Galactic Ambition: A Star Wars Unlimited Podcast

As preview season for A Lawless Time kicks into gear, let's look at some of the most CRIMINALLY powerful cards in the upcoming expansion!

0:00 Intro, Time Travel?, and Galaxy's Edge

10:13 Jason's First Resolution - Jank Decks

15:42 Dan's First Resolution - Content Commitment

20:10 Jason's Second Resolution - Twin Suns

27:45 Dan's Second Resolution - Eternal

33:52 Jason's Third Resolution - Judging and Community

38:08 Dan's Third Resolution - Continued Contribution

41:18 Crime is Legal, Our Resolutions To/For You, Outro

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*Folks, the stuttering problem is more complicated than expected! We are working to fix it still - thanks for your patience!*

Those Galactic boys are back with another episode, this time looking forward to 2026 and our commitments to SWU. Let's get a little reflective and talk about where we want to be in 2026 with Star Wars Unlimited and the Podcast!

0:00 Intro, Time Travel?, and Galaxy's Edge

10:13 Jason's First Resolution - Jank Decks

15:42 Dan's First Resolution - Content Commitment

20:10 Jason's Second Resolution - Twin Suns

27:45 Dan's Second Resolution - Eternal

33:52 Jason's Third Resolution - Judging and Community

38:08 Dan's Third Resolution - Continued Contribution

41:18 Crime is Legal, Our Resolutions To/For You, Outro

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*We will get Jason's video fixed by next episode, just figuring out what's causing the stuttering!*

Happy holidays everyone, and welcome to our holiday episode - where Jason and Dan review 2025 and list the elements of Star Wars Unlimited that fall on their Naughty and Nice lists!

We love the game and are passionate about it and its success, so this episode is going to be full of praise and criticism in equal measure!

0:00 Intro, Power Outage, and Life Day

7:27 Nice - Galactics

13:08 Naughty - Logistics

27:08 Nice - JTL and LOF

31:03 Naughty - SEC's Theme

36:43 Nice - Promos

44:42 Naughty - Carbonite Issues

53:12 Nice - Limited Sectors

58:25 Debate - Force Throw

1:03:22 Outro

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Sorry about Jason's choppy video! Our recording app was having issues that night! Also I was still recovering from losing my voice when we recorded...but it here it is, another episode of Galactic Ambition at last!

We've got new teasers from Set 7 to cover as Dan returns from Japan and Jason returns from PAX! Let's dive into the new design space and leaders and talk about what it means for the future of Star Wars Unlimited!

0:00 Intro, Japan, and PAX

6:50 The Design and New Cards in A Lawless Time

9:00 Credit Tokens, Jabba, Underworld

14:59 New Bases & Lore Focused Designs

26:40 New Players & Theme

32:50 Leia & Multi-Aspect Cards

47:58 A Lawless Outro

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Dan is back from the Portland Sector and in this episode, we'll talk about a few leaders from Secrets of Power that really excite us, then recap Judging the Sector and talk about how WE approach earning Prize Wall tickets when we have the Sunday free! These promos are way too cool so it's great to have a plan to earn as many as possible!

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0:00 Intro and Jason's Cursed Life

9:52 Jason's Favorite New Leader - Cassian Andor

18:40 Dan's Favorite New Leader - Dryden Vos

26:29 Portland Sector Judging Experience

34:56 Sunday Side Events & Good Ticket Value for Time

49:56 Outro

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Can you believe it? Just 2 weeks later, another episode of Galactic Ambition for your ears!!

Dan and Jason discuss the new set, Secrets of Power - it's public perception, and why we are a little more excited for it than some people! We'll dig into a variety of cards that we think highlight the strengths of the set.

If you are looking for the chapters, they'll be added a little later today!

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Right on schedule, Dan and Jason convene at last for another episode of Galactic Ambition: A Star Wars Unlimited Podcast.

It's been 5 months, so let's do a catch up and get ready for more regular episodes once again!

0:00 Intro & Where We've Been

5:45 Upcoming Sectors & Regional and OP Discussion

14:15 Galactic Championship Experience

32:04 The Force Throw Discussion

45:30 Thrawn Red Shenanigans

48:02 Outro

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Dan and Jason are back with another episode of Galactic Ambition: A Star Wars Unlimited Podcast! In this episode, we dive into the experience at the Denver Sector Qualifier - from the judge perspective!

We also introduce a new Judge Call segment - this week, what happens when you Traitorous a ship with the Poe leader attached to it?

0:00 Intro & The Lost Episode

4:30 The Suspensions

9:15 How to Support Maindeck (Legends of the Force Preorders Up!)

11:07 The Denver Sector Judging Experience

19:34 Dan's Soapbox

24:58 Advice for Major Event Players & More Sector Experience

43:35 Judge Call: Taking Control of Poe?

51:35 Compensation, Prize Wall Drama, and Outro

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There are so many exciting new cards in Jump to Lightspeed - not the least of which are the Legendaries, which have an increased pull rate alongside a few more of them in the set! We've been harsh on Set 3's legendaries (and we won't stop!), but how do we feel about the new crop of Ls in Set 4? Let's dive into them!

0:00 Intro

3:47 Lake Country, The 5th Rare Base

9:30 How to Support Maindeck

11:30 Devastator

17:15 Darth Vader

22:49 Radiant VII

29:20 The Starhawk

34:13 Hondo Ohnaka

41:04 Death Star Plans

47:03 Unity of Purpose

55:41 Outro

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New bases coming in Set 4: Jump to Lightspeed may have a huge impact on the game! When would it be beneficial for you to change your deck or hand size in SWU? Let's talk about it!

Plus, we discuss the tickets and spectacle that is the Galactic Championship weekend!

0:00 Intro

3:40 Galactic Championship Tickets & Review

27:00 How to Support Maindeck

29:20 New Base Math - Nabat Village

43:26 New Base Math - Data Vault

51:48 New Base Math - Thermal Oscillator

56:42 New Base Math - Colossus

1:06:40 Outro

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