Book Wars Pod – Tosche Station

Download We’re finally starting one of our most-anticipated books, AFTERMATH by the inimitable Chuck Wendig! This week, we’re discussing the failures of the New Republic; one of our favorite Imperials, Rae Sloane; and a constant Star Wars theme: trauma. This podcast is NOT spoiler-free, and covers Chapter 1 through “Interlude: Naalol.” We also discuss the short […]

Download It’s the end of an era: Star Wars: Rebels aired its series finale this month, closing another chapter of Star Wars animation–and leaving room for all sorts of other stories. In our sixth bonus episode, we react to the last episodes, the final season, and the show in its entirety. What are the most important things Rebels […]

Download This week, we’re wrapping up our read of PHASMA by Delilah S. Dawson! What do we think the novel means for the larger Star Wars universe? Did Phasma survive The Last Jedi? How much can we nerd out about writing and genre?! Plus: a discussion of what happens sometimes when your faves are problematic. This podcast […]

Download We’re discussing the last chapters of PHASMA by Delilah S. Dawson on the pod this week! What have we finally discovered about who Phasma really is? How does the First Order differ from the Empire? And what does the book reveal about storytelling and canon in Star Wars? This podcast covers chapter 29 through the […]

Download Our read of PHASMA by Delilah S. Dawson continues this week! Join us in discussing parallels between Parnassos and Earth, the irony of the First Order, and–finally!–Phasma herself. This podcast covers chapters 23-28 of PHASMA and is NOT spoiler-free! Book Wars Pod explores the Star Wars universe through the franchise’s non-screen media: the canon […]

Download We’re continuing our journey through Delilah S. Dawson’s PHASMA this week! Join us as we discuss how this book shows us a side of the galaxy we’ve never seen before, the “humanity” of droids, and how much we understand so far of who Phasma really is. This podcast covers chapters 14-22 of PHASMA and […]

Download This week, we’re starting PHASMA by Delilah S. Dawson, the origin story of the First Order’s most feared — and most mysterious — soldier. Join us as we discuss Parnassos, a world unlike any other in the current Star Wars canon; hope and the First Order; and how, right off the bat, the writing itself […]

Download In this very special not-so-mini-episode, we’re welcoming our first scheduled guest to the podcast! Poppy Ashwright is a YA enthusiast and the co-host of The Parabatai Pod, a weekly podcast about Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters universe. She’s here to talk with us about the YA landscape, why YA matters, and how YA might change the world. […]

Download This week, we’re wrapping up LOST STARS by Claudia Gray! We’re discussing how the Force is present in a novel that mostly skirts around Force-users and fun, less-obvious Easter eggs we found. Plus a whole lot of nerding out about writing: pacing, writing style, and why verbs are good. This podcast is NOT spoiler-free, […]

Download We’re reading the last chapters of LOST STARS by Claudia Gray this week, and discussing the Imperial destruction of planets, Reconstruction after the Galactic Civil War, and everyone’s favorite topic, trauma in Star Wars. This podcast is NOT spoiler-free, and includes plot points from: BLOODLINE by Claudia Gray (which we discussed in our episodes 4-8) […]