A slow news week means we get to spend a lot more time talking about Star Wars Rebels and begging people to vote for us in the Star Wars Podcast Awards!

It’s John’s birthday and he’s celebrating by brownin’ meat and talkin’ Wars!  Episode VIII shifts into the spotlight this week and we look at what locations we want to see in future installments of the sequel trilogy.  Also, there is much talk of Ryloth as we discuss the fantastic “Homecoming” episode of Star Wars Rebels.

Episode VIII starts filming, Ezra’s riding space whales, and Dr. Ellie Sattler joins the Star Wars family.  It’s been an excellent week and Catrina Dennis joins us to talk about it!

Things are heating up on Harbolla!  Our heroes go on a daring raid to steal the Twilight Lynx from the impound lot at Theta Command in an attempt to flee the system and turn a hefty profit.  But when the sinister Moff Thessk catches wind of them, she doesn’t pull any punches!

Star Wars: Shadow Quarry is back! After an extended holiday, the hit audio drama that brought the world droid slippers and bothan years returns with episode 2, the second in a three-episode arc. Also this week, the mystery of BoShek, Eunice and her stormtanker, and the Star Wars Podcast Awards!

It’s awards season and we’re celebrating in style with the BANTHA awards!  Every entry in every category is pulled from a Star Wars movie, so Star Wars can’t lose!  We announce all our winners tonight as well as recap the new episode of Rebels: Protectors of Concord Dawn.

Episode VIII is headed to December, Royalty on Rebels, and Amy teaches some younglings about the ways of the Force (and the ways of the Pathetic Wookiee).  All this and more in this week’s episode of Radio Free Tatooine!

Kylo Ren in sketch comedy, Poe in his own new comic, and an incredible amount of awesome in that new Star Wars Rebels trailer! We break it all down for you with our special guest from apexfan.com, Justin Bolger.

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Han and Leia dominate the news this week as Leia joins the cast of Star Wars Rebels and young Han Solo is inching closer and closer to being cast.  We also talk a bit about John Boyega and how Finn fits into the greater picture of the new Star Wars trilogy.  Plus, we are thrilled to announce The Bantha Awards!

The Bantha Award Show is a ceremony that Radio Free Tatooine is hosting January 26th to make up for The Force Awakens not being eligible for any Golden Globes.  Do you think Daisy Ridley deserves an award for her performance as Rey?  What about Darth Vader’s costume design?  We’re taking all the best performances from all the best media over the years and throwing some well-deserved awards out to some people who we feel are the best around.  Voting will be conducted by our committee, a panel of experts (fellow podcasters, bloggers, & Star Wars enthusiasts) and by you!  Email [email protected] with your picks and be a part of the greatest all-Star Wars awards show since, well… We think it’s the only one!

 

These are your nominees:

 

Fight Choreography

TPM: Qui-Gon Jinn & Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Maul

ROTS: Anakin Skywalker & Obi-Wan Kenobi

ESB: Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader

TFA: Rey & Finn vs Kylo Ren

 

Dogfight

ROTS: Anakin & Obi-Wan

Battle of Yavin

Battle of Endor

TFA: Takodana

 

Chase

Speeder bikes on Endor ROTJ

Rey pilots the Falcon on Jakku TFA

Anakin and Obi-Wan pursue Zam Wesell AOTC

The Falcon enters the Asteroid Field ESB

 

Music – Original Score

ANH

ESB

TPM

TFA

 

Best Musical Composition

Duel of the Fates

The Imperial March

Han & Leia’s Theme

The Force Theme

Across the Stars

Jedi Steps

Main Title (Luke’s Theme)

 

Costume Design

Queen Amidala in TPM

Darth Vader

Han Solo

Captain Phasma

Boba Fett

 

Animated Episode

TCW: The Lawless

TCW: The Wrong Jedi

Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

Rebels: Fire Across the Galaxy

 

Actress in an Animated Feature

Vanessa Marshall as Hera Syndulla

Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano

Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress

Tiya Sircar as Sabine Wren

Cat Taber as Padme Amidala

 

Actor in an Animated Feature

James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Jason Isaacs as The Grand Inquisitor

Sam Witwer as Darth Maul

Dee Bradley Baker as Rex, Fives, etc

Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Kanan Jarrus

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Gwendolyn Christie

Lupita Nyongo

Shelagh Fraser

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Carrie Fisher

Daisy Ridley

Natalie Portman

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Oscar Isaac

Christopher Lee

Alec Guinness

Ian McDiarmid

Frank Oz

Billy Dee Williams

 

Actor in a Leading Role

John Boyega

Adam Driver

Harrison Ford

James Earl Jones

Ewan McGregor

 

Best Picture

A New Hope

The Empire Strikes Back

The Force Awakens

THERE BE SPOILERS HERE (for The Force Awakens)

There’s just so much awesome this week! We talk about our new favorite trooper and our new favorite song, then we talk to MakingStarWars.net‘s very own Amanda Ward about spoilers and so much more!

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