For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome to the return of our Clone Wars rewatch, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! As we return to our coverage of The Clone Wars Season 2, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Conor (@DepaBanana) look back at the standalone episode "Bounty Hunters!" A tribute to Akira Kurosawa's legendary film Seven Samurai, we discuss how Kurosawa's films have inspired Star Wars over the years, and what future stories have ta...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, it's time we finally continue a yearly tradition on the podcast, as it's time for our (extremely late!!!) lists of our favorite Star Wars stories of 2024! Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) rank their Top 5 favorite Star Wars projects from last year! From The Acolyte, to the end of The Bad Batch, to Skeleton Crew, 2024 ha...

Welcome to Part 2 of our Tales of the Underworld - here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Conor (@DepaBanana) are once again joined by Catrina Dennis (@ohcatrina) to talk Cad Bane's arc from Tales of the Underworld! We discuss the most pivotal moments from these episodes - including Cad's past as Colby - a child street-rat on Duro, his best friend Niro - who eventuall...

Welcome to Part 1 of our 2-part discussion of Tales of the Underworld - here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Conor (@DepaBanana) are joined by special guest and noted Asajj Ventress superfan Catrina Dennis (@ohcatrina) to talk about the Asajj Ventress arc of Tales of the Underworld! We talk the major moments from her 3 episodes - including the on-screen depiction of the end...

Welcome to our final Andor recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade) & Conor (@DepaBanana) as they discuss the last 3 episodes of Andor Season 2, including the epic series finale! We break down the biggest moments of the final arc - including Luthen Rael's final act, the backstory between Luthen and Kleya, Kleya's epic hospital break-in and heartbr...

Welcome back to our Andor recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) as they discuss the 3rd arc of Andor Season 2! After a season's worth of build-up, we finally witness the Ghorman Massacre, and it's immediate aftermath. We talk about the biggest moments from the episodes - including Cassian's encounter with a Force healer on Yavin IV...

Welcome back to our Andor recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) discuss the 2nd arc of Andor Season 2! We talk the biggest themes and moments of the episodes - including Cassian and Bix's life on Coruscant, Cassian's mission to Ghorman, Syril's new position on Ghorman - and his bigger role in the Empire's plans for the planet, Wilmon's ...

Welcome to our Andor Season 2 recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade), & Conor (@DepaBanana) as we discuss the 1st arc of Andor's final season! We discuss the major themes and moments of the arc, including Cassian's dealings with a disorganized rebel group, Bix and Brasso's life on the farm planet Mina-Rau, the return of Director...

Welcome to our Star Wars Celebration Japan recap, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! The full crew is back together again as Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade) and Conor (@DepaBanana) discuss the biggest news, best moments and most shocking reveals of Celebration weekend! From Ryan Gosling joining the Star Wars family, to the announcement of Maul: Shadow Lord, to the bombshell that was t...

Welcome to our Star Wars Celebration preview, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) as we make our predictions for this weekend's Star Wars fan extravaganza with a game of bingo! We fill our bingo board with our biggest predictions and hopes for what we hope to see this weekend. How many will we get correct, and how many will we get laughably wro...

Welcome to the finale of our Skeleton Crew recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) conclude our series catch-up by discussing the final 2 episodes of Skeleton Crew! We talk the biggest themes of the season's conclusion - including Jod's true nature, the kid's return to At Attin - and the big reveals regarding the mystery o...

Welcome back to our Skeleton Crew recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) continue our catch-up episodes by discussing Episodes 5 & 6 of Skeleton Crew! We talk the big moments of the episodes - including the search for Tak Rennod's lair on Lanupa, more pirate lore, the Bounty Hunter Pokkit and her past with Jod, Jod's betrayal of the kids...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) look to catch-up on the Skeleton Crew episodes we have missed by reviewing Episodes 3 & 4 of the series! We look back on the two episodes, including Jod's deal with the kids, Jod's past with Kh'ymm, his various aliases, what the Jewels of the Old Republic are, and their relationship to At Atti...

Welcome to the return of For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Andrew (⁠@StarlightAndrew⁠) & Donovan (⁠@DonovanMcComish) are here to discuss the 2-episode premiere of Skeleton Crew! We talk the childhood whismy of the series and the young cast, the mystery surrounding the planet At Attin, the threat of the pirates, and Jude Law's character's connection to them, SM-33 becoming and instant favorite, and more! We...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) continue our Tales of the Empire mini-episodes as we discuss Barriss Offee's arc in the anthology season! From her recruitment and initiation into the Inquistorious, her past with Lyn aka the Fourth Sister, her escaping the Dark side and returning to the Light, the return of her Force Healer bac...

Welcome back to For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) are playing catch-up with 2 mini-episodes discussing the Tales of the Empire anthology season! Up first, we are here to discuss Morgan Elsbeth's arc in the season! From the massacre on Dathomir, to her deal with Admiral Thrawn and the Empire, to her subsequent authoritarian rule over Corvus, how...

Welcome to the Season Finale of our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) as they are joined by Candace Kaw (@candaceisageek) of The Geeky Waffle to discuss the Season 1 finale of The Acolyte! We talk the biggest and most shocking moments of the finale, including everyone's return to Brendok where it all began, Osha's turn...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! We're a week late, but we're finally here to discuss The Acolyte Episode 7 - "Choice"! Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) breakdown the truth of #WhatHappenedOnBrendok, and the dark secrets the Jedi have kept hidden that took place. We talk Sol's attachments leading to mistakes, the vergeanc...

Welcome back to our Acolyte recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Conor (@DepaBanana) & Donovan (@DonovanMeade) are joined by Noor-Hal (@noorhal) to talk "Teach/Corrupt" this weeks tense, seductive (in more ways than one) episode of The Acolyte! We talk on what the episode began to build towards, including The Stranger's manipulation of Osha t...