Brews and Blasters: The Star Wars Party

Where else are you going to go to get a detailed review and analysis of the food at Galaxy's Edge? Nowhere else, that's where. This episode starts with Waru, turns left at bantha steaks, asks about Hondo's age, and ponders a Dryden Vos/Zartan connection.

Intro

• Joe also likes the Walking Dead
• Thanks to two Super Dudes
• Let's talk Waru.
• Anakin can Droidspeak?

Episode IX

• Oscar Issac talks Episode IX
• Matt Smith is out, or was he ever in?

Galaxy's Edge

• When are we going to go?
• The food of Galaxy's Edge!
• The Brews and Blasters experts break down the food of Star Wars land like NO ONE else can.
• What hits the mark, what's is missing, and what's just wrong!
• Exclusive Merch
• Build a lightsaber
• Hondobot
• How OLD is Hondo?!

Star Wars Celebration

• The RetroZap Party Podcaster Meetup Announcement
• Celeb announcements
• Should you get an Autograph, Photo Op, or both?
• Animation panels
• Jedi: Fallen Order Panel
• The Celebration Store
• Exclusive pins

Rebels Remembered

• The Filoni sketch
• Is new content actually coming?

Voicemail

NeedEm Gotem

• Black Series Wave 20
  • AotC Padme
    • Brief review of Queen's Shadow
  • Vice Admiral Holdo
  • Mace Windu
  • Trade Federation B-1 Battle Droid
  • Dryden Vos
    • Is this figure like Zartan?

Wrap Up

Artwork this week is from the cover of Star Wars: The Crystal Star, painted by Drew Struzan.

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This is it! Whether we're the Hall and Oates, the Bill and Ted, the Chris and Joe of Star Wars podcasting, we've hit 200 episodes.

To commemorate this commemorative moment, we've decided to share some never-before-heard footage, share some insight into how the show got started, and give you our thoughts on why the show has endured all this time--and will for years to come. PLUS, we got a barge to look and a macaroni and cheese to discuss. The Star Wars Party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• This is it! Our 200th episode
• Some stats on equipment
• Joe made a Mac and Cheese worth one Amanaman
• A very special Thank You for 200 episodes
• Comparing Brews and Blasters to Hall and Oates
• Chris should grow a moustache
• Never-before-heard insight into the beginnings of the show
  • How our name came to be
• Listening to early test episodes never heard before!
• A retrospective on how the show has evolved and changed
• In our own words: what makes Brews and Blasters unique in podcasting
• What is the B&B style?
• Our approach to show notes
• Brews background music
• Got a good story of listening to Brews and Blasters? Leave us a voicemail!
• Brews and Blasters inside jokes and unique language
• NeedEm GotEm: Haslab Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)

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This episode is all about rumors and wraps, and we ain't talking about buffalo chicken wraps! From the Episode IX wrap photo to Marvel comics, we got it all on this episode!

We got some theories on that Episode IX wrap photo, but we're also thinking about Disney+ series rumors, bad impressions, Rebel Alliance sideburns, Mark Cuban as Constable Zuvio, and more! The Star Wars party stars NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters

Show Notes

• Thanks for the spice rubs and sauces Mr Freeze!
• Details about the Star Wars Celebration Chicago RetroZap party!
• Star Wars Always saga trailer by Topher Grace
• Disney Plus TV series rumors!
  • Kenobi series?
  • Lando and Qi'ra?
  • Finn and Poe?
  • Oppo Rancisis?
  • Something else being filmed in the UK?
• The Mandalorian season one has wrapped!
• The Mandalorian composer is now an Oscar winner!
• Which party would you attend in Superbad?
• Star Wars Galaxy's Edge costumes
  • Marc Cuban wearing a Zuvio hat
• Episode IX has wrapped!
  • The end of the Skywalker Saga. But, will there be more?
  • Rebel Alliance sideburns
  • What's going on in this wrap picture? Theories and thoughts.
• Bad impressions
• Rian Johnson trilogy update
• Are Star Wars films coming to the cinema or for Disney Plus?
• Marvel comics rumors

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2019 New York Toy Fair, Elks Lodge Toy Fair, Chinese Food Gourmet Fare, King Tips Medium Rare. Two hours of the best Star Wars and non-Star Wars talk you'll hear this week.

We're not talking about just 2019 New York Toy Fair this week, we got a whole other Toy Fair to report on that you never heard of! This is a mammajamma of an episode, and we're buying figures live on air! In between all the action figure news, we need to talk about King Tips, Chinese food, and the best damn macaroni and cheese you've never eaten. Plus, West Coast Video Star Wars VHS memories, thoughts on the 40-Year Old Virgin's life, and the coolest Star Wars character to ever hang out alone in a chair in a tiny closet. Let's go, Warheads! Put your Welcome Back Kotter novel down! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

• • Star Wars talk: King Tips
  • Joe's West Coast Video memories of the Star Wars VHS releases
  • Joe's birthday
    • The one thing Joe wants for his birthday
    • Chris' gift to Joe
  • It's a whiskey night
    • Chris' amazing decanter
    • Basil Hayden's
  • 2019 New York Toy Fair
    • Big Year for Hasbro—Hasbro is Rocky
    • Hasbro Pulse & Hasbro Pulse Premium
  • Black Series
    • A Black Series subscription service?
    • Let's go on a Palitoy safari
    • Luke Stormtrooper Disguise
    • Black Series Wave 20
      • Padme (AotC)
      • B-1 Battle Droid
      • Mace Windu
      • Dryden Vos
      • Han Solo (Mimban)
      • Vice Admiral Holdo
    • The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary line of Black Series figures
      • We want Lobot
      • Give us a closet to hang out in like Lobot
    • Celebration Exclusive Black Series The Phantom Menace figures
      • Obi-Wan Kenobi (padawan)
      • Darth Maul
  • The Retro Collection
    • Wave 1 discussion
    • Is this a good idea?
    • Yes you will be able to tell the difference from original Kenners
    • New figures? New figures! Grand Moff Tarkin is a thing
  • Star Wars Hyperreal
    • Darth Vader figure announced
    • The "more better" strategy for this line to win in the high-end market
  • The Vintage Collection
    • Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise
    • Lando Skiff Guard
    • Gamorrean Guard reissue
    • Jabba's Skiff
    • Jabba's Palace Adventure Set
    • Skiff Guard 3-Pack
  • Triple Force Friday
    • Products inspired by (?)
      • Episode IX
      • The Mandalorian
      • Jedi: Fallen Order
    • Where are we lining up?
  • NeedEm GotEm
    • Chris, Joe and Bill from Dorklair went to a small dealer toy show
    • Paddycake paddycake we had a haul
    • Suburban Chinese food restaurants are the best
    • Opening up a Saga Legends General Grievous (2007)
    • The Force Unleashed Ram Kota: The proto Kanan Jarrus
    • McQuarrie series Vader and Starkiller
  • The 40-Year Old Virgin had a pretty good life!

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Did you know that Michael Caine invented IG-88? That's not true but if you listen to this episode, you'll understand a little bit of the Star Wars madness we call a podcast.

It's official: Brews and Blasters has transcended to a new, strange level that no Star Wars podcast has ever been. We're serious: in between getting REALLY weird this week, we're going over a ton of news! Not that this was recorded pre-Toy Fair, so a rumor about the Hyperreal line is a little off. Anywho, have fun, Warheads! This one is a crazy as it gets. The Star Wars Party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• We're on a new level that no Star Wars podcast has ever gone to before.
• An update on the Cassian Andor series?
• The gentlest of all giants
• Art of Star Wars Rebels Anounced
• Star Wars Celebration update
• Episode IX wraps
• Anthony Daniels
• Star Wars in Concert
• Lots of Star Wars & Marvel alum in the new Dune film
• Benioff & Weiss update
• Kiri Hart leaves the LFL Story Group
• Joe bought a high-end collectible, or three
• Black Series Archive Boba Fett
• Pre-announcement rumors of Hasbro's hyperreal line

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If you'd just as soon kiss a wookiee, this is the episode for you! We're looking at the great loves of Star Wars, and NOTHING is off limits. Even that time a cat-lady-alien fell for Anakin.

Happy Valentine's Day, Warheads! This week, we're talking about the greatest relationships and love affairs of the Star Wars franchise, and it's not what you think. Yes, we mention Yaddle. Yes, we talk about Avatar. Yes, we discuss pizza. Yes, we talk Tom Green movies. Enjoy the show, guys, because we had a blast making it. Except for Richard Grieco: he's not allowed to enjoy it at all. The Star Wars party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• We love Tom Green.
• Joe's using lip balm so you know it's serious.
• Pizza talk.
• Watching Star Wars chronologically: Do you fit in the Star Wars Stories or view it separately?
• Hammerhead's voice
• Happy Birthday, Chris!
• Romance in Star Wars: The great love affairs of the Star Wars saga
• Guidelines for saying "I love you. I know."
• The love life of Obi-Wan Kenobi
• The Richard Grieco/Cat Man feud is ignited again!
• Major appreciation for Star Wars Rebels
• Links or patties?
• An ultimatum over a bucket of ribs
• Email

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We're tossing as many theories out there as we are hot dogs rolled up in foil. Snoke origins, Jedi mind tricks, and Saelt Marae all get their spotlight this week!

Some interesting theories are floating around out there about where Episode IX might take things, and we're gonna dig into a few. Then, we debate whether Qui Gon Jinn was terrible at the Jedi Mind Trick or not. Plus: Some lengthy talk about hot dogs, an epic NeedEm GotEm that goes to parts unknown, and the secret ingredient for an epic Brews and Blasters live show. The Star Wars Party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• Our secret recipe for doing live shows
• Ideas for a new logo
• "Why don't you take me to these slobby places?"
• Does Snoke use Weird Science?
• Is Qui Gon Jinn terrible at the Jedi Mind Trick?
• Is Boss Nass a devious leader?
• Episode IX trailer talk
• NeedEm GotEm
  • Black Series Archive Luke Skywalker X-Wing Uniform
  • TVC Klaatu
  • TVC Yak Face (Saelt Marae)
  • TVC Rey (Island Journey)
  • A Black Series figure idea you didn't see coming!
• Email
• Oppo Awards

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Get ready, Warheads—this episode is an all-out barrage of absurdity, as we talk about hands like rocks, the black plague, Point Break and special braised beef. And that's just the tip of the iceberg as the boys buy a Lootcrate, discuss a Blue Snaggletooth acquisition, and consider a duel between Mace vs. Yoda.

ALSO: Oppo Lives, Buckets of Ribs, Tish Nip Ibs, and 12-hearted mad libs. Let's GO, Warheads and shout out to the Dragonfruit Crew! The Star Wars Party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• Chris has come down with the Black Plague
• Sam Elliott update
• Cooking a special Brews and Blasters braised beef—thanks to one special listener who sent us an amazing spice rub!
• Point Break—the peak of hair in cinema.
  • Chris and Joe: who is Utah and who is Bodhi?
• The epic Blue Snaggletooth acquisition!
• Dragonfruit Crew!
• Thanks for listening, Star Wars Explained YouTube channel!
  • The world is finally waking up to Oppo Rancisis being alive!
  • Oppo in Episode IX
• Han Solo might have 12 hearts
• Wilow's 30th Anniversary
• The ongoing saga of the bucket of ribs
• The Lootcrate Return of the Jedi Endor Box
• It tastes like you're doing something wrong
• The epic Blue Snaggletooth acquisition!
  • A deep collecting discussion on one of the most famous and elusive Star Wars action figures EVER!
• Nissan Rogue Range Trooper Helmet
• Voicemail
  • Who would win: Mace vs Yoda?

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Action figure case assortments have got to go, and Episode IX trailers have got to arrive! We're swinging for the fences this week when it comes to controversial topics and gearing up for acrylic case campouts.

Episode IX news is starting to trickle in, and Chris and Joe has lots to discuss. Then, we start thing big about small action figures, as news of a renovated Hasbro Toy Shop has got our hosts thinking about improved methods for getting figs on pegs. That's right, it's not time for the Jedi to end—it's time for action figure case assortments to end! Fear not, intrepid listeners, this one is as radical as it gets! Let's go, Warheads! The Star Wars party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• 1 sip of whiskey and we're getting weird
• Joe wants to sleep in an acrylic action figure case
• When will an Episode IX trailer arrive?
• The weird Instagram photo from John Boyega
• What has Adam Driver known about Episode IX all along?
• JJ Abrams has a new note
• Hasbro Toy Shop is under construction—this signals a MAJOR shift in strategy
• Action figure case assortments need to end—immediately!
• What is inventory on demand?
• Email
• Oppo Awards
• A special message.

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No matter if you love Star Wars Resistance or haven't checked it out yet, this is an episode you'll want to hear. We noticed a trend in Star Wars animation that gives us a lot of hope and excitement for the series, and we're just getting warmed up.

Star Wars Resistance keeps on getting better and better, so we explore what's great, what's changed and the curious case of why Lucasfilm animation has done the same pivot in three consecutive animated series. All that, plus a major announcement in NeedEm GotEm, your emails, and the return of the Oppo Awards! The Star Wars party starts NOW! It's time for Brews and Blasters.

Show Notes

• Star Wars Resistance update
  • Small potatoes?
  • Improved art
  • Season two trailer
  • Is it for kids or for all Star Wars fans?
  • Season 1 Mid-Season Trailer
• NeedEm GotEm
  • An announcement so huge we can't write out!
  • Star Wars Resistance 3.75 figures Wave 1
    • Torra Doza
    • Kazuda Xiono
    • Commander Pyre
    • Synara San
    • Jarek Yeager
    • Bucket
    • Major Vonreg
  • Email
  • The glorious return of THE OPPO AWARDS!
  • PLUS: The perfection of a black t-shirt, buckets of ribs (yes, again), hot dog order shaming, Ghostbusters 3, and much more!

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