Star Wars Explained

Star Wars Explained

Subscribe to hear audio versions of some of our most popular YouTube videos new videos covering Star Wars Canon and Legends lore. I talk about characters, history, ships, technology, aliens, planets, behind the scenes, books, comics, video games, TV, and of course the films. If it’s Star Wars, you can learn about it here.If you are listening to just the podcast episodes please consider checking out our YouTube channel where most of our content is released and also our Patreon - for as little as $1 a month you get access to extra commentaries and content and supporting the channel really goes a long way for us to be able to bring you daily Star Wars goodness!

Episodes

June 18, 2025 17 mins

Last week I got to have a chat with Michael Wilkinson, the brilliant costume designer for Andor!

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During our trip to Lucasfilm we interviewed Margit Pfeiffer, supervising sound editor for Andor. She taught us a lot about her job and reminded me just how much work goes into every single detail in a Star Wars story of this scale.

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Mia Goth will be playing one of the villains in Star Wars: Starfighter! We're covering that news and the latest canon stories in Last Week in Star Wars!

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We got to interview Alan Tudyk during our trip to Lucasfilm! He had a lot of fun things to say about returning to play K-2SO in Andor, as well as his time playing the droid during Rogue One!

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We got the chance to speak with Tony Gilroy about Andor season two as part of their For Your Consideration press tour!

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Charles Soule sat down with me to talk about creating Trials of the Jedi, the final novel in The High Republic. This interview does not contain spoilers for the book.

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Will Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck co lead Lucasfilm? Will Mark Hamill return to playing Luke Skywalker? Let's catch up on the news and canon stories in Last Week in Star Wars!

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Battlefront fans are campaigning for a third game by revisiting Battlefront II! And also Ryan Reynolds brought up the whole R-rated Star Wars debate again, last week in Star Wars!

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Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars have both been delayed to December 2026 and 2027, leaving The Mandalorian & Grogu and Starfighter in May with less competition!

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Will Star Wars ever be this good again? Yeah, probably. But it's pretty great to have Andor right now.

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The latest episodes of Andor have been rated among the best television episodes of all time. Today we're discussing that, the new Finn and Jannah book, and more!

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Bail Organa has been recast, Star Wars takes over Fortnite, we've got a bunch of new comics, and more!

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Today we're taking your questions about the first three episodes of Andor season two: One Year Later, Sagrona Teema, and Harvest

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We're playing some catchup after Star Wars Celebration Japan! Welcome back to Last Week in Star Wars!

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Today we're making Star Wars Celebration bingo cards to make some fun predictions for what we'll see at Star Wars Celebration next week!

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This week we're talking about the announcement of Tales of the Underworld and catching up on The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents as we prepare for Star Wars Celebration Tokyo!

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Sebulba is coming back to Star Wars for a VR podracing game!

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Today we're talking about the Star Wars Celebration schedule, as well as a little bit of Young Jedi Adventures and Star Wars comics!

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Smuggler's Run at Galaxy's Edge is getting a Mando and Grogu update! Tony Gilroy talks about Andor season two a LOT, and answers our question in a live stream! Plus we're talking about Haunted Starlight, Legacy of Vader issue two, and more!

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This week we're talking about the special look at Andor season two, and covering the new Jedi Knights comic series and Qui-Gon graphic novel!

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