After a hiatus of a few months, Rachael and Kirsty return with a new episode! We start out by explaining our absence and offering a few recommendations of what we've been listening to while we've been away.

We then enter into a news section where we catch up on what we have missed, covering:

- Disney+’s ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Series ‘Rogue One’ Sets Adria Arjona To Co-Star With Diego Luna

- The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special to premiere on Disney+

- Next Star Wars theatrical films pushed back a year

- Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy on Baby Yoda, ‘The Mandalorian’ and the Future of ‘Star Wars’

We then (around an hour in) segue into a detailed discussion of the novelisation of 'The Empire Strikes Back', which inspires some passionate opinions on both sides of the spectrum. Stick around to hear us talk about progress in the depiction of women, nostalgia for Alan Dean Foster's prose and some ruminations on the peculiar limitations of the novelisation format.