Star Wars, Geek Culture, and Power Converters
Is Darth Vader immortal?
(Spoilers ahead for Return of the Jedi)
No.
But our favorite armored and insecure Dark Lord of the Sith is looking for the key to everlasting life in Vader Immortal, Episode I, which launched last month on the brand new Oculus Quest VR system (system? console? I’m unclear on this point). Continue reading
Welcome back to the Brewhouse! This month Dave Clark formerly of Sounder at Heart and currently of the Tacoma Defiance joins us to craft a Wicket W. Warrick themed pale ale utilizing Picobrew’s Model C system and Freestyle PicoPak Crafter. If you want to brew along with us, the recipe is below!
Yub Nub Freedom Pale Ale
Characteristics: 6.4% ABV | 35 IBU | 10 SRM
Base Recipe: American Pale Ale
Grains:
Hops:
Note: Picobrew will ship this PicoPak with a packet of American ale yeast, but Dave suggests tracking down a packet of wild yeast from your local homebrew shop to use instead to give this beer a little more of a farmhouse saison vibe.
Stay tuned for an announcement of our next guest and a review of our past recipes!
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We’re wrapping up our read of BATTLEFRONT: TWILIGHT COMPANY by Alexander Freed this week! Join us as we discuss what drives the Rebellion, Namir’s added value to the company, and your social media questions. Plus: Kate geeks out over Western modern and postmodern war literature.
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, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes Google Play, or Stitcher for more great shows from our podcast network.
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This week on TSR, catch up on a whole bunch of Star Wars news!
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Not a lot of news dropped this week, but that doesn’t matter – it was Vanity Fair week! Just like for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, Annie Leibovitz photographed the cast of The Rise of Skywalker. The pictures, as always, are gorgeous. There’s also a rather long article by author Lev Grossman, heavy on speculation but also with some new tidbits. The Knights of Ren are officially back; Keri Russell was “revealed” to play the masked scoundrel Zorri Bliss; Richard Grant is Allegiant General Pryde; there’s a year between TLJ and TRoS; J.J. Abrams commented on using archival footage of Carrie Fisher for new scenes with Leia.
Check out the photos and article here. My favorite photo, of the two coolest cats in the galaxy, is below.
From Awesome Con 2019 is the 20 Years Later: The Phantom Menace retrospective panel. Moderating is Bria LaVorgna. Panelists include E.K Johnston, Emily, and John Liang.
All hands, tentacles, and claws on deck! The Vongcast is back with their next episode as Rocky, Megan, and Bria discuss Desitny’s Way by Walter Jon Williams.
We’re finishing our read of BATTLEFRONT: TWILIGHT COMPANY by Alexander Freed, discussing chapter 30 to the end of the book and discussing Howl and Namir’s relationship, Chalis’s true motivations, and what it means to Twilight (and the Rebellion as a whole) that Namir decided to stay and liberate Pinyumb.
This podcast is NOT spoiler-free. **NOTE: We realized most of the way through our recording that Kristen and Miranda were having audio issues, so be warned that it is a bit difficult to hear them on this episode. We’ll have this issue fixed next week!**
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, and wherever else you cast your pods. You can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Mega Feed on iTunes Google Play, or Stitcher for more great shows from our podcast network.
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr for episode updates! Hosted by Kristen Sereci, Chris Sedor, Kate Sedor, and Miranda Eldon. Art by Joe Butera. Music by Podington Bear.
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Hello again and welcome to our weekly roundup of news from a Galaxy Far, Far Away!
This week’s news is particularly Disney-centric.
Star Wars cast and crew are among this year’s Disney Legend Award winners! The D23 expo is fast approaching and this year’s Disney Legends award recipients have just been announced. Among the honorees are Star Wars alum James Earl Jones (Darth Vader) and The Mandalorian showrunner John Favreau. D23 is Disney’s marquee fan event and the 2019 convention will be held in the Anaheim Convention Center August 23-25, 2019. Tickets are still available through the D23 website.
And with a mere 11 days until the opening of Galaxy’s Edge at the Disneyland Resort, Disney announced just today the Star Wars Datapad upgrade to the Play Disney Parks app. Launching in August (presumably in concert with the opening of the Galaxy’s Edge expansion in Walt Disney World, Orlando), the app will contain tools to help guests navigate not only Batuu and environs, but also to integrate their experience in a galaxy far, far away into their time in the rest of the Disney parks.
Reservations for Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland are required through June 23, after which the land will open to all ticketed Disneyland guests.
That’s all I have for this week.
As always, send Star Wars news tips to Tosche Station, and send Galaxy’s Edge photos to @MandaTheGinger
MTFBWY!
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