Episodes

Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Join us today for a captivating deep dive into "The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Mandalorian," an illuminating exploration of the hit Star Wars series. We're honored to have the editor Jessica E. Tompkins and special guest Molly Brizzell (of Galactic Starcruiser fame) join us to discuss this thought-provoking book.
From its evocative cover featuring a Mandalorian action figure to its final chapter, this collection of 12 essays delves into the psychology of the characters and the world they inhabit. Psychology academics and Star Wars enthusiasts alike will be fascinated by the insights revealed within these pages.
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Tune in to hear our lively discussion with Jess and Molly as we uncover the psychgeist of The Mandalorian.#PSYCHOLOGY #POPCULTUREJess TompkinsTwitter / X - @jesstompInstagram - @questingforadventureMolly BrizzellTwitter / X - @mollybrizzellInstagram @mollybrizzellThreads @mollybrizzellhttps://screenrant.com/author/molly-brizzell/
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Monday May 20, 2024
Barriss Offee's Downfall & Redemption | A "Tales of the Empire" Aftershow
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Barriss Offee is a story we've all had so questions about ever since The Clone Wars ended. Her character made her debut in Attack of the Clones and has remained to be part of the larger Clone Wars lore ever since the 2D Micro series featured her in a short form animation, that plus the expanded universe novels featuring Barriss on the cover.. Her shocking twist as the responsible culprit for bombing the Jedi temple in "The Wrong Jedi" clone wars episode got to a whole new depth of the characters dark side, here in Tales of the Empire it's revealed she does infact join the Inquisitorius. Let's dive into these final 3 episodes of the new animated show and get into the fall and redemption of Barriss Offee.
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Sunday May 12, 2024
Morgan Elsbeth's Origin Story | A "Tales of the Empire" Aftershow
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Morgan Elsbeth's Origin Story is one that we've all had questions about ever since her character made her debut in The Mandalorian Season 2 "The Jedi". The same episode which Ahsoka makes her live action debut for the first time on screen. Naturally this story had it's bright moments, and also left us with questions left to be answered. Let's dive into this tale of Morgan Elsbeth, the "last" nightsister...
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
Star Wars Day 2024 Escape Pod Celebration is packed! We got the finale aftershow for The Bad Batch, The Phantom Menace Re-Release in theaters, star wars headlines, more fan questions from ALKY in Newfoundland, discussions on TLJ behind the scenes content about Luke's story direction and sooo much more! Grab a drink and join us in the Escape Pod for a celebration chat of Star Wars Day in this super fun filled week. Oh and of course it wouldn't be a special escape pod episode without a hint of trivia so we threw that in there too. Let's dive in with Josh, Blake, Bryce and returning guest, Ried!
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Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Darian joins us again for another Bad Batch aftershow as we dive into the Zillo Beast returning, Echo getting a hand and... whatever else happened that episode! | Kyle from ALKY Solutions joins us later for star wars questions we ask fellow fans from our special list of 20 Q's with Star Wars Escape Pod. Hello to all those in Newfoundland who took the time to answer questions! Thank you to all of you, if you don't hear yourself this week we'll catch you in the next weeks episode! In the meantime if any listeners out there has a question for US, please send in a voice recording to our email!
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Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
This week we debate Mace Windu's current status on if he died or survived. Join Josh, Blake, Bryce, Kyle and Francis this week on the Bad Batch aftershow for episode 13 of the final season. Also, no Mandalorian season 4 on the slate, what's going on there? Let's get into it! Don't forget to watch Tales of the Empire on May 4th on Disney plus
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Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
This week we got another (once again) re-capture of Omega.. sigh. And much more with chat about re-editing Attack of the Clones, deleted scenes which deserve a place in the movie, where are the 3D prequel releases? And The Bad Batch is coming to an end.. Tales of the Empire is coming soon, let's talk again about that show and May 4th, and we go through an article about continuity on Jedi cloaks going missing - only to re-appear! Let's get in the escape pod with Josh and Blake and do this!
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
This past week saw the announcement of the new animated short series "Tales of the Empire" which sees the return of Morgan Elsebeth as a young nightsister, and Barriss Offee, misunderstood twisted Jedi of the fallen order. Today we break down the trailer with Josh and Kirk, and proceed to dive into The Bad Batch episodes 11 and 12. Let's get into it!Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIST9t72kY
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In 2015 we had an idea to create a Star Wars podcast that felt both fun, informative and different than the existing podcasts available to audiences in the Star Wars fandom. In 2019 that idea was made a reality with the launch of our first Intro (since updated) and the debut of the logo.
What's our Escape Pod theme about?
Our logo and podcast title is based on the first shot ILM ever completed in 1976 on "Star Wars". The escape pod launching from the Tantive IV. It remains an iconic shot to this day. In late 2022 we vectorized and modernized our logo that was once essentially a screenshot (with some photoshop applied) and turned it into a recognizable essence of the original but something we can call our own.