Episode XXXII: Star Wars in Popular Music

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06/12/20 • 48 min

For this episode, we scoured our personal music collections, as well as the internet, to find songs that reference, or are about, Star Wars. Topics discussed include: "Weird Al" Yankovic's decades long dominance in the field of Star Wars music, the lack of Jedi references in hip-hop, and comparing Darth Vader's helmet to...well, you've just got to listen to find out.

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Episode XXXI: Bonus Episode with Ed Kelly

In a special bonus episode, Brian welcomes his old college roommate, Ed Kelly, onto the show to discuss The Rise of Skywalker and the state of Star Wars after the Skywalker Saga wraps up. Topics discussed include: the worst dialogue in the sequel trilogy, the wasting of Kerri Russell, and Ed's personal Star Wars rankings.

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Episode XXXIII: Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston

The crew spent the last few weeks reading E.K. Johnston's Queen's Shadow, and we have some thoughts! Topics discussed include: the most poorly served characters in all of Star Wars, the rampant sexism in the Republic, the frustrating names of Padme's handmaidens, and how R2D2 is basically a Roomba. Yeah, we said it.