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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We give our thoughts on this magnificent closing to an incredible first season of television, including the appearance of one of the greatest villains of all time. Spotify 🟢: bit.ly/4tnpsjD Apple 🍎: apple.co/3R0G9Eg All other podcasting apps on Janix 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A still from Maul: Shadowlord's finale, the showdown of Maul clashing sabers with Darth Vader himself.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Both episodes showed us new sides to Maul while bringing more of the grounded action, chase sequences, and stunning animation we've been drooling over. We're stoked for the finale. Spotify 🟢: bit.ly/DE-132 Apple 🍎: apple.co/4dm49dt All other podcasting apps on Janix 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Maul - Shadowlord, "The Creeping Fear" - A young Maul, with only faint black markings, looks upward as the current Maul stares down at his youthful, worried face in the puddle reflection.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We've crossed the halfway point of Season 1 of Maul: Shadow Lord. How does the season hold up as it gears up for the end-game of the first season? 🟢: bit.ly/41TJjf9 🍎: apple.co/48oS6t6 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

The central image advertising episode 131 of this podcast depicts a scene from Shadowlord: Night of the Hunted; Maul stands facing Marrok, the armored Inquisitor, who is wielding is high-speed, spinning double-bladed lightsaber that looks aflame.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Maul – Shadow Lord just keeps getting better with each episode drop. We praise the upgraded animation style yet again, gush about clever easter eggs, & break down some of the BEST lightsaber fighting in Star Wars! 🟢: bit.ly/4u1NNfO 🍎: apple.co/4tmtl9d 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Maul- Shadowlord Episode Three: Devon, the Jedi Padawan, is illuminated in the foreground in eerie red light from the lightsaber in her hands. In the background, we faintly see Maul, watching her patiently.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Maul – Shadow Lord IS FINALLY HERE! We break down the first two eps on this Star Wars noir story and give our initial thoughts. Plus, has Lucasfilm animation ever looked this good?! 🟢: bit.ly/4u3uVNx 🍎: apple.co/3Ol5Az5 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A still from episode 2 of Maul - Shadow Lord: Darth Maul in a dark hooded cloak glowers at the screen, fingers clenching, his double-sided red lightsaber behind him.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

IT'S THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP AND THE CONCLUSION OF MARCH MAUL MADNESS!! WHO WINS?! We talk The Clone Wars: "The Phantom Apprentice," "Shattered," and "Victory and Death," aka The Siege of Mandalore from Season 7. 🟢: bit.ly/4e4TLHI 🍎: apple.co/4c0LlPf 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A poster-like, red, black and yellow image for the final episode in "March Maul Madness" - Maul's horns are at the bottom, and a scene from The Clone Wars Season 7 of Ahsoka Tanko dueling Darth Maul is in the center.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Watch the final 4 episodes of The Clone Wars and not get emotional challenge (impossible)

Ahsoka Tano from the animated series "The Clone Wars" saluting Captain Rex.

Ahsoka Tano surrounded by clones with guns drawn and trained on her. We see the image through Captain Rex's point of view, his gun drawn.

Captain Rex with his helmet removed, a tear streaming from his eye.

Ahsoka Tano from The Clone Wars looking at the monument to fallen clone troopers.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today, we're reading 2014's Star Wars: Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir and learning a valuable lesson...YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD SITH DOWN! 🟢: bit.ly/4dcqHOo 🍎: apple.co/4sA6bMc 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A red and black, Darth-Maul-themed post depicting Maul with two Mandolorian Maul troopers at his back, with the black graffiti text - 'MARCH MAUL MADNESS: DISTANT ECHOES, EPISODE 127, STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL - SON OF DATHOMIR"

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

MADNESS CONTINUES! We talk Maul's syndicate takeover, his conquest of Mandalore, and an encounter with the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Sidious! 🟢: bit.ly/4uEJacm 🍎: apple.co/4rC4nBj 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A red and black Darth Maul-themed bracket poster pitting three Clone Wars episodes against one another: Eminence, Shades of Reason, and The Lawless.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We're kicking off the first episode in our series where we're pitting Maul-centric episodes head-to-head to crown the champion Maul Moment in MARCH MAUL MADNESS, as we prep for Maul: Shadow Lord! 🟢: bit.ly/4sJNXb1 🍎: apple.co/4b4FusW 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A red and black image with the top of Darth Maul's horned head at the bottom depicting a scene from "Brothers" and "Revenge" from the Clone Wars Season 4, going head to head in this podcast episode

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We know a thing or two about little dead aliens AND ghosts...

An comic panel of Watto from Star Wars after being decapitated. The caption reads "An old junk dealer in Mos Espa choked up a name before I separated him from his greed."

Qui Gon Jin wearing sunglasses and jedi robes as a force ghost. He's holding an umbrella and a water bottle.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

We saved the best for last. BLACK gives us a surreal look at the final moments of a Stormtrooper's life as the Death Star is destroyed - a celebration of animation, music, and, of course, Star Wars. 🟢: bit.ly/4rGGtW6 🍎: apple.co/47608WX 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

The gruesome visage of a stormtrooper, eyes widened in horror as his face and helmet melt away into abyssal gore.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

GROOVE IS IN THE HEAARRRTTTTT~ We're flying solo as we wind down our coverage of Star Wars: Visions Volume 3, and we're talking about one of our favorite episodes this volume has to offer. 🟢: bit.ly/460bYlg 🍎: apple.co/4tyEeVW 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

Crane from Song of Four Wings is at center- we see her staring determinedly into the camera out of her orange visor.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"May I always be at one with the Force." Helping us take on this story of a hot-headed, selfish Jedi padawan in some of the most gorgeous animation and art direction in Volume 3 is Russ Moran from @kaijucomiccast.bsky.social! 🟢: bit.ly/3Zaw2xk 🍎: apple.co/3NVHytX 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A young padawan with a black braid and traditional and ornate white and red robes reached out towards a colorful, oil-painting-esque abyss swirling around her.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"If it wasn't for me, you'd have been frozen in carbonite a long time ago!" Studio Wit takes on one of the biggest tropes in SW canon! We're joined by Chris Osborne from @playcomics.bsky.social & @sugarspitepod.bsky.social ! 🟢: bit.ly/3NDHsaf 🍎: apple.co/4r6keYU 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

Standing in a sandstone archway, we have a six-armed, horned, silver and black droid with menacing red eyes and a woman in a black top and pants equipped with blasters, a long ponytail, and a rebreather mask.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"It's a Favorite Series, Dude (of Star Wars)" ...The brand-new, impeccably-named bonus series! To help kick it off, we're joined by none other than @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social, Exec. Producer for the ⁠George Lucas Talk Show⁠! 🟢: bit.ly/49xcTKW 🍎: apple.co/4qxd9QE 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Andor Season 2, "Welcome to the Rebellion" - a balding senator with grey hair and brown and dusty orange robes in the midst of the senatorial chamber.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

"Will you be my smuggler?" We called in the big guns- Together We Anime (links in comments) to help us uncover hidden connections, discuss the powerhouse that is Judith Light, and ...weird end-scene proposal. 🟢: bit.ly/4q2c1Vm 🍎: apple.co/4bdcm2U 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

Three characters sit in a dusty orange land speeder: at left, a pink-haired smuggler with a red scarf and dark vest, a light-haired prince disguised in commonor's clothing, and an older woman with blue eyeshadow, a brown bouffant and black robes.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

In 2023, we talked all about the Lego Holiday Special! While not as fun as the original, this one is still...festive? At least?

An image advertising Distant Echoes Episode 59 "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (This is How We Life Day)"

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"This is the best birthday ever!" We discuss what this episode gets right, what we'd love to see more of, and even some juicy details about our guest @hamishsteele.bsky.social 's connections with a galaxy far, far away! 🟢: bit.ly/3Y1O8Rz 🍎: apple.co/4j5n8ue 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Visions Volume 3, "Yuko's Treasure" of the brown droid-bear BILY wearing a billowing black Darth Vader-esque cape, looming over a blue-haired and pink-haired child.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Only someone who is truly strong has the ability to reveal their weakness to others." Kara returns! We gush over Teto and break down whether this episode w/ @callupthedead.bsky.social from @fearcodedpod.bsky.social ! 🟢: bit.ly/48DS0gA 🍎: apple.co/4ozrGKq 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image of Kara from Star Wars Visions "Ninth Jedi" series in her pink and black robes- with the droid Teto on her shoulder, pointing to the galaxy.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

@jordanmaison.com nailed it with this take. The Lost Ones is our favorite of Visions Volume 3 so far, and it's no surprise; we were in love with the aristry, music, and concepts in The Village Bride. Full episode out now! 🟢: bit.ly/44fPWK3 🍎: apple.co/4oTGSD8 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🌹"There's more to reality than what we see. And not everything seen is true."🌹 WE WANT MORE F! To help us gush over another Kinema Citrus banger, we're joined by writer, cartoonist, and Visions fanboy- @jordanmaison.com ! 🟢: bit.ly/44fPWK3 🍎: apple.co/4oTGSD8 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A still from Visions Vol. 3 - The Lost Ones: F (in blue hakama and white shitagi and a black robe) watching a figure in the foreground with white imperial-like suit, a black glove, and a single red flower in their hand.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If the Star Wars Holiday Special taught us anything, it's that wrecking Nazi's shit is a holiday tradition.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌟BONUS LIFE DAY EPISODE!!!🌟 We hang with @chels725.bsky.social to talk the adorable Life Day #1 & reminisce about the Holiday Special - and most importantly, why Chewie is both the Mariah Carey and John McClane of Star Wars. 🟢: bit.ly/3K0dbkr 🍎: apple.co/48eI7H3 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A special Life Day episode of Distant Echoes with the comic book cover of Life Day #1 depicting Han Solo and Chewbacca, who is holding a glowing Life Day orb.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

If you see this post your favorite Glup Shitto. HE WAS OUR FAVORITE BEFORE JEREMY ALLEN WHITE, OK?

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

♨️ "You're no longer a Jedi. You're not even a man..." ♨️ We ARE SO happy Visions is back! We discuss the historical inspirations for Aneé-san, our love for Anzellans and Ewoks, and of course..one of our faves - The Ronin. 🟢: bit.ly/3LirLnY 🍎: apple.co/3JHdujZ 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A clip of Aneesan from "The Duel - Payback," in greyscale, a Twilek Sith brandishing a lightsaber arm with many long, thin red lightsabers attached.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Happy Visions Season 3 release day to all who celebrate!

A poster for Visions Season 3 showing various characters from the season in brush strokes that make the roman numeral III.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

📚✨ ANOTHER NOVEL CROSSOVER! ✨📚 Katie and Doug at @novelgamingpod.bsky.social come back to discuss the stellar (and queer!) Star Wars novel by Emma Mieko Candon, filled with beautiful imagery and haunting ghost stories. 🟢: bit.ly/4o53wYK 🍎: apple.co/47cvbB3 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

The front cover of Emmko Mieko Candon's Ronin: A Visions Novel is illustrated here, a Samurai in graphite and black pulling out a thin red lightsaber against a tapestry-like grey, red, and black background.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

But what if... ...we dropped one more episode before Visions Season 3 premiered? ...and what if it was a crossover with our pals @novelgamingpod.bsky.social? ...and what if it was an episode about a dope book we loved? ...and what if...you tuned in✨tomorrow✨to hear it?!

The cover of Emma Mieko Candon's Star Wars Ronin: A Visions Novel.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🏮💔 It is written. It is your destiny...💔🏮 Akakiri is a pitch-perfect short that serves as a wonderful tribute to The Hidden Fortress—and a perfect end to the season. Plus, we read and discuss "Visions – Peach Momoko"! 🟢: bit.ly/3J2bGlA 🍎: apple.co/4hlBpC2 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Star Wars Visions - Akakiri, depicting a dark figure about to unsheathe a katana-like blue lightsaber in a rock garden against a golden armored figure with a red lightsaber.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🐰 We're going to become a proper family! 🐰 We discovered a new appreciation for this episode, and discussed how Yuki Igarashi was influenced by "wabi sabi," and the comfort you can still find in its "imperfect" ending. 🟢: bit.ly/4nYeejK 🍎: apple.co/4nUmNw4 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A screen from Lop & Ocho - Lop in the bottom right, parrying her sister Ocho, a green lightsaber clashing with red electrified weapons.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

👹"The seeds of misfortune, when in peaceful soil, can be easy to overlook."👹 We descend into perhaps one of the darkest eps of Visions: Season 1 with a message about aging and trying to escape that which comes for us all. 🟢: bit.ly/437uF4P 🍎: apple.co/4gZU5ad 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A scene from Star Wars: Visions, "The Elder" - a closeup of a young padawan struggling against an elderly figure with spikey white goatee and a red saber.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🤖🤖 "My name is Tobi, and I'm a Jedi!" 🤖🤖 We discuss this special and delightful episode from Science Saru while questioning why it's so hard for some fans to accept this sophisticated, yet unabashedly kid-friendly tale. 🟢: bit.ly/4mRlqNf 🍎: apple.co/46PE6H6 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

An image from Science Saru's "T0-B1" (Star Wars: Visions, Season 1), showing a dark and desolate cloudy sky with "T0B1" in the foreground, shining bright and cyan with his new lightsaber.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

😈😈 WE'RE ALL HERE TO GET COOL JEDI LIGHSTABERS...RIGHT? 😈😈 We discuss animation powerhouse Production I.G's take on lighstabers, plot twists, and just the right amount of goofy droids in "The Ninth Jedi." 🟢: bit.ly/4mCHz1E 🍎: apple.co/46kuzJg 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A scene from Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi- wherein a circle of presumed Jedi surround a fearful young man with lit red lighstabers in dimness.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🌟✨ MAGINA, MAY YOU RISE! ✨🌟 We venture to a realm where the Force - or Magina- whatever you want to call it rules - shines through nature in #StarWarsVisions Episode: The Village Bride. Spotify: bit.ly/3IhB0DI Apple: apple.co/4gykiN1 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

A still from Visions Season 1 - The Village Bride, of the couple evoking the Force through a blue bubble at a sacred shrine.

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

While we talk a lot about how much this episode suffers from constant, heavy-handed references, it can't be overstated just how beautifully animated and daring this episode is.

An image of Karre and Am, the two main characters from Star Wars Visions: The Twins fighting on top of a Star Destroyer. Blue and red lightning collide in the center of the frame, turning the entire picture shades of blue and red. Image credit StarWars.com

An image of the twin Star Destroyers from Star Wars Visions: The Twins. Image credit StarWars.com

Am, flanked by Storm Troopers and B-2ON, faces off against Karre. Image credit StarWars.com

Karre facing down a Star Destroyer in Space. Image credit StarWars.com

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🙎‍♂️🙎‍♀️✨ I'VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THESE TWINS ✨🙎‍♂️🙎‍♀️ (Get it? It's a Star Wars reference!) We're cruising through #StarWarsVisions Season 1! Today: Studio Trigger's beautiful, yet far too reference-heavy, "The Twins!" Spotify: bit.ly/465Cfxu Apple: apple.co/4mSByiu 🏳️‍🌈: glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes

Distant Echoes Episode 108 - Star Warts Visions: The Twins

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎲✨D&D! ✨🎲 Over the years, we've done some non-television focused episodes, too, like creating TTRPG character sheets for Star Wars Characters! Our longtime GM Harrison joined us for our first outing. Then, we crafted characters for #Andor! Episode 57: bit.ly/3UXLE5a Episode 105: bit.ly/45OS0dy

Distant Echoes Episode 57: A Star Wars + D&D Crossover Event! (The Honey Roast of Harrison, the DM)

Distant Echoes Episode 105: D&Decompression: Andor Edition

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎥✨ BAD MOVIES WITH GOOD FRIENDS!✨🎥 @dmuma.bsky.social joined to talk about the...uh...wonderful animated feature "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." (Sorry, David...) The film may have been rough, but our conversation with David was so much fun! Spotify: bit.ly/47vymo9 Apple: apple.co/48OoEdC

Distant Echoes Episode 61 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (feature film) Featuring David Arnold!

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎤✨ INTERVIEWS ✨🎤 We had the chance to talk with @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social TWICE! First, we discussed the doc "I'm George Lucas* A Connor Ratliff Story" (grab the Blu-ray: Imgeorgelucas.com). Then, Patrick came back for The Great Heep! Episode 74 - bit.ly/3VwYFCU Episode 85 - bit.ly/3UUredp

Distant Echoes Episode 74 - Our Interview with Patrick Cotnoir ("The George Lucas Talk Show")

Distant Echoes Episode 85 - Star Wars: Droids "The Great Heep" Feat. Patrick Cotnoir from The George Lucas Talk Show

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Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast @distantechoespod.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

📚✨ NOVEL CROSSOVERS! ✨📚 We crossed over with our pals @novelgamingpod.bsky.social to talk Mark Oshiro's 2023 middle grade book 'Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena,' a tie-in novel to (RIP) multiplayer game of the same name: Spotify: bit.ly/4ndPRhk Apple: apple.co/46uPlUU

An image advertising a Distant Echoes & Novel Gaming Glitterjaw Crossover: Star Wars Hunters: Battle for the Arena (With Doug and Katie)

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