The Wretched Hive: Star Wars and Other Stuff
Five good friends talking about Star Wars and other stuff including Marvel and the MCU, comics, television, music, and pop culture.
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Episodes
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Episode #149: The final arc of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7 is incredible and, with all due respect to ROGUE ONE and THE MANDALORIAN, some of THE HIVE think it’s the best Star Wars content released for the screen since REVENGE OF THE SITH. It’s bold, sure, but so is our coverage of ANTHONY DANIELS explaining every C-3PO costume he wore, Cassian Andor series casting announcements, and The Force’s gift to humanity MARK HAMMIL’s curious take on a huge Star Wars plot hole. PLUS there are Galaxy’s Edge Coke bottles at a little store in Georgia and we offer…finally…a funny SW Tweet of the Week.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Episode #148: Comic Con is officially cancelled, Bob Iger is back, and the future of Star Wars Celebration is uncertain (clouds the future, the dark side does), but THE HIVE is keeping the Falcon’s thruster pedal to the metal with an update on the Cassian Andor television series, Sam Raimi’s slip about directing Doctor Strange 2, and big updates in the world of comics. PLUS an impromptu choices (Beatles or Stones?), The Niko Zone makes a triumphant return, and DAISY RIDLEY reads us a book for the Tweet of the Week.
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Episode #147: We’re back at full strength like Luke after his dip in the bacta tank on Hoth and joined by special guest Rancho Obi-Wan’s MARC MORITA! We’ve got serious speculation on The Mandalorian Season two release date and Rosario Dawson’s turn as Ahsoka Tano. PLUS we cover the Cassian Andor series official synopsis, take a deeper dive into The Skywalker Saga 27-disc box set, consider the future of comic books with Diamond halting distribution, and pay honor to icons that have recently become one with The Force: Stuart Gordon, Andrew Jack, and the great Max von Sydow.
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Episode #146 (resetting to match iTunes): As Star Wars and the rest of our universe is impacted by Coronavirus the show must go on and it does with Greg, Scott, and Niko taking the helm to discuss the impact on our lives including cancelations of major cons and speculation on STAR WARS CELEBRATION and San Diego Comic-Con. PLUS Mandalorian Season Two talk and this week’s early release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Episode #108: “THE DEAD SPEAK” reference from Episode IX takes a turn as we discover that A CLONE OF PALPATINE is who we meet in TROS… so we’re all good, right? We’ll let you decide as we break down this new twist to our favorite saga. PLUS it’s true, all of it: Bob Iger is out and a NEW BOB is in, Project Luminous morphs into High Republic, The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release schedule for 2020-2027 dropped (https://www.waltdisneystudios.com/assets/large-release-calendar-w-monthly-.xlsx.pdf), expect serious lightsaber action in THE MANDALORIAN Season 2, and save your credits because the entire Skywalker saga is coming to Blue Ray this month. PLUS we throw in an impromptu Star Wars Choices and Mark Hamill has the TWEET OF THE WEEK!
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Aside from Harrison Ford’s laughter on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE there’s a bunch of news to cover this week including STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7, The Rise of Skywalker coming to streaming and Blue Ray, JOE RUSSO’s take on KEVIN FEIGE’s Star Wars collection, and a dubious honor earned by AVENGERS: END GAME. PLUS we’ve got a guaranteed winner (or your money back!) for this week’s SW Tweet of the Week and did we mention Harrison Ford’s laughter on Kimmel?
Be sure to check out our new show, EITHER/OR, dropping on iTunes on February 28th! Subscribe at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/either-or/id1497823717
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
The mysterious PROJECT LUMINOUS is touching down at a spaceport near you on February 24th, Mandalorian Season 2 drops this fall along with Marvel’s FALCON AND WINTER SOLDIER and WANDAVISION, but the biggest news of all this week might be George’s WILHELM SCREAM (at Disney?). PLUS we cover James Gunn’s deleted clue for Guardians 3, Harrison Ford’s confirmed role in Indy 5, and our first look at CBS’s Picard. Engage.
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
New friend and faithful listener JOSH HODGES joined Steve at Timeless Pints to share the genesis of his fandom, his love for laserdiscs, and his thoughts on the sequel trilogy and The Rise of Skywalker. Recorded live at Timeless Pints on 1/25/20.
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Episode #105: The trailer for STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Season 7 dropped like an escape pod from the TANTIVE IV and we’ll catch you up on that and more this week including KATHLEEN KENNEDY and the future of your favorite franchise in the wake of lackluster box office for THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, almost-but-not-quite Ep. IX director Colin Trevorrow’s mysterious script, breakdowns and long lines for Disneyland’s RISE OF THE RESISTANCE, and how National Treasure MARK HAMILL got is vinyl back…PLUS the usual “other stuff” including how the HOUSTON AST(ERISKS)ROS cheated their way into a World Series win, and the passing of the great NEIL PEART.
The Wretched Hive Podcast
The show was born in the summer of 2015 when Greg, Steve, Niko, Dave, and their wives and girlfriends met at Barley Forge Brewery in Costa Mesa, California (Scott was absent that day, tending to the physical effects of consuming one too many Zombies the evening prior). The usual conversation, debate, and low-brow comedy centering around Star Wars ensued. Steve had the idea of starting a podcast, and much like the throbbing hangover in Scott's cranium, the idea hung on for dear life in his mind, refusing to leave. The five recorded their first episode under the original show title, "The Second Order", on January 20, 2016.