NEWPORT, Maine – Star Wars Podcast Day 2026 is just around the corner and this year the Capes and Tights Podcast will participate in the annual celebration with special guest Marc Guggenheim on February 7, 2026.
Star Wars Podcast Day is an unofficial celebration of the Star Wars fan audio community. Every year our event brings together approximately 100 shows, sharing their love of fan made audio with other Star Wars fans, as well as the wider podcast listening audience. Think of it as a little version of May the Fourth.
Why is Star Wars Podcast Day every February 7? That was the day Jedi Talk, the very first Star Wars podcast premiered way back in 1999. So in honor of that special day we celebrate every February 7!
In the past the Capes and Tights Podcast has hosted our own Star Wars Week to celebrate all things Star Wars, but starting this year we have opted to celebrate along with other Star Wars podcasts on this special day in February. For this year’s celebration we connect with movie and television writer, producer and director and Star Wars comic book writer Marc Guggenheim to talk all things Star Wars with a focus on his upcoming comic miniseries Star Wars: Jar Jar.
Guggenheim is former Boston lawyer who left practicing law when he was hired to write on David E. Kelley‘s Emmy-winning show about Boston attorneys, The Practice. Guggenheim then joined Law & Order, where he wrote for three seasons before moving on to the critically acclaimed series Jack & Bobby and the ratings juggernaut CSI: Miami.
Marc continued in writing for the screen when he collaborated with Greg Berlanti on feature film versions of the DC Comics characters Green Lantern and The Flash. Green Lantern was released as a major motion picture starring Ryan Reynolds in June 2011. The duo then went on to co-create Arrow, which spawned a “universe” of related series and events, culminating in 2020’s Crisis On Infinite Earths, a five-hour, six-series crossover. In 2020, directed his first episode of television (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) which made several “best of year” lists.
A life-long comic book fan, Guggenheim has been writing comics professionally for twenty years, working on titles for both Marvel Comics (Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man), DC Comics (The Flash, Superman, Batman), and original creator-owned works (Resurrection, Halcyon, Nowhere Man, Jonas Quantum, Stringers). He is currently developing two of his creator-owned graphic novels Too Dead to Die and Last Flight Out as a movie for Universal Studios and a television series for Netflix, respectively.
In the world of Star Wars, Guggenheim has written Star Wars: Age of Republic Special (2019), Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Special (2019), Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca (2022-2023), Star Wars: Revelations (2022 & 2023), Star Wars: Yoda (2022-2023), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Jabba’s Palace (2023), Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad (2023), Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025), Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars (2025), and the upcoming Star Wars: Jar Jar (2026).
We are excited to welcome Guggenheim back to the podcast to discuss Star Wars alongside all the other podcasts releasing for Star Wars Podcast Day 2026. Be sure to follow @starwarspodday on Instagram and on Facebook for more on the special celebration!
