Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

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Episode 418 - SNAGGLETOOTH - The Unauthorized History with Tom Spina Oct 01, 2024

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Snaggletooth! Sure we all know him and love him but what’s his story? Who made mask, why are there so many versions of him and how is he one of the only aliens to appear in all three of the original films? For serious questions like these, we need to once again call upon the Snaggletooth expert, Regal Robot’s Tom Spina for help. Listen along as Tom talks about actually owning Snaggletooth’s real pants and other amazing pieces of Snaggletooth truths. PLUS - the epic kickoff to Luke’s Fall Fall! So order a case of teeth, listen today and celebrate the love! Explore everything Regal Robot here : www.regalrobot.com JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 417 - Ann Murray - The Lost Return Of The Jedi Rebel Pilot Sep 24, 2024

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We’ve always been obsessed with the Return of the Jedi deleted scenes A-Wing Pilot that looks like a grandma but have always wondered - who is she? We’ve stayed up all night wondering what is her story was and who played her? This week we have got all the answers and we’re talking about the incredible actress that played her and what we think her character’s story could have been! So track the main power tree, listen today and celebrate the love! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 416 - The Star Wars Radio Dramas Strike Back - With John and Maria Jose Tenuto Sep 17, 2024

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Episode 416 - The Star Wars Radio Dramas Strike Back. With John and Maria Jose Tenuto This week we’re happy to welcome back to Blast Points, John and Maria Jose Tenuto as they discuss their new book The Star Wars Radio Dramas! Join us as we go in depth on the book’s creation, the continuing legacy of Brian Daley and other unsung heroes of the classic radio drama! AND - what does it all have to do with the Rusty Miller Quiz Book and QVC specials? So celebrate the love and listen today! Get a copy of the new book The Star Wars Radio Dramas by John and Maria Jose Tenuto here : https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-star-wars-radio-dramas/ The Star Wars Radio Dramas - McFarland The Star Wars Radio Dramas Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPR Maria Jose Tenuto and John Tenuto 978-1-4766-9563-1 978-1-4766-5337-2 mcfarlandbooks.com JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

TOM SPINA In Wampa Conversation With HOWIE WEED Sep 07, 2024

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It's a new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS as we listen to our friend Tom Spina from Regal Robot talk to Industrial Light and Magic Legend HOWIE WEED! Listen as they discuss Howie’s experience inside the special edition Wampa suit, working on classics like Gremlins and The Fly! AND - hear just what priceless advice George Lucas gave him while in the Wampa suit! It’s a really fun chat so listen today! Check out the giant screen sized Wampa wall bust here : https://regalrobot.com/shop/star-wars/starwars-busts-statues-collectibles/wampa-life-sized-wall-bust/ See the Regal Robot line of awesome maquette replicas made from digital scans of the original artifacts here: https://regalrobot.com/custom-star-wars-busts-statues/ Explore everything Regal Robot here: www.regalrobot.com EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! ACOLYTE COMMENTARIES! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 COMMENTARIES! KENOBI COMMENTARIES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com Send show ideas, feedback, voice messages or whatever! May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 415 - 365 Days Of Blast Points With Superfan Josh Freeman Sep 03, 2024

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This week we are talking to the amazing superfan listener Josh Freeman, who for one year straight, listened to an episode of Blast Points every single day. And he took detailed notes on each episode. We’ve got questions for him and he’s got a lot of great questions for us. It’s a trip through 8 years of wild Blast Points history so start the countdown clock for seven more days of Dengar, celebrate the love and listen today! View Josh’s incredible Blast Points 365 spreadsheet here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sg3Q7iUm_MpX0eP1BepXWi0i0F1qpBiTQ5RZU2wlw9c/edit?usp=sharing JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 414 - Name That Star Wars Sound Aug 27, 2024

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Are you a Star Wars sound effects expert? Do you know a Death Star ambiance from a Hyperspace background sound? Then you should join Blast Points as they play NAME THAT STAR WARS SOUND! Listen as they quiz each other with 15 sounds hand picked from just the original trilogy! What ones leave them stumped? What ones do they name right away? Listen and find out! Listen today and celebrate the love! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 413 - The George Lucas Celebration III Sessions Aug 20, 2024

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Back in April 2005 at Star Wars Celebration III, George Lucas did three Q&A sessions with fans from around the world. These incredible talks were all recorded and released on the old fan club Hyperspace site. We’ve got the audio for all three of them and we’re going through each one question by question and talking about them all! Hear Lucas talk about his favorite CDs, a future for live action Star Wars on TV, some show called The Clone Wars and more! So don’t wait in the rain overnight but do listen today and celebrate the love! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 412 - Skeleton Crew First Trailer And D23 Insanity Aug 13, 2024

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The big Disney convention D23 happened last weekend and as always some quality Star Wars madness happened. Listen along as we discuss the very Spielbergian Skeleton Crew trailer scene by scene, the glory of NEEL, Andor season 2 , the Mandalorian and Grogu motion picture and more! And we’re talking about Captain EO a lot. A. LOT. so stick your head in a Christmas tree, save the world with dancing, celebrate the love and listen today! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

Episode 411 - Grand Moff Tarkin's Rolling R Sound Olympics Aug 06, 2024

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If you’re anything like us, you’re obsessed with Grand Moff Tarkin and every time you watch Star Wars A New Hope, you quickly become obsessed with all those wild rolling R sounds Tarkin makes! Well don’t worry as we are here to listen to every Tarkin line in the movie and rate them Olympics style! Does the rolling R line get a bronze, silver or GOLD medal? Listen and find out! So get lost in a cornfield, listen today, celebrate the love and god bless you. JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY ACOLYTE EPISODE! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

TOM SPINA In Conversation With The Return Of The Jedi Creature Shop Legends Aug 03, 2024

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It's a new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS as we listen to Tom Spina from Regal Robot talk to Industrial Light and Magic Legends as they tell the story of how they crafted "maquettes" to design the creatures of Return of the Jedi. The audio is from a Regal Robot video put together from Tom's exclusive interviews with Phil Tippett, Jeanne Lauren, Chris Walas, Dave Carson, Kirk Thatcher, Judy Elkins and Ken Ralston. See the Regal Robot line of maquette replicas made from digital scans of the original artifacts discussed here: https://regalrobot.com/custom-star-wars-busts-statues/ Explore everything Regal Robot here: www.regalrobot.com EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! ACOLYTE COMMENTARIES! BAD BATCH SEASON 3 REVIEW EPISODES! MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 COMMENTARIES! KENOBI COMMENTARIES! Theme Music downloadable tracks! Extra goodies! and so much MORE! www.patreon.com/blastpoints SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATION LONDON SUPER LIVE FROM HOME MADNESS : www.youtube.com/@blastpointspodcast2160/featured Blast Points T-SHIRTS are now available! Represent your favorite podcast everywhere you go! Get logo shirts while supplies last! Perfect for conventions, dates, formal events and more! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 If you dug the show, please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes, Spotify and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, we will read it on a future episode! Honestly! Talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! "Like" Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! Join the Blast Points Super Star Wars Chill Group here www.facebook.com/groups/BlastPointsGroup/we are also on Instagram! Wow! www.instagram.com/blastpoints your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact BLAST POINTS at : contact@blastpointspodcast.com Send show ideas, feedback, voice messages or whatever! May the Force be with you, always! This podcast is not affiliated in any way with Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.

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