Podcast Stardust

Our year-long series analyzing Revenge of the Sith for its 20th anniversary begins with a look at the Jedi arrival at General Grievous's flagship.

Ryder Waldron from Idiot's Array and Star Wars School of Dentistry joins us for this episode.

This segment of the movie starts at 00:00 and runs to 11:21.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Ryder's remembrances of seeing Revenge of the Sith for the first time, his favorite character, and favorite scene,
• The opening crawl of the movie,
• The space battle of Coruscant,
• Fighting off the buzz droids,
• Arriving at General Grievous's flagship,
• The fight with the battle droids in the elevator, and
• R2-D2's encounter with the super battle droids.

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James Mangold recently spoke on his inspiration and motivation for writing an origins of the Force story. We discuss that and Sam Witwer's return to Celebration in this week's news.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• James Mangold's interview with MovieWeb on his "Dawn of the Jedi" movie,
• The upcoming Star Wars Insider special edition featuring Revenge of the Sith for its 20th anniversary, and
• Sam Witwer is headed to Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025.

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As the kids head home for At Attin, the pirates arrive first at the planet of "Eternal Treasure." Jod Na Nawood makes his move and while a few questions get answers a few new ones emerge in the penultimate episode of Skeleton Crew.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our non-spoiler thoughts on this episode and the season thus far,
• The parents desperate attempt to launch a probe and send a message to their children,
• Some of the secrets of At Attin that are revealed,
• Jod Na Nawood's actions and motivations,
• What is going on with the Supervisor and droids on At Attin, and more.

For our discussion of episode six of Skeleton Crew, check out episode 830.

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Join us as we look ahead to the Star Wars content coming in 2025. Disney+, The High Republic and publishing, Star Wars Celebration, and more are all highlighted.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• The lack of a Star Wars movie in 2025, but what we might learn about The Mandalorian and Grogu and other projects,
• Season two of Andor and other releases coming to Disney+,
• The final entries in phase three of The High Republic and other Star Wars novels and comics coming this year,
• Star Wars events, including Star Wars Celebration Japan, happening throughout the year, and
• Our plans to cover Star Wars on Podcast Stardust.

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We round up some Star Wars news from the past month with a focus on more Star Wars Celebration Badge Art, the arrival of the HASLAB Ghost, and a farewell to Angus MacInnes.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• The reveal of four new badges for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 plus a discussion of our favorites,
• More tickets for Star Wars Celebration Japan having sold out.,
• The HASLAB Ghost has started shipping to backers and the pictures are awesome, and
• The passing of Angus MacInnes, who played Jon "Dutch" Vander, also known as Gold Leader, in A New Hope.

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Fresh of Jod's betrayal, Wim, Fern, Neel, and KB make their way back to their ship while overcoming obstacles and friendship difficulties. Meanwhile, Jod makes a pitch to the pirates.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our non-spoiler thoughts about episode six,
• The difficulty in the friendship between Fern and KB and how Wim and Neel help them overcome it,
• Jod's appeal to the pirates to save his own life,
• Recovering the Onyx Cinder from the trash heap, and
• A few things we didn't see in this episode that should be coming up very soon.

Check out our discussion of episode five of Skeleton Crew in episode 827.

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Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2025 by helping Star Wars characters come up with New Year's resolutions for 2025.

In this episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• What should Obi-Wan Kenobi resolve to do next year?
• Some goals for Asajj Ventress to strive towards,
• Resolutions for some The High Republic characters such as Cair San Tekka,
• A few resolutions for character from The Phantom Menace, and more.

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In our final episode of 2024, we are counting down our top ten pieces of Star Wars content across Disney+, book, comics, video games, and more.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• The criteria for our Star Wars top ten list for 2024 (it had to be released in 2024 and discussed on Podcast Stardust),
• Our favorite on screen Star Wars stories, including The Bad Batch, Skeleton Crew, Tales of the Empire,
• Some of the best Star Wars books and comics, including The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, The Living Force, and others,
• Audio book and audio drama exclusives such as Padawan's Pride and Tempest Breaker, and
• Star Wars video games.

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As Jod and the children close search for the pirate base that may have the clues they need to get back to At Attin, the pirates close in on them on a luxurious spa planet.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our non-spoiler reactions to this episode,
• A scheme concocted by the parents to get a message out to their children,
• The legendary pirate Captain Tak Rennod,
• Jod Na Nawood's many aliases,
• Some answers as to the mystery of At Attin,
• Jod's decision at the end of the episode, and more.

Check out our discussion of episode four of Skeleton Crew in episode 823.

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As an extra Christmas present to our listeners, we are finishing the trivia for The Phantom Menace.

The trivia questions in this episode are from the portion of The Phantom Menace that runs from 1:44:39 to the end of the movie.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we are answering trivia questions about:

• The beginning of the Battle of Naboo,
• Qui-Gonn Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi's battle with Darth Maul,
• Queen Amidala's invasion of the palace in Theed,
• Anakin Skywalker and R2-D2's flight in the N-1 Starfighter, and
• The final scenes of the movies.

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