Shows / Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a great Star Wars film or TV episode? Despite their greatness, why do these cinematic masterpieces boil up so many differing opinions? Is it simply generational? Which is the best one? If you are curious at all about any of these hot button issues, then you have come to the right place. Welcome to Duel of the Ranks (DotR), a show where we debate takes so hot that a planet with twin suns would melt! Each week, our team will review a new piece of…
Episodes
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
84. The Bad Batch: Season 2 – Episode 4, 5 & 6
This week we’re ranking Episodes 4, 5, & 6…not that 4, 5, & 6…we’re talking about The Bad Batch Season 2! Episode 4: Faster, Episode 5: Entombed, and Episode…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
83. The Bad Batch: Season 2 – Episode 3
In this episode, we dive deep into "The Bad Batch" Season 2, Episode 3, and discuss all the exciting events that take place. We analyze the characters…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
82. The Bad Batch: Season 2 – Episodes 1 & 2
We’re all back in the studio for kicking off The Bad Batch Season 2! This week we’re ranking Episode 1: Spoils of War, and Episode 2: Ruins of War. It’s a…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
81. The Mandalorian: Chapter 24 - The Return
This week we’re ranking the finale of The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 24: The Return. It’s a bit of a disappointing finish, but there’s still a lot to love…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
80. The Mandalorian: Chapter 23 – The Spies
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 23: The Spies. We’re still in Europe after SW Celebration 2023, and Brody has lost his voice due to…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
79. The Mandalorian: Chapter 22 – Guns for Hire
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 22: Guns For Hire, and we’re discussing it while in London! We address the common sci-fi trope of…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
78. The Mandalorian: Chapter 21 – The Pirate
Climb aboard! This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 21: The Pirate, and we’re discussing it with the Star Wars Celebration panelist…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
77. The Mandalorian: Chapter 20 – The Foundling
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 20: The Foundling, and we’re discussing it with Jili (@leiaitdown via TikTok). Ahmed Best steals the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
76. The Mandalorian: Chapter 19 – The Convert
Mandwhiches, purple popsicles, and red biscuits! This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 19: The Convert, and we’re discussing it with Kir…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
75. The Mandalorian: Chapter 18 – The Mines of Mandalore
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore, and we’re discussing it with element7 of Dyad in the Force. He provided a…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
74. The Mandalorian: Chapter 17 – The Apostate
Get excited! We’re ranking the premier of The Mandalorian Season 3, Chapter 17: The Apostate, and we’re discussing it with Darth Choco. With a banger of an…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
73. Mandalorian Season 3 Predictions & Bingo!
This week we’re discussing our top predictions for The Mandalorian Season 3 just before its premier. Unfortunately, we don’t have Amanda sharing her…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
72. The Mandalorian: Chapter 16 – The Rescue
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 16: The Rescue. We have an epic ranking for this epic conclusion. Christian loves the story, Brody gives him…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
71. The Mandalorian: Chapter 15 – The Believer
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 15: The Believer. It’s a fun episode, but should it be considered top-tier Star Wars content? Brody certainly…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
70. The Mandalorian: Chapter 14 – The Tragedy
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 14: The Tragedy. And what a tragedy it was for Robert Rodriguez, having been subject to Brody’s ruthless…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
69. The Mandalorian: Chapter 13 – The Jedi
In this episode of Duel of the Ranks, Brody is joined by his old friend Mike as they discussed the Mandalorian Season 2, Chapter 13, The Jedi. As they…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
68. The Mandalorian: Chapter 12 – The Siege
This week we're ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 12: The Siege. It's not an episode of extremes, being neither amazing nor lackluster; however, we have some…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
67. 2023 Star Wars Preview: A New Hope or A Galactic Disappointment?
Celebrate the new year, new projects, and new Star Wars adventures with us! Kicking off the new year, in this episode we cover the below items with Luke from…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
66. The Lego Holiday Special
A Star Wars-loving adult and a Star Wars-obsessed child must join forces to build a miniature Razor Crest and prevent the destruction of the universe when they…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
65. The Mandalorian: Chapter 11 – The Heiress
When a mysterious bounty hunter clan challenges his traditional Mandalorian ways, a disillusioned Mando must fight his own inner demons and a ruthless Imperial…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
64. The Mandalorian: Chapter 10 – The Passenger
In this week's episode of the Mandalorian, Mando is forced to take the passenger (AKA frog lady) and her eggs to her husband without being able to use light…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
63. The Mandalorian: Chapter 9 – The Marshal
This week the DotR squad is ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 9: The Marshal. It’s a great episode to kick off our evaluation of Season 2. There’s so much great…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
62. Tales of the Jedi
In this week's episode, we rank and review the Tales of the Jedi. Both the Ahsoka and Count Dooku story arcs gave fans a lot to talk about. Was Count Dooku…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
61. Andor: Episode 12 – Rix Road
In this week's episode, we rank and review the finale of season 1 of Andor with our special guest host, Jake. This series solidified itself in the Star Wars…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
60. Andor: Episode 11 – Daughter of Ferrix
This week we’re ranking Andor Season 1 Ep. 11: Daughter of Ferrix. With Maarva’s death, Luthen’s laser spin murder move, and the glorious return of Linus Mosk…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
59. Andor: Episode 10 – One Way Out
This week we’re ranking Andor Season 1 Ep. 10: One Way Out. With Brody out this week, Amanda & Christian take it upon themselves to praise this series unhinged…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
58. Andor: Episode 9 – Nobody's Listening!
Nobody’s Listening! But we’re hoping you are. This week we’re ranking Andor Season 1 Episode 9. It was Andy Serkis’s time to shine as Kino Loy. Not only him…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
57. Andor: Episode 8 – Narkina 5
This week we’re ranking Andor Season 1 Episode 8: Narkina 5. Oppression breeds rebellion, and boy does this episode deliver. We specifically praised the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
56. Andor: Episode 7 – The Announcement
This week we have special guests Brown Leader & Scruffy from the Hyperspace Heroes Podcast joining us for the rank and discussion of Andor Season 1 Episode 7…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
55. Andor: Episode 6 – The Eye
This week we’re ranking the best Star Wars live action episode thus far: Andor Season 1 Episode 6: The Eye. Oh, and we’re recording while outside of the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
54. Andor: Episode 5 – The Axe Forgets
Charley’s back! He’s joining us to rank Andor Season 1 Episode 5: The Axe Forgets. Who is this mommy Mothma that Amanda speaks of? Does Brody do a good…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
53. Andor: Episode 4 – Aldhani
This week we’re ranking Andor Season 1 Episode 4: Aldahni. Unfortunately we don’t have Amanda for the discussion, but Brody and Christian make a fun mess of…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
52. Andor Episodes 1, 2 & 3
“There’s fomenting. Pockets of fomenting.” We’re doing something we’ve never done before: We’re ranking three episodes all in one! Brothels, murder, swearing…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
51. Andor Predictions
It’s that time of year again…Star Wars bingo! This week we’re sharing our top predictions for the upcoming Andor series. In light of Rogue One, there’s a lot…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
50. Top 10 Star Wars Video Games
Ever wonder what the DotR gang thinks of Star Wars video games? Well, look no further. We’re ranking our top 10 Star Wars video games with Jake of the stellar…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
49. Top 10 Mandalorian Season 1 Moments
This week we’re ranking the Top 10 Moments of The Mandalorian Season 1. And it’s not just ten moments, oh no. We have many honorable mentions, and Jawas in…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
48. The Mandalorian: Chapter 8 – Redemption
It’s a big week! We’re ranking the finale of season one of The Mandalorian, Chapter 8: Redemption. With it being our highest ranking episode of the season…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
47. The Mandalorian: Chapter 7 - The Reckoning
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 7: The Reckoning. With Greef Karga, Cara Dune, Kuiil, the Client, and introducing Moff Gideon all in one…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
46. The Mandalorian: Chapter 6 - The Prisoner
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 6: The Prisoner, with guest CharCharJay. It’s the Bill Burr episode, so of course we have something to say…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
45. The Mandalorian: Chapter 5 - The Gunslinger
This week we’re ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 5: The Gunslinger with the one and only Darth Choco. It’s a lower ranking episode; however, that doesn’t mean…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
44. The Mandalorian: Chapter 4 - Sanctuary
This week we have the privilege of Brown Leader’s perspective on The Mandalorian Chapter 4: Sanctuary. We discuss Kurosawa’s influence, storytelling with the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
43. The Mandalorian: Chapter 3 - The Sin
This week we rank The Mandalorian Chapter 3: The Sin. With a progressing story, more Greef Karga, a deeper understanding of the Mandalorian culture, and some…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
42. The Mandalorian: Chapter 2 - The Child
This week we rank The Mandalorian Chapter 2: The Child. We welcome our guest Kris (TikTok: StarWarsLawyer) for the discussion and analysis of what we…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
41. The Mandalorian: Chapter 1 - The Mandalorian
This is the way…to ranking The Mandalorian Chapter 1! We’re excited to kick off the discussion with Alanis (Twitter: @NotAKyber) and her hot take pertaining to…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
40. Top 10 Obi-Wan Kenobi Moments
This week we rank our top 10 moments from the Obi-Wan Kenobi series in our discussion with Luke from The Podwans Podcast. Is the Vader vs. Obi-Wan duel the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
39. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part VI
We did it. We had the pleasure of ranking Part VI of Obi-Wan Kenobi with special guest, Beth (aka: mara.j.skywalker on TikTok)! She joins the Star Wars Ranking…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
38. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part V
This week the Star Wars ranking team gets the treat of ranking the amazing Obi-Wan Kenobi Part V. We’re also reviewing it with guest host, Hereth! He debates…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
37. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part IV
This week the Star Wars ranking team is discussing Obi-Wan Kenobi Part IV. We also have a special guest: Luke from The Podwans Podcast joining us on the…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
36. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part III
We’ve ranked Obi-Wan Kenobi Part III, and boy is it a doozy. With new places, characters, and of course violence, it’s safe to say the Star Wars ranking team…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
35. Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part I & II
This week the Star Wars ranking team is excited to rank the new series: Obi-Wan Kenboi. With two episodes to kick off the premier, there’s a lot to discuss and…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
34. Obi-Wan Kenobi Predictions
To celebrate the premier of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, the Star Wars ranking team is sharing their top predictions for the show using some cool bingo cards to…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
33. Our Favorite Star Wars Moments
The Star Wars ranking team is doing something a little different this week. We’re going through our personal favorite moments of the franchise and blending…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
32. Top Bad Batch Moments
This week the Star Wars ranking team is taking the time to reflect on Season 1 of The Bad Batch. We reminisce over the good and the bad of this series all…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
31. Bad Batch - S1E15 & 16
We’ve done it! The Star Wars ranking team has finished ranking The Bad Batch Season 1! We also discuss the new Obi Wan Kenobi trailer and marvel at our brand…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
30. The Bad Batch S1E14: War Mantle
The Star Wars ranking team has done it again! The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 14: War Mantle has made it into our top two for the series, but why? Is Hunter…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
29. The Bad Batch S1E13: Infested
Why did we rank The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 13: Infested as the 2nd lowest episode of the series (thus far)? Is it because there’s no Wilhelm scream? Are…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
28. Bad Batch: S1E12 - Rescue on Ryloth
In this week’s episode the Star Wars ranking team is discussing The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 12: Rescue on Ryloth. Well, everyone but Christian will have a…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
27. The Bad Batch S1E11: Devil's Deal
This week is about Hera! Just like the actual episode, the Bad Batch don't get much attention in this episode. Our Star Wars ranking crew breaks down t his…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
26. The Bad Batch S1E10: Common Ground
We got very political in this week’s discussion! The Star Wars ranking team is evaluating all that is good and bad about The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 10…
- Duel of the Ranks: A Star Wars Show
25. The Bad Batch - S1E8 & E9
The Bad Batch Season 1 Episode 8: Reunion & Episode 9: Bounty Lost (thus far) have made it into our top three rankings for the series! From Crosshair getting…