us as we take a beyond in depth look at this Ewok filled slice of Star Wars joy. How was it conceived? Who made it? What's it's connection to Star Wars history? What are some of our favorite parts? What's up with those French Ewok songs by Dorothee? Tune in as we cover all that and more in this kick off to a five episode series exploring all thin...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min
It's Saga Year and this month is all about Alan Arnold's legendary, amazing and scandalous Empire Strikes Back making of book, Once Upon A Galaxy. Notoriously hard to get ahold of and chock full of juicy stories, this book has a reputation for being one of the best movie making of books ever written and has a legacy still felt today. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, we went through the book and picked 40 of the most fascinating and our favorite moments. There's old l...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Seeing how we all can't be at Star Wars Celebration this year, we're bringing one of our favorite things from Celebration to YOU, our friend and Regal Robot head wizard, Tom Spina's amazing SECRETS OF THE CANTINA panel! Join as Tom delights us with hot breaking news topics like : Mos Eisley bar taxidermy, "Is That a Fish?", The Rick Baker influence, George Lucas sitting on things, lost Greedo footage, who made what masks and so much more!! Plus, Tom shares memories from his Celebration history a...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Ki-Adi-Mundi. We all know he was a superstar, a Jedi Leader, a comic book hero and a Cone Head Guy, but was he also a jerk? Join us as we explore all things Mundi and strip away the myths and look at the deeds of this memorable and confusing Jedi Master. How many wives did he have? Does he ride an ostrich? How was he created? Why does everyone know Mundi? When did he go too far being rude? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in this action packed, fun filled MundiCentric episode...
Aug 11, 2020•48 min
This week we are taking it way back to 1995 and the figures that lit the spark that burned many wallets, The Power of the Force line. These muscular, buff versions of the characters are often mocked and laughed at but they hold a very unique place in not just Star Wars toy history, but fandom history as well. How did these so important toys come about? What's their story and how is their unique legacy still felt today? PLUS : Amazing Power of the Force figure stories from YOU, the listeners! So ...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Saga Year continues and this month is all about the original, groundbreaking, spectacular SOUNDS OF A NEW HOPE! Join us as we listen to and discuss 92 classic sounds! That's right - 92!! Lightsabers, Beru's food processor, Falcon sounds, Cheez Balls, dogs in closets, John Wayne voices, Lucas & Ben making "oink" sounds and more! PLUS: what is "worldizing", the "water tank effect" and how can the roots of Star Wars sound be heard in THX-1138 and America Graffiti? It's a biggie sized fun filled...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Jedi Padawans, Utapau, Planetary blockades, invasion armies... this was all stuff that Lucas came up with just for the prequels, right? NO! All of these things are more can be found in the various drafts of his "space movie" he was dreaming up as early as 1973! Join us as we look at the phantom origins of the prequels that can be found in the early story treatments and versions of The Star Wars. From the Emperor to tombstone pledges, there's a lot of prequel gold in those over 40 year old wild, ...
Jul 21, 2020•57 min
