WhoDatJedi Podcast

Welcome to the 222nd episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! On this week's show, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- cover some actor goings on and Galaxy's Edge changes before engaging in a review show. Dave recently read the Asajj Ventress-centered "Dark Disciple," and Fredo played the table-top game "Rebellion," and they gave their thoughts on each. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Dark Disciple on Wookieepedia Related: More about Star Wars: Rebellion

We're a couple days late, but hey, let's celebrate Star Wars Podcast Day anyway! On the 221st episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- discuss New Orleans' recent hosting of the Super Bowl and get into the football spirit by creating their own football brain trusts, utilizing characters from the Star Wars universe. Why is Han Solo the perfect offensive coordinator? What makes Leia a coveted commodity at multiple positions? And where would you slot a ruthless guy like Thrawn? Let's get into it! #StarWarsPodcastDay Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music!

For the 220th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- dig into the legacy and lore of the original Thrawn trilogy, also sometimes called the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy. Timothy Zahn's trilogy made a lasting impression on the Star Wars universe in a myriad of ways, despite its falling into the non-canon zone deemed "legends." What are the books' strengths? And why should anyone go back and read something that isn't "official?" Let's dive in! Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Jon Watts & Chris Ford on 'Skeleton Crew' future

It's time for the 212th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! This week, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- react to the New Orleans snow and some Ryan Gosling casting news before settling into a nice rewatch of "The Mandalorian" Chapter 1. In light of all of the Star Wars television we've gotten over the last five years, how does this episode hold up? What does it do to pay homage to previous Star Wars, but also, how does it set the table for future Star Wars? Pop some popcorn and queue up Mando Chapter 1 and watch along with us! Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Ryan Gosling to star in Shawn Levy-directed SW movie

On this, the 218th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- return from adventures in weather and travel to discuss the final four episodes of "Skeleton Crew" and wrap up their feelings on the series as a whole. They also talked a little about Fan Expo New Orleans and reacted to some Star Wars headlines. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Rory McCann cast as new Baylan Skoll Related: James Mangold on Dawn of the Jedi movie

Happy Holidays! On the 217th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- take a look back at some of their favorite things they got to nerd out over in 2024. Pour yourself an eggnog and listen to the group wax poetic over their favorite movies, TV, albums, books, podcasts and more. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music!

Welcome to the 216th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! On this week's show, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- review Episodes 2 & 3 of the new Disney+ series "Skeleton Crew." The show has continued its strong start, leaning into some of the things that made the original Star Wars great. What are those things? And how is this show smartly making itself approachable for kids? Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: The $1,000 dollar Death Star Lego set

It's the 215th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! This week, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@aaronsvoboda.bsky.social), Alfredo Narvaez (@nolafredo.bsky.social) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow.bsky.social) -- provide their initial reactions and analysis of the new Star Wars Disney+ show, "Skeleton Crew." Early returns are positive. Very positive. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Bluesky, Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Lee Jung-Jae on Acolyte disappointment Related: Dave Filoni reports that Mandalorian & Grogu has wrapped

On the 214th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- talk a little about upcoming projects "Skeleton Crew," "Andor," and "Visions" before taking on the main topic of the week, John Williams. A new documentary landed on Disney+ that some folks might have missed, so the group goes into detail on that documentary on all the stuff we learned about the legend himself. After that, they all rank their top three favorite John Williams scores. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: 'Visions' season 3 announced

For the 213th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- address a wild story about "The Phantom Menace," break down the trailer for "Skeleton Crew," give their thoughts on the newest writer attached to a potential Star Wars movie, and have a detailed discussion about "Agatha All Along." The group liked the show, but they try to get into the why ... how it does things that are fun creatively, how it tells an old story in a new voice, and how it gives us a twist we don't have to roll our eyes at. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Simon Kingberg to write/direct a Star Wars trilogy?

It's time for the 212th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! This week, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- offer some Halloween memories and cover some news (including what they think of the new Rey movie losing its writer) before diving into a discussion about new movies and TV being set during the OT era. Is it a good idea? How would you do it? Could you bring back the Big 3? Let's get into it. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: New Jedi Order movie loses writer

On this, the 211th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and David Gladow (@davegladow) -- get personal with their picks for favorite pieces of Star Wars memorabilia. The memories flow as the group recounts their history with some of their most prized Star Wars possessions. The nostalgia is strong with this one, folks. Tell us yours! Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Ewan McGregor gives 'Obi-Wan' Season 2 tease

Welcome to the 210th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! On this week's show, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- hit a ton of topics. First off, RIP to an OT legend (10:10), then the group gets into some prequel "making of the sausage" (12:20), to then revisit the issues surrounding SW Outlaws (21:33) and perhaps a future video game cameo in a SW show (30:50). After that, it's some Thunderbolts discussion (36:55), a Disney World retrospective (50:36) and finally the main topic: ranking the Marvel Disney+ TV shows (1:02:06). Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: RIP Robert Watts Related: Nick Gillard states there’s enough unused prequel footage for 3 more films Related: Star Wars Outlaws struggles, impacting Ubisoft

It's the 209th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! This week, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- get together to talk about some of the latest Star Wars news before providing some thoughts on two new Disney+ series, "Agatha All Along" and "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy." Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: High Republic book series coming to a close Related: Rey movie on delay

For the 208th* episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- do some headline chitchat, talk to Fredo about his trip to Galaxy's Edge California, and then decide to give "Attack of the Clones" a little closer look. Each member of the council lists three things they liked and one thing they were meh on. The thing about AOTC is that it's different. There aren't other Star Wars movies like it. Why does this movie resemble Sammy Sosa? Let's talk about strikeouts and home runs. * We lost an episode. We are honoring its memory by continuing to name it 207. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: James Earl Jones passes away at age 93

On the 206th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- address the news of "The Acolyte" not being renewed for a second season before getting in the spirit of the season by getting super political. Should Star Wars be political? Does a duck quack? Let's get into it. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: 'The Acolyte' canceled

For the 205th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- do a quick rundown of D23, which offered several tantalizing pieces of news about upcoming Disney projects. What's looking good? Plenty. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Every big Disney announcement at this year's D23

It's time for the 204th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! This week, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- talk about the big ComicCon news of the moment, that of Robert Downey Jr. making his return to the MCU, before circling back to their main topic of the week: a ranking of the top five Star Wars TV shows. Which show is best? Let's discuss! Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Robert Downey Jr. is Doctor Doom

On this, the 203rd episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and David Gladow (@davegladow) -- dive into some "Heir to the Empire" discussion and talk news before addressing this week's main topic: What did everyone think about "The Acolyte" series as a whole? The group doesn't pull any punches in finding plenty of faults with the show, but they also discuss the good and how the show might have ultimately been improved. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music! -- Related: Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker to reprise roles for Andor S2

Welcome to the 202nd episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast! On this week's show, your hosts -- Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and Dave Gladow (@davegladow) -- go into the final two episodes of "The Acolyte" and how successful they both were. The crew tries to shy away from grand evaluations of the series itself (that comes next week!), but they do look at the good and the bad from the final two weeks. Listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Pandora, Tune In + Alexa, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeartRadio, and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! If you like what you hear, be sure to click that follow button and leave us a positive review! Read more of Fredo's musings here. Read more of Dave's musings here. Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys Check them out on Apple Music!