The Skyhoppers Podcast

We’re here to kick butt and chat about Star Wars from time to time… and we just ran out of butt.

Episode CCCXXIX: More Jazz, Less Jizz 11/08/2025

Episode CCCXXIX: More Jazz, Less Jizz 50% is better than 0%, huh? Cole and Dakota are here holding down the fort this week, and they spend some time getting Dakota’s takes on a lot of the stuff they’ve missed while participating in whatever that weird brain scan study was and give just the smallest peek at their thoughts on Star Wars Visions Season 3! But in a non-spoilery way. We’ll save that for when the podcast is closer to full strength. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38960570

Episode CCCXXVIII: The Delicious Stink of Hydrogenated Smapp 10/24/2025

Episode CCCXXVIII: The Delicious Stink of Hydrogenated Smapp In this very Wookieepedia-heavy episode, we catch up on some recent Ben Solo and Stinky the Hutt news, chat about why we do or do not own The Clone Wars on Blu-ray, and somehow manage to find our way back to wishing for a Solo 2. Pretty standard business around here. Except for all the bits about Whiphids. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38770950

Episode CCCXXVII: Who Up Laying They Pupae 10/10/2025

Episode CCCXXVII: Who Up Laying They Pupae THE CLONE WARS is on pause this week since Dakota is… missing? In an experiment? I truly don’t know. But we don’t need that show! In our freshly-named random article segment SKYHOPPERS SPECIAL SAUCE, we take a look at an artifact from Star Wars RPGs past and once again discuss the nature of canon before talking about Troy Denning and his love of bugs and take a bit of a look back at Star Wars Squadrons. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38546285

Episode CCCXXVI: Oops, All Vong! 09/26/2025

Episode CCCXXVI: Oops, All Vong! It’s finally here! The first teaser trailer for THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU has graced our screens at long last, but are we ready for it? Can we even tell what “it” is? Get the answers to all of this (as well as many of the questions you might’ve had about the New Jedi Order series of Legends novels) this week! Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38369510

Episode CCCXXV: It's Definitely Stubby 09/13/2025

Episode CCCXXV: It's Definitely Stubby We’re all back! For the first time in what feel like ages, we’re getting together to discuss Maul’s hostile takeover of Mandalore! Non-stop action! Political intrigue! Myriad deaths! But first, you know we’ve gotta hit you with some segments, which delve into topics such as the cancelled Heart of the Jedi novel by Kenneth C. Flint and… copyright infringement? I promise it makes sense in context. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38206275

Episode CCCXXIV: The Crickets Strike Back 09/06/2025

Episode CCCXXIV: The Crickets Strike Back I know I said we’d be talking Clone Wars this week, but that was before I knew we’d be down not one but two hosts. Sigh. But Cole and Dakota are here to rescue you with all of the segments you’ve come to love as well as some Starfighter chat! Also crickets. A LOT of crickets. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38113435

Episode CCCXXIII: Machete Order 08/29/2025

Episode CCCXXIII: Machete Order Eva is once again missing so Clone Wars is on hold for just one more week (we will be doing it next week come Hell or high water), but we’ve got segments! And two of us have finished the High Republic, so we have a lot of good discussion about that! And then general morass of Star Wars current events talk including Mando and Grogu, Starfighter, and whether or not any of this Star Wars stuff is ever actually going to release ever again. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/38017305

Episode CCCXXII: Intimately Zuvio 08/15/2025

Episode CCCXXII: Intimately Zuvio Eva is missing this week, so Clone Wars is taking a back seat yet again! This one gets a little weird. We spend WAY too long debating what constitutes a “tunnel” in the objective sense. But outside of that, a fairly standard episode: segments, and then discussion of a Screen Rant article! Specifics include: what makes Luke Skywalker a Jedi? Does Book of Boba Fett provide anything of worth to the franchise? And finally… Grogu: what was he doing there? Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37832295

Episode CCCXXI: Palpapod 08/08/2025

Episode CCCXXI: Palpapod Since Dakota left us out to dry this week regarding our TCW rewatch, we pivot to… a lot of different things! Why did the Jedi accept the Clone Army seemingly without question in Attack of the Clones? Have our feelings changed on The Rise of Skywalker since its release? Is LFL ever going to release the version of A New Hope that was originally released in 1977? And the dawn of a new age regarding a classic segment. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37735265

Episode CCCXX: How Come He Doesn’t Have A Lightsaber? 08/01/2025

Episode CCCXX: How Come He Doesn’t Have A Lightsaber? Well listeners, it’s finally here: the D-Squad Arc of THE CLONE WARS. But did we hate it as much as we thought we would? Kind of. But there are also a few things to appreciate here as well. Also included: a buckwild ranking of Star Wars video games, some spoiler-free discussion of The New Jedi Order: Traitor, and the Jedi status of certain republic colonels. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37631555

Episode CCCXIX: Disfellowshipped 07/25/2025

Episode CCCXIX: Disfellowshipped With Eva still being gone, our CLONE WARS rewatch is pushed back another week. Meebur Gascon will still be there when we’re all together again next week, though, so just be patient! Instead this week, we talk the 2002 video game BOUNTY HUNTER, debate the canonicity of coloring and activity books, Star Wars at SDCC, and spend far too much time talking about Karen Traviss. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37543745

Episode CCCXVIII: Wildly Popular Sauce 07/18/2025

Episode CCCXVIII: Wildly Popular Sauce This episode is a little insane. Dakota and Eva are absent, so we decided to skip out on Clone Wars this week as not deprive them of their time spent with Meebur Gascon. Instead, we completely go off the rails on an Is It Edible? and spend some time diving deep on “This Week in Star Wars.” Also we talk about the New Jedi Order and Karen Traviss for some reason? Obroa-skai Walkers is leaking. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37453555

Episode CCCXVII: Chiss Moses 07/11/2025

Episode CCCXVII: Chiss Moses The Youngling lightsaber crystal arc of THE CLONE WARS this week! We have a lot of fun with these episodes, and experience a fair amount of dread knowing what comes next. Also included: Is It Edible?, a truncated This Week in Star Wars, and some discoveries regarding a certain KSE Firespray-class Patrol Craft. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37370995

Episode CCCXVI: Onderon 3:16 07/04/2025

Episode CCCXVI: Onderon 3:16 Two whole weeks in a row. We’re really doing it folks. And in this super-sized continuation of whatever “it” is, we’re diving into the Onderon Rebellion arc from Season 5 of THE CLONE WARS! How they ever pulled this off is a mystery. We also resurrect a favorite segment from the past. Sorry for the wrestling nonsense, but also not sorry. Full show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37281695

Episode CCCXV: Mandu and Grogo 06/27/2025

Episode CCCXV: Mandu and Grogo WHAT. We’ve made the journey back from the Unknown Regions to bring a podcast to your ears! And all four of us at that! Going forward, we’re really going to be leaning into our CLONE WARS rewatch, so you’ve got that to look forward to! Obviously, a lot has happened in the last six months, so we’ve got a lot of discussion to catch up on. Celebration, movies, TV, and so much else. This one’s a bit of a grab bag, but it feels darn good to be back <3 Show notes: /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176635

Episode CCCXIV: Real Neel Hours 01/27/2025

Episode CCCXIV: Real Neel Hours The results are in: we’re all in LOVE with Skeleton Crew!! Fern! Neel! Wim! KB! SM-33!!!! There is so much to love, and this is very much an episode in the classic style where we basically just gush for the duration. Well, once we get through all of the other pent-up Star Wars nonsense that you know and love us for. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176640

Episode CCCXIII: I'm A Grown Up 12/19/2024

Episode CCCXIII: I'm A Grown Up Sigh. I’m not gonna make a big deal about how we’re back. I respect you all too much for that. But Skeleton Crew pulled us out of our hovels long enough to talk some Star Wars! Well, that and some interesting casting rumors. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176645

Episode CCCXII: Borsk Fey'lya, but in a Good Way 07/26/2024

Episode CCCXII: Borsk Fey'lya, but in a Good Way The Acolyte season 1 has come and gone! And we’re left feeling conflicted! Positive overall, but still conflicted. Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Did the right people do the wrong things? What is Vernestra’s deal? All I know is that there had BETTER be a season 2! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176650

Episode CCCXI: Blueface 07/05/2024

Episode CCCXI: Blueface Two episodes inside a month! Maybe we really ARE back. At least Cole and I. Dakota is on a plane maybe? Anyway. Episodes 4-6 of The Acolyte this week! Consider us floored. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176655

Episode CCCX: I Guess 06/14/2024

Episode CCCX: I Guess By the will of the Force, we’ve returned!!! It’s been quite a minute, but The Acolyte is here to bring us out of hibernation. Does it live up to the hype from the last three and a half years? We think so, but there’s still plenty of show left to unravel… /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176660

Episode CCCIX: Tasteful Ewok 11/18/2023

Episode CCCIX: Tasteful Ewok This is a very special episode because we’re joined by the famous friend of the show KIRBY to chat about his feelings on recent Star Wars media as well as his personal relationship with the franchise. Which of course gives Cole and I plenty of room to talk about those things as well. News is light, but we’re all hoping for a big 2024 from Lucasfilm! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176665

Episode CCCVIII: A Character... or a Plot Device? 10/07/2023

Episode CCCVIII: A Character... or a Plot Device? We’re back for the second week in a row to discuss the finale of season 1 of AHSOKA. Overall? Pretty dang good. But are we left with more questions than answers? Also discussed: From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi! Also very good! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176675

Episode CCCVII: Something About Ahsoka, I'm Sure? 10/03/2023

Episode CCCVII: Something About Ahsoka, I'm Sure? Well, I wasn’t able to join Cole and Dakota on this episode traipsing around beyond the reaches of our known galaxy, but I’m sure they had a FANTASTIC conversation recapping episodes five and six of AHSOKA. But I guess we can all just listen and find out, can’t we? /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176680

Episode CCCVI: Duped by AI 09/16/2023

Episode CCCVI: Duped by AI Ahsoka continues, and there are big things happening!! And then some things happening that are maybe supposed to be big, but they didn’t feel that big to some of us. But we’re all enjoying the show and looking forward to see what happens next! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176685

Episode CCCV: Does He Have A Gun or Something? 09/01/2023

Episode CCCV: Does He Have A Gun or Something? Ahsoka really does just feel like Rebels part two, and it’s all the better for it! We catch up on the three episodes that have come out to date and end up feeling pretty warm and fuzzy about them, against all odds (but not really because of Ahsoka herself. Like at all). Ben is also continuing on the journey to catch up with Canon and has moved on to Black Spire hot off the heels of Rise of the Red Blade, which we loved. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176690

Episode CCCIV: Pwomos?? 08/18/2023

Episode CCCIV: Pwomos?? We were at Gen Con two weeks ago! Which was fun, but it kept us away from the podcast. But we’re back now to report on the Star Warsy things we did at Gen Con as well as to spend like 45 minutes talking about Ahsoka (both the show and the person). /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176695

Episode CCCIII: House Calls 07/21/2023

Episode CCCIII: House Calls We do some catching up this week: checking in with Cole re: Jedi: Survivor, talking to Dakota about Path of Vengeance a little bit, and of course… the Ahsoka trailer. There’s a lot to say about that last one. /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176700

Episode CCCII: How I Spent My Skyhoppers Summer Vacation 07/07/2023

Episode CCCII: How I Spent My Skyhoppers Summer Vacation THE WAIT IS OVER! You’ve all been waiting with bated breath, right? I’m sure. Anyway. Eva has taken a step back from the pod, but the rest of us are here to (mostly) cover (mostly) everything we’ve missed! Mando S3,. Visions, THR, and Survivor! It’s good to be back, friends. Thanks for sticking with us <3 /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176710

A Good Ol' Fashioned Skyhoppers Update 06/15/2023

A Good Ol' Fashioned Skyhoppers Update Hi! We’ve been gone! And we’re not sure exactly when we’re going to be back. But we’re talking about it! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/37176715

A Good Ol' Fashioned Skyhoppers Update 06/15/2023

A Good Ol' Fashioned Skyhoppers Update Hi! We've been gone! And we're not sure exactly when we're going to be back. But we're talking about it! /episode/index/show/skyhopperspodcast/id/27149643

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