Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews

Bryan Young was joined by Tom Hoeler of Random House Worlds and Matthew Stover, author of numerous Star Wars novels, to talk about the 20th anniversary release of the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, hailed as one of the great movie novelizations of all time.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey broke down all the news about the cancelled film "Star Wars: The Hunt for Ben Solo" which was to have starred Adam Driver and been directed by Steven Soderbergh. They talked about possible reasons and why they still want to see the film.

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey talk about Star Wars Visions Season 3, the latest in Lucasfilm's non-canon animated series that lets animation studios loose in the world of Star Wars. They talk about best moments, favorite episodes, and best easter eggs. Holly also provides a report from the fan convention Halcy-Con, dedicated to the Galactic Starcruiser.

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2025

Ten years ago, Bryan Young did an exhaustive multi-part story about the NPR Star Wars Radio Dramas for Star Wars Insider Magazine, but so much of the interviews that were conducted had to be left on the cutting room floor. One of the best was with Tom Voegeli. From the Full of Sith Archives, Bryan presents this interview with the post-production supervisor for all three Star Wars radio dramas producer by National Public Radio.

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

Holly Frey and Bryan Young return to the studio to record an episode about all the recent goings-on in Star Wars. From the trailer for Mandalorian and Grogu to the Starfighter pictures to Holly's recent visit to Lucasfilm for the release of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, they cover it all.

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2025

It's the Writers of Star Wars panel from FanX Salt Lake! Bryan Young was joined by Zoraida Cordova, Michael A. Stackpole, and many others to talk about writing in the world of Star Wars! Listen in to this incredibly fun panel!

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2025

Live from FanX, Bryan Young and Holly Frey bring you a treat and a half. There is an abridged discussion on the influence of Star Wars Roleplaying Games on the galaxy far, far away, and then the return of the "That's not a Star Wars plot hole" panel, where fans come up, air their grievances about perceived Star Wars plot holes, and the assembled panel helps sort those out for them. On this episode you'll hear from guests Michael A. Stackpole, Pablo Hidalgo, and Clayton Sandell.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

Another live panel from Dragon Con - Bryan Young took the stage with Matthew Wood, Henry Gilroy, and Fon Davis to talk about the legacy George Lucas left behind with Industrial Light and Magic, Skywalker Sound, and Lucasiflm Animation in front of a live audience.

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

Bryan Young was on hand at Dragon Con to bring you one of our favorite treats every year: the authors of Star Wars. The panel this year consisted of authors Timothy Zahn, Delilah Dawson, and Jonathan Jackson Miller, and they talked about their time in the Star Wars trenches, what they have coming up, and new anecdotes about a galaxy far, far away. Also jizz wailing.

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey stormed the halls of Dragon Con to bring you some very cool stuff! In this first part of Dragon Con coverage, we have a recap from Bryan and Holly, an interview with Diana Lee Inosanto, who played Morgan Elsbeth in the Mandalorian, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld, and Ahsoka, and a press interview with FN-2187 himself, John Boyega.

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey welcome back super producer Mike Pilot to talk about Star Wars and catch up over 600 episodes of the Full of Sith podcast.

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Holly Frey and Bryan Young were joined by Alex Damon and Mollie Damon from Star Wars Explained, as well as Star Wars novelist Jason Fry took to a live audience and answered their questions about Star Wars, regardless of the topic. Anything can and did happen. Listen in!

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

Holly Frey and Bryan Young were joined by Maggie Lovitt from Collider at Atlanta Comic Convention to discuss the intersection of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Steven Spielberg's influence on the delightful television show. You don't want to miss this one.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

Full of Sith's very own Bryan Young and Holly Frey were joined by Alex Damon and Mollie Damon from Star Wars Explained and Star Wars writer Jason Fry to do a live panel at Atlanta Comic Convention. There, they took questions from the audience where they broke down things folks thought might have been plot holes in Star Wars and showed where in the canon they were explained and not actually a plot hole.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

Another episode Live from Atlanta Comic Convention, Bryan Young and Jason Fry, the man who brought you the novelization of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, tackle the ins and outs of Luke Skywalker's journey through The Last Jedi and then questions from the audience.

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

Holly Frey and Bryan Young were live at Atlanta Comic Convention to talk all things Star Wars with a live audience and had a special guest in Star Wars author Jason Fry. They fielded questions from the audience and talked about Jason's experience working on Star Wars, especially his novelization of The Last Jedi.

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

Bryan Young had the opportunity to interview Terryl Whitlatch a few years back and brings out another interview from his extensive archive. She was the creature designer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and her work set the tone for what creatures could be through the rest of the Star Wars saga from there. Listen in!

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025

Bryan Young digs an interview from his extensive archives and brings you this gem from a few years back where he spoke to Andy Secombe, the voice of Watto in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Listen in!

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey catch up after two weeks of Star Wars travel, including the Rancho Obi-Wan fundraiser and Steve Sansweet's 80th birthday, a wine tasting at Skywalker Ranch, foreign Star Wars posters, and the continuing press tour of Andor's second season.

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

Force help them, Holly Frey and Bryan Young took another episode to talk about Andor, particularly the Ghorman Massacre and its relationship to history as well as its startling similarities to current events. They also talked about George Lucas and Star Wars being inherently political.

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

Bryan Young had the chance to talk to Tony Gilroy about Star Wars: Andor Season 2 for Script Magazine on two occasions, here are those interviews for your listening pleasure.

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

Bryan Young spoke to Justina Ireland, author of Star Wars: The Acolyte - Wayseeker, the newest novel from Random House Worlds and the first tie in novel to the critically acclaimed Disney+ series The Acolyte, which we're still hoping gets a second season.

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey talked far too briefly about Andor Season 2 and everything they loved about it and what nuances and subtleties that made it some of the best Star Wars storytelling they've seen.

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey talked far too briefly about Andor Season 2 and everything they loved about it and what nuances and subtleties that made it some of the best Star Wars storytelling they've seen.

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey got together to talk about Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld, the new show that premiered on May 4th, 2025. There was also a roundtable interview that happened with Nika Futterman, the voice of Asajj Ventress that you won't want to miss.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

Bryan Young got the chance to speak with the man behind Jar Jar Binks, Ahmed Best, about his role in the Star Wars prequels, his role in Light & Magic season two, and the cinema influences behind Jar Jar Binks. Listen in!

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

At Star Wars Celebration Japan, Bryan Young gave a presentation about Akira Kurosawa's influence on Star Wars to a standing room only crowd. Fortunately, we have the audio from the presentation and are able to share it with all of you.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey recorded an episode live from Star Wars Celebration in Japan to talk about the Andor panel and to review the first three episodes of Andor. Give this one a listen after you've had a chance to watch the show!

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Holly Frey and Bryan Young had the opportunity to do roundtable interviews for the second season of Andor. They got to speak with cast and crew including Tony Gilroy, Diego Luna, and more. Listen in and hear Holly, Bryan, and some of your other favorite podcasters talk to the stars of Andor. This is spoiler free for season two, so feel safe in listening.

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Join Holly Frey and Bryan Young as they talk about the bartenders from a galaxy far, far away. From Ackmena to Fey Zara, we talk about all the favorites. This episode was recorded live at Indiana Comic Con.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

Live from Indiana Comic-Con, Bryan Young and Holly Frey (with special guests including Clayton Sandell) talk about the classic Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back and its staying power after 45 years and what makes it such a great and lasting film.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Holly and Bryan joined special guests at Indiana Comic Convention to talk about the 10th anniversary of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in front of a live audience.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey join the audience live from Indiana Comic Con to talk about Star Wars, Andor Season 2, and anything else the audience wanted to talk about!

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Holly is joined by Max Frey to talk about the new Andor trailer, Deadline’s Kathy Kennedy interview and their list of favorite jackets in the Star Wars galaxy.

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

Holly is joined by Savanna Kiefer and Tori Fox of the Dorky Divas Show. Discussion covers anticipation of Star Wars Celebration Japan, the merch they all wish existed, and what they hope for the future of Star Wars and fandom.

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

Holly is once again joined by her husband Brian, and they talk through their 10 favorite Star Wars toys of all time (plus some honorable mentions).

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

In this episode of Full of Sith, Bryan Young and Holly Frey dive deep into the Confederacy of Independent Systems and their reasons for leaving the Republic and the politics and the corruption of the Clone Wars.

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey discuss those moments in the Star Wars movies that could have changed everything irreparably. Mace Windu would have called them shatterpoints, those moments so vital to the fabric of Star Wars that changing them would have changed everything forever. It turned into a really fun conversation.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey talk about the finale of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the latest show in Lucasfilm's DisneyPlus series of Star Wars masterpieces. They talk in detail about the arcs on the show, Jod Na Nawood's character, the concept of filler episodes, and more!

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

Hosts Bryan Young and Holly Frey got together to talk about recent rumors about recasting Baylon Skoll and where the line is drawn over recasting a Star Wars actor versus remaking them in CGI. They also delved deep into Kelly Knox's Star Wars conversation cards in a vain bid to hold off on talking about Skeleton Crew until the show is over.

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025

Inspired by Skeleton Crew's Trash Crabs, Bryan Young and Holly Frey got together to talk about the myriad creatures of Star Wars and their makers. They talked about Phil Tippett, Stuart Freeborn, Teryl Whitlatch, and more, as well as their favorites across the Star Wars saga.

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025

Bryan Young and Holly Frey take a look back at all of the Star Wars stories that came out in 2024 and talk about their favorite parts and get into a little bit about what they're most excited for coming out in 2025 and beyond. They also answered an intriguing fan question about Carrie Fisher's role in The Rise of Skywalker.

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024

Bryan Young and Holly Frey take a look back at all of the Star Wars stories that came out in 2024 and talk about their favorite parts and get into a little bit about what they're most excited for coming out in 2025 and beyond. They also answered an intriguing fan question about Carrie Fisher's role in The Rise of Skywalker.

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024

Bryan and Holly look back on 9 years of the sequel trilogy as well as break down the myth that there was no plan for the sequel trilogy and look back on the plans for the other trilogies to see how they compare to what was in place for the sequels. An enlightening episode full of Star Wars history.

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2024

Holly and Bryan talk about all the kids in Star Wars, past and present, starting with the third episode of Skeleton Crew. They go all the way back to the Ewok Adventures and talk about Anakin in the Phantom Menace, the characters on The Clone Wars, Rebels, the Bad Batch, and anywhere else they've been in a galaxy far, far away, and the impact they've had.

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2024

Bryan Young and Holly Frey review the first two episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, spoilers and all. They talk about the entire crew, Wim, Neel, KB, and Fern, as well as their journey into the stars--which they've never seen before.

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2024

Bryan Young and Holly Frey got together on a new episode of Full of Sith to talk about the history of Star Wars as a political allegory and how it's been used as a coping mechanism for folks in the wake of recent political events and how they have a new way of looking at Andor and The Rise of Skywalker.

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2024

Bryan Young and Holly Frey got together to talk about her exploits in Iceland visiting Rogue One shooting locations, the phenomenon of Wookiee Life Day, and tips for traveling to Japan for Star Wars Celebration.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

Bryan Young is joined by Stephen Tillman, the Star Wars Guru. They talk about Star Wars fandom, different entry points to Star Wars, the importance of Jar Jar Binks, how cool the Acolyte was, and Stephen's experience of getting into Star Wars as a Black fan with no initial interest in Star Wars.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

Bryan and Holly spend the latest hour of the Full of Sith podcast answering listener email ranging from tips to heading to Star Wars Celebration Japan to the philosophical and legal role Rey's New Jedi Order should play in a a new society.

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024