Welcome to Star Wars Podcast Day 2026!

Welcome to Star Wars Beyond the Films!

Your Hosts: Mark Hurliman, and Jim Lehane have been members of the Fandom for multiple decades. Mark joined the podcasting world when he joined EUCast in the summer of 2007. Jim's first podcast was actually Beyond the Films, he was a guest host for episode 170: Heir to the Jedi back in 2015.

Since that time, Mark has hosted Episodes of EUCast, The Bothan Report, MarvelCast: Earth's Mightiest Podcast, Rebels Roundtable, The Padawan Perspective, The Star Wars Report, and SW Beyond the Films, and guest hosted on scores of other shows. You may also recognize Jim's voice from Talkin' TaunTauns, another Star Wars Podcast with Nicole Quinn.

This episode your hosts explore the era set after Return of the Jedi, where the New Republic is struggling to build itself up in a Galaxy that doesn’t know who to believe anymore. And leading the New Republic Forces are none other than the pilots of Rogue Squadron. While the roster of the squadron is ever changing, what do we know about our current pilots? Wedge was surprised to learn one of his pilots is literal Royaltee! But then again, so was the Princess! All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

The ongoing adventures of Rogue Squadron:

• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess
• Following the Rogues after the events of Return of the Jedi
• How does this story relate to Anastasia?
• Could the story be adopted into current Canon?
• Issues with the Issues? Retcons, and behind the scenes conflicts.
• And More!

Hidden somewhere on the desert world of Tatooine is a cache of Imperial hardware and weapons with enough firepower to rule the planet, or even the sector! Wedge Antilles must see to it that Rogue Squadron finds it first! All the while other powers are already moving in the shadows and draw closer to their goals. All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

STAR WARS: X-WING: ROGUE SQUADRON: BATTLEGROUND: TATOOINE

• Collections: Where can you find the story collected?
• Setting: Following the Rogues after the events of Return of the Jedi
• A Twi-Lek, is a Twi-Lek, unless it's THAT Twi-Lek?
• Imperial Gladiators, a.k.a. Imperial Special Forces.
• Heat Storms, and Simulations, either way respect was earned, and lost.
• What happened to the Darklighter family?
• Winter, is that you?
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Rogue Squadron” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Rogue Squadron is back and continues its plight of taking down the evil Galactic Empire one Imperial World at a time. This episode your hosts explore Rogue Squadron's fight against the Imperials stationed in the Outer Rim. Potential plot holes, and more, all in this Episode Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

The ongoing adventures of Rogue Squadron:

• Plot points, and plot holes
• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
• *Editors Note: the Wookie's Name, and Throms Plot point: there is a scene that explains how this information was learned. Through the multiple cams set up all over.
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Rogue Squadron” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:  Beyond the Films – The Star Wars Report

Email:  [email protected]

The hotshot X-Wing pilots of Rogue Squadron tackle the Galactic Evil of the Empire one Imperial World at a time. This episode your hosts explore the early years of Rogue Squadron, early Star Wars publishing, Droids, slave circuits, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

The ongoing adventures of Rogue Squadron:

• Collecting the early works
• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron Special
• The Rebel Opposition
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Rogue Squadron” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

X-Wings, Droids, and the men and women who are: Rogue Squadron! From Luke Skywalker walking in as a somewhat green pilot, to Luke living large and in charge as Rogue Leader, your hosts explore the early years of Rogue Squadron. All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR  “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

The Early years of Rogue Squadron:

• Which games told the Rogue's early Tales
• X-Wing 1/2
• X-Wing Marks the Spot
• Rogue Leader
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Rogue Squadron” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

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Abel G. Peña joins your hosts for this years Star Wars Podcast Day! From Darth Millennial, and the Lords of the Sith, to the History of the Mandalorians, from early Star Wars Authors collaborating, to older online Hyperspace Stories that still need collected in print! All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

TOPICS:

The Star Wars works of Abel G. Peña:

• Star Wars Podcast Day 2025: at the time of this episode’s release, Febuary 7th 2025, we are honored to participate in the tribute to the very first ever Star Wars Podcast, Jedi Talk which launched back on Feb 7th 1999! Be sure to check out other Star Wars Podcasts at #SWPD2025 #StarWarsPodcastDay2025 !
• Star Wars Podcast Day 2025: at the time of this episode’s release, Febuary 7th 2025, we are honored to participate in the tribute to the very first ever Star Wars Podcast, Jedi Talk which launched back on Feb 7th 1999! Be sure to check out other Star Wars Podcasts at #SWPD2025 #StarWarsPodcastDay2025 !
• How did it all started for Abel?
• Retcons, continuity, and the stories told in an ever growing web of Canon.
• The Works of Abel G. Peña:
  • #DarthMillennial
  • Dark Forces
  • The History of the Mandalorians
  • Evil Never Dies
  • Halagad Ventor (who is he, and why does he look like you?
  • Skywalkers
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Abel G. Peña” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Rebel Agent Kyle Katarn will do anything to avenge his father’s death at the hands of the Empire. When Kyle is threatened by a droid named 8t88 in a Nar Shaddaa bar, he tracks down the droid and secures a mysterious disk that could put him on the path to learning why his father was killed. Kyle soon finds that the disk contains information about a map to the Valley of the Jedi, a place his father had stumbled upon and kept secret. Now it’s a race between Kyle and the Empire to see who can get to the map—and the Valley—first. And after all this time, you would think the Rebel Alliance would trust Kyle, but Jan Orrs has been sent to follow and eliminate Kyle if need be! All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

Star Wars: Dark Forces: Jedi Knight

TOPICS:

• When is the tale set?
• Was it good?
• Was it accessible?
• Could it be adopted into Canon?
• How does the trilogy fit into the games?
• Why isn’t Luke considered for the Prophecy?
• Kyle’s eventual character evolution.
• What drives the Katarn love in Fandom?
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Kyle Katarn” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Facebook:   Facebook.com/SWBeyondFilms

Twitter:       Twitter.com/SWBeyondFilms

Episode Index: www.starwarsreport.com/beyondthefilms/

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Rebel Agent Kyle Katarn will do anything to avenge his father’s death at the hands of the Empire. When Kyle is threatened by a droid named 8t88 in a Nar Shaddaa bar, he tracks down the droid and secures a mysterious disk that could put him on the path to learning why his father was killed. Kyle soon finds that the disk contains information about a map to the Valley of the Jedi, a place his father had stumbled upon and kept secret. Now it’s a race between Kyle and the Empire to see who can get to the map—and the Valley—first. And after all this time, you would think the Rebel Alliance would trust Kyle, but Jan Orrs has been sent to follow and eliminate Kyle if need be! All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

Star Wars: Dark Forces: Rebel Agent

TOPICS:

• When is the tale set?
• Was it good?
• Was it accessible?
• Could it be adopted into Canon?
• How does the trilogy fit into the games?
• Why isn’t Luke considered for the Prophecy?
• Kyle’s eventual character evolution.
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Rebel Agent” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Facebook:   Facebook.com/SWBeyondFilms

Twitter:       Twitter.com/SWBeyondFilms

Episode Index: www.starwarsreport.com/beyondthefilms/

RSS Feed:   Http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeyondTheFilms

Medal of Valor recipient Kyle Katarn. Imperial Second Lieutenant Kyle Katarn. Son of a Rebel Traitor, Kyle Katarn. . . What’s a guy to do when his whole world gets turned upside down twice in a day? All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

Star Wars: Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire

TOPICS:

• What have the hosts been up to?
  • Wreckin cars
  • Getting Scout Honors
  • Making Syrup
• When is the tale set?
• Was it good?
• Was it accessible?
• Could it be adopted into Canon?
• How does the trilogy fit into the games?
• The popularity of Katarn.
• Kyle’s eventual character evolution.
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Imperial Soldier turned Rebel Agent” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Facebook:   Facebook.com/SWBeyondFilms

Twitter:       Twitter.com/SWBeyondFilms

Episode Index: www.starwarsreport.com/beyondthefilms/

RSS Feed:   Http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeyondTheFilms

Darth Bane vs Darth Zannah The Sith showdown for the Rule of Two, and the FUTURE of the Sith! Who wins? Who is replaced? And do the Jedi know? All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

Star Wars: Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil

TOPICS:

• When is the tale set?
• Was it good?
• Was it accessible?
• Could it be adopted into Canon?
• Darth Bane: Archeologist
• The fate of Bane.
• The Rule of Two.
• Sith Alchemy, not just spells and tricks
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Sith on Sith” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Facebook:   Facebook.com/SWBeyondFilms

Twitter:       Twitter.com/SWBeyondFilms

Episode Index: www.starwarsreport.com/beyondthefilms/

RSS Feed:   Http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeyondTheFilms

This. Is. Star Wars Podcast Day! Join hosts Mark and Jim, as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of the very first Star Wars podcast, Jedi Talk. Which premiered on February 7th 1999, discussing Book Two of the Darth Bane Trilogy!

The final battle of Ruusan just happened. How will the galaxy recover? Who survived? Who is going to carry the traditions of the Dark Side now that the Sith have fallen? All this, and more, on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! …as well as Canon! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.

This week your hosts discuss….

Star Wars: Darth Bane: Rule of Two

TOPICS:

• When is the tale set?
• Was it good?
• Was it accessible?
• Could it be adopted into Canon?
• Darth Bane
• Differences between the comic and the novel
• Darth Zannah
• Force Ghosts
• Holocrons
• And More!

Once more your hosts cover entirely too much “Sith Lord” action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!

Contact Information:

Also be sure to check out the latest SWBTF Video Links from your hosts:

Mark’s Websites: https://www.tiktok.com/@illogicalrogue2

Jim’s Websites: http://www.dinojim.com & https://jazinator.blogspot.com & http://starwarstimelinealmanac.com

Website:     www.starwarsreport.com/

Email:          [email protected]

Facebook:   Facebook.com/SWBeyondFilms

Twitter:       Twitter.com/SWBeyondFilms

Episode Index: www.starwarsreport.com/beyondthefilms/

RSS Feed:   Http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeyondTheFilms