Sure, we all love the classic WILHELM SCREAM and we all know the fun Ben Burtt story behind it BUT only Blast Points is brave enough to tell you all the times it played in Star Wars from 1977 to 2005! And only Blast Points is rating each Wilhelm based on their unique traits and falvors! What about the Holiday Special? And do we talk about all four times there's Wilhelms in ROTJ? YES! It's WilhelmMania! PLUS - week 3 of SNOKETOBERFEST Kino Loy style! So get bitten by an alligator, celebrate the l...
Oct 24, 2023•54 min
We're back with an all new episode as we deal with our shared nasty case of NIGHTSISTER FEVER!! We're obsessed with those witches from Dathomir and we don't even mind them whispering to us from across the stars! Join us as look at their history behind the scenes, on the screen and more! How were they created and why is their journey to being now one of the most important parts of Star Wars so interesting? PLUS - we dive back into week two of SNOKETOBERFEST! So, call up Morag and Charal, celebrat...
Oct 17, 2023•57 min
In this edition of Blast Points Presents we are honored to share this chat with our friend Regal Robot's Tom Spina and ILM creature technican Jeanne Laure about her work with Droopy McCool for Return of the Jedi and so much more. Pick up your own Droopy McCool signature edition on Tuesday 10/10 at 12pm EST! https://www.regalrobot.com/custom-star-wars-busts-statues/ explore everything Regal Robot here: www.regalrobot.com EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com JOIN THE BLAST PO...
Oct 07, 2023•55 min
It's the one year anniversary of ANDOR and to celebrate we're talking all about the the legacy of the show and the breakout character KINO LOY! Could he show up again? Is there more to him? What other surprises are in this episode? So take off your shoes, listen today and celebrate the love! We support the SAG-AFTRA strike! We love this stuff and we want our favorite who make our favorite things people to be treated fairly! www.sagaftrastrike.org/ JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POI...
Oct 01, 2023•20 min
Did someone say Jizz and Jatz? As the whole world is going crazy about the latest "dizzcourse", we're listening to 18 obscure and somehow new to us Star Wars inspired songs from the 70s and 80s and rating them as JIZZ or JATZ! What makes a song Jizz? What makes a song Jatz? And why are we just hearing these amazing songs now?! Listen along with us as we answer all these questions and more! Listen today, celebrate the love and may the force be with you, sweetheart. YouTube playlist of all the son...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This week we're taking it back to the summer of 1983 when ROTJ wasn't the only Star Wars thing blowing minds as the classic Star Wars arcade game made it's electrifying debut on the video gameshow STARCADE! We're talking about the simultaneous rise of video game and Star Wars mania in the early 1980s, why Starcade is the most soothing show to ever air on television and then we're watching the episode where the only game the contestants could play was the legendary Atari Star Wars game! Who wins ...
Sep 19, 2023•58 min
This week we are thrilled to welcome back to Blast Points, From a Certain Point of View Return of the Jedi authors and all around awesome people, Kristin Baver and Phil Szostak! Their stories in FACPOV were some of our favorites and we're talking with them all about how these stories about the legendary Max Rebo and Sy Snootles came to be! The hidden Beatles and Stones references, the Rebooty of it all, the FLIPPERS and so much more! So, get that jar of Goober Grape ready, listen today and celeb...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 6 min
The latest From a Certain Point of View book for Return of the Jedi is here and we're talking about each and every story contained in it's 400 something pages! Join us as we spend 2 minutes on each story and if we go over those 2 minutes, Lando's Sarlaac scream shuts us down! Which ones are our favorites? Which ones didn't click for us? And what did we learn about ourselves in the process? Get on your reading glasses, celebrate the love and listen today! We support the SAG-AFTRA / WGA strike! We...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min
It's a trip to one of our favorite places as this week we're heading back to the magical land of the STAR WARS QVC SPECIALS! Listen as we watch a full episode from August 1997, an age when the Special Edition VHS tapes were the hottest things in the world and Shadows of the Empire still cast a Xizor sized shadow over fandom. Along the way we're talking Master Replica sabers, life size Vader and the Lucasfilms. So call before supplies run out, send a fax, listen today and celebrate the love! Watc...
Aug 29, 2023•2 hr 5 min
Your prayers have been answered and we are finally talking about the 1983 kids read along book and record, THE EWOKS JOIN THE FIGHT! And just to add a little excitement to it all we're making the horrible mistake of drinking a glass of water every time R2-D2 tells us to turn the page! That's 12 glasses of water! Listen as we learn all about the brave Ewoks during the battle of Endor and almost die from drinking way more water then a human should in 45 minutes! So get the flickering flame of free...
Aug 22, 2023•53 min
For over 40 years now people have said you can't like both Star Wars and Star Trek, but with this episode we're here to say maybe you can? Join us as we welcome back to the show the great John and Maria Jose Tenuto to discuss the many ways the 2 big space franchises have influenced each other, the connected roots of their fandoms, the shared creative minds behind the scenes, Ben Burtt's love for Trek sound and the shocking truth on how George Lucas was and is a Trekker. So ahead warp factor 5, c...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 23 min
It's the episode you've all been waiting for as we are finally dedicating an entire hour to the French kids superstar and only person to release four songs about Ewoks, DOROTHEE! Join us as we look at Dorothee's vast and incredible history, a shocking discovery about her on Disney Plus and most importantly, her Ewok songs! We're listening to each one and sharing the English translations of the beautiful lyrics! You're not the only person singing about Cindel and Duloks! PLUS : hear the frighteni...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Sure we all know about collecting Star Wars - but there's Star Wars Collecting and then there's STAR WARS PROP COLLECTING! It's a wild world and this week we are joined by super collector and fandom legend GUS LOPEZ and by the third Blast Pointer, our friend and Regal Robot's TOM SPINA as we explore all there is to know about collecting Star Wars props! The Death Star! Rodian hands! Han's jacket from ESB! And yes, the shocking truth about MADINE'S BEARD! It's all in this super fun and informativ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min
The summer is heating up and so is Blast Points as this week we’re talking about the EDITDROID! In the early eighties George Lucas wanted to streamline the film editing process so he put the laserdisc based EditDroid project into motion! What ever happened to it and what does it all have to do with that wizard BEN BURTT? As if that wasn’t hot enough, we’re watching the infamous EditDroid laserdisc of uncut footage from the Yoda’s hut scene in ROTJ! Different lines of dialog! Yoda almost bursting...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Indy Month may be over but we still have Indy Fever and now it's HOT INDY SUMMER! We've got one more Indiana Jones episode in us and this week we are talking all about that crazy Archimedes dial! What's the real history behind it and just what does it do in the movie? What's up with the dates and why is time travel so right for this story? PLUS : listen as we go over all the little fun things we forgot to talk about last time like Helena's expert sandwich snacking skills and our hero, the sleepi...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 9 min
It's the episode everyone has been waiting for as this week we are giving our full spoiler filled talk on the much anticipated Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! AND we are finally telling our insane stories from our legendary time at the red carpet premiere in Hollywood! Listen as we talk all about Indy's final adventure, why we loved it so much, how we connected with it, wonder if Jason may have blacked on the red carpet, reveal our thrilling encounter with superstar John Knoll, explain ho...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Indy Month continues and this week we are talking about George Lucas' passion project, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles! Barely seen for years and often misunderstood, Lucas wanted the Young Indy show to educate kids about history and just maybe his dream is finally happening! Listen as we explore how the show came to be, the challenges it faced in the early 1990s and how it paved the way for the eventual Star Wars prequels. AND: hear our brief. spoiler free reactions to Indiana Jones and the ...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 7 min
It's week 2 of Indy Month and the Indiana Jones Fever is only getting more intense! This week we are joined by our friend Brandon Wainerdi to discuss the change that we can all feel - THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL RENAISSANCE! It's been 15 years since the fourth Indiana Jones movie and as the world gets ready for a fifth adventure, many have been going back to KOTCS with a new perspective and attitude! Join us as we discuss the film when we first saw it versus today, the looming shadow of exp...
Jun 13, 2023•59 min
If adventure has a name, it must be INDY MONTH! It's the kickoff to our month long celebration of all things Indiana Jones and we're barely keeping it together. Listen as we slowly lose our minds about the IndyMania going on right now as we get closer and closer to The Dial of Destiny! Then we ask the ultimate question that is so simple and yet so complicated - WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INDIANA JONES MOVIE? We answer the question ourselves and then we turn it over to so many of our friends to hear w...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 29 min
This week we are thrilled to welcome back to Blast Points, Skywalker Sound's David W. Collins! Since we last talked a couple of years ago, David was nominated for an Emmy for his sound work on The Book of Boba Fett, led the way with Tales of the Jedi and The Bad Batch season 2 and was the sound designer for that little thing called The Mandalorian season 3. Join us as we go over all of that and more as we explore what went into creating sounds for so much of the recent stuff we've loved. What's ...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 47 min
In this edition of Blast Points Presents we are honored to share this seriously fun chat with our friend Regal Robot's Tom Spina and ILM FX legend Dave Carson about his work sculpting Nien Nunb for Return of the Jedi and so much more. From joining ILM during the end of Empire, designing some CLASSIC creatures from Return of the Jedi and the continuing question of what music was playing in the creature creation department! And don't forget, Regal Robot's insanely cool 40th anniversary edition Nie...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week it's all about one of the greatest controversies in Star Wars history : HUMAN JABBA! George Lucas claimed he always intended for Jabba to be a "large, loathsome creature", but just how true is that? Listen as we're joined once again by Tom Spina and we explore all the evidence for and against this idea, What about that mysterious art in From Star Wars to Jedi? Who made it? Was it even possible during the time of the original trilogy? Who knows the truth, who's lying and why did Han hav...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Throughout the vast history of the various audio differences in the many versions of 1977's original Star Wars, no scene has gone under the radar, been more mysterious and had more subtle changes then the infamous Detention Block Shootout scene! Join us as we bravely listen to 8 incredible different versions of this scene, uncover it's audio secrets, discuss how it evolved over the decades, what changed and what has stayed the same! So get out your bass cannon, celebrate the love and listen toda...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Star Wars Visions volume 2 is here and we seriously can’t get enough of it. From goofy Wedge moments and a space train chased by horses to the deepest deep stuff with a Sith Mother and a Spy Dancer! Visions is the dream of Lucasfilm made real and we’re talking about each of the shorts for five delirious minutes each! What ones are our favorites and which ones need another watch? So get out your Thumb Wars DVDS and buy all your official Wedge merchandise and listen today! visit the Blast Points w...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 10 min
It's a May the 4th spectacular as we celebrate the return of Return of the Jedi back in movie theaters! Listen as we talk about our theater experiences, why we are "return of the jedi people" and why the creatures panel from Celebration 2022 continues to rule our minds! PLUS - hear recordings from over 25 Blast Points listeners on THEIR ROTJ theater experiences and why THEY love this classic Star Wars film! So be already on your way out, listen today and celebrate the love! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE ...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min
This week we are thrilled to welcome to show 2 of the authors of the incredible new book - Star Wars Timelines, Kristin Baver and Amy Richau! Join us as we discuss how such a massive book telling the vast history of the galaxy far far away was even created, what surprised them while making it and of course, Max Rebo's booty. Listen today and celebrate the love! Learn more about Star Wars Timelines here: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9780744060874-star-wars-timelines/ Learn more about Star Wars 100 ...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 28 min
It's the season finale of The Mandalorian season 3 and we are diving in like a naked Gideon clone coming out of a tank! Listen as we go over important topics like : expectations, new beginnings, peace & purpose, Raising Arizona and Jiffy Pop! So jump out a flaming window like Axe Waves, listen today and celebrate the love! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE FOR ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT ...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min
The Mandalorian season 3 is almost over and we're almost dead from the amount of insane STAR WARS we've been getting in the past week! This episode has it all - Mandos, a giant monster, Praetorian Guards, Gideon with a cape and jetpack, red force field walls, Hux's dad, serious talk and so much more. AND - who are "the spies"?! Listen as we gather the evidence and make some cases in court. So put the X in Hux, yell "THE MANDALORIAN" and listen today! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE FOR ALL THE CELEBRATION ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min
It's DAY 4 of Star Wars Celebration Europe and we are presenting the audio of our Super Live Stream with Silver of STAR WARS THRIFTING! We're talking everything that went down in London today including the announcement of JAPAN for celebration 2025, Bad Batch season 3, Visions season 2, the Doug Chiang panel and so much more!! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE FOR ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT ...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 19 min
It's DAY 3 of Star Wars Celebration Europe and we are presenting the audio of our Super Live Stream with Silver of STAR WARS THRIFTING! We're talking everything that went down in London today including Hayden, Kenobi, Acolyte and more! PLUS - We're joined by living legend and Disney Park expert NICK TIERCE as we discuss Star Tours, the future of the galaxy far far away at the parks, Star Wars Detours and so much other wildness! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE FOR ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM ...
Apr 09, 2023•2 hr 3 min
