Episode 993 - The State of the Movie Slate - Star Wars News
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Kathleen Kennedy recently shared details of the transition to the new leadership at Lucasfilm and the state of several movie projects. We’re discussing the aftermath in this week’s news. In episode of this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Kathleen Kennedy’s comments on the plan for Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan to succeed her, What, if any, regrets she has from her time as the President of Lucasfilm, The status of several movie projects, including the Lando movie, James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” movie, The Hunt for Ben...
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Episode 992 - The Force Awakens, Part 1: “This Will Begin to Make Things Right”
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Our The Force Awakens series begins with Poe Dameron getting part of the map to Luke Skywalker just before Kylo Ren and the First Order attack. Ryder Waldron from Idiot’s Array joins us for this discussion. This episode covers the portion of The Force Awakens that runs from the beginning to 10:41. In this fully armed operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Some of our early experiences seeing The Force Awakens and Ryder’s favorite moments, The details of the opening crawl, How The Force Awakens changed its opening shot from other Star...
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Episode 991 - The Clone Wars = "Assassin" 0307
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Ahsoka accompanies Senator Amidala to a diplomatic conference and confronts an old foe after experiencing visions of assassination attempts in this episode of The Clone Wars. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Our overall thoughts about this episode of The Clone Wars, Why Anakin Skywalker was separated from his Padawan in this episode, Ahsoka’s visions, Yoda’s advice to Ahsoka about her visions compared to what he would tell Anakin in Revenge of the Sith, Padmé and Ahsoka’s relationship, The return of Aurra Sing, and...
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Episode 990 - Maul - Shadow Lord Teaser Trails - Star Wars News
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Lucasfilm released details about the upcoming Maul - Shadow Lord animated series with a new teaser trailer. We’re diving into the dark side goodness. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: The release date, number of episodes, and release schedule for Maul - Shadow Lord, The announced cast beyond Maul, including one of our favorite voice actresses, The setting of Maul - Shadow Lord, and Key moments from the teaser trailer. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news,...
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Episode 989 - World Between Worlds - January 2026
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Jay is ready to help you meet your New Year’s resolutions with these Star Wars fashion and lifestyle products. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Recent acquisitions from the holidays, The , Star Wars Ahsoka Rebel Logo Handbag, Funko POP! Christmas Ornament, A Star Wars holiday gift swap arranged by , A gift Jay received from Megan at , The , The Star Wars Mini To-Go Blender at , The Mandalorian Pro-Series Whisker Bottle from , A Death Star Slam Ball Jay acruired from Onnit (), A Han Solo in Carbonite Yoga Mat,...
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Episode 988 - The Clone Wars - "The Academy" 0306
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Ahsoka assists some academy students in taking down corrupt politicians running a black market on Mandalore in this episode of The Clone Wars. In this episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Our overall thoughts on this episode of The Clone Wars, Whose child is Korkie Kryze? The fact that Ahsoka was assigned this mission and the logic behind it, The inspiration for Korkie to investigate a possible food shortage, The response by Duchess Satine and Prime Minister Almec to the cadets’ investigation, Ahsoka’s use of a Jedi mind trick, and The outcome of this...
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Episode 987 - Meet the New Boss - Lucasfilm Leadership Shakeup - Star Wars News
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Lucasfilm has announced that Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as Lucasfilm’s President and Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan will succeed her in the role. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: The announcement that Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as President of Lucasfilm to pursue a more active role as producer, Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan’s elevation to Co-Presidents of Lucasfilm, Kathleen’s Kennedy’s tenure as President of Lucasfilm, Tom Cruise’s surprising participation in the production of Star Wars: Starfighter, ...
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Episode 986 - The Clone Wars - "Corruption" 0305
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Padmé travels to Mandalore to assist Duchess Satine with food shortages, but gets caught up in black market conspiracy that is poisoning children in this episode of The Clone Wars. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Our overall thoughts on Corruption, How this episode fits into the episode lineup of The Clone Wars, The difficult position Mandalore finds itself in now that it has achieved neutrality, Duchess Satine’s challenges in dealing with corruption on Mandalore, The investigation into the poisoned food by Padmé and...
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Episode 985 - Star Wars 2026 Preview
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It is a brand new year of Star Wars featuring the first new movie in more than six years. We’re looking ahead to all the Star Wars content coming in 2026. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: The upcoming release of The Mandalorian and Grogu, Other movie related announcements and hype we expect in 2026, Maul: Shadowlord, season two of Ahsoka, and other content coming to Disney+, The slate of new Star Wars novels arriving this year, An update to a Star Wars themed attraction in Disney parks, A couple of Star Wars ...
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Episode 984 - Star Wars New Year’s Resolutions 2026
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We are ringing in a new year with our fourth annual set of New Year’s Resolutions for characters across the Star Wars galaxy. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Our tradition of coming up with New Year’s resolutions for Star Wars characters, The announcement of a new feature segment for 2026, Ideas for resolutions for characters that appeared in The Force Awakens, Some resolutions for a few characters appearing in Ahsoka, A few suggestions for the cast of The Mandalorian and Grogu, What we think Darth Maul should...
info_outlineJar Jar Binks and Senator Bail Organa lobby the Toydarians for support of the Twi’leks on Ryloth while the Trade Federation interferes in their efforts in this episode of The Clone Wars.
In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:
- Where this episode falls in the chronology of The Clone Wars,
- Our overall thoughts on this episode,
- The complicated politics of the Trade Federation, Neimoidians, Viceroy Nute Gunray, and others that can be complicated,
- Jar Jar Binks’s role in the negotiations with the Toydarians,
- Jedi Master Ima-Gun Di and the play on words with his name, and more.
For more discussion of The Clone Wars, check out episode 960.
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