#50 – ONE LAST TIME? THX Faces Turns 30

Earlier episodes

1. #49 – NOISE, VOLUME & DEFIANCE: Folk the Empire An interview with the Star Wars folk band we didn't know we needed 6 March 2025 ·1 hr 23 min
2. #48 – CHASING RAIDERS: Dr. David West Reynolds' new Indy doc Help kickstart a new documentary on the archeology of Indiana Jones! 17 December 2024 ·1 hr 3 min
3. #47 – I'M GEORGE LUCAS: Documenting The George Lucas Talk Show (w/ Patrick Cotnoir) A man pretends to be George Lucas and...hosts successful talk show? 16 July 2024 ·51 min
4. #46 – THE CORPORATE ALLIANCE: Is Star Wars Art or Content? Can Star Wars be art in the Disney era, and was it ever? 4 June 2024 ·38 min
5. #45 – THX VIBES: A Discussion of THX 1138 George Lucas's first film is more relevant than ever 7 May 2024 ·1 hr 3 min
6. PHANTOM FLASHBACKS: 25 Years of The Phantom Menace For this May the Fourth, we look back on Episode I on its 25th anniversary 5 May 2024 ·24 min
7. #44 – GEORGE'S MASTERPIECE: Young Indiana Jones w/ Peter Holmstrom & Daniel Noa How Young Indy paved the way for the Star Wars prequels 2 April 2024 ·1 hr 4 min
8. #43 – PHANTOM TEASER: Editing the Episode I Teaser w/ Dr. David West Reynolds I talk with the legendary Star Wars archeologist who found Tatooine and co-edited the first trailer for The Phantom Menace 5 March 2024 ·1 hr 3 min
9. #42 – IF DROIDS COULD THINK: George Lucas on AI What does George Lucas think about using AI in filmmaking and other artforms? 7 February 2024 ·47 min
10. #41 – ACAFANS: The Rigorous Study of Star Wars Amy H. Sturgis and Emily Strand on their new book of Star Wars essays 2 January 2024 ·1 hr 2 min
11. #40 – FORCE AWAKENS 95: What if the sequels were made in the 90s? Who would direct and star in the sequel trilogy in the 1990s? 11 July 2023 ·1 hr 12 min
12. #39 – PERSONAL HISTORIES: Watching Star Wars with Josh's sister Josh's sister and brother-in-law talk about watching the movies in order! 27 June 2023 ·1 hr 19 min
13. #38 – GROWING UP PREQUELS: Becoming a fan in the time of the prequel trilogy A discussion with a fan who saw the prequels first 20 June 2023 ·1 hr 42 min
14. #37 – FEAR OF LOSS: A Discussion of REVENGE OF THE SITH How the third prequel is Lucas's definitive statement on life and the world 13 June 2023 ·1 hr 19 min
15. #36 – FALL OF THE REPUBLIC: John Flynn's Infamous Fan Script (with DR. JOHN L. FLYNN) The fan script believed to be the real Episode III 6 June 2023 ·1 hr 17 min
16. #35 – QUITE BESIDE OURSELVES: A Discussion of ATTACK OF THE CLONES Groundbreaking, idiosyncratic, full of jokes this movie is 30 May 2023 ·1 hr 55 min
17. #34 – MOVING THE WORLD: The Digital Cinema of Star Wars (with ORBITAL VIRTUAL STUDIOS) AJ Wedding and Leo Jaramillo talk from their AR studio about Star Wars and digital cinema 23 May 2023 ·1 hr 22 min
18. #33 – PURE, UNCUT GEORGE: A Discussion of THE PHANTOM MENACE How does the first prequel hit almost 25 years later? 16 May 2023 ·2 hr 30 min
19. #32 – FAN BUSINESS: Anticipating the Prequels (with DAN MADSEN) The first editor of the Star Wars Insider remembers the lead-up to Episode I 9 May 2023 ·41 min
20. #31 – COOL HELMET, BRO: Catching Up On Mando (with Maya Chupkov) We discuss the past and future of THE MANDALORIAN after we digest season 3! 8 May 2023 ·55 min
21. #30 – START WITH ANDOR: Making a Fan (with Maya Chupkov aka @ProudStutter) What happens if your first Star Wars is ANDOR? 14 February 2023 ·39 min
22. #29 – LOW KEY UNDERRATED: Will Disney Ever Remake the Original Trilogy? #SWPD2023 Star Wars Podcast Day 2023 Special Edition 7 February 2023 ·1 hr 22 min
23. Fuck the Empire Up: ANDOR SEASON 1 Some thoughts on the first season of ANDOR in our last episode of 2022 20 December 2022 ·1 hr 1 min
24. #28 – ILL-FATED: Our Unfinished Fan Film (Season Finale) In our season finale, we recall how we (mis)spent our high school years 5 December 2022 ·1 hr 8 min
25. #27 – FORMAT WARS: The Journey of Star Wars on Home Video (with Nathan Butler) And learn why you should hang on to your old VHS copies! 28 November 2022 ·1 hr 30 min
26. #26 – THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW: Star Wars & Doctor Who (with Riley J. Silverman & Michael A. Nixon) Surprising connections (and differences) between Star Wars and Doctor Who 21 November 2022 ·1 hr 50 min
27. #25 – FAN FILM THEATER: Fan films in the 90s and 2000s (with Azeem of TFN Fan Films) Recollections from the heyday of Star Wars fan films 14 November 2022 ·1 hr 19 min
28. #24 – MARCIA MARCIA MARCIA: The Legacy of Marcia Lucas (with @TalkingBay94) Filling the Marcia Lucas-sized hole in the story of Star Wars 7 November 2022 ·58 min
29. #23 – FLUENT COMMUNICATION: What I Have in Common with Darth Vader and Mace Windu (with Maya Chupkov) Communication, vulnerability, and leaning in to who you are. Oh and a bit of Star Wars talk. 31 October 2022 ·56 min
30. #22 – MAD GODS: A discussion of LIGHT & MAGIC We have an emotional reaction to the ultimate BTS doc 24 October 2022 ·55 min
31. #21 – STRONG Js: The Typography of Star Wars (with @StarWarsFonts AKA Justin) Yes this is really an episode about fonts 17 October 2022 ·1 hr 15 min
32. #20 – ROGUE ONE '77: What if Rogue One was made in the 70s? A Star Wars movie known for its dialog from a parallel universe 10 October 2022 ·1 hr 7 min
33. Fighting for Real: ANDOR Episodes 1-4 We are wowed by the first episodes of ANDOR 4 October 2022
34. #19 – THE TRADE FEDERATION: or Let's Explore Globalization Through the Star Wars Prequels (with playwright Andy Boyd) Why we need to know more about the taxation of trade routes in Star Wars 28 September 2022 ·58 min
35. Final Thoughts on OBI-WAN KENOBI (SOMC CROSSOVER) Before ANDOR, we close the book on the last Disney+ series 21 September 2022 ·1 hr 28 min
36. #18 – SERIOUS SILLINESS: Wookieepedia (with @WookOfficial AKA Jordan) The serious and silly business of cataloging a fictional galaxy 14 September 2022
37. #17 – GRUNGE PHASE: How DARK EMPIRE shaped Star Wars in the 90s Tom Vietch and Cam Kennedy's comic defined Star Wars for a new generation 7 September 2022 ·59 min
38. #16 – DARK FORCES: Mental Health in Star Wars How Star Wars characters handle depression and other mental health issues 31 August 2022 ·1 hr 13 min
39. What is Star Wars? (SOMC Crossover) We attempt to answer a deceptively simple question 24 August 2022 ·1 hr 38 min
40. The Redemption of Darth Vader? (SOMC Crossover) 18 August 2022
41. #15 – REBEL SCANNERS: Preserving Star Wars (with Rob of TEAM NEGATIVE 1) How fans are preserving original film prints of the Star Wars films for posterity 10 August 2022 ·54 min
42. #14 – ROLE MODELS: The time I saw George Lucas (with special guest MY MOM) Yes, I really made a Star Wars podcast with my mom 3 August 2022 ·54 min
43. #13 – PREQUELS 1986: What if the prequels were made in the 1980s? A radical thought experiment about an alternate Star Wars production history 27 July 2022 ·1 hr 24 min
44. #12 – NOT THAT FILONE: Turkish Star Wars (with Ed Glaser) Filmmaker, writer & historian Ed Glaser joins us for this first entry in our series on Star Wars rip-offs 20 July 2022 ·1 hr
45. #11 – I MADE SOME SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS MYSELF: Fan Edits (with HAL 9000) Just how many versions of Star Wars are there? A conversation with famed fan editor HAL 9000 13 July 2022 ·1 hr 9 min
46. #10 – REVISIONIST HISTORY: The Special Editions We discuss what works and what doesn't about the Special Editions and wrestle with why they exist. 6 July 2022 ·1 hr 7 min
47. #9 – OH, HI MARK: Our 1996 Interview with Mark Hamill We interviewed Mark Hamill when we were 12 and never listened to the tape...UNTIL NOW 29 June 2022 ·53 min
48. Obi-Wan's a Union Man: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 6 (Finale) We talk union busting, mythology, and the most emotional moment in all of Star Wars. 29 June 2022 ·1 hr 29 min
49. #8 – TREK WARS: Comparing and contrasting the perennial "Star" franchises What is the real relationship is between 'Wars and 'Trek? 22 June 2022 ·1 hr 12 min
50. The War on Children: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 5 Thoughts on canon, flashbacks, and media literacy 20 June 2022 ·1 hr 16 min
51. #7 – MAKING OFs MADE US: Star Wars Behind the Scenes We discuss how the making-of documentaries for the Star Wars films and how they influenced our lives 15 June 2022 ·1 hr 29 min
52. You Might Say We're Encouraged to Love: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 4 Where we talk Jedi Batman Shit and limits of the Volume 14 June 2022 ·1 hr 30 min
53. #6 – BIG DOORS: Return of the Jedi An extra-large episode devoted to our problematic fave of the original Star Wars trilogy. 8 June 2022 ·2 hr 16 min
54. Their Fire Has Gone Out of the Universe: OBI-WAN KENOBI Part 3 Fear, fire, and making racism bad again. 3 June 2022
55. #5 – THE FIRST RETCON: Splinter of the Mind's Eye We discuss the first sequel to Star Wars – and the first piece of the expanded universe to be rendered non-canon! 1 June 2022 ·1 hr 18 min
56. The Dark Times: OBI-WAN KENOBI Parts 1 & 2 We get a taste of that old Star Wars magic... 31 May 2022 ·1 hr 25 min
57. #4 – EYES OF IRVIN KERSH: The Empire Strikes Back JOSH, JON and MURRAY take on the sacred bantha of Star Wars movies. You love it, we know. 25 May 2022 ·2 hr 13 min
58. #3 – MAY THE FORCE BEA ARTHUR: The Star Wars Holiday Special (with Andrew Osborne) We discuss the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL and Andrew Oborne's SPECIAL, a play about its creation 18 May 2022 ·1 hr 4 min
59. #2 – BEGINNINGS: Star Wars Three kids of the late 80s and early 90s revisit the original STAR WARS as adults... 11 May 2022
60. #1 – PROTOTYPE! My Star Wars 'zine from 1995 The junked droids read a STAR WARS Newsletter Josh wrote when he was 10 years old. 4 May 2022 ·42 min
61. Western Kaiju Smash-Up: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 7 (Finale) The Junked Droids discuss the finale of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, "In the Name of Honor" 12 February 2022 ·1 hr 35 min
62. Jedi Lesson Plans: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 6 The Junked Droids discuss episode 6 of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, "From the Desert a Stranger Comes" 5 February 2022 ·1 hr 33 min
63. Wizard! BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 5 The Junked Droids discuss episode 5 of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, "Return of the Mandalorian" 29 January 2022 ·1 hr 26 min
64. Jim Henson in the Kitchen: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 4 The Junked Droids discuss episode 4 of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, "The Gathering Storm" 23 January 2022
65. Newbacca vs. The Mod Squad: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 3 The junked droids discuss the third episode of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, "The Streets of Mos Espa" 16 January 2022 ·1 hr 1 min
66. Tatooine is Stolen Land: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 2 The Junked Droids discuss episode 2 of STAR WARS: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT. 8 January 2022
67. Spaghetti Western Homage Planet: BOOK OF BOBA FETT Episode 1 The Junked Droids discuss the first episode of STAR WARS: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT. 5 January 2022