Star Wars Tech Talk

SWTT S3E1-Revenge Sith Style

Revenge... a dish best served cold, like, leftover pizza.  Welcome to season 3 of SWTT!!!!  Talk about exciting!!!  In this episode join Shane and J.T. as they deep dive on forbidden magazine subscriptions, Dewalt brand droids, and cringy martial arts to take on some decades old head scratchers from Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.  Happy New Year everyone (even though it's February)!!

SWTT S2E6 - The Clones Attack!

Happy gobble gobble day (one day removed)!!  Continuing with their holocron-order viewing of the movies, the guys tackle topics from Episode 2: Attack of the Clones.  Admittedly, not their favorite theatrical release of the franchise, the movie; however, is rich with techie content.  In this episode, J.T. and Shane talk about bwaaaawwwwwnnnngggsssss, android Vaudeville acts, and starship design from ketchup packet stealing, space fareing races.  So, do your best to cope with cringy movie dialog and tune in to the discussion inspired by when clones attack.    

SWTT S2E5 - Ponderings from The Phantom Menace

In this episode the guys are starting a Star Wars movie marathon going in holocron order as they start in the prequals at The Phantom Menace.  Episode 1 debuted in 1999 and ever since then J.T. and Shane have been pondering a number of the techie head scratchers that came out of it.  In this episode they'll talk bongos, droid joint mechanics, and waste plasma. Weeeee-sa thinks you-sah be uh like'n it... HA!   

SWTT S2E4 -The Effectiveness of Stormtrooper Armor

In this episode Shane and J.T. are joined by guest host Charlie James from Chrome Dome Comics to answer the question; why is Stormtrooper armor so ineffective?  (Spoiler alert... it's not!!!).  More Star Wars origin stories.  More Galaxy's Edge.  More deep dives.  So, grab your E11 blaster, don your bucket, tune up your voice changer and join the guys as they go to a galaxy far, far away to join the Imperial Engineering Corps (it's way cooler than it sounds).   

SWTT S2E3 - Happy May4 -Redeyes of C3PO

Happy Star Wars Day 2022!!! J.T. and Shane ponder the question; why, when C3PO's brain is hacked, does his eyes turn red???  A journey into the sequels (yes, yes, they know how the fandom thinks about the sequels) the guys talk about the rarity of quick Star Wars searches, cross-cultural time-immemorial warning flags, and FBI watch lists.  Happy Star Wars Day and May the Fourth Be With You!!!!

SWTT S2E2 - David vs. Goliath - A-Wing vs. SSD

Everyone loves a David vs. Goliath story.  An Imperial Navy ship the size of New York City.  Thousands of guns and turbo lasers.  Millions of souls on its compliment.  Darth Vader's personal ride.  How did a craft the size of a soccer mom minivan take it down?  In this episode Shane and J.T. discuss World War II tactics, wartime metrics, battle meditations, and dead loth-cats to answer the question: How could a lowly A-Wing get the better of the Executor Super Star Destroyer?  

SWTT S2E1 - How does a Sarlacc work?

It's creepy, icky, and horrifyingly sticky.  With the recent re-emergence of this Star Wars monster, in this episode the guys answer the question: How does a Sarlacc work?  From molecular genetics to seeing more Boba, J.T. and Shane take deep dives into Galaxy's Edge the Sequel, telomere slicing, long life spans, and throwing their worthless opinions in the mix on The Book of Boba Fett.  So, eat a big meal and join in as they discuss the slimy details of Sarlacc digestion.

SWTT S1E7 - DISNEY!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!  In this episode Shane and JT take their listeners on a blow-by-blow tour of their (separate) trips to Disney's Galaxy's Edge theme park.  The guys talk about immersive experiences, the research and tech goddesses that are their wives, how covid has bent the wire, and changing up formulas.  !!!Warning!!! Spoilers abound as they go in-depth about their individual days at the happiest Star Wars place on earth.  Bright suns to you all and have some blue milk on them.

SWTT S1E6 - Why the Tech of Star Wars Doesn‘t Advance

A galaxy from a long time ago.  A Republic protected by the Jedi for a thousand generations.  The Star Wars universe is old and has been in existence for tens of thousands of years.  Why, then, does it seem like the technology of Star Wars doesn't advance?  Joining us this week is guest host Jeff B. and we deep dive into magic and mysticism, primitive societies, limitations in particle physics, and shameless advertisements to answer this question.

SWTT S1E5 - Why do Droids feel pain?

In this episode we have a guest host, Matt P. from the podcast School Pizza.  We discuss the question, why do droids in the Star Wars universe feel pain?  From aching joints to torture chambers in Jabba's palace, we take a deep dive into the field of artificial intelligence and why you WANT your intelligent machine to feel ouches!  Along the way we take a trip down memory lane.