For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome to the Force Bonding Podcast! Hosted by Andrew Laspesa (@UncommonAndrew) and Mona Martinelli (@mona_faye), this podcast is all about Star Wars and how it has impacted us personally over the years of us being massive Star Wars nerds. On today's episode Andrew discusses the following topics and more:

-Out of context Comments made by JJ Abrams & John Boyega on the Rise of Skywalker press tour lead to re-opening The Last Jedi discourse on Twitter

-New Rise of Skywalker TV spot shows Palpatine speaking to Kylo Ren

-Disney has released John Williams' original score for The Rise of Skywalker as part of announcing the film's Oscar campaign

-Was Chapter 5 of The Mandalorian hurt by an over-reliance on nostalgia?

-Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order First Impressions

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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Andrew gives his SPOILER recap of Chapter 5 of The Mandalorian! A very nostalgia-filled episode, but does it all land? How does Dave Filoni's 2nd directorial effort compare to the pilot episode?

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Welcome to the Force Bonding Advent Calendar! Every day this December join Andrew to sit around our virtual fireplace and spread holiday cheer through the magic of Star Wars! Today (December 3rd), we talk about my favorite hero of the Star Wars galaxy!

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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Andrew gives his spoiler-filled review of Episode 4 of The Mandalorian! How does the series introduce Cara Dune into the fold?

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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Andrew reviews Episode 3 of The Mandalorian! In my mind the best episode so far!

This is the way!

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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Andrew reviews the 2nd episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+! How does the show follow up the amazing twist at the end of the first episode?

I have spoken!

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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Andrew reviews the 1st episode of the new live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian! How does the first episode of the Disney+ series live up to the expectations?

I have spoken!

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Welcome to the Force Bonding Podcast! Hosted by Andrew Laspesa (@UncommonAndrew) and Kevin Martinelli (@kevrs89), this podcast is all about Star Wars and how it has impacted us personally over the years of us being massive Star Wars nerds. On this week's episode, Andrew & Kevin finally give their full breakdown of the final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker! Enjoy over an hour of us discussing this trailer and our excitement for the movie!

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Welcome to the Force Bonding Podcast! Hosted by Andrew Laspesa (@UncommonAndrew) and Kevin Martinelli (@kevrs89), this podcast is all about Star Wars and how it has impacted us personally over the years of us being massive Star Wars nerds. On today's episode, Andrew & Kevin discuss MCU figurehead Kevin Feige making a Star Wars film and what it could possibly be. We also discuss Andrew's plans for Triple Force Friday, how he finally started watching Rebels and we announce the winner of our 2019 *Insert Month Here* Madness Tournament! It's Halloween season!

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Welcome to the Force Bonding Podcast! Hosted by Andrew Laspesa (@UncommonAndrew) and Kevin Martinelli (@kevrs89), this podcast is all about Star Wars and how it has impacted us personally over the years of us being massive Star Wars nerds. On today's episode, Andrew & Kevin discuss the new Age of Resistance one-off comic focused on Snoke's training of Kylo Ren, the return to Dagobah and what it could mean for the possible redemption of Ben Solo. We also discuss Rose's role in Episode 9, more predictions regarding Dark Rey, Andrew joining #TeamReylo, the recent Twitter phenomenon known as "Mar Wars" and the good it's brought to fandom, and we finish off our *Insert Month Here* Madness Tournament with an epic finale of Anakin Skywalker taking on his Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi!

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