In Episode 135 hosts, Alyce and Laura catch up* on Star Wars Celebration news and dive into Andor S2 and how we’re feeling about it after being underwhelmed by S1.

• Dark Matter filmed front of Laura’s apartment and it was the coolest thing that’s ever happened to her… man, that’s sad
• Alyce girlbossed too hard, so you know what that means: chaos cubes
• Spotify poll! Tell us how your bougie a-- serves bubbly in your house
• It turns out Andor didn’t rework its S2 release schedule to qualify for the Emmys… so it for real is starting to feel like an attack
• Star Wars Celebration Japan highlights! The Mando movie will have walkers and troopers and Zeb, oh my!
• Star Wars animation is back, baby! Maul: Shadow Lord was announced at SWCJ as the next animated series, along with more Star Wars Visions and The Ninth Jedi (Visions S1) gets a full series.
• The High Republic Phase III will wrap up with a comic that has an ominous description
• Gang’s all here! It’s The High Republic’s Luminous Nine in full temple armor for your viewing pleasure. Also, Ember lives!
• Google’s AI killed at least 5 trees trying to do an image search of Jordanna Sparkburn
• Recap on Tap: More non-spoilery thoughts on The High Republic: Into the Light, plus Laura and Alyce may finally be coming around on Andor? Maybe?
• In Toast To, Alyce finally returns to her D&D game and Laura finds out exactly how the Empire STRIPPED Back at Star Wars burlesque.

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• Kevin, John and Laura discussed the first 3 episodes of Andor season 2 on The Jedi Way, and there is some disagreement in the room, to say the least!

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In Episode 134, hosts Alyce and Laura are back* with more absurd segues to discuss all the ongoings in the world of Star Wars!

• Is it still fancy if the debutante ball is BYOB?
• Pedophile is out, Meemaw is in. This is about eyewear.
• More tales to come! Tales of the Underworld means more Asajj Ventress and more Asajj Ventress means more happy fans (it’s us, we’re the happy fans).
• Rogue One was almost ten years ago. That sentence sucks, right? Time is crazy.
• Credit where credit is due: we have a lot of Star Wars content - including Andor - because of The Mandalorian (via Empire Magazine)
• Disney went full HBO-mode with the episode lengths for Andor season 2 (via Bespin Bulletin)
• Sorry, Matt Damon is not going to be in Star Wars. But Not-Matt-Damon is maybe going to be in Star Wars?
• Publishing is out here giving away their pie with breakfast (is that SNL reference too old?) (via starwars.com)
• Star Wars is just messing with us now with all these Vader stories. It’s starting to feel like a personal attack.
• Something, something Plagueis theory
• Don’t you love it when we talk about an event that is happening soon but forget to say WHEN and WHERE during our discussion? We never claimed to be pros at this. Fortunately, Gizmodo has the details about the original Star Wars screening.
• Recap on Tap: Alyce shares a brief, spoiler-free review of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, then Alyce and Laura share some initial thoughts on The High Republic: Into the Light and its… uh… let’s say, interesting early tone shift.
• Star Wars has a weird obsession with giving women metal mid-sections, and for that we ask… why?
• Interpol may have an APB out on Laura. So if you see her, no you didn’t.

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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!

In Episode 133, hosts Alyce and Laura indulge* in some Millennial Core (in addition to all the normal Star Wars stuff)!

• This is random, but Yellowjackets comes up a lot in this episode, so there are spoilers in this episode for Yellowjackets in general (except episode 3x8)
• An update on Luke’s Medal of Yavin, just cuz. Plus, everything you could ever want to know about how to make an offer on a $300,000 movie prop
• Some thoughts on the Andor season 2 trailer
• Like a zombie cockroach that won’t die, someone brought up Star Wars: Underworld so now everyone is talking about it again (via Variety)
• Catching up with Alyce on where she’s at with Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (no spoilers)
• Highlights from the Star Wars Celebration Japan panel schedule + some general Star Wars Celebration tips and tricks (Hot Tip: don’t skip the Doug Chiang panel)
• It’s not Caravan of Corrections, it’s the… Yacht of Yellowjackets? lol that’s dumb, anyway, spoiler warning for Seasons 1, 2 + episodes 1-7 of season 3 (Not your thing? Skip 45:00-56:34)
• Recap on Tap: Marvel’s The High Republic: Fear of the Jedi issue #2 with spoilers, in which we give a voice to Kelnacca and for some reason he has a Minnesota accent (If you’re not caught up, skip 57:00-1:09:15)

Stay tuned for our special Tax Day episode of Force Toast on April 15 (jk it won’t be about taxes, that would be so boring)

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• John Rocha and Laura discuss the new Andor S2 trailer and the possibility of The Acolyte season 2 on the March 30th episode of 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!

In Episode 132, hosts Alyce and Laura are* being personally victimized by different major corporations

• Some highlights from the Andor season 2 trailer
• The Andor season 2 release schedule feels like an attack on podcasters/reviewers. Like, it feels personal and violent.
• Casual reminder that Andor is **cinema**
• The Revenge of the Sith strikes back! That is, it’s coming back to theaters for one week only!
• This listicle uses the word “cancelled” to describe these 20 Star Wars projects that never made it to screen, but we’re pretty sure at least 3 of these are made up. Sorry for using the word “listicle” unironically.
• Highlights from Deadline’s really long interview with Kathleen Kennedy about her retirement, fan scrutiny of Lucasfilm, her succession plan and more.
• We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, we really have enough Darth Vader stories. Like, we have so far more than anyone asked for.
• What happens in Vegas may have already happened across the U.S., but that’s not going to stop sultry stormtroopers from shaking what their mama gave them
• Alyce is in her Naming Things era! Help her come up with names for her high elf (high as in highborn, not stoned) and her new robot vacuum

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• John Rocha and Laura discuss the Kathleen Kennedy retirement rumors and the Andor season 2 trailer on the most recent episode of 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!

In Episode 131, hosts Alyce and Laura do* bad impressions and ponder important Star Wars questions like, did someone cut up a backpack to make Han and Luke’s medals in the throne room scene?

• What is buying a new house, if not an opportunity to DIY a padded room for the clinically insane?
• Oh yeah. Planet X is gonna get weird.
• A long time ago, in a galaxy no so far away, in an EA forum, before Order 66, there was Order 65
• More old [presumably crusty], very expensive Star Wars props for sale, in the off-chance you have a spare $400,000 laying around
• Marvel’s What If but make it Mace Windu (via Gamerant)
• Screenrant is speculating about the next Star Wars animated series and we’re all in
• Recap on Tap is all about The High Republic Phase III comics! Spoiler warnings all around: Marvel’s The High Republic (2025) Issue #1 has spoilers for the Tempest Breaker audio drama. If you want to avoid this conversation, skip 31:20-43:20.
• We’re also discussing The High Republic Adventures: Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone 4-issue miniseries WITH SPOILERS. We’ll note that we don’t know who any of these characters are, so we’re definitely missing some context, but what you need to know is 1) there is an escaped gorilla on the loose and 2) all roads lead to Dalna. If you don’t want to listen to our horrendous attempt at making sense of this miniseries, skip 43:25-1:00:50.

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• That Star Wars RPG podcast Laura couldn’t remember the name of in the last episode was The Campaign

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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!

In Episode 130, hosts Alyce and Laura celebrate* SIX YEARS of hosting and toasting and just doing the most…ing!

• Want to help us celebrate our anniversary? Buy us a drink and let’s raise a toast!
• Alyce is D&D/RPG girlie now! Or at least, she’s a sit-around-a-table-with-a-die-and-make-sh\t-up girlie!
• All aboard the Caravan of Corrections! We’ve got a packed segment this time around
• Gone are the old days, we’re putting famous-as-f@ck people in Star Wars movies now (via The Hollywood Reporter)
• Lucasfilm! Quick, for a dollar: name a woman writer! Any woman writer. There has to be one with more than 8 film writing credits. No? Anyway, the Rey film has a new writer.
• Ahsoka Season 2 Rumor Roundup
• The Acolyte got good numbers, but there’s more to this story
• Speaking of stuff that got cancelled, The Wrap has an update on the Galactic Starcruiser
• There’s a story about Watto in… Forbes? lol what a weird sentence
• The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi cover art revealed!
• Hints of what’s to come in The High Republic Phase 3 comics this year

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• Support Force Toast on Ko-Fi!
• Rocha, Smets and Laura do a Star Wars news roundup on the February 2nd episode of The Jedi Way! Ryan Gosling, Rey movie, a Smets Rant, streaming service series performances

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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!

In Episode 129, hosts Alyce and Laura had* to Frankenstein this episode together from three separate corpses, I mean, recordings, so please enjoy this very neatly stitched together monster of a podcast episode on this #ForceToastTuesday!

• Reminder that Force Toast is on Bluesky now! Follow us!
• It’s that time of year again where our podcast hosting provider & website bill us for renewals, so if you have the means and want to help us offset those costs, find us on Ko-Fi!
• Laura has meaty calves, according to women’s clothing standards
• James Mangold doesn’t like handcuffs… at least that’s what we took away from this news (via MovieWeb)
• Alyce continues her campaign to Put Taylor Swift in Star Wars
• Mando Movie rumor roundup, courtesy of StarWarsLeaks via Mandoverse Updates on twitter
• Skeleton Crew actress Kyriana Kratter’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter is so cute, plus it hints at a pinch of darkness in the S1 finale
• Recap on Tap is STACKED with nothing but Skeleton Crew! Bryce Dallas Howard is back to direct Episode 6, Zero Friends Again, Lee Isaac Chung starts unraveling the mysteries of At Attin in Episode 7 and Jon Watts closes out the season in the finale.
• Jod and Cobb / sittin’ in a tree / K-I-S-S-I-N-maybe?

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• On the January 9th episode of The Jedi Way, Smets, Rocha and Laura discuss Skeleton Crew episodes 6 and 7 and James Mangold’s recent comments about his upcoming Star Wars film
• The Jedi Way crew reviews Skeleton Crew’s season 1 finale (ep 8) here
• Force Toast Ko-fi

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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!

In Episode 128, hosts Alyce and Laura ask* very serious questions about Star Wars, chicken-related things, whether or not Tech is dead (he is), and the most important question of all: where would we be without 2009’s “Boom, Boom, Pow”?

• Oh hey, Force Toast is on Bluesky now! Follow us!
• Remember when Asajj Ventress came back? How did she un-die? When do we get that story?
• The Powers That Be have a plan for a second season of Skeleton Crew… but will they get one?
• Screenrant thought there were only 15 things in The Rise of Skywalker that made no sense
• The Bad Batch is getting a book! The Bad Batch Book. Hey, that’s what they should call it! Alliterations are amusing!
• It turns out Andor was quite the expense! Forbes posted this article on 12/23 and that’s what we discuss in this episode. But they’ve since posted a few follow ups, linked here and here if you wanna check it out. Shoutout to the helpful math in this tweet that also helped put things in perspective.
• New Star Wars Celebration badge art for the 2025 convention in Japan
• RIP Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, gone too soon for 8 years now
• “What the f--k is this?!” - SM-33 while landing on Lanupa, probably
• Remember TRL? On MTV? Good times
• Laura reveals just how sh-tty her taste in pop music really is
• Alyce will not regale us with the history of Libby’s pumpkin
• Toast To: Christmas Edition

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura reviews Skeleton Crew episodes 4 & 5 with John Rocha and Kevin Smets on The Jedi Way, here on 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!