In Episode 116, hosts Alyce and Laura spend* roughly 40% of the episode laughing at their own dumb jokes and the other 60% discussing actual Star Wars.

• Alyce shares how her immersive Star Wars event immersed her in Star Wars  
• We are so hyped for The Acolyte! What did you think about the trailer and the poster? 
• Will The Acolyte have any connection to key characters in The High Republic’s Phase II? 
• Didn’t we already know the approximate release window for Skeleton Crew? Is this news?
• Who’s going to Star Wars Celebration Japan? Raise your hands! JK, put your hand down, loser, it’s not like we can see you 
• Laura shares some highlights from C2E2
• In Recap on Tap, we share our thoughts on The Bad Batch series finale, pause for a Lord of the Rings interlude and speculate on why Omega’s hair is so big (it’s full of secrets)
• We recap and discuss Tales of the Empire and ponder Morgan’s magistrate overlording of Corvus, if Vader recognized Barriss, the magic cave’s Harry Potter connection and how Lyn is super f*cking cool so have some damn respect! 

Are you caught up on your High Republic Phase III reading? You’ve got a few weeks! In Episode 117, we will recap The High Republic comic series and the YA novel, Defy The Storm!

Helpful links referenced in this episode:

• Laura, Kevin Smets and John Rocha discuss The Bad Batch finale and revisit memories of The Phantom Menace and The Force Awakens on the most recent episode of The Jedi Way 
• Get to know who’s who in The Acolyte in this handy dandy Nerdist article

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*This podcast contains a sh!t ton of profanity and boozin. You can find a bleeped version of this podcast absolutely nowhere. Cheers!