Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour

Remember in The Empire Strikes Back when Han and Leia were bickering on the Falcon and he was like, “I GOT IT, LADY!” 

Yes? Same. Yes, we also remember that. Because trivia.

In episode 29, hosts Alyce and Laura miss* Project Luminous by a hair and have to talk about… Star Wars? A true departure. So brave. One must always be blazing trails. 

Fun fact: Beavis & Butthead comes up a lot in this episode. Who knew that Alyce’s obscure hidden talent is her Beavis impression? 

What’s in the news:

• Another Star Wars movie is allegedly in the works. But is it, though? 
• Dave Filoni speaks with Entertainment Weekly about Season 7 of The Clone Wars
• Details on The Rise of Skywalker digital release and blu-ray

Recap On Tap:

• Force Collector - skip 27:00-1:07:15 to avoid spoilers
• The Rise of Kylo Ren #3 - spoilers at 1:08:50-1:20:14
• The Clone Wars Season 7 premiere, The Bad Batch with special guest Maria! Avoiding spoilers? (sorry European listeners!) skip 1:27:20-1:50:13

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• More Force Toasted goodness on The Sith List, Episode 184
• Stay tuned to the Rogue Won feed for our upcoming guest spot with Rogue Won Johnny!

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

TRAINING MONTAGES! MAUL’S METAL BIRD LEGS! GREEN GOO! SAW GOES ROGUE! FLORUM! JULIA! HONDO!

Hosts Alyce and Laura wrap up* Force Toast’s bonus series of Recap on Tap with Seasons 5 and 6 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars so they can go back to doing literally anything else besides watching The Clone Wars… that is, until Friday when they will, inevitably watch MORE Clone Wars OH MY GOD.

THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

This is our life now.

Fun fact: if you were to attempt to watch/re-watch every episode of The Clone Wars (like we did, you’re welcome), it would take you over 44 hours!

Now you don’t have to! We recap every episode (pretty sure we got ‘em all this time) and tell you which arcs are essential viewing, just in case you want to squeeze in a little quality time with Seasons 5 and 6 before Season 7 premieres this week!

 

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Go shawty!

It’s your birthday!

We gonna party like it’s your birthday!

We’re gonna sip soy sauce beer like it’s your birthday!

It’s a TOAST to Force Toast! Hosts Alyce and Laura are celebrating* the 1-year Anniversary of Force Toast’s launch in true Toasted style: by listening/reading your messages while drinking an absolutely disgusting beer that they won at Star Wars trivia.

Among all of the happy wishes sprinkled throughout, we dive into what’s in the news, recap Fallen Order and Resistance and bring back our trivia segment!

• George Lucas is not coming back to Star Wars. Y’all didn’t seriously believe that, did you?
• An update on the Star War that’s sure to drain your savings account: the forthcoming Star Wars hotel
• Silver fox of Ren and no blondes allowed in the preview of The Rise of Kylo Ren #3 comic
• Vanity Fair and ILM reveal the visual effects magic behind The Rise of Skywalker 
• Recap On Tap!
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Avoid SPOILERS 1:02:40- 1:19:40
  • Star Wars Resistance series finale - Avoid SPOILERS for The Escape 1:22:45 - 1:43:50
• We weigh in about EK Johnston’s take on the Anidala “break up”
• Thank you to everyone who emailed, voice-mailed or sent smoke signals to celebrate Force Toast’s birthday!
  • Rik - save us a seat at the bar!
  • Rural Farm Boy - see you on the radio!
  • King Tom - we’re raise a glass of kool-aid to you, your majesty
  • Maria - thank you for being our imaginary/internet/IRL friend
  • The Sith List - how DARE you say “sh-t” on our podcast??!!
• The return of THE TRIVS! Just a little warm up

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• The Nerdist’s article on the Star Wars hotel
• Polygon.com’s article on the upcoming Poe YA novel and author interview
• Visual Effects reel for TROS via Vanity Fair
• Listener Joey is going to Galaxy’s Edge soon, courtesy of the Make a Wish Foundation! If you’re feeling generous, share your generosity at wish.org!
  
   
• Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Yeah, we’re leaning into it now so you better be reading the next line in the style of The Clone Wars intro narrator.

BOOS! FIREY FORCE BUTTHOLE! SHIRTLESS FISTO! MAGIC NECKLACE! FLUID SACKS! BISCUIT!

Hosts Alyce and Laura are recapping* Seasons 3 and 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars to get YOU ready to kick it with Season 7 when it drops on February 21!

So the idea behind this bonus series of Recap On Tap was to save you time - you wouldn’t have to re-watch the whole series if you don’t want to! Yay for saving time! You could just listen to us and we’ll give you highlights and a list of essential episodes to watch/re-watch!

...then we talked for, like, 3 hours.

So did we actually save you a bunch of time?

Well… yeah, kind of! So you’re welcome!

Look out for Part 3 of this Clone Wars bonus series in ~2 weeks, when we'll cover Seasons 5 and 6!

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

Instagram: @forcetoastpod

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Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

First up! Feeling generous? Ever thought about how much childhood cancer sucks balls? Our friend Nico is raising money for the Four Diamonds at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Donate to his fundraising page and spread the word using hashtag #Trivia4THON2

Now, on to the sh-tshow! It’s almost Force Toast’s FIRST Birthday! And you know what that means! It means hosts Alyce and Laura are going to get into an argument* on mic over a cartoon!

lol no but seriously, things get violent

• Laura takes a pilgrimage to Black Spire Outpost at Batuu East
  • Avoid SPOILERS for Rise of the Resistance 12:30-16:00
  • Avoid SPOILERS for The Void’s Secrets of the Empire 17:05-20:00
• The Clone Wars is finally feeding us rats! We discuss the trailer that dropped on January 22, 2020
• Kenobi is on hold. Like, on the phone. He’s standing there twiddling his lightsaber, remembering the good ol’ days when there was more elegant hold music for a more civilized age.
• The Rise of Skywalker and what would have been if Trevorrow and Connolly’s episode 9 script had come to fruition
• Recap On Tap! Alyce covers Star Wars Resistance episodes 15, 16 and 17
  • Avoid SPOILERS for Star Wars Resistance 1:02:26-1:23:36
• Question from our friend Andy about Star Wars music
• Voicemail from Maria with tips for visiting Galaxy’s Edge
• Our birthday is coming up! Force Toast turns 1 Year Old on February 5, 2020! Send us some love and love will come back to you. You know, karma and stuff.

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Alyce’s guest spot on Episode 15 of Tarkin Tangents. Find it on the Bad Motivators’ Patreon!

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

*To be read in the style of The Clone Wars intro narrator*

Cat-Lemur People! Scottish accent attempts! Angels from the moons of Iego! Upside down tulip costumes! 

Hosts Alyce and Laura are recapping* Seasons 1 and 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars so YOU, dear friends, can be ready as hell for Season 7 when it drops on February 21!

Has it been a few years since you watched or re-watched all the seasons of this beloved animated series? Do you want to do a full re-watch, but you can’t because you have a life? Have you tried to do a full re-watch but you somehow end up re-watching Mando every time you open the Disney+ app? (Honestly, same.) Or maybe you just want to skip the seasons of Annoying Ahsoka. Either way, we’ll make sure you’ve got all the essential bits. 

One thing to note: we skipped The Clone Wars film from 2008. We just didn’t feel like watching it. It introduces the audience to Ahsoka Tano, so it’s kind of essential viewing if you’ve NEVER seen the show. But for the sake of these recaps - and our sanity - we skipped it.

Look out for Ep 2 of this Clone Wars bonus series in ~2 weeks, when we'll cover Seasons 3 and 4! 

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

NEW DECADE WHO DIS? Honestly, who would have thought we would survive 2019? Like, not just this podcast, but all of us?

A good question… for another time.

Hosts Alyce and Laura hit RECORD* this time to bring you the latest rumors, news and recaps on anything and everything Star Wars!

What’s in the News

• RUMOR via MSW: the High Republic and next Star Wars film saga
• RUMOR via Kessel Run Transmissions: the Star Wars Rebels sequel series
• The Rise of Skywalker media circus continues
• The Cassian Andor series casting call

Recap On Tap

• Resistance Reborn novel (brief discussion) | Avoid 30:30-35:15 for spoilers
• The Rise of Kylo Ren comic: Issues 1 and 2 | Avoid 36:25-54:55 for spoilers
• The Mandalorian - Season 1
• Star Wars Resistance - Season 2, episodes 11-14

From the Inbox

• We catch up with Maria on all the Star Wars stuff coming in 2020
• Billy ponders the Force Dyad and where we may see it again

Trivia

• Laura shares some highlights from The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary

Other helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Dave Filoni’s Gandalf/Ahsoka drawing on Instagram
• Vanity Fair’s The Guardians of Leia
• Yahoo! Entertainment on the Visual Effects Secrets of The Rise of Skywalker

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

Instagram: @forcetoastpod

Email: [email protected]

Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Happy New Year’s Eve! So we went to the theater a while back and saw a new movie - maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s a little indie flick called Star Wars or something. Hosts Alyce and Laura are going* full throttle on spoilers for the new film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. If you have not seen it and still plan to and don’t want to be spoiled, go no further! There are even spoilers below! Seriously, stop reading!

Are you unspoiled people gone? Okay, good.

On the docket:

• Pre-TROS: What got spoiled for us ahead of time. Damn you, all you f*ckers who posted spoilers on twitter for this movie.
• The crawl… woof
• Getting intimate with grandaddy Palps’ fingers
• Skywalking through the plot, planet by planet
• Remember when we prophesized that TROS would just be the last Potter film, and then it kinda was?
• Sand
• So much sand
• Force Toast Luke
• Not sure if you knew, but as it turns out, Lando has a huge… rolodex
• BEN’S LIL SHRUG
• Dementor Palpatine
• TROS Pro-Tip: go see TROS in a Dolby Atmos theater and close your eyes during the Jedi Voices scene
• How Laura became a Reylo/Ben Solo Stan (subtitle for a future autobiography)

Helpful link for this episode:

• The Rise of Skywalker reaction on YouTube with Blue Bantha Milk Co feat. Alyce and Laura (Force Toast joins at 1:38:10)

Force Toast signing off for 2019, friends! We’ll see you in 2020: The Year of Alyce!

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

Instagram: @forcetoastpod

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Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Laura does bad impressions/accents and Alyce is feeling a little icky but the show must go on!

Anyone else starting to feel like you’ve seen most of The Rise of Skywalker already with all these TV spots? To avoid a 6-hour podcast that covers all of them, hosts Alyce and Laura each pick* their favorite TV spot to discuss.

Maybe a Spoiler? Laura’s pick is a clip/trailer called “[REDACTED] Meets [REDACTED]” that was released on YouTube channel on 12/12/19. To avoid this discussion, skip 14:30-18:15

The Global Press Conference for TROS took place on Dec 4, but one of the more interesting movie details to come out of it was from the costume exhibit at the event. An image of the caption from Leia’s costume references the plot of TROS. Too spoilery for you? Skip 19:40-22:15

We talk vaguely about The Rise of Skywalker soundtrack details that leaked on Disney’s For Your Consideration/Awards site. Don’t panic - no spoiler warning needed here.

Did you hear that a prequel to Queen’s Shadow is in the works? You did? Us too! Yay books! Author E.K. Johnston is writing Queen’s Peril and it sounds like it’s basically going to be RuPaul’s Drag Race But On Naboo, and we are 100% here for it.

Who’s pumped for The Rise of Kylo Ren comic? We’re pumped for The Rise of Kylo Ren comic! We discuss the exclusive preview that was posted on starwars.com last week.

Recap Kneecap, begone with you! We’ve got a new segment name for our discussion on The Mandalorian (S1, eps 4-6) and Star Wars Resistance (S2, eps 8-10)!

We heard from so many friends this week! Voicemails from Maria (@blerdgirljedi) on Mando, Mike Harris on TROS anxiety, and Aris (@ArisInSF) joins Club Rebels. We also have a question from listener Tully about how to cope when the Star Wars fandom starts to lose its luster.

Finally, Force Toast took to the West Coast to battle it out in the trivia trenches of downtown Los Angeles. We take a break from our regular trivia segment to discuss/react to the Star Wars match that took place at the Schmoedown Spectacular IV. Check out the match on YouTube on 12/17! Schmoedown Spoilers abound!

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

Alyce’s favorite TROS TV spot: “Duel”

Laura’s favorite TROS TV spot/trailer: [Kinda Spoilery name redacted]

Schmoedown Spectacular IV (Star Wars is Match #2 of 5) on YouTube

Preview Issue #1 of The Rise of Kylo Ren comic, out December 18

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

So time is still weird and you’re still ahead of us and we’re behind, but we’re all gonna be dead soon anyway so it doesn’t even matter! In episode 23, hosts Alyce and Laura catch up* on all that sweet Rise of Skywalker marketing! Well, at least everything that was out there as of 11 am on November 23, 2019.

The Rise of Skywalker discussion

• Billie Lourd is classy and every other human is trash
• Check out the new photos in Entertainment Weekly’s image gallery and join us in asking what’s wrong with sad boi Kylo
• “Fate” TV Spot, which finally showed us a Sith Trooper and the baddest boyband in the galaxy, the Knights of Ren!
• “End” TV Spot, where Rey is peacocking for Kylo
• The Dolby Digital Exclusive poster for TROS
• Double the Kylo, double the fun? in the International poster for TROS

Recap C-Pap (Working title. Or not. Maybe we’ll keep it.)

• The Mandalorian episodes 1-3. Avoiding Mandalorian spoilers/discussion? Skip 1:00:50 - 1:24:27 
• #ThatHelmetLifeTho
• We didn’t count but there is no less than 640 minutes of this episode fawning over B*** Y***
• It’s called B*** Y*** and if you have a problem with that, you can eat our collective a**hole
• Alyce is here to catch us up on episodes 5, 6 and 7 of Star Wars Resistance

And then it’s almost the end!

• A voicemail from Maria @blerdgirlgjedi, who witnessed her daughter commit the ultimate treason
• The buzzers are back! This was the best written round of Star Wars Trivia we’ve had in a while, thanks to listener submissions. Thank you, Brandon, Davor, We Serve Droids and Andy!

Helpful links referenced in this episode

• Force Toast performs Jedi Masterpiece Theatre on Force Cult
• The Kessel Toy Run is happening! Do some good for once with your dollar dollar bills and buy stuff for hospitalized kids!

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

Instagram: @forcetoastpod

Email: [email protected]

Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!