Ever since Andor finished streaming, there isn't much urgency for Star Wars news because the next projects won't be available until next year. Live action movies and shows will eventually start promotional campaigns, but we're still living in a "post-Andor" world and the show is advertising itself for awards.There's still news for collectors, gamers, and Disney park fans, but there's certainly a summer lull, especially since we just had a Star Wars Celebration in April and comic cons won't have ...
Jun 30, 2025•17 min•Season 3Ep. 204
The finale of Andor streamed more than a month before this podcast. Why? Well, it's not because this episode was too confusing or too long. "Jedha, Kyber, Erso" is a fitting season and series finale and doesn't botch the landing. It starts off with the action that was promised at the end of episode 11 and finishes with a surprise in a field of gold.Kleya is not welcomed with open arms on Yavin, but she should be. Her name hasn't been thrown about as a hero of the rebellion, maybe only because sh...
Jun 29, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 203
There's not much Andor left to review, so "Who Else Knows?" fits snugly in the middle of the final story arc before we get to Rogue One. Episode 10 had emotion, flashbacks, and the death of Luthen Rael. Episode 11 is all ticking clock and pulse codes. Kleya has become a favorite character and seeing her at risk made every moment feel more stressful. Meero's reaching the end of her rope. Heert seems ineffectual, but who else do you get to do the job? Krennic is on the verge of panic. Partagaz is ...
Jun 06, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 202
Andor is some of the best television Disney Plus has produced and is almost assuredly the best Star Wars product on the platform. Ahsoka is up next, but is easily a year away.Jake Tropper is probably hard at work on the Star Wars: Starfighter movie now that Your Friends & Neighbors has concluded a first season on Apple TV Plus. Rian Johnson said he wants to revisit Star Wars (Nooooo!). Popcorn buckets came to Florida's Disney Parks. Collectibles are still being announced almost a month after...
May 31, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 201
It's a milestone for any podcast to reach 100 episodes. This is the Way Podcast now has 200. Getting one podcast isn't that difficult in the grand scheme. It's when life comes at you and this isn't for your livelihood that the real tests come. Watching "Make It Stop" with my father in the hospital, just after lung surgery and about to undergo heart catheterization, well, you'll forgive me for admitting this was a hard episode to get through. Emotionally. As far as fictional entertainment goes, s...
May 26, 2025•53 min•Season 3Ep. 200
Andor's second wraps up with some emotional moments in the final three episodes that make up the BBY 1 story arc. Episode 10 ("Make It Stop") was not something a child wants to watch when their loved one is undergoing heart and lung surgeries. Seeing Luthen, a father figure, on the bed like that and hearing and seeing the breathing apparatus move until Kleya releases him from his future of pain and suffering...Episode 11 was the response to the spy game Kleya just pulled off and the Empire wasn'...
May 16, 2025•30 min•Season 3Ep. 199
Don't call Palpatine a monster. He hates that. The Emperor doesn't make an appearance in episode 9, but his presence is felt in every lackey and underling and the stresses that Imperial officers go through to prevent his displeasure. The ISB thinks it set up Ghorman for a fall, but they didn't realized that seeing the fall coming was the only way the rebellion could salvage a tragedy and inspire courage and hope.Mon Mothma's path seemed set by Rebels years ago, but Tony and Dan Gilroy manage to ...
May 13, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 198
The stage was set in Palmo and it's time for the trap to be sprung. Ghorman's sacrifice is one of heartbreak for the galaxy because little did the citizenry know it never had a chance. One thing is left unexplained: just how did the Empire find out this kalkite was there and how did they know it was needed for the Death Star?This is the Way Podcast HQ is working hard to get these recap and discussion podcasts out before next week's episodes air. Once those hit the internet, there's no turning ba...
May 13, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 197
The third act of Andor's second season begins with a sight for sore eyes--the base on Yavin 4! We're even closer to the rebellion as we know it in the original trilogy. It wasn't sad to rewatch A New Hope knowing how many sacrifices were made to get Luke and Leia (and Han) into the fray. Rogue One will also have new layers. The stage is being set in Palmo, as is the trap. The Ghorman aren't even aware of the intricate web of lies woven in their midst, but the threads have been plucked and the to...
May 09, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 196
Andor's second season BBY 2 story arc is the best "movie" of the three arcs so far. No controversies, unless you think gently altering the way episodes of animated TV and a one-shot comic told the Star Wars story is something about which to get upset. It's always better to see the live action events unfold, at least according to This is the Way Podcast.Today's episode includes first impressions of the stories told in episodes 7, 8, and 9 and the closer we get to Rogue One and A New Hope, the mor...
May 08, 2025•19 min•Season 3Ep. 195
Andor's second season is halfway done and we're so close to tragedy on Ghorman. They've had their share in the past, but we're on the brink of THE spark for the rebellion. Mon Mothma can't stay in the Senate forever. When will she speak out on the atrocities of the Empire? It's not in this arc. Sorry. No, this week Mon Mothma has a ton of parties to go to and it's all political. Even her daughter's in-laws are throwing shindigs and guess who's invited? Krennic loves to schmooze and spar with pol...
May 07, 2025•39 min•Season 3Ep. 194
I'm much more forgiving of Tony Gilroy than of Beau Willimon. The writing this week is...weaker by far. Perhaps it's the increased drug use in Star Wars that I'm not appreciating.I'm a big fan of "show don't tell" but sometimes the "show" part is unnecessary and even the "tell" part doesn't make sense. I won't comment specifically, but there were too many times in episode five where I felt there was an obvious way to do something better. I shouldn't be better. I don't want to be better at it. I ...
May 06, 2025•40 min•Season 3Ep. 193
Can you really say "Happy May the Fourth" or is it just better to say "May the Fourth Be With You" every year? It's that time for another very special episode of This is the Way Podcast. Three years ago it was my dad and with his heart troubles, I'll cherish that podcast episode. Two years back it was my oldest daughter getting interviewed and then last year, my youngest wanted to hear her voice. Now, it's time for the Leia to my Han, the Padme to my Anakin, or if you're much, much younger, mayb...
May 04, 2025•5 min•Season 3Ep. 192
If you thought the assault on Bix was controversial last week, how do you feel about substance abuse in Star Wars? It might be odd to say it, but last week felt much more reasonable, at least to the host of This is the Way Podcast. Syril has embedded himself in Ghorman culture and has woven a web of deceit. Dedra isn't connecting well with her colleagues because she's not willing to let her old job go and Bix is having trouble letting her last job go because Cassian killed a contact. Cassian pic...
May 04, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 191
Andor's second season 3 BBY story arc is almost 12 minutes longer than the one for BBY 4. There's been almost 4 1/2 hours of content released within the last 7 days for Star Wars fans!This is the Way Podcast has an episode for you today where the host gives first impressions of the second group of stories in audio form for a YouTube audience. I know others provide video clips of the show, but "the Mouse" and Lucasfilm are very proactive in the way they copyright strike and we don't have the time...
Apr 30, 2025•21 min•Season 3Ep. 190
Episode 3 of Andor's second season includes a controversial scene. I was tempted to suggest that it's whether or not Kellen ratted out the "Ferrix four" but I don't want to risk people thinking I'm making light of assault.It's disgusting. It's hard to watch. It happened, even in a galaxy far, far away. Cassian Andor isn't a squeaky clean and virtuous guy, but it's all in degrees. Is Luthen a better man? Certainly not Saw. Was Brasso a stand up guy? I think so. Rebelling against the tyranny of th...
Apr 29, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 189
Andor's second season second episode is not the Episode V of the first story block that takes us through stories in BBY 4. It's not Episode VIII or Episode II either. "Sagrona Teema" is really like the "rehearsal dinner father of the bride" toast. Everyone knows about the one coming from the best man tomorrow, but it's still important that dear old dad gets his say. There is a first impressions podcast already out and a S1E1 episode recap and discussion as well. In this one, there's Cassian cont...
Apr 28, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 188
Andor's second season debut episode drops us off a year later in the Andor timeline and a year closer to A New Hope. "One Year Later" seems like a fitting title. The previous podcast episode gives the host's first impressions on the 4 BBY story arc...sorry, BBY 4 story arc. This episode is just about one of those parts, the first one, episode one of season two.We express our appreciation of Kleya Marki, laugh at the rebels formerly led by Maya Pei on Yavin 4, worry for the Ghorman people and the...
Apr 25, 2025•46 min•Season 3Ep. 187
This is a podcast for Andor's second season 4 BBY story arc that gives first impressions in audio form for a YouTube audience. If you're looking for video clips of the show, you'll be disappointed, because "the Mouse" and Lucasfilm are very proactive in the way they copyright strike. If you're looking for some commentary and reactions on the first three episodes of season two of Andor, this is the place! Andor's first season was a triumph of writing and acting, at least critically. There are man...
Apr 23, 2025•31 min•Season 3Ep. 186
This is the Way Podcast was developed specifically for the very first Disney Plus Star Wars show. Several shows later (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Bad Batch, Visions, Tales of the Jedi, Empire, and Underworld, etc,) we're about to see what many critics who have seen the second season in its entirety, the best yet in Andor. Unlike Rogue One, the protagonist of this story was not a reluctant participant. Cassian Andor has had to give up his personal quest to find hi...
Apr 22, 2025•20 min•Season 3Ep. 185
Star Wars Celebration 2025 has come and gone and though there's still April left to go, we're wrapping up news because Andor is coming! Season two of the critical hit show will stream Tuesday, April 22nd on Disney Plus, so let's make way since Disney and Lucasfilm probably announced everything they're going to have for us already in Japan. We got NO update on Rey's movie, but Ryan Gosling's Star Wars movie has a name and Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter is only two years away. Ahsoka is shoot...
Apr 21, 2025•23 min•Season 3Ep. 186
We're less than a month from a new season of Star Wars on TV with the last twelve episodes of Andor before the storyline catches back up with Rogue One. Andor is great TV, but Tony Gilroy won't be making more.There's a couple trailers, a livestream on YouTube, and a way to watch the first season even without Disney Plus if fans want to refresh their rebellious minds. There's a few Disney Parks news updates, a video game that's shutting down, and plenty of collectibles revealed by Hasbro Pulse. T...
Mar 31, 2025•26 min•Season 3Ep. 183
She's retiring! "No, she's NEVER retiring, but she is stepping away from her role. "So, she IS retiring?" No, she's just going to pick a successor and stay involved to help." So... "Look, there will be an announcement in the next few months that she's retiring, but we weren't ready, so we'll pretend everything is fine and all the projects we announced are moving forward, just slowly, so the focus will be taken off Kathleen Kennedy leaving." The big news of the month came in the last few days of ...
Feb 28, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 182
It's #StarWarsPodcastDay2025 and This is the Way Podcast is talking about the timeline of Star Wars.This episode is a response to a fan submission regarding when Skeleton Crew took place in the grand scheme of a galaxy far, far away.This marks the fifth anniversary for #SWPD, but it was 26 years ago, on February 7th, 1999 that Daniel C of Star Wars, Now This is Podcasting says the first Star Wars centered podcast streamed the first episode dedicated to this fandom. This is the Way Podcast has fi...
Feb 07, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 181
It's a new year and Disney and Lucasfilm just wrapped Skeleton Crew. There won't be much coming in 2025 (as we mentioned throughout 2024's news updates), but there IS Andor coming in April. Yeah, there's Visions and the second half of a season of a show for toddlers, but Star Wars news is about to get sparse. Star Wars Podcast Day 2025 is coming soon (February 7th) so we'll celebrate the origins of podcasting about a galaxy far, far away in just a week, but until then we talk the future of Skele...
Jan 31, 2025•26 min•Season 3Ep. 180
Jod was once 12 years old, just like the "core four" of Wim, Fern, Neel, and KB. They grew up sheltered and safe on At-Attin behind a barrier. Jod spent his childhood starving in a hole. I mean, sure, he had potential, but who doesn't at twelve? Skeleton Crew's eighth episode of season one is called "The Real Good Guys" and we are treated to a lot of good TV. It's not perfect, but it does exactly what is asked and delivers entertainment for the younger Star Wars audience without traumatizing or ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 179
Skeleton Crew's finale delivered on most of the answers we wanted and needed to wrap up the season. There's more stories to tell for kids in the galaxy far, far away, but it might not make sense to go back to At-Attin. Reviews from friends of the show have been mixed. Some say it's too much for kids and some say it's too "made for kids" for it to be entertaining for adults. Some have said it's confusing because there isn't enough ties to the original trilogy. Some have wondered what time periods...
Jan 16, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 178
The host has a cold and Jod get his gold. "We're Gonna Be in So Much Trouble" delivers a wonderful penultimate episode to Skeleton Crew's first (and only?) season by delivering answers and leaving some important ones for the finale. What made Jod the detestable pirate he is? How did he learn how to properly wield his powers? What's his real name? The kids have been reunited with the parents, but that might be dangerous. We hear the Supervisor's voice and know the actor well, but what exactly is ...
Jan 11, 2025•54 min•Season 3Ep. 177
Skeleton Crew's seventh episode answered some big questions and left the "core four" in a precarious place to start the finale. Jod has probably run out of time to make his case for being a good guy at heart, but we're still hoping that's not totally his fault. The biggest theft of the show might be leaving fans without a glimpse of what made him the "mad" pirate he shows himself to be. Not everyone loves the show and some have said that the show is TOO much for kids, but I don't see it. Sure, i...
Jan 08, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 176
One of the most sure ways to have "Zero Friends Again" in the Star Wars community is to bring up Rian or Leslye. People are going to have opinions and things are going to get as heated as a scrapper's maw. If you just stopped and listened, you wouldn't have to hit the self-destruct button, although stopping might mean you end up food for Tet'niss.Episode 6 of Skeleton Crew wasn't action packed, but it was packed with character moments for KB and Wim. Fern managed to learn a lesson without even t...
Jan 04, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 175
