Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show – Details, episodes & analysis

Join Children of the Watch for continued discussion of the film that started it all, Star Wars: A New Hope. After concluding our Acolyte coverage, we've decided to revisit the Original Trilogy, breaking down the stories, characters, themes, and more. This week, we're doing our first lore episode! We'll be talking about all the major events that happen in canon Star Wars comics, books, etc. off-screen in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. We'll be talking Boba Fett hunting Luke, Han hijacking an Imperial AT-AT, and more. Plus, we'll be discussing the recent news that there will be no season 2 for The Acolyte.

Next month, we move on to The Empire Strikes Back!

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Welcome to Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show!
If you're new to our podcast, we break down every single episode of Star Wars television scene by scene—analyzing the story, fine-combing for Easter eggs, and explaining how it all connects to the larger Star Wars universe. Whether it's The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Andor, or the next big Star Wars series, we've got you covered!

🔹 A must-listen for every Star Wars fan—whether you're deep into the lore or just getting started!
🔹 Weekly deep dives into Star Wars storytelling, canon, and hidden details.
🔹 Exclusive Star Wars news, rumors, and predictions.

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Join Children of the Watch for continued discussion of the film that started it all, Star Wars: A New Hope. After concluding our Acolyte coverage, we've decided to revisit the Original Trilogy, breaking down the stories, characters, themes, and more. This week, we'll be hearing all of YOUR thoughts on this first Star Wars adventure. Plus, Mac gives his thoughts on the new trailers from Skeleton Crew as well as The Mandalorian and Grogu. Next week, we'll be discussing everything that happens in between the events of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes back in our super nerdy Lore episode. We hope you'll join us on this ride!

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Welcome to Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show!
If you're new to our podcast, we break down every single episode of Star Wars television scene by scene—analyzing the story, fine-combing for Easter eggs, and explaining how it all connects to the larger Star Wars universe. Whether it's The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Andor, or the next big Star Wars series, we've got you covered!

🔹 A must-listen for every Star Wars fan—whether you're deep into the lore or just getting started!
🔹 Weekly deep dives into Star Wars storytelling, canon, and hidden details.
🔹 Exclusive Star Wars news, rumors, and predictions.

📢 Subscribe now and never miss an episode! Leave a review to help fellow fans find us in the galaxy! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Follow us on X, Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky and YouTube for even more Star Wars discussions that include The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Andor, Jedi and Sith lore, and everything under the Star Wars umbrella!

Join Children of the Watch for our breakdown and review of The Acolyte Part 6: Teach/Corrupt. This week, we're taking a deep dive into the latest episode of Star Wars TV to discuss all of our thoughts, theories, and of course easter eggs you may have missed. Could Qimir be a rejected Sith instead of part of the current Rule of Two? What is this planet the new Sith calls home? Could it be somewhere we know from Star Wars Legends? Could Sol be back on the list of suspects for who the Sith Master is? Or could it be Vernestra? All of this and so much more!

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Join Children of the Watch for our The Acolyte Part 5 Hotline episode! We take YOUR calls and hear your thoughts and theories abour Episode 5 of the latest Star Wars series. Is Qimir a Sith, or could he be a Knight of Ren? Why did Kylo Ren's theme play? Did he heal Osha? Who is Qimir's master? What is his connection to Brendock? What's coming next week for us in the next installment of this Star Wars adevnture? All this and more!

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Join Children of the Watch for our scene-by-scene breakdown and review of Star Wars The Acolyte Part 5: Night. What an episode full of loss, twists, turns, and reveals! We'll be discussing the big reveal of the mysterious Sith, the aftermath of the incredible lightsaber fight, the secret Sol is hiding, what's coming next for Mae and Osha, and some possible connections the show is making to another group of infamous Star Wars villains. And of course, we'll be wildly speculating about what else The Acolyte has in store for us.

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Join Children of the Watch for our The Acolyte Part 4 Hotline episode! We take YOUR calls and hear your thoughts and theories about Part 4 of the latest Star Wars series. Is Qimir just a bluff for the secret Sith? What was Kelnacca doing with the witches' symbold in his hut? Could Master Sol be hiding something sinister? What's coming next week for us in the next installment of this Star Wars adventure? All this and more!

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Join Children of the Watch for our breakdown of the latest, fourth episode of The Acolyte, the newset Star Wars TV series. This episode deepens the interpersonal dynamics between Qimir, Mae, Sol, Osha, and most other characters from the show we've met so far. Could Sol and the other Jedi be trying to cover up something from the past? What was Kelnacca doing with the witches' symbols in his hut? Plus, we make our case for why we believe the newest Star Wars villain, who we call The Sith Who Laughs, to be none other than Qimir in disguise.

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Join Children of the Watch for our The Acolyte Part 3 Hotline episode! We take YOUR calls and hear your thoughts and theories about Part 3 of the latest Star Wars series. Are Osha and Mae really two seperate people? Has Torbin already made a greivous mistake by the time Part 3 ends? Is Darth Plagueis already working behind the scenes, possibly with the Sith Who Laughs as an apprentice? What's coming next week for us in the next installment of this Star Wars adventure? All this and more!

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Join Children of the Watch for our breakdown of the third episode of The Acolyte, the latest Star Wars TV release. The plot thickens as we learn a lot more about Mae and Osha's origins, potential mistakes of the Jedi, and possible allusions to Revenge of the Sith! Could Darth Plagueis already be influencing events in the Star Wars galaxy at the time of The Acolyte? Could Indara be the secret Sith? Will we recieve a different "certain point of view" on these events in the future? All of this and more!

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Join Children of the Watch for our first round of Hotline calls for The Acolyte! As we celebrate the first week of the newest Star Wars television show's release, we take YOUR calls and hear all your thoughts, theories, and speculation. Could Master Sol potentially be the hidden Sith Lord? Will Osha fall to the dark side? Most importantly, are we part of the Yord Horde or are we Mae Baes? All of this and more as we have a blast discussing the latest Star Wars adventures.

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