ForceCast Network: Star Wars News and Commentary (All Shows)

Official IndyCast Correspondent Mitch Hallock returns with an adventure through this year's New York Comic CON. Mitch chats Batman and podcasts with CLERKS creator KEVIN SMITH, then it's catching up with Indiana Jones Cosplayers, find out the behind the scenes hi-jinx on the set of "BIG ASS SPIDER" with Heroes actor GREG GRUNBERG and LOMBARDO BOYAR, Find Bigfoot with researchers BOBO and CLIFF and finally an off-the-wall conversation with the stars of REIGN; Adelaide Kane, Toby Regbo and Torrance Coombs. Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride!

We have an official release date! We also have news about casting calls we believe may be for Episode VII. Eric and Erik read the audition piece for "Thomas and Rachel," discuss what the character descriptions mean (if anything at all), and discuss a new actor rumored to be considered for an unnamed role. We’ve got all this and more in this week’s ForceCast!

Star Wars Insider editor Jonathan Wilkins joins Jay & Chris this month (on their 3rd Anniversary show!) to discuss recent exclusives in the Insider magazine. Plus the guys provide their commentary on Star Wars Art: Concept, Star Wars Frames, The Making of Return of the Jedi and more recent books. All this plus the latest comic news and answers to your questions on the newest digital books from Del Rey! Join Jedi Journals and celebrate three years of the best podcast on Star Wars literature this side of Tatooine!

Official IndyCast Correspondent Mitch Hallock is on the search for adventure comics at New York Comic Con 2013 and finds great new comics that would make Indiana Jones proud! Mitch sits down with artist/writer Tim Seeley to talk about his career, his work on Image Comics "Revival" and the new mystical adventurer from Dark Horse Comics - "The Occultist" Then it's a chat with the man behind Monarch Comics, Vin Ferrante. Vin talks openly about the process of creating comics, how to achieve your goals and what is happening with his hit book - "Witch Hunter". Artist Michael "LOCODUCK" Duron returns to the IndyCast and lets folks know where they can find him and his amazing art - like Indiana Jones meeting Captain America! New rising star on the art field - Rob Taylor drops in and discusses how he got into art and his unique process for combining dazzling graphics to metal, Star Wars, comics and how he is enjoying the con circuit. Finally, a serious talk on the real-life bad guys out there - bullies! Author Carrie Goldman and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actress; Chase Masterson have a frank and open discussion about what we can do to help folks deal with bullies. Listen to it and learn how you can help your child, a friend and even yourself stop the hurt.

This week, we cover the big Episode VII screenwriter shakeup. Arndt is out and Kasdan and Abrams are in. What does this mean for the story and the key players? We also discuss a rumor that Harrison Ford is onboard, celebrate the one-year anniversary of Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, and read your emails.

This week Joe speaks to Young Indy's Jay Underwood, Harrison would love to return to play Indy, there are more Indy 5 rumblings, Indy hits blu again, Spielberg says he nuked the fridge, the Adaptation gets optioned, Joe and Keith are back with the Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and we've got more of your emails in the mail segment!

This week we have the honor of interviewing someone who has over 300 hours of experience as the voice of Star Wars, voice actor and audiobook narrator Marc Thompson. We also discuss a leaked Star Wars licensing roadmap, talk bonus content from the "Making of" eBooks, and respond to your questions and comments!

In this special episode recorded at NYCC 2013 - IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock takes a break from Indy to talk about George Lucas's other franchise: STAR WARS! With a look at STAR WARS with author J.W. Rinzler on "The Star Wars" comic from Dark Horse, his latest "Making of Return of the Jedi", then hear Star Wars comic writer Brian Wood, check out HASBRO's latest Star Wars toy offerings and finally a chat with Hallmark.All this and more on the INDYCAST NYCC SPECIAL #1

We finally have a chance to play with X-Wing Wave 3 and get some hands-on experience with how the new ships change the game. We also cover Star Wars Pinball, Tiny Death Star, SWTOR's Galactic Starfighter expansion, and more!

What are heroes without villains? This week, we discuss the Star Wars Rebels panel at New York Comic Con, where Lucasfilm revealed that the main villain in Rebels will be an Imperial Inquisitor. There's also news about The Clone Wars bonus content and a rumor about Episode VII working titles. Plus, we speak to Star Wars author Dan Wallace about his work on the Essential Guides and his upcoming book The Bounty Hunter Code. It's a potpourri of Star Wars goodness, and we're covering it all, because this is The ForceCast!

In this jam-packed episode, we go over Star Wars Pinball, the new Angry Birds release, X-Wing Wave 3, recent RPG releases, the upcoming Imperial Aces expansion, the upcoming LCG Force Pack and deluxe expansion, and much, much more!

This week Harrison would love to return to play Indy, I catch up with pre-eminent Indy collector Les David, Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock returns for a Raiders Rant, Keith joins us for a look at Jake Speed in our Indiana Clones segment, Joe and Keith are back with the Further Adventures of Indiana Jones and we've got more news your emails in the mail segment!

What can we take away from the Star Wars Rebels teaser? We couldn't be more excited, but the teaser raised some interesting questions for our Discussion segment. We also take a look at the latest Disneyland rumors, some interesting comments from Jett Lucas, and more!

This week Jay Little, lead designer of the X-Wing Miniatures and Star Wars roleplaying games, joins us to discuss Edge of the Empire and Age of Rebellion!

It's Star Wars Reads Day Eve here at The ForceCast. Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee join us from Lucasfilm to discuss their work answering Star Wars questions for a living. Then, we talk to two of the biggest names in the Expanded Universe author community, Timothy Zahn and Aaron Allston. On top of all that, we cover an exciting slate of stories about Episode VII, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: 1313, and much more.