Podcast Stardust

Fresh off our look at The New Jedi Order, Yuuzhan Vong, and Tahiria Veila, we turn to our top ten other favorite characters from Star Wars Legends.

On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• Our criteria for making this list,
• Well known characters like Mara Jade,
• Lesser known Star Wars Legends characters like Vergere, and
• Some of the history of these characters and how they fit in the Legends universe.

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We follow Lourna Dee’s journey through Cavan Scott’s Star Wars: The High Republic - Tempest Runner audio drama.

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

• The quality of the performances of the voice cast of the audio drama,
• How well Cavan Scott wrote this story,
• Lourna Dee’s complicated past that lead her to join the Nihil,
• Lourna’s imprisonment on the Restitution,
• Whether Lourna Dee might have actually found redemption if events had gone differently, and
• How this audio drama explains other stories in Star Wars: The High Republic.

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We share some laughs over the LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales trailer, discuss the excerpt from the Life Day Treasury, and review the Tales from Galaxy’s Edge - Last Call trailer.

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

• Some of the details and jokes from the LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales trailer,
• The excerpt from the Life Day Treasury: Holiday Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away,
• Our initial thoughts on the Star Wars manga, The High Republic: Edge of Balance, volume 1, and
• The details from Star Wars: Tales from Galaxy’s Edge - Last Call.

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This episode of Podcast Stardust focuses on another Star Wars character from Legends: Tahiri Veila. We explore the many tragedies that shaped her journey.

On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• Why it is that Tahiri Veila is intriguing to Jay,
• The tragic journey of Tahiri’s life throughout Legends,
• Tahiri’s beginnings on Tatooine and her arrival at the Jedi temple,
• How the events of Yuuzhan Vong’s invasion of the galaxy literally shaped Tahiri and changed her,
• The events that caused Tahiri to become Jacen Solo’s Sith apprentice, and
• The later events of Tahiri’s life before Legends concluded.

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We divert to the Legends universe of Star Wars storytelling to discuss Troy Denning’s Star By Star from the New Jedi Order. Anakin Solo leads a team to destroy the Voxyn queen.

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

• How we first encountered Star By Star and our initial reactions,
• What the Voxyn are and why the Yuuzhan Vong created them,
• Anakin Solo’s plan to destroy the Voxyn queen,
• The adventures of Princess Leia and Han Solo and their attempts to protect Ben Skywalker,
• Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade’s battle with the Yuuzhan Vong,
• The Battle of Coruscant,
• The fates of Anakin Solo and Jacen Solo, and
• The character of Vergere and more.

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In this edition of Star Wars news, we discuss Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian - Making of the Season 2 Finale, Robert Rodriguez’s thoughts on The Book of Boba Fett, and more.

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

• Another award for The Mandalorian,
• Our reaction to Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian - The Making of the Season 2 Finale,
• Robert Rodriguez’s claims about The Book of Boba Fett,
• Our initial thoughts to Cavan Scott’s audio drama, The High Republic: Tempest Runner, and
• The announcement of LEGO Star Wars Battles.

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We return to the Star Wars Legends universe with a discussion of the villains of the New Jedi Order -- the Yuuzhan Vong and their biotechnology.

On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• Where they Yuuzhan Vong come from and what their goal in the Star Wars galaxy was,
• A description of what the Yuuzhan Vong looked like,
• Why the Yuuzhan Vong could not be felt through the Force,
• The Yuuzhan Vong hatred for mechanical technology and other beliefs,
• The structure of Yuuzhan society and culture,
• Aspects of the Yuuzhan Vong’s biotechnology, and
• How they almost made it back into the current Star Wars canon.

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Avar Kriss forms an uneasy alliance between the Jedi and the Hutts to fight the Drengir while Keeve Trennis and Sskeer discover the Great Progenitor.

On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• Avar Kriss’s decision to make an alliance with the Hutts,
• The appearance of the Hutts in The High Republic,
• Avar Kriss and Stellan Gios’s disagreement about allying with the Hutts,
• Sskeer’s confession that his connection to the Force is fading,
• The telepathic root system of the Drengir,
• How Keeve Trennis and Sskeer work together to find the Great Progenitor,
• Keeve’s vision in the Force and the appearance of a Sith, and
• Orla Jareni’s introduction to the Marvel The High Republic comics.

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In this week’s Star Wars news, Star Wars Insider short stories are getting collected, Tempest has an audio preview, LEGO Star Wars has a trailer, and a Jedi joins the Nihil!

On this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• The announcement of Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2,
• An audio excerpt from Cavan Scott’s The High Republic: Tempest,
• A Jedi is joining the Nihil, and it wasn’t who we thought,
• New details on the Hyperspace Lounge on the Disney Wish, and
• A gameplay trailer for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

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It is the 300th episode of Podcast Stardust! We are celebrating with the next installment of our Rogue One series as Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso steal a shuttle and head to Scarif.

On this fully armed and operational episode, Mark Sutter from Idiot’s Array and Tarkin’s Top Shelf joins us and we discuss:

• Mark’s favorite character and seen from Rogue One,
• Jyn Erso presenting the case to attack Scarif to the Rebel Council on Yavin IV,
• Cassian Andor rallying a group of volunteers to join Jyn’s mission to Scarif,
• Commandeering the Zeta class shuttle for the mission,
• Bodhi Rook adopting the call sign “Rogue One,”
• Bail Organa and Mon Mothma’s realization that war with the Empire is inevitable,
• The arrival of “Rogue One” at Scarif,
• Jyn Erso’s speech to the troops on the shuttle, and
• Cassian Andor’s plans to retrieve the Death Star plans.

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