Talking Star Wars
by Connor and Alex
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Episode 093 - The Mandalorian and Grogu: From Streaming Service to…
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About this podcast
Alex and Connor, two 30-somethings with strong feelings about Star Wars, discuss a variety of topics in everyone's favorite science fiction universe, including; weird Force powers, character explorations, lore discussions, and deep dives into expanded universe content. Updates biweekly each Monday. See our new subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TalkingStarWars/
Episodes
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- Episode 093 - The Mandalorian and Grogu: From Streaming Service to the Silver Screen · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this episode, our hosts return to the podcast to analyze and discuss the newest entry into Star Wars cinema: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Connor and Alex review the plot of the…
- Episode 092 - Vision Season 3: Precocious Youths and Badass Droids (Visual Media Survey, Part 11) · 58 min · Season 4 Episode 1In this episode, returning from hiatus, our hosts Connor and Alex kick things off in 2026 with a survey of Vision Season 3. They review each individual episode and analyze its…
- Episode 091 - Hyperspace in Star Wars: Worldbuilding and Storytelling · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 40This episode dives into a staple of science fiction, faster-than-light travel, and explores how this subject is handled in the Star Wars universe. The hosts analyze both the…
- Episode 090 - Pride 2025: Queer Representation in Star Wars · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 39Join us today for the first Pride episode of Talking Star Wars! Alex and Connor take this time to explore the evolution of queer representation in the Star Wars universe: from…
- Episode 089 - Star Wars Celebration 2025: Properly Specific Superlatives · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 38This episode continues the hosts’ annual tradition of a Star Wars celebration and a focus on the positive and enjoyable sides of a galaxy far, far away. While the podcast series…
- Episode 088 - IG-88 Was The Second Death Star, or Things That Should Really Stay in Legends · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 37In this episode, Alex and Connor delve into the world of Star Wars: Legends. With the reintroduction of Thrawn, mentions of Darth Revan, and hints at a Rakatan Empire, many…
- Episode 087 - Genre Intersection: Fantasy Vs. Sci-Fi · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 36In this next installment in the Genre Intersection series of episodes, the hosts explore the world of Star Wars through a very specific lens - does the core of Star Wars lean…
- Episode 086 - Minor Character with Major Backstories · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 35This episode explores a unique and infamous trait of Star Wars - that of the minor background character with the rich, hidden, and deep lore (or those that steal the show). From…
- Episode 085 - Skeleton Crew Season 1: Star Wars Through Fresh Eyes (Visual Media Survey, Part 10) · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 34In this episode our hosts discuss the latest visual media released into the Star Wars canon - Skeleton Crew, a piratical and coming-of-age story set post-Return of the Jedi that…
- Episode 084 - Watch Orders and Entry Points · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 33Back from a 2024 holiday break, the hosts resume this season of Talking Star Wars with a discussion of preferred viewing orders of the Star Wars films, from release order to…
- Podcast Update - 2024 Holiday Break · 2 minHello listeners! Just a quick update today that Connor and Alex will be taking a break for the holidays in 2024, with episodes resuming in January 2025! Season 2 of Talking Star…
- Episode 083 - Lightsaber Colors: Sources and Symbolism · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 31This episode delves into another aspect of the most iconic weapon in Star Wars by exploring the history, variety, and symbolism of this hallmark of the Jedi and Sith alike. We…
- Episode 082 - Media Review: Star Wars Audio Dramas · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 30In this episode the hosts take us through the currently-recently audio dramas in the Star Wars canon: Dooku: Jedi Lost, Tempest Runner, and The Battle of Jedha. Alex and Connor…
- Episode 081 - Character Spotlight on Leia Organa: General, Princess, Mother, and Hero · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 29This episode spotlights the character of Leia Organa from both the original and sequel trilogies as well as all media set around and in between those eras. The hosts examine Leia…
- Episode 080 - Giant Space Monsters · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 28This episode surveys a unique part of the Star Wars setting - giant monsters and creatures that exclusively live in the black void of space itself. Connor and Alex talk about the…
- Episode 079 - Digital Likenesses, AI, and Recasting in Star Wars · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 27In this episode, Connor and Alex discuss the varied ways the Star Wars has handled the depiction of characters in visual media when the original actor who played them has aged…
- Episode 078 - In Memoriam for James Earl Jones: The Iconic Voice of Darth Vader · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 26This slightly more somber episode of Talking Star Wars is in honor of the late James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. The hosts explore both the reasons Darth Vader himself…
- Episode 077 - Fanediting in Star Wars · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 25In this episode, Connor takes the lead and explores the subject of fanediting in Star Wars - the process of taking the raw footage of media and rearranging, editing, altering…
- Episode 076 - Culture, History, and Context for the Skywalker Saga · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 24In this episode, the hosts take a step back from an in-universe perspective and analyze what was happening in the world during the release of each of the trilogies of movies that…
- Episode 075 - Expanded Universe Overview - Novels, Part 7 · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 23This episode resumes the hosts’ survey and discussion of each work in the current Star Wars canon by going over the next group of novels in release order. This episode discusses…
