
Star Wars Escape Pod
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Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 49min
Star Wars Reads | The Good, The Meh, and the Ugly
Star Wars Books... Where To Begin?! There's SOO MANY. How does that all work and where are the good ones?! Today we got you covered! Join Josh, Blake, and Francis for a chat about the good, the meh, and the ugly.
For those of you who want to skip to the bullet points, here's our summary list.
The Good
Darth Plagueis (Legends)
Dark Disciple
Brotherhood
Darth Bane (Trilogy) (Legends)
The Thrawn Trilogy (Legends)
Lost Stars
Master & Apprentice
Republic Commando (#1): Hard Contact (Legends)
Death Troopers (Legends)
Scoundrels (Legends)
The Meh / Bad
Republic Commando (#2): Triple Zero (Legends)
Jedi: Battle Scars
Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
Ahsoka
The Old Republic: Revan (Legends)
The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
The High Republic: The Fallen Star
Red Harvest (Legends)
Shadow of the Sith
The Ugly
Battlefront: Twilight Company
Aftermath (Trilogy)
The High Republic: Tempest Runner (Audio Drama)
Legacy of the Force (Series) (Legends)
Jedi Academy Trilogy (Legends)
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Dec 24, 2023 • 2h 6min
The Holiday Special (Commentary: Version 2] | (Not A Podcast Episode)
The hosts provide a commentary on the Star Wars Holiday Special, discussing its creation, variety segments, and nostalgic memories. They also explore the animated short, commercials, cinematography, and behind-the-scenes of the Cantina scene. The budget constraints, tape quality, and Star Wars merchandise are also analyzed.

Dec 18, 2023 • 48min
The Future of Star Wars | 2024 Preview | Setting The Record Straight - Star Wars Is ALIVE.
Joing Josh, Blake and Kirk as we look ahead at what 2024 has in store for Star Wars Fans. SOME Star Wars podcasts, YouTube Channels and more have been circling around statements that "Star Wars Is Dead"... So we're here to set the record straight. Spoiler, you got lots to look forward to. As always we have a good laugh through the show on various subjects and stories. But highlights include a look at "Outlaws" by Ubisoft, Skeleton Crew, and The Acolyte. Let's grab a drink and dive right in.
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Dec 11, 2023 • 1h 38min
ALKY Solutions (Part 2) | (Special Guest) | Lightsabers Reviewed | History of the Toy Lightsaber | ”This Is Madness” 10 Years Revisited!
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ALKY Solutions Kyle and Alex join Star Wars Escape Pod again for a part 2 of in person lightsaber reviews, the history of the toy lightsaber and 10 years of "This Is Madness revisited"! We had such a fantastic time with Kyle and Alex last time we just had to get them on again for the in person chat. This week we inspect some lightsaber samples up close, talk about various character sabers, Hasbro Black Series comparisons and so much more. Looking for a good holiday gift for those star wars fans out there? Be sure to score an ALKY Solutions saber!
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Padawan Lightsabers 2 for 1 BEFORE Christmas SALE!
We played a fun game tonight. Join Josh, Blake, Bryce, Kyle (ALKY Solutions) and Francis today as we breakdown Chat GPT's generated list of 20 Star Wars Gripes. We go one after the other providing examples and deciding weather or no we can move on from these gripes or not? What kind of star wars gripes do YOU still have? Let us know down below!
History of the Toy Lightsaber
https://www.starwars.com/news/playing-jedi-the-history-of-toy-lightsabers
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Dec 4, 2023 • 1h 53min
CHAT-GPT Lists Us 20 Star Wars GRIPES To Discuss
We played a fun game tonight. Join Josh, Blake, Bryce, Kyle (ALKY Solutions) and Francis today as we breakdown Chat GPT's generated list of 20 Star Wars Gripes. We go one after the other providing examples and deciding weather or no we can move on from these gripes or not? What kind of star wars gripes do YOU still have? Let us know down below!
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Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 45min
Colin Trevorrow’s Episode IX Script ”Duel of the Fates” (Bullet Points) | What Are Those Main Differences? What Could Have Been...
Today we join Josh, Blake and Kirk for final segment on what could have been with Episode IX. This week, it's Colin Trevorrow's episode 9 (leaked) script - bullet point style. Now this information is public knowledge at this point, it was also leaked on reddit by someone way back in 2020. But assuming this could have been legit, let's take a look at the possible episode we will never see created. The script which had Colin walk away from Lucasfilm over "creative differences". Which Episode IX do you prefer?
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Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 14min
Alan Dean Fosters Episode IX Pitch? | Podcast Episode #300!
Celebrating Star Wars Escape Pod for 300 episodes!!! Join Blake, Bryce and Josh as we read through a 10 page "fan fiction outline" by the recognized author of previous Star Wars novels - Alan Dean Foster. Join us as we laugh our way through this hilarious and interesting outline for Episode 9 if Alan had it his way. As we all know, Colin Trevorrow was supposed to write and direct Episode 9. After a falling out with Lucasfilm over the script amazing to think how many possible ways this saga could come to an end. Last week we heard about George Lucas's vision for the sequels. This week is Alan.. Stay tuned next week for the one and only original by Colin as well!
https://www.alandeanfoster.com/version2.0/frameset.htm
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Nov 13, 2023 • 1h 10min
George Lucas’s ORIGINAL Sequel Plans | The Star Wars Archives (Part 1)
This brand new sub series is a space for us to dive deep into the behind the scenes of Star Wars archives. Paul Duncan's Star Wars Archives (XXL) format books deliver behind the scenes information in the form of excellence. Featuring intimate interviews with George Lucas, Doug Chiang, Rick Mccallum and so many more, these books cover just about everything you haven't heard about yet. Including todays topic! The ORIGINAL ideas behind George Lucas's sequel outline BEFORE "The Force Awakens" was born. Now any hard core fan of Lucas might say "SIGN ME UP", but what do those fans of the sequels think? Let's join Josh, Blake and Bryce today as we pull back the curtain with the help of Pauls amazing work in The Star Wars Archives.
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Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 10min
ALKY Solutions (Part 1) | (Special Guest) | Lightsabers, Kyber Crystals and Saber Dueling
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The BEST Canadian based saber company joins us on Star Wars Escape Pod to talk all about getting into the saber market, selling the highest quality sabers on the third party market to fans. Going from Harley Davidson as a provincial top salesmen to the lightsaber market and bringing all the skills to the buisness has made ALKY the best and fastest spreading word of mouth saber company in North America. Ming-Na Wen, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Emily Swallow all have ALKY Solutions sabers. If you're in the market for a high quality lightsaber which beats out Hasbro, Disney and "build your own" lightsabers then check this episode out!
What's the difference between RGB and Pixel? Stunt sabers vs "for show" We also dive into lightsaber forms, kyber crystals, various Jedi hilts and the best duels in Star Wars with so much more!
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Oct 30, 2023 • 1h 50min
Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade | Origins Explained | Book Review
The life and transformation of a Jedi into an Inquisitor! Today we spill the secrets on the novel called Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade. Our spoiler free at first, then leading into full spoiler territory. This is an in-depth novel review for those of you who want to read it and also for those who don't and want to hear all about it.. you've come to the right place. There's things we liked about this book, and things we thought were huuuge misses. So stay tuned for the part where we dish all those critique's at the end. Let's get into it with Josh, Blake and AJ.
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