Carl and Leroy are back with more music and chat on all things Celebration, May 4th, Andor and more. With music from NelsonTYC, Blues Harvest, Jeremy Brauns, Mark Rolfe and The Threepios we'll have you dancing like Mon Mothma at a wedding, so sit back and join us for another spin around the musical galaxy far, far away.... Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tra...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 21 min
MCM London Comic Con took place over the weekend of Friday 23rd May to Sunday 25th May at the ExCeL in London, and along with queues around the block, artists, traders, guests and much more there were numerous panels including this one, the Star Wars: The Bad Batch panel with Michelle Ang (Omega) and Noshir Dalal (Vice Admiral Rampart). Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch ...
Jul 11, 2025•41 min
Adam O'Brien returns with episode 74 of The Fantha From Down Under and on this micro episode, Adam breaks down the plot of the first in the trilogy of L. Neil Smith's Lando Calrissian books from 1983, Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu. Grab a cuppa and tune in on the 74th episode of The Fantha From Down Under. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tracks ...
Jul 11, 2025•15 min
Join the Marks as they take a walk around the hall of London Film and Comic Con as they catch up with Greg McLaughlin from Rebel Base Card, discuss the latest Star Wars news and swing back to May at Ewood Park and our chat with Brian Bovell, the actor behind Narkina 5 prisoner Jemboc in Andor season one at Star Wars Fan Fun Day (with added Paul Naylor) on the 228th episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm...
Jul 08, 2025•39 min
Top up your coaxium, pay off the portmaster, check the nava computer and try not to bounce too close to a supernova as we invite you to Start Your Engines. This episode Paul Naylor and Mark Newbold discuss the TIE Avenger, the prototype fighter Cassian Andor steals at the start of season 2 of Andor. From it's eye-catching appearance in Andor to a history that runs back to the mid 90's, we discuss it all on the latest episode of Start Your Engines. Visit Wookieepedia at https://starwars.fandom.co...
Jul 04, 2025•28 min
The second Festival of the Force of 2025 took place on Sunday 25th May at the Railway Institute in York and along with queues around the block, walls packed with costuming groups, artists, traders and much more there was the Panel Room, which saw seven guests take to the stage across the day. Mark Newbold was stage host, and in this fourth and final episode from the show we hear his conversations with BB-8 puppeteer Brian Herring and Rogue One's Grand Moff Tarkin Guy Henry. Remember to tune in t...
Jul 01, 2025•46 min
Join Richard Hutchinson and Andy Preston for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks. On this episode, Andy and Richard take a look at the essential Star Wars Action Figure related collectibles, and be warned - there are some surprise omissions. Go vintage on the 16th Wave of Collecting Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday and Thursday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch and check out our Fant...
Jun 27, 2025•43 min
The second Festival of the Force of 2025 took place on Sunday 25th May at the Railway Institute in York and along with queues around the block, walls packed with costuming groups, artists, traders and much more there was the Panel Room, which saw seven guests take to the stage across the day. Mark Newbold was stage host, and in this third episode from the show we hear his conversations with creature performer Lynn Robertson Bruce and Greedo himself Paul Blake. Remember to tune in to Good Morning...
Jun 24, 2025•38 min
Join the Marks as they grab a snorkel and swim the shores of Star Wars news looking for clamshells of conversation. On the latest episode we discuss Mark Hamill and his claims to have left behind the character of Luke Skywalker, look at the prospects of a future second season of The Book of Boba Fett, ask whether the negativity hurled at Kathleen Kennedy is in any warranted after Tony Gilroy voices his support and head back to Star Wars Fan Fun Day in Blackburn for a chat with creature performer...
Jun 20, 2025•34 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they go back as far as you can go, to the original 1977 UK print of Star Wars as shown at the BFI Film on Film Festival on 12th June. Before 'A New Hope' and Episode IV, when all we had was what we saw onscreen, join the Marks with Matt Booker, Brian Cameron and Phil Roberts from Future of the Force and hear from Paul Collard from Deluxe Media, Douglas Weir from the BF...
Jun 18, 2025•35 min
The second Festival of the Force of 2025 took place on Sunday 25th May at the Railway Institute in York and along with queues around the block, walls packed with costuming groups, artists, traders and much more there was the Panel Room, which saw seven guests take to the stage across the day. Mark Newbold was stage host, and in this second episode from the show we hear his conversations with Return of the Jedi performers Simon Williamson and Hugh Spight. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatoo...
Jun 13, 2025•31 min
Join the Marks as they dive headfirst into the latest Star Wars news. This week, they marvel at AndMore and the incredible behind-the-scenes guests that came to Fordingbridge this past weekend to celebrate the two seasons of Andor (and believe us when we say, it was a Celebration worthy line-up), discuss the addition of Mia Goth to the cast of Starfighter, whether Tony Gilroy is right that you don't need to know anything about Star Wars to enjoy Andor and the wise words of Carrie Fisher to Mark ...
Jun 10, 2025•37 min
Join us for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks as guest host Mark Newbold heads to the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham for UK Games Expo, one of the highlights of the gaming year as thousands descend on the NEC for three days of tabletop, RPG and much, much more. This episode, Mark sits down with Fantasy Flight Games John Leo, one of the designers of Star Wars Unlimited about the latest release Legends of the Force and much more on this Limited Edition episode...
Jun 06, 2025•22 min
Adam O'Brien returns with episode 73 of The Fantha From Down Under to discuss the latest news from the galaxy far, far away. On this special micro episode, Adam looks at the 10th anniversary of The Force Awakens and the current state of storytelling compared to the Legends era of the past. Grab a cuppa and tune in on the 73rd episode of The Fantha From Down Under. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTu...
Jun 06, 2025•13 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they delve into season 2 of Star Wars: Andor with Joe Mulinaro from Rule the Galaxy. Be warned – there are SPOILERS AHEAD as we take our final look at a magnificent season on Making Tracks Reaction Chat. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch and ch...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 5 min
The second Festival of the Force of 2025 took place on Sunday 25th May at the Railway Institute in York and along with queues around the block, walls packed with costuming groups, artists, traders and much more there was the Panel Room, which saw seven guests take to the stage across the day. Mark Newbold was stage host, and in this first episode from the show we hear his conversation with General Draven actor Alistair Petrie, speaking at his first convention appearance in 7 years. Remember to t...
May 29, 2025•33 min
Join the Marks as they sit down at the ExCeL in London at MCM London Comic Con to discuss the latest Star Wars news. We ask what's next for Star Wars, take a number of listeners questions and catch up with actress Karol Cristina da Silva, Rabé from The Phantom Menace at Star Wars Fan Fun Day 2025 on the 225th episode of Making Tracks. Don't forget, our return to the Holonet News Stage at Star Wars Celebration for Good Morning Tatooine x Making Tracks LIVE with special guest Kyriana Kratter will ...
May 27, 2025•32 min
Join Johanna Lindén Nybelius and Clair Henry as they return with Planet Leia to discuss the second season of Andor. The characters, the story, every corner of the season and more on the 25th episode of Planet Leia. We love you - you know! Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rotation every Friday at 7.00pm UK for new episodes of The Fant...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Making Tracks is back for its 224th studio episode, and this week we're leaping headfirst into an ocean of listeners questions, kicking up a storm at Ewood park for Star Wars Fan Fun Day and tackling the latest news from across the galaxy. We look ahead to this coming weekends Festival of the Force, look closer at Elizabeth Dulau's thoughts on Kleya Marki, get excited for the announcement of Skeleton Crews Ryan Keira Armstrong as the new Slayer and join Derek Arnold at SWFFD to discuss his amazi...
May 20, 2025•48 min
The Marks are back to carve into the latest Star Wars news on episode 223 of Making Tracks, and this week we wish George Lucas a happy 81st birthday, look back at a month of Andor, May the 4th and Celebration Japan, dive into Tales of the Underworld and Light & Magic season 2 and welcome back to the podcast Lonni Yung himself Robert Emms, the first of our conversations from Star Wars Fan Fun Day 2025, and we even have a listeners question. We're packed with more swag than clearance day at Lu...
May 15, 2025•42 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they delve into the final three episodes of Star Wars: Andor, episodes 22 (‘Make It Stop’), 23 ('Who Else Knows?') and 24 ('Jedha, Kyber, Erso'), the final ever episode. Be warned – there are SPOILERS AHEAD. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch an...
May 14, 2025•31 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they delve into Star Wars: Andor episodes 19 (‘Messenger’), 20 ('Who Are You?') and 21 ('Welcome To The Rebellion'). Be warned – there are SPOILERS AHEAD. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rota...
May 11, 2025•43 min
Join Richard Hutchinson and Andy Preston for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks. On this episode, Andy and Richard take a look at chocolate covered collectibles and some of the yummy treats available to collectors and chocoaholics across the galaxy - there's plenty to chew over on the 15th Wave of Collecting Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday and Thursday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube and Tw...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they delve into Star Wars: Andor episodes 16 (‘Ever Been to Ghorman?’), 17 ('I Have Friends Everywhere') and 18 ('What a Festive Evening'). Be warned – there are SPOILERS AHEAD. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tracks ...
May 02, 2025•49 min
Join the Marks for the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat, where they chew over the latest in Star Wars programming. Tonight, they delve into Star Wars: Andor episodes 13 (‘One Year Later’), 14 ('Sagroma Teema') and 15 ('Harvest'). Be warned – there are SPOILERS AHEAD. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rotation every ...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to a very special episode of Making Tracks as we sit down with the Hair Department Head and designer on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka Maria Sandoval to discuss her work on those hit shows, the Galactic Starcruiser and her own journey through the Star Wars galaxy on the latest special episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X, Instagram and Twitch ...
Apr 11, 2025•24 min
The Marks are back for the last studio Making Tracks before the team head off to Tokyo for Celebration Japan, and surprise surprise, it's a busy one. We tuck into the arrival of Tales of the Underworld on 4th May, the sad passing of both Patty Maloney and Val Kilmer, recent comments from John Boyega, Oscar Isaac cancelling his appearance at Star Wars Celebration and a trio of listeners questions. It's all the ducks (and there are ducks in the GFFA) on episode 222 of Making Tracks. Don't forget, ...
Apr 11, 2025•39 min
Grab your bookmarks, it’s time to take cover as we unleash the Canon Fodder over the Star Wars galaxy of literature. Join host Mark Newbold and our guest, The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents writer Michael Moreci. We look at the series, working in the worlds of Clone Force 99 and much more besides on the latest episode of Canon Fodder. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, YouTube, X and Twitch and check out our Fa...
Apr 04, 2025•27 min
The 16th running of Echo Base Live took place on Saturday 29th March at the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch, bringing collectors and fans from all across the UK and far beyond to one of the most fascinating and enjoyable events of the year. The Marks hit the event floor to walk, talk, buy and bump into a slew of people including fellow Fantha Trackers Richard Mitchell, Jonathan Hipkiss, Matt Booker and Paul Naylor, The Vintage Rebellions Jason 'Mr Palitoy' Smith, author Brian Hickey, Andor Lead Gr...
Mar 30, 2025•40 min
We're just a few short weeks away from Star Wars Celebration Japan, Andor season 2 is almost here, the excitement is at fever pitch and we've got a ton of listeners questions....it doesn't get much better than that. On todays episode we look at George Lucas presenting a screening of The Empire Strikes Back, chew over the thought of Harrison Ford and John Boyega sharing some Nigerian food, discuss the deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith and how they're more relevant than ever with Andor seaso...
Mar 25, 2025•33 min
