Rebels Roundtable – The Star Wars Report

Clovis is back, and Anakin is peeved, as the team takes on the Clovis arc of The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions.

The transition from Republic Forces Radio Network to The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable continues. After his lackluster appearance in Senate Spy that seems only to have been loved by Berent, Rush Clovis has returned The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions in An Old Friend, The Rise of Clovis, and Crisis at the Heart. But will the team enjoy him more this time than in his debut? We’ll find out as Johnathan, Berent, Nathan, and Jerry discuss the arc.

(Is this a job for Dr. Phil or Jerry Springer?)

For those of you who are already excited for the new podcast and making the jump over from the old RFRN feed, we have recently released some exclusive new content for you that can only be found in the new Rebels Roundtable release paths (our RSS feed, iTunes, and this website). Be sure to make the jump by using the new feed links down below.

Welcome to the Rebels Roundtable prelude and the bonus episodes of Republic Forces Radio Network. Thank you for joining us as the RFRN team is born anew for a new era of Star Wars cartoons.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Jen in this mini-interview.

She has been part of Republic Forces Radio Network as the voice of female fans, the voice of clone enthusiasts, and the one to make the other team members behave themselves. As Rebels Roundtable kicks off, she will again be part of the panel to keep the boys in line. Now, Jen joins Nathan for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Dan in this mini-interview.

He has been part of Republic Forces Radio Network since the early days and will now be emerging from the shadows again for Rebels Roundtable. Now, Dan joins Nathan for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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NAO Warning: Beware of possible Nathan Analysis Overload. Nathan gives the lowdown on what the recent “canon” announcement means for Rebels, with Mark at his side with further insights and “ponders” along the way.

On April 25, 2014, a pair of news releases from Lucasfilm and Del Rey shook the concept of Star Wars “canon” to its core, revealing what many had suspected for a while: that the “Official Continuity” within the Expanded Universe would be relegated to the position of what amounts to an alternate timeline (and source of inspiration to be tapped) to make way for a new timeline based around the live action films (old and new), The Clone Wars, and Rebels. What surprised many, though, was that new novels, comics, and other spinoff materials going forward would no longer be considered lower in status than the films or cartoons but right alongside them as “true” Star Wars.

In this episode, Nathan and Mark team up in Star Wars Beyond the Films fashion to break down what this means for Rebels and The Clone Wars that preceded it. Is this “new dawn” a good thing for the new cartoon series? Nathan takes on the role of teacher and analyst, while Mark provides his own take on matters, including some “ponders” that might make us wonder just what the next few years have in store for the saga.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Mark in this mini-interview.

You’ve heard him on Star Wars Beyond the Films, but now he is joining the Republic Forces Radio Network alumni for new adventures with Rebels Roundtable. Now, Mark joins Nathan for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Johnathan in this mini-interview.

He has been the ringmaster for the final seasons of Republic Forces Radio Network and will now pick up his whip again for Rebels Roundtable. Now, Johnathan joins Nathan for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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Get the lowdown on the Rebels panel from Wondercon 2014 in this episode.

The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable panelist Berent and his son attended Wondercon 2014’s Rebels panel, featuring the debut of the theme for Rebels, discussion with Vanessa Marshall, Dave Filoni, Kevin Kiner, and Killian Plunkett, and more. Hear Berent’s report in this Rebels Roundtable Data Burst.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Berent in this mini-interview.

For years, he has been there to disagree with his fellow panelists. Now, Berent submits himself to his greatest foe (or at least his most frequent opponent for debate) for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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Get to know Rebels Roundtable‘s Nathan in this mini-interview.

Since 2002, he has been a Star Wars podcaster. Now, Nathan subjects himself to the interrogation droid (well, to The Star Wars Report‘s Riley) for a brief interview to introduce this member of The Star Wars Report’s Rebels Roundtable‘s team to new (and old) listeners.

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It’s the beginning of Rebels Roundtable and an encore for Republic Forces Radio Network as the team checks out the Order 66 arc of The Clone Wars in this Rebels Roundtable prelude episode.

Republic Forces Radio Network lives! Well, sort of . . .

As The Clone Wars reached the end of Season 5, the team behind Republic Forces Radio Network (a Venganza Media podcast) began pondering the future. While the show would not continue through Venganza (because, let’s face it, committing to a years-long podcast series when already committed to a lot of shows is not something to be taken lightly), many members of the podcast team were interested in continuing the RFRN tradition in covering Star Wars: Rebels. By the third quarter of 2013, the plan was cemented: Johnathan, Nathan, Jen, Berent, and Dan would return for a new Rebels-based podcast, and the seats vacated by members who are not returning would be filed by Mark, Nathan’s co-host from Star Wars Beyond the Films, and other guests from within The Star Wars Report’s 2nd Airborne Division podcast network. The new show, The Star Wars Report: Rebels Roundtable was formally announced and launched with rebelsroundtable.com and social media in November 2013, just as the RFRN team returned to The Clone Wars film in the final regular episode of that podcast.

Of course, before Rebels could be born, The Clone Wars had one last hurrah in store with the new Season 6 content released on Netflix. That meant that we would have the chance to engage in an unusual transition process to move from RFRN to RR (as we’re tending to abbreviate Rebels Roundtable).

What you see here is the first of those transition episodes, a sort of Rebels Roundtable “prelude” series, simultaneously released in the old RFRN podcast feed as bonus “encore” episodes of that earlier show. These prelude episodes feature the Rebels Roundtable team (with the bonus presence of RFRN regular Jerry) taking on each arc of The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions, beginning with this episode’s coverage of the episodes The Unknown, Conspiracy, Fugitive, and Orders.

(Order 66 explained? Not so much? What does the team think of the revelations in this arc, and has clone-lover Jen’s head exploded yet?)

For those of you who are already excited for the new podcast and making the jump over from the old RFRN feed, we will also have some exclusive new content for you that can only be found in the new Rebels Roundtable release paths (our RSS feed, iTunes, and this website). This exclusive content is a series of short interviews, conducted by The Star Wars Report‘s Riley and later Rebels Roundtable’s Nathan with each member of the Rebels Roundtable team. These one-on-one discussions are designed to introduce (or re-introduce) each panelist to the audience, focusing on aspects of their own Star Wars fandom.

Welcome to the Rebels Roundtable prelude and the bonus episodes of Republic Forces Radio Network. Thank you for joining us as the RFRN team is born anew for a new era of Star Wars cartoons.

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