This is the Way

30/06/2024

June 2024's Star Wars News Update podcast by This is the Way Podcast is now available for listening on all our associated distribution network feeds.

It's a summer of Star Wars! Well, not really, but The Acolyte started streaming this month and that's something new. Is this podcast covering the show? You could say yes or no depending on your point of view. What's more Star Wars than that?

Gamers and collectors and Disney World parkgoers have something to listen to in the June news update and even if you don't like The Acolyte, you can get excited for Andor and the upcoming Skeleton Crew live action series!

If you have questions or comments or just want to express yourself and talk about the Star Wars you love, email This is the Way Podcast HQ at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and may the Force be with you!

It's a summer of Star Wars? Well, not really, but The Acolyte started streaming this month and that's something new. Is this podcast covering the show? You c...

01/06/2024

Getting close to June...

Maybe it's time for a news update podcast for May?

May 2024 comes to a close and This is the Way Podcast wraps up another month with another Star Wars news update podcast. The Bad Batch is done. The Acolyte i...

30/04/2024

The April 2024 Star Wars News Update podcast episode from This is the Way Podcast is now available to stream on podcast services and, of course, there is a version we make available to YouTube, too!

The April 2024 Star Wars news update episode stars off with a "my bad" as a result of constructive listener feedback. That's not a joke or a set up for a pun...

30/04/2024

Hey, I know it's April, but it would seem that I never posted the link to the March 2024 Star Wars News Update. How could I be so forgetful?

March 2024's news update episode is available just before the end of the month, but it's Easter weekend, so it might be a slight gamble that something big do...

11/03/2024

Spotted somewhere in a galaxy not too far away from my house…

29/02/2024

This is the Way Podcast reached the 150 episode mark with the "Star Wars Podcast Day" episode earlier in February, but our news update for the month ticks in just before the close of the month on Leap Day for #151!

This is the Way Podcast reached the 150 episode mark with the "Star Wars Podcast Day" episode earlier in February, but our news update for the month ticks in...

07/02/2024

It's that time once again!

and This is the Way Podcast is observing it with a background episode on the host. This is the 25th year of podcasting about Star Wars, even if it's only the fourth . This is the Way Podcast has celebrated with an episode airing on the seventh of February every year, even if they haven't always been "special" episodes. Learn a little more about how This is the Way Podcast came out of the creative bedrock formed by growing up with Star Wars!

is here and This is the Way Podcast is observing it with a background episode on the host. This episode was commissioned for Star War...

29/01/2024

Star Wars news from the first month of 2024. January saw a movie announcement, a second season for the latest series, when the end will begin for The Bad Batch series, and as usual, there is gaming, collecting, and Disney Parks news to discuss. Next week there's Star Wars Podcast Day and if you have something you'd like to ask about This is the Way Podcast or the host, please send it in via email!

New Year, same great news coverage from This is the Way Podcast!Disney Plus live action Star Wars shows aren't "coming soon" but January saw an official gree...

31/12/2023

I may have cracked the code on preventing "soft strikes" on YouTube copyrights for the podcast. Small consolation in an otherwise awful finish to 2023.

Just because the host doesn't personally have a great final few months of the year, it doesn't mean we stop podcasting about Star Wars! Do or do not...

Disney Plus live action Star Wars shows have been on hiatus since Ahsoka wrapped and will be until 2024. Four shows await releases during the year. Andor's s...

18/12/2023

Our wonderful neighbors came by with a present again this year! How awesome is this popcorn tin?

01/12/2023

I think it's safe to say this reveals how little I use the service EXCEPT for podcasting. I imagine that viewership would be much different.

28/11/2023

This is the Way Podcast's November's Star Wars news update podcast is available now.

Star Wars was dealing with two strikes, but there's a new count now that Dave Filoni is in creative control at Lucasfilm. No, Kathleen Kennedy didn't get fir...

13/11/2023

With today's podcast episode release ( #146), This is the Way Podcast celebrates four years. It was the debut of Disney Plus and The Mandalorian and our 1st episode.

If you're looking for an Ahsoka finale review that will put a positive spin on any criticism and overlook the awful plotting, bad writing, and curious editin...

29/10/2023

This is the Way Podcast's October 2023 Star Wars News Update episode is available on Spotify now and other outlets as the aggregators get to work.

We'll work on our YouTube version soon, but life obstacles were overcome to get this one out there on time!

Yes, we know you're still waiting on the Ahsoka finale and feedback and season review! Thanks for your patience!

One strike is over, another might be coming to an end, but Disney Plus Star Wars content is going on hiatus no matter what. It will be months before The Acolyte or Skeleton Crew appears on the streaming service, so I hope you like video game and collectible news! Yes, This is the Way Podcast STILL h...

22/10/2023

A hero of Mandalore for sale...

06/10/2023

Here's a link to Kevin Kiner's Ahsoka series soundtrack, Volume 2, available now on streaming services, including Amazon Music.

On Amazon Music

02/10/2023

This just in...

YouTube is THE WORST. I loathe the platform.

Episode 144 discussion of Ahsoka Part Seven is available.

Ahsoka has just one episode left after Dreams and Madness, Part VII. Remember the days when seasons were something like 20-25 episodes long? Back then, there...

26/09/2023

Another "strike" from YouTube on a Star Wars news update podcast talking about another kind of strike that affects the Star Wars content pipeline...

Trained journalist with a degree and a course in media law? Who cares, right?

This is the Way Podcast episode 143 for September 2023 is available now.

Is the strike over? Will we get new (Star Wars) series (on Disney Plus) soon? We may or may not, but Ahsoka is almost over and just last month we talked abou...

25/09/2023

Wow, YouTube. You're STILL striking my videos for laying some of Kiner's theme under the close, even with edits and alterations I made this week? I have a fair use case, but if it's just Russia and Belarus you don't want to have it, fine...for now.

Episode 142 of This is the Way Podcast is available now. "Far, Far Away" and Part Six of season one. Great title. Good episode. Only two remain so let's all hope this isn't just a season of set up for a movie and we feel some closure for the story we've been watching unfold.

Wait...The Office?

Ahsoka is back from "The World Between Worlds" and now "far, far away" in a brand new galaxy....that looks a lot like the old one we know so well.Were Lucasf...

19/09/2023

Leave it to "good ol' YouTube" to strike your video for even just a few short seconds of music, even if there is a good case for fair use.

Doesn't matter. Episode 141 of This is the Way Podcast is out. Shadow Warrior, Ahsoka Part V.

Ahsoka starts the second half of season one with a blast from the past we never got to see and Ahsoka doesn't even give Anakin a big hug. Seriously, if you g...

11/09/2023

Copyright issues prevented an earlier release of Episode 140 of This is the Way Podcast. The final moments of Ahsoka, Part IV bring us to a place between the first half of the season and the second half...a "world between worlds" if you will. ;)

Ahsoka reaches the halfway point of the season by visiting the "World Between Worlds" introduced in the animated series, Rebels. If you had that on your bing...

07/09/2023

Yeah, I know it could look better, but I went the "quick and messy Paint 3D" route to get back on track with my podcast instead of reinstalling Photoshop and spending an hour blending and making sure skin tones and lighting matched.

I mean, I was going to change the lamp into a lightsaber and the bottles into spotchka and put Shin and Ahsoka or Sabine in there.

03/09/2023

Will Hondo Ohnaka or Maz Kanata end up in Ahsoka? Is finding Thrawn the only endgame for the series? Will the writing get better? Listen to This is the Way Podcast episode 139 to hear discussion on those questions and more!

Ahsoka doesn't have to be serious to be a good show. I mean, the character sure has been acting serious (and crosses her arms a lot), but Star Wars fans don'...

29/08/2023

There may be a hurricane complicating our release schedule later this week, but here's our August news podcast episode for 2023! Keep This is the Way Podcast and our family, friends, neighbors, and Florida fans in your prayers!

Hurricane Idalia is out in the Gulf of Mexico, but the month ends this week, so it's news update time for us at This is the Way Podcast headquarters. There i...

28/08/2023

What's your secret storm prep must-have?

28/08/2023

Episode 137 of This is the Way Podcast is now available to stream, incl. an audio visualized version on YouTube.

We did it! We released it before Tuesday's Part III!

Try and find the non-Star Wars movie quote included in the episode!

Ahsoka's first episode set a tone and the second continued the theme. She's looking for Thrawn...oh, and Ezra, too. Hera and Sabine couldn't care less about ...

24/08/2023

This is the Way Podcast Episode 136 on Ahsoka: Part One is available now. Part Two is in production, but in the meantime, listen to discussion on "Master and Apprentice" for insights on the latest Star Wars series on Disney Plus!

Ahsoka feels like she's been around since the beginning even though her first appearance came this century and not a long time ago. Since she became Anakin's...

21/08/2023

This is the Way Podcast's preview of the Ahsoka series is complete. Gifted with a positive virus test for his birthday, host Steve manages to put together a preview in quarantine. Give him a break and like and subscribe!

Episode 135 is available on YouTube now!

This is the Way Podcast was developed specifically for the very first Disney Plus Star Wars show, but my, how it has grown. Three seasons of The Mandalorian,...

03/12/2022

Uh…I was promised lightsaber proof metal. There’s been a mistake.

30/11/2022

Andor all November. Manageable content since the last news update. Failed online shopping by the host for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Busy weeks ahead with Christmas programs and parties and presents. We got November's episode in before December.

Still haven't finished notes for the Andor finale. We'll get to it soon. Here's something to listen to between Christmas songs.

The end of November and the end of season one of Andor. 2022 coming to a close and the Christmas shopping season still underway. One Bob out and another Bob in, Ahsoka and Acolyte in production and season two of Andor shooting. Star Wars seems to be in good shape. We've got your usual video game and...