In Episode 136, hosts Alyce and Laura are* feeling sassy! And excited to be back! We missed you, friends!

• Laura doesn’t road trip good (not as good, as Alyce or Jim Carrey on SNL)
• A lot of general celebrity gossip
• Casting news for Star Wars: Starfighter (via Variety)
• We’ve come back around to the conversation on an R-rated Star Wars film. Now Ryan Reynolds is weighing in. (via EW)
• Hear us out: Star Wars film in the style of Charlie’s Angels. Luminara. Aayla. Rey. Yoda is Charlie. See that one panel in the TROS comic adaptation #5 for cover art. You’re welcome.
• Absolutely STACKED Recap on Tap. Alyce has read some stuff Laura hasn’t read, and vice versa, but in summary, the end of The High Republic has been sorta meh =/
• Alyce briefly shares some spoiler-free thoughts on the end of Marvel’s The High Republic phase 3 comic run
• Alyce finished The High Republic: Into the Light, so we discuss briefly with spoilers. Skip 40:15-51:15 to avoid spoilers. Be advised this section also includes references to which characters do/don’t appear in Trials of the Jedi and how big their roles are.
• Laura read The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi and shares a spoiler-free review. If you want to skip this section, skip 51:20-59:00. (The novel is out today, June 17! Find it wherever you buy books now.)
• We finally get to catch up on Andor season 2! How season 2 compared to season 1, Benjamin Bratt as Bail, why we need to be OK with recasting, Diego Luna: code name Carlos, Laura is confused by some things (this is nothing new), and French is Star Wars now.
• Andor won the streaming ratings game (via SWNN)
• Magnesium, Materialists and Paint by Gemstones in Toast To!

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Diego Luna and Tony Gilroy on the Ghorman Massacre (via Variety, Gizmodo)
• Laura returns to The Jedi Way with John Rocha and Kevin Smets to discuss Starfighter casting, romance in Andor and Rogue One, Filoni/Beck potentially taking over for Kathleen Kennedy, and the possibility of re-casting Luke now that Mark Hamill says he’s done with Star Wars.
• The Jedi Way co-host Kevin Smets directed a fan film based on the game Knights of the Old Republic called “KOTOR: Convergence” Find it on YouTube here!

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

In Episode 135 hosts, Alyce and Laura catch up* on Star Wars Celebration news and dive into Andor S2 and how we’re feeling about it after being underwhelmed by S1.

• Dark Matter filmed front of Laura’s apartment and it was the coolest thing that’s ever happened to her… man, that’s sad
• Alyce girlbossed too hard, so you know what that means: chaos cubes
• Spotify poll! Tell us how your bougie a-- serves bubbly in your house
• It turns out Andor didn’t rework its S2 release schedule to qualify for the Emmys… so it for real is starting to feel like an attack
• Star Wars Celebration Japan highlights! The Mando movie will have walkers and troopers and Zeb, oh my!
• Star Wars animation is back, baby! Maul: Shadow Lord was announced at SWCJ as the next animated series, along with more Star Wars Visions and The Ninth Jedi (Visions S1) gets a full series.
• The High Republic Phase III will wrap up with a comic that has an ominous description
• Gang’s all here! It’s The High Republic’s Luminous Nine in full temple armor for your viewing pleasure. Also, Ember lives!
• Google’s AI killed at least 5 trees trying to do an image search of Jordanna Sparkburn
• Recap on Tap: More non-spoilery thoughts on The High Republic: Into the Light, plus Laura and Alyce may finally be coming around on Andor? Maybe?
• In Toast To, Alyce finally returns to her D&D game and Laura finds out exactly how the Empire STRIPPED Back at Star Wars burlesque.

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Kevin, John and Laura discussed the first 3 episodes of Andor season 2 on The Jedi Way, and there is some disagreement in the room, to say the least!

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!

In Episode 134, hosts Alyce and Laura are back* with more absurd segues to discuss all the ongoings in the world of Star Wars!

• Is it still fancy if the debutante ball is BYOB?
• Pedophile is out, Meemaw is in. This is about eyewear.
• More tales to come! Tales of the Underworld means more Asajj Ventress and more Asajj Ventress means more happy fans (it’s us, we’re the happy fans).
• Rogue One was almost ten years ago. That sentence sucks, right? Time is crazy.
• Credit where credit is due: we have a lot of Star Wars content - including Andor - because of The Mandalorian (via Empire Magazine)
• Disney went full HBO-mode with the episode lengths for Andor season 2 (via Bespin Bulletin)
• Sorry, Matt Damon is not going to be in Star Wars. But Not-Matt-Damon is maybe going to be in Star Wars?
• Publishing is out here giving away their pie with breakfast (is that SNL reference too old?) (via starwars.com)
• Star Wars is just messing with us now with all these Vader stories. It’s starting to feel like a personal attack.
• Something, something Plagueis theory
• Don’t you love it when we talk about an event that is happening soon but forget to say WHEN and WHERE during our discussion? We never claimed to be pros at this. Fortunately, Gizmodo has the details about the original Star Wars screening.
• Recap on Tap: Alyce shares a brief, spoiler-free review of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, then Alyce and Laura share some initial thoughts on The High Republic: Into the Light and its… uh… let’s say, interesting early tone shift.
• Star Wars has a weird obsession with giving women metal mid-sections, and for that we ask… why?
• Interpol may have an APB out on Laura. So if you see her, no you didn’t.

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!