Star Wars 7x7: A Daily Bite-Sized Dose of Star Wars Joy

Concluding our new interview with Executive Producer Nick Martorelli of Penguin Random House Audio, discussing the unabridged Essential Legends Collections recordings and much more. Punch it!

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New interview! Nick Martorelli of Penguin Random House Audio returns, this time to talk about the Essential Legends Collection, newly unabridged recordings of Shatterpoint, Rogue Squadron, and more. Punch it!

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Nick Martorelli Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickMartorelli

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The more we see rhyming, retcons, and Easter eggs in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, the more I'm wondering - is Star Wars going the way of other fandoms, or are we seeing a new take on the old canon hierarchy idea? Punch it!

Here's the Den of Geek article I mentioned in the show: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-episode-4-easter-eggs/

And the Inverse article: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-3-jedi

And an explanation of the Legends continuity database levels: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Canon_policy#Holocron_continuity_database

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"Staring Contest": In an episode filled with moments of tension and release, Part 4 of the #ObiWanKenobi series delivers ongoing thrills despite the predictability of its setup. Punch it!

Here are the seven points we cover on this breakdown episode:

1. That tension and release

2. The predicted rescue setup

3. The Path - contrasting it with the Rebellion, and revisiting the challenge of persuasion

4. The patient development of Obi reconnecting to the Force

5. The fortress/tomb and the setup that doesn't quite follow through

6. The awesomeness of well-drawn female characters driving this episode

7. The tracker, and how did Reva get Lola back to Leia, anyway?

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Kenobi! Where we've been, where we're going, the loss of Anakin's we're not discussing, Obi-Wan's Satine regret, the Grand Inquisitor possibilities, and so much more. Punch it!

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Previous Star Wars storytelling establishes it's Luke who gets trained to defeat the Sith. In our our third Obi-Wan Kenobi deeper dive, we'll talk about how the series is (un)intentionally raising the question of why Obi-Wan didn't train Leia instead - and what that says about him as a character. Punch it!

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Darth Bane came up with the Rule of Two, and when you get a bunch of dark-side Force users together in a dysfunctional workplace, it's easy to see why. In today's Kenobi deep dive, focused primarily on Part 2 ("Make Me Float"), we look at how Reva embodies the classic Sith ambition. Punch it!

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Now that we've completed our briefings on the first three Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes, we're going to dig a little deeper. Today, we'll address Kenobi's self-assumption of the blame for the whole collapse of the Republic. Punch it!

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The "real" dad Leia's always wondered about gets the rematch he's clearly been dreaming about - and it's probably only the first fight that Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader will have in the series. We're calling Part III "Not the Face!" Punch it!

The 7 highlights we're talking about are...

1. How does the Force work?

2. Which dark side Force users actually affect Obi-Wan?

3. Are you my real dad?

4. Setting up the Qui-Gon Jinn appearance again

5. Indira Varma's role, and the Quinlan Vos name check

6. James Earl Jones and the Respeecher app

7. THAT FIGHT and Anakin's long-planned revenge

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Obi-Wan Kenobi heads to Daiyu to rescue young Princess Leia and gets an earth-shattering surprise in Part II of the Star Wars limited series. The episodes don't have formal titles, so we decided to call this one "Make Me Float." Punch it!

Here are the seven highlights we're covering on this breakdown:

1. The callback device

2. Rhyming with other Star Wars storytelling

3. Mistaking Ben for the bounty hunter and legit chase scenes

4. Not that long since Obi's been in a fight

5. Playing (effectively) on nostalgia

6. The Grand Inquisitor's chances of survival

7. How many people know that Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker?

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