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What is this Star Wars nerd up too?

  Say hello to the future home of The Cantina Band! What is The Cantina Band? A soon-to-be Star Wars: The Old Republic podcast with myself and Brian Brushwood.  Our plan is the launch the show proper...

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And so it begins...

  So after Brian and I had an initial conversation about the "show" and discussed the idea of starting not 1 but 2 guilds (one for each faction) we decided to call a "team meeting" with fans and...

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Our Guild info is now posted!

Guild info is now up in the Our Guilds page of the site. We have both Sith (Not Safe For Wookiees) and Republic (Diamond Club)  setup Check it out and join in with us for the fun!

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Preorders are now up for Star Wars: The Old Republic!

EA Unveils Special Editions of Star Wars: The Old Republic — Available for Pre-Order Starting Today     Early Game Access and Exclusive In-Game Content Announced for Highly Anticipated MMO with all...

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The Cantina Band on TWiT's At The Controls

I had the pleasure of being a guest on TWiT"s video game show, At The Controls and got to geek out over Star Wars: The Old Republic going up for pre-order at SDCC 2011. Thank you Glenn, Tom and of...

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Site update is coming...

I just wanted to let everyone know that the site update is coming along nicely and will be ready sometime before the game itself goes live and that the site will have a nice unique vibe and look to it...

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The Cantina Band - Episode 0: Adam's Planet Is Crack!

In our very first episode of The Cantina Band, Brian and I are joined by Scott Johnson of the Frogpants Network and we jump right into an extensive round table discussion on our hopes, fears and...

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We are now in iTunes! Whoooo!

We are now live in iTunes! We will be adding a more obvious subscription link soon. But for now you can head here to subscribe.  For those that do not use iTunes you can use the regular RSS feed for...

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A big thank you to everyone!

Just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for checking out the show! Subscribers count keeps climbing and the feedback has been great. We are really excited you all have enjoyed it so far. If you...

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Update: When's the next episode?

Hey all just a quick update today! I am getting a lot of questions about when the next episode goes live. In short Brian is on tour at the moment so he is VERY busy these next few weeks. Once that...

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You have made us the #1 Star Wars: The Old Republic netcast on iTunes!

Wow folks! You are all awesome! It was brought to my attention last night that not only are we in New and Notable in iTunes we are #29 in the Games and Hobbies category and the #1 Star Wars: The Old...

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Our next guest is booked and a date set!

We have our next mystery guest booked and Brian will be back home and ready to go by months end. Who is the mystery guest? Well stay tuned and you will see. It will be worth the wait we promise.   

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12/20/2011 and Pricing Information

In case you missed it Star Wars: The Old Republic is set to release on December 20th 2011 in the US and December 22nd in the EU. No word yet on the Early Access date yet... Each copy of Star Wars: The...

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Alea Iacta Est And The Cantina Band Podcast Guilds Align

If you listened to Episode 0 of The Cantina Band you may remember us talking with Scott Johnson and the idea of allying/adversary our guilds was touched upon...It is with great pleasure I announce...

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The Cantina Band - Episode 1: Strudelfest 8000

  In Episode 2 Brian and I are joined by Josh Augustine, Associate Editor of PC Gamer & co-host of TOR Reporter. We discuss the release date, pre-order numbers and have a healthy debate on the pros...

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The Cantina Band - Episode 2: Many Taurens Died To Bring Us This Information

This episode we are joined by Jeff Cannata, co-host of The Totally Rad Show and Weekend Confirmed.We discuss the latest news to hit since last show and have an engaging discussion about... Savoring...

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The Cantina Band - Episode 3: It All Goes In Your Space Yacht

We are joined by the co-host of Diggnation and co-creator of the Totally Rad Show, Alex Albrecht! We talk some quick news but Alex and Adam spend most of the show strolling down memory lane remember...

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The Big Beta Weekend Blowout!

Starting Friday, November 25th at 10 AM CST Weekend testers will be let into Star Wars: The Old Republic for the weekend one last time before the game goes live. Come join us this weekend! For this...

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The Cantina Band Episode 4: He's a Liar With A Dirty Secret

Tom Merritt joins us as we talk all about the NDA being lifted, beta test weekends and someone on the show comes out of the closet as a general beta tester. Be sure to check out some of Tom's shows at...

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Episode 5 - Out With The Old And In With The New

Veronica Belmont joins Brian and Adam as they discuss the first few weeks of access in Star Wars The Old Republic, transitioning from WOW to TOR and Brian's altaholics addiction.  Be sure to check out...

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Episode 6 - Space Crime Perpetrated

Josh Augustine joins Adam & Brian again to talk griefing Guilds, Space Crimes, Jedi Fightclubs, Legacy System Speculation, Kaon Under Siege & how update 1.1 broke Adam's Rythm Augmentation Droid!

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Episode 7 - Adam-Mode Flashpoints

Willie "Dills" Gregory joins us as we talk a bit about Adam's end-game experience, what it's like to manage a large Guild, mini-games and listeners take Adam to task over his crafting advice. Follow...

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Episode 8 - BioWare SWTOR Guild Summit

Justin Robert Young joins us as Brian checks in from the BioWare SWTOR Guild Summit to talk about all the coolness that happened this week in Texas. Wait, Justin is on the show? He dosn't even play...

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SWTOR Presentations at PAX East 2012!

Hey everyone! PAX East was this past weekend and The Cantina Band spent that time at the BioWare booth capturing what we could of the events. Below you will find 3 live presentations from Saturday and...

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Cameron Winston & Emmanuel Lusinchi Interview

Emmanuel Lusinchi (Technical Design Director) and Cameron Winston (Combat Designer) join Adam to talk Update 1.2, combat balance, thoughts behind healing changes,UI changes and we talk about their...

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Stephen Reid Interview

Stephen Reid (Community Manager) joins Adam to talk about managing a community of this scale and we talk about his experiences playing in the live environment.

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Damion Schubert Interview

Damion Schubert (Lead Systems Designer) joins Adam to talk about Update 1.2 changes, UI update, burning the midnight oil, the wall of crazy, possible future content and we talk about his experiences...

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James Ohlen Interview

James Ohlen (Game Director) joins Adam to talk about Update 1.2 changes, possible future content and we talk about his experiences playing in the live environment.

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Episode 9 - Not Looking Like A Skittle!

Durus, Max and Shojo from Adam's Operations team join us to talk all about Update 1.2 and not looking like a Skittle anymore.  

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Episode 10 - Every day is Caturday

This week we catch up on the layoffs at Bioware, E3 reveals, server merges and a little taste of update 1.3. Max'z, Shojo & Durus are joining the show full time and did we mention the show is...

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Episode 11 - The good, the bad & the ugly

Much to our surprise we packed up the Sandcrawler and made a new home on Jedi Covenant this past week. We talk the good, the bad  and the ugly of the server merges; a little more insight into 1.3 PTS...

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Episode 12 - My quickdraw doesn't sound like pew pew

June 25th 2012 - On the eve of the 1.3 Update we talk about the features we are most excited about, our plans ingame over the next year with our alt-itis & Shojo has something she wants you to sign.

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Episode 13 - Don't use any big words!

July 9th 2012 -  This week we talk about the good and the bad of the group finder feature in 1.3, the mysterious black boxes on the fleet, ranked Warzones, server transfer rewards and why we really...

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Episode 14 - Podracing Baby Swing

July 17 2012 - We talk about the most recent Q & A, forced server transfers are coming, a SDCC 2012 update from Shojo, HK-51 trailer is out and are the Devs trolling the advance class forums?   Be...

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Episode 15 - Going commando!

July 23rd 2012 - We talk about the 2nd phase of the restructuring at Bioware Austin and what it may or may not mean for us as players, a PVP update from Max, some Do's and Don'ts for using the Group...

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Episode 16 - Don't do that!

June 30th 2012 - We talk about the recent Community round-up, Max's PVP update, more Commando leveling and some rampant speculation about HK-51.

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Episode 17 - OMGWTFFTP?!

That day we all thought would come is here but much sooner than anticipated. Or was it? Brian, Adam, Jeff, Rob and Shojo have it out about what is good or bad about the latest news our favorite game...

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The Chevin Are Coming! TEASER VIDEO

Bioware dropped us a note with a surprise in it! Rumor has it that the Chevin are making their move and that their presence will soon be felt on the Smuggler’s Moon, Nar Shaddaa. The only hint we have...

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Episode 18 - The Grind Acquisitions Race

Brian, Adam, Max and Jeff talk about more of the F2P news, some reveals out of Gamecom in Germany, the guys talk about what they did and didn't like about the latest live event and of course your...

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LEGO Republic Striker-class Starfighter review

For those that don't know my day job is helping run CollectionDX as Assitant Editor, show co-host and occasionally I do write reviews. Lego was nice enough to send me over the Republic Striker-class...

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Episode 19 - Time for a reintroduction

Jeff, Rob & Adam talk about the 1.4 update on the Public Test Server, the rumour that Daniel Erickson leaving Bioware Austin which leads to a heartfelt roundtable about our concerns moving forward...

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Episode 20 - Server merges 2.0

We talk server mergers 2.0, making a mint on the GTN, the Doctor's have left the building and then dissect the new info in the recent live stream Q & A.  

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Episode 21 - Asleep at the keyboard

Rob, Jeff and Adam talk about the 1.4 update now that it's live, a recent James Ohlen sighting, more info on new gear in the upcoming Cartel packs. Jeff gives us his initial impression on the new Ops,...

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Episode 22 - Lots and lots of Monkey Lizards

This week the gang talks about the "leaked details" that aren't really a leak, Daniel Erickson has indeed left the building, a corporate sponsored pub crawl and the guys brainstorm about future class...

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Episode 23 - Color us surprised

The gang talks about 1.5 hitting the public test servers, Jeff gives us a peek at what to expect in the HK quest-line, some community news discussion and of course your feedback and questions.

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More SWTOR LEGO's are coming! Republic Troopers VS. Sith Troopers

Expected in stores January 2013 is another Star Wars: The Old Republic set from Lego. Republic Troopers VS. Sith Troopers 75001 includes 2 Sith Troopers and 2 Republic Troopers (this time with...

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