The Force continues its awakening as Jay & Chris are joined by longtime friend of the show, Fanboys & Barely Lethal Director Kyle Newman! Amongst the many comic, book and magazine titles being churned out, listen in for a closer look at the Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon short story, some of the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars roleplaying/miniatures game books, and Star Wars Insider magazine #162. All this and more on the January episode of Jedi Journals!

Ron Longo and Laird Malamed are back for 2016 as they dissect Star Wars: The Force Awakens score by the maestro John Williams in this special extended edition of The Magic of John Williams! [In Stereo]

In our final show for the year, I catch up with Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock as we take a look back at the year in Indiana Jones, as well as a spoiler-ish discussion on The Force Awakens, Harrison Ford talks Indy 5, we have a sneak peek at a new IndyCast radio drama, we announce the winner of our 8th birthday contest, and have more of your great emails!

Welcome to the new era of Star Wars! In the first of what are to be many discussions of The Force Awakens, we dive into what at least one of our hosts thinks may be his favorite film of the whole saga!

The Force has indeed awoken. Chris & Jay break the mold and discuss their unfiltered thoughts on the just released Star Wars: The Force Awakens film and compare what we learned in the Journey To The Force Awakens literature to what we saw on the big screen. This is not the typical spoiler-free show, so please note that if you haven't seen the movie yet, you may want to hold off on listening to this episode. Also included is a rundown of the many book titles that were released in conjunction with the film and it's a lot! Listen in to this rare Jedi Journals Microcast as 2015 comes to a close.

And now, the episode you've been waiting for... Our response to The Force Awakens!

We've had no shortage of topics for the last thirty years, but what new topics will we be discussing in the months to come? Erik and Lou take a look forward at the new mysteries we have to analyze and the new content we have to compare and contrast to what's come before. Join us in line (at least vicariously) as we wait for The Force Awakens!

Lou and Erik are in line right now for TFA! We'll be posting updates throughout the day, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here's our first update!

Is the Chinese trailer too spoilery to watch? What's the official word on whether Captain Phasma was to have been male? Who is Snap Wexley? Is it true that we may eventually see Star Wars 1313 and/or Star Wars: Underworld? Fill those last few moments before the big release with The ForceCast!

Next week we're entering a new era. In 1983, the cinematic Star Wars story ended. Yes, the prequels brought a new beginning, but the end of the story remained. We're about to enter an era with no defined ending. But in these last moments of the current era, we look back upon our most memorable moments leading up to now as we reflect back upon the past year.