This week, we’re wrapping up our read of CATALYST by James Luceno! How do the themes, relationships, and plot points of the book extend into Rogue One? How does the book hand the story off to Jyn as the story moves into the film? What makes Tim Zahn’s writing stand out from other Star Wars authors? We also discuss “VOICE OF THE EMPIRE,” a short story by Mur Lafferty, which has tons of fun spy stuff!

PLUS: Enter our first contest! We’re giving away a copy of Most Wanted by Rae Carson, which we’ll be reading on the pod in the future. Instructions on how to enter are here.

This podcast is NOT spoiler-free. It also mentions plot points from Rogue One and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

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