Marvel Star Wars Explorers – Détails, épisodes et analyse

As Buffalo Bill's granddaughter consults the State Department about stolen family heirlooms, we bring first-time guest Jacob Lee on to the cast to explain youth culture to us fogeys (and also to unveil some exclusive Batman Forever trivia), then we appreciate Young Indy's descent into supernatural madness, and a delightful Eastern European romp from regular-age Indy... then things get pretty nuts during e-Words. 

As Jessie Hale finds herself saddled with the most irritating translator she could have asked for, we find ourselves once again joined by Lauren Petronaci, who has a surprisingly strong reaction to The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes we watched this time. Plus, Brian has a controversial take on Steve Ditko, Bud-Arcs and bullwhips return, and Sam and Brian share some recent personal Indy news involving a treasured relic that belongs in a museum.

As Indiana Jones and his students embark on a field trip to exotic Arizona, Sam and Brian welcome Jeff Eckman back to the show to mourn the death of a true Star Wars legend... The Acolyte. Also, we dive deep into The Twilight Zone and Shyamalan, determine what soda jerks and Double Dip Tummy Teasers are, and talk too much about modern Star Trek. 

There wasn't an issue of Marvel Star Wars in November of 1985, but there was a FULL-BLOWN EWOK TV MOVIE, and we invited our Star Friends from What Were We Watching to come join us to dive into this strange, fantasy romp! Beyond that, we're also talking more Mandalorian, diving into some other iconic 80's films, pitching our own Ewok sequels, and loving Teek and Wilford Brimley. Happy New Year!   

As Leia and her Zeltron companions debate the appropriate way to care for their Nagai prisoner, Sam and Brian welcome back Brian's Star Wife, Blythe Rudloff, to talk about CGI Luke, to educate Sam on the history of the Harlem Globetrotters, to discuss the compassion and empathy of Leia and to analyze the horniness (or lack of horniness) in the Star Wars universe.

What's that behind the Life Day tree? Could it be another gift? That's right, the Marvel Star Wars Explorers have heard Kathleen Kennedy's call and emerged early from their planned Winter slumber to address the deluge of Star Wars announcements from last week! New TV shows, new movies, new trailers! Not only that, but we're giving our thoughts on two more episodes of The Mandalorian (Grogu and Boba Fett, anyone?), reading some e-Words, and discussing which houses of the Wizarding World we belong in! All this, plus we brought along our good friend Sean Davis to join in the fun. Happy Life Day, Star Friends!

Happy Life Day! Your two best Star Friends have decided to get into the holiday spirit this year by inviting their favorite offworld Jawa, Cam Siemer, back to the cast to discuss the recently released Lego Star Wars Holiday Special! How do we feel about this deeply referential, time-traveling romp? The nature of the special gives us an excuse to explore all eras of Star Wars, including our first trip to a post-Rise of Skywalker galaxy. We're also diving deep into the first 4 episodes of the current season of Mandalorian (sorry, no Grogu or Ahsoka talk yet) and harnessing some of Cam's podcast energy to throw out our own pitches for Star Wars Holiday Specials we'd like to see. Happy holidays, listeners!

As Luke and Lando return to Iskalon to deliver the news of Kiro's fate to his people, Geoff Clarke, our Canadian Correspondent, returns to the cast to give us his thoughts on the first 3 episodes of The Mandalorian, to explore an exciting new season of 1985 television premieres (including two infamous Star Wars cartoons), and to get hyped with us about the debut of our new favorite character in the galaxy far, far away... Dania Francis.

As Han Solo wrestles with his feelings for Princess Leia on a far, far away and technologically-deficient planet, we welcome Barm back to the podcast to dive into our hot takes on the first two episodes of the new season of The Mandalorian, to soak in the glorious return of Fenn Shysa (and debut of Bey!) and to consider the romantic inner-life of everyone's favorite smuggler.

As the New Republic faces its first major conflict against the combined forces of the Nagai and the Empire, the Marvel Star Wars Explorers celebrate the big 100th issue milestone by welcoming back two of our favorite Star Friends, Eric Ambler and Sean Davis! It's a double-sized issue and it warrants a double-sized discussion, in which we tackle another gargantuan Summer of 80's Movies, learn about the cultural significance of Live Aid, react IN REAL TIME to the newest Mando trailer, weigh in on Bey's accelerated, but emotionally satisfying role in this issue and so much MORE! Thanks for sticking with us for 100 issues, Star Friends! Here's to 100 more!