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In Episode 112, hosts Alyce and Laura contemplate* the art of pointillism and the lifespan of gingerbread… and of course, Star Wars stuff!

• Anyone besides Laura feel like Drive-Away Dolls was marketed as… not what it is?
• The Great Debate on the not-even-real title (it’s a WORKING title) of the Rey movie 
• The Star Wars video game that no longer IS, it WAS (via IGN)
• If you know any animators looking for a job, Lucasfilm is hiring (via SWNN) 
• Do we really think The Acolyte has a confirmed release date, or was The Acolyte release date just the friends we made along the way? 
• Alyce remains convinced that Burry is in The Acolyte
• Angela Bassett, please be our Star Wars Queen
• Young Jedi Adventures isn’t for us, but seeing Bell, Loden and EMBER in animated form is actually kind of awesome 
• Laura’s brain exploded when the Temptation of the Force cover was revealed but Alyce just wants to know if we’ll get Gungans
• You can go bid on Anthony Daniels’ hoard of Star Wars stuff but keep your paws off the 5-year-old cookie, THAT’S FOR US
• In Recap on Tap, we discuss the first 4 episodes of The Bad Batch season 3
• A lovely listener message from Zean!

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• Join Laura, Rocha and Smets for a discussion on the 3-episode premiere of The Bad Batch on The Jedi Way!

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Our High Republic favorites are serving new looks and it’s giving Soccer Mom/Dad in a Pacific Northwest Depression Den… but we’re here for it anyway!

In Episode 107, hosts Alyce and Laura do* a silly little Life Day recording and discuss Maybe Movies News and The High Republic Phase 3!

• Rejoice, the SAG-AFTRA strike has ended!
• If Taika’s recent comments about his Star Wars film piss you off, don’t worry, you were gonna hate his movie anyway.
• Speaking of Star Wars films, another one bites the dust
• A random interlude/tangent on Loki season 2
• No, but really, are we EVER going to see Din Djarin’s face ever again? 
• Rumors of Ahsoka Season 2, plus new photos and videos from the set following the end of the strike (on Instagram here, here, here and here)
• We didn’t mean to roast all The High Republic Phase 3 makeovers but that’s kind of what happened… but let us know what you think of the Phase 3 makeovers and villains baseball cards
• Note spoilers for THR comics. Eye of Darkness is spoiler-free, but include timestamps anyway
• It’s a High Republic heavy Recap on Tap! We discuss Issue #1 of the Phase 3 comic run and Issue #2 of Shadows of Starlight WITH SPOILERS. There’s not really much to spoil, but skip 43:25-58:05 if you want to go in cold.
• Then we get into a spoiler-free discussion of The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (skip 1:00:25-1:12:05 if you want to avoid all Eye of Darkness talk)

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This episode of Force Toast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The projects discussed in this episode would not exist were it not for the hard work of the writers and actors currently on strike. We stand in solidarity with the guilds fighting for higher compensation from streaming and protections against the encroachment of artificial intelligence. Support the striking guilds here and here.

In Episode 104, hosts Alyce and Laura discuss all the recent Star Wars movie news, field trips, alien anatomy, brooms and the truth about Vader’s junk.

• Has your field trip ever almost burned down a movie theater? 
• Drawing out the limited news we have to discuss
• Good lord, is the Taika movie happening or not? (via LRM)
• David S. Goyer wrote a Star Wars script/treatment (via Josh Horowitz)
• A Lando series update! (via Variety)
• The makeup process to bring Hera and Ahsoka to life (via Dagobah Dispatch)
• We kick off another stacked Recap on Tap with a quick spoiler discussion on Star Wars Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade  (skip 23:50-31:10 to avoid spoilers) and briefly touch on Tales of Light & Life
• Recap and review of Ahsoka Parts 5 and 6 with spoilers!
• There is a distinct lack of ear holes in Ahsoka

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The Jedi Way is doing Ahsoka reviews! Find our review of Part 5: Shadow Warrior  here and our Part 6: Far, Far Away review here!

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Don’t be coy with us, Star Wars. 

In Episode 96, hosts Alyce and Laura sometimes need* to be beaten over the head with the point you’re trying to make. Lookin’ at you, Jon Favreau.

• Surprise! Star Wars Celebration announced the panel schedule with no warning. Check out the list!
• We have a To-Do list for the good people at Reed Pop. Item #1: Stop hosting Celebration at venues that have tiny arenas. Item #2: Keep making the badge artwork top tier. 
• Is the Ahsoka series coming out sooner than we thought?
• We as a society need to make it a priority to invent time turners. Or find a way that we can attend multiple Celebration panels at one time. Add that to the above to-do list!
• Updates on the pending Star Wars films that are… uh, scratch that - were in the works (via Variety)
• Dave Filoni did an interview with The Wrap (we liked Gizmodo’s coverage of it) about the forthcoming climactic crossover event. What big, world-changing surprise do you think will show up in the The Mando-verse climax? (lol climax) 
• Speaking of Mando-mania, look at all this super fun Mando merch!
• SO MUCH ACOLYTE NEWS YAY
• Our first glimpse at Phase 3 of The High Republic is here! Check out this excerpt from Claudia Gray’s short story, After the Fall (via ew.com)
• For the low, low price of half a million USD, you too can own this hover drone bike thingy
• THRAWN JUMP SCARE
• There’s a whole lotta Recapping On Tapping to do in this episode! Beware of SPOILERS for both The Bad Batch episodes 2x12 and 2x13 AND The Mandalorian Chapters 18 and 19.
• Speaking of The Bad Batch, check out this image of Crosshair - does he or does he not look like he has wings? Choose carefully, because the answer will determine whether or not you are a Fancy Art Person.
• Then we tie up Recap on Tap with The Mandalorian, Chapters 18 (which we LOVED) and Chapter 19 (which we did not understand). 

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• Want more Mando review content? John Rocha and Laura  Kelly review The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 2: The Mines of Mandalore and Episode 3:The Convert on The Jedi Way

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Happy belated Thanksgiving, from your favorite booze-infused podcast hosts (and from us too)!

In Episode 89, hosts Alyce and Laura pull* themselves out of their respective post-Thanksgiving food comas to drink wine and talk about Star Wars!

• Production has finally begun on The Acolyte and we know more about who is joining the cast! (via starwars.com)
• Tony Gilroy has been a busy boy lately on his Andor press tour
• We may know more about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor very soon!
• Hey, PC Gamers! If you’re listening to this episode right when it comes out, you can get Star Wars: Squadrons for FREE on PC until December 1, via the Epic Games store.
• Disney’s Battle of the Bobs has resulted in a victory for Team Iger. As of November 20, Bob Iger is back in as CEO, but it sounds like tensions were building for a while…
• F-ck us up, Delilah Dawson! Our bodies are ready for Star Wars: Inquisitor: Red Blade!
• If you have a lot of money, a lot of cold weather and a lot of enthusiasm for The Clone Wars, these coats might be right up your alley.
• Recap on Tap: Episodes 10-12 of Andor with spoilers + some more non-spoiler thoughts on The High Republic: Convergence. If you want to avoid all Convergence talk until you finish reading, skip 1:19:50 - 1:32:30.
• An argument, I mean, discussion, on how adult novels differ from YA and where Convergence falls on the spectrum.

Are you keeping up with Phase 2 of The High Republic? What do you think so far? Write into us and share your thoughts: forcetoastpod@gmail.com

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• John Rocha and Laura review Netflix’s The Crown season 5 in two parts: Part 1 (episodes 1-5) and Part 2 (episodes 6-10)
• Laura joins The Geek Buddies to review Andor episode 11 and do a LIVE review of episode 12

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

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Listen. Everyone pees in Star Wars… we presume. Or at least two dudes do, anyway. 

In Episode 87, hosts Alyce and Laura attempt* (kind of) to learn the names of the characters in Andor now that we’re halfway through the first season. Better late than never, right? No? Well, in other Star Wars news:

• Reminiscing about the good ol’ days when we used to get reviews on Apple Podcasts. Hey, maybe you can help us out by leaving us a review here? Help others find our show!
• Tales of the Jedi has a new poster and we could not be more excited to get Star Wars content that.. uh.. isn’t Andor… sorry
• Clone Wars flashbacks in the Ahsoka series? You son of a bitch, we’re in! 
• Ahsoka series casting rumors are flying about and we are intrigued! 
• No one is demanding Christian Bale play Grand Admiral Thrawn. Stop this nonsense. 
• We ARE demanding all the Skarsgårds be in Star Wars. All 57 of them. 
• There was a lot of publishing news that came out of NYCC (check out the coverage by Friends of the Force), but we mostly care about Delilah Dawson!!! Writing a new Star Wars book!!! YAY!!!
• Behold, in this blessed holiday season, the Tamagotchi returns! Cut to us in February when we will be proud parents of no less than 3 Tamagotchi Baby Grogu’s each. No regrets.
• Recap on Tap! Phase 2 of The High Republic is here and guess what? Alyce hasn’t finished Path of Deceit yet. So Laura shares some brief, non-spoilery thoughts.
• Quick recap on Episode 5 of Andor then we dive into our recap and review of Episode 6!
• Are the trivia questions getting harder or are we getting worse at this? 

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura joins The Geek Buddies to review Episode 5 of Andor (YouTube)

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Grab your c+nt mug, listeners! We’re ushering in Q4 the only way we know how: by consuming alcohol while we talk about Star Wars.

In Episode 86, hosts Alyce and Laura discuss* what podcasts other podcasters listen to while podcasting podcasts, among other topics:

• James Earl Jones is off to enjoy a well-earned retirement from voice acting and we salute him for it.
• Some interesting insight into how sh-t went down on the set of Rogue One (via The Guardian)
• The secret life of Mon Mothma that wasn’t really secret but was just secret from Star Wars fans and anyone who doesn’t read Vanity Fair (via Vanity Fair)
• Andor episodes 1-4 is what’s on tap in this week’s Recap on Tap
• There may come a day where we are able to see what makes “Andor” so appealing to everyone. Today is not that day. 
• Laura delivers the worst trivia performance to date, which is appropriate since the Schmoedown finale aired the same day we recorded

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Hurricane Ian relief link
• Laura joins The Geek Buddies to review Andor on John Rocha’s YouTube Channel. Find the review on Andor Episodes 1-3 here and Episode 4 here

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Once you pop, the fun don’t stop. Force Toast and Pringles have that in common. 

In Episode 76, hosts Alyce and Laura have a lot of good money making ideas for Star Wars but no important Disney people want to listen to this… which is their loss and your gain, dear listener!

• Someone please hit the button that ends winter. That’s enough. We have had enough.  
• You know that old saying, when you run out of Busch Light, drink Diet Coke? No? Bueller? Bueller?
• BAE WATCH IS ON. EW has the scoop on how and why Lucasfilm decided to bring back Vader and just how Canadian Deborah Chow really is.
• There are still some tickets left for Star Wars Celebration if you’d like to re-live our 2019 drunken hotel party with us. Or like if you want to see celebrities at the convention or whatever.
• Forever Old Christopher Lloyd has joined the cast of The Mandalorian in the role of Baby Yoda. You heard it here first. This is a Force Toast Exclusive. We stan Uncle Fester.
• There is literally only one component of the bullet point above that is true.
• Bad Batch Booted to 2023? << That’s what we would use as the headline if we wrote this article. Alliteration is FUN, okay? But as far as the question, we’re guessing no.
• Establishing, once again, that we have good ideas and Disney could just hire us to do all the Star Wars marketing. 
• Everyone go shame Alyce for being behind on her reading
• This Shadow of the Sith excerpt is money. Read it. 
• A few more non-spoilery thoughts on Star Wars: Queen’s Hope
• Your lightsaber trivia is nonsense
• Now everyone clap for Alyce because she got a new job! Yay, Alyce!
• Pop

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• On the March 27th episode of The Jedi Way, Rocha and Laura talk about Star Wars Celebration, their past convention experiences and what you should be doing RIGHT NOW to prepare for your next con.

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Have you ever wondered how sarlaccs reproduce? No? Too bad, now you’re gonna learn.

In Episode 75, hosts Alyce and Laura celebrate* the fact that this podcast somehow made it to 75 episodes? Like, how? Why? Who approved this?

• On a scale from 1 to 10, how musty are your pants?
• Laura ruins the episode. Right from the get go. Ruined.
• Thank you, Anonymous Listener, for the Ko-fi contribution!
• The Kiners dropped some fun Star Wars animation details during a recent fundraiser for relief efforts in Ukraine. You can contribute to the Ko-fi for the fundraiser here.
• The High Republic but make it Muppet Babies. Or “Stranger Things in Space”? Is this a real thing? (via Cinelinx)
• More evidence of Temuera Morrison in Kenobi? Alyce thinks no, but check out this photo and judge for yourself
• Recap on Tap: Kenobi Edition! Let’s break down the trailer and make wild speculations! Plus, initial thoughts on Star Wars: Queen’s Hope (no spoilers) and a brief discussion of the final Phase I High Republic comics.

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• We’re proud to be a part of the Amidala Initiative to support the Equality Texas Foundation, trans youth and their families. Want to know more? Check out the twitter account here and donate to the GoFundMe here.
• On the  March 13 episode of The Jedi Way, Rocha and Laura discuss the Kenobi trailer and the Jedi Order’s rules on attachment

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Welcome, citizen detectives! We’ve missed you! We've had a busy month of travels but we’re back to [hopefully] a somewhat regular schedule (lol but don’t quote us on that). 

In Episode 74, hosts Alyce and Laura have* a lot to catch up on and not a lot of time to do it, so we’re hitting a few of the bigger items and recapping-on-tapping the end of The Book of Boba Fett and a few recent High Republic reads.

• Laura finally watched Yellowjackets and this podcast may end up adding a whole ass Yellowjackets segment when season 2 drops
• A big, wet, enthusiastic, whole-hearted THANK YOU to Jane for the ko-FI!
• Love that people got to check out Galactic Starcrusier and share their experiences on social media, but from the looks of things, uh, yikes
• Enjoy the moment in this episode where we congratulate ourselves on not being complete dicks 
• KENOBI WATCH. Updates on the release date, music, and casting. WARNING: This segment includes a discussion about a Kenobi set leak. If you want to avoid this discussion, skip 18:20-21:25
• Not sure what Jon Watts is up to in Star Wars, but he’s up to something! Star Wars-equivalent citizen detectives, get on it! 
• Audiobook fans, rejoice! There’s an audio excerpt from Star Wars: Queen’s Hope for your listening pleasure on Youtini!
• Apparently we missed an announcement about a Kenobi YA novel at some point, but we’re excited about it now
• In this episode’s Recap on Tap we’re closing The Book of Boba Fett with a discussion on Chapters 6 and 7
• A brief, spoiler-free review of Midnight Horizon AND a spoiler-free discussion of The High Republic comic run ahead of the final issue on March 2, 2022. Want a preview of Issue #15? Find it here on sw.com

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• On the most recent episode of The Jedi Way, John Rocha and Laura catch up on the future of Star Wars on the big and small screen 
• Catch up with Laura and The Geek Buddies’ final reviews of The Book of Boba Fett. Here are YouTube links for Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 on The Outlaw Nation
• Here’s a link to the Cobb Vanth shirt on Teepublic designed by Bryan Ward that Laura mentioned

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What’s that? Oh snap! It’s a whole lotta Recap on Tap! No cap, there’s just so much to unwrap. 

This is the part where you clap.

In Episode 73, hosts Alyce and Laura breeze* through a few news items and then it’s on to SPOILER reviews and recaps of all the newest Star Wars offerings 

• IT’S A TRAP ok sorry now we’re done
• The cast announcements for the Ahsoka live-action series just keep on coming!
• When to expect Season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• The High Republic is here to keep the rats fed! If you’re looking to get a little taste of Daniel José Older’s The High Republic: Midnight Horizon, you can find excerpts on CNET and on Gizmodo! And BONUS, there’s a preview out for The High Republic #14 too! 
• Recap on Tap is packed today with The High Republic: The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray and The Book of Boba Fett Chapters 4 and 5. SPOILERS all around! If you’re not caught up on THR, The Fallen Star spoilers are here: 16:40-59:30.

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Alyce and Laura joined Eli and Jacob on the In a Galaxy pod for their The Clone Wars re-watch! Join us for the Rush Clovis arc in Season 6 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
• Laura is reviewing this season of The Book of Boba Fett with The Geek Buddies on The Outlaw Nation on YouTube. Reviews for Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 are out now!
• Laura joined Movie Trivia Schmoedown peeps Saul, Sean Sullivan and Rachel Silvestrini on The Gucciverse to weigh in on TBoBF Chapter 5

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In Episode 72, hosts Alyce and Laura are deeply concerned* about Black Krrsantan getting dehydrated. Despite their concern for him during the Recap on Tap segment, it was someone else involved with this recording who did, in fact, overheat and vomit that day. 

• We learned some fun stuff about what’s to come in The High Republic’s Phase 2 at the The High Republic Anniversary Panel on January 4, 2022
• Someone leaked a "trailer" for a Narwhal Knight of Ren film/series and maybe forgot to insert the right music file?
• Recommended reading before Star Wars: Brotherhood drops in May
• Recap on Tap is packed! Laura covers some recent comics, including Eye of the Storm #1, which you can find a preview of here. Then we dive into The Book of Boba Fett Chapters 2 and 3!
• This video of Tameura Morrison talking about filming Attack of the Clones is so wholesome

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura is reviewing this season of The Book of Boba Fett with The Geek Buddies on John Rocha’s YouTube channel. Find the review for Chapter 3 here!
• Laura joined the Triad of the Force podcast to review Chapter 3 of The Book of Boba Fett on their January 13 episode

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

This episode is brought to you by a hotdog bar in a Drury Inn somewhere in Missouri. Not really.

In Episode 71, hosts Alyce and Laura return* from Christmas and New Years to cold weather and COVID, respectively. 

• Alyce encountered exactly 0 alligators in Louisiana. So that trip was pointless.
• More Kenobi casting news! 
• The Twilight franchise comes up in conversation again somehow. Two episodes in a row, what a treat!
• Take a drink every time alligators come up in conversation
• What is your Star Wars major? Write in and tell us: forcetoastpod@gmail.com
• Laura has a quick PSA/spoiler-free review of Star Wars The High Republic: The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray. In summary: read it now. Don’t wait. 
• Recap on Tap! The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land. If you’re behind or just waiting to watch and avoiding spoilers for the new series, skip 31:15-1:14:18.
• We’re not saying we agree with this Book of Boba Fett review, because it’s so mean, but it’s also kinda funny
• While we’re on the subject of the new Boba series, did Parks & Recreation spoil the beginning back in 2013? Here’s the video that’s been circulating the internet this week [Boba episode 1 spoilers in link!]

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura is back with The Geek Buddies to review The Book of Boba Fett episode 1
• Laura joins Starlight Beacon Transmissions to talk about The High Republic on YouTube on Monday, January 3, 2022

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

If you’re a news site editor reading this in the future, don’t even THINK about stealing our episode title and using it as a headline for your review of the Galactic Starcruiser hotel at Disney World. We will call you on it. 

In Episode 70, hosts Alyce and Laura are up bright and early with mimosas and spiked coffee to catch up* on Star Wars news, quote 90s-era Saturday Night Live skits and gush about Spider-Man and Yellowjackets.

• Alyce DRIVES now. Like, she drives a car. For real. 
• What you need to know about a new Star Wars video game and the #BlackOutStarWarsEclipse initiative
• Recommended reading this week: The Hollywood Reporter’s most recent article (Dec 16) on the forthcoming Book of Boba Fett! It features fun reveals, how Fett’s story will be different from Din Djarin’s, and getting to know showrunner Robert Rodriguez.
• Listen carefully and enjoy how gracefully we segue from talking about Star Wars: The Acolyte to talking about American Pie 
• It’s an Age of Resistance reunion! What happened when Pilot Jess Pava actress Jessica Henwick met Rian Johnson on the set of Knives Out 2 (via SyFy.com)
• This excerpt for The High Republic: Fallen Star by Claudia Gray has us HYPED af! (via starwars.com)
• Fear not, we are most definitely talking about those sh-tty Galactic Starcruiser videos that were circling the internet earlier this month.
• Recap on Tap! Laura shares some takeaways from C2E2 (Chicago’s Comic Con) panels that featured Star Wars authors, Delilah Dawson, Charles Soule and Timothy Zahn
• Laura quizzes Alyce on the opening crawls and Alyce seeks out “the most difficult” Star Wars trivia on the internet (it’s not).

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• Laura joins The Geek Buddies for a spoiler-filled review of Spider-Man: No Way Home on John Rocha’s YouTube channel

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Listen, we give a warning in the description of every episode, but it is especially necessary for this one. Adult content ahead. Consider yourself warned.

In Episode 69, hosts Alyce and Laura delve* into the dirty debauchery of Star Wars news, recaps, trivia in an effort to probably scar you for life.   

• Alyce rocked her test! So let’s take a shot! Yay, Alyce!
• One man’s Sarlacc is another man’s feisty butthole.
• “Book of Boba Fett” is too many words to say so it’s “bobf” now. We don’t make the rules. Anyway here’s the “Reign” teaser.
• Disney may have just narrowed down the premiere date for Andor-And/Or What. But in the age of COVID, deadlines are more like guidelines, so take it with a grain of salt and a shot of tequila.
• Laura is not allowed to see Frozen on stage. Not for pervert reasons.
• Alyce has Thanksgiving Day traditions and it involves parades and dogs and *checks notes* crying?
• Deadline announces our live-action Sabine Wren (allegedly). What do you think?
• Can someone send us the Star Wars issue of Empire Magazine? It wasn’t online anywhere when we recorded.
• Recap on Tap: Short and Sweet Edition. Laura is struggling with Thrawn Ascendancy Book 2 and Alyce is preparing to balance The High Republic with The Wheel of Time books. Best of luck to them both.
• A very special, on-theme voicemail from our friend Aris. In this context, “special” means sexually explicit. Strap on, friends. IN, sorry. Strap in.

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• On the 11/17 episode of The Jedi Way, Rocha and Laura break down the essential Anakin/Ahsoka episodes of The Clone Wars
• Laura talks Schmoedown, Mando and Thrawn with Bryan on the 11/24 ep of Pink Milk
• Brennen Marr and Laura talk about droids in the 11/19 ep of Page Turners They Were Not

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Start your sublight engines! Join Jess, Mel, Noah, and Ollie as we discuss all of the High Republic Phase 1 so far in our first full THR episode. For light and life!

Points of Interest: Fett/Shand 4 Tatooine, serial outfit repeater Fennec Shand, “hey twink,” they/them (plural), Lournastasia and her Depop store, Cham Syndulla teeth reveal, Grogu and Plo Koon parallels, Loden Greatstorm’s boob job, Jess experiences some character growth, Kassav’s sex playlist, Cohmac’s tradwife, Darth Plagueis the gold digger, and FACPOV: Lourna Dee is a MILF.

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In Episode 67, hosts Alyce and Laura are* pretty malicious posers who don’t have a lot of Star Wars news to discuss 

• Wow okay, we see how it is. Star Wars Visions gets a soundtrack right after its debut. Do Rebels fans look like clowns to you, Disney Music?
• We didn’t read it, but in case you missed it, there’s a new excerpt out for Star Wars Thrawn Ascendency: Lesser Evil, out November 16
• The Star Wars hotel for the 1% is set on an old-as-hell space cruiser? If that place isn’t haunted af we don’t want it. Anyway it's getting its own comic mini-series in 2022.
• Galaxy of Sounds dropped on Disney+ a few weeks ago and we have thoughts
• We asked and you delivered! Listener questions about the Jedi temple on Coruscant, where to start if you’re new to Star Wars reading, our Mount Rushmore of Star Wars music and more!
• Prequel trivia? Please and thank you
• An impromptu Alyce signature summary of CBS’s “Ghosts” you didn’t know you needed

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• The Jedi Way is back with a new episode after a brief hiatus! John Rocha and Laura discuss Star Wars Visions, Star Wars’ first steps into the larger world of anime  on Disney+
• Until we get soundtracks for seasons 3 and 4 of Star Wars Rebels, the plan is to crash the Kiner Bros website by listening to the Rebels scores on repeat forever and ever amen

 
Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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Email: forcetoastpod@gmail.com

Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

Welcome to Force Toast: the After Dark edition. It’s just like regular Force Toast, except… actually yeah it’s just regular Force Toast.

In Episode 66, hosts Alyce and Laura ponder* what mysteries lie beneath Neimoidians cloaks, get up to date on news and recap all the things! 

• We have a release date for The Book of Boba Fett! 
• Andor is done filming! Yay! Now give us a release date or a preview! Or something! 
• Remind us again why it had to be called “jizz” music? Why not “jozz”? Or just literally any other word?
• In a surprise to no one, Laura is firmly on Team Put-Lucy-Lawless-in-Star-Wars
• How necessary is season 3 for The Mandalorian? 
• Turns out Disney+ Day is an actual thing. Respect, LRM. What do you think we’ll see?
• The Ronin novel is out October 12! Why do we think they picked that episode of “Visions” to get its own expanded story? 
• Please don’t use anything said in this episode as an invitation to send us fish d;ck pics
• We’ve got a full Recap on Tap segment for you! Spoiler tags: Star Wars Visions [29:00-37:40], The High Republic: Tempest Runner [38:00-57:00], and LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales [57:10-1:03:20]. 
• Bloopers are BACK!

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura’s Round 1 match against Eric Whiteley in the Ultimate Schmoedown Star Wars Tournament is available now for your viewing pleasure
• Laura’s appearance on From Birth to Schmoedown on the JCast Network

Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_Laura

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Email: forcetoastpod@gmail.com

Website: forcetoastpod.com

*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!