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Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the ninth episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “The Platform Classic.” Kaz uses the upcoming “Platform Classic” to reunite Yeager with someone from his past, Marcus – who happens to be in deep with the Guavian Death Gang. After Marcus’ mechanic is kidnapped, Kaz assists him in preparing […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the eighth episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “Synara’s Score.” On a mission to repair a vital platform defense, Kaz befriends the mysterious Synara and comes under attack by pirates. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. For over a […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the seventh episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “Signal from Sector Six.” They also discuss the exciting announcement of the second live action Star Wars TV series–a spy thriller starring Rogue One’s Cassian Andor! When out on a routine training exercise, a distress signal sends Kaz and Poe […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the sixth episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “The Children from Tehar.” Kaz searches for two missing children for a sizeable reward only to discover the First Order is also hunting for them. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the fifth episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “The High Tower.” The First Order arrives at the platform for mysterious reasons and Kaz and BB-8 are determined to sneak into the tower to find out what they want. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the fourth episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “Fuel for the Fire.” Kaz befriends a sky racer named Rucklin who pressures him to take some rare and dangerous hyperfuel hidden in Yeager’s office. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the third episode of Star Wars: Resistance, “The Triple Dark.” Kaz and BB-8 uncover information on an imminent pirate attack and must find a way to stop it. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. For over a decade, […]

The next Star Wars animated series is finally here! Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the series premiere of Star Wars: Resistance, “The Recruit.” They also discuss the exciting first details about the upcoming live action series The Mandalorian. Poe Dameron assigns the gifted but green Resistance pilot Kazuda “Kaz” Xiono to an undercover mission: […]

Timothy Zahn returns for a second Thrawn novel in the new canon, and this time the galaxy’s most brilliant tactician is being paired up with both Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader–in different time periods. Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review Thrawn: Alliances by the great Timothy Zahn. In what seems like a lifetime […]

It’s the 10th anniversary of The Clone Wars—and We Talk Clones/Ion Cannon! Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they look back at the beloved animated series and take a walk down memory lane with three very special guests from the history of the podcast: Austin, Mark Hurliman, and Bethany Blanton. Thank you for listening to us over […]

Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they recap the final season of Star Wars: Rebels and review the Blu-ray, now available in stores everywhere. They also discuss last week’s Episode IX casting announcement. Star Wars Rebels: The Complete Fourth Season (available on Blu-ray and DVD July 31, 2018) features some of the most critically-acclaimed Star Wars […]

In a shocking announcement at SDCC, Lucasfilm revealed that the beloved Star Wars: The Clone Wars series is returning for 12 more episodes! Join us as we break down the exciting news and speculate about how Filoni and crew will finally wrap up the series. Just announced by Dave Filoni at San Diego Comic-Con during a […]

It’s the 250th episode of Ion Cannon and we’re back with our review of Star Wars: Last Shot by Daniel José Older, a novel which serves as both a prequel and sequel of sorts to Solo: A Star Wars Story. THEN: It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for […]

Now that you’ve had a chance to watch Solo: A Star Wars Story a few dozen times, here’s our full review where we analyze and dissect every element of the story—including the film’s thrilling surprise. Enjoy! WARNING: This episode contains massive spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story. If you haven’t seen it yet, we highly recommend […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters next week, Friday, May 25, reintroducing a new generation to the galaxy’s favorite smuggler. To help you prepare for the film, William’s longtime friend Brendan Hugo joins us for our spoiler-free review. We also have a written version for those who prefer to read instead of listen, and […]

Tom, Stephen, and William discuss the exciting announcement of the next Star Wars animated series—Resistance—coming to Disney Channel and Disney XD this fall. They also review the second season of the Forces of Destiny animated shorts. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. For over a decade, Ion […]

Amy Ratcliffe from Nerdist joins Tom, Stephen, and William to recap the fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels and discuss their favorite moments. We also chat about the second trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story and hear from Tom and his son Eric about their experience at The Void’s Secrets of the Empire VR experience. The […]

After four and a half amazing years, Star Wars Rebels has officially come to an end. Michael and Christy from Cloud City Casino and Galactic Fashion join Tom, Stephen, and William to review Rebels 414 “A Fool’s Hope” and 415 “Family Reunion — and Farewell.” Ezra calls in every favor he can to rally together a ragtag group for a seemingly […]

The big day has finally arrived. After 4.5 fantastic years, Star Wars Rebels is finally ending. Ion Cannon had the honor of attending a screening of the series finale with the cast and crew, as well as a number of fans. Our review of the finale, along with our impressions of the screening itself, will […]

Star Wars Rebels dropped a galaxy-shattering pair of episodes tonight as it races toward next week’s series finale. Johnamarie Macias from The Wookiee Gunner joins Tom, Stephen, and William to review Rebels 412 “Wolves and a Door” and 413 “A World Between Worlds.” Ezra leads the Ghost crew back to the Jedi Temple on Lothal where they discover that the Empire has diabolical plans for the […]