TSR #198: !#@& Civility

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This week on TSR: We saw First Man, Star Wars: Resistance is here, there’s a new Doctor in town, and Marvel makes a catastrophically bad decision.

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.

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Resistance Review: The Triple Dark

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Resistance‘s second episode focuses on Kaz’s covert mission on the Colossus–being a mechanic. He’s not good at it. Actually, he’s pretty terrible at it. (He’s also terrible at keeping his cover by talking about his mission in public.) Which is bad because a ship has come in with a need for a rush job. Tam is unhappy with his abilities as a mechanic, Yeager is disappointed with Kaz’s lack of dedication to his job, the inhabitants of the platform are annoyed by his antics, and Neeku is…well, Neeku. Continue reading →

Holonet Blast #79

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After the glut of news from New York Comic Con, this week’s post was supposed to be relatively short and sweet. Then Chuck Wendig was fired by Marvel. So…yeah. Let’s jump right into that and get it over with.

Just last week we learned that Wendig was writing a new miniseries called Shadow of Vader. He can explain what exactly happened better than I can summarize it, both on his Twitter and his blog. Suffice it to say, an editor at Marvel was displeased with the negativity brought on by his Twitter feed and dropped him from the final two issues, as well as an unannounced project. Not necessary because of what he tweeted, but how he tweeted it (though that claim by Marvel seems a bit dubious). Because of this we at Tosche Station will no longer be covering Marvel comics on the blog; Brian posted a comment on that immediately after learning about Chuck’s firing.

This situation is very disappointing for a myriad of reasons. The emphasis on being “civil” no matter what the cost, the willingness to capitulate to Comics Gate, firing someone for social media when their persona was already well known upon hiring. While I am not a comics reader, I appreciated Chuck’s contributions to Star Wars and am saddened this may mark his last job in the universe.

In other, less disappointing news, Jedi Knight Revan joins the Galaxy of Heroes mobile game. This addition is to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Knights of the Old Republic game. (Side note: 15 years? Holy crap.) According to Star Wars dot com, the “Legend of the Old Republic” event begins October 18 with a series of six events loosely based on the Knights of the Old Republic storyline, plunging players deep into familiar locales like the sewers of Taris and the ancient Sith tomb on Korriban.

Lucasfilm announced its newest ILMxLAB offering, Project Porg. According to Star Wars dot com, it’s a mixed-reality immersive experiment in which you’ll need to gain the trust and affection of your porgs. How? You’ll feed them treats, play with them, and you’ll also teach them how to maneuver real-world environments with care instructions from C-3PO himself. So basically neopets but with porgs? Sounds brilliant! You can find Project Porg in December as a free download for the Magic Leap One.

That’s all for this week’s Holonet Blast. Hopefully next week’s won’t be as dramatic.

Vorkosicast Episode #10: A Civil Campaign Part I

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This month on the Vorkosicast, Robin and Nanci discuss the first half of A Civil Campaign.

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A Statement on our Marvel Comics Coverage

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Today, Marvel Comics made the decision to fire Chuck Wendig from two announced comics issues and a yet unannounced book. This decision was made by Marvel in response to Wendig strongly pushing back against hatred, bigotry, misogny, and racism in our community and world. Suffice to say I vehemently disagree with this choice, one that was made to appease the worst among our communities. Because of this I have made the editorial decision to drop all Marvel comics related coverage from both our blog and our podcasts.

In a world that is becoming increasingly inflamed with hatred towards minority populations, I cannot in good conscience allow our platform to provide coverage for a company that is demonstrating such callous disregard for so many of its readers. The actions Marvel demonstrated today runs counter to everything our blog and podcast network stands for. 

Book Wars Pod, Episode 66: Whack Him With a Moon

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We’re bidding farewell to Chuck Wendig’s AFTERMATH: LIFE DEBT in this wrap-up episode! Join us as we talk about reading our first book series of the pod and the nature of trilogies, and answer your many smart listener questions. Plus: our opinions on dad beards.

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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Resistance Review: The Recruit

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It wasn’t all that long ago that we were bidding farewell to Star Wars Rebels and yet here we are now saying hi to Star Wars Resistance. With a new team at the helm and the implied promise of a fresher start, there’s a lot to like about Lucasfilm’s latest animated television show. Expectations (including our own) are high because, after all, it’s Star Wars but we’re certainly ready to embrace this latest batch of galactic heroes.a

But on to why you’re here: what did we think about the first episode? Continue reading →

Holonet Blast #78

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Happy Monday, friends, enemies, and neutral acquaintances! Even before New York Comic Con this past weekend we had a lot to talk about, so I hope you’re ready for some news!

Here are five illustrations from Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy that are ready to enter your eyeballs (they are all excellent but my favorite is the one of The Daughter). The full book comes on October 30 and will have even more wonderful art.

This past Wednesday, John Favreau posted the name and premise of the live-action Star Wars TV show on Instagram! The Mandalorian will be set “after the fall of the Empire and before the rise of the First Order” and will follow a lone Mandalorian (I know, shocking) gunfighter on the outskirts of the galaxy. The lack of gendered pronouns already has hopes up and speculation flying. And as if this wasn’t exciting enough, the next day we were given our first image from the show, along with a list of episode directors, including Dave Filoni (who will be directing the first episode), Deborah Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Taika Waititi (!!!!!!).

(I am excited for Taika to do a Star War)

Our very own Bria wrote about the NYCC Star Wars publishing panel for the official site! The panel covered both insights into and reveals of novels, comics, picture books, and more, including the covers for Claudia Grey’s novel Master and Apprentice, Caitlyn Kennedy and Brian Kesinger’s C-3PO Does Not Like Sand, and Who’s Who In the Galaxy, and, most definitely relevant to our interests here at Tosche Station, the announcement of Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed, due out June 2019, which “follows a unique team of pilots, each flying a different class of starfighter as they struggle to end the war they fought so long for once and for all.”

There are also details and insights on the tongue-in-cheek self-help books Be More Vader and Be More Yoda, the Thrawn comic, Lando’s Luck, Flight of the Falcon, Women of the Galaxy (including more art! like Ciena!), the Darth Vader comic, the Shadow of Vader comic, Han Solo: Imperial Cadet, the Age of Republic comics, the Age of Rebellion comic (the Leia issue involves Boushh!!), the Star Wars Adventures comic (now with more Prequel team-ups), and the next Choose Your Destiny book.

In toy news, yesterday at the Hasbro panel Black Series Doctor Aphra (and her droid companions Triple Zero and BT-1) and getting Black Series figures! Because I don’t need to keep my money!

 

The Mouse Droid #9: Walt Disney World 101

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This month on The Mouse Droid, we catch up on the news and discuss what you need to know if you’re a first time visitor to the Walt Disney World Resort.

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TSR #197: O Captain! My Captain (Marvel)!

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This week on TSR: Unlimited comics (sort of), Captain Marvel punches you back to the 90s, more Marvel shows are coming to ABC and Disney Play, and a Star Wars movie slowdown.

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