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Are you looking for a hilarious Star Wars podcast that talks about obscure and fascinating subjects related to that galaxy far, far away? Do you want one that includes questionable impressions of Obi-Wan Kenobi? Are YOU searching for a show that keeps you up to date on all things George Lucas Super Live Adventure and does a year long tribute to Attack of the Clones? Then you should be listening to Blast Points Podcast! Join Jason and Gabe as they dive into some of the strange mysterious corn ...
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Join us for a deep dive into the "Chronicles of the Tapani Rebellion," a Star Wars RPG campaign that masterfully blends high-stakes action with complex political intrigue and darkly humorous character moments. Our story follows the chaotic exploits of Rouge Squadron, a newly-formed, independent Rebel cell operating in the treacherous Tapani Sector as it navigates a perilous landscape of warring Great Houses, Imperial crackdowns, and shadowy underworld dealings. We'll analyze the campaign's k ...
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Star Wars Visions is back with 9 new animated short films that once again expand the galaxy far far away and this week we’re talking about them all! We loved this third installment of Visions shorts and we are getting loopy with a Nanny Jedi with a robot arm, a droid bear and discussing why “Black” is one of the best things that’s come out in the l…
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We have the World Champ Isaiah Wallace back to chat a bit about the new customs and Clone Marksman but mostly we PREDICT THE POINTS!!! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet Game Toppers: Making industrial-quality gaming-focused toppers that turn any table …
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Evan announces our contest winners, then we go right into covering our TAKES on General Grievous on the Wheel Bike and Clone Marksmen, with a list review in the middle for good measure. Finally, C3-LP becomes more troubling than ever when he, apropos of nothing, starts insulting the intelligence of Wookiees. Galaxy on Fire GT: https://www.longshank…
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We’re dusting off the BP phone as we are once again joined by our friend from REGAL ROBOT, the one and only TOM SPINA talking about a subject only he can handle - THE PUPPETS OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY. Join us as we ask the important questions like “what is a puppet” and “why is that droid so small?” So call up a man in a suit, celebrate the love and…
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It's a 20 minute mini episode where we're joining the Hunt for The Hunt for Ben Solo! We're talking all about the news that shook fandom and why we want to see this movie! JOIN THE BLAST POINTS ARMY and SUPPORT BLAST POINTS ON PATREON! NEW ANDOR SEASON 2 EPISODE COMMENTARIES! COMMENTARIES FOR EVERY SKELETON CREW EPISODE! NEW EMPIRE STRIKES BACK COM…
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Hey gang! No Scoundrels this week for reasons I get into in the intro, but I'm glad to unlock the first part of my little brother and I ranking as many Star Wars video games as we could think of (that we played...which is most of them). There's no video of ourselves because we recorded this when I was even more of a content noob than I am now, but …
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The third season of Star Wars Visions is almost here so it’s about time we look back and talk about some of our favorite shorts from the previous seasons! There’s a lot to love in Visions 1 and 2 and we’re picking our top 5 from them all! Which ones do we agree on? Which picks surprised us? What does it have to do with Manowar? Listen and find out!…
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Evan and Mike spent a good deal of time talking about bloody conflicts between Denmark and Canada, we talk some recent tournament experiences on our end, get into the results of the recent (and quite large) GT in Warsaw, Poland, and generally risk making multiple parties mad at us once again. Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legion…
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It’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for as we are finally talking about the superstar from Ewoks season 2, THE LEAF QUEEN! She’s bringing autumn to us all and we’ve got a lot of questions about what she is and why she’s a force user made of leaves. If that wasn’t enough, we are doing commentaries for both of the two episodes of Ewoks she appea…
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Brian Baer joins us to talk about lots of recent tournament-winning lists, the meta at large, Dale Earnhardt, daily carb intake, the state of the current meta, whether Mike and I are ever wrong about things (no), and somehow much more! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/colle…
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We spent pretty much the whole episode covering the newly revealed upgrades for Super Tactical Droid and Jedi customizable commanders and boy howdy does Mike have a FEW THINGS TO SAY! We are now sponsored by: Legion Terrain: Check out the terrain they sent me at https://www.legionterrain.com/collections/ice-planet, and use code 5THTROOP5%SO for 5% …
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Nicholas Bucaille joins us to talk about Grievous on a Wheel Bike, Im Norden, and why the hell Americans aren't playing Ewoks?! 00:00 Introducing guest Nicholas Bucaille 05:50 New Reveals: Super Tac Generics 08:44 General Grievous..on a Bike! 28:44 Hondo Ohnaka: Now Fully Revealed 40:16 Crucible Preparations and List Building 53:45 Im Norden GT 01:…
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The first trailer for the Mandalorian and Grogu movie is here and we are doing what we do and going through it bit by bit and talking all about why we think this thing is going to be FUN FUN FUN. Plus, here why Disney is dumb, why you should eat a Fat Boy ice cream sandwich, why we're not too cool for school and why it's all about the puppets. So g…
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Evan Bulriss joins us to talk about Star Wars marketing, cookies, soda, our dumb content ideas...and of course we try to guess what the hell is gonna be in that Jedi box! 00:00 Introduction and Catching Up 02:10 Millennium Games GT Recap 11:10 Cookie Talk...and also Star Wars Branding? 20:40 Legion Advertising? 26:40 Unveiling New Jedi Units 32:07 …
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In 1987, in an issue celebrating the first 10 years of the saga, the legendary Starlog magazine featured an article titled Behind the Lines of Star Wars that somehow predicted the next almost 40 years of stories! Join us as we go through the article by the mysterious Michael Wolff and discuss what he got right and what it still could predict for st…
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Why does a gun make it easier to safely explode a bomb at point blank range in someone's face while punching them? Can anyone stop the the Scoundrels (who aren't named Evan) at NOVA Open? Can Evan count? CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: All new YouTube subscribers and current Patreon members in September are eligible to win one of: Original Clone Wars Core Se…
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We’re back to play another round of Name That Star Wars Sound and this time it’s all about the prequels! Listen as we quiz each other with 15 sounds hand picked from just the prequel trilogy! What ones leave us stumped? What ones do we name right away? Listen and find out! So chug some apple juice, listen today and celebrate the love!JOIN THE BLAST…
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Caitlyn and Isaish "World Champ" Wallace join us to talk about the Evergreen Open and various other things, including Choppper Base Open,. Isaiah's poor snack choices and at the end ChatGPT instructs us to talk about a certain lesser-used Lizard Man. 00:00 Introduction, Patreon Business, Nutter Butters 12:30 Evergreen Open Talk 1:28:00 Chopper Base…
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Episode 453 - The Story of RETURN OF THE JEDI Record 1983’s Story of Return of the Jedi record is an audio 45 minute version of ROTJ and somehow before recording this episode has never been heard by either of us! So we’re doing what we do and listening to this wild masterpiece while stopping along the way to discuss all the greatness, madness and i…
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Mike and Evan TURN THE BUS AROUND to cover the full list of spoilers from the Rebel and Imperial Customizeables! 00:00 Introduction and Context 02:55 Why this is happening 05:59 Overview of Imperial Doctrines 22:01 Imperial Upgrades 42:13 Imperial Command Cards 50:42 Rebel Units 01:01:38 Rebel Doctrines 01:14:47 Rebel Upgrades 01:18:34 Rebel Comman…
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This week we are so excited to bring you our conversation with Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche, the creators of the upcoming incredible new graphic novel LUCAS WARS. If you don’t know about it already, this book tells the epic story of the making of the original STAR WARS in a way never done before and we can’t get enough of it. Hear all about how …
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We discuss news and Gen Con results with its winner, Brian Baer. ALSO, here is a PSA about Hondo that comes directly from Atomic Mass Games: "For the Hondo Ohnaka promotion, it is part of Hobby Next. This is the promotional program run by Asmodee. For game stores to be part of it, they need to reach out to their Asmodee Rep, where they can get thei…
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We’ve asked what’s the plan, Alderaan but this week we’re going even deeper and asking WHAT’S UP WITH YOU, R2-D2? Our favorite little astromech droid had a secret mission from Princess Leia but just what else was going on? On close examination of other Star Wars stories, this mission may have been much more personal for the droid! And what if the J…
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This week we’re finally getting serious and doing some deep reflection discussing 2 of our favorite things in the galaxy, the bug head bounty hunter buddies, ZUCKUSS and 4-LOM. It’a all about the legend of 4-LOM and Zuckuss, the behind the scenes story, the myths and mystery surrounding them, what they teach us about ourselves and why we were too s…
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Evan and Mike cover new pre-orders, tournament winning lists, Will Smith, AI, and other completely relevant topics https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper https://www.longshanks.org/event/25905/ https://www.longshanks.org/event/26625/ https://www.longshanks.org/event/24309/ Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs…
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It’s the epic conclusion to our trilogy of George Lucas Rolling Stone interview episodes and this week it’s The Revenge of the Lucas (or is it the Return?). Either way, this Lucas is in the world between worlds, ending his saga and feeling pretty good again. Along the way he’s getting deep on creating life and wondering if he’s ever known anyone in…
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It’s the darker middle chapter in our epic trilogy of George Lucas Rolling Stone interview episodes as we discuss the chat from 1983. It’s wild as to say Lucas is a little grumpy in this one is an understatement. But it’s not all doom and gloom as he dares to be cute defending Ewoks and takes time out for his favorite healthy breakfast. So don’t li…
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We're joined by Brian Baer who helps us keep things toxic around here as we discuss the first full month of stats of the Summer 2025 Legion meta following the recent points adjustments and wave of new upgrades. Chapters 00:00 Introductions, Brian reconciles with his reputation 04:00 Corrections from last week, Mike is challenged on ion 17:25 New Pr…
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Join us as kickoff a new trilogy of Blast Points episodes exploring a series of revealing interviews George Lucas did with Rolling Stone magazine starting here with a look at his first one in August 1977. It’s all good times and sugar free ice cream as Lucas talks about how he was unhappy with the film, his hopes for the sequels, his passion for na…
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Mike and Evan dive into lists from a trio of high-player count non-US tournaments, discuss the rising power of the ion, and...Legion doubles??? https://www.patreon.com/thefifthtrooper Chapters 00:00 Introductions, "We're Hiring," Patreon Stuff 12:19 List Discussion: France GT List Discussion: Dark Sphere Grand Tournament 49:12 List Discussion: Abys…
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Our two weeks of Revenge of the Sith episodes continues with a look at the very long history of the “lava planet” final battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin that eventually became the Mustafar duel. Lucas was dreaming up this moment all the way back in 1977 and we’re going over every time it almost made it into a Star Wars movie. AND - we’re studying …
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We welcome Richard Lavery of Crit2Block to discuss the new points, new lists to try, and debate some HOT topics in Legion. WHO WON THE DEBATES??? VOTE HERE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgxRe52BgzlBJ9ZCfiqtYIienMJbp8jkkTE-wUX9-YTy9Ong/viewform?usp=dialog Chapters 00:00 Introductions 7:00 Thoughts on the new updates and lists we're tryi…
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We’re back and we’re kicking off 2 weeks of Revenge of the Sith based episodes because we heard always 2 there are. This week we’re talking the topic you all wanted to hear about, the Revenge of the Sith read-along record ( actually it’s a CD) from 2017. How do you condense ROTS into 15 minutes? Listen and find out! PLUS - what was happening with u…
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While not really a "lost episode" we had recorded this before the latest update but hadn't published yet, but we wanted to get it out there for y'all so here you go! Intro and Outro music by "The Consouls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNGyQJuMLQBy notoriousscoundrels
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We are so excited to bring you this roundtable interview with ANDOR supervising sound editor MARGIT PFEIFFER recorded live at Lucasfilm. Jason was honored to be out there and to be a part of this, talking all about the sound of Ghorman, how to make a speech even more powerful, the history of Star Wars sound and so much more. You’ll hear Jason along…
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We are thrilled to bring you this roundtable interview with K2SO himself, ALAN TUDYK recorded live at Lucasfilm. Jason was honored to be out there and to be a part of this, talking all about what makes K2 so special, being able to give life to his birth in Andor season 2 and so much more. You’ll hear Jason along with Alex and Mollie from Star Wars …
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We are so excited to bring you this roundtable interview with ANDOR creator TONY GILROY recorded live at Lucasfilm. Jason was honored to be out there and to be a part of this, talking all about history, revolution, the art of Star Wars names and so much more. You’ll hear Jason along with Alex and Mollie from Star Wars Explained, Gustavo from Triad …
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