This week, Lou and Lenny read Dark Force Rising! Published in May 1992, the second installment of The Thrawn Trilogy raised many questions about how xenophobia manifests in the Empire and the New Republic, Garm bel Iblis’s return, and speculation on the nature of Pellaeon and Thrawn’s relationship.

Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty

Art: Lenny Apesos

Music: Thomas Seibel

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Further reading:

The White Man at the Centre of the World: Masculinity in Sherlock- Judith May Fathallah

Death Stars and Democracy- Chris Kempshall

Unsettling Settler Food Movements: Food Sovereignty and Decolonization in Canada- Zoe Matties

Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?- Susan Moller Okin