At last we come to the end of the road with Star Wars Resistance and it’s been an interesting yet far too short one to say the least. Are we going to miss this show and these characters? Absolutely! But that doesn’t mean we’re not going to take the time to talk about this show one last time. Continue reading
Category Archives: Star Wars
Resistance Review: Rebuilding the Resistance
Star Wars Resistance was… frustratingly good this week. Good because it was a phenomenal episode: Doza family content, Tam’s moral compass, Rucklin being, well, Rucklin, and more. Frustrating because why did it take us so long to get here?
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Resistance Review: The New World and No Place Safe
Star Wars Resistance has a lot of ground to cover with a just few episodes left and honestly, I’m a little nervous about how they’re going to do it. But before we get there, we’ve got to talk about this week’s episodes. Yes, there were two of them. Continue reading
Resistance Review: The Breakout
As we end 2019, I’m happy to say that we’re wrapping up the year the same way we started it. That’s right folks: at least for now, Star Wars Resistance is good again.
This week’s episode picked up right where last week’s “The Missing Agent” left off, showing us what happened to Yeager, Synara, and a thankfully, apparently repaired CB-23 in the wake of their fight with bounty hunter Ax Tagrin. Left without no one to rescue them except Kaz and Norath Kev (voiced by the always delightful Daveed Diggs), one might be forgiven for assuming the First Order had them in their clutches. But fear not, fellow fans – competent Kaz is back in action.
The Mandalorian Season 1 – Tosche Station Discusses
There has been a heck of a lot of Star Wars over the last few months and honestly, you couldn’t be blamed if you’ve had a hard time keeping up with it all. But now that we’re past The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian has concluded its first season, we thought it might be nice to look back at the latter… in round table format! Continue reading
Resistance Review: The Missing Agent
The Skywalker Saga might be over but that doesn’t mean that Star Wars is! Who would have thought only a few years ago that we’d be watching both a new Star Wars movie and have episodes from two Star Wars television shows on either side?
This week’s episode of Star Wars Resistance moves the plot forward a bit with an episode that actually delightfully ends on a cliffhanger! The Colossus picks up a distress call from someone named Norath Kev on a Resistance frequency. Kaz, CB, Yeager, and Synara go to check it out only to find that Norath has been captured by the bounty hunter Ax Tagrin… and that it’s definitely a trap! Continue reading
Resistance Review: Station to Station
It’s funny how much better this show gets when we get an episode with Tam. Sure, “Station to Station” doesn’t quite hit the same highs as “Rendezvous Point” but it’s definitely one I enjoyed more than the previous two episodes combined and yes, that’s because Tam was there.
Tosche Station: We have a Tam Ryvora Agenda
The Colossus is in trouble and needs a crucial part fast or else everyone aboard is going to die horribly. Their solution? Send Kaz and Neeku to sneak aboard a similar refueling station to steal one. The problem? 1) It’s under First Order control. 2) Tam and Rucklin have been sent there on a supply run too. 3) Also General Hux is there? Continue reading
Hope
Dear Owen,
Welcome to the world, buddy.
At some point a few years down the line, you’re probably going to read this blog post. By then you’ll probably have gotten tired of listening to mom and dad talk into microphones in the office. You’ll probably be wondering why we keep podcasting week after week, month after month, year after year. The truth is, this silly little podcast is a big reason you’re here today.
Your mom and I began recording together almost eight years ago to the day I sat down to write this. At that point, we were friends living on opposite sides of the country. Sometimes, though, friendship can become more when you get to know someone more and spend more time with them. We wound up finding love where neither of us expected it in this silly little podcast. Hopefully you can indulge us, even when we sound like absolute dorks.
By the time you can read this, you’ll no doubt be aware that Star Wars is something that’s important to your parents and you’ve learned that because of those silly podcasts we record. Maybe it’s something you love too! But hey, you’re your own person with your own interests and joys. I hope that you can find something that brings you as much fun and meaning that Star Wars has for us. And yeah, we’ve definitely found some meaning in Star Wars over the years.
I’m generally someone that tries not to turn blockbuster media into some sort of religious experience, but there are some lessons in these silly space wizard films that are important and some I think will help you down the line. In Star Wars, there’s a recurring theme that runs throughout all the movies, television shows, books, and comics: hope.
On The Continued Importance of Doctor Aphra
Three years ago, I sat down to write a piece titled “On the Importance of Dr. Aphra.” At the time, we were just barely two months past Aphra surviving the end of Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca’s Darth Vader series. That in itself had been enough of a surprise but then, when Marvel gave Aphra her own ongoing series? I was genuinely shocked and in the best way possible. Not only was she the first female character to get a Star Wars ongoing title but she was also one of the first characters unaffiliated with the films or TV shows to headline her own comic or book. And now that comic book has come to an end with the publication of yesterday’s Doctor Aphra #40, a more than respectable run especially in this modern comic book world.
I didn’t think the book would make it past issue #12. I’ve never been happier to be wrong. Continue reading
Resistance Review: Rendezvous Point
GOOD MORNING ONLY TO VENISA DOZA AND TORCH
(Unfollow me now, this episode is gonna be the only thing I talk about for the next week.)
Listen. Here at Tosche Station, we have an agenda and that agenda is Tamara Ryvora. We’re very subtle about it, I know. The point is… we’ve all very much missed having Tam involved in this show for the last few weeks especially given, as Chris pointed out last week, she is featured so prominently in the marketing for this season. I am pleased to report that the riot has been cancelled and she is indeed back this week in what just might be one of the best episodes of the show thus far. Continue reading