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 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...
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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...
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 u...
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 Skele...
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.
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...
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
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 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 Fame
- Would 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 ...
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