Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour

In Episode 140, hosts Alyce and Laura and the set of Attack of the Clones may have* accidently created a new superhero: Super Pipe Cart Man!Matt Smith is joining the Dark Side of the Star Wars universe! Hey, haven’t we heard that story before? (Deadline exclusive)More Lego Star Wars silliness is on the way! Check out the trailer!First came the Mando-verse, now we’re [allegedly] getting a Rey-verse? Some new reveals about the original cut of Rogue One, courtesy of Alan TudykThe internet is just a big game of Telephone, which is essentially why some people thought Obi-Wan was going to show up in Ahsoka… or is he?No, but really. What would actually happen if an actor spilled the spoiler tea about an upcoming project? Ron Howard is not here to start drama (unlike SOME people we know)Imagine being so good at your job, they have to use movie magic to slow you down (via Collider)Laura can’t decide if she’s more embarrassed for Disney or GC with this lawsuit settlement. Fortunately, Alyce has a casting solution.You g

In Episode 139, hosts Alyce and Laura forgot* what happened in Ahsoka, and Keeve Trennis is all up in her feelings.The History of the Mandela Effect and how it relates to Star Wars (via GoodHousekeeping)In a follow up to last week’s episode, more about the award-winning dog ballsProp Watch! Prop auctions are interesting to us. So we’re gonna talk about it. (via Yahoo)Star Wars’ 50th anniversary is coming up… in two years. But Disney wants you to mark your calendar now to make sure you have no conflicts, I guess?Maul looks like Maul and live-action Ezra had a shower (via IGN) Hopefully everyone who attended the publishing panel at SDCC had fun, but it seemed like the news was uh…. slim pickins.Sounds like George Lucas’ museum is gonna be cool as hell (via IGN)Movie rumor roundup! Is the guy from Not Another Teen Movie gonna be in Star Wars? Where are things with the Rey movie? More Hayden in S2 of Ahsoka, or is everyone reaching? If anyone at Hulu asks, Alyce lives in a giant mansion.Everything comes full circ

Listen, b\tch! It’s a podcast! In Episode138, hosts Alyce and Laura enter* neuter territory. No, that’s not a typo. Some dude is making a bunch of money off of fake animal testicles. There’s another Star Wars prop auction coming up. Will this one flop too? SDCC is coming up and you know what that means! New Star Wars action figures and exclusives. Also George Lucas is going to be on a panel at Comic-Con? Ugh, another one (three?) bites the dust. (via Rolling Stone) Andor got a bunch of Emmy nominations! And not to be forgotten if it was kind of just a footnote/afterthought in this article, The Acolyte got one too.This week, Alyce is the one that can’t read good. There must always be one host that can’t read good but can do other things good. Reylo Rising! Shippers, rejoice, your favorite fan fic is becoming a movie!All buff dudes look the same. The new Superman, like the old Superman, is a giant nerd. One of us! One of us!The BD-1 droids at Galaxy’s Edge are the cutest d*mn things we’ve ever seenVernestra is

In Episode 137, hosts Alyce and Laura take* a bite out of Marchion Ro’s neck, then do Marchion impressions. Ultimately, it’s all about Marchion, which is exactly how he would want it. Laura is the warden. Laura the Warden. Laur-den.Pause to appreciate the moment where Alyce delivers the smoothest g-d damn segue of all timeCan Soda Stream sponsor us? Someone hook us up with some free gas cylinder refillsHas the movie rating system (G, PG, etc.) gotten soft?How to pronounce Shawn Levy’s last name confirmed (maybe)Contrary to all the clickbait-y headlines. Calm your t*ts, Gareth Edwards does not hate Star Wars (via Business Insider)Alyce forgot Skeleton Crew happened lolJohn Watts had a good experience making a Star War and we gotta take that as a win (via Screenrant)The Andor cast doesn’t know how to read good…on iPads anyway (via Gizmodo)Imagine trying to explain to someone in another fandom this giant map of the Star Wars universe (via Jason Fry’s substack)Collectors and Coke drinkers, your worlds are about t

In Episode 136, hosts Alyce and Laura are* feeling sassy! And excited to be back! We missed you, friends! Laura doesn’t road trip good (not as good, as Alyce or Jim Carrey on SNL)A lot of general celebrity gossipCasting news for Star Wars: Starfighter (via Variety)We’ve come back around to the conversation on an R-rated Star Wars film. Now Ryan Reynolds is weighing in. (via EW)Hear us out: Star Wars film in the style of Charlie’s Angels. Luminara. Aayla. Rey. Yoda is Charlie. See that one panel in the TROS comic adaptation #5 for cover art. You’re welcome. Absolutely STACKED Recap on Tap. Alyce has read some stuff Laura hasn’t read, and vice versa, but in summary, the end of The High Republic has been sorta meh =/ Alyce briefly shares some spoiler-free thoughts on the end of Marvel’s The High Republic phase 3 comic runAlyce finished The High Republic: Into the Light, so we discuss briefly with spoilers. Skip 40:15-51:15 to avoid spoilers. Be advised this section also includes references to which characters do

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 sadAlyce girlbossed too hard, so you know what that means: chaos cubesSpotify poll! Tell us how your bougie a-- serves bubbly in your houseIt 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 attackStar 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 descriptionGang’s all here! It’s The High Republic’s Luminous Nine in full temple armor for your viewing plea

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, some

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 propSome 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

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

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 65More old [presumably crusty], very expensive Star Wars props for sale, in the off-chance you have a spare $400,000 laying aroundMarvel’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 m

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 aroundGone 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 RoundupThe Acolyte got good numbers, but there’s more to this storySpeaking of stuff that got cancelled, The Wrap has an update on the Galactic StarcruiserThere’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 co

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 standardsJames 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 WarsMando Movie rumor roundup, courtesy of StarWarsLeaks via Mandoverse Updates on twitterSkeleton Crew actress Kyriana Kratter’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter is so cute, plus it hints at a pinch of darkness in the S1 finaleRecap on Tap is STACKED with nothing but Skeleton Crew! Bryce Dallas Howard is back to direct Ep

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 senseThe 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 conve

In Episode 127, hosts Alyce and Laura don’t know* what their friends, family or each other do in their corporate jobs. Nor should they. It’s none of their business. The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White is allegedly joining the Star Wars universe (Variety via The Kristian Harloff Show)Go, Skelly Crew, go! Critics and audiences are really enjoying the new Star Wars series (via Forbes) Collectors, rejoice! There are new toys, I mean, collectible action figures, coming soon! (via SWNN)We feel you, Gizmodo, we’re also obsessed with Neel and his Millennial Side Part™Fans are having mixed reaction to the news that Dave Filoni will be the sole writer of Ahsoka season 2 (Comicbook.com via this YouTube interview)A tangent on The Penguin and Southern Louisiana tchotchkes (ever seen that word spelled out before?)With the cold weather and holidays comes more expensive Star Wars apparel for your bougie Vader-loving ass A dramatic reading of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew opening crawlIn Recap on Tap, it’s all about the Skelly Crü, skel

In Episode 126, hosts Alyce and Laura discuss* dress shopping with their predominantly-male audience, among other topics: - This is Mardi Gras, there are RULES- Caravan of Corrections aka “Alyce needs to stop bringing up pop culture references”- Laura just wants to enjoy her fava beans and chianti in peace - Andor S2 gets a release date and a new clip at D23- There are so many TV spots circulating from Star Wars: Skelly Crü that we can’t keep up! But this one where Jude Law is being sketchy may be of interest. WHAT ARE YOU, JUDE LAW?- Skeleton Crew directors revealed (via SWNN)- The Rey movie is getting replaced with WHAT on the Disney slate?!- Coming Soon to a Disney+ subscription near you: Star Wars Visions, Volume 3!- Did you buy a Star Wars Christmas ornament this year? There’s a recall, so… do with that information what you will- Star Wars was such a scrappy little production back in the late 70s, they’d never get away with this sh-t now- In today’s Silly Story from an Unreliable Source segment, if this

In Episode 125, hosts Alyce and Laura are* old and amazing and celebrating everything Star Wars, which is also old and amazing! - We shall henceforth tackle all arguments and confrontations with the energy and attitude of a toddler- Star Wars movie drama continues with the most recent writer’s exit (Variety via Puck News)- There’s a new trailer for Skeleton Crew aka Skelly Crü, with an accompanying article on starwars.com- New images from Skeleton Crew from Empire Magazine (via Reddit)- Will Skelly Crü have ties to the 2019 novel, Star Wars: Force Collector? Alyce has a theory- December 3, 2024 is going to be a big day for Star Wars fans, as it marks the premiere of Skeleton Crew and the debut of The High Republic audio original, Tempest Breaker- Imagine Rancho Obi-Wan, but four times bigger? A new Star Wars memorabilia museum may be in the works- Star Wars is putting the “Knight” in Jedi Knight in a very literal way and it is amazing. Check out the new THR concept art and all the other publishing reveals fro

In Episode 124, hosts Alyce and Laura revel* in the rizz (yeah, we know cool slang) of Spooky Season! - Alyce is watching everything and Laura won’t watch anything new- Coming to an apocalyptic future soon, probably: cryo-frozen celebrity zombies  - How money could be better spent: new recurring segment, perhaps? - It wasn’t for us, but if The Acolyte was for you and you want your voice heard in the call for a second season, here are some helpful links: petition, letter template- Jodie Turner-Smith calls Disney on its sh-t in Glamour UK- The Hollywood Reporter asks if Disney is bad at Star Wars and, regardless of the answer, the article is at least a comprehensive recap of how we got here- On that note, apparently toxic fandom is a thing in other fandoms too (not just Star Wars). - The Art of The High Republic Vol. II finalizes its cover… oh, and it’s release has been delayed- Mando Maybe-Spoilers? Allegedly some plot details of The Mandalorian and Grogu have leaked and all of them SUCK. Skip 40:05-45:05 to a

In Episode 123, hosts Alyce and Laura dive* into the end of the world, roadkill, being traumatized by Moulin Rouge and the real cost of being immortalized on the Walk of FameWould anyone be surprised to learn that George Lucas is a little quirky? Making Star Wars shows is expensive, so it should surprise no one that Star Wars: The Acolyte was an expensive venture (via Forbes)RIP James Earl Jones (via Deadline)We’re seeing more reports of various upcoming Star Wars projects being delayed or on hold =/What Star Wars and Who Wants to be a Millionaire have in common *a la SNL’s Stefon* Skeleton Crew is going to have everything: Dave Filoni as a goalkeeper, a whole new kind of Jedi, pirates in beanies, URKEL??? (via EW)Ewan wants more Obi-Wan content + a career retrospective with Alyce’s bae (via Variety)Rey’s Theme played across the starsMarvel/Star Wars parents: let this be a lesson in why you shouldn’t name your human children after Disney’s copyrighted charactersMissing The Bad Batch? Dark Horse Comics has a t

In Episode 122, hosts Alyce and Laura venture* bravely into Star Wars and its scary fandom! Alyce goes button-mashing in a cloud of cigarette smoke. In other words, she lost $20 on a slot machine at a casino.New wine fridge invention idea, we call it! Lord of the Rings man-species hotties are old af (in-universe, that is)Star Wars Outlaws came out. That’s all we have to say about that, we’re not gamers.The next season of Ahsoka is probably at least 18 months awayOn that note, whatever business model these television series are using that is causing it to take 3+ years to make eight (8) 30-minute episodes needs to be abolished immediatelyRIP The Acolyte (via Deadline)And on that note, is the Star Wars fandom scaring away talent? This Rolling Stone article weighs inHow The Mandalorian & Grogu movie needs to balance its various audiencesAllegedly Boba Fett will not be in the Mando movie. But who knows?On a more positive note, we finally got a Skeleton Crew trailer last month! We’re excited, we like the look,

In Episode 121, hosts Alyce and Laura welcome* you to Middle Earth (just for a little bit) for some Who’s Hot and Who’s Not, Lord of the Rings and 9/11, and built-in bathroom breaks for Alyce.Then it’s back to Star Wars!More LEGO Star Wars is coming soon! Check out the trailer hereCheck out People Magazine’s feature on Skeleton Crew. And yes, we’ve already decided we are head over heels for NEEL Speaking of, the Skeleton Crew trailer didn’t come out until AFTER we recorded, but watch it here and let us know what you think! Catching up on the publishing portion of the Star Wars panel at SDCC (via Collider)It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s A NEW STAR WARS TRILOGY OF NOVELS! Reign of the Empire, or as we have christened it, the Aftermath of Andor. Learn more about it from this Gizmodo article.Oh hey, we found the preorder link for the Kelnacca one-shot!  Recap on Tap is another High Republic comic catch-up! It’s our spoiler-filled discussion on The High Republic Phase III comics issues #8, #9 and #10. If you’r