The Youngling lightsaber crystal arc of THE CLONE WARS this week! We have a lot of fun with these episodes, and experience a fair amount of dread knowing what comes next. Also included: Is It Edible?, a truncated This Week in Star Wars, and some discoveries regarding a certain KSE Firespray-class Patrol Craft.
Two whole weeks in a row. We're really doing it folks. And in this super-sized continuation of whatever "it" is, we're diving into the Onderon Rebellion arc from Season 5 of THE CLONE WARS! How they ever pulled this off is a mystery. We also resurrect a favorite segment from the past.
WHAT. We’ve made the journey back from the Unknown Regions to bring a podcast to your ears! And all four of us at that! Going forward, we’re really going to be leaning into our CLONE WARS rewatch, so you’ve got that to look forward to!
Obviously, a lot has happened in the last six months, so we’ve got a lot of discussion to catch up on. Celebration, movies, TV, and so much else. This one’s a bit of a grab bag, but it feels darn good to be back
The results are in: we're all in LOVE with Skeleton Crew!! Fern! Neel! Wim! KB! SM-33!!!! There is so much to love, and this is very much an episode in the classic style where we basically just gush for the duration. Well, once we get through all of the other pent-up Star Wars nonsense that you know and love us for.
Sigh. I'm not gonna make a big deal about how we're back. I respect you all too much for that. But Skeleton Crew pulled us out of our hovels long enough to talk some Star Wars! Well, that and some interesting casting rumors.
Two episodes inside a month! Maybe we really ARE back. At least Cole and I. Dakota is on a plane maybe? Anyway. Episodes 4-6 of The Acolyte this week! Consider us floored.
By the will of the Force, we've returned!!! It's been quite a minute, but The Acolyte is here to bring us out of hibernation. Does it live up to the hype from the last three and a half years? We think so, but there's still plenty of show left to unravel...
This is a very special episode because we're joined by the famous friend of the show KIRBY to chat about his feelings on recent Star Wars media as well as his personal relationship with the franchise. Which of course gives Cole and I plenty of room to talk about those things as well. News is light, but we're all hoping for a big 2024 from Lucasfilm!
We're back for the second week in a row to discuss the finale of season 1 of AHSOKA. Overall? Pretty dang good. But are we left with more questions than answers? Also discussed: From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi! Also very good!
Well, I wasn't able to join Cole and Dakota on this episode traipsing around beyond the reaches of our known galaxy, but I'm sure they had a FANTASTIC conversation recapping episodes five and six of AHSOKA. But I guess we can all just listen and find out, can't we?
Ahsoka continues, and there are big things happening!! And then some things happening that are maybe supposed to be big, but they didn't feel that big to some of us. But we're all enjoying the show and looking forward to see what happens next!
Ahsoka really does just feel like Rebels part two, and it's all the better for it! We catch up on the three episodes that have come out to date and end up feeling pretty warm and fuzzy about them, against all odds (but not really because of Ahsoka herself. Like at all). Ben is also continuing on the journey to catch up with Canon and has moved on to Black Spire hot off the heels of Rise of the Red Blade, which we loved.
We were at Gen Con two weeks ago! Which was fun, but it kept us away from the podcast. But we're back now to report on the Star Warsy things we did at Gen Con as well as to spend like 45 minutes talking about Ahsoka (both the show and the person).
We do some catching up this week: checking in with Cole re: Jedi: Survivor, talking to Dakota about Path of Vengeance a little bit, and of course... the Ahsoka trailer. There's a lot to say about that last one.
THE WAIT IS OVER! You've all been waiting with bated breath, right? I'm sure. Anyway. Eva has taken a step back from the pod, but the rest of us are here to (mostly) cover (mostly) everything we've missed! Mando S3,. Visions, THR, and Survivor! It's good to be back, friends. Thanks for sticking with us
Eva is not quite caught up with The Bad Batch but we're all on the same page regarding THE MANDALORIAN! Season 3 is definitely off to a different start than seasons 1 or 2, but is that a bad thing? We discuss!
Dakota and Ben sit down with the intention of talking about Episode 9 of Season 2 of The Bad Batch, and while they get there eventually, they take a lengthy detour through The High Republic land and catch up with some discussion about Convergence by Zoraida Cordova and "new adult" novels!
OKAY. SO. We've had a pretty rough release schedule recently, but we've just made a deal that will keep us on a more regular and sustainable recording schedule (hopefully) forever. And we picked a good week to come back on because THE BAD BATCH is so freaking killer and none of us could wait to talk about it.
This is 1) late and 2) not even really an episode of Skyhoppers. But despite our rough release schedule (which is hopefully being addressed going forward), Cole and I were still able to get together and record Obroa-skai Walkers. And since the first half of that show tends to be about The Bad Batch, we decided to kill two mynocks with one stone. And hey, if you like our specific brand of Star Wars rambling, go check out Obroa-skai Walkers!
Ben and Dakota are joined by Austin from THE OSSUS PROJECT to talk about THE BAD BATCH season 2 episode 3: THE SOLITARY CLONE. Best episode of the series so far maybe? Probably.
Eva makes their triumphant return to lead us in a mini discussion of the Episode I Adventures comic from 1999 before we vault into our dissection of the first two episodes of the second season of THE BAD BATCH. We're checking back in with our friends like Hunta and Tik and of COURSE Amiga.
Ben, Cole, and Dakota are here to present the last Skyhoppers episode of 2022! After tackling a wee bit of news re: The Bad Batch and Jedi: Survivor, we dig into our favorite Star Wars things from the last year and make fun of Cole for being behind on reading.
OBVIOUSLY we have to get into the penultimate episode of Andor this week and talk about what might be yet to come, but then we spend a weirdly long time in a good-faith discussion about the (sparse) usefulness of Jar Jar Binks as a dramatic character rather than a comedic one. Also comic shop shame.
AGAIN Ben and Cole do their best to sneak in about 40 minutes of Andor talk before Eva makes their appearance, and boy howdy is there a lot to talk about. Then the discussion towards Jedi Survivor which leads to a larger discussion about some Star Wars vidya. A typical Sunday morning in Skyhopper Land!
Recording OFF-SCHEDULE (which is funny because we recorded on Wednesdays for such a long time that it really just feels like we're back ON schedule) because THE BAD BATCH and THE MANDALORIAN are just that good! Crosshair! What's he up to? Where will he end up? Din Djarin! Did Bo-Katan give the Darksaber back for a reason? Will Grogu continue to do flips? Who IS Thrawn? All of this and more!
My god, there is too much happening! But that's actually a good thing. I was hoping that The Bad Batch episode might have been a little more forgettable this week so that we could spend more time with THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 premiere, but alas, that was not to be. So we get to talk about TWO awesome episodes of Star Wars TV this week! How incredible is that??
Eva is back! Again! We're hoping our new recording schedule means that they will be back on a regular basis from now on. But they bring some interesting thoughts about TBB S2, so we're happy they came home.
The Clone Wars is back! This week we're all about the Obi-Wan undercover arc with all of our scummy friends, up to and (maybe) including Moralo Eval. Additionally, Eva takes us on a wild ride regarding Splinter of the Mind's Eye. You won't wanna miss it.
I guess this is part two from our books episode that we released last time?? Dakota is back, so we catch up on Brotherhood a little bit as well as Rogue Squadron. After some (spoiler-free) gushing about Shadow of the Sith and Matthew Stover, we have a great chat regarding the place of novels in the ever-growing Star Wars universe. For not having a topic when we sat down, this one turned out great!
Sowwy. No new episode dis week ;_; Life is hard! So have an old episode! I picked this one because I recently had a discussion with a friend about how TPM is clearly the best Prequel film. I will not be taking criticism at this time.
Eva is back! They join the show to give a few thoughts on the Kenobi finale before sending us into a discussion on the recent happenings in the world of Star Wars books! It's been far too long since we've checked in on that front.
The Kenobi finale obviously takes center stage here, but we catch up on the bit of comics news we missed, the impact of leaks on our enjoyment, and there's no way we were gonna get out of here without talking at least a LITTLE about "Corran" (Horn).
I am alone this week! It's a very weird feeling. But I also can't believe that I haven't done this yet because you all know how much I love the sound of my own voice. But anyway, this is a little recap of my trip to Anaheim, Disneyland, and Celebration and my thoughts on all of the news we got. There was so much!!!
Some light Brotherhood talk leads into some mild Ronin talk (Dakota has read it too now) which leads into the meat of this week's episode: the Vanity Fair articles! Star Wars is alive and well and we love to hear it!
We still find ourselves in that pre-Celebration lull, so we just kind of have at it again this week! Ben talks about his Star Wars collection database, we round up some rumors, and speculate a bit more on Kenobi and lament the lack of a narrative middle ground for the series. You'll understand what we mean when we get there.
Who needs a topic for a Star Wars Day episode? Not us! Despite not having one when we sat down, we found quite a few. In this episode: Attack of the Clones! Kenobi trailer! Star Wars Galaxies! Disney Gallery: The Book of Boba Fett! And Yum Brands cups from 20 year ago!
We're back from our little Skyhoppers Spring Break! And we come bearing CLONE WARS. Season 4 really hasn't let us down outside of that first arc, which makes me wonder how long that streak can continue. Hopefully at least until the Droid arc in Season 5. Prepare yourself for the most graphic violence that The Clone Wars has to offer!
Sheryl Crow said "every day is a winding road." and this episode is no exception. We talk about Celebration, The Last Jedi, Lego Star Wars, and... nostalgia? I don't know man. We always talk about Star Wars. We don't always promise that it will be relevant.
This episode has PATREON QUESTIONS about Star Wars Eclipse and Fallen Order! It has lightsabers! It has HOME RELEASES! And it has a tiny Ewok figurine! Among many other objects from our Star Wars collections!
Dakota is once again missing, but Eva is curious about starting their journey through LEGENDS in earnest, so Ben and Cole are here to serve as not only their guide, but also the guides for any of you that might be wanting to read some of the best Star Wars content out there without knowing where to begin.
It's a speculation grab bag this week! Ben and Cole dive into what we know about all of the upcoming Star Wars projects this week, some very minor Rogue Squadron "news," as well as myriad other topics. And they only talk about Blu-rays for like five minutes. That's gotta be some kind of record.
We had a topic, but we never made it there. We ended up maybe putting the last nail in the coffin of our discussions of Ronin, talking about a potential rebirth of the Legends continuity, and yes, briefly positing the theory that maybe Dubya was responsible for the Yuuzhan Vong's invasion of the Star Wars galaxy.
Well, we couldn't make it happen this week, folks. Too many forces working against us and too many cohosts unable to pod any casts. But enjoy this episode from back in time until we get back next week!
Well folks, it's finally here: The Book of Boba Fett has drawn to a close, albeit a very satisfying one. I'm very sad to see it go, but we got some badass fights, a badass rancor, and some badass character moments, so what's not to love?
This episode of The Book of Boba Fett was... challenging for a few of us. Some interesting (and seemingly out of place) cameos and plotlines threw us for a loop, but after one of our patented Skyhoppers Therapy Sessions, we're all at peace.
I was worried because this episode of the podcast was all about The Mandalorian, but then I remembered that Episode 5 of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT is literally called THE RETURN OF THE MANDALORIAN and then I figured that that was probably okay. Anyway, prepare yourselves for our discussion of the best episode of THE MANDALORIAN to date!
The title says a lot, listeners. In a rare Ben-less episode of Skyhoppers, Cole, Dakota, and half an Eva discuss the fourth episode of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT: THE GATHERING STORM! (Editor's note: I loved this episode and I'm sorry if these buffoons said anything truly abhorrent. But I trust them.)
They're back! Kind of! From The Ossus Project archives, this episode that was recorded many moons ago finally makes its appearance! Austin and Luke sit down to cover the comic adaptation of Han Solo At Stars' End and Knights of the Old Republic issues #0-#6.
In this 4th outing, our hosts Luke and Austin explore Jedi of the Republic and all-around weapon Mace Windu. Why does he have a blue lightsaber in initial appearances? Is he good at talking to other Jedi? All of this and MORE as we explore Star Wars: Jedi: Mace Windu from Dark Horse Comics and Star Wars: Jedi Of The Republic: Mace Windu #1-5 from Marvel Comics.
In their 3rd episode, Austin and Luke jump back into Legends with In the Shadow of Yavin, a controversial take on original trilogy characters, and also a fun little canon story about Mace Windu taking down child slavers! We also manage to talk a bit about High Republic and also what some Marvel comic creators and what Star Wars stories we’d like to see them take on.
Join Austin & Luke this week for an extra long episode of the Ossus Project covering Jason Aaron’s first story arc on Star Wars, Skywalker Strikes, and a short Tales story, Apocalypse Endor. The podcast is not without tangents as we discuss toys, X-Men comics, The Suicide Squad and more! Issues covered this week: Star Wars (2015) #1-6, Tales #14 “Apocalypse Endor”
In a shocking turn of events, we don't have a Skyhoppers episode for you this week. But it's only because we have an entirely NEW podcast for you to listen to!!! Our good friends Luke and Austin have started new comics podcast called THE OSSUS PROJECT that's going to live here while they get off the ground. This week, they're covering issues #50 and #55-58 of the Star Wars: Republic comic!! Check it out!!!
The Acolyte season 1 has come and gone! And we're left feeling conflicted! Positive overall, but still conflicted. Who's right? Who's wrong? Did the right people do the wrong things? What is Vernestra's deal? All I know is that there had BETTER be a season 2!
This might be the biggest Star Wars podcast ever recorded. That's probably hyperbole, but I don't even care because it certainly felt that way. We cover not one but TWO episodes of THE MANDALORIAN leading up to the season finale and of course everything that dropped at STAR WARS CELEBRATION. Excitement ensues!
We made it!! Somehow, against all odds, we made it to episode 300. And in typical Skyhoppers fashion, we get up to some nonsense: a Star Wars... draft? There are different categories and we all take turns taking things from those categories and it's FUN. Thank you all so much for sticking with us for all this time
Regular listeners! This is the fourth in a series of Patreon-exclusive episodes that I record with Austin of The Ossus Project where we take deep dives into various aspects of the Star Wars -verses, both uni- and meta-. Have this one on the house, and consider subbing at our Patreon for as little as $1 a month to get all future episodes as well as the three that we've done already (plus all that sweet, sweet After Hours content).
This week: pretty much a little of everything. The worst cold open we've ever had, Star Wars comics, Star Wars home releases (plus a fun laser disc surprise), Star Wars Visions, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch finales!!
In this special edition of The Skyhoppers Podcast (maybe), Ben is joined by longtime friend of the show Austin from The Ossus Project to talk a little bit about the shakeups that are happening in the world of Star Wars comics! IDW is losing the Star Wars license and DARK HORSE COMICS is making their triumphant return! What does this mean? Why is it happening? What do we want to see out of our old friends at Dark Horse? All of this, and so so so much more!
Aside from an obvious bantha in the room, Episode 3: THE STREETS OF MOS ESPA was good!! Rancors! Danny Trejo! Hutts! Pykes! X-Men?? Okay, not really. But still!
Jesus CHRIST this show is so so so good. But you didn't need me to tell you that. This week we're talking about Episode 2 of The Book of Boba Fett: TRIBES OF TATOOINE!!! This week also features the best laughing fit that we've had on the show in a long time. Maybe ever.
From the depths of the Great Pit of Carkoon, Boba Fett lives! We finally have the first episode of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT. And it was great. So so so great. It goes without saying, but spoilers ahead!
Since Eva and Dakota are out this week, Ben and Cole decided to just record Obroa-Skai Walkers and pass it off as a Skyhoppers episode! They go through 2021 and rank each of the books they read this year against the others. But even if you don't follow that podcast, they spend some time talking about Book of Boba Fett (ONE WEEK) and ranking Legends books too!
Listeners, I'm sorry, but we watched the Star Wars Holiday Special again. Maybe put this commentary track on while you enjoy the 1978 Holiday Special with your loved ones this year.
If I tell you that another potential title for this episode was "Merry Chissmas," you'll probably be able to guess what it's about: LESSER EVIL by Timothy Zahn! But since it's just Ben and Cole this week, it's basically an abridged episode of Obroa-skai Walkers focusing on a Canon novel. Spoilers ahead!
The gang's all here! And we're all ready to discuss THE UMBARA ARC of The Clone Wars! This is by far the most positive Clone Wars episode we've ever had, and for good reason: these episodes are GREAT. But we first we do a book check in! Eva finished Revan and is reading Life Debt, and Cole finished Lesser Evil!! No spoilers, though.
Ben and Eva talk about Disney+ Day while being more confused than negative, a check-in on feelings about THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, and then get to the main(?) topic of getting deep on some PLANETS! We've been out of the in-universe game for too long and it's time to make a return.
A lot of Star Wars news happened this week, and although much of it might be fake, we cover it anyway before jumping into three episodes of THE CLONE WARS that kind of surprised us! Well, two of them did, anyway. Also, Cole makes a good sound.
This episode is a bit of a grab bag (and that's funny I guess?). Dakota and Ben are alone, so they talk about Maul rumors and news, Ronin, a few mini topics and the BOOK OF BOBA FETT TRAILER.
We're coming in hot with the first three episodes of season 4 of The Clone Wars! Many old Skyhoppers inside jokes make their reappearance, but all in all, we weren't as high on these episodes as we remember. Find out why!
Since all of us WANTED to podcast this week but only Dakota was able to, he decided to get drunk and cry about Ahsoka. And by that I mean that he is doing a commentary on the first two episodes of The Siege of Mandalore! Full disclosure: this is REALLY meant to be listened to while watching these episodes.
75% of the Skyhoppers are here to give you their takes (of varying degrees) not only on the last three episodes of Star Wars Visions, but also the MOUNTAIN of Star Wars book news that came out last week! (Of course, it dropped the day after we recorded. Whatever.)
Even at half strength, we bring 100% of the love for Star Wars Visions. Ben and Eva take some time this week to talk about "The Village Bride", "The Ninth Jedi", and "T0-B1". And at one point we say "NFT" out loud for SEO purposes.
We were not able to pull together an episode this week, but we have something almost more special for you: Cole was absent on our episode where we discussed the Clone Wars movie. He is choosing to rectify that by doing a solo commentary of the film! It is not recommended to listen to this without watching the movie at the same time, but hey, I can't tell you what to do. Make sure to show Cole some appreciation this week.
We will never escape the Star Wars news cycle. Even on light weeks! But thankfully we didn't get too wrapped up and forget to talk about STAR WARS VISIONS. At least the first three episodes of it, anyway!
News, news, and more news! It seems to never end this week folks. We've got THE HIGH REPUBLIC. We've got HUNTERS. And we have KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC!!!
We might be down a Cole this week, but we planned to talk about STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS film, and by god, we're gonna do it come hell or high water. Our overall opinion? Probably not nearly as bad as you remember (at least with the benefit of 7 seasons of a TV show for context).
This week, we unleash all of the speculation that we kept under wraps last week! Not just for the Bad Batch, but for everything! Thrawn! Mando! And also The Bad Batch! Additionally, this episode is coming out a day early since five years ago on this day, August 26, 2016, the Skyhoppers Podcast was released into the world. Sorry about that. But thank you for sticking around.
If this episode sounds a little different, it's because it is! I had to use the stream audio for this one due to some tech issues. What else is new? Anyway. We get into some spoiler talk before our resident Andor-and-TotJ-behinder Eva shows up, at which point we start discussing some of our favorite Canon things in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Disney acquisition! What's your favorite thing from Canon? Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE
This is an... unorthodox episode of Skyhoppers. In that it isn't meant to be an episode at all. This is actually the first half of an Obroa-skai Walkers episode where Cole and Ben talk EXTENSIVELY about Episode 7 of Andor. So it's basically a Skyhoppers episode. Enjoy!
EVA LIVES. But they've moved literally across the country so they have been missing out on Andor, which is incredibly unfortunate as we all know. So we try to discuss that in as spoiler-free of a manner as possible and then spend a surprising amount of time talking about Lego Star Wars. Chalk it up to us recording on Sunday mornings now, I guess.
Andor is really REALLY something, huh? It doesn't take up the entirety of the discussion this evening, but it gets a vast majority of our airtime. But it's just me and Cole, so obviously Obroa-skai Walkers leaks just a little bit.
We recorded on a Sunday night to bring you our complete thoughts on the first three episodes of ANDOR. Spoiler alert: we all think it's great and can't wait for more. Also: apologies on the audio quality this week. Technical difficulties led us to this point, but I'm just glad the episode still exists! Hopefully you are too.
I am all alone this evening! We're pushing our recording back this week so that more of us have time to watch the three episodes of ANDOR, but I still felt like talking about Star Wars. So I dug out some of the books from my collection and talked about why I think they're important for half an hour! Maybe that's your thing! Maybe not! Anyway, I tried my best!
Sure, sure, Andor is the new hotness, but Cassian wouldn't exist if it weren't for ROGUE ONE. And to celebrate the film's limited re-release in IMAX, we revisit it this week! What still works? What doesn't? All of this and more!
Ben and Dakota are FINALLY playing a Star Wars RPG, Cole has finished Shadow of the Sith, and Eva is back on Lego Star Wars! And then we spend too much time talking about video games while we're trying to do the outro. It's a mess.
Lovely listeners, it's finally here: this week we're talking about Mortis. Episodes 15-17 of Season 3 of The Clone Wars, to be more precise about it. For the first time, the four of us all end up in separate corners on certain issues. But Mortis is nothing if not divisive, so you don't want to miss this one!
It's just Ben and Dakota this week, so of COURSE we're gonna talk about Canon books. Which ones are we looking forward to? Which ones have we enjoyed most recently? How is The High Republic going? (Spoiler: it's going good.) Hopefully Eva and Cole will be able to rejoin us next week, but until then, enjoy this adventure into all things Star Wars literature!
Cole is safe and warm but unfortunately very busy, so he's out this week. Instead of our planned topic, we cover a lot of the little bits and bobs that have come out in the last few weeks. We also spend a lot of time on The High Republic, but since Eva hasn't finished Light of the Jedi yet, that discussion remains mostly spoiler-free.
Cole and Dakota are absent this week, but that void is filled by our longtime buddy Jason! And he's brought his giant page of notes regarding agriculture in Star Wars! This one is a bit different in that it's one of our rare episodes that touch on how Star Wars interweaves with real life, but there's plenty of in-universe discussion too.
Thu, 11 Aug 2022 A myriad of topics this time! Andor trailer, use of the Volume compared to REAL SETS and PRACTICAL EFFECTS, and Cal Kestis in live action??? It's less likely than you think.
This week we're FINALLY getting back to our rewatch of The Clone Wars after taking a giant Mandalorian-shaped hiatus, and boy howdy did we come back on some real doozers! (Doozers are good in this case.) Ventress? Savage?? MAUL??? Episodes 12-14 of Season 3 this week!
Lucasfilm Games is back, and they're bringing a new open world Star Wars game that isn't being developed under EA! Big news! And also maybe there's a new KOTOR game?? Probably not. I wouldn't get excited if I were you.
It's finally here! We finally get around to doing all the setup for the RPG we're going to be playing here once a month for the foreseeable future! But not before we spend some time discussing what the future might hold regarding Andor and Alan Tudyk. It's a little cloudy, as the future tends to be.
Okay, listeners. We finally get around to discussing the best bits of Star Wars that we consumed in 2020, but not before we spend far too much time talking about the new stuff coming in The High Republic as well as some first impressions on what's already released, and theeennnn Star Wars Insider? It's all over the place, but it's all Star Wars so it's fine. Except for the bit about rings near the end.
Ummm... I think we care about Bad Batch. And a whole heck of a lot of other new Star Wars things that are coming out! We haven't gotten a chance to touch on the stuff from the investor call in earnest, so we're sending 2020 out by looking forward to the future of Star Wars!
Season 2 of The Mandalorian has drawn to a close in tremendous fashion, and it's left us with a lot of thoughts, questions, and feelings. Some stuff AFTER the episode also left us with some thoughts, questions, and feelings! And as we predicted, we have since learned that The Book of Boba Fett is its own show coming in December 2021! Exciting stuff!!!
Some conflicting feelings on Chapter 15: The Believer! But we all agree that Din Djarin is great, and that's what matters. Also: Is It Edible?, Checking In With Eva, and Return of the Cole!!!
Chapter 14: The Tragedy. This is basically the Boba Fett Stan podcast now. Of course, that's not ALL we talk about. But it's a lot of it. Who heard Grogu? What's the deal with the Empire?
Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian was almost everything we'd hoped it would be and more. Once Ben finally gets the intro right (enough), we talk about how TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS and then go into the episode! It's left us with many many questions, but in a good way.
Mando season 2 keeps on trucking, so we do too. Not that anyone ever thinks any episode of a Star Wars TV show will be BAD, but it's safe to say that we were all blown away by how good this one was.
Don't worry, we don't make you wait long to learn the reason for this absolute wild episode title. But after we get that nonsense cleared up, we're right back into THE MANDALORIAN. BO-KATAN?? AHSOKA?? The hype levels are off the charts right now.
The special project for episode 200 is still in the works, but it's still cooking. So instead, we're just giving you that sweet sweet Mando content that you all crave! Who says Mando isn't special enough for episode 200 anyway??
OKAY. Another weird one. We weren't sure if Cole was gonna be here the whole time, so we didn't commit to episode 200. Instead, we just talked about what's really on everyone's minds: THE MANDALORIAN. Absolutely insane opening to season 2. There was no way we WEREN'T gonna talk about it this week, really.
This episode is a little weird. We were SUPPOSED to do episode 200 this week, but then Cole couldn't make it. So instead we talk about The Rise of Skywalker, the Mandalorian (and its possible home releases), and From a Certain Point of View pt. deux! HOPEFULLY next week we'll hit you with our very fancy episode 200 B)
This week, we're tackling episodes 8-11 of season 3 of Clone Wars, and that proves to be difficult since there is a lot of Ziro to take down over here. Also, ARE Separatists people?? We may never know.
Listen up, you statistics: this episode is something entirely new. We were gonna talk about TCW and couldn't. Then we were gonna make our RPG characters, but then we couldn't. So we decided to spend our time talking about Star Wars Screen Rant articles, and the conversation that comes out of it is more in-depth than you might believe.
This one is VERY special since we're joined by our friends Luke and Austin! And we dig pretty deep into most aspects of Star Wars comics, with a particular focus on collecting. If you don't know where to begin with Star Wars comics, this is probably a good place to start!
Sadly, Dakota is not with us this week so we don't get to do the cool episode we teased last week quite yet. However, he has given us his blessing to finally talk about JEDI: FALLEN ORDER. And talk about it we do. I knew we could talk about this game, but I had no idea we'd do quite this much gushing. I guess I shouldn't be surprised!
It what may be our most underwhelming TCW episode yet, we're talking about episodes 5-7 of Season 3 this week. Clone Wars is very good, and these episodes land as a resounding "meh" from all of us. However, there's a bit of a deep dive on Satine that makes the whole thing worth it in the end.
Big news! We're going to be playing an RPG on the podcast once a month! Hopefully that's exciting! This week we spend a little time talking about the various different RPG systems that Star Wars has inhabited over the last 30 or so years. and then talk about what we're going to be doing with ours!
Clone Wars is back with Season 3 this week, and honestly it hits us with some of the worst chronology nonsense that we've faced yet. And Cole isn't even here to guide us through it! Episodes 1-4 of Season 3 this week!
The Skyhoppers Podcast has done an episode about Solo: A Star Wars Story in the past, but we're taking another crack at it now that we've got some new hosts who have their own opinions! How does the score hold up? What about the aesthetics of the movie as a whole? Also............... Victory's Price, Aphra audio, and Lego Star Wars Holiday Special???
Our first cold open with our new hosts! Talk of Solo and soundtracks gives way to a bit of Cassian casting news, and then onto our main Clone Wars event! The last three episodes of season 2 this week. They aren't the strongest the series has ever been, if you ask us.
How many quiz episodes can this podcast do? Never enough. That's how many. But (supposedly) they're fun because you listeners can play along with us! This week, Dakota and Eva answer some quetsions from "The Ultimate Unauthorized Star Wars Trilogy Triva Challenge". It's pretty wild.
The two saddest episodes of The Clone Wars? Quite possibly. The Zillo Beast deserved so much better than she got, and everyone should take a moment to remember the horrible injustice that was done unto this majestic creature. "The Zillo Beast" and "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" this week.
Back when Rich was on the show, we definitely talked about clones at some point or another. But there are three new people on this podcast, and Ben has been thinking about clones WAY more than usual due to reading Hard Contact for Obroa-skai Walkers, so we're doing it again! Are they just fleshy droids? Why do the Jedi just accept them with no scrutiny? We don't know! But we talk about it anyway.
In a double continuation of both Prequel Month and our TCW rewatch, we're tackling "Senate Murders", "Cat and Mouse", and "Bounty Hunters"! Make sure to send us an email or let us know how you feel about "Bounty Hunters" on Twitter so that Ben can feel either less alone in liking it or even more dejected, depending on your feelings. Also, BAD BATCH TV SHOW??? Lots of complicated feelings on that as well.
Guess what? July is still Prequel Month here at the Skyhoppers Podcast! And we're doing something that we've never really done before: a deep dive on a specific movie, with the movie in question being The Phantom Menace. Every saga has a beginning, and we're here to talk it to death.
Big news: Anakin is literate! And we hate it. More importantly, we spend this episode discussing episodes 12-14 of season 2 of The Clone Wars, otherwise known as the first Mandalore arc! Plus lots of Fett discourse.
As you might have expected, we are going over episodes 9-11 of season two of The Clone Wars! Unfortunately both Cole and Eva are missing this week, but we've got a Terrelian Jango Jumper, so that's gotta count for something.
Star Wars has always been inherently political, and anyone that disagrees is very much missing the point. Anyone who thinks the Empire is right is very much missing the point. Star Wars is anti-war and anti-facist, and we wanted to talk a bit about that this week. And of course, there's a new FACPOV book to discuss as well as some weird Mandalorian rumors. It's good to be back, folks!
This is one of our classic "this episode was supposed to be about one thing but ended up being about other things" episodes. We set out to talk about Palpatine since it was Ian McDiarmid's birthday (just his, no one else's), but then we talked about Ahsoka? And Thrawn? Whatever. I know that I had fun.
This week: Disney wants to send you to fake space for $5000, Lego reimagines Death Troopers, and then we talk some spoiler-free High Republic and some spoilery Bad Batch!!
In another life, July was Prequel Month here at the Skyhoppers Podcast. And while we didn't talk about anything explicitly NOT Prequels this month, we didn't push it nearly hard enough. But we're closing the month with the Prequel to (literally) end all Prequels: REVENGE OF THE SITH.
WESA FINALLY HOOOOMMMEEE! It feels like it's been a million years, dear listeners, but Ben, Cole, and Eva are finally back together to talk about the Ryloth episodes of The Bad Batch! Hera Syndulla! Chopper wreaking havoc!! Howzer!!! We've got it all, baby! Including some little newsy bits.
Star Wars Visions! The Bad Batch! Directors! Cad Bane! Star Wars is doing great and we're here to celebrate it this week! But mostly by talking about The Bad Batch episodes from the last two weeks.
This week we talk about episode 7 and 8 of The Bane Ba-er, The Bad Batch! Lots of drama (some of it at the expense of logic/orders), lots of Rex, and lots of great Wrecker content!!!
The podcast is AGAIN at half strength this week, but it's the other half this time! Dakota and Eva lament the lack of gays in Star Wars by doing their own little Pride episode!! Also it is episode 229 even though Eva says 228 only to be promptly congratulated by Dakota for getting it right. Happy Pride everybody!! Audio hiccups are left in situ as to not taint this historic occasion.
Even though the podcast is at half strength this week, Ben and Cole soldier on through episodes 5 and 6 of The Bad Batch. A lot of action, but also a lot of good character moments as well on top of a few mysteries! They don't even spend THAT much time talking about Canon Concerns.
A very discussion heavy episode this week! We're missing Dakota because he died, but the rest of us get into our first-ever voicemail, a terrifying Star Wars would you rather, the partial RPG-ification of the franchise and what that's meant, and the nature of Star Wars "content." Very all over the place, but not in the way you might have come to expect from us.
On this week's episode of The Piehoppers Skodcast, it's time for more Bad Batch! Who is Omega? We don't know, but we love her. We also love Fennec Shand. And Wrecker. And basically all of them. But most of all, we're excited about the officially sanctioned scamming of Grans. Remember: good soldiers follow orders.
On this holiest of anniversaries (or close to it), we're talking about the reason we're all here: STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE. Kind of a retrospective, kind of a meta discussion, but for better or for worse, all Skyhoppers.
It's finally here! Our long-awaited (by us, anyway) discussion of the first two episodes of The Bad Batch! But first you've gotta sit through our speculation about the much-rumored Knights of the Old Republic remake first, though. Sorry about that.
We're finally getting back around to ATTACK OF THE CLONES! This oft-maligned Prequel has so much more going for it than the popular discourse would imply, and we're thrilled to finally not get distracted by something else and actually talk about it.
"Padawan Lost" and "Wookiee Hunt" this week! Season 3 of The Clone Wars draws to a close with a bit of a bang in the form of some high-quality Ahsoka content.
Don't worry, he's not gone forever. But due to his departure, we end up skipping on our main topic this week and just see where the Star Wars takes us. Lots of Thrawn book chatter, three Legends books are getting reprints (and Shatterpoint is getting a new audiobook!!), and before he leaves, Ben and Dakota chat a bit about Victory's Price. And then everyone else talks about some of the Star Wars Vintage collection that just came to D+. There's a lot happening here, folks.
This week we're again joined by Oaty (as well as the rest of the hosts for once) to finish up our discussion of old Star Wars video games! We get dummy thicc in the weeds on Dark Forces, Dark Forces II, and the Rebel Assault games! More details than you would ever care to know!
This week, Ben and Eva (sorry Dakota) are joined by longtime fan/friend Oaty to talk about a few of the old Star Wars computer games, primarily the games from the X-Wing series. There's a lot of discussion about these games at a very high level along with talk of what makes them special and unlike high-profile Star Wars games that we see released today. However, the things that Squadrons takes from them are not to be ignored, so we touch on that too.
It's been a minute since we sat down to talk about one thing and ended up talking about many other things instead! This one takes many twists and turns as Ben, Dakota, and Eva discuss Kevin J. Anderson Legends Books, the cancellation of certain Canon books, season 3 of The Mandalorian, and Attack of the Clones. And somehow it's mostly seamless? Weird. Anyway. Enjoy!
Have you ever watched a Clone War? We watched FOUR Clone Wars for this week. It's the second battle of Geonosis and all the freaky-deaky brain worms that that entails!
This episode is about... the plan to save Han from Jabba's Palace? And without spoiling anything, we're pretty sure we've figured it out. Also we talk about Solo a lot for some reason. Probably because we like it.
Kicking off Clone Wars Season 2 this week! Cad Bane steals a holocron! Rush Clovis is... awful. "Holocron Heist," "Cargo of Doom," "Children of the Force," and the god-forsaken "Senate Spy" this week! Also, is Dakota Chewbie? Only time will tell.
In this SUPERSIZED episode of the podcasts, your hosts take you on a wild ride through the wide world of STAR WARS LEGENDS. This episode has been on the back burner for a long time, but with Star Wars things slowing down for a little while, the timing seems prudent. The best time to get into Legends is yesterday, after all!
Have you ever wondered who has the best butt in Star Wars? Well. We're here to tell you. More importantly, we talk about our best and worst from many categories in this supersized episode of The Skyhoppers Podcast! Jedi, Sith, starships, and butts, apparently. It's better than it sounds, I promise.
As you might guess, lovely listeners, we're continuing our Clone Wars journey this week! "The Hidden Enemy," "Blue Shadow Virus," and "Mystery of a Thousand Moons!" More Nuvo Vindi than you can (or would want to) shake a stick at. Or is it Ringo Vinda? Who knows.
In their first run at "the big leagues," your new hosts take on their first character episode as a cast: the KYLO REN episode! He's arguably the best part of the Sequel Trilogy, and there's a lot of nuance in his character that bears discussion. However, we all know the boy ain't perfect.
This week, your intrepid hosts are discussing "Jedi Crash", "Defenders of Peace", and "Trespass" on their journey back through The Clone Wars! Lots of characters to hate this week. Also lots of lemurs.
As in typical Skyhoppers fashion, your hosts (all four of them this week) set out to discuss the balance of the Force in a general sense, but get sidetracked on the Mandalorian for a good chunk of time. And as always, the usual nonsense, including a new segment called "Is It Edible?" DO NOT email georgelucas@gmail.com.
The first step towards eventually moving the whole backlog of the show over to my own hosting! In the words of Saw Gerrera, "we have a long ride ahead of us."
Episodes of our backlog will be popping up over here from time to time! My new hosting service has an import feature but it keeps breaking, so I guess I'm on my own!
