ForceCast #318: Reactor Shaft Mysteries

This week's show focuses on a recent report that a famous face will be back to menace the galaxy in Episode VII. Eric debuts a brand-new mini-series with a friend of the show to break down that report and its implications. We also discuss Dave Filoni's comments about Star Wars Rebels, whether stormtroopers are elite professionals or comically inept blaster fodder, Marvel's Star Wars reprints, and more.

Show Notes:

The HoloNet

• "Two independent sources" tell Latino Review the identity of the "big bad" of Star Wars Episode VII-IX. Indie Revolver says they've heard the same thing.
  
• Marvel is publishing Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 1 TPB, the first Star Wars installment in their Epic Collections series.
  
• Comicbook.com has posted part of a media roundtable that Dave Filoni did at SDCC, and some of the things he reveals about Rebels are interesting.

Discussion

• Eric and friend of the show Christian Blauvelt discuss the latest Episode VII rumors over burgers in the first installment of "A Plate of Star Wars."

Fan Focus

• Rebels Short: 'Entanglement' Starring Zeb
  
• Star Wars celebrities doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge include:
  
  • J.J. Abrams
    
  • Mark Hamill
    
  • Harrison Ford
    
  • Peter Mayhew
    
  • Daisy Ridley
    
  • Oscar Isaac
    
  • Spinoff film director Gareth Edwards
    
  • R2-D2
    

The Comlink

• Eric offers a correction and we read an email from Tim.

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