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The Young Jedi Knights Club402 - Legacy of the Force II: BloodlinesWe keep things in the family with returning guest Ryan Davis for Bloodlines, a certified Book of Boba Fett plus his bounty hunter brood! Hear us praise author Karen Traviss' character development, theorize how Legacy of the Force tries to out-Prequel the Prequels, and feel disquieted by the novel's eerie real-world parallels in a time of militarized police and civil unrest...2025-07-022h 45
The Young Jedi Knights Club401 - Legacy of the Force I: BetrayalA presumed-dead Marvel Star Wars villainess looms large over this next nine-book series, so it would be a karking shame not to consult luminary Marvel Star Wars Explorer Brian Rudloff to determine what the fierfek is going on! Like dark side mynock apparitions, we denude every nugget of Betrayal, from the ill-fated droid who's two Vaders tall to the hasty heel turn by a fan-favorite Young Jedi Knight...2025-06-042h 45
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - Return of the Jedi: The Most Special Commentary EditionCelebrate Star Wars Day by simulating the experience of watching Episode VI with two pals who won't stop talking over the movie! Our Special-Edition-inspired commentary covers everything from the Mighty Boushh to blinking Ewoks to the novelization by James Kahn (not James Caan). An entire LEGION of our best ideas for superfluous revisions awaits you!2025-05-042h 25
The Young Jedi Knights Club303 - Dark Nest III: The Swarm WarAs the Dark Nest draws to a close and Luke Skywalker finishes watching Revenge of the Sith, the cry-curious Nate Tapp rounds out his trio of guest spots by tripling down on trilogy talk with us. Does The Swarm War warrant three hearty throat-clicks, or do we discard it like Huttwash (and if we discard, do we add two Swarm cards that cost 0 to our hand)?2025-04-023h 05
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 7] Captain's Holiday (TNG 3.19) (with Kregg Castillo)The world, as we know it, has changed since Reopening the Wormhole disappeared. In the multi-year absence of America’s Favorite Podcast, society has begun to crumble; systems have collapsed, governments have disintegrated, and the world order feels like a distant memory. Is it too late for humanity to be saved? Is the return of RTW too little, too late? We can only hope that it’s not, as we release the next in our Tongo Wheel experience: the classic TNG episode Captain’s Holiday! Recorded all the way back in 2023 (oh how young and naive we once were), this e...2025-03-202h 52
The Young Jedi Knights Club302 - Dark Nest II: The Unseen QueenTibanna tapper Nate Tapp taps back in for a bantha-sized, hubba-shaped debate over whether the second Dark Nest novel satisfies like a delicious slice of live action pizza or gets more muddled than nebular miasma. The real plot twist, however, is that we stop kriffing around and finally reveal that this whole Young Jedi Knights Club thing has just been a backdoor Lost podcast the whole time...2025-03-122h 33
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The 4th Annual Lowie AwardsClad in our classiest Killik silks, we walk the wax carpet for the gala that's even goofier than the Golden Globes... the 4th Annual Lowie Awards! Join us Joiners in raising a collectible McDonald's Batman Forever glass to toast the pop culture from the year of our lord Two Thousand and Twenty Four, not to mention our Lord Nyax, Emperox of Bad Boys... 2025-02-262h 12
The Young Jedi Knights Club301 - Dark Nest I: The Joiner KingRub your forearms together for the kingly Nate Tapp, who joins our hive mind as the podcast enters its insectoid era all about Troy Denning's Dark Nest trilogy! Grab a can of gelmeat and an orb of membrosia for an episode that's crawling with conversation about audiobook omissions, thorny throuples, and a Prime Unu who may have violated the Prime Directive... 2025-02-052h 58
The Young Jedi Knights Club220 - New Jedi Order RetrospectiveAfter nineteen novels, we wistfully turn the page on the New Jedi Order with an all-encompassing retrospective! It might as well be the Day of Comprehending the Will of the Gods... or at least of the Master Shapers behind this ambitious series, who we applaud for challenging our emotions, expanding our perception of the Force, and burning into our brains an entire lexicon of unforgettable Vong-cabulary words.2025-01-153h 59
The Young Jedi Knights Club219 - The Unifying ForcePrime guest Jake Beal reveals himself as the true Supreme Overlord of the podcast, reunifying with us for the New Jedi Order’s colossal conclusion. It's the end of an era, and things get downright mythic as we wreath through weighty topics like Yuuzhan Vong theology, traumatic time jumps in the TV show ReBoot, and the (best ever?) Christmas of 2003. There might even be a few surprise gifts from Shimrra Claus himself...2024-12-113h 07
The Young Jedi Knights Club218 - The Final ProphecyThe podcast interdicts huttoad Eric Ambler for the not-quite-final Final Prophecy, which sets the table for the endgame of the New Jedi Order. This snackquarium of an episode is swimming with delicacies, as we follow Nen Yim on a trip to Qahsa Bonita, drop an unusual amount of Search for Spock references, and decide which is better: Seal IV or SEAL Team Six?2024-11-063h 03
The Young Jedi Knights Club217 - Force Heretic III: ReunionReunited once again with Jack Stovold of "Jack's Silly Little JackCast," we transmit our final Zonama Sethoughts via telemetry on the Williams/Dix trilogy as a whole... or die trying. Added ingredients in this Esfandia-like atmospheric soup of an episode include the punting of pirates, an amalgamation of Anakins, and a Who's Who of heretics with the hots for Nom Anor!2024-10-023h 31
The Young Jedi Knights Club216 - Force Heretic II: RefugeeFuture host of "The LizardCast" Jack Stovold (what an Earth ass name...) helps us decide if this middle chapter of the Heretic trilogy is a first-rate tour de Force or merely an inconsequential side mission. Similar to Tahiri's recurring reptilian nightmares, we also receive disturbing visions of Borgs Bunny, living turntable creatures, and thought experiments involving Haley Joel Osment... 2024-09-123h 23
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersIndy 07 - The Fourth Nail (with Cam Siemer)As Indiana Jones arrives in Barcelona to search for a fabled piece of Christian history, Cam arrives on the podcast to help us wrap up our coverage of The Acolyte, to help us solve the mystery of what The Mystery of the Blues refers to, and to ruminate on our experiences with real live bulls.2024-08-082h 41
The Young Jedi Knights Club215 - Force Heretic I: RemnantJack Stovold of "The HapeCast" rejoins us to kick off the New Jedi Order's first and only trilogy, in which the prominence of our old pal Pellaeon has got us all pumped! We also ponder how healthy it is to identify with the self-loathing Nom Anor, confuse Shanghai Noon with Shanghai Knights, and show some love for the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Hip Hop.2024-08-072h 53
The Young Jedi Knights Club214 - Destiny's WayRyan Davis crabs his jouncing fighter into the money lane with us to discuss one of the best Star Wars ensemble books yet in an episode that's sure to do sellout business in jig time! Along the Way, we stop off on Planet Greg, try our best to think of some small-beaked birds, and commiserate over the sad life of a Kingdom Hearts fan.2024-07-033h 14
The Young Jedi Knights Club213 - TraitorEnsnaring EU enthusiast Derek Lavender in the belly of the beast, we gorge on the deliciously flowery prose and philosophical richness of Matthew Stover's Traitor. This logic puzzle of a novel refreshingly expands the Force beyond the black-and-white binary typically depicted, and also serves as a poignant reminder of how much has been lost and changed since the halcyon days of the Young Jedi Knights books. 2024-06-052h 18
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersIndy 01 - Ikons of Ikamennen (with Cam Siemer)As Indiana Jones investigates the mysteries of the Ikons of Ikamennen with the aid of former students Charlie and Edith Dunne, the Marvel Star Wars Explorers begin their own further adventures with the aid of Cam Siemer! That's right, we're back and we're kicking things off with the first two issues of Marvel's Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, as well as wrapping up the Bad Batch and taking a look at some further additional Indy Chronicles. 2024-05-232h 05
The Young Jedi Knights Club212 - Enemy Lines II: Rebel StandA long-forgotten experiment awakens to wreak havoc upon the Vong-infested surface of Coruscant. Does Aaron Allston's experiment in NJO storytelling deserve to be forgotten too, or is there a place for Lord Nyax's brand of monster-of-the-week thrills? Completing our A-Team once again is Geoff Clarke, who's here to help us decide, as well as to debate the nadir of Star Wars cinema and the correct pronunciation of Hapan royalty. 2024-05-153h 06
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The Empire Strikes Back: The Most Special Commentary EditionAnother May the Fourth, another Special-est Edition commentary episode! One in which we try our best to rein in our rampant positivity and propose as many gratuitous "improvements" as possible to an all time favorite film, The Empire Strikes Back! Hear us also posit how George Lucas' history of revisionism primed us for the horrors of artificial intelligence... 2024-05-042h 13
The Young Jedi Knights Club211 - Enemy Lines I: Rebel DreamAaron Allston brings big Wraith Squadron energy to the New Jedi Order, and proves that actually explaining the politics of a Resistance in Star Wars is quality matériel, not something JJ Abrams should have reduced to ejecta! Our Canuck co-pilot Geoff Clarke rejoins the podcast's Inner Circle, so naturally we cook up some more CanCon conversation, including what constitutes the layers of a Hayden Christensen sandwich...2024-04-032h 38
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The 3rd Annual Lowie AwardsTime to flaunt that vonduun crab formalwear for the 3rd Annual Lowies! Or is their proper name the Praxeum Awards? Either way, the Lowbaccademy gives one final, bittersweet send-off to our beloved 90s and reevaluates the Oscar winners from the turn of the millennium before honoring the best of Star Wars in 2023!2024-03-063h 06
The Young Jedi Knights Club210 - Dark JourneyThis is a (Snapple Real) Fact: We're just living in a post-Star-by-Star world. Our buddy Barm begrudgingly embarks on another dark journey to Hapes with us for the Star Wars equivalent of a YA "romantasy." Whether that makes for a good book is HOTLY debated... Like, thinly veiled Reylo fanfic hot. 2024-02-073h 09
The Young Jedi Knights Club209 - Star by StarNJO diehard Morgan Lavender links up with our battle meld to discuss gut-wrenching character deaths, dances with the dark side, and the oppressive sense of dread that permeates Troy Denning's tragic tome. Despite all that negatude, we at least find glimmers of fun in welcoming back ALL our favorite Young Jedi Knights and celebrating the DVD release of The Mummy Returns!2024-01-102h 52
The Young Jedi Knights Club208 - Edge of Victory II: RebirthWhat child is this? The Babe, the Son of Mara! The New Jedi Order shepherds in a miraculous birth just in time for another giant-sized Christmas special! Sam's brother Jack Stovold makes this a festive family reunion filled with the Givin' of gifts, the holiday highlights of 2001, and of course the evergreen podcast fodder that is Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. 2023-12-063h 59
The Young Jedi Knights Club207 - Edge of Victory I: ConquestCanCon connoisseur Geoff Clarke genuflects with us before author Greg Keyes, who keys into the precise kind of New Jedi Order entry we've been demanding: an intimate character study with a healthy dose of sympathetic Vong (sorry, Yuuzhan Vong) to root for. It's also a surprising love letter to those Junior Jedi Knights children's books... with added violence and despair!2023-11-013h 14
The Young Jedi Knights Club206 - Balance PointSlip on your most ghoulish gablith masquer for a Young Jedi Knights Club Spooktacular! Hear us conjure up our favorite frights from the year 2000, revel in Kathy Tyers' wicked character work, and determine the "Halloweeniest" moments of Balance Point, whatever the stang that means... Just don't let a whisperkit cross your path!2023-10-042h 05
The Young Jedi Knights Club205 - Agents of Chaos II: Jedi EclipseThe Agents of Chaos duology concludes in a plate-spinning yarn dripping with Hutt Stuff and a side of Jedi-smothered hash browns. Eric Ambler snaps on a slap-bracelet-like amphistaff and boards the matte black Falcon to help us grapple with the inhumanity of superweapons, both in the real world and in this book, as we guess who or what threatens to eclipse the Jedi...2023-09-062h 34
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersDroids (with Cam Siemer)As Artoo and Threepio search endlessly for a new master, we welcome Cam Siemer back to the podcast to discuss whether droids should be seeking masters at all, to board the Star Tours shuttle for a lightspeed trip to nostalgia, and to finally, truly close the book on exploring Marvel Star Wars published comics of the seventies and eighties.2023-08-102h 45
The Young Jedi Knights Club204 - Agents of Chaos I: Hero's TrialHan gets the Solo adventure we’ve been craving, but more importantly, for a page or two, we get to welcome back our favorite forsaken Young Jedi Knights! Agent of chaos Barm returns to the podcast for more "Stephen King bullsh*t," real talk about the art-life balance, and an appraisal of James Luceno's reference-heavy style of worldbuilding. Don't forget to stick around after the credits for a very important string cheese incident!2023-08-022h 58
The Young Jedi Knights Club203 - Dark Tide II: RuinThe Seanslaught continues... Sean Davis rejoins us for the Embrace of Pain as the tide of this duology takes an especially dark and ruinous turn. He also details a firsthand account of the pop culture event of 2000: his high school graduation! Fitting, given the motif of universities in these last few books, a sign that our Young Jedi Knights have advanced to the next phase of their education in the New Jedi Order.2023-07-043h 32
The Young Jedi Knights Club202 - Dark Tide I: OnslaughtEmperor's black bones! It's about time we finally read another New Jedi Order book! Sean Davis returns to the club to break all the rules of the Memory Archive, touching on everything from “hate picks” to the hot s**t of February Y2K. The Yuuzhan Vong War rages on, but the true onslaught might just be The Bad Touch vs. the Thong Song…2023-06-073h 24
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - A New Hope: The Most Special Commentary EditionIn the tradition of superfluous revisions to the original trilogy, we provide our own feature-length commentary suggesting even more changes to A New Hope, Special Edition style! Watch along and hear us try to maintain a facade of sarcasm for two whole hours as we propose cramming as many prequel references, CGI stand-ins, and dewbacks as possible into an already perfect movie.2023-05-042h 11The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - Invasion: Refugees / RescuesDetouring away from the New Jedi Order novels, we take the plunge into two volumes of a comic book arc that (barely) includes a few of our favorite Young Jedi Knights! Despite some Invasion-related communications disruptions, Brian Rudloff returns to the podcast to worship the satanic content of 2009 and 2010, learn about the ORIGINAL Finn, and debate whether we needed to read these comics at all...2023-04-052h 25The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The 2nd Annual Lowie Awards Don your finest ooglith cloaker for another walk down the ginger fur carpet... it's the 2nd Annual Lowie Awards! In this very specific, literature-leaning, Star Wars-centric version of the Oscars, we completely reject the Academy's definition of Adapted Screenplay and continue to revel in our favorite year of 1997 before everything just devolves into an all-out Andor lovefest! 2023-03-081h 58The Young Jedi Knights Club201 - Vector PrimeHi kids! Do you like Primus? Want to hear about Yuuzhan Vong body horror and learn what Vector Prime is? If so, listen along as NEW guest Jake Beal wades into the NEW Jedi Order with us, gushing over Zelda along the way while we debate how this NEW series serves as a continuation of the Young Jedi Knights novels. 2023-02-012h 27
The Young Jedi Knights Club115 - Young Jedi Knights RetrospectiveWe finally graduate from the Praxeum, closing the chapter on the Young Jedi Knights books. This skra'akan-sized retrospective evaluates the entire series, from Heirs of the Force (no, not Heirs TO the Force) through Crisis at Crystal Reef, with a bonus Graduation Day epilogue to boot! Like Jaina Solo considering her postgraduate future, we also look ahead to what's next for the podcast...2023-01-053h 04The Young Jedi Knights Club114 - Crisis on Crystal ReefIt's Christmas on Crystal Reef as the heroes find themselves at the North Pole on Mon Calamari for one last adventure! Melissa Thiede boards this holiday train to dredge up traumatic memories of moving abroad on Christmas Day with nothing but a Giga Pet on her back, to clarify several character name pronunciations, and to evaluate the final novel's success as a series conclusion (as well as its Myers-Briggs personality type).2022-12-072h 57
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersNewspaper 12 - The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell (with Cam Siemer)As Han Solo departs Yavin to rescue a stranded Luke and Leia, Cam Siemer returns to the cast to listen to Sam go on a tirade against the Jedi, to discuss the unique charms of a specific piece of 70's science fiction pop culture, to examine the similarities between Skorr and another antagonist of Ord Mantell, and to bask in the joys of a significantly better newspaper strip than the ones we've covered up until now.2022-11-172h 31
The Young Jedi Knights Club113 - Trouble on Cloud CityBlaster bolts, it's the penultimate book in the series! The kids head to Bespin to test out Lando's new theme park, only to be reminded that Cloud City brings bad things in the middle act of a trilogy... The ApeCast's Geoff Clarke helps spruce things up with a trunk full of tree puns and a lesson in Canadian currency before we get musical, touching on every timbre from phat nu metal to the sweet jizz of Clak'dor VII.2022-11-023h 16
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Catspaw (TOS 2.07)You think Star Trek is just space guys philosophizing about morality? You think things never get spooky? I’ve got a very real giant black cat and dungeon with skeletons that say otherwise! That’s right, since it’s Halloween, we had to talk about the ONLY Star Trek Halloween episode: the original series’s Catspaw! Join Sam, Jack, and Kevin for an exciting discussion about whether this episode is scary, the quaint comfort of terrible original series episodes, and a lot of discussion about Korob, Sylvia, and the weird wand. Sam also takes us on a journey through some int...2022-10-292h 38The Young Jedi Knights Club112 - Return to Ord MantellExpanded Universe expert Derek Lavender returns to Ord Mantell with us for perhaps the darkest Young Jedi Knights novel yet, rife with space mines, spice lines, and war crimes! To lighten things up, we also review 1998's memorable additions to Disney Parks, compare knaars to Godzilla babies, and wonder what's up with that black sun on the book's cov- ohhhhhh, now I get it.2022-10-051h 59The Young Jedi Knights Club111 - The Emperor's PlagueAs the Young Jedi Knights conclude their arc with the Diversity Alliance, hurtling ever closer toward the series finale, Jack Stovold stops by to reassure us that perception is an illusion and time isn't real. We also find solace in guessing the Top 10 Comic Book Villains of 1998 and films in which Affleck was the bomb, but mostly in cool aliens wielding lightsabers!2022-09-073h 20Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 6] The Price (TNG 3.08) (with Kregg Castillo & Cam Siemer)The wormhole is, indeed, in need of some reopening, yet again! Our Tongo extravaganza is not quite complete, and here we are joined by Cam Siemer of What Were We Watching and Young Jedi Knights Club, as well as our resident Ferengi expert Kregg, to talk about this Troi-centric episode of TNG, in which another empath boards the station and seduces our fair counselor, with, as Jethro Tull it, bad intent, and a delegation of Ferengis and others haggle over the discovery of a *GASP* stable wormhole?! What is this, DEEP SPACE NINE? No, my friends, it is not...2022-08-222h 49
The Young Jedi Knights Club110 - Jedi BountyOur heroes brave Ryloth's bipolar extremes to rescue Lowbacca from the indoctrination of the Diversity Alliance, but all we can seem to talk about is (Extreme! Extreme!) Extreme Dinosaurs! We also manage to squeeze in a useful mnemonic device to identify stalactites vs. stalagmites, reminisce about formative behind-the-scenes guidebooks, and (finally) finish those Junior Jedi Knights novels!2022-08-032h 28The Young Jedi Knights Club109 - Delusions of GrandeurThe Young Jedi Knights continue battling bounty hunters in their search for missing Thuls while guest Ryan Davis joins us on the Highway to the Dengar Zone. Strap into your crash webbing as we turn a Hype Williams-style fisheye lens toward the highlights of July 1997, wonder why aliens would call themselves aliens, and grapple with the uncomfortable allure of hot centauriforms...2022-07-072h 42
The Young Jedi Knights Club108 - Diversity AllianceIt's finally time to check back in with the ongoing search for Bornan Thul, plus the new and improved adventures of Anakin Solo! In this shagadelic, semi-charmed kind of episode, we question our 10-year-old taste in birthday party activities, bemoan the codification of floating heads, and try to predict whether this Diversity Alliance arc will ultimately prove problematic or land on an antiracist message. 2022-06-022h 10
The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The Special Edition SpecialThe midpoint of the Young Jedi Knights novels coincided with the release of the 1997 Special Editions and the return of Star Wars to the zeitgeist. In this extra Special bonus episode, we revisit the hype by dusting off our kid's meal toys and commemorative magazines from yesteryear, debating the ethics of revising cinematic history, and even pitching our own "tweaks" to the Saga!2022-05-043h 14
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersDark Empire II: Issue 4 (with Cam Siemer)As the revived Emperor tours his new Galaxy Gun above the Throneworld, Cam returns to the podcast to tour Dark Empire II and weigh in on the superweapons, reused plot points and steampunk civilizations it contains, PLUS we remember the joys of Tommy Boy, ponder the mysterious death of a politician, and get excited about Christopher Lloyd. Also, more Batman.2022-04-071h 57The Young Jedi Knights Club107 - Shards of AlderaanWhile on a quest to find an emotionally significant gift for Leia, the Young Jedi Knights encounter an iconic bounty hunter! And as we go back to 1997 for this new arc of the series, we encounter a bounty of iconic pop culture from silly martial arts comedies to emotionally significant magazines. We also touch on our Ring Theory theories, marvel at the lung capacity of Kenny G, and ask why on Ennth anyone would choose to live on Ennth!2022-04-062h 17
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersBatman Forever (Trivia) Audio Commentary (with Cam Siemer)As Two-Face unleashes a wave of crime upon Gotham City, your two best Batman Forever friends welcome Cam Siemer to the podcast to record an audio commentary track for everyone's favorite(?) Batman film of the nineties! That's right, it's finally here! Join our three intrepid caped crusaders as they marvel at the highs and lows of Joel Schumacher's take on Batman, share a litany of Batman Forever trivia facts, fawn over Chase Meridian, and generally shoot the shit while watching a very strange movie together. Queue up your copy of the movie and we'll tell you where to sync...2022-04-012h 12The Young Jedi Knights ClubBONUS - The 1st Annual Lowie AwardsFile into the Grand Temple for our inaugural Lowie Awards, the prestigious medal ceremony where we reveal favorite reads of the previous year, reimagine a few Oscar categories from the mid-90s, and recap the pop culture highlights of 2021. It took some stretching, but we even found some ways to relate it to Star Wars!2022-03-232h 18
The Young Jedi Knights Club106 - Jedi Under SiegeJust as Jaina Solo commandeers an enemy TIE Fighter in the epic final battle against the Shadow Academy, Eric Ambler of What Were We Watching? skyjacks the podcast to explain the history of aircraft piracy. We also find time to honor the late Dave Wolverton's contributions to Young Jedi Knights lore, gush over all things Nintendo 64, and much, much more!2022-03-022h 40The Young Jedi Knights Club105 - Darkest KnightMarvel Star Wars Explorer Brian Rudloff flies with us to Kashyyyk for the Lowbacca-centric novel we've been waiting for (but not the one we deserve) ...Darkest Knight. Hear us highlight scene-stealing Imperial Guards, bond over PC cartoon studio programs, and consider how book five compares to the comedy classic Bio-Dome!2022-02-022h 09
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[TONGO 5] The Perfect Mate (TNG 5.21) (with Kregg Castillo & Sean Davis)I’ve heard of Shakespeare in Love, but Picard in Love? Yeah, it happened… and the RTW crew is more than ready to talk with Sean Davis about Picard’s love, Riker’s r-rated joke, Worf’s seductive growl, and since it’s a Tongo episode, you KNOW Ferengi scholar Kregg is there to add his take on some Ferengi whose horniness is only surpassed by their greed (like any good Ferengi). So enjoy a bizarre game show, some Trek talk, an epic rap, a dip into listener email for some Ryan Trek Updates (and more), and all the wild stuff y...2022-01-213h 44
The Young Jedi Knights Club104 - LightsabersIt's time for the Young Jedi Knights to construct their own lightsabers, and for our good friend Barm to join us in assessing the emotional highs and lows of the fourth chapter of the series! We even break down saber color symbolism, but not before tangents into the oeuvre of Stephen King, gender politics in modern literature, and the enduring appeal of Jim Carrey... 2022-01-082h 55
The Young Jedi Knights Club103 - The Lost OnesWe spend our winter holiday much like the Young Jedi Knights in this book, reconnecting with a childhood friend who may turn out to be more naughty than nice... Old pal Sean Davis guides us deep into the undercity of Coruscant for an expansive discussion of what topped our Christmas lists back in 1995, to rejoice in the introduction of new character Zekk, and to unwrap a diplomatic banquet of other seasonal surprises waiting under the Life Day tree!2021-12-013h 35
The Young Jedi Knights Club102 - Shadow AcademyLike the miners of GemDiver Station, we dive into this gem of a novel as the Solo twins are kidnapped and enlisted in a school for Dark Jedi! Hear us wax nostalgic about some fun Fall TV premieres of 1995, check in on the adventures of Anakin Solo, and ponder what exactly Shadow Academy is foreshadowing...2021-11-032h 40Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[HALLOWEEN BONUS] Night Terrors (TNG 4.17)Are you still reeling from our epic Caretaker takedown? Well that’s too bad! We’ve got our thrilling annual Halloween episode coming right at ya! The RTW boys fight through a myriad of technical difficulties to discuss this creepy, weird TNG episode, which is fondly remembered for scarring Jack & Sam as children. Despite the technical setbacks, the guys are excited to talk hallucinations, alien messages, and have a long discussion about the nature of dreams. We couldn’t let you guys celebrate the spooooookiest day of the year without some Trek in your life! So dive into the beauti...2021-10-292h 08
The Young Jedi Knights Club101 - Heirs of the ForceIt’s the Solo twins’ first solo adventure, and the first proper episode of this podcast! Guest Nate Tapp brings his English teacher's analysis to this (sacred?) Jedi text, as we discuss all its Harry Potter vibes, fondly recall the big media blitzes of June 1995, and wonder aloud what shaved Wookiees look like...2021-10-062h 12
The Young Jedi Knights Club000 - Welcome to the Young Jedi Knights Club!Cam and Sam kick off the podcast by diving into their favorite literature, explaining what listeners can expect from the show each month, going on brief Dune tangents, and ranking Star Wars! Ranking ALL the Star Wars.2021-09-291h 59
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersDark Empire 5: Emperor Reborn (with Cam Siemer)As Leia and the Emperor chat about the future of her child, we chat with Cam Siemer about our pasts in the nineties, hear about Brian's present-day adventures at Disney's Avengers Campus and struggle to stay on topic as we repeatedly compare Dark Empire to the films of the sequel trilogy.2021-06-112h 28Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Mortal Kombat (2021) (with Cam Siemer)We’ve heard your cries, your desperate pleas: “Why won’t this Star Trek podcast just give in and do a Mortal Kombat episode already?” Well the time is here! After years of unexpectedly breaking into tangents about the popular video game franchise, it only seemed right that the RTW boys would jump at the opportunity to discuss the newly released Mortal Kombat film. After a big nostalgic trip down memory lane about their experiences playing the famously violent games as children, the RTW hosts, along with special guest Cam Siemer of What Were We Watching, get into the nitty gr...2021-05-133h 00
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersEwoks: The Battle for Endor (with Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer)There wasn't an issue of Marvel Star Wars in November of 1985, but there was a FULL-BLOWN EWOK TV MOVIE, and we invited our Star Friends from What Were We Watching to come join us to dive into this strange, fantasy romp! Beyond that, we're also talking more Mandalorian, diving into some other iconic 80's films, pitching our own Ewok sequels, and loving Teek and Wilford Brimley. Happy New Year! 2021-01-142h 49
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersThe Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (with Cam Siemer)Happy Life Day! Your two best Star Friends have decided to get into the holiday spirit this year by inviting their favorite offworld Jawa, Cam Siemer, back to the cast to discuss the recently released Lego Star Wars Holiday Special! How do we feel about this deeply referential, time-traveling romp? The nature of the special gives us an excuse to explore all eras of Star Wars, including our first trip to a post-Rise of Skywalker galaxy. We're also diving deep into the first 4 episodes of the current season of Mandalorian (sorry, no Grogu or Ahsoka talk yet) and harnessing...2020-12-102h 20
Marvel Star Wars Explorers095 - No Zeltrons (with Sean Davis and Cam Siemer)As Luke finds himself on the hostile world of Kinooine, facing his most formidable foe since Darth Vader and the Emperor, we find ourselves facing some of our favorite Star Friends, Cam Siemer and Sean Davis, for a lengthy and spirited discussion covering such diverse topics as the rumored (and definitely real) Lucas Cut of Episode IX, the exciting reintroduction of the Dark Lady Lumiya and the incredible art of Cynthia Martin, plus we read an enormous e-Word that has us ranking the Terminators and delving into the nature of force sensitivity.2020-08-213h 21
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersDuel of the Fates Table Read Discussion (with Eric Ambler, Sean Davis, Cam Siemer and Kevin Young)The Explorers just finished their table read of the unproduced Episode IX script by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly and they HAVE THOUGHTS! Joined by the rest of the crew who helped make this momentous event happen, Sam, Brian and the gang give their hot take reactions to what worked for them in this script, what didn't, which of our performances they enjoyed the most, and dig in to how this script compares to the one that was delivered in The Rise of Skywalker! 2020-03-051h 26
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersEpisode IX; Duel of the Fates Script Table ReadWe're Star Wars Exploring new territory this week, as we sit down and do a table read of the original leaked script for Episode IX, written by Derek Connoly and Colin Trevorrow! Hear what could have been the continuing adventures of the Star Warriors, Rey, Finn, Poe and Rose in their battle for the soul of the galaxy against Kylo Ren, Hux and the mysterious Tor Valum! Featuring the additional vocal talents of Eric Ambler, Sean Davis, Cam Siemer and Kevin Young. And make sure you listen to our follow-up episode afterwards for our thoughts on this u...2020-03-052h 22
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersReturn of the Jedi 4: the Final Duel! (with Cam Siemer and Jack Stovold)As the rebellion begins its offensive against the Empire's second Death Star, we welcome back Jack Stovold and Cam Siemer to finish out our coverage of Return of the Jedi, to voice our opinions on the first two episodes of The Mandalorian, to lament the inexplicable absence of some of the movie's most powerful moments in the comic adaptation and to examine why it is that we love Luke Skywalker so much! Maclunkey!2019-11-272h 07
Marvel Star Wars Explorers079 - The Big Con (with Cam Siemer)As Chewbacca and Lando infiltrate a gang of smugglers to confirm Han Solo's whereabouts, Cam Siemer returns to the show to consider the directions an Obi-Wan show might take, to elaborate on our favorite childhood starships and to enjoy the amazing fashion sense of Lando-as-Drebble.2019-09-261h 52
Marvel Star Wars Explorers067 - The Darker (with Cam Siemer)As C-3PO, Chewbacca and Plif descend into the caves of Arbra in search of R2-D2, Brian and Sam welcome Cam Siemer to the show to finally examine that trailer for Episode IX: The Ninth Star Wars Film (and BOY, do they examine it), to pay tribute to a beloved fallen Star Warrior and kind Wookiee soul, and to admire the fascinating, magical world that The Darker has trapped us in.2019-05-162h 25
Marvel Star Wars Explorers043 - The Empire Strikes Back: Betrayal At Bespin (with Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer)As the Star Warriors find themselves captured and imprisoned in Darth Vader's clutches, Brian and Sam find themselves captivated by What Were We Watchings?'s very own Cam Siemer and Eric Ambler in a rousing super-sized discussion about such classic Empire Strikes Back subjects as Cloud City, Lando's introduction and force ghosts, as well as a dive into the special features and deleted scenes from Solo: A Star Wars Story and a restrospective look back at all of our favorite Star Wars video games throughout the years.2018-10-042h 34
Marvel Star Wars Explorers031 - Return to Tatooine! (with Cam Siemer)As Luke begins to uncover a mysterious Imperial plot underway on his home planet, Cam Siemer (What Were We Watching?) returns to the show to help us figure out just who the Tagges really are (and who their real world counterparts may be), to journey back to his middle school days when a young dreamer penned a complete Star Wars screenplay and to fill a vast fruit pie shaped void that has too long been a part of Marvel Star Wars Explorers.2018-07-062h 08
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersSolo: A Star Wars Story Spectacular (Part II)One episode was not enough to contain our Solo: A Star Wars Story Spectacular! In Part II we add a drop of coaxium (hyperfuel) to our engines to pick up at the Kessel Run and make our way to the end of the movie (including a heated debate about THAT cameo), then dive into some special features to rate and rank it, pitch our ideas for Solo sequels and more! Featuring a dream team of podcasters: Eric Ambler (What Were We Watching?), Sean Davis (After the Credits), Cam Siemer (What Were We Watching?) and Kevin Young (Reopening...2018-06-252h 02
Marvel Star Wars ExplorersSolo: A Star Wars Story Spectacular (Part I)Buckle up, baby, and prepare yourself for part one of our Hutt-sized Solo: A Star Wars Story Spectacular! Truly, we are leaving no thermal detonator shaped stone unturned in our six person roundtable discussion, as we tackle the film scene by scene and examine what works for each of us and what doesn't! Featuring a dream team of podcasters: Eric Ambler (What Were We Watching?), Sean Davis (After the Credits), Cam Siemer (What Were We Watching?) and Kevin Young (Reopening the Wormhole) Part II is available now!2018-06-222h 14
Marvel Star Wars Explorers023 - Flight Into Fury! (with Cam Siemer)As the star warriors attempt a daring escape and the Dark Lord of the Sith himself arrives to intercept them, Cam Siemer (of What Were We Watching?) arrives on the podcast to intercept Sam and Brian for a discussion about the newly announced Star Wars: Resistance, to cast his era-appropriate dream team for the Wheel gang, to pontificate on the thematic significance of Darth Vader's suit throughout the original trilogy and to sanction the buffoonery of Batman Forever-related listener mail.2018-05-041h 57
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] Star Trek: First Contact (with Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer of What Were We Watching?) It is futile to resist Star Trek: First Contact, one of the most crowd-pleasing adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though we may still be 45 years away from our fictional date of first contact, the time is ripe to examine the movie's impact on the Star Trek franchise, and its continuing ripple effect on the legacy of the TNG crew. It turns out we're not alone in this podcast universe, as we assimilate the hosts of Reopening the Wormhole--Sam Stovold, Jack Stovold, and Kevin Young--to synthesize a new life form capable of unparalleled Trekspertise and whims...2018-04-062h 01
Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast[BONUS] - Star Wars Holiday Special (with Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer)Happy Life Day! Join us for a special yuletide extravaganza as we discuss the most baffling piece of seasonal entertainment ever produced, the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special! Not only that, but we’re also joined by Star Wars superfans and co-hosts of the nostalgia-based podcast, What Were We Watching?, Eric Ambler and Cam Siemer! They do their best to help us navigate this seemingly endless wasteland of unsubtitled Wookiee dialogue, bizarre musical interludes, misguided comedic skits and a cartoon that’s kind of not that bad. Plus, we reopen the mailbag to hear a special fan-submitted Deep Space Nine...2016-12-232h 26