Van Lee and Brian Vaughan are lifelong friends and Star Wars fans who have navigated the expansive franchise in different ways. Van loves to commit every meaningless detail of the galaxy to memory, while Brian just likes it when C3PO complains and gets on everyone's nerves. Their two perspectives intact, Van and Brian run the entire Star Wars series in chronological order, cracking jokes about George Lucas and unearthing little-known trivia along the way. It's like spending time with your best buds, but in space!
Part 1 of the meme-worthy Revenge of the Sith is almost out and it is so packed to the brim with content Van and Brian decided to put some extra conversation topics out in an introductory episode. The guys talk the creation of the best Prequel, box office numbers, behind the scenes facts, General Grievous, and plenty more you're dying to know!
They also wrap up with a special holiday themed Star Wars bit you might not know about, and then wrap up the show by playing the hit game Real or Fake?, where Brian has to guess if the plot point Van is talking about was from the extended universe or if he made it up himself. Check it out!
6 Dec 2022
Tales of the Jedi Bonus Review
The creation and execution of Podcast: A Star Wars Story is one that takes a lot of manpower, effort, and energy and it's because of this our release cadence is what some might call... absurdly slow. But fret not! Van and Brian have decided a good way to fill the requirements of their hungry audience is to release less 'intense' bonus shows between actual episodes
Their first attempt comes thanks to the new Disney+ anthology series Tales of the Jedi! The guys watched all 6 episodes and chat about what they do to advance certain character arcs, notably Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano. They talk animation, voice actors versus the live actors, and of course debut their new segment- The Cutting Edge: What's Joel Edgerton Up To?
Thanks again for being fans of the show and we promise to have the new episode out soon with all the skits, jokes, and dumb stuff you know and love
21 Oct 2022
Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones Part Two
The guys return to Tattooine and find an old friend in the explosive finale of Attack of the Clones. There's everything anyone could want- explosions, clones, the worst love story you've ever seen, a group of weirdos in a council... and yet AotC gets a ton of hate! Tune in to find out if it is warranted and perhaps finally meet the big bad that was teased an hour and a half ago in this damn movie
Join Van, Brian, Padme, Anakin, Wat Tambor, the Reek, Poggle the Lesser, and a whole slew of other monsters as we wrap up the second movie in the series!
30 Aug 2022
Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones Part One
A lot has happened in the ten years since we last saw young Anakin Skywalker. The Jedi themselves are struggling to maintain the peace in the Republic and a growing number of planets are growing dissatisfied with their Galactic rulers despite the heroic work of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. We pick back up with Anakin as he stops being a whiny little bowl-headed boy and starts becoming a whiny big rat tail-headed boy
Brian and Van go through the first half of Attack of the Clones and talk Jedi Council changes, Jar-Jar's demotion from the main cast, Mandalorian history, and of course mention the sexiest creature in the Star Wars universe... Dexter Jettster!
22 Jun 2022
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace Part Two
Podracing may forever be seared into the back of our minds, but it’s no longer being splashed directly into our eyes as Van and Brian pick the story back up directly after Anakin Skywalker wins the Boonta Eve Classic! Having been freed from slavery the young boy is destined to go to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant alongside sage Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and a whole host of other weirdos, but a dark figure nearly kills them before their trip even gets started...
Buckle your ass up for more trade disputes than you can handle, an election campaign with far-reaching consequences, and maybe a little sword fighting. But mostly trade disputes. Drink it all in as the boys finish up The Phantom Menace all while discussing Sebulba every chance they get!
1 Jun 2022
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace Part One
Alien diplomats! A monotone Queen! Space wizards! Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace has it all. Brian and Van slog their way through a trade dispute as they cover the first half of the 1999 hit movie, infatuated with Nute Gunray the whole time. Van lectures Brian on things like the Cosmic Force vs the Living Force, Qui-Gon Jinn being a 'gray' Jedi, and Darth Maul's original voice. It all culminates in a somehow wackier version of Wacky Races where we're introduced to heartthrob competitors and an alligator clad in leather
29 May 2022
Introducing Podcast: A Star Wars Story
From the creators of the Boob Tube Boys podcast and members of the Bootu Inc. Podcast Network comes this brand new miniseries all about George Lucas' space baby franchise: Star Wars. Get to know the hosts Van Lee and Brian Vaughan and listen in as they debate some age old galactic questions like "Who shot first?" and "Ewoks, good or bad?"
Van and Brian tell you what they have in store for this series as well as their experiences with the franchise when they were kids a long, long time ago in a galaxy not very far, far away!
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