Here is this week’s Podcasts in Review, starting with the top five and honorable mentions, then moving on to the full reviews.
This Week’s Top Five
- The Soundtrack Show Halloween – the Music
- Star Wars Resistance Flyby The Recruit
- Happy Beeps Episode 15
- Rebel Force Radio Episode 10.5.2018
- Skywalking Through Neverland Episode 226
Honorable Mentions
- Full of Sith Special Release: Star Wars Resistance rough audio but it is the complete audio for the Star Wars Resistance press event.
- Starships, Sabers, and Scoundrels Episode 65 features the second half of their Star Wars cannon novel bracket.
Now here is this week’s Podcasts in Review…
Blast Points Podcast: Episode 143 they go over news, The Mandalorian, the photo, the directors, Star Wars Resistance, and Snoketoberfest. Then they discuss the lost cut of A New Hope. The talk about the first editor, his cut of the movie, and how it differed from what wound up on the big screen. Great discussion.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 58 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Jason, and Gabe
Rating: Great
Brews and Blasters: Episode 178 starts with a little Willy Wonka, they talk about The Mandalorian, a little Star Wars Resistance (pre-release) as they go through the trailer, and they do need’em got’em and talk Moloch and the Mimban trooper. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 59 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Joe, and Chris
Rating: Fun
DorkLair: Episode 58 Bill and Larry talk about Vader figure, some podcast shoutouts, some toy news, and they review the S.H. Figuarts Praetorian Heavy Blade figure.
Podcast Network: RetroZap
Runtime: 56 minutes
Audio Quality: Good
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Bill, and Larry
Rating: Good
DorkLair: Episode 59 features guests Felix Solis and Nick Hill as they talk about New York Comic Con, news, The Mandalorian, toy news (Star Wars and non-Star Wars), then they review the Hasbro Black Series 6 inch General Veers. Good review, though audio quality isn’t as good as usual (there’s some mic breathing on one of the audio feeds).
Podcast Network: RetroZap
Runtime: 1 hour 18 minutes
Audio Quality: Okay
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: Bill, Felix, and Nick
Rating: Good
Fly Casual: Episode 198 they talk about the trailer for Stan & Ollie, pain, and fast food, then they get to Star Wars. They have a new “Rest of the Saga” segment, they go over comic highlights for The Last Jedi #6, Darth Vader, and Star Wars #54. Then they go over rumors including Andy Serkis and whether Hux will be a traitor.
Podcast Network: Betterkind Media
Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Corey, Steve, Garrick, and Mike
Rating: Good
Fly Casual: Episode 199 features guests Steve Petrie and Josh which leads to a lot of fun as everyone is in the studio. They go over Star Wars news, Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension, The Mandalorian, Star Wars Resistance (pre-release), Russian bots and The Last Jedi, then they go over toy news, Toys R Us coming back, and the toy news from New York Comic Con.
Podcast Network: Betterkind Media
Runtime: 1 hour 12 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Corey, Steve, Garrick, Mike, Petrie, and Josh
Rating: Fun
ForceCenter: Episode 136 they talk about what they’ve been up to, comments from Enfys Nest actress, The Mandalorian to enter production, new Star Wars Resistance trailer, issue with Leia voice actress, they they discuss whether Snoke should be in Episode IX. They talk about his fate, why he wanted Kylo and more, plus listener questions. Great episode.
Podcast Network: ForceCenter
Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Ken, Joseph, and Jennifer
Rating: Great
ForceCenter: Episode 137 they go over news, new Vader comic series, info on Age of Republic comic series, toys news out of New York Comic Con, The Mandalorian news and their thoughts and speculation, then they talk about Star Wars Resistance, the first three episodes, their initial thoughts, things that jumped out at them, and more. Very positive discussion. Plus listener questions. Great episode.
Podcast Network: ForceCenter
Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Ken, Joseph, and Jennifer
Rating: Great
Full of Sith: Special Release: Star Wars Resistance includes some rough audio with the show creators, Bryan shares his thoughts on the pilot episode, and then there’s some interviews with the voice cast including Christopher Sean, Donald Faison, Bobby Moynihan and Suzie McGrath. Audio gets a little less noisy as the interviews progress. Interviews are worth a listen, though.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
Audio Quality: Rough to Okay
Production Quality: Minimal
Host: Bryan
Rating: Okay
Full of Sith: Episode CCLXXXVI goes over The Mandalorian news. They talk about Dave Filoni directing the first episode, the diverse list of directors, thoughts on Mandos, who they would like to see in the show, and speculation. They also go over some New York Comic Con stuff, and Flight of the Falcon. Good episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 2 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Host: Bryan, Mike, and Holly
Rating: Good
Grand Moff Talkin’: Episode 69 they do a commentary for most of Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie. They talk about the characters, the elements of the movie, issues with the animation, the nick names, and they make it to about the last half hour of the movie, then fast forward through the rest of it as they hit their limit. So best just listening to this one and not trying to watch the movie. Despite cheating the commentary, still a good episode to listen to.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: Riley, Jake, and Jazmine
Rating: Good
Happy Beeps: Episode 15 focuses on Donald Glover complete with mini-bio, his love for Star Wars, his work on Solo as Lando,
Podcast Network: ForceCenter
Runtime: 29 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Jennifer Landa
Rating: Great
Hyperspace PodBlast: Episode 84 they talk Star Wars Resistance “The Recruit” as they go over their initial thoughts, love for Neeku, not as much love for the animation, and they talk about the characters. Mostly positive overall.
Podcast Network: Hyperspace PodBlast
Runtime: 26 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Bryan, and Shelby
Rating: Good
Kessel Run Weekly: “The Recruit” – Star Wars Resistance Review they share their thoughts on the premier, the look of the animation, then they get into the characters, the story, the relationships, and more. The episode starts out with some non-spoiler discussion (first five minutes), then they shift to spoilers. Good, positive discussion.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 37 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Danny, and Kristen
Rating: Good
Lattes With Leia: Episode 32 starts with an overlap audio issue with the intro music, but it clears up in a couple minutes. They talk about feedback on last show, gen Z, Star Wars books and audiobooks, pins, they they do a ‘Today We Learned’ discussion as they pick things out of various Star Wars reference books. Fun little episode.
Podcast Network: Coffee With Kenobi
Runtime: 1 hour 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Good
Hosts: Amy, and Andrea
Rating: Fun
Making Tracks: Stories From a Galaxy Far, Far Away Panel is the audio from the New York Comic Con panel that featured authors and comic writers Christian Blauvelt, Jody Houser, Justina Ireland, Mur Lafferty, Amy Ratcliffe, Charles Soule, Michael Moreci, Greg Pak, Robbie Thompson, and Chuck Wendig as they talk about Star Wars, what it is to them, writing Star Wars, their recent projects and their upcoming projects. Unfortunately there is a lot of room noise and the audio of the guests is from a ways away. It is listenable, however you might want to check out Penguin Random House’s YouTube video instead as it is a lot better audio.
Podcast Network: Fantha Tracks Radio
Runtime: 59 minutes
Audio Quality: Okay
Production Quality: Minimal
Hosts: N/A
Rating: Okay
Me and My Padawan: Episode 24 for international podcast day they talk about their favorite podcast, then they touch on the news and talk about Darth Nihilus and his elaborate and kind of ridiculous backstory. Afterwards they talk some about Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, and the trailers for Captain Marvel and Bumblebee.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 45 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Ryan, and Braden
Rating: Good
Rebel Force Radio: Episode 10.5.2018 they go over the news for The Mandalorian and share their thoughts on the show, they talk about Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension, then they talk Star Wars Resistance (pre-release). They talk about the Star Wars Resistance toys, go over an interview Clint Howard did on the Dennis Miller show, which had some interesting content, and they talk with guests Kevin Liell (Star Wars artist) and Rusty Goffe (who played Kabe, Power Droid and a Jawa in A New Hope). Rusty has some great stories.
Podcast Network: Rebel Force Radio
Runtime: 2 hours 35 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Jimmy, and Jason
Rating: Great
Rebel Grrrl: Episode 103 they talk cartoons, Star Wars merchandise, Favreau’s Instagram post of The Mandalorian, their thoughts, rumors, location photos for the show, hopes for the show, casting rumors, Filoni’s involvement, other directors, and whether Boba Fett is alive. They also go over info on the Falcon ride at Galaxy’s Edge. Good episode and good discussion of The Mandalorian.
Podcast Network: Making Star Wars,
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Amanda, and Jess
Rating: Good
Skytalkers: Resistance: The Recruit they talk about Star Wars Resistance, the first episode, and their thoughts on it, highs and lows, the characters, and speculation. Good discussion with a lot of speculation on where the show might go in the future.
Podcast Network: Star Wars Escape Pods Network
Runtime: 1 hour 17 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Caitlin, and Charlotte
Rating: Good
Skywalking Through Neverland: Episode 226 they go over Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, the toys, and red carpet event, they talk about Skiptracer, Marry Poppins, and then they talk with David Collins. They talk about Star Wars Celebration, The Soundtrack Show, Galaxy’s Edge and Disney parks, working on Solo, and video game work. Great interview. Great episode.
Podcast Network: Skywalking Through Neverland
Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Richard, and Sarah
Rating: Great
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1549 goes over the Jedi Challenges game and whether there is anything you need to know.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 9 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1553 goes over Jon Favreau’s announcement for The Mandalorian.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1554 goes over more info on Star Wars Resistance (pre-release).
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 7 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1556 info from cast interviews for Star Wars Resistance.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars 7×7: Episode 1557 goes over new Star Wars Resistance databank entries and easter eggs.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 8 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: Allen Voivod
Rating: Good
Star Wars Core World News: Episode 32 they go over The Mandalorian news, they talk about Jon Favreau’s Instagram post, thoughts on who the Mandalorian might be, and the time period. Then they talk about the Russian bots and The Last Jedi, they touch on comics, get into some video game news, and wrap up with Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension. Nice discussion of the news. Note this used to be Star Wars Weekly, but they’ve re-branded and they’re going for shorter episodes. The one hour format is a lot more enjoyable in my opinion, so I’m liking the change.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Adam, Grant, and Ben
Rating: Good
Star Wars Resistance Flyby: The Recruit Sarah and Rich from Skywalking Through Neverland talk about Star Wars Resistance in their new podcast. They start with audio from the Star Wars Resistance press screening (which is the same audio from the Full of Sith episode, but tighter editing). They do a synopsis for the first episode, go over the look of the animation, the music, the characters and the story as they breakdown the episode. Really great breakdown, probably the best I’ve listened to so far.
Podcast Network: Skywalking Through Neverland
Runtime: 52 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Richard, and Sarah
Rating: Great
Starships, Sabers, and Scoundrels: Episode 65 they have an update on the In-Sync tiger project, they go over the news, Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension, Bob Iger on Star Wars slow down, Vader Immortal, they talk about Secrets of the Empire VR experience, they go over The Mandalorian news, and then guests Becca Benjamin (Tarkin’s Top Shelf) and Jay Shepard (Jedi Journals) join them for the second part of the Star Wars cannon novel bracket. This time they narrow it down to a winner. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Dennis, Taxus, and Jay
Rating: Fun
Talk Star Wars: Episode 139 features Rob, Brad and Carlos as they talk about Star Wars Resistance (pre-release), more Mace movie pitches, Vader, The Mandalorian news, and what they’d want and not want for the show. Having Carlos on this episode with Rob and Brad made it extra fun.
Podcast Network: Star Wars Commonwealth,
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Rob, Brad, and Carlos
Rating: Fun
Tatooine Sons: Episode 42 they talk about what they’ve been up to, news, Russian bots and The Last Jedi, Alphabet Squadron book, Vader’s castle stuff, reddit fan theory for Leia’s dress, then they get into Star Wars Resistance. They go over the first three episodes, share their thoughts on them, then cover The Mandalorian. Good episode.
Podcast Network: Star Wars Commonwealth
Runtime: 1 hour 5 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: David, Nate, and Samuel
Rating: Good
TechnoRetro Dads: Ghosts, Ghostbusters, and a Ragged Book Back they talk ghost jokes, Star Wars Reads month, The Mandalorian, cereal stuff, they talk ghosts, Ghostbusters, Ghouls and Ghosts game, the Ghostbusters cartoon, Ghostbuster toys and listener feedback. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: Retrozap
Runtime: 1 hour 17 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Host: JediShua, and Shazbazzar
Rating: Fun
The Fantha From Down Under: Episode 12 Adam talks with guest Eric Onkenhout about movies, they play some trivia, talk Star Wars, music, The Last Jedi, and Thrawn: Alliances. Good episode. Adam has been stepping up the production quality of the show and it’s a noticeable improvement.
Podcast Network: Fantha Tracks Radio
Runtime: 45 minutes
Audio Quality: Good
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Adam O’Brien
Rating: Good
The Geek Supreme: The Mandalorian, The Witch and The Crane Jeff touches on A Star is Born, they talk about the opening of Venom and early reviews, they go over the extended trailer for Aquaman, the trailer for Sabrina The Teenage Witch, they play a word game, then talk about The Mandalorian. They talk about the directors, the picture, and then they talk about The Crimson Crane. Fun episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: Darth Taxus, Scott, Jeff and Regina
Rating: Fun
The Resistance Broadcast: Gary Kurtz: Original Producer and Unsung Hero of Star Wars they talk about whether Poe Dameron will die in Episode IX, other predictions, then they talk about Gary Kurtz, his comments on Star Wars, and how it differed from George Lucas’ historical narrative. And they go over other stuff. Good episode. The discussion about Gary Kurtz was interesting as its neat to hear how his recollection of how things went down differs from what George says.
Podcast Network: N/A,
Runtime: 1 hour 3 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: John, Lacey, and James
Rating: Good
The Sandcrawler: Episode 61 celebrates their second anniversary, they talk about Canadian Thanksgiving, and they talk about displaying their collections and collecting focuses, as well as going over listener emails. Good episode.
Podcast Network: N/A
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Dan, and Mac
Rating: Good
The Skyhoppers Podcast: Episode CXV features guest Alexandra as they talk about Jon Favreau’s Instagram post, they get into a Boba Fett discussion, then they talk Solo. Alexandra shares her thoughts on the movie, which is mostly positive. With Ben also liking the movie, that made Ash the only dissenter, and at one point it got pretty focused on a negative point which really killed my mood, but thankfully they ended on a positive note. Overall, good episode.
Podcast Network: Star Wars Commonwealth
Runtime: 1 hour 10 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Ben, and Ash
Rating: Good
The Soundtrack Show: Halloween – the Music Dave talks about the movie Halloween, the importance of the music, the director, the score, the inspiration for the theme, and Dave breaks down the theme. Plus there’s audio clips of the director, John Carpenter, talking about the movie and the music. Great episode.
Podcast Network: HowStuffWorks
Runtime: 33 minutes
Audio Quality: Excellent
Production Quality: Excellent
Hosts: David Collins
Rating: Great
Wookiee Radio: Episode 85 they talk about Gary Kurtz, Kathleen Kennedy’s contract extension, the Vader Immortal VR experience, Galaxy’s Edge Falcon news, Star Wars Resistance (pre-release), new collectibles, the Solo novelization, Phil Noto’s Solo cover, and Mark Hamill being on Knightfall.
Podcast Network: We Be Geeks Network
Runtime: 58 minutes
Audio Quality: Great
Production Quality: Great
Hosts: Ken, Derrick, and Jim
Rating: Good