The Resistance Broadcast: Star Wars Podcast

Welcome to our Maul: Shadow Lord aftershow podcast I’M JUST MAUL! On this episode we have a full spoiler discussion about episodes 1 and 2 of the new Star Wars animated series! James Baney is back for the entire series! We’ll rate each episode 0-10 Sam Witwer Faces, discuss them in full with spoilers, and launch the Maul Haul - our season long giveaway contest! Join us as we tap into the dark side of the criminal underworld in the galaxy! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening or watching this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for supporting our podcast!

With Maul: Shadow Lord days away, Lucasfilm has already announced season 2!!! The confidence is exciting! Our main discussion on this episode is simply why we love MAUL! From his look, style, and character evolution to some of the best toys and collectibles to ever come out of Star Wars. Join us in celebrating one of the best villains in franchise history! We also have a round of Will of the Force and your Resistance Transmissions that happen to also be about the Zabrak of the hour, Maul! What would you include in a Maul fast food combo meal? If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening or watching this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for supporting our podcast!

LOADED show today! Star Wars villains love a dramatic/theatrical entrance, and Maul gets his latest in the new clip from MAUL: Shadow Lord! Plus, John Boyega spoke with Dave Filoni, do you think Finn is coming back? Phil Lord reveals they were supposed to make THREE Han Solo movies, yes we are still grieving. We also have tough ones for you in Will of the Force this week. Will Din Djarin cry in The Mandalorian and Grogu, and poll results on whether Grogu will use a lightsaber in the movie! Plus your questions and all the Star Wars fun you need! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Let's talk about that epic MAUL: Shadow Lord trailer and episode titles! Have we unlocked his motive? Plus a round of One With The Force, and your live questions from the chat! We also have updates on our live Maul Shadow Lord podcast “I’m Just Maul” and check in with Ryan Gosling for a couple of Starfighter bits of info on his Project Hail Mary press tour. The guy is a one-man marketing juggernaut. If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Grogu shares top billing with Pedro Pascal in The Mandalorian and Grogu, likely negotiated the same salary, but he has ZERO lines? That’s what former Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy recently confirmed. We discuss that and more, including the Empire Magazine article, new images from the upcoming movie, and George Lucas’s acceptance speech at the Saturn Awards, where a fan (Tom Cruise) thanked him from the audience. We also answer your Patreon submitted topics in our segment Will of the Force! For example, will we ever see Ahsoka Tano and Luke Skywalker’s first meeting? Thank you Dennis Gill for the question! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Join us as we dive into The Mandalorian and Grogu interviews and images from EMPIRE Magazine! We'll also reveal the title and artwork for our MAUL Shadow Lord podcast! Plus your #ResistanceTransmissions about Maul rolling up to his own premiere, Boba is back on the shelf, and more #StarWars talk!

Maul Shadow Lord is almost here and we know Maul himself has changed a lot! Has Maul taken the “red pill” in Shadow Lord? The lines are blurred between good and evil from his point of view, and he might actually view the Empire as more of a threat than the Jedi! We’ll dig into the latest interviews with Sam Witwer on what to expect from one of the best villains in Star Wars in the upcoming Disney Plus series. We also have a great round of One With the Force, where you have to make tough choices! For example, pick one canon Star Wars animation scene that you would love to see done in live-action! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

The Mando Fan Show is back, baby! And James Baney returns! We rate The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer on the Pedro Pascal Face scale, then discuss it in full with a big stop at Speculation Nation! Lacey has some bananas but intriguing theories, and it is clear Mando is now preparing Grogu for his future more than protecting him. It was a great chat with the classic TRB three with a cameo from James' son Bennett with a review of A New Hope! We also feature a lot of your thoughts submitted in the chat. In Favreau we trust, we are psyched for Mando! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for supporting our Star Wars podcast!

A new STAR WARS movie hits theaters in less than 100 days! The Mandalorian and Grogu marketing campaign is heating up. We run through the merch reveals that just dropped including a curious item, Yoda’s lightsaber from Book of Boba Fett? Grogu is definitely using the lightsaber in the movie! We also get into the Super Bowl ad which has die-hard fans debating its success, though the data on its performance exists, and we have it! We’ll dig into all that and more including Star Wars Galactic Racer’s gameplay trailer, the new Maul comic ahead of Shadow Lord, and a round of Will of the Force! Is Filoni going to kill off Baylan Skoll? Plus, Skeleton Crew Season 2 rumors?! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Changes are coming for Star Wars as there are new bosses at both Lucasfilm AND Disney. What can we expect from Star Wars under new leadership? Is this a good or bad sign for things like The Hunt For Ben Solo and even the future of SOLO? We speculate on where we think the franchise is headed based on the new names at the top. We will also have a really fun round of our segment One With The Force where tough choices need to be made including what Star Wars character you wish we had more time with and your all time Chewbacca moment! That and more Star Wars talk, including your submitted #AskTheResistance questions! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Star Wars Starfighter writer tells us to temper expectations when it comes to familiar faces, as Jonathan Tropper claims there are NO legacy characters in the movie! We’ll discuss that and more including a rumor about Dave Filoni’s Mandoverse movie and is Daisy Ridley urging Star Wars fans to practice the ultimate Jedi patience for Rey’s return? We also have a great round of Will of the Force sent in by TRB Patrons, including fun questions like, will Maul Shadow Lord end with Maul being stranded on Malachor? If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast!

Loaded podcast today! We’re talking all about the Maul Shadow Lord trailer, plus Kathleen Kennedy’s exit interview and what to expect from Lucasfilm under Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Also, why is Oscar Isaac being so awkward when asked about Star Wars? Is there more Poe Dameron in our future as we’ve speculated??? That and more Star Wars fun including your #AskTheResistance questions! If you like having a great time talking Star Wars, you’ve found your home, because if you’re listening to this broadcast, you are part of The Resistance! Thank you for listening and supporting our podcast! This is our final episode of 2025, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Join us for a relaxing episode as John and Lacey look back on 2025 and our new Star Wars memories and experiences. From Star Wars Celebration Japan, including our fateful evening with ILM’s Rob Coleman, to our invite to Lucasfilm for Andor and our trip to Skywalker Ranch, we were on the move! We also had a great time covering Skeleton Crew on Galactic Goonies with so many great guests including showrunner Christopher Ford and composer Mick Giacchino. And then we had the K-2S Show which brought James back for a guest appearance! It’s been a wild ride and another great year for TRB, and we look ahead to 2026 with excitement for more fun Star Wars podcast adventures! Most of all, thank YOU for making our show a part of your life this year, because if you’re listening to this, you are part of the Resistance!