This week on Hard NOC Life, Dominic and Keith dig deeper into the leaked script for the original version of Star Wars Episode IX.

First, the hosts consider Lucasfilm's latest storytelling initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic and what it means for the future of the franchise. Then, they spend the rest of the podcast discussing details from Colin Trevorrow's original take on Episode IX, titled Duel of the Fates. After having read the script themselves, they each long for the movie we could have -- or should have -- gotten instead of the film that was ultimately released in December. How different is Duel of the Fates? For starters, Rose Tico is an actual character, so there's that.

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