Lou and Lenny start the Ascendancy Trilogy! Chaos Rising (2020) follows Thrawn at the start of his military career where he shows his early affinity for pre-emptive strikes. Join Lou and Lenny as they meander through conversation topics as wide ranging as conditional familial bonds, the significance of flag rank, and the inherent intimacy of hand-to-hand combat. 

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Hosts: Lenny Apesos and Lou Laverty

Art: Lenny Apesos 

Music: Thomas Seibel

Further Reading: 

Anakin Has a Doctorate in Darth Plageius the Wise Studies 

“Arranged Marriages & Other Literary Tropes - LarissaFae - Star Wars - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own].”

“The Artist Is Present - Marroniere_m - Star Wars - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own].”

The NRSV Bible 

Begiato, Joanne. “Favouritism, Patronage and the ‘Family System’ in England, c.1700–1850.” English Historical Review 139, nos. 598–599 (2024): 801–29.

“Love Covered in Oil with Broken Wings - LarissaFae - Star Wars - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own].” 

Leaves of Grass

Nylan, Michael. “Confucian Piety and Individualism in Han China.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 116, no. 1 (1996): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.2307/606369.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Wikipedia) 
Tzanelli, Rodanthi. The Cinematic Tourist: Explorations in Globalization, Culture and Resistance. 1st ed. Routledge, 2007.