Book Wars Pod, Episode 68: Axolotl Vibes

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We’re continuing our read of CANTO BIGHT this week with a discussion of Mira Grant’s The Wine in Dreams! Join us as we talk about Canto Bight’s underbelly, Grant’s unique writing style, and what it’s like to live in a real-world casino town. Plus: At some point during our discussion of AFTERMATH: LIFE DEBT by Chuck Wendig, we misgendered Eleodie the pirate, and we’re really sorry. 🙁

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.

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.

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Review: Women of the Galaxy

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Sometimes, a project is special enough that everyone should be talking about it. Women of the Galaxy is one of those projects.

Out today from Chronicle Books, Women of the Galaxy by Amy Ratcliffe with art by Alice X. Zhang, Amy Beth Christenson, Annie Stoll, Annie Wu, Christina Chung, Cryssy Cheung, Eli Baumgartner, Elsa Charretier, Geneva Bowers, Jennifer Aberin Johnson, Jen Bartel, Jenny Parks, Karen Hallion, Little Corvus, Sara Alfageeh, Sara Kipin, Sarah Wilkinson, and Viv Tanner, profiles 75 of the female characters in a galaxy far, far away from the stars of the saga like Leia and Rey to more minor ones like Kneesaa and Norra Wexley. The book might not be packed full with revelations but everyone’s bound to learn at least something about one of these characters as they read. From start to finish, Women of the Galaxy is a pure delight. Continue reading →

Resistance Review: The High Tower

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Star Wars Resistance considerably raises the stakes for Kaz–and the citizens of the Colossus–in its latest episode, “The High Tower.”

Although Kaz still has a lot to learn about spying, and his technique could certainly use a little work, he finally uncovers the First Order’s nefarious plans for the station when he’s invited into Captain Doza’s tower.
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Holonet Blast #81

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Happy Monday and Happy Almost-Halloween, everyone! I started watching Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House and that has nothing to do with Star Wars or any of this week’s news, I just wanted to talk about it.

Today brings us the debut of LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars on DisneyNOW and the Disney XD Youtube channel! A new short will be posted every day this week through Friday, with a compilation of those five shorts as well as an additional three on Saturday, November 10 at 11am EST/PST. The next four Saturdays after that, from November 17 to December 8, will see a new half-hour episode each, airing at 11am EST/PST on Disney XD and DisneyNOW. All together, that’ll be eight shorts and four half-hour episodes.

In video game news, Battlefront II‘s October continues, with the special Halloween event (that is already happening, go check it out, there are night modes) concluding on the 31st. Before then, on the 30th, General Grievous arrives in the game! To celebrate the cuddly, four-armed murder cyborg of fun, October 31 through November 4 will have dedicated Clone Wars-era playlists for Heroes vs. Villains and Hero Showdown. Go shoot some blasters!

That’s it for this week, have a safe week and we’ll see you all later!

Resistance Review: Fuel for the Fire

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When last we met our intrepid hero, Kaz, he was demonstrating his eagerness to be a spy and his resistance (see what I did there?) to learning the trade of his cover identity.

The latest episode, Fuel for the Fire, finds Kaz still straining against the expectation that he work competently as a mechanic. He’s still obsessed with racing and intent on spying, but this week, we also see that he’s hungry for friendship. Continue reading →

Holonet Blast #80

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After last week’s bombshell of F$@*ed up news from Marvel et al. I am please to being you a relatively brief, largely positive check-in from the galaxy far, far away.

First: Battlefront II players and Clone Wars fans (the Venn diagram of which I understand has a great deal of overlap) got excited this week by news from EA Games that beloved voice actors from the soon-to-return animated series will be adding their talents to the popular video game. Beginning on October 30th, Battlefront gamers will be able to hear Matthew Wood (General Grievous), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Corey Burton (Count Dooku), and Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker) returning to their familiar Star Wars roles. The characters will be introduced over time: with Grievous coming first, followed by Kenobi (November 2018), Dooku (January 2019), and finally Anakin (February 2019).  Battlefront II gamers will have time to get reacquainted with their Clone Wars favorites before the series’ new episodes appear on Disney’s streaming service in late 2019.

And in other, completely-not-terrible-and-in-fact-pretty-cool news, this week we got additional behind the scenes photos from the upcoming Star Wars live action series, The Mandalorian including the deep-fandom Easter Egg ice cream maker (made famous by the legion of Willrow Hoods who take a spirited dash through each and every Star Wars Celebration). The photos are available on Jon Favreau’s personal Instagram to anyone who cares to look. Make sure to check out the set photos from when George Lucas himself surprised Favreau on his birthday!

And that’s it for this week. Yes, really! It’s been a cool and calm week for us in the galaxy far, far away. Enjoy it! Who knows what’s in our future. As always: send Star Wars news tips to ToscheStation.net and send obscure Clone Wars errata to @MandaTheGinger

Vongcast #9 – Star by Star by Troy Denning (Part I)

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All hands, tentacles, and claws on deck! The Vongcast is back with their next episode as Rocky, Megan, and Bria discuss Star by Star by Troy Denning.

You can find Megan on Twitter with the handle @blogfullofwords,  Rocky with @ladydarthcaedus, and Bria with @chaosbria. This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon!  If you like what you hear, you can subscribe to the Tosche Station Radio Megafeed for more episodes and all of our network’s great Star Wars and geek culture content. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. 

TSR #199: Space is Hard

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This week on TSR: reading and writing, space is dangerous, places to drop F-bombs in Star Wars, and how to deal with our problematic faves.

TSR is the flagship show of the Tosche Station Network. If you like what you hear, subscribe and leave a review on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play. For more great shows from us, you can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Network mega feed on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

Nanci and Brian are the co-founders of ToscheStation.net and the Tosche Station Network. You can find Nanci on Twitter with the handle @Nancipants and you can find Brian with @LaneWinree.

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Tosche Station Brewhouse #4: Justice for Zuvio Saison

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Welcome back to the Brewhouse! This month Heath from Rogue Podron joins us to craft a Zuvio themed saison utilizing Picobrew’s Model C system and Freestyle PicoPak Crafter. If you want to brew along with us, the recipe is below!

Justice for Zuvio Saison

Characteristics: 6.5% ABV | 25 IBU | 6 SRM

Base Recipe: Saison

Grains:

  • 36 oz. Pilsner
  • 8 oz. Wheat Malt
  • 20 oz. Vienna Malt

Hops:

  • .4 oz. Summit as bittering
  • .2 oz. Saaz as flavor
  • .1 oz. Amarillo as flavor
  • .3 oz. Saaz as aroma

Stay tuned for an announcement of our next guest and a review of our past recipes!

The Tosche Station Brewhouse is part of the Tosche Station Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Brewhouse on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher. For more great shows from us, you can also subscribe to the Tosche Station Network mega feed on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher. We can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

You can find Kristen on Twitter with the handle @itskeeks and you can find Brian with @LaneWinree.

Art by Heath Williams.

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Book Wars Pod, Episode 67: Murdering Is My Job

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We’re very excited to be starting CANTO BIGHT this week, starting with Saladin Ahmed’s Rules of the Game! Join us as we discuss Canto Bight as a microcosm of the galaxy, Star Wars‘ proud history of lovable gunslingers, and the importance of author diversity in the franchise’s writing. Plus, we address Marvel’s bullsh*t firing of Chuck Wendig.

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.

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!