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  • Cantina Banter #12 | Jon Watts & Simon Kinberg Star Wars Trilogy?

    Cantina Banter #12 | Jon Watts & Simon Kinberg Star Wars Trilogy?
    Oct 12 2026

    In this seventh-anniversary episode of the Star Wars Escape Pod podcast, co-hosts Blake and Darian chat casually about recent news, upcoming projects, and merchandise. Discuss the newly opened Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the Endor-inspired Outpost 181 bed and breakfast, and the trailer and upcoming January 20, 2027 release date for Ahsoka season two. The hosts also dive into a fan debate regarding Admiral Ackbar and the Holdo maneuver, merchandise updates including the upcoming Jango Fett Black Series helmet and a Hasbro thermal detonator, and reports that John Watts will direct a new Simon Kinberg-penned Star Wars trilogy featuring Rey Skywalker. Additionally, they touch upon the upcoming video game Star Wars Galactic Racer, recent Marvel comic adaptations, and share lighthearted banter about the franchise.

    Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes!

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    Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian

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    🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml

    Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    54 min
  • Cantina Banter #11 | Blake visits the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

    Cantina Banter #11 | Blake visits the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
    Oct 5 2026

    Another Cantina Banter this week! Nice and chill the way we like it. Turns out Blake went to visit the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art recently and we had some questions about the facility. Funded entirely by George Lucas at a cost of $1 to $1.5 billion, the massive five-story building spans over 300,000 square feet and features extensive galleries, theaters, a research library, and gardens. Blake shares details about the exhibits, including the "Star Wars In Motion" collection featuring screen-used props, concept art by Doug Chiang and Ralph McQuarrie, life-sized replicas like an N1 Starfighter and a wheel bike, and extensive works by artists like Norman Rockwell.

    We talk a bit about some upcoming fan films, community updates like the LA based Scum and Villainy Cantina. More updates from books, comics and gaming! Of course to top it all off, merchandising!

    Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes!

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    Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian

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    🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml

    Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    58 min
  • Zero Company Spoiler-Free Review | XCOM For Star Wars! (Game Review)

    Zero Company Spoiler-Free Review | XCOM For Star Wars! (Game Review)
    Sep 28 2026
    Zero Company chat is not over here! Wait for our spoiler-centric review coming later once we've all finished the game! Although by the time this podcast drops we may have in fact finished it. In the meantime, our friends AJ, and Reid both return to Star Wars Escape Pod for a chat on the game, both AJ and Reid have been around for our reviews in the past for both books and games alike so here we are once again! Thank you again to them for joining us. Despite our praise and critiques of the game I have posted a more recent list of the things I personally would love to see brought into the game (Josh). This list was not finalized during our initial recording of this podcast, for those who care to read, I have pasted it below: FEATURE WISHLIST -------------------------------------------- *Photo Mode *Birds Eye Tactical View - If you've played CIV you may be familiar with that that can be like or be helpful *IMPROVD ACTION CAM & CAMERA - We want more control over the camera so it's not flying into mountainsides during the opponent cut scene / turn. Control over this would be great while everything is happening so we're not locked into place. *Fast Play Option, crank up the speed!! Animations for the battle moving at 2x or 3x, heck even an option to skip opponent turn animations... I'm looking for speed run mode. Let's go FAST! *When a character is healing on bacta tank or bed, how come we don't see them in there?? *FINAL LEVEL ISSUE: I lost a permanent member, the Umbaran. I could still find his spot in the Den after and chat with the ghost of Umbarans past. He wasnt' there but the option to talk to a wall was lol. Also I never got the achievement for loosing a member of Zero Company either because of that I think since it was final level. *There was no prompt to tell me hitting Right Trigger would bring up shot stats and details, I figured that out wayy too late in the game, playing on PC with controller. *Memorial wall is useless!! I can't see bio or other cool character creation details once they are dead and gone.. this should be more detailed and accessible in the wall in thier profile. *We NEED a Player vs Player stats in game, I want to see how fast I did a level, how many shots each character took, how many kills for each character and so on.. and I want a way to compare to friends... NEEEEED THIS BAD. Also speed run stats.. how long it took to finish a level.0 Almost most importantly: *A NONE CAMPAIGN QUICK PLAY MENU FROM HOME SCREEN - Just want to jump into THAT PLANET, with THESE ENEMIES, at THAT DIFFICULTY, with THESE OPERATORS (Maxed out spec and fully customizable on the fly with option to save presets). I've finished the campaign, maybe I don't want to play it again to get to a certain level.... give me that. Our catalog is browsable in the Podcast Archives spreadsheet linked below. We thank you all again, and encourage those likes, follows, shares, comments and audience emails! Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes! Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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  • Star Wars Unlimited (Special Guest Aaron)

    Star Wars Unlimited (Special Guest Aaron)
    Sep 21 2026

    This week we had our special guest Aaron on to chat all about Star Wars Unlimited! The TCG taking the fandom by storm these days. The card game from FFG has been out since March 8 2024 with Spark of Rebellion leading the way. Aaron has been deep into the game for quite some time, works as a judge for local events, and plays the game with passion. We had the privilege of not only hanging out this evening with him for a chat but he also followed up the recording with a game of Twin Suns so we could all try the game ourselves. Amazing thank you again to Aaron and we hope to have him back at some point down the road!

    https://starwarsunlimited.com/

    Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes!

    Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw

    Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian

    ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod

    🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml

    Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    1 ora e 43 min
  • 7 Years of Star Wars Escape Pod! It's Not Goodbye Yet! #GeorgeLucas

    7 Years of Star Wars Escape Pod! It's Not Goodbye Yet! #GeorgeLucas
    Aug 31 2026

    We all love talking about Star Wars. Here on the podcast our group REALLY loves talking about Star Wars. After seven years of making many hours of content for YOU and so many other Star Wars fans out there, we are proud to say (not including this episode) the podcast episodes total at: 508 hours, 5 minutes and 2 seconds. It would take 509 C60 cassettes, 332 C90 cassettes, 412 CDs, or 14820 floppy disks to hold all the audio. That's a LOT of free Star Wars content made by fans - FOR fans. For you our audience, our friends, our crew. We hope you've all had a stellar seven years following along with us! And to all those who may be a bit newer around here, please check out the massive backlog of episodes you may have missed! Our catalog is browsable in the Podcast Archives spreadsheet linked below. We thank you all again, and encourage those likes, follows, shares, comments and audience emails!

    Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes!

    Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw

    Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian

    ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod

    🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml

    Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    47 min
  • D23 Star Wars News | Ahsoka Season 2 Trailer | The Ninth Jedi Review

    D23 Star Wars News | Ahsoka Season 2 Trailer | The Ninth Jedi Review
    Aug 27 2026

    From D23 we take a look at the new Ahsoka Season 2 trailer and run a detailed breakdown shot by shot. News from Galaxies Edge about a Fortnite collaboration, and we talk about our experience watching the recent Visions Presents project for The Ninth Jedi with a few more star wars tid bits of news to chat about as well.

    Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes!

    Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw

    Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian

    ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod

    🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml

    Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    1 ora e 35 min
  • Bogans Advocate #10 | Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Bogans Advocate #10 | Solo: A Star Wars Story
    Aug 10 2026
    In this episode, we dive into another edition of "Bogan's Advocate" to take a hard look at Solo: A Star Wars Story. To keep things interesting, we split the crew 50-50 to argue positions completely opposite of how we actually feel. On the positive side, we give credit where it's due: the movie's gritty, classic Star Wars atmosphere, Bradford Young's dynamic cinematography, Donald Glover’s incredibly charismatic turn as Lando, and the high-stakes tension of sequence highlights like the Kessel Run. On the critique side, we push back against some of the clunky camera choices, corny callback humor, how quickly Val was killed off, and that unfulfilled Maul cliffhanger ending. Join us for another fun an exciting adventure with our Bogan's Advocate series. Dead Echo, the Star Wars Fan Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO_hr6xhr10 Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes! Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian Matt the artist at sketch to paint https://sketchtopaint.com https://www.instagram.com/sketch_to_paint/ ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5 Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes! Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian Matt the artist at sketch to paint https://sketchtopaint.com https://www.instagram.com/sketch_to_paint/ ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    50 min
  • Bogans Advocate #9 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Bogans Advocate #9 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Jul 21 2026
    "Rogue... Rogue One!". The legendary Star Wars movie pitched by John Knoll directed by Gareth Edwards and brought to the big screen in December of 2016. Today we do yet another very challenging thing, we play Bogan's Advocate. Now we all love this movie so there's going to be some gripes here today but that's the game son! Along with a few tid bits of star wars news and chat, join the crew and have a great time listening to them struggle on this new episode of Bogan's Advocate. See you on the other side. Stay tuned next week to hear our "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Bogan episode. Along with Phil saying "It should have been a Dash Rendar movie". Dead Echo, the Star Wars Fan Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO_hr6xhr10 Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes! Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian Matt the artist at sketch to paint https://sketchtopaint.com https://www.instagram.com/sketch_to_paint/ ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5 Check out the Star Wars Archives link in our description for a database of all 400+ episodes! Orbitkey Disney Collection Add a sprinkle of Disney magic to your everyday carry. The Disney x Orbitkey Collection features fun, functional accessories inspired by Disney characters, designed to make staying organised feel like magic. https://www.orbitkey.com/pages/disney?srsltid=AfmBOorl0UJrj6Skr7fWecL5ZzpxJ6tt757WShCMY3XcCGsLaXPwzBUw Kirk is on YouTube: @kirkmihelakos https://www.youtube.com/designedbykirk Darian is on YouTube: @TheManDarian https://www.youtube.com/@TheManDarian Matt the artist at sketch to paint https://sketchtopaint.com https://www.instagram.com/sketch_to_paint/ ———————————————————————— Star Wars Escape Pod 🖥️ Website: https://starwarspodcast.ca 🐦 X: https://twitter.com/SWEscapePodcast 🦋 B.Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/swescapepodcast.bsky.social 📲 Swell: https://www.swellcast.com/swescapepodcast 📧 Email us or voice messages to: swescapepodcast@gmail.com 🗃️ Podcast Archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiF_icUbgNiufSItYBMLCdXc2dPtlQPHrNeDcEHmHS6z0yFduND-BLC_3czuY-YY6kpNtRM1uMppts/pubhtml Have you checked out our flashcast called Star Wars Launch Pad? https://www.youtube.com/@SWLaunchPad https://open.spotify.com/show/1v0naAAJZMW0nig3OkFToJ?si=8014aef1647f4da5
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    58 min