285: #SWCA: Ongoing Activities at Star Wars Celebration

Today's episode is our monthly installment of 25th anniversary episodes about The Phantom Menace! We're building on the sports-related things we've been talking about in recent episodes, as well as ho...

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"Huttball" is allegedly the galaxy's favorite game - but its first canon appearance is in Star Wars Hunters. And prior to that, it was only in The Old Republic video game! We'll talk about its history...

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It's one thing to consider Star Wars Hunters as an Overwatch/Apex Legends kind of game. It's another to consider the meta-narrative of sports in the Star Wars galaxy, and how Hunters is continuing a t...

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The little gift Star Wars fans got on the Disney Channel's YouTube channel on May the 4th was a delightfully rewatchable two minutes of animated fun. It's "How NOT to Draw R2-D2," and I'll share a bun...

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The "May the 12th" Simpsons Star Wars short on Disney+ has its share of moments that will probably make you smile, but it's not a can't-miss thing. And in all honesty, for this being a Mother's Day th...

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There's so much more happening in the month of May related to Star Wars storytelling than I fully clocked when we did our first-of-the-month episode! So we're updating now, and (with lots of advance w...

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A new commercial spot for The Acolyte hit the Star Wars YouTube channel (on a Saturday?) and shows us more of the fight between Mae and Master Indara. But between this and the trailers we've received ...

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Today, it's the second half of my conversation with Cass Sunstein, the author of the upcoming "How to Become Famous." And yes, that includes talking about how Star Wars became famous, too, back in the...

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