Episodes
You didn't think we'd skip out on the biggest Star Wars event of 2023, did you? Not only are we talking about the first season of Ahsoka, we have a special guest: Needless Things founder and godfather of the podcast Dave West! The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics...
Published 10/11/23
We're back and boy do we have a huge one. First, our Dragon Con 2023 report, then Beth's interview with Star Wars author Delilah S. Dawson, wrapping it up with Dawson's exceptional new novel, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade. It's a good one, I promise. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best...
Published 09/27/23
We finally did it. We finally re-read the last important Thrawn novel in the Legends continuity. And boy do we learn a lot about everyone's favorite blue-skinned Grand Admiral. And man, Tim, we owe you an apology. Listen and find out why. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon,...
Published 08/30/23
This week we go back into Legends for our favorite author, Mr. James Luceno, and his prequel-Prequel book, Cloak of Deception. We also talk about the second volume of Star Wars: Visions on Disney+. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by...
Published 08/09/23
Phase 2 of the High Republic comes a close with Cavan Scott's Path of Vengeance. At the end of the day, what did we think of this trip to the past and what does it mean for the High Republic going forward? The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music...
Published 07/12/23
It's a High Republic double feature! The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The Mystery Men?  Facebook
Published 06/28/23
Bad Batch Season 2! Mandalorian Season 3! Special guest star Noel Wood of the Audible Interlude podcast. This one has it all. Join us, won't you, while we discuss a very sloppy season of streaming television. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to...
Published 05/31/23
It's an all Qi'ra special! First, we discuss the character and comics in general with Hidden Empire artist Steven Cummings! Then, we discuss Most Wanted, the prequel novel to the prequel movie, Solo: a Star Wars story. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to...
Published 05/17/23
Our dive into video games continues with the sequel/prequel novel, Battle Scars, the tie-in to the latest Star Wars video game. And the game talks about the idea of the Jedi Survivor. With all these new Jedi we're learning escaped Order 66, does it make Yoda and Obi-wan less... special? The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book...
Published 05/03/23
Celebration Tokyo has come and gone and... you like news? Like, really like news? 'Cause we got some news for you. We have a sizable amount of news for you. Then, we talk about Alexander Freed's Battlefront: Twilight Company, which is really just a really depressing Vietnam book but with Stormtroopers. We kinda liked it, though. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you...
Published 04/19/23
Happy Birthday to us! Three years of this nonsense so we're gonna look at the last twelve months of books and pick our favorites. Then, it's back to the Old Republic and another video game tie-in book with Drew Karpyshyn's Annihilation. This book isn't exactly what we expected, but did we like it anyway? The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the...
Published 04/05/23
40 writers. 40 stories. 40 years of The Empire Strikes Back. We return to the From a Certain Point of View series with our good friend Gary Mitchel. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The Mystery Men?  Facebook
Published 03/15/23
Done with the High Republic for the time bring, this episode we take a trip to The Old Republic with the tale of every gamers’ favorite Jedi then Sith then Jedi again, Revan. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The...
Published 03/01/23
This time we're back with the brand new High Republic audio drama The Battle of Jedha. We have thoughts. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The Mystery Men?  Facebook
Published 02/15/23
How is Phase 2 of The High Republic doing? Listen and find out about these two latest entries. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The Mystery Men?  Facebook
Published 02/01/23
Did you think we wouldn't cover ANDOR? Ryan's favorite Star Wars thing maybe ever? Yeah, we're covering Andor. And as usual, we have our friends Pete and Keith along to talk about it with us. Did we all love the most acclaimed Disney+ Star Wars show to date? Mostly. Listen and find out. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book...
Published 12/21/22
This episode we head back to Star Wars Legends with the second book in the X-Wing series, Wedge's Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down the best that canon, legends, and comics have to offer. Music by Lester Dragstredt of The Mystery Men?  Facebook
Published 12/07/22
As Season 1 of Andor wraps up, we don't want you to forget the other Star Wars show that dropped right in the middle of it. In this episode we once again put down the words and look at some pictures, breaking down the Tales of the Jedi series on Disney+. What didwe think of this Force-fueled microseries? Who would we like to see featured in additional seasons, if they come? Why not give us a listen and find out. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans...
Published 11/23/22
The High Republic is back! This episode we cover the YA novel Path of Deceit by Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton. Set 150 before High Republic Phase One, Phase Two yet again gives us a brand new cast of Jedi to fall in love with before they are brutally murdered by this sadistic group of writers. They really do hate us and we love them for it. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a...
Published 11/09/22
Just in time for Halloween, we talk about one of Star Wars' scariest character, the one, the only, Darth Maul. After a brief discussion about everyone's favorite ex-Sith lord turned crime baron, we dig into Michael Reaves' 'Shadow Hunter', which has recently been re-released with a bitchin' audiobook read by Maul's Clone Wars performer, Mr. Sam Witwer! The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have...
Published 10/26/22
This week the gang discusses the new Han and Leia romance novel The Princess & The Scoundrel! Is it any good or is it just a 400 page advertisement for a hotel? Listen and find out. Also, we talk about the newest Disney+ LEGO Special, Star Wars Summer Vacation. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club as we run down...
Published 10/12/22
So you've seen the Obi-Wan show, watched his adventures on the Clone Wars, but what was Obi-Wan's true first adventure? This young adult book follows teenage Kenobi as he defies Qui-Gon Jinn and sets out on his own. Get ready for some youthful angst, a little bit of rebellion, and a group of kids that may or may not be tapped into the Force. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series...
Published 09/28/22
Dragon Con has come and passed and we were there. We've got an Interview with New Dawn and Kenobi author John Jackson Miller! We've got our very own panel discussing the Star Wars Special Editions! We've got stories! We've got pictures! We've got hangovers! Dragon Con is the best. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up to date on all the action. Join our book club...
Published 09/14/22
We continue our quest into understanding the Sequel films with Claudia Gray's excellent Bloodline. An excellent appetizer before you watch The Force Awakens again, this novel tells the tale of Leia Organa's final days in the senate and the founding of her Resistance. It'll help the movies make a little more sense, we promise. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad, Ryan, and Beth have started a series to keep you up...
Published 08/17/22
Did The Rise of Skywalker confuse you? That's okay. It confused J.J. Abrams, too. This week, we cover the brand new canon novel Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher. Focusing on Luke and Lando in the years before the sequels, this book answers several questions about Rey and her family and things like that, but it also raises some new questions we're not sure it mean to. The Skywalker saga may be over, but there are enough books to keep Star Wars fans satisfied for years to come. Chad,...
Published 08/03/22