Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is coming out IN A FEW DAYS! We prepare for the "end of the Skywalker saga" by discussing our hopes for the new movie, and as usual we also veer wildly off topic.

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Intro music: “May the Chords Be with You” by Computer Music All-Starsfreemusicarchive.org/music/Computer_Music_All-Stars/May_the_Chords_Be_with_You/May_the_Chords_Be_with_YouLicensed under Creative Commons by 4.0: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Beeps and boops from “Cruising with R2D2” by Flying Creaturehttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flying_Species/The_Second_Flight/10_-_Bonus_Track_-_Cruising_with_R2D2Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode