Fantha Tracks Radio: A Star Wars Podcast Network

Fantha Tracks Radio: A Star Wars Podcast Network

Star Wars podcasts covering all aspects of the Star Wars experience. Join us every Tuesday at 7.00pm UK time for your weekly episode of Making Tracks and our Friday Night Rotation at 7.00pm UK time for including new episodes of The Fantha From Down Under, Planet Leia, Desert Planet Discs, Start Your Engines, Collecting Tracks, Canon Fodder and special episodes of Making Tracks.

Episodes

November 29, 2025 31 mins
Welcome to a very special episode of Making Tracks as Mark Newbold travels to the Cumberland Hotel, near Marble Arch in London for an up-close look at Boba Fett’s Hero Screen, Photo, and Serial Number-Matched EE-3 Carbine Rifle from The Empire Strikes Back, which heads to the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - London Winter 2025 on 5th - 7th December in London. A small fan audience (along with the worlds media) were invited t...
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Grab your bookmarks, it’s time to take cover as we unleash the Canon Fodder over the Star Wars galaxy of literature. Join host Mark Newbold and our guest Star Wars Insider and Galaxy Magazine contributor and the host of Around the Galaxy Pete Fletzer who joins us to discuss his new book Who Owns The Myth, a look at the relationships between the saga, fandom and the myths that underpin the George Lucas epic. All that and more on the...
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We hit the road and head to Ware in Hertfordshire for Herts Comic Con, where the Talk Room saw Mark Newbold sit down with the man behind Jango Fett and his unaltered clone Boba Fett for half an hour of song, stories, and much more in front of a live audience on this very special episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook, ...
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Join Richard Hutchinson and Andy Preston for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks. On this episode, Andy and Richard sit down to discuss Halloween and how over the years Star Wars has brought us a surprisingly large amount of Halloween related products, more than you might think. All of this with bats, pumpkins, zombies and ewoks with white sheets draped over them on the 18th Wave of Collecting Tracks. Rem...
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Join the Marks on episode 240 of Making Tracks as they scrape the space barnacles off the hull and leap to lightspeed. We join the Marks at the Royal Albert Hall for The Force Awakens in Concert as Farthest From takes us to Fordingbridge one last time for its 27th outing, and Echo Base LIVE has a date for March 2026. They discuss the sad news that Star Wars Insider will end with issue 237 and Jon Favreau gives a sliver of insight i...
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Join the Marks on episode 239 of Making Tracks as they hack their way through the forest of news looking for the orchid of truth. This week the Marks get ready for a few busy weekends in fandom with events including Smugglers Surrey Star Wars Weekend, Herts Comic Con, MCM Birmingham Comic Con, Farthest From and Thank The Maker to look forward to, ponder what the future of The Acolyte might have looked like had it continued down the...
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Join us for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks as guest host Richard Mitchell heads to the ExCeL in London's Docklands for MCM London Comic Con where he caught up with Hasbro Star Wars Design Manager Chris Reiff after the Hasbro Panel to discuss the reveals and put YOUR listeners questions to him on this Limited Edition episode of Collecting Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sund...
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Join us for a Desert Planet Discs Bonus Track, where we chat all things Star Wars with fans from the world of entertainment. For this episode 'The Hipkiss Files' our guest is comedian Jon Hipkiss - and we chat all things comedy, Edinburgh Fringe, Star Wars collecting and more. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday and Thursday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook and YouTube and ...
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Join the Marks on episode 238 of Making Tracks as they leap into the hyperlanes of Star Wars news with a smile. We bid farewell to poster art legend Drew Struzan, look at all the angles of the surprising news that Adam Driver pitched a Ben Solo film, get excited for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and nod in appreciation at Laurence Fishburne and his desire to get comfy on the sofa and watch Star Wars Rebels. This and all the red...
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We head back to the roasting hot summer of 2025 and London Film and Comic Con at Olympia, where the Main Stage saw Mark Newbold sit down with guest Jerryl Prescott - the Nightsister Great Mother Aktropaw from seasons 1 and 2 of Ahsoka - where they discussed the show and Jerryl's wider life and career in front of a live audience on this special episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday even...
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Join the Marks on episode 237 of Making Tracks as they walks the aisles of Echo Base Live 17: Galaxy of Creatures at the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch, taking in the many stalls of vintage and modern items, chatting with folks as they go including Start Your Engines co-host Paul Naylor, Dave Tree from All the Cool Stuff, the Sci-Fi-Nalia team, Andy Norton from The Vintage Rebellion, Mark M's Facebook pal Phil Parker, and t...
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Join the Marks on episode 236 of Making Tracks as they snap on the Marigolds and dip their hands into the soapy sink of Star Wars news. This week Mark M celebrates his part in a Guinness World Record breaking costuming event, Mark N celebrates 20 years of podcasting, they dig into the trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu and look at recent comments from John Boyega and his thoughts on the sequel trilogy. All this and more Anzellans ...
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Top up your coaxium, pay off the portmaster, check the nava computer and try not to bounce too close to a supernova as we invite you to Start Your Engines. This episode Paul Naylor and Mark Newbold discuss Luthen Rael's Modified V-21.1 Chevlex Fondor Haulcraft, spinning towards you directly from Andor. From technical details to its important place in the fabric of the Andor story, we discuss it all on the latest episode of Start Yo...
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Join the Marks on episode 235 of Making Tracks as they take a pew in a quiet corner of the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham to discuss Starfury Invasion 2025, a show that brought Diego Luna, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Elizabeth Dulau, Robert Emms, Katy O'Brien, Ivanna Sakhno, Natasha Liu Bordizzo and more to the second city for a weekend of panels, parties, photos and autos as well as discussing the legacy of Andor winning Best Scree...
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Adam and Paul return with episode 76 of The Fantha From Down Under to look at some of the prospective shows and future seasons we can anticipate coming our way, as well as some of the projects that have fallen by the wayside. Do they get a yay, or a nay? You'll find out on the 76th episode of The Fantha From Down Under. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacif...
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Join the Marks on episode 234 of Making Tracks as they carve through the weeks new like a lightsaber slices through a Mustafar forest. Mark Hamill praises Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, Oscar Isaac on a return for Poe Dameron, the HasLab Republic Gunship gets over the line (and the first stretch goal) and could Hondo Ohnaka be back - yes, thinks Jim Cummings. That, and some listeners questions on the 234th episode of Making Tracks. ...
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Join Johanna Lindén Nybelius and Clair Henry as they return with Planet Leia to discuss what they've been up to across the summer and delve into this episodes main topic; Teachers, schools and students, and what that's like in the Star Wars galaxy. From military and Jedi academies to township and home schooling, what does education look like in the GFFA? All this and more on the 26th episode of Planet Leia. We love you - you know!...
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September 11, 2025 36 mins
Join the Marks on episode 233 of Making Tracks as they discuss the recent Emmy wins, the incredible numbers of the Propstore auction, the closing of animation studio Nelvana and where a third, fourth and fifth season of Andor might have taken us. All this and more droolworthy moments than a happabore picnic on the 233rd episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00p...
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Join Richard Hutchinson and Andy Preston for the latest edition of Fantha Tracks Radio's Collecting Tracks. On this episode, Andy and Richard take a look at which Star Wars items you need to take on a holiday in the suns? From suitcases to playing cards our recommendations are covered here on the 17th Wave of Collecting Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday and Thursday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eas...
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9.30am on Sunday 20th April saw the return of Making Tracks LIVE on the HoloNet News Stage, where host Mark Newbold was joined by Good Morning Tatooine host Brian Cameron, Fantha Tracks social media guru Matt Booker and Fantha contributor Jonathan Hipkiss, but that's not all - playing to a packed room we were joined by our very special guest Kyriana Kratter - KB from Skeleton Crew - for a chat about her Celebration, her career and ...
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