Force Ghost Coast to Coast

After teasing it for the better part of 2 months, Liz, Matt, and Brian return with a look at the latest Star Wars anthology book, this time telling stories set in and around The Empire Strikes Back. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder what it is that you just read.

Brian welcomes fellow Multiversity podcaster Zach Wilkerson to discuss the first novel in the new 'High Republic' era of Star Wars storytelling, Light of the Jedi. The book kicks off an era of stories set 200 years before The Phantom Menace, and if this novel is any indication, it'll be a fun era to dig around in.

A week late, but Matt, Liz, and Brian look back on The Force Awakens on its fifth anniversary. First, they try to take the film as its own entity, and then attempt to analyze it in light of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Along the way, we trash Han Solo's dialogue, praise Ben Solo's journey, and universally love the ending.

Multiversity podcaster extraordinaire Zach Wilkerson stops by the show to help Liz, Matt, and Brian properly send off the second season of The Mandalorian. Topics discussed include: the future of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars TV, if we will ever see Grogu again, and the three upcoming spinoff series.

Aside from The Bad Batch, which we totally to mention, Liz, Matt, and Brian break down all the known Star Wars film and television projects, including Hayden Christensen's return as Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi, the anime inspired Star Wars: Visions, and the untitled Taika Watiti film.

Friend of the show and Multiversity podcaster Greg Matiasevich stops by the show, spurred by a text he sent Brian earlier in the week. The old chums discuss fan edits of films, specifically Star Wars films, and Greg fills Brian in on his proposed edit of the sequel trilogy, tentatively titled Ashes of the Empire. 

Matt, Liz, and Brian convene on the unofficial start of the holiday season to talk about the brand new Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. This special has everything: jokes, fun post-Rise of Skywalker ideas, Lando, everything.

Inspired by our reading of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, Matt, Liz, and Brian pick three different characters, settings, and concepts that we would like to see more Star Wars stories tackle. From droids to Jedi, minor characters to data collection techniques, we go up and down the galaxy far, far away for a bunch of new ideas.

The wait is over! The Mandalorian is back, and Liz, Matt, and Brian discuss the first episode. Is that Boba Fett at the end? Was Timothy Olyphant perfectly cast, great, hot, or all of the above? Did you catch what the speeder was made from? Come join us!

After our viewing of the prequels, Force Ghost Coast to Coast looks at one of the more popular fan-edits of the prequels, The Blackened Mantle. By using the Japanese dub of the prequels, the script is able to be edited for English-speaking audiences through the subtitles. If you've never seen this, do some cursory internet searching and find it, watch it, and then join us for a discussion of the edit.