The Closing Crawl team - Matt, Drew, Jared, and McCormick - recap Star Wars: Andor Season 2, episodes 10-12. Explore the depths of the Rebellion against the Empire with key scenes like Deidre's interrogation, the Rebel Council's wonkiness, and the emotional arcs of Cassian, Claya, and Dedra. They touch on broader themes like the consequences of authoritarian regimes and the importance of collective effort in rebellion. Highlighting superb acting, intricate storytelling, and the impeccab...

Join the Closing Crawl crew as we cover the devastating Ghorman massacre, Cassian’s destiny, and Mon Mothma’s speech that ignites the rebellion. We critically examine Bix’s characterization, Cyril’s trajectory, and the show's handling of gender representation. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

The Closing Crawl crew breaks Andor Season 2, Episodes 4 through 6 Bix's trauma and Cassian's paranoiaLuthen's fledgling instability of LuthenThe classic version of the Gorman massacreStunning retro-future industrial designWe also discuss pacing and Disney’s release strategy, and of course, favorite things. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Closing Crawl begins our coverage with the first arc of Andor Season 2, including: a standoff over fondue etiquettea buffet on Mina-Rao with a marionette and a giant space cowcreeping fascismtraumahttps://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

The Closing Crawl crew reviews Ahsoka episodes 7 and 8: 'Dreams and Madness' and 'The Jedi, The Witch, and The Warlord.' Ahsoka’s arrives on the planet, Ezra and Sabine reunite, and Balan Skull pursues his own enigmatic agenda. We check in on the characters’ arcs, unresolved conflicts, and the quality of the visual effects for Ahsoka Season 1. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https:...

We discuss the confrontation between Ahsoka and Anakin in 'Shadow Warrior' to the breathtaking visuals and new characters in 'Far, Far Away.' Join us as we review our "insights," favorite moments, and even some intriguing fan theories. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Closing Crawl's recaps Ahsoka episodes 3 and 4, 'Time to Fly' and 'Fallen Jedi': Ahsoka's training of Sabine, their struggles to redefine the Jedi Order, and the demise of Inquisitor Merrick. We think through the importance of personal relationships in the show's narrative and parallels to the original and sequel trilogies. Highlights include exciting space battles and the mysterious appearance of Anakin Skywalker in the World Between Worlds. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://p...

In this episode of Closing Crawl hosts Matt, Drew, Jared, McCormick, and Jon delve into the nearly two-hour premiere of the 'Ahsoka' series. We discuss: continuity, character reintroductions from 'Rebels,' the use of maps in Star Wars, production and acting. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Bo-Katan and Ahsoka lament the Mandalorian Civil war’s casualties. Mandalore needs a new type of leader, in the mold of Bo’s sister Satine. I’m sure everyone who lost loved ones in the conflict are glad that Bo learned a lesson. Ahsoka has a SpaceTime(™) with the Jedi council. We’re in act 3 of Revenge of the Sith and Ahsoka joins the council meeting in time to say smell you later to Mace, Ki-Adi and Aayla Secura. Yoda fails to guilt trip Ahsoka about the whole ex-Jedi thing. Ahsoka and Rex r...

An old-school “Lucasfilm Limited” logo, nice and green, introduces our show, followed by a red Clone Wars logo and title card: Part 1 Old Friends Not Forgotten. For the first time in the series, we have no Jedi Fortune Cookie. Grievous has launched an offensive across the outer rim. On Yerbana, Obi-Wan arrives in the knick of time to slice a missile in half before it kills Cody, and sticking a Marvel superhero landing. Anakin refuses to take cover because “there’s only 1000 droids, tops...

Ahsoka and the Martez sisters failed at smuggling spice, and are imprisoned on Oba Diah. They argue, someone calls Ahsoka a Jedi, and Ahsoka responds with 'so what if I were?': the sisters react in horror. See: the Martezes’ parents were killed in a mishap during Ziro the Hutt's prison break, when the elder Martezes came up on the wrong side of Bariss Offee’s solution to the trolley problem. The Jedi did helpfully explain that the Force would guide the new orphans, before bouncing. The Pykes ...

Ahsoka’s been riding around Coruscant on a speeder bike looking emo: I guess being a Skywalker is a state of mind. Her bike malfunctions and plummets into a bottomless pit, crashing onto a platform several hundred levels down. She meets the owner: Trace. Trace offers her a place to fix her bike, as well as a job Ahsoka demonstrates technical aptitude. Trace is trying to be a capitalist, but really she just wants a friend and also Ahsoka doesn’t really get money. They start to connect and Trac...

The Bad Batch have just freed Echo from the Techno Union, and are trying to escape. Echo leads them to an elevated walkway, but they’re cut off by droids. Tech summons local flying creatures, and our heroes must take a literal leap of faith off the platform onto their backs to escape… But the droids have wings too?!? Our heroes escape the droids, to the local’s village. The locals and our heroes stage a defense, but the locals have no technology and seem to be being overrun by the droids. Two...

Separatists led by Admiral Trench battle Republic forces led by Anakin and Mace Windu for the Republic shipyards on Anaxes. Rex has an idea of why things are going badly: analytics; the droids know Rex's strategies too well. They plan to take a small squad to the enemy Cyber Center, where intel is processed, to see if they can figure out what's happening. Before leaving, Rex and Cody chat about losing Fives, Echo, and Hevy during the war, which makes me feel bad for Droidbait and Cutup. Rex t...

The Closing Crawl Crew discusses the past of the podcast, the future of Star Wars, and visits with an old friend, long gone. Recorded live at Gen Con in 2022. https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296 https://www.closingcrawl.com/ Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Yoda is on a spirit quest and arrives at a Force cloaca that is spewing the living Force into the galaxy (Oh shit! Is that Ego the Living Planet’s music?). Yoda passes the corpse of J.N. Reynolds and lands in what can only be called Grandfather Nurgle’s Summer estate. Yoda is approached by a Force Spirit, and follows it into the jungle. The force spirit is joined by her sisters Melpomene, Thalia and, I don’t know, Terpsichore and Clio? I might be overthinking some of this stuff. They start to...

Plo Koon is sent to find the source of a distress signal sent to the Jedi Temple. Plo & his Bros search during a sand storm and find a ship that crashed ages ago. Plo discovers a lightsaber in the wreckage. Plo Spacetimes(™) the temple and tells them the ship belonged to long-lost Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. The council reminds the viewers that Sifo-Dyas was the one who ordered the production of the clone army without the blessing of the council or the senate. Sifo-Dyas was sent to Faluc...

Spiritual leaders on the somehow-still-peaceful planet of Bardotta are disappearing, and that Queen Julia has called upon the Senate for help. The ghost of Senator Onoconda Farr chimes in with an undignified snort, but no one in the Senate has a sense of clairaudience or of irony, and so it goes unnoticed. Chancellor Palpatine calls the Jedi Council to let them know it will in fact be a mismatched duo comedy episode starring bad cop Mace Windu and clown cop Jar Jar Binks. See, the Bardottans ...

Senator Amidala is apparently the only person responsible for aiding refugees, and apparently all money comes from the Banking Clan on Scipio. Amidala and her aide Teckla Minnau travel there and meet old friend, Rush Clovis. Clovis proves his good intentions by sneaking into Padme's bedroom, this bank has security almost as bad as Fortress Inquisitorius ! He explains that the Banking Clan is about to change its name to Bear-Stearns, as the vaults are almost empty. Chancellor Palpatine a...

We open on Fives meeting with Shaak Ti. Shaak says that the chancellor wants the tumor. Shaak is going to take the tumor to the Jedi temple first, and Nala Sey protests. AZ3 runs into Fives in the halfway, and their clone guards aren’t super good at the whole guarding thing. AZ lets slip that Fives is to be mindwiped and assigned to Sanitation duty. Fives is done getting the runaround and as it turns out an Arc trooper is more effective than four guard clones who never made it off Kamino. Ima...