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

Welcome to the newest show on the ForceCast network - The Sabacc Table! Join Erik, Lou, and Nate as they discuss Star Wars gaming. In this first episode, they introduce themselves, explain what to expect from the podcast, and give a brief overview of the Star Wars Card Game and the X-wing Miniatures Game.

Star Wars Celebrations are a unique opportunity for Star Wars fans, with film stars, book authors, costumers, prop builders, and artists all gathered in one place. As we prepare for Celebration Europe II, ForceCast Clone Wars Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. In the second installment of our artist interview series, Spencer chats with Brian Rood, Chris Trevas, and Jerry Vanderstelt.

2013 is half over and the Star Wars literature release schedule is showing no signs of slowing. Del Rey Senior Production Manager Erich Schoeneweiss joins Jay and Chris for the entire show! Listen in as they finally peel the lid back on Star Wars: Scoundrels and spill the contents discussing the ending in detail. Also this month, a reading from the new William Shakespeare's Star Wars, a quick chat with a huge fan and your chance to win a signed copy of the upcoming Star Wars: Crucible!

We have an official casting call, but what does it mean? Does this fit the EU or does it nail that coffin shut? Will we have a female lead? And if we will, why is that so controversial? Join us this week as we discuss this, book news, CEII announcements, and more!

Star Wars Celebrations are a unique opportunity for Star Wars fans, with film stars, book authors, costumers, prop builders, and artists all gathered in one place. As we prepare for Celebration Europe II, ForceCast Clone Wars Roundtable co-host and Lucasfilm-licensed artist Spencer Brinkerhoff sits down with the art show participants and talks to them about their work, their experiences, and how they got to be contributors to the Star Wars universe. In the first installment of our artist interview series, Spencer chats with Joe Corroney, Hugh Fleming, and Lin Zy.

This week hot off the presses another Indy 5 rumour, Indy becomes the man of bronze, I take the high road to China, Joe and Keith return on their 2nd anniversary of the Further Adventures and we answer your questions in the feedback segment.

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg ruminate on the future of entertainment, The Clone Wars receives long-overdue industry recognition, and Disney moves ahead with a Star Wars area in Orlando. Plus, Celebration Europe updates, comments from George Lucas about J.J. Abrams, and listener feedback.

Spencer Brinkerhoff joins Eric to interview The Clone Wars music composer Kevin Kiner about his approach to scoring the animated series, his conversations with Dave Filoni, his ongoing work on the bonus content, and more. Plus, Erik and Eric cover big news on the gaming front as EA revives the Star Wars Battlefront name, big news on the book front as a bounty hunter tome is announced, and the rest of the week's news and notes from the world of Star Wars.

This week Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock chats to the team behind the fan film True Adventure; the Key to Eternity, we have an interesting Indy 5 rumour, more cool custom Indy dioramas, Joe and Keith return with the Further Adventures of Indiana Jones we have some great feedback for you on our last few episodes!

This week, official Star Wars artist and ForceCast Clone Wars Roundtable co-host Spencer Brinkerhoff III joins Eric to talk about his print for Celebration Europe II and the series of artist interviews he is recording for The ForceCast. We also kick off that series this week by presenting Spencer's interview with artist Ken Lashley. Plus, the iPad gets an award-winning Star Wars game for its tenth anniversary, Star Wars meets literature for the second annual Star Wars Reads Day, and the rest of the week's news.

Another month has flown by and there is much to discuss! Chris and Jay are joined by Fanboys Director Kyle Newman who stops by to offer his commentary on all the latest Star Wars literature news and Topps trading cards return to Star Wars Insider as Editor Jonathan Wilkins also drops in to chat about issue #142. Tune in for listener feedback, upcoming titles and a whole lot more on this June episode of Jedi Journals!

Jedi Journals co-host Jay Shepard joins Eric Geller to discuss Star Wars Rebels from an Expanded Universe perspective. After another week of contemplating Lucasfilm's big TV announcement, we dig deeper into how it will affect the EU. Plus, we bring you the week's Star Wars news, from The Clone Wars award nominations to Celebration Europe II announcements.

This week we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Joe and Keith not only return in the Further Adventures of Indiana Jones for a special edition of the segment with a special guest but they also have a trip back to some of the locations of Crystal Skull, plus as usual we have more of your great emails!

Lucasfilm's announcement of the TV series Star Wars Rebels takes center stage this week, as friend of the show Kyle Newman joins us to break down what this show means for the franchise. Plus, more bonus content from The Clone Wars gets previewed, J.J. Abrams works the interview circuit, and we make a major announcement about The ForceCast network.

For many of us, Star Wars created a love of science fiction, though we've suffered an "us versus them" rivalry with Star Trek over the decades. With Abrams at the helm of both franchises, can we finally bury that hatchet? Also, will Abrams cause creative overlap between the two franchises, or will he be able to maintain a distinct vision for each? Christian Blauvelt from Hollywood.com joins us to discuss what this means for Star Wars fans. Also, Episode VII filming in the U.K., some interesting Lucasfilm domain name registrations, and more!