Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) by Genndy Tartakovsky, bridged the gap between Episode II and Episode III. It was prominently known as the only animated bridge between films at the time until we had the debut of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008 which is known today as a 7 season show on Disney plus (almost 8 before cancellation in 2013). 2003's Clone Wars (also known as the micro-series) has been remembered fondly by many star wars fans around the globe and has also been greatly respected as a wor...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Known to many from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", "Star Wars: Rebels", E.K. Johnsons "Ahsoka" novel, and of course "The Mandalorian" as well as her voice cameo in "The Rise of Skywalker". This character has been on a roller coaster journey, from the start when star wars fans were not too sure about her, but today she is a fan favorite character and has worked her way into the hearts of millions. Start to finish we break down Ahsoka's story arcs and key moments through her life, going from being th...
Mar 22, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Taking place 200 years before Episode I, the second novel in the High Republic series targets towards junior readers but it's not to be underestimated, this is a GOOD STAR WARS story, if you have not read the book this is a spoiler style discussion for both A Test of Courage and Light of the Jedi (if you have not listened to our previous High Republic discussions). THERE'S MORE: A line in the novel sparked questions about what the balance of the force really is, what it means, and how justice pl...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 113
What Happened!? Introducing our new sub-series on the podcast. With each episode of What Happened you'll be listening to a full catch up and in-depth conversation about specific characters and their story threads woven into the star wars saga. Don't miss a beat as we include every appearance of them in the (canon) comics, novels, shows, and the films of course! This is a non-profit show, however we do ask to help share us around via word of mouth and leaving a fantastic review to bring in more l...
Mar 08, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 112
A very special guest on the show today - Adam Lamping, from https://rebelscum.com/ We met Adam at a Force Friday in 2017, and I thought he was perfect to have on the show, and even introduce rebelscum to our listener base as well as chat about collecting, various types of merchandise ranging from action figures of the Kenner line all the way to Power of the force and beyond to the Hasbro Black Series. And of course, just catch up with Adam about recent star wars and such as it's been a while sin...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 111
The High Republic is here! With the launch of Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, as star wars fans we get the first novel and kick-off story to the era that is now known as "The High Republic". Taking place 200 years before "The Phantom Menace". We hope you've all had time to read through this excellent addition to the star wars story. This IS a spoiler centric breakdown / review / discussion, for those interested in reading the novel, be warned. Those interested in hearing all about...
Feb 22, 2021•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 109
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. What's going on with Gina Carano? No more Cara Dune action figures? What about all those latest comics and books based in the high republic era?...
Feb 16, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 110
After a few months it's now time to do a full review and breakdown of the latest from the Star Wars VR lineup. Anyone considering a Quest 2 or getting into VR for this game should listen to this, and anyone curious about the story of the game + mechanics of the latest adventure will enjoy hearing Josh and Blake chat all about it. You can pick it up on the Oculus store here: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3484270071659289/?locale=en_US ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ W...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 108
A vintage article from a 1980's magazine from "Fantastic Films" has surfaced and we're gonna read through most of it and break it down a bit, what was it like to live in 1980 when The Clone Wars was such a mysterious thing? This article here (Fantastic Films Collectors Edition #20 - Dec 1980) was written by a star wars fan 40 years ago and his insight on what the future of star wars could bring. The article headlines as "Clone Wars Explained". Fan theories have long been part of being a star war...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Star Wars headlines coming to you in under 15 minutes, lightspeed! Covering all the latest comics, novels, and toy announcements hitting shelves this month or the next. Don't miss this episode of lightspeed and be sure to help us out by dropping a 5 star and leaving a review if you can in that apple podcast app of yours / on iTunes. Be sure to check out Toy Taders, a Vancouver based toy / collectible / comic store with more packed in there than the room of requirement! You can pick up all your s...
Feb 03, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 106
If you haven't played "Star Wars: Squadrons" we got Reid and Josh in the Escape Pod to chat all about this latest installment to the star wars games library. This game did get released a while ago and it's time to now dive right in and share all about what this game is like, from cross-play to what it's like flying in the cockpit of an X-Wing, even in virtual reality. This game not only let's you experience what it's like to be an ace for the Empire and the Rebel / New Republic fleet, but it's a...
Feb 01, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 105
This episode is dedicated to the 40 part chronological sub series on this podcast labeled as "Clone Wars Talk" hosted by Josh and Diego, the chronological walkthrough is the perfect way to watch this series and now is the best time before the next wave of live action series hits Disney plus! If you haven't tuned into that program, scroll back on our old episodes and locate the first one and go from there. This episode is also dedicated to any star wars fan who has so far gone without seeing Star...
Jan 19, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Lucasfilm Games has arrived as a company label that will be attached to all future games released by Lucasfilm, previously known as LucasArts it's a curious thing to think about the potential future games we'll be getting from the company. Battlefront 3? More company diversity other than EA exclusive games? Indiana Jones games in the works? Check out the sizzle reel and announcement page as well as the new logo here on the star wars blog. https://www.starwars.com/news/lucasfilm-games What's your...
Jan 11, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 103
The Star Bores podcast (Peter and Iain) join Josh in the Escape Pod to chat about the Mandalorian season 2 that is finally completed and wrapped. When we had them on last it was to speculate on season 2 of Mando so it was perfect to eventually get them back on to chat about the result of that season and see how our speculation lined up with what we saw. Josh will show on the Star Bores podcast for a cross over as well so be sure to check that out when it comes up. You can follow Iain and Peter o...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 101
What is the High Republic? Check out exactly what's going on with this announcement from Lucasfilm and when these stories take place in the timeline. What books are we getting, what comics, graphic novels, disney plus shows ect, everything you need to know is right here in our fourth issue of "Lightspeed". The best way to experience the story itself is to just pick up the books for yourself at Indigo or even on digital, so far "Light of the Jedi" has had exceptional reviews and is so far deemed ...
Jan 08, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Celebrate the 100th episode of "Star Wars Escape Pod" with our crew playing a custom star wars trivia game, multiple choice varying of all different sorts of difficulty spread from the Canon, to EU and beyond. There is a galaxy wide worth of facts out there, but who will be the true Master today? We the latest videos and news that dropped for Star Wars the High Republic, a new era that will take place in for form of various forms of multi-media 200 years prior to The Phantom Menace! What does th...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 100
2020 has been a crazy insane year. Let's face it, it sucked. But what didn't suck was all the cool Star Wars stuff we got from Disney / Lucasfilm! Dreams came true when Clone Wars season 7 launched and Bad Batch was announced. Mandalorian had it's second season, resistance came to a close with season 2 and we had multiple star wars VR video games launch as well! Between book launches and announcements and new content on Disney plus we ended up having a force filled year beyond that of any other!...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 99
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars Headlines and news in this compact mini episode, the third in our subseries keeping you up to date on what's new and what's coming! Tune in to hear Jon Favreau chat to Good Morning America about the Mando finale, Luke Skywalker, and The Book of Boba Fett, and Grogu! The Book of Boba Fett being the silent titled show that wasn't announced 2 weeks ago at the Disney Investor Day conference online. Let's hear about the new upcoming books, recently released, and new sta...
Dec 24, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 98
This season of the mandalorian finished incredibly strong with the return of the jedi we all know and love, Luke Skywalker! Green lightsaber and an entrance into a hallway much like his father before him. Today we chat all about this finale, the dark saber, bo katan, boba fett, and his new upcoming spin off show that was not announced until the post credits scene of this episode! Stay tuned right to the end to get all the breakdown and discussion. And if you got itunes handy or apple podcasts pl...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Extra! Extra! Extra! Get your star wars news headlines right here in our sub-series called "lightspeed". Direct, to the point star wars based news headlines that will keep you informed in a galaxy far, far away. Tune in now or for that short commute! All that crazy Star Wars news last week with all those new movies? Check out a fast track walkthrough as to what that's all about! Or check out our full coverage in the full length episode titled "All that new stuff". Do you own a PIXEL 5? Then you ...
Dec 17, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 96
What a great episode! Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, both intense action and adventure filled. Had major solo train heist vibes all over. Bill Burr's Mayfeld has fantastic character moments in this one. Of course we are introduced to Valin Hess, a creepy Imperial officer who is played by the same actor as Game of Thrones the night king! Not to mention, that insane SEISMIC CHARGE action at the end! "hehehe" - Boba Let's break down this second last episode of THE MANDALORIAN season 2 together! We also...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 95
SO. The Disney Investor Day happened... breath, breath, breathing, I keep telling myself. What a massive load of announced shows, but it's the most Star Wars that's been announced in one go since the 3 sequels and spin offs which happened. We got quite the wide array of projects to chat about and NOTHING is missed in this episode of the podcast. We listen to the coverage of Kathleen Kennedy announce the slated projects, have a chat about them and of course break down what some of these projects ...
Dec 11, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Welcome to the first episode of lightspeed! An express catch up on the news from a galaxy far, far away. This is almost better than googling this stuff yourself because you can listen to us here chat about it in less time while you do other things too! Like driving to work, or cleaning the house. Get your weekly star wars news fix right here in our first episode of LIGHTSPEED, if it's successful then we might just keep doing them! Be sure to share with a fellow star wars fan, and help them get t...
Dec 09, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 93
We've been waiting a long time to see Boba Fett in some real on screen live action, action.. You know, without it ending in him diving head first into a sarlaac pit. Well this is the episode, brought to us by the director of "Spy Kids" and "Sharkboy and Lavagirl" comes a new episode of "The Mandalorian", chills all over this one! So much to chat about, Boba's heritage, Jango Fett, Mandalorian culture, Tython, Dark Troopers, you know what... let's just have you tune in to see where we go with all...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 92
I can't believe the day has come to chat about a live action Ahsoka Tano, watching all the animated shows has really started to pay off! We'll catch you guys up on her story a bit and chat about where she was and what's happened since, but my only recommendation is to watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels to really get the full picture and story. Us sharing this info is not the same. George Lucas put a lot of care into creating the Clone Wars for a good reason, it's just as much ...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 91
I think we just saw Snoke. A mangled body and a deep choir monk song in the background... I got a bad feeling about this... But also a very good feeling because it means we finally get some connections and some answers to the sequels.. possibly! Let's chat all about The Siege, the latest episode from The Mandalorian. Such a great direction by Carl Weathers himself. Stick around for some chat about the Battle of Jakku, the contingency plan, CHRONOLOGICAL VS RELEASE order with this day in age. We ...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 90
WOAH. Massive name drops this week! So much to talk about and today we dug up a lot of stuff about this episode which was pretty awesome! Bo-Katan searching for her darksaber, Ahsoka is around the corner, and we got some great Imperial action happening. So many cool ties to the animated series and the films, this show is turning out to be fan-fricken-tastic. Join Blake, Reid, Bryce and Josh in the escape pod today for all the latest breakdown on Chapter 11 of season 2. ———————————————————————— S...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 89
The FINAL installment in the "Skywalker Saga"... Or so Disney marketed it to be. Not only 15 years ago we remember fondly when Revenge of the Sith was marketed simply "The saga is complete". As a fan, in my personal opinion it's been trying times to see this sequel trilogy unfold. Walking out of this film I thought "whelp, what's done is done". I never once thought I'd be saying that about any star wars film until the last 5 years flew by. I do not believe Disney had any right to complete George...
Nov 13, 2020•3 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 88
"Star Wars: The Mandalorian" takes us to new worlds when the crew of the Razer Crest crashes on a desolate ice world filled with Krykna! Let's chat about this episode and our beloved egg sucking child who is always up to mischief. ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://swescapepodcast.wixsite.com/star-wars-escape-pod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 🌐 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SWEscapePod...
Nov 11, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 87
The most controversial star wars film has reached us on the list of our chronological viewing order of the saga. Today we chat all about "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi", some great ideas came out of this movie, but as Rian Jonson hoped for.. he made a very controversial film in the saga. Stay tuned at the end where we play footage of his reasoning for this. Now this film did break records, but made a lot of fans angry as well. We're going to watch this film, enjoy the parts we liked and ...
Nov 06, 2020•3 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 86
