We’re reading the second half of AHSOKA by E.K. Johnston: What does it mean to be a Force user “in the middle”? How does Ahsoka become the person she is in Star Wars: Rebels? Why do all of Anakin’s messes have terrible consequences for characters we love?!

This podcast is NOT spoiler-free, and mentions plot points from episode 5.16 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, “The Lawless.”

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

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In honor of Book Wars Pod’s six-month anniversary, the hosts are answering questions submitted by you! What are our most-anticipated upcoming books? What are our favorite fan theories? How much do we love Hamilton (spoiler alert: a whole lot)? Listen and find out!

Thank you to the following wonderful folks who sent in questions on Twitter: @sixmoments, @AvengerAtHeart, @shannonjoy26, @tauntaun_dude, @celestialintent, and @averyktano.

This podcast is NOT spoiler-free and includes fan speculation and theories for Star Wars: Rebels and The Last Jedi.

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

This week, we’re starting AHSOKA by E.K. Johnston, the young adult novel about the fandom’s favorite Togruta former Padawan. We discuss life after the Jedi Purge, Jedi concepts of family, and, of course, the galaxy far, far away that’s full of farmers.

This podcast is NOT spoiler free, and also mentions plot points from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Kanan comics (which we discussed in episode 19!).

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We’re wrapping up our read of STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II: INFERNO SQUAD by Christie Golden! How does Iden Versio’s version of Imperial service compare to Eli Vanto from THRAWN by Timothy Zahn (which we discussed in episodes 10-13)? What are the challenges of writing a character who is new to the wider Star Wars audience, but had already been created for a video game? Did Kristen actually think of a favorite Easter egg for this episode?

Plus, @realbabybird makes a special appearance!

This podcast is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We’re discussing the last third of Christie Golden’s STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II: INFERNO SQUAD. This week, we’re asking the hard questions: Between the evilness of the Empire and the ruthlessness of the Dreamers, which side is the “right” one? What does Star Wars teach us (and sometimes really not teach us) about parenting? Why is Iden important in the grand scheme of the franchise? And what’s up with those guardian robots?

This podcast is NOT spoiler free, and mentions details from:

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes 3.10, 4.14, and 5.2-5.5
• Star Wars: Battlefront II: Behind the Story
• Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We’re continuing our journey through Christie Golden’s STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II: INFERNO SQUAD! What happens when loyalty to the Empire bumps up against family loyalty? What is it like to be something we’ve never seen in Star Wars–an undercover agent? And of course, we return to one of our favorite topics: What is up with Saw Gerrera?

This episode also references Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes 5.2-5.5, plot points from Star Wars: Rebels, REBEL RISING by Beth Revis (which we covered in our first three episodes!), and is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We’re starting one of the most popular canon releases of 2017, STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II: INFERNO SQUAD by Christie Golden. Meet the Empire’s most elite cleanup team, find out more about life under the Emperor’s totalitarian state, and delve into more recurring Star Wars themes with us.

Plus, we finally have theme music! “Whiz Bang” is by Podington Bear.

This episode also references Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (which we covered in episodes 10-14) and season 3 of Star Wars: Rebels, and is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We continue our run-up to the last season of Star Wars: Rebels by returning to the world of comics! STAR WARS: KANAN (THE LAST PADAWAN and FIRST BLOOD), written by Greg Weisman and pencilled by Pepe Larraz, recounts the Jedi past of Rebel leader Kanan Jarrus. What do the comics tell us about Kanan’s journey? What do Kanan’s former mentors tell us about the Jedi? How drunk did Kate get while recording this episode? All that and more this week!

Plus, we touch on a bunch of extra-credit materials for you to explore:

• Burden of Empire: The Complex Relationship Between Star Wars and Facism
• Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, from The Hero With a Thousand Faces, and how it relates to Star Wars
• Why Joseph Campbell was kind of a lousy human
• Why Captain Hera Syndulla Deserves Her Very Own Marvel Comic
• The Clone Wars episode 3.8, “Evil Plans”
• The Clone Wars episodes 5.6-5.9, “The Gathering” arc

This episode also includes plot points from Star Wars: Rebels and is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

We wrap up our read of A NEW DAWN by John Jackson Miller and discuss his short story, “BOTTLENECK,” featured in the RISE OF THE EMPIRE compilation. What is the future of the Jedi Order? Where do we draw the line between the will of the Force and free will? Will Hondo ever be in a Star Wars novel? All that and more in this episode!

Extra credit reading: Miller’s production notes for A NEW DAWN and “BOTTLENECK.”

This episode mentions a ton of plot points from Star Wars: Rebels and is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!

This week, we’re reading through the end of A NEW DAWN by John Jackson Miller: our introduction to Rae Sloane, the “New Imperial” generation, and name changes and trauma, two important Star Wars themes. Plus: Kate finally gets to do the Kanera screaming she’s been threatening all along, as she argues that the novel is an essential part of the canon, and Kanan and Hera’s character development.

This episode mentions a ton of plot points from Star Wars: Rebels and is NOT spoiler-free!

Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon novels, comics, and video games. Check out our guide to past episodes, and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes or Google Play for more great shows from our podcast network.

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, and Kate Sedor. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.

This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!