We had a fantastic very special guest join us this week from Orbitkey to chat all about the new product lineup based on the recently completed Obi-Wan Kenobi series which wrapped in a blaze of glory. This has certainly been one of the best star wars stories we've seen yet from Disney-Lucasfilm, to chat all about it and of course this exciting new product line from Orbitkey is your host, Josh, co-host Blake, Bryce, Phil, and our very special guest, Kirk, Orbitkey Marketing & Public Relations ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 205
This week we have a special guest, the "Supreme Emperor" from the Wookiepedia is gracing us with his presence here to chat about the massive wiki project that has over half a million visitors per day. Star Wars fans around the world rely on Wookieepedia for looking up the information they might need to help them fill in the gaps on the ever expanding star wars galaxy. It's a huge undertaking, constructing this wiki is almost as large as a project as constructing the death star itself! Naturally,...
Jun 20, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 204
Part 5 blows us all away with flashbacks to Attack of the Clones era Anakin & Obi-Wan!! Join Josh and Curtis for a breakdown and review of this latest installment to the show dominating Disney plus these days! And stay tuned for more Obi-Wan discussion episodes as we go forward! Leave us a voicemail, send it in via email or the link below and let us know how you liked Obi Wan's premiere. ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://swescapepodcast.wixsite.com/star-wars-...
Jun 19, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 203
Kenobi is coming to the big screen in a marathon style event for the finale! Let's run through all the Star Wars projects in the pipe at Lucasfilm, latest releases and - How the Grand Inquisitor may have survived. Let's also give a huge thank you to all our audience and participants for celebrating 200 episodes and beyond of Star Wars Escape Pod. What's been your favorite episode or moment of the show? Let us know! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you at lightspeed in under 15 ...
Jun 13, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 202
Part 4 is here! Join Blake, Josh, Phil, Darian and new guest Ethan for a breakdown and review of this latest installment to the show dominating Disney plus these days! And stay tuned for more Obi-Wan discussion episodes as we go forward! Leave us a voicemail, send it in via email or the link below and let us know how you liked Obi Wan's premiere. ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://swescapepodcast.wixsite.com/star-wars-escape-pod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SWE...
Jun 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 201
The beginning of the end is here! The first duel between Obi-Wan and Vader is here. We've been waiting to see how this unfolds for a long time. Let's dive deep into the breakdown of this episode with Josh and Blake! Don't forget to check out our great Star Wars Celebration weekend recaps this past week, there was some great discussion that went on over the weekend. And stay tuned for more Obi-Wan discussion episodes as we go forward! Leave us a voicemail, send it in via email or the link below a...
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 200
Obi-Wan Kenobi has finally been released! Our long awaited viewing has come at last. From the opening of Order 66 to the cliff-hanging ending, join Blake, Phil and Josh as they break down the premiere episodes. Don't forget to check out our great Star Wars Celebration weekend recaps this past week, there was some great discussion that went on over the weekend. And stay tuned for more Obi-Wan discussion episodes as we go forward! Leave us a voicemail, send it in via email or the link below and le...
May 31, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 199
The CLOSING ceremony of Star Wars Celebration brings tears to so many in the giant audience full of star wars fans from across the world who have come together to celebrate this galaxy far, far away that is so near and dear to our hearts. In this podcast transmission we take a close look at the new reveal trailer for The Bad Batch Season 2, a 35 year celebration of Star Tours the ride, and more. Join Blake and Josh in this final recap for Star Wars Celebration weekend! #YesSWC2022 WATCH DAY 4 HE...
May 30, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 198
Celebration day 3 provided us no official details but we intercepted a few transmissions from a few rebel cells online and got that information on the upcoming animated series Tales of the Jedi and the Ahsoka series (otherwise known as Rebels Season 5). Take a dive into the Celebration recap once again with Blake and Josh! Don't forget, check our Discord celebration channels for pictures and a log of the live stream on screen and off screen events. WATCH DAY 3 HERE: https://youtu.be/th4rJuh1rzc ...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 197
A sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order announced as Jedi: Survivor coming 2023 has us hyped on the second day of Star Wars Celebration, join us for a quick recap as to what we saw during the day enjoying star wars celebration online together. A new animated children show called Young Jedi Adventures is coming next year. And today a panel was hosted featuring many of the stars to celebrate 20 years of Attack of the Clones! Let's take a dive into all that and more of which came up today in Star Wars Celeb...
May 28, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 196
Celebration Day 1 blew us all away with trailers for Andor, Willow, and teases for a new coming of age show called "Skeleton Crew", in which Jude Law will star with a group of 10ish year old kids after the events of Return of the Jedi. Ewan and Hayden made a very prominent appearance on the eve of Obi-Wan Kenobi's debut. A variety of speakers were in the spotlight today, and a panel featuring Ian Mcdiarmid and another panel featured the authors and creators of the High Republic which had them sp...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 195
Lots of news in this tight episode of Lightspeed! Not only do we stop in with news surrounding Obi Wan Kenobi, but take a closer look at the Vanity Fair reveal and information spill on future star wars projects. Celebration is around the corner as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi release, stay tuned to Star Wars Escape Pod for more information later! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! Star Wars headlines coming to you at lightspeed in under 15 minutes! Covering all the latest headlines, comics and novel releases, toy /...
May 22, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 194
Obi-Wan Kenobi launches on Disney plus May 27th 2022!! And we are STOKED! But with such a giant story for such a crucial character how do we track it all!? Well, let's dive deep into another episode of our What Happened sub series where we spotlight characters in depth from across the saga. This week is the master, the general, the infamous, Obi-Wan Kenobi! Spoilers ahead for content taking place beyond and before the events of the Disney plus "Obi-Wan Kenobi". *Don't miss our last episode prepa...
May 21, 2022•2 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 193
[READ DESCRIPTION] With Celebration right around the corner this is THE podcast episode for all those Star Wars fans attending the convention either in person - OR - at home on your living room couch! Stay tuned to our Discord channels dedicated to exciting Celebration updates and videos. Take part in the conversation! And stay tuned to the podcast for Celebration after hours podcasts reviewing all the best Celebration has to offer us at home. Follow our Discord for fantastic updates and relevan...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 192
We complete the Skywalker Saga deleted scenes journey this week in this episode. With deleted scenes played from Ep 7-8, and to our sadness it was revealed to us that no deleted scenes exist for Ep 9. But we do our best to dive into this content and breakdown weather or not these scenes deserve a place in the final cut. Furthermore, how do they change the film? You can help us out by sharing this show, subscribing, hitting 5 stars / dropping a stellar review for us on your podcast app (if featur...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 191
Obi-Wan Kenobi is around the corner! But who are those villains? The Inquisitors helped Vader hunt down the remaining Jedi after the purge, in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show we will be seeing a story unfold 10 years later which takes place between episode 3 and 4. At this point, the Inquisitors are at their prime and they have been around for a while hunting Jedi. We've seen them in Star Wars Rebels, Fallen Order, "Ahsoka" (by EK Johnson), and "Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith" (by Charles Soule). Bu...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 190
May 4th has rolled around yet again! Join the crew of the escape pod this year on #StarWarsDay to get your dose of Star Wars history, lore, laughs and news. How May 4th became Star Wars day. Exclusive product reveals from the Orbitkey + Star Wars collab. Ways to celebrate Star Wars Day! A Star Wars related audio bite from the Johnny Depp trial this past week. Also, some new Celebration guest reveals, product and game sales today only (news) and experience first hand all the reasons from Phil - w...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 189
This week on Star Wars Escape Pod we got The Original Trilogy up at the stand and we're diving headfirst into all the outtakes of the films. This ranges from deleted scenes, alternate scenes or shots, cut sub plots and more! All, or most of the deleted scenes we review are all accessible in the Extras tab on Disney plus behind each Star Wars film. Join Josh & Blake, and Darian as they guide you through the parts of Star Wars that have rarely been seen before. You can help us out by sharing t...
Apr 29, 2022•2 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 188
At long last have we made our way around to the scenes that didn't end up in the final film, rather on the cutting room floor. Join Josh, Blake and Bryce as we journey through the deleted scenes of the prequel trilogy. Listen / narrated for scenes with no dialogue, but best enjoyed while you hang out with us over the podcast audio and follow along at home on Disney plus with your own visual guide as to how these deleted scenes look. Otherwise, we do our best to describe! You can help us out by s...
Apr 25, 2022•3 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 187
We all imagine moments in Star Wars that could have gone differently, weather it's a character line, a story plot, or even a whole cancelled project that nearly happened and didn't. Today we are talking the biggest missed opportunities that could have made Star Wars for the better, moments we never got spanning across the series. These aren't moments that didn't just happen, they're moments and things which ALMOST happened, which makes it even more crazy that they didn't! Tune in and hear us out...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 186
LEGO Star Wars has hit the shelves and we just finished playing through Attack of the Clones. We got our initial out of the gate review, how it plays, what it's like, and how you might like it. Also - Top 5 most influential characters is a topic that can be deciphered differently by everyone. Josh and Blake have made their own lists without collaboration and in this episode compare notes starting with the top, down. Tune in and find out why we chose the five we did. Why some ended up on the cutt...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 185
He's got blue skin, red eyes, a hat the size of Captain America's shield, and a voice as growly as a wolverine. Not to mention all the gadgets that would certainly make any bounty hunter drool over. His name is Cad Bane, one of the galaxy's deadliest bounty hunters and most infamous for getting his jobs done. Today we look at this character under the spotlight in every piece of story he's shown up before (to date). Let's dive into the character of Cad Bane and catch up on what his story looks li...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Two weeks ago, a Rotten Tomatoes list placed all of the Star Wars shows in order from least favored to most favored using the Tomatometer . We very much disagreed with this list, and now the people have spoken! Join us this week, a long awaited returning guest, Diego has joined Blake and Josh in the Escape Pod to look at the Audience Score for this very same list and compare the rankings of the most popular star wars shows! Out of the seven we saw ranked by critics vs audience, the results are e...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 183
More information and details have been revealed about Obi Wan Kenobi, we take a second look back at the teaser trailer and really breakdown the music of this new story brought to screens at home and a theme that John Williams himself has a hand in. Could Duel of the Fates really tease Anakin's next fight with Obi Wan in this show as the next turning point in his story? Anchorhead confirmed? Stay tuned for more information at the end for future episodes. Stay subscribed to catch our weekly episod...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 182
The trailer everyone has longed for has finally dropped! Join Josh, Blake and Reid for a full shot by shot breakdown of this teaser trailer, with background knowledge provided for you from Star Wars The Clone Wars, Rebels, Fallen Order and more to help decipher and unfold evidence of the plot in this new Star Wars show. May 25th, be on the lookout for the first of 6 episodes! Be sure to check out our last episode for details on Galaxy's Edge - Galactic Star cruiser Stay subscribed to catch our w...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 181
This was one of those weeks everyone, a catch up on all things star wars lately, from those big headlines. One of the biggest these days is of course.. the Halcyon Legacy! Departing from Disney World Florida 2022. Initial impressions have hit the web and so has the site to buy your own tickets, Blake and Josh dive right into these details for you and compare some price points. The High Republic is getting a video game but it won't come out for a very looong time.. 2027 or even 2028! Star Wars Ec...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 180
The Boba Fett Fan Club's very own Jess Tompkins returns to honor us with a chat about the Book of Boba coming to an end. A review on the series as a whole. Her thoughts and ours. The Boba Fett Fan Club has been the longest running Boba Fett site and the most popular single Star Wars character site on the internet. And there's no better person to chat about Boba, than Jess. Hear her expertise driven opinions on The Book of Boba Fett and more. What makes Boba, Boba? Pay the Boba Fett Fan Club a vi...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Monthly there tends to be so much star wars news that we here have a hard time keeping up! It's just great to take a look back and a look forward at what's coming out so we can let you all know about it and fill that need for the listener base of our podcast. Check out GGR (Geek Gift Registry) website for all your merch buying and collecting needs, build a master wishlist for all those awesome things! https://www.geekgiftregistry.com/ And you can catch Adam (the maker of GGR) on our last episode...
Feb 20, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Adam (previously of Rebelscum.com) returns and he's brought a new project site of his with him, Geek Gift Registry! Adam has had many years of experience dealing in Star Wars merchandise and collecting, as a collector himself we sat down in the escape pod to chat Star Wars and merch / collecting with him and the new site so go check it out and enter those sweepstakes! Stay tuned to the show and at some point we'd love to catch up again with Adam on a future episode."Geek Gift Registry is here to...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 177
In the name of honor! We give to you this super sized fun packed episode as we breakdown and review the finale episode of The Book of Boba Fett. Who's to say we won't get a season 2 but for now that remains a mystery. There was so much packed into this finale that we honestly had a critics moment about the fact it wasn't a two parter. Regardless, the show goes out with a bang, and we have lots to share about Cad Bane's return and final standoff with Boba Fett, a saga wide rivalry / mentorship re...
Feb 11, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 176
