Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour
Two Star Wars-obsessed Chicagoans discuss everyone’s favorite galaxy far, far away in this bi-weekly happy hour podcast. From the films to the novels and everything in between, hosts Alyce and Laura get you up to date on the latest Star Wars news, complete with some minor wine-induced garbling. Grab your favorite beverage and get toasted with Alyce and Laura. Email us at forcetoastpod@gmail.com
Episodes
In Episode 149, hosts Alyce and Laura toast* to the comedic genius of Catherine O’Hara, Nightsisters inventing semaglutides, and daiquiri shacks (shaquiris? Is that anything?)
- We start by discussing the atrocities taking place in Minneapolis and the U.S. at large, and how our respective areas of the country are reacting. Just in case you have any doubts of where we stand, we supported the January 30 general strike and we’re real...
In Episode 148, hosts Alyce and Laura are* impatient for Starfighter, for Ahsoka and for the Mando movie. The theme of the episode is WE’RE SICK OF WAITING!
In Episode 147, hosts Alyce and Laura bid* 2025 adieu, sum up their silly holiday seasons and dive into all the Ahsoka action in a recap of episode 4!
In Episode 146, hosts Alyce and Laura find a few Star Wars news breadcrumbs and discuss* all the things they don’t remember about the Ahsoka series (it’s a lot of things).
In Episode 145, hosts Alyce and Laura take* a look back at Halloweens of yore and bring back their new segment: Ahsoka Again!
- Please be advised: temporary tattoos should not go on your face
- Ho phase and college days! Alyce had the best group Halloween costume back in the day.
- Shoutout to Mandoverse Updates on socials, we love your updates (Follow them on Bluesky)
- A brief discussion on The Mandalorian and Grogu: budget, Sigorney’s ...
In Episode 144, hosts Alyce and Laura are* feeling excited about Star Wars for the first time in a while!
- TV Talk. Everything is cancelled. The end.
- Welcome back to The Puddin’ Pod. The podcast about pudding.
- Update: The Puddin’ Pod has also been cancelled now.
- Some hints about how much Rotta the Hutt we can expect in “The Mandalorian and Grogu” film
- Meg Dowell’s spoiler-free review of Star Wars: The Last Order may convince Laur...
In Episode 143, hosts Alyce and Laura dig* deep to find Star Wars and Star Wars-adjacent news to discuss… outside of the Mando trailer, clearly we gotta get into that.
- Did you know Alyce is a low-key profesh cake decorator?
- They haven't even started making Space Balls 2 yet and they’re already spoofing The Force Awakens
- In a shameless effort to distract us from the Jimmy Kimmel firing fiasco (before it all got resolved), Disney dr...
In Episode 142, hosts Alyce and Laura find* a possible new career path for Alyce: Star Wars movie prop auction item appraiser… or fortune teller. It’s between those two options.
- Anyone else loving Foxy Knoxy on Hulu?
- Prop Watch is over (for now)! One of us guessed almost exactly right and the other one… did not
- Why do we keep forgetting that Maul: Shadow Lord is going to be a thing?
- The people yearn for more Hondo Ohnaka (via The ...
In Episode 141, hosts Alyce and Laura demand* justice for Luke’s cancelled Tosche Station plans. Those power converters aren’t going to pick up themselves!
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 or...
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 balls
- Prop 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 D...
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...
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 time
- Can Soda Stream sponsor us? Someone hook us up with some free gas cylinder refills
- Has the movie rating syst...
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 gossip
- Casting 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...
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 sad
- Alyce girlbossed too hard, so you know what that means: chaos cubes
- Spotify poll! Tell us how your bougie a-- serves bubbly in your house
- It turns out ...
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 suck...
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 prop
- Some thoughts on ...
In Episode 132, hosts Alyce and Laura are* being personally victimized by different major corporations
- Some 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 “...
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?
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 around
- Gone are the old days, we’re putting famous-as-f@c...
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