Margrave Juro's mission takes him and Kara to Binbin while Nawaam prepares to unleash his super weapon on the galaxy in the second episode of The Ninth Jedi.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our overall non-spoiler thoughts on "A Secret Weapon,"
• How Margrave Juro's quest to recruit allies is a bit like King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table,
• Similarities between this episode of The Ninth Jedi and Lord of the Rings (plus a *shocking* confession from Jay),
• The "incident" that lead to Lah Zhima's banishment from Binbin,
• Our thoughts on what Lah Zhima's motivation might be,
• Who Nawaam is and how he reminds us of other Star Wars villains, and
• Nawaam's Kyber Crystal Cannon.

For more discussion of The Ninth Jedi, check out episode 1069.

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Marvel and Lucasfilm announced a crossover event, a Star Wars movie you never heard of gets cancelled, and Star Wars wins an Emmy in this week's news.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Lucasfilm and Disney passing on a potential new Star Wars movie,
• An Emmy awarded to a Star Wars: Visions episode,
• An upcoming crossover comic between Star Wars and the heroes of Marvel Comics (the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four), and
• A few thoughts on Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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Captain Brander Lawson of the Tactical Defense Force on Janix and his partner, the droid Two-Boots, investigate crime lords in this prequel to Maul: Shadow Lord.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our non-spoiler thoughts on the first two issues of Shadow of Maul,
• The subtle ways that Brander Lawson is different than his portrayal in Shadow of Maul,
• The internal affairs investigation that frames the first issue,
• The gang wars and conflicts that Lawson is investigating, and
• Maul's minimized presence in these comics.

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We kick off our coverage of The Ninth Jedi by discussing Margrave Juro's mission to Makoma Ko in an attempt to recruit an old Jedi ally to resist Warlord Nawaam.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our overall thoughts on this episode and how it compares to the two shorts from Star Wars: Visions,
• The difference in how lightsabers are crafted and what they represent,
• Jedi Margrave Juro and his mission,
• Gennoh Ikagi, the last Sith, and his role in this episode.
• Lah Zhima, the Jedi lightsaber smith,
• Zhima's daughter, Kara, and her role in this episode,
• How this episode reminded us of The Phantom Menace,
• What it means for the Nawaam to have a particular episode, and more.

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While promoting The End of Oak Street, Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway talk a little Star Wars. We cover this and more in this week's edition of Star Wars news.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our early thoughts on Eyes Like Stars and Legacy,
• New guest announcements for Star Wars Celebration Los Angeles 2027 featuring the cast of The Mandalorian,
• A collaboration between Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons, and
• A conversation between Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway while promoting The End of Oak Street.

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The Darth Bane: Path of Destruction book club pauses to reflect on Bane's adventures with a reader new to the book.

Tricia from Theme Park Throwdown joins us for the discussion.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Tricia's introduction to Star Wars and her fandom in general,
• Tricia's initial reaction to Darth Bane,
• Some of the themes introduced in the first half of the novel,
• Tricia's reactions to some of the other characters in Darth Bane, and
• Some lightning round questions about the book.

For more Darth Bane discussion, check out episode 1061.

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R2-D2 and C-3PO are featured in a whimsical episode of The Clone Wars when they find themselves on a relief mission when earthquakes threaten the planet Aleen.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our overall thoughts on "Mercy Mission," episode five from season four of The Clone Wars,
• How it is that Artoo and Threepio ended up on this mission with Commander Wolffe,
• The whimsical nature of this episode and why we believe George Lucas had a large part in creating it,
• The Aleena and their society,
• The Kindalo species that live underground on Aleen,
• Oprhne, a frog-like alien that could use some force-like magic, and
• How Artoo and Threepio resolved this mission.

For more discussion of The Clone Wars, check out episode 1063.

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We are rounding up the Star Wars news from San Diego Comic Con and talking about new book announcements, the Museum Experience, and more.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• The announcement that Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy are making Ghost Rider and what that means, if anything, for Star Wars: Starfighter,
• Confirmation as to what Infinity Vision is,
• Star Wars Detours finally getting screened somewhere,
• The announcement of a Luke and Leia novel from Beth Revis titled Twin Crossroads,
• Other Star Wars publishing announcements from San Diego Comic Con, and
• More details about the Star Wars: The Experience museum exhibit.

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The Resistance arrives at Takodana in their X-Wings to battle the First Order and Finn takes up the Skywalker lightsaber in this segment from The Force Awakens.

Dan Zehr, Star Wars author and host of Coffee with Kenobi joins us for this episode.

This episode covers the portion of The Force Awakens that runs from 1:11:06 to 1:22:10.

In this episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Dan's memories seeing The Force Awakens and favorite moments,
• Rey's flight from the palace,
• Maz Kanata passing on the Skywalker lightsaber to Finn,
• Finn's fight with the riot trooper,
• The arrival of the Resistance to confront the First Order on Takodana,
• Rey's confrontation with Kylo Ren,
• Princess Leia's arrival on Takodana and reunion with Han Solo, and
• The Resistance return to D'Qar.

For more discussion of The Force Awakens, check out episode 1046.

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Jar Jar Binks has to fill in for the Gungan leader to prevent a civil war from breaking out on Naboo in this episode of our The Clone Wars re-watch.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Our overall thoughts on this episode of The Clone Wars,
• Why this episode is titled "Shadow Warrior,"
• How this episode is similar to the story arc that preceded it and whether it was a good idea to put this story so close to the prior one,
• Whether we liked the level of humor in Jar Jar Binks impersonating the Gungan leader,
• How impressive the Gungans were in confronting General Grievous,
• How Minister Risha Loo could have been used more in The Clone Wars,
• Why Darth Sidious insisted on a prisoner exchange, and
• Why Padmé made her decision to agree to a prisoner exchange.

For more discussion of The Clone Wars, check out episode 1060.

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