It's been a while since we caught up on some star wars news and podcast updates so let's do a small catch up on all things! QUICK UPDATE! JEDI SURVIVOR FULL REVIEW IS DROPPING NEXT WEEK! Our stories and subjects on this episode of lightspeed: (all links below are hyperlinked to text and may not work on every podcast app) Star Wars: Outlaws Jedi: Survivor Star Wars novels "Jedi: Battle Scars" & "Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade" Visions Vol 2 & Young Jedi Adventures Indiana Jones & T...
Jun 20, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 265
We welcome back our friend AJ for another book review for Sam Maggs Star Wars novel set between the events of "Fallen Order" and "Survivor" called "Jedi: Battle Scars". Planning on reading this book? Tune into the first few min to hear initial thoughts! Don't want to read it? Listen to the full episode for spoilers after the "spoiler bell" effect. Cal and the crew of the Mantis are in a very different place in Survivor and this book help bridge some of the gap between the two games, in this podc...
Jun 12, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 264
It's been interesting to see how Japanese cinema and cultural influences inspired George Lucas when he made Star Wars, and with Volume 1 of Visions the effect was reversed. Star Wars ip was given to Japanese anime studios with free creative control to do what they wished, to make thier star wars story and push the boundaries in new and unreal ways that dont need to make sense in the saga we're enamoured by. To make something fresh and new but different. Volume 2 is no different, but on a new pla...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 263
Enter the Inquisitors! Voiced by the LEGENDARY Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter's Lucius Malfoy). Ezra begins his Jedi training with Kanan, and yet another Star Wars holiday to celebrate - Empire Day! Join Josh and Blake each week on "Rebels Talk" as we go back, way back nearly nine years - and journey forward through the summer re-watching "Star Wars: Rebels" in preparation for "Ahsoka"! Join us at home by watching the episodes listed below on Disney plus, then tune into the appropriate Rebels Talk p...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 262
Season 1 of Rebels Talk begins with a Spark! Join Josh and Blake on this Star Wars Rebels rewatch journey and tune into the episodes listed below on Disney plus BEFORE you listen! We of course go way back to our original feelings on Rebels after Clone Wars was initially cancelled, thoughts on how Inquisitors were first introduced to Star Wars canon. And of course the style of the show, and the story of Ezra Bridger. Join us on this journey as we move forward through the summer re-watching Star W...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 261
Welcome to a new aftershow!!! Rebels Talk!!! This long awaited day has finally come. Ever since the end of Clone Wars Talk (featuring Diego as our co-host) this podcast has always wanted to put out a Star Wars Rebels aftershow in the same territory and depth as The Clone Wars. Our co-host Blake expressed interest in doing this a while back and only now have we finally come to release our first episode of this aftershow series so YOU can follow along at home then listen to us here on the podcast....
May 15, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 260
We wish you all the best May the Fourth to each and all of you Star Wars fans! Today is a BONUS episode with some short Star Wars day announcements and our annual game of Ultimate Star Wars Trivia! Join Josh, Blake, Bryce, Tyler, Nick and Shawna for this fun filled Star Wars day adventure. And below is a love letter to star wars and Mr. Lucas on this special day written by your host, Josh. May the 4th Be With You. As a #StarWars fan you probably binge the movies today, listen to all those May 4t...
May 04, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 259
Better late than never! The finale book in phase 1 of the high republic era was published Janurary 2022 and here we are finally getting around to reviewing it after all the Disney plus content and craze of last year. Sorry to all those who have waited so long to hear us talk about it! This is also a great episode for those who wish to get a bit more insight on this era which is growing and expanding in mutliple forms as time goes by and will be much more relevant down the road when we get shows ...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 258
The final episode has come! This season finale.. or series finale was a great one to talk about, but it wasn't perfect. But that's what makes it interesting to converse with friends right here in the escape pod about. Our friends Kirk, Nick and Shawna. Hosted as usual, by your hosts Josh and Blake. We so appreciate you all for tuning in and sticking with us for aftershows of season 3 of The Mandalorian and we got much more coming your way on the podcast so stay tuned! ———————————————————————— St...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 257
The return to Mandalore did not go so well for the Mandalorians but it went pretty well this week for fans when we saw this episode!! Dang that was a good one! Props to all those who saw it early at Celebration for keeping lips sealed on all those great reveals. Joining us this week is our good friends Dan, and Darian! Hosting this week is Josh and Blake. Join us diving into the aftershow for this latest Mandalorian episode and capping things off this week with the final results from the YouTini...
Apr 16, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 256
With Celebration behind us we take a look back at some highlight moments and then talk about the latest Mandalorian episode! With only 2 left in the season we can only wonder what the road holds for Bo Katan who now possesses the darksaber and Mando and Grogu. Join Josh, Bryce and Blake in the escape pod for a fun filled our of Star Wars conversation! Go find our YouTube channel and subscribe there too! ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://swescapepodcast.wixsite.co...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 255
That's it folks! Our final day of Celebration came and went just like that. But we still had some great panels to watch and some news still got revealed to us despite most of the weekend behind us. Volume 2 of Visions is looking stacked! And the Bad Batch will hit it's final season as it's third. Celebration will return in 2025 over 3 days in April over in Japan! Stay tuned to the end for that announcement! Catch all our Celebration recaps right here on Star Wars Escape Pod and full length podca...
Apr 10, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 254
Day 3 of Celebration gave us 3 big panels like the Villains of the Sequels, A Lookback at Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Disney Parks Star Wars related panel as well. Although not too much new information was revealed today we do chat some High Republic info that we didn't get a chance to talk about yesterday and of course those updates to Disney parks, new gameplay information on Jedi Survivor and more. Let's catch up on Celebration news and we'll see you all tomorrow for the final day of Celebration! Hop...
Apr 09, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 253
Another exciting day with news on the Celebration LIVE stage and lots of panels! Return of the Jedi celebrated 40 years in a panel, Clone Wars celebrated 15 years and Celebration LIVE stage had many interesting guests including the cast of "Ahsoka" and "The Acolyte" among other tid bids and details they revealed today at Celebration to us fans to buzz about. Dave Filoni drops news that Tales of the Jedi season 2 is in the works and we couldn't be more excited for that! CLICK TO WATCH THE AHSOKA ...
Apr 09, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Not only did we finally get a trailer for Ahsoka, but we got a new one for Indy 5 as well! And oh.. by the way, Dave Filoni is directing a Star Wars movie. THAT'S FRICKEN RIGHT! Lucasfilm announced 2 entire new eras to the canon book ending the saga and also slipped in a hidden era we all are very familiar with but possibly put it there for the sake of a future announcement? Fans will see movies in Dawn of the Jedi era, The New Republic, and New Jedi Order eras. Daisy Ridley returning as Rey and...
Apr 08, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Stranded on yet another dustball repairing our escape pod, join Kirk and Josh for a break as they chat 40 years of Return of the Jedi, Solo after 5, and all the amazing story threads those movies offered fans over the years. Zeb returns to Star Wars in this latest Mando installment! And it seems Bo Katan could lead the tribe now that she has a new position granted by the armourer.. Tech sacrafices himself for the greater good of the team citing "plan 99" as he goes down with the railcar in this ...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 250
"The Sabered Hand" would have been an appropriate name for this episode rather than the foundling, as it's exactly what this episode will be remembered for, however it may have spoiled the surprise.. Kelleran Beq.. ahem Ahmed Best returns to Star Wars with his character first featured in Jedi Temple Challenge! We absolutely love Ahmed and remember him fondly as Jar Jar Binks. The Bad Batch returns with an episode on track to set us up for an epic finale at Mount Tantiss and a redeemed Crosshair ...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 249
Doctor Pershing returns to The Mandalorian, and we get a Star Tours style episode of Coursucant showing viewers almost more than we've ever seen before! The Bad Batch may have cut ties with Cid for good but we're not sure it did this weeks episode any favors. Will Bo Katan stick with Mando's creed, the children of the watch? Will Moff Gideon return? Was that Thrawns tie fighter squad that blew up Bo's castle?? Let's dive in and chat about it. An update on the YouTini book MADNESS results! YOUTIN...
Mar 21, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 248
Mando and Grogu journey to Mandalore where we see Sundari city once again and the things that have survived somehow among the ruins... Join Josh, Blake and Ben in this weeks Mandalorian and Bad Batch episode aftershow chat. Why is the darksaber so heavy? The Mythosaur.. let's talk about that. And Crosshair returns to the spotlight in "The Outpost" and some heavy character narrative going on there! An update on the YouTini book MADNESS going on see some surprising results in the next few sets of ...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 247
The Mandalorian is back! Journey with us diving deep into Mandalorian Chapter 17 "The Apostate" as Mando seeks to redeem himself in the eyes of his peers. Babu Frik and the whole Friken family makes their way back to Star Wars, as seen once before in The Rise of Skywalker. And later on The Bad Batch chat, we discuss the Zillo Beast striking back, again!! The next failed mission of clone force 99 and a return to the main story.. finally, about Omega and Mount Tantiss. What could this mean for Pal...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 246
It's been a while since we caught up on some star wars news so let's do a small catch up on all things we may have missed in the recent weeks as we've been focused on The Bad Batch and now The Mandalorian. With Celebration around the corner please stay tuned into our Discord server or the podcast to catch any updates on how we'll make it as easy as possible to stay on top of the news that weekend. Check out: www.holidayspecialdoc.com Mando Mania! https://www.starwars.com/news/mando-mania-week-1 ...
Mar 03, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 245
This week we chat about episode 9 and 10 of The Bad Batch which put us in the middle of another miner uprising story, this time on a desert world where a valuable and highly explosion mineral is found called Ipsium. Fan Expo 2023 in Vancouver passed us by! We said hello to the lovely Ashely Eckstein and caught some on stage audio snips of Star Wars fan and Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis as well as Greef Karga himself Carl Weathers! With Mandalorian Season 3 right around the corner, we catch up...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Joining us this week is Jason Eaton! Jason creates unique and licensed work, films miniature replication, restorations of original pieces, and unique models that previously only existed as a design concept. He provides paint masters for toy companies as well. You may recognize him from the Star Wars show on YouTube as the one who made the Starlight beacon miniature based on the concepts drawn up for the High Republic. Jason is a big Star Wars fan with many original works of his own recreating de...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 243
We dive deep into Palpatines NEW era for clones and stormtroopers in his galactic empire with this past weeks double special Bad Batch story arc that saw the return of Senator Chuchi, Rex, Bail Organa and Palpatine himself! Could there be a clone vs TK battle down the road? We chat "Mandoverse" - is it a term worth using? Does it exist in the greater context of Star Wars? New Celebration guests announced! And have we had enough Star Wars? Lots to cover!! Let's join Josh, Blake and Bryce in the e...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 242
Star Wars Podcast Day is here! Come celebrate with us in this weeks episode!!! One of our topics today is what happened to all the Star Wars video games? In fact, what happened to all the Star Wars board games?! Now it's just mainly miniature wargames, expansion packs, DLC's and pay to win across the board... for the most part. Let's talk about everything wrong with exclusive star wars licenses in the game world and of course, the latest in Star Wars news - cause there's much to catch up on incl...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 241
The Zeffo, also known as the Zeffonians, were an ancient sentient species native to the planet Zeffo. They were also introduced to us in Jedi: Fallen Order, a game which has a sequel coming at us in a few weeks time from now. SO, what was that giant mech-beast? Or more accuratly, who's was it? Who designed it, and to DO what? Did this have something to do with the Zeffo's extinction? Originally acting as a parrable to the fate of the Jedi Order in the video game, maybe this ancient civilization ...
Jan 31, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Let's go back and relive the good old days of the Boonta Eve classic... but more on the edge kinda thing. This is a death race! And only the fastest thinkers and strategists can compete, so naturally Tech is put to the test. Let's dive into this episode and then look back and ahead at all the times a star wars show has had some director change-up. It happens guys. What could have been different? Let's look at this list from the direct and chat about the alternate star wars stories that never cam...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 239
"Commander Cody, the time has come." Cody returns to a galaxy far, far away in this latest episode of the Bad Batch! Let's dive into all the deep connections this episode shared with the lore, the Clone Wars, previous Bad Batch moments and more. Join Josh, Blake and Kirk! We ran our first giveaway in 2022 all thanks to Kirk and the folks at Orbitkey - be sure to check out the Star Wars collection there! Click here for Orbitkey and the #StarWars line making your space more organized one gadget at...
Jan 17, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 238
The Spoils of War! Dooku's treasure is up for the taking, and our heroes from Clone Force 99 are tasked with the job to steal some for thier own. Join Josh, Blake, and Bryce in the escape pod to break down this latest episode of The Bad Batch kicking off 2023. Will we find out more about Omega this time? Is she force sensitive? Will Echo get an upgrade? Many things to look forward to! Let's get into it. We ran our first giveaway in 2022 all thanks to Kirk and the folks at Orbitkey - be sure to c...
Jan 10, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 237
2022 was a BIG year for Star Wars, Join Josh and Blake in the first hour taking a look back at 2022 and all the Star Wars stories that were told that year as well as big events and moments in the fandom, then a quick flash at what's coming up in 2023 this year! We are so excited to launch into 2023 with presenting the good news about our complete library of podcast episodes published on YOUTUBE so go subscribe to us there and catch premieres! Link is in the description here: https://www.youtube....
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 236
