Your regular cohosts Cole and Grace are joined by Chris Compendio (@compendizer) to talk "Book 2" of The Mandalorian. Before diving in we talk the mechanization of corporate IP, Darth Vader comic books, and Brandon Sanderson's disaster novel Elantris. We then talk about our favorite episodes, our least favorite moments, and what it means to make a Star Wars thing after the black hole of Rise of Skywalker.

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