Welcome back to SoloWatch! Sit back, sync up, and join Mel and Ollie as they watch The Clone Wars (2008) film! Points of Interest: just like in Pretty Little Liars, Thrawn’s best friend Yularen, Codyana Grande, Rex flew!, our first successful CodyWatch (yet Jess isn't here), Ahsoka goes to Euphoria High, spoilers for Midnight Horizon , lash tech Hardcase, the Beautician Batch, Rex’s group chat, new gender - Cody’s irritable bowels, Mel is NOT sorry for party rocking, Obi-Wan’s the secret fifth B...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 41 min
The drama with Wookieepedia finally ends and an alliance is formed. Welcome to Rogue One(s), the RuPalp's Podrace bonus series where some of our hosts go rogue on a specific Star Wars topic. This week, Ollie talked to Jordan (Supreme Emperor on Wookieepedia) about the ins and outs of Wookieepedia, THE Star Wars Wiki. --- Wookieepedia Editing Tutorial WookieeProject: Pride How to join the Wookieepedia Discord Follow Jordan's Bluesky --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok - @rupalpspodrace Bluesky - @...
Mar 13, 2022•31 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, and Mel as they discuss their final thoughts on Star Wars: The High Republic Phase I! For light and life! Points of Interest: Kermit Stellan Gios, the Howard Stark-ification of Chancey Yarrow, Mustafar was a whoopsie, Pope Stellan Gios III, Torban “Top Bunk” Buck, who in the High Republic has TERF bangs?, an exit interview with Crosshair, let Lily Tora-Asi do a flip, Stellan Gios went to the beach from Old (2021), we don’t talk about ...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, Mel, and a very special guest, author Daniel José Older, as they discuss "Midnight Horizon," his latest addition to Star Wars: The High Republic! For light and life! Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, Mel, and a very special guest, author Daniel José Older, as they discuss Midnight Horizon , his latest addition to Star Wars: The High Republic! For light and life! Listen to our friends Fulcrum Transmissions’ ...
Feb 27, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, and Mel for their final thoughts on The Book of Boba Fett ! May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: Cad Bane selling Goop, The Carol of Karga, Rachel the Tusken warrior, stan Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older, what is the Majordomo's name?, Tatooine's community theatre scene, Jennifer Coolidge wields the Darksaber, Biden doesn't have a plan for the Anakin statues, all roads lead back to Into the Dark ...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss the The Book of Boba Fett finale, "In the Name of Honor." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: The Real Housewives of Tatooine, Grogu’s Lana Del Rey era, Axe Woves is Scrappy-Doo, RIP to the Gamorreans, Yass and Slay, Cobb Vanth is Helen of Troy, Cad Bane’s literal death drop, true crime podcast enjoyer Peli Motto, and droid poppers. --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok - @rupalpspodrace Bluesky - @rupalpsp...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss The Book of Boba Fett chapter 6, "From the Desert Comes a Stranger." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: CobbDinVision, the Cinnamon Challenge shot first, submissive and killable, "Din, where the hell have you been, loca?", Grogu the Big Green Alien, sensual Kashyyyk vacation, negging Luke Skywalker, Grinch!Cad Bane, Jewance (Jewish nuance), Jess' Saw Trap Spelling Bee, Saleucami - the Italy of Star Wars...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss The Book of Boba Fett chapter 5, "Return of the Mandalorian." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: the Christmas Story-ification of Din Djarin, The Mandalorian(s), Din and orthodoxy, capitalism breeds Cobb Vanth, "Bober? I hardly know her!", the worst CloneWatch to date, Grogu is looking up to God, a life size Anakin statue on the Amaxine Station, and Rand Paul/Darth Maul. --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok ...
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss The Book of Boba Fett chapter 4, "The Gathering Storm." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: Axe Woves’ LinkedIn, Boba Fett’s fireside chats, rugged individualism v. the power of community, the Bobennec plague, sand in your appendectomy, Black Krrsantan with a middle part, Jon Hamm???, and Nancy Reagan parallels. --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok - @rupalpspodrace Bluesky - @rupalpspodrace Instagram - ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss The Book of Boba Fett chapter 3, "The Streets of Mos Espa." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: we need to show He , the gentrification squad takes Tatooine, Holding Two Things In Our Hearts: A Star Wars Story, the drag course at Tatooine Community College, seamstress!Luke Skywalker, “Kriff, Naboos, and Honeyboons," and Commander Fox is dating WHO?! --- How The Book of Boba Fett Evolved Star Wars' View o...
Jan 18, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss The Book of Boba Fett chapter 2, "The Tribes of Tatooine." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: Fennec “Extreme Couponer” Shand, TSL (Tusken Sign Language), Din Jarring, Book of Genesis-ification, Fives says “do a flip," Neil Patrick Saxon, The Bad Batch and its consequences, and the feminine urge to be a planet. --- Learn more about #LandBack The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison --- Find us elsewhere: ...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss the premiere of The Book of Boba Fett, "Stranger in a Strange Land." May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: The Book(s) of Boba Fett, glub shittification, Animal Crossing AU, class traitor Boba Fett, saving up for cone surgery, Fennec Shand’s concealed carry permit, ass out Gamorreans, Max Rebo’s beautiful son, and we don’t talk about Grogu. --- Patton Oswalt's Boba Fett Filibuster Kajidic and Kanjiklub Lea...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Klaudia, Mel, and Noah as they break down Boba Fett's life in preparation for the Book of Boba Fett. May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: on Wednesdays we wear green, Korkie Kryze is an accountant, Hondo Ohnaka: Uncle MVP, Han Solo fumbled the bag (BIG TIME), Hot Single Mando Dads in Your Area, and Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Star Wars merch. --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok - @rupalpspodrace Bluesky - @rupalpspodrace Insta...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to SoloWatch! Sit back, sync up, and join Mel, Noah, and Ollie as they watch Solo: A Star Wars Story. Points of Interest: the Taco Bell sound effect, Han Solo's Cheeto-dusted fingers, Kalluzeb parallels, adult He, emotional support human, The Hondolorian, Hot Priest!Lando Calrissian, the He/Him Lesbian Agenda Strikes Back, the Vlog of Lando, Sussy Bacca, the Millennium polycule, Lourna Dee to Enfys Nest pipeline, the besties get hangry, Tobias Fisto, Star Wars: Vision, and Darth Paul. --...
Dec 19, 2021•2 hr 8 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Mel, Noah, and Klaudia as they discuss their favorite bounty hunters in preparation for The Book of Boba Fett. May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: Extended talk of Jango Juice, Multiple Apologetic Ice Cream Cakes, Bossk’s Sister is an Unmoisterized Wookiee, Rough Day count, Star Wars Bounty Hunter Tom Succession, Crohn’s Nest, Fen(n) Solidarity, Bounty Hunter Sticker Collections, Gig Economy Worker!Din Djarin, Bossk Exotic...
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Mel, Noah, Klaudia, and Ollie for their Life Day special! May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: I saw Santa kissing Elzar Mann, Chewbacca’s fucked up little dog, Kylo Ren’s cousin Lumpy, boyz night out, Weekend at Anakin’s, Kylux canon in the LEGO dub, Rex and the 501st are celebrating Hanukkah, Which Jedi is Martin Luther?, Scott thee Chiss, the Ackbar Maneuver, and the Mob’s Hanukkah party. --- Find us elsewhere: TikTok ...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 9
The speeder is at the shop this week, guess we'll have to do all bits! Join the whole crew for a full episode of all your favorite segments. Major High Republic Phase I spoiler - 3:08-9:45 Points of Interest: Jess is committing insurance fraud on Starlight Beacon, Fennec’s two (three?) weed smoking girlfriends, The Trolly Polycule, Y/N (You’re Noah), Is Brierly Ronan submissive and breedable?, RuPalp’s Pawn Stars, Keeping an eye out for Ahsoker, Force choked by the Jeremy Renner app, our most ch...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Mel, Klaudia, and Ollie as we discuss the final canon Thrawn novel (as far as we know), Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil . Spoilers ahead. May warrior's fortune smile on you, and don't kriff it up! Points of Interest: merit adoptive girlboss Samakro, Mitth’Manuel’Miranda, No Chiss Left Behind, Che’ri and the Chocolate Factory, As the World Caves In (Thurstalmu’s Version), Jess’ formal "apology," Ch’odyWatch, trauma bonding with Nightswan, Paul brother parall...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Welcome to Rogue One(s), the RuPalp's Podrace bonus series where some of our hosts go rogue on a specific Star Wars topic. This week, join Klaudia, Jess, and Mel in the Chiss Ascendancy for some Thrawntent in preparation for the end of the canon Thrawn books coming soon (as far as we know), Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil. May warrior's fortune smile on you, and don't kriff it up! Points of Interest: The artist formerly known as Lakinda, “You were my brother, Timmy!”, Thrawn Ascendancy: Consequen...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Mel, Noah, and Ollie as we discuss all of the High Republic Phase 1 so far in our first full THR episode. For light and life! Points of Interest: Fett/Shand 4 Tatooine, serial outfit repeater Fennec Shand, “hey twink,” they/them (plural), Lournastasia and her Depop store, Cham Syndulla teeth reveal, Grogu and Plo Koon parallels, Loden Greatstorm’s boob job, Jess experiences some character growth, Kassav’s sex playlist, Cohmac’s tradwife, Darth Plagueis the...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Join RuPalp's Podrace co-hosts Ollie and Klaudia as we embark on a very non-Star Wars journey: the superhell that is a complete Supernatural rewatch. We'll summarize each episode, talk about fandom and production, and much more! No viewing of or prior knowledge about the cursed monster hunter show required - we're doing it so you don't have to. See you on the Mystery Spotcast for biweekly slaying people, queerbaiting things, the Supernatural business! Subscribe here , and follow us @MysterySpotc...
Nov 04, 2021•1 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Klaudia, Mel, Noah, and Ollie for their first SPOOKTACULAR Halloween special: BOOPalp's Podrace. May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: We Have Prepared Some Halloween Costumes for You, Is Dean a Supernatural reference?, Rey Skywalker’s Arbor Day Special, Eli Vanto’s fat ass, Lego Tarkrennic Marriage Story, Mel is a Lost Boys stan, Jordan Peele’s Lego Get Out, The Return of A Segment, Zucchini Bread Discourse, Genie!Noah, and...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Klaudia, Mel, and Noah as we discuss Ronin, the Star Wars: Visions novel based on the first short, "The Duel," with special guest author Emma Mieko Candon! May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up! This episode includes mostly minor spoilers for the novel, but here are timestamps for the major spoilers: 38:51- 40:08 45:57- 46:06 --- Find Emma elsewhere: Bluesky - @EmmaCandon Tumblr - @emcandon TikTok - @emcandon Purchase Ronin Purchase Emma's origi...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Klaudia, Mel, Noah, and Ollie for our girlboss episode. What does it mean to be a girlboss? May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Accidental boss binary, Mother Talzin leggings, Jango Foot, Vernestra Rwoh A.N.T Farm AU, Lena Dunham’s Arihnda Pryce, Elizabeth Holmes/Arihnda Pryce Parallels, The Organa Girlboss Dynasty, “Mara, where the hell have you been, loca?”, Timmy Zahn’s "Jolene," Jon Mothma, and Captain Dimitrescu. Chec...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome to Rogue One(s), the RuPalp's Podrace bonus series where some of our hosts go rogue on a specific Star Wars topic. This week, join Ollie and Mel as they go rogue to talk about the SWPEU: The Star Wars Polycule Extended Universe. Points of Interest: Pitycule member Garazeb Orrelios, Fenn Rau seems The Type, No one is safe from he/him lesbianism, “Ah that must have been for Samakro," Adult He, Bongos Bingus, Peli Motto x Beru Whitesun Grease AU, and Rey’s Force Vision. Here's the SWPEU cha...
Oct 10, 2021•45 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Klaudia, Mel, Noah, and Ollie where we talk about our favorite Star Wars ships. May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Kallus gets gay married, we will not shut the fuck up about polycules, Minnesotan!Eli Vanto, shout out to Supernatural, Samakro & Gron parallels, Jedha vaycay, please read the Padmé books, Anakin Get Fucked Challenge, Where was Dujé?, Jack Black’s Jaro Topal, Gron Swanson, and Vermont!AU. Subscribe to our...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, and Mel as we discuss Star Wars: Visions season 1! May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up. Points of Interest: The Elder is gender, Is bread canon?, Duel of the Gays, anime club president Ezra Bridger, POV: Fennec Shand is your DM, Jabba's Big Time Rush era, Karre is Luuke (NOT CLICKBAIT), battle heels, lightsaber mood ring, Ben Shapirochô, ISB Agent Jeffree Starr, a discussion on anti-Blackness and anime (and Star Wars), Bo...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Welcome to Rogue One(s), the RuPalp's Podrace bonus series where some of our hosts go rogue on a specific Star Wars topic. This week, join Ollie, Jess, and Noah as they go rogue to talk about Star Wars video games! We discuss a lot of games in this episode, but we only really get into spoilers for Jedi: Fallen Order, the KOTOR games, Republic Commando and Battlefront II. Points of Interest: Padmé’s pro-gamer boyfriend, Candy Crush Commander Cody, Starkiller is a boyboss, Greez and Merrin buddy x...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Welcome to Rogue One(s), the RuPalp's Podrace bonus series where some of our hosts go rogue on a specific Star Wars topic. This week, join Ollie, Jess, and Mel as they go rogue to talk about the second wave of the High Republic Phase 1. For light and life! Points of Interest: Yoda is the Down with CIS Bus Driver, xxBr0k3n_D00kuxx, Tarfful and Thrawn Parallels, "Identity Theft is not a Joke, Elzar," a Leveler theory, Fortnite (derogatory), The Blade of Bardotta has Prepared a Song For You, Stella...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Jess, Klaudia, Noah, and Mel as we discuss the relationship between queerness and Star Wars (you know, the whole conceit of the podcast). Points of Interest: General Hetty, Tatooine’s hottest gay club Tosche Station, What is this podcast but polycules persevering?, George Lucas’ whole pussy, Reath Silas, Sorry I Fucked Your Dad, Accidental Fruit Creator Timmy Zahn, Zeb’s big ol’ cake, Schrodinger's trans person, Star Wars character Cishet, Nihil Pitch Per...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 18
