When a chance audition in 2014 led her to Pinewood Studios Samantha Alleyne’s life would be flung into a Galaxy Far Far Away playing 15 characters across 5 films including the first female Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens. From spotting First Order Stormtrooper costumes for the first time to the crew’s reaction upon hearing Poe Dameron reveal that Palpatine had returned, Sam drops great story after great story of life on a Star Wars set. Plus, what’s it like to share the stage with Adam Driver....
Aug 18, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 241
YakFace.com is one of the premiere destinations for Hasbro toy news. On this episode we go behind the scenes with Yakface himself Jayson and talk about action figure collecting throughout the years, his Yoda love and shares his memories about seeing Empire Strikes Back in the cinema. Plus we talk all things modern Hasbro, what the next HasLab project should be and ponder if they’ll will always be with Star Wars. Drop your thoughts in the Patreon comments and we'll read them out on a upcoming sho...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Questions you ask, answer I do... TOPICS INCLUDE - What do you speculate, if anything, would have changed about SW if ANH had won Best Picture? - If Toro had his own own starship what do you think he would name it? - Is there any Star Wars-inspired music that you’re into? - Why doesn’t R2D2 have voice unit? - Lucasfilm allows you to take any prop in their collection as yours to keep forever. What do you choose? Have a question, comment or topic for the next show? Comment on this episode's Patreo...
Aug 02, 2020•27 min
Having little to no time to keep up on Star Wars publishing I needed a friend to tell me what happened. King Tom Chansky is that friend. These are those conversations... On this episode Tom tells all about Shadow Fall the second book in The Alphabet Squadron series. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com Hoste...
Jul 30, 2020•29 min
Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. As we enter 1982 filming begins with the soon to be deleted sandstorm scene, Warwick furs up for Wicket, Cammy dates royalty and Buttercup Valley becomes the home of the Sarlacc. We honour legendary McDonalds employee Carl. Plus some Lost & Masters Of The Universe chat! To hear all the episodes of Star Wars Year By Podcast support...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 45 min
Watch the full video version on YouTube. I was fascinated by my friends' such varied reaction to the announcement of a Bad Batch animated series coming to Disney+. Obviously Clone Wars Corey would be over the moon, but I could also relate to Emily & Brittani's flat response, so I thought it would be fun to get everyone together to discuss the pros and cons of the new show, theorize and hear behind the scenes buzz on who else might be featuring in the show. Noah & Corey take us through th...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 239
Questions you ask, answer I do... TOPICS INCLUDE - It’s a complex question, but what major changes would you make to the prequel trilogy that you feel would enhance it? - If either Mendo or Toro could be resurrected for season 2 of The Mandalorian which character would you prefer and why? - Now that Disney+ is adding the Fox “X-men” and “Fantastic Four” movies. Do you think this has any impact on the likelihood of adding alternative SW content that “doesn’t count” (e.g. Ewok movies, Pen&Ink ...
Jul 08, 2020•37 min
The long awaited conclusion to the Scoring The Rise Of Skywalker series comes down to a nail biting conclusion in act 3! Will the film retain it's act 1 score of 4? Can the 4 and 5 scoring scenes out weigh the 2's and the dreaded 1's? Along with wrapping up the experiment of scoring if there were more parts I liked The Rise Of The Skywalker than disliked, I then go fan service crazy with my "what I would've done" in the final scenes of the film. Ep 242 : Act 1 Ep 244 : Act 2 If you want to play ...
Jun 22, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Ep. 238
WATCH THE ENHANCED YOUTUBE VERSION https://youtu.be/6KJBFEr8nSc Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the opening months of 1981 as Star Wars basks in the afterglow of Empire Strikes back while gearing up for Revenge Of The Jedi! Lucasfilm gets mad at Mad, George writes a movie and hey everyone, meet Dengar! Plus DeLoreans, space shuttles and much...
Jun 18, 2020•40 min
Having little to no time to keep up on Star Wars publishing I needed a friend to tell me what happened. King Tom Chansky is that friend. These are those conversations... On this very rare "Steele has read the book too" episode we discuss the many concepts featured in Phil Szostak's The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We morn the loss of spider lizard oracle thing on a baby's head in a swamp and have a lot of fun Star Wars chat. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS...
Jun 18, 2020•3 hr 4 min
Questions you ask, answer I do... TOPICS INCLUDE - Have you seen the fan attempt on YouTube and Patreon to make a full-on "Shadows of The Empire" live action series? What are your thoughts? - How do you feel about Rey’s story continuing on Disney Plus? - Best moment for Rogue One! - The origin of Snoke’s name from a creative point of view. - Do you think we'll ever get more Enfys Nest backstory? - The Mandalorian was originally marketed it was supposed to be a story in a new part of the universe...
May 22, 2020•1 hr
Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the end of 1980. R2-D2 gets wished a merry Christmas, Luke gets an unexplained lightsaber and we bask in the warm memory of seeing Empire Strikes Back ice treats! Plus some very strange childhood memories more bizarre comic strip photoshopping?! To hear all the episodes of Star Wars Year By Podcast support eit...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 36 min
As part of The Scum And Villainy's May The 4th live stream Jen Muro, Todd Stashwick, J.C. Reifenberg & myself did a commentary to the Disney+ version of A New Hope. You can either watch along or just listen to the audio it works either way. Watch all the archived live stream events at The Scum And Villainy's Facebook page . Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 05, 2020•2 hr 18 min
Clone Wars Corey returns fresh off viewing of the final episode of The Clone Wars and boy is he hyped! SPOILERS START AT 12 MIN We discuss all the highlights and Corey gives us the story implications of what went down. Plus we wrap up Corey's life altering journey through the series. So fun. ALSO YOU HAVE TO WATCHCOREY INTERVIEW HIS ACTION FIGURE - HERE! For bonus content check out the Steele Wars Patreon page https://www.Patreon.com/SteeleWars You'll also get access to 600+ bonus podcast episod...
May 04, 2020•56 min•Ep. 237
Questions you ask, answer I do... - You can only pick one and why. Baby Yoda, Wicket, or Babu Frik. - Your biggest “Pinch me, I must be dreaming” Star Wars moment? - Bad Star Wars spinoff ideas! - When are the call in shows making a come back? - Is there anything that you misheard in SW and came up with your own logic to have it make sense? - Are there any SW quotes you tend to use as a part of regular speech IE. "Hello there"? Also any SW specific words like caf or yub nub pop up in your vocabu...
Apr 18, 2020•43 min
Having little to no time to keep up on Star Wars publishing I needed a friend to tell me what happened. King Tom Chansky is that friend. These are those conversations... On this episode Tom delves deep into the red hot The Rise Of Kylo Ren comic and gives us the low down on Ben's path to the Dark Side. Plus Snoke has a sick hat! PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Ch...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Peter Sciretta and his website Slash Film recently broke some of the biggest Star Wars news of the year with their scoop that Rosario Dawson would be playing Ahsoka Tano in season 2 of The Mandalorian. We go behind the scenes on how such a scoop is discovered, vetted and the questions asked before publishing. Also we get a tantalising hint at some even bigger The Mandalorian casting news that Peter is working on. Plus we chat about how documenting his 50 plus visits to Galaxy’s Edge has earned h...
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 236
Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the first part of 1980. Star Wars crosses over with The Muppets & Sesame Street, The Empire Strikes back poster is released and Kenner comes through with the goods. To hear all the episodes of Star Wars Year By Podcast support either BlueHarvest or SteeleWars on Patreon. Submit voice mail comments & qu...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 20 min
We have a bit of a chat about what's going on and some good ways to tackle it. Then we talk some Star Wars and what the options are for Star Wars Celebration. Hope you enjoy. Post some questions on the Patreon comments and we'll get them done! PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 30, 2020•22 min
PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK We recap every shocking twist in the Robbo origin story. Then at min 44 we do a watch along commentary to The Mandalorian Chapter 4 The Sanctuary. After the watch along we discuss the casting rumours for Season 2 and discuss is it can meet the high expectations Season 1 set? A really fun episode that works if you watch along or not...
Mar 28, 2020•1 hr 37 min
PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Robbo recounts all the action, adventure, heartbreak & triumphs of his Grizwald'ish family holiday to Batuu. An epic tale... lots of fun. Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 26, 2020•2 hr 42 min
Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the second half of 1979. Harrison voices a hilarious Empire Strikes Back teaser, Kenner releases the still amazing Millennium Falcon toy and Alan Ladd gets disrespected! PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for jus...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 58 min
On this episode Pete Fletzer tells all about his time at the long gone Star Wars Galaxy Magazine, the curse words of Rick McCallum and Christian Slater’s first hand Phantom Menace review. Plus how his in-depth rewrite of The Phantom Menace lead to him launching the Around The Galaxy Podcast and a grip of Star Wars stories from the 90’s to today. Really fun chat with plenty of laughs! Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com For bonus content check out the Steele Wars Patreon ...
Mar 15, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 235
After act one "scored" a 4 out of 5 we continue the experiment of scoring or marking each seperate chapter of the film. Do I like more scenes than I dislike and does that reflect my overall feelings about the film. Plus what I would’ve liked to have seen different? What plot points seem to have changed mid production and how that affects the film. What will the new score be heading into the climax of the film?! If you want to play along here's the chapter list I made up for Act 2. Chewie's Fate ...
Feb 24, 2020•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 234
Emily Lind , King Tom , Robbo and Clone Wars Corey join us to discuss the season return of The Clone Wars on Disney+. Corey takes us through the episode and fills in on the backstory that led to this episode. Lot's of fun Star Wars chat and plenty of laughs. Comment on your thoughts in the Patreon comments and we'll read them out on a upcoming show. Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com For bonus content check out the Steele Wars Patreon page https://www.Patreon.com/Steele...
Feb 22, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 233
Questions you ask, answer I do... On this episode we discuss the listener feed back from the Scoring The Rise Of Skywalker episode. Some interesting feedback and tangents a plenty! Have a question, comment or topic for the next show? Comment on this episode's Patreon page. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.co...
Feb 13, 2020•52 min
On this episode I rate and review each “menu chapter” of The Rise Of Skywalker. Do I like more scenes than I dislike and does that reflect my overall feelings about the film. Plus what I would’ve liked to have seen different? What plot points seem to have changed mid production and how that affects the film. If you want to play along here's the chapter list I made up for Act 1. Crawl Mustafar Meeting Palpatine Huleo Helps Hyperspace Skipping Rey Trains Leia Comforts Rey Poe & Rey The Resista...
Feb 04, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 232
Robbo and my commentary for the second episode of The Mandalorian, "The Child". This will work while watching the show or just listening like a normal podcast. Super fun with some Clone Wars chat at the end. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Check out Steele Wars merchandise at https://merchostore.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 25, 2020•44 min
WATCH FULL VIDEO I chat about the rumours that the next Star Wars series will be set 400 years in the past in the " #HighRepublic era" and why it would be the best for #StarWars ! What lessons Lucasfilm could learn from the production of the Sequel Trilogy. Does it factor into #ProjectLuminous and what about Rian Johnson. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear all the weekly bonus Patreon content support the podcast for just $3 a month. TAKE A LOOK Check out...
Jan 19, 2020•21 min
Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest Podcast) & Steele Saunders (Steele Wars Podcast) discuss the history of Star Wars while browsing the Star Wars Year By Year book. On this episode we cover the first half of 1978 including Mad magazine taking aim, Hardware Wars, Kenner action figures and some questionable Luke & Leia interaction in Splinter Of The Minds Eye. Plus a cake controversy and Hawes' feud with Tom Cruise. PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS This is a PATREON BONUS ALL ACCESS episode, to hear al...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 42 min
