Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour

What do Xena: Warrior Princess and The Rise of Skywalker have in common? Find out in this episode of Force Toast: A Star Wars Happy Hour! In Episode 41, hosts Alyce and Laura just aren’t into Aphra, but they are into dusty, old Star Wars scripts and man smells?Film props and memorabilia for your perusal, just in case you have a spare $50,000 laying around. Pro Tip: Star Wars stuff starts on page 177.Take a whiff of the Kylo Ren candle aka Disney’s biggest missed merchandise opportunity. What Star Wars character scene would you throw for, if it was made into a candle? Gearing up for Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising with this new excerptStar Wars is about to sweep the Emmys with its 15 nominations for The Mandalorian. Plus, Moff Gideon actor Giancarlo Esposito talks to DeadlineThe Mandalorian novel pushed back to 2021We’re talking about the new Doctor Aphra audio drama in this episode's Recap on Tap! If you are avoiding spoilers, skip 36:45 to 57:15 Star Wars animation trivia, courtesy of our good buddy AndyDid

First off, on a scale from 1 to 10, how perfect are you at grilling shrimp? The answer: nowhere near as perfect as Ewan McGregor in the newest chapter of Alyce’s Obi-Wan Erotica. But we digress.In episode 40, hosts Alyce & Laura kick* their innocent, little podcast out of the house in hopes that it will learn to support itself! It’s a lesson in tough love, friends. But in the meantime, let’s dive into what’s new in a galaxy far, far away!Hop on the Caravan of Corrections for a lesson in what The Mandalorian novel will actually be about, courtesy of our buddy DavorWe have mixed feelings about The Bad Batch seriesTwitter gathers, and now our watch begins. It shall not end until the Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+ premiers. BEARD WATCHA Lando-centric series for Disney+? But... how would that work? To quote L3-37: it works. Rumor courtesy of Kessel Run TransmissionsOur initial thoughts on the Doctor Aphra audio drama, based solely on this excerpt Alyce recaps the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel from Comic-Con At

Cheese dip, f*ck yeah.  By the way, we curse* in this podcast. This is your first and last warning, new listeners. Oh, and also, welcome!In Episode 39, hosts Alyce & Laura are here to sh*t all over the latest and greatest in stupid Star Wars rumors, name the newest cereals and get you up to speed on the news! We have made our demands clear: Let Rats MateThe sequel trilogy ain’t going anywhere. Sorry, haters. Mandalorian books! Activity books! Cereal? Music video! John Corbett’s flowing locks!Planning to read Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising in September? Not a bad idea to get your head in the game early.What is the strategy with Aphra? Why is the moon red? Alyce found the hardest Star Wars trivia in Trivial PursuitWhat is “tex-mex”?Send your voicemail that BETTER INCLUDE A BURP to forcetoastpod@gmail.comHelpful links referenced in this episode:Laura talks Star Wars and Schmoedown with Ben Goddard on YouTubeCheck out listener Maria’s new podcast: Sistas With Sabers Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @

When 2020 began, did you ever consider that it would give you a Star Wars podcast that covers topics Hutts in hats, whether or not Galen Erso is a boob man, Beavis & Butthead impressions and birth control in Star Wars? The answer is no. No one could have predicted that. But here we are. Hosts Alyce & Laura bring* you all of this and more in Episode 38 of Force Toast! What’s new in Quarantine QornerThe Movie Trivia Schmoedown’s Star Wars tournament continues! What happened in the last 2 weeks in the Star Wars fandomWarning: Star Wars: Squadrons may cause controversies (and motion sickness)Alyce recaps the new excerpt from The High Republic: The Light of the Jedi The dumbest Star Wars rumor we’ve heard in a long timeMark Hamill is omnipresent; important Star Wars trivia for you to share at partiesThe latest in Star Wars animation rumors courtesy of our friends at Kessel Run TransmissionsQuarantine Qorner part twoOur initial thoughts on Alphabet Squadron: Shadow Fall (no spoilers!)A voicemail from our fr

Cheers beers! It’s finally summer! And we’re toasting to our amazing community because there’s nothing sweeter than knowing our listeners AREN’T a bunch of racist bigots. We just love you, okay? Thanks for being you. Anyway, there’s not a lot of news, but hosts Alyce and Laura make* it work, bitch. Sorry, you’re not a bitch. That was mean. You now know more about Star Wars: Squadrons than we did when we recorded this but we still have some maybe good guesses (?) as to what it's about.It’s 2020 and there’s a new point of view in town! It’s the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back so IT gets a point of view and YOU get a point of view and YOU get a point of view! And a car!You don’t actually get a car.We’re talking about “Queen’s Peril” by EK Johnston and handmaiden handemonium! If you want to avoid spoilers for a book that doesn’t really spoil anything about anything, skip 20:55-53:43.Dope ass trivia tip from our friend Aaron.Star Wars trivia from our buddy Dr. Davor and our friend The Caffeinated Diabe

As we go on...We remember...All the times our moms made us cry at graduation DAMMIT MOMIt’s graduation season (see what we did up there?) and hosts Alyce and Laura are graduating* from… well, nothing. So why not crack open a Coors Light, do a half victory lap and have an indoor carnival or something? Some Schmodown talkVocabulary lessonsThe search is on for a live action Ezra Bridger! (allegedly)Excerpts from Queen’s Peril and Poe Dameron: Free FallThe new Thrawn trilogy will be here sooner than we thought and The High Republic gets pushed to 2021We react and analyze Dave Filoni’s monologue on The Phantom Menace and fatherhood in Star Wars from Disney Gallery’s The MandalorianOur favorite ships (not romance, like actual ships) in Star WarsMore trivia courtesy of Allen Voivod of Star Wars 7x7 (he’s so much better at writing questions than we are)Do you want to help Laura study up for the next round of the tournament? We could use some help with the crawls, prequels and The Clone Wars film! Send your best Star

May the Fourth Be With You Two Weeks Ago, Basically! This is Episode 35 of Force Toast and hosts Alyce & Laura are going to take* you on a wild, roundabout ride to get you caught up on all the cool things we’ve learned since Star Wars Day! It’s not Laura’s birthday anymore but don’t tell her that.Taika Waititi is the best and anyone that says otherwise can GTFO.You should also watch Penny Dreadful (the old one, not the new one).There are so many Mando Season 2 leaks but could we, like, just not?Bitching about BobaRandom thoughts with AlyceLaura crushes Alyce’s short-lived aspirations of becoming a playwright.A tangent about 90s cartoonsStuff you may have missed on May the FourthWould you rather eat 80 items off of Taco Bell’s dollar menu in one sitting or buy a headband?Alyce takes over Recap on Tap for the finale of The Clone Wars season 7Trivia Extravaganza, courtesy of Allen Voivod of Star Wars 7x7, Andy, Davor, Luis and RikQUICK, NAME A CHARACTER JEFF GOLDBLUM HAS PLAYED THAT ISN’T IAN MALCOLMHelpful

The little sprinkle of lady power you didn’t know you needed this week! Or did you know you needed it? Did you actually go into this week hoping to get some sloppy, green girl power (why is it green?) dumped all over your face? Because it’s happening. Too much? May we offer you a dab of Essence of Hand instead? Either way, hosts Alyce and Laura are here* to deliver your bi-weekly dose of Star Wars and snark, garnished with a little bit of not understanding what’s going on in The Clone Wars.Why you probably shouldn't hire us to baby-sit The Q&A with Dave Filoni and Daddy Star Wars himself, George LucasNew Star Wars series incoming from “Russian Doll” showrunnerMerry Christmas, Baby Yoda: A Mariah Carey Special More TROS fixes, courtesy of the film’s junior novelizationYou have until May 8 to get the Queen’s Shadow ebook for FREEDo you like Doctor Aphra? Did you enjoy Dooku: Jedi Lost? Boy, are you in for a treat!Recap on Tap! The Clone Wars, Season 7, Episodes 10 and 11 (avoiding spoilers? Skip 43:00-1:20:

MARSDEN WATCHJames/Scott Marsden remains at large but, rest assured, hosts Alyce and Laura are on the case*! In Episode 33, the COVID-19 quarantine continues. Alyce has given up on needlepoint. Laura is running around her apartment, burping loudly. So really, nothing has changed.There’s a lot of Star Wars news! Yay! We’ll get you caught up.Comic Con cancelled and what it means for Star Wars Celebration AnaheimA rare Dave Filoni sighting on social mediaUpdates on the Cassian Andor series and live-action Ahsoka rumorsWe’re getting a dope ass Mandalorian docu-series!Recap on Tap! The Clone Wars Season 7: the Martez sisters arc wraps and The Siege of Mandalore begins!Listener questions on our favorite scenes, film sequences we’d like to see in animation and Star Wars make-upSTAY INSIDE, SEX MACHINE!Helpful links referenced in this episode:Force Toast’s guest spots on Star Wars 7x7 and Ach-To RadioUp your Zoom game with Star Wars backgrounds Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_LauraInstagram: @forceto

Are those bushes growing on your face or are you just not getting your eyebrows waxed during quarantine? If so, same. Thankfully for you all, hosts Alyce and Laura have no plans to transition this show to a video podcast. In Episode 32, your hosts are lingering* somewhere between boredom and madness. Origami cranes. Balloon animals. Needlepoint? TikTok?! Fortunately there’s some Star Wars stuff to keep them sane…But who knows for how much longer? Is Scott Marsden a person?Per Variety, the Kenobi series has a new… well, I guess we’re supposed to call him a writer? Meet the Jedi Knights of the High Republic and sit around and soak up all of their completely unflawed awesomeness.New art, who dis? You imagined the villain from Alphabet Squadron wrong.Alyce made balloon animals.Ready to rock and ROLL OUT? Wee Baby Benny Boo Boo Solo and the blue butterflies are here for your short attention spanRecap on Tap! The Clone Wars season 7, episodes 6 and 7 [If you’re not caught up and avoiding spoilers, skip 38:05-1:04:5

If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you’re happy and you know it, WASH YOUR F***ING HANDS, YA NASTIESDoes anyone else feel like you’ve lived through an apocalypse since we last recorded? No? Just us? Somehow hosts Alyce and Laura have managed* to survive this long, so grab a beverage and let’s all toast to our impending doom! There’s not a ton of news to cover, so in episode 31, we dive into the important things in life, like hand-washing, petty theft and our go-to Karaoke favorites. And yeah, there’s some Star Wars stuff in there too! Rosario Dawson allegedly joins the cast of The Mandalorian in Season 2 and fans are dividedThe Rise of Skywalker digital release came out early and wants to sooth your sad, little quarantined soul with a dose of special features.Does The Rise of Skywalker make a better book than movie? A discussion on the novelization.Recap on Tap! Spoiler alerts ahead! The Rise of Kylo Ren issue #4 (spoilers from 37:00-55:30) and then it’s so long, Bad Batch! Hel

Saddle up, pilgrim! Hosts Alyce and Laura react* to all the Star Wars nonsense in the news!   There’s book stuff, bra stuff, rumors stuff, TROS stuff and, of course, The Clone Wars stuff for your listening pleasure.“Long have I waited... for Project Luminous to be revealed!” -Palpatine in TROS (pretty sure). Our reactions to the new Star Wars publishing initiative!Speculation and rumors for the Kenobi series and The Mandalorian Season 2.The Rise of Skywalker: Sure, we’ve all seen it, but do any of us  have any idea what we saw? Or didn’t see? Is anything in life real, or is all just more than a clone, but less than a man? Hints of deleted scenes, Ian McDiarmid goes to Brussels and what to expect in the novelization.Recap on Tap! The Bad Batch arc continues in The Clone Wars season 7, episodes 2 and 3Our favorite funny moments in Star WarsTriviaMotivation to get Alyce and all you lazy areolas to the gymHelpful links referenced in this episode:The Moment Star Wars Spoke to Me Trailer from Postcards from the Gal

Remember in The Empire Strikes Back when Han and Leia were bickering on the Falcon and he was like, “I GOT IT, LADY!” Yes? Same. Yes, we also remember that. Because trivia.In episode 29, hosts Alyce and Laura miss* Project Luminous by a hair and have to talk about… Star Wars? A true departure. So brave. One must always be blazing trails. Fun fact: Beavis & Butthead comes up a lot in this episode. Who knew that Alyce’s obscure hidden talent is her Beavis impression? What’s in the news:Another Star Wars movie is allegedly in the works. But is it, though? Dave Filoni speaks with Entertainment Weekly about Season 7 of The Clone WarsDetails on The Rise of Skywalker digital release and blu-rayRecap On Tap:Force Collector - skip 27:00-1:07:15 to avoid spoilersThe Rise of Kylo Ren #3 - spoilers at 1:08:50-1:20:14The Clone Wars Season 7 premiere, The Bad Batch with special guest Maria! Avoiding spoilers? (sorry European listeners!) skip 1:27:20-1:50:13Helpful links referenced in this episode:More Force Toasted goo

TRAINING MONTAGES! MAUL’S METAL BIRD LEGS! GREEN GOO! SAW GOES ROGUE! FLORUM! JULIA! HONDO!Hosts Alyce and Laura wrap up* Force Toast’s bonus series of Recap on Tap with Seasons 5 and 6 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars so they can go back to doing literally anything else besides watching The Clone Wars… that is, until Friday when they will, inevitably watch MORE Clone Wars OH MY GOD.THERE IS NO ESCAPE.This is our life now.Fun fact: if you were to attempt to watch/re-watch every episode of The Clone Wars (like we did, you’re welcome), it would take you over 44 hours!Now you don’t have to! We recap every episode (pretty sure we got ‘em all this time) and tell you which arcs are essential viewing, just in case you want to squeeze in a little quality time with Seasons 5 and 6 before Season 7 premieres this week! Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_LauraInstagram: @forcetoastpodEmail: forcetoastpod@gmail.comWebsite: forcetoastpod.com*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a

Go shawty!It’s your birthday!We gonna party like it’s your birthday!We’re gonna sip soy sauce beer like it’s your birthday!It’s a TOAST to Force Toast! Hosts Alyce and Laura are celebrating* the 1-year Anniversary of Force Toast’s launch in true Toasted style: by listening/reading your messages while drinking an absolutely disgusting beer that they won at Star Wars trivia.Among all of the happy wishes sprinkled throughout, we dive into what’s in the news, recap Fallen Order and Resistance and bring back our trivia segment!George Lucas is not coming back to Star Wars. Y’all didn’t seriously believe that, did you?An update on the Star War that’s sure to drain your savings account: the forthcoming Star Wars hotelSilver fox of Ren and no blondes allowed in the preview of The Rise of Kylo Ren #3 comicVanity Fair and ILM reveal the visual effects magic behind The Rise of Skywalker Recap On Tap!Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Avoid SPOILERS 1:02:40- 1:19:40Star Wars Resistance series finale - Avoid SPOILERS for The E

Yeah, we’re leaning into it now so you better be reading the next line in the style of The Clone Wars intro narrator.BOOS! FIREY FORCE BUTTHOLE! SHIRTLESS FISTO! MAGIC NECKLACE! FLUID SACKS! BISCUIT!Hosts Alyce and Laura are recapping* Seasons 3 and 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars to get YOU ready to kick it with Season 7 when it drops on February 21!So the idea behind this bonus series of Recap On Tap was to save you time - you wouldn’t have to re-watch the whole series if you don’t want to! Yay for saving time! You could just listen to us and we’ll give you highlights and a list of essential episodes to watch/re-watch!...then we talked for, like, 3 hours.So did we actually save you a bunch of time?Well… yeah, kind of! So you’re welcome!Look out for Part 3 of this Clone Wars bonus series in ~2 weeks, when we'll cover Seasons 5 and 6! Twitter: @forcetoastpod | @sLeiaAllDay | @ShutUp_LauraInstagram: @forcetoastpodEmail: forcetoastpod@gmail.comWebsite: forcetoastpod.com*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profan

First up! Feeling generous? Ever thought about how much childhood cancer sucks balls? Our friend Nico is raising money for the Four Diamonds at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Donate to his fundraising page and spread the word using hashtag #Trivia4THON2Now, on to the sh-tshow! It’s almost Force Toast’s FIRST Birthday! And you know what that means! It means hosts Alyce and Laura are going to get into an argument* on mic over a cartoon!lol no but seriously, things get violentLaura takes a pilgrimage to Black Spire Outpost at Batuu EastAvoid SPOILERS for Rise of the Resistance 12:30-16:00Avoid SPOILERS for The Void’s Secrets of the Empire 17:05-20:00The Clone Wars is finally feeding us rats! We discuss the trailer that dropped on January 22, 2020Kenobi is on hold. Like, on the phone. He’s standing there twiddling his lightsaber, remembering the good ol’ days when there was more elegant hold music for a more civilized age.The Rise of Skywalker and what would have been if Trevorrow and Connolly’s episode 9 script

*To be read in the style of The Clone Wars intro narrator*Cat-Lemur People! Scottish accent attempts! Angels from the moons of Iego! Upside down tulip costumes! Hosts Alyce and Laura are recapping* Seasons 1 and 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars so YOU, dear friends, can be ready as hell for Season 7 when it drops on February 21!Has it been a few years since you watched or re-watched all the seasons of this beloved animated series? Do you want to do a full re-watch, but you can’t because you have a life? Have you tried to do a full re-watch but you somehow end up re-watching Mando every time you open the Disney+ app? (Honestly, same.) Or maybe you just want to skip the seasons of Annoying Ahsoka. Either way, we’ll make sure you’ve got all the essential bits. One thing to note: we skipped The Clone Wars film from 2008. We just didn’t feel like watching it. It introduces the audience to Ahsoka Tano, so it’s kind of essential viewing if you’ve NEVER seen the show. But for the sake of these recaps - and our sanity -

NEW DECADE WHO DIS? Honestly, who would have thought we would survive 2019? Like, not just this podcast, but all of us?A good question… for another time.Hosts Alyce and Laura hit RECORD* this time to bring you the latest rumors, news and recaps on anything and everything Star Wars!What’s in the NewsRUMOR via MSW: the High Republic and next Star Wars film sagaRUMOR via Kessel Run Transmissions: the Star Wars Rebels sequel seriesThe Rise of Skywalker media circus continuesThe Cassian Andor series casting callRecap On TapResistance Reborn novel (brief discussion) | Avoid 30:30-35:15 for spoilersThe Rise of Kylo Ren comic: Issues 1 and 2 | Avoid 36:25-54:55 for spoilersThe Mandalorian - Season 1Star Wars Resistance - Season 2, episodes 11-14From the InboxWe catch up with Maria on all the Star Wars stuff coming in 2020Billy ponders the Force Dyad and where we may see it againTriviaLaura shares some highlights from The Rise of Skywalker Visual DictionaryOther helpful links referenced in this episode:Dave Filoni’s G

Happy New Year’s Eve! So we went to the theater a while back and saw a new movie - maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s a little indie flick called Star Wars or something. Hosts Alyce and Laura are going* full throttle on spoilers for the new film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. If you have not seen it and still plan to and don’t want to be spoiled, go no further! There are even spoilers below! Seriously, stop reading!Are you unspoiled people gone? Okay, good.On the docket:Pre-TROS: What got spoiled for us ahead of time. Damn you, all you f*ckers who posted spoilers on twitter for this movie.The crawl… woofGetting intimate with grandaddy Palps’ fingersSkywalking through the plot, planet by planetRemember when we prophesized that TROS would just be the last Potter film, and then it kinda was?SandSo much sandForce Toast LukeNot sure if you knew, but as it turns out, Lando has a huge… rolodexBEN’S LIL SHRUGDementor PalpatineTROS Pro-Tip: go see TROS in a Dolby Atmos theater and close your eyes during the Jedi Voices