Hoth Takes: A Star Wars Podcast
Journalists Eric Geller, Grace Segers, and Haley Byrd Wilt combine their love of debating Star Wars with their professional curiosity, irreverence, and knack for asking hard questions in this freewheeling discussion show about the galaxy far, far away.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
22: Hoth Takes #22: 2 New 2 Republic
The sequel trilogy may be over, but we could still see Rey and the gang in future stories. In this episode, Eric and Grace chat about what they want to see next from Rey, Finn, Poe, and their allies.…
00:52:28 |
Mon 02 May 2022
21: Hoth Takes #21: Good Night, Lieutenant Croy
When Grace and Haley learned that Eric had stayed at Disney’s new Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser immersive hotel thing, they knew they had to ask him all about it. Join us for a discussion about int…
00:49:05 |
Sat 09 Apr 2022
20: Hoth Takes #20: Do Your Own Research
Dive down a rabbit hole or two with us as we explore the zaniest Star Wars fan theories of the past few years. Obviously wesa gonna talk about the big bombad theory yousa probably already familiar wi…
00:55:37 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
19: Hoth Takes #19: Cad Bane Should Have Had A Bigger Hat
If you thought we disliked the first half of The Book of Boba Fett, wait until you hear what we have to say about the second half. From Boba and Fennec’s wasted potential to the pointless time-suckin…
00:53:57 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
18: Hoth Takes #18: You Can’t Sip Poison
Let’s talk Sith. In this episode, Haley’s Dispatch colleague David French joins us to discuss the 2006 Star Wars novel Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, the effectiveness of the Rule of Two, and how d…
00:53:55 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
17: Hoth Takes #17: I Would Like To Know Things
We’re three chapters into The Book of Boba Fett, and we still know almost nothing about what’s going on. In this episode, we discuss the show’s pacing, tone, and narrative, including a plotline that’…
00:51:45 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
16: Hoth Takes #16: Build Back Jar Jar
Let’s face it — the Galactic Senate doesn’t make much sense. For one thing, how do they have enough pods for every senator? And what’s with corporations getting seats? In this episode, we explore why…
00:51:10 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
15: Hoth Takes #15: Pay Us The Money And Give Us The Spice
What do Loki and That’s So Suite Life of Hannah Montana have in common? Every big franchise has cameos and tie-ins, but only the best franchises balance these bits of connectivity with storytelling t…
00:47:37 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
14: Hoth Takes #14: With Hayden Christensen as Cantina Patron #4
Hayden Christensen isn’t just returning to Star Wars in Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series. According to a recent report, he’ll also appear in the Ahsoka Tano series. Hayden’s return is super exciting, …
00:47:36 |
Sat 30 Oct 2021
13: Hoth Takes #13: Unionize the Droids
Droids: They’re everywhere in Star Wars, quietly helping to make the galaxy run, but we rarely think about their needs and wants — or their rights. In this episode, Eric and Grace discuss thorny issu…
00:52:44 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
12: Hoth Takes #12: Lightspeed to the Danger Zone
Should Jedi have been allowed to marry? What dangers did romantic relationships really pose to the stability of the Order and the success of its mission? Could the Jedi of the prequel trilogy have le…
00:48:06 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
11: Hoth Takes #11: You Don't Look A Gift Clone Army In The Mouth
How did the Jedi Order go astray? At what point did its fatal flaws develop, and how did Darth Sidious’ machinations accelerate that corruption? In this episode, Eric and Grace explore the Jedi’s tra…
00:51:54 |
Wed 04 Aug 2021
10: Hoth Takes #10: Critical Space Theory
We’re wrapping up our series on the original trilogy with an episode about the delightful but imperfect Return of the Jedi. Does the movie wrap things up too perfectly? Is it more akin to A New Hope …
01:01:03 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
9: Hoth Takes #9: Can Darth Vader Have It All?
It’s all about family in this episode as we try to discuss The Empire Strikes Back without repeating what everyone has said for the past 40 years. With Haley out on maternity leave, Eric and Grace di…
00:54:05 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
8: Hoth Takes #8: Into The Garbage Chute, Listeners!
Is it even possible to put aside 44 years of nostalgia and analyze A New Hope the way moviegoers might have seen it in 1977? In this episode, Eric and Grace explore why the first Star Wars movie work…
01:00:14 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
7: Hoth Takes #7: Keeping Up With The Clones
As The Bad Batch gets underway, we look at the ups and downs of the first three episodes. The Empire gets recruits, Kanan’s backstory gets retconned, and Clone Force 99 gets a Grogu. Did we think thi…
00:52:16 |
Tue 25 May 2021
6: Hoth Takes #6: Interestingly, Yoda Is Also A Palpatine
Somehow, our podcast has returned. In our breakdown (or perhaps we should say teardown) of The Rise of Skywalker, we discuss Rey’s nonsensical lineage, deuteragonist Kylo’s unsatisfying fate, and Pal…
01:02:14 |
Tue 11 May 2021
5: Hoth Takes #5: The Galaxy Quest of Star Wars
There’s so much to say about The Last Jedi that we’re devoting a second episode to it, but this time, we have a special guest: New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, who ranks The Last Jedi …
01:00:34 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
4: Hoth Takes #4: Red Velvet Crait
The Last Jedi’s character development was pretty uneven. It added new layers to Rey’s loneliness, Kylo’s inner turmoil, Poe’s impulsiveness, and Finn’s search for purpose, but it suffered from a com…
00:52:44 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
3: Hoth Takes #3: Why Do We Have Bitcoin but Not Space Bread?
Was The Force Awakens a carbon copy of A New Hope? And how much does that matter? In this episode, we review the first Star Wars sequel film with the benefit of hindsight and discuss what worked (spa…
00:58:54 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
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