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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is hinting about expansion (and shortening the season?!), and the Jerks are talking about it! Plus, the MLB Playoffs begin, a breakdown of the (lack of) buzz around Justice League, and we try and figure out when a game about fighting Nazis became offensive. T2J – Just when we thought we were done talking about current events, they pulled us back in!

The Jerks continue the discussion of #TakeAKnee and #IStand, and look at its possible expansion into the NHL, the FBI’s investigation into corruption in college basketball, and give you a #LeagueOfJerks update with a visit from an inanimate object! Plus, Warner Bros. plays it loose when it comes to DC movie continuity, a discussion of Star Trek: Discovery, and why reality itself makes Ric upset. T2J: All the news that doesn’t really matter, plus some that does!

This week, Jason's name showed up in the Google search for Star Wars so we find out the truth to that story...and we discuss the Mark Carig article about Terry Collins.

STAR WARS

00:00 Jason makes the Star Wars News!

01:00 Qui-Gon returns? The Falcon has new paint?

08:20 Was The Last Jedi novelization delayed? No. No. No. No.

10:00 How long should a movie be?

METS

17:00 Terry getting ripped on his way out

29:00 What are the most useless baseball arguments

32:30 The Mets are going to Williamsport!

36:00 A poorly told story about watching RA Dickey

41:00 Bad game 162s

The Jerks discuss this week’s national anthem protests in the NFL and the controversy surrounding #TakeAKnee. Plus, the results of research into Aaron Hernandez’s brain, a fantasy football update, and our takes on the Watchmen pilot for HBO, Jesse Eisenberg being left out (or cut out?) of Justice League, and James Cameron’s return to the Terminator franchise. T2J – somewhere between kneeling during the anthem and a Barry Manilow song on the controversy scale!

We’re back, and we’re intact after surviving Hurricane Irma! The Jerks rundown why Jerry Jones could be engineering the end of Roger Goodell’s run as NFL Commissioner, Ric cries about the Vikings (already), and the latest on the League of Jerks fantasy football league. Plus, another Star Wars director is out, Disney is all in on its streaming service, and could review embargoes signal bad things for Star Trek: Discovery? It’s all here, wrapped in one lovely, handcrafted digital package!

This week Star Wars has a cool new project...the Mets not so much.

STAR WARS

01:30 A Certain Point of View (new SW Anthology book)

08:45 Audiobook of A Certain Point of View with (podcast spoiler)

METS

10:00 Mets suckiness

15:00 Did Matt Harvey sacrifice his career for the pennant?

18:18 Hey Strawberry, enough with the 1986 Mets

METS AND STAR WARS!!

27:00 Some new official combination Mets+Star Wars tees!

Here's the event Jason mentions....

October 07, 2017, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Hudson Mercantile - 500 W 36th St

In 1977 a princess, a farm boy, a scoundrel, a Wookiee, two droids, an old wizard, and a man in black set us off on a galaxy full of adventure. Forty years later, join an all-star panel of authors to celebrate the legacy of Star Wars with a new anthology that retells the story of Star Wars through the eyes of the background characters and creatures that bring the galaxy to life.

Moderated by Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo, this unique panel promises fun new insights into the characters and scenes of the film that you think you know, and features a rotating cast of more than a dozen Star Wars authors and contributors, including but not limited to: Ben Acker, Pierce Brown, Adam Christopher, Zoraida Cordova, Delilah Dawson, Jason Fry, Kieron Gillen, Claudia Gray, EK Johnston, Mur Lafferty, John Jackson Miller, Daniel José Older, Mallory Ortberg, Beth Revis, Cavan Scott, Charles Soule, Marc Thompson, Elizabeth Wein, and Chuck Wendig.

A ticket to this not to be missed event includes a New York Comic Con exclusive edition of From a Certain Point of View: A Star Wars 40th Anniversary Celebration, pre-signed by over a dozen of the contributing authors. This edition is extremely limited with only 1,000 copies in print. For ticketing and more information, please visit: https://www.showclix.com/event/starwars5yf6nuy54006979497128.

This week - did Luke declare himself a Jedi? Is Star Wars even any good? Won't the Mets make a mess of David Wright Day? It's your favorite podcast about the Mets and Star Wars with @jasoncfry and @metspolice

STAR WARS

00:00 Lore and story

06:00 when does one become a Jedi? Did Luke self-declare?

10:00 did Anakin become a Jedi again?

12:30 why is Ghost Anakin young and Obi Wan isn’t? (real word version)

16:30 Joshua Tree Kenobi

18:00 is Star Wars good?

INDIANA JONES

29:00 we talk Indy V and Indy in the 1970s

METS

35:00 Hockey comes to Citi Field

36:30 David Wright

44:00 The Mets are unwatchable

50:00 will Matt Harvey get non-tendered

It’s here, at last! Ric does a blow-by-blow recap of Mayweather vs. McGregor, we break down the Kyrie Irving trade, and sort through all of the HUGE DC Comics movie news (Scorsese and Phillips doing a Joker movie?!). Plus, why Pandora: The World of Avatar pisses Tom off. T2J: Still waiting for the Robert Zemeckis-helmed Booster Gold movie starring Channing Tatum!

The Jerks discuss why HBO’s Hard Knocks can make you love and hate your team, the latest on national anthem protests in the NFL, and lighter gloves for the Mayweather-McGregor fight. Plus, Patty Jenkins’ fight to get equal pay to direct Wonder Woman 2, the Star Wars and Gremlins sequels in development, and why Ric hates sleep. T2J: As reliable as a cable TV repairman, but funnier!

This week, we have the author of the The Last Jedi novelization Jason Fry on the podcast which is a good thing because he's one of the co-hosts. As always we talk Star Wars and Mets, and if you're a new listener please subscribe and check out past episodes (most of the Star Wars stuff will be evergreen).

STAR WARS

00:00 Jason Fry is the author of the The Last Jedi novelization!

08:30 Handling the details

19:00 other Star Wars books Jason is working on

21:30 Porgs

23:00 possible spinoff movies like maybe even a Kenobi movie

28:00 opening the universe wider

34:00 is Jar Jar Binks Snoke???

METS

35:00 we catch up on The Departures

39:10 “Real Fans”

42:00 Duda, Bruce, Walker, Granderson - all solid Mets who will be welcome in Queens