Closing Crawl
Episodes
81 episodes
Andor: Stop Else Erso - Season 2 Episodes 10, 11, and 12
The Closing Crawl team - Matt, Drew, Jared, and McCormick - recap Star Wars: Andor Season 2, episodes 10-12.Explore the depths of the Rebellion against the Empire with key scenes like Deidre's interrogation, the Rebel Council's wonkiness...
Andor: Messenger Are Welcome - Season 2 Episodes 7, 8, and 9
Join the Closing Crawl crew as we cover the devastating Ghorman massacre, Cassian’s destiny, and Mon Mothma’s speech that ignites the rebellion. We critically examine Bix’s characterization, Cyril’s trajectory, and the show's handling of gender...
Andor: Ghorman Everywhere Evening - Season 2 Episodes 4, 5, and 6
The Closing Crawl crew breaks Andor Season 2, Episodes 4 through 6Bix's trauma and Cassian's paranoiaLuthen's fledgling instability of LuthenThe classic version of the Gorman massacreStunning retro-f...
Andor: One Sagrona Harvest - Season 2 Episodes 1, 2, and 3
Closing Crawl begins our coverage with the first arc of Andor Season 2, including:a standoff over fondue etiquettea buffet on Mina-Rao with a marionette and a giant space cowcreeping fascismtrauma
Ahsoka: Dreams Witch - Season 1 Episodes 7 and 8
The Closing Crawl crew reviews Ahsoka episodes 7 and 8: 'Dreams and Madness' and 'The Jedi, The Witch, and The Warlord.'Ahsoka’s arrives on the planet, Ezra and Sabine reunite, and Balan Skull pursues his own enigmatic agenda. We ...
Ahsoka: Warrior Away - Season 1 Episodes 5 and 6
We discuss the confrontation between Ahsoka and Anakin in 'Shadow Warrior' to the breathtaking visuals and new characters in 'Far, Far Away.' Join us as we review our "insights," favorite moments, and even some intriguing fan theor...
Ahsoka: Time Jedi - Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4
Closing Crawl's recaps Ahsoka episodes 3 and 4, 'Time to Fly' and 'Fallen Jedi': Ahsoka's training of Sabine, their struggles to redefine the Jedi Order, and the demise of Inquisitor Merrick.We think through the importance of pers...
Ahsoka: Apprentice Toil - Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2
In this episode of Closing Crawl hosts Matt, Drew, Jared, McCormick, and Jon delve into the nearly two-hour premiere of the 'Ahsoka' series. We discuss: continuity, character reintroductions from 'Rebels,' the use of maps in Star W...
Shattered Victory: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 11 and 12
Bo-Katan and Ahsoka lament the Mandalorian Civil war’s casualties. Mandalore needs a new type of leader, in the mold of Bo’s sister Satine. I’m sure everyone who lost loved ones in the conflict are glad that Bo learned a lesson.Ahsoka ha...
Old Apprentice: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 9 and 10
An old-school “Lucasfilm Limited” logo, nice and green, introduces our show, followed by a red Clone Wars logo and title card: Part 1 Old Friends Not Forgotten. For the first time in the series, we have no Jedi Fortune Cookie.Griev...
Dangerous Together: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 7 and 8
Ahsoka and the Martez sisters failed at smuggling spice, and are imprisoned on Oba Diah. They argue, someone calls Ahsoka a Jedi, and Ahsoka responds with 'so what if I were?': the sisters react in horror. See: the Martezes’ parents were killed...
Gone Deal: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 5 and 6
Ahsoka’s been riding around Coruscant on a speeder bike looking emo: I guess being a Skywalker is a state of mind. Her bike malfunctions and plummets into a bottomless pit, crashing onto a platform several hundred levels down. She meets the own...
Kerradaks Business: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 3 and 4
The Bad Batch have just freed Echo from the Techno Union, and are trying to escape. Echo leads them to an elevated walkway, but they’re cut off by droids. Tech summons local flying creatures, and our heroes must take a literal leap of faith off...
Bad Echo: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episodes 1 and 2
Separatists led by Admiral Trench battle Republic forces led by Anakin and Mace Windu for the Republic shipyards on Anaxes. Rex has an idea of why things are going badly: analytics; the droids know Rex's strategies too well. They plan to take a...
Gen Con 2022 Live Special Episode
The Closing Crawl Crew discusses the past of the podcast, the future of Star Wars, and visits with an old friend, long gone.Recorded live at Gen Con in 2022.
Destiny Sacrifice: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 12 and 13
Yoda is on a spirit quest and arrives at a Force cloaca that is spewing the living Force into the galaxy (Oh shit! Is that Ego the Living Planet’s music?). Yoda passes the corpse of J.N. Reynolds and lands in what can only be called Grandfather...
Lost Voices: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 10 and 11
Plo Koon is sent to find the source of a distress signal sent to the Jedi Temple. Plo & his Bros search during a sand storm and find a ship that crashed ages ago. Plo discovers a lightsaber in the wreckage. Plo Spacetimes(™) the temple and ...
The Disappeared: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 8 and 9
Spiritual leaders on the somehow-still-peaceful planet of Bardotta are disappearing, and that Queen Julia has called upon the Senate for help. The ghost of Senator Onoconda Farr chimes in with an undignified snort, but no one in the Senate has ...
Old Clovis Crisis: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 5, 6, and 7
Senator Amidala is apparently the only person responsible for aiding refugees, and apparently all money comes from the Banking Clan on Scipio. Amidala and her aide Teckla Minnau travel there and meet old friend, Rush Clovis. Clovis ...
Fugitive Orders: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 3 and 4
We open on Fives meeting with Shaak Ti. Shaak says that the chancellor wants the tumor. Shaak is going to take the tumor to the Jedi temple first, and Nala Sey protests.AZ3 runs into Fives in the halfway, and their clone guards aren’t su...
Unknown Conspiracy: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 1 and 2
There’s a battle for Ringo Vinda, a massive space station surrounding an entire planet. Anakin leads the clones, along with twin Jedi sisters Tiplee and Tiplar, against the Separatist droid onslaught of the station. Anakin relays his battle p...
Jedi Wrong: The Clone Wars Season 5 Episodes 19 and 20
Ahsoka is accused of bombing the Jedi temple and killing clones to cover up the crime and she's now on the run. The Jedi council, having decided that Ahsoka is guilty, chooses to send the most logical people to catch her: the two Jedi she has t...
Sabotage Much: The Clone Wars Season 5 Episodes 17 and 18
Anakin and Ahsoka are leading an invasion of Cato Neimoidia in their starfighters. Anakin gets cocky and is covered in buzz droids. R2 says don’t threaten me with a good time and indulges in some fun sized droid murder. Unfortunately he can’t c...
Eminence Shades Lawless: The Clone Wars Season 5 Episodes 14, 15, and 16
Darth Maul and Savage Oppress are floating in a escape pod in space. A lightsaber cuts a hole in the hatch, but that’s no lightsaber: it’s a darksaber! We see Pre Vizsla and is that Bo-Katan?Deathwatch return to their camp and it’s got a...
Missing Point: The Clone Wars Season 5 Episodes 12 and 13
The droids have successfully obtaining the super-secret data from the Separatists, and then gotten stranded in THE VOID. We open on the droids and Corporal/Colonel Gascon in a sub-ground level city that is… occupied…? by people. Sort of.