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

The final story arc of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures features some very powerful moments as it interweaves with the events of Midnight Horizon. On this Spinner Sunday, we run through the highlights... Punch it!

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A little more of a "down-to-business" vibe on the latest episode of The High Republic Show, which features more Phase 2 reveals and the answer to an early Project Luminous question: what do the Jedi fear? Punch it!

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Three of (at least) four major panels announced. A new stage host revealed. Updated health and safety guidelines. And what about Rogue Squadron??? We'll check in on all of it in our latest Star Wars Celebration Anaheim update. Punch it!

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All the "Essential Legends Collection" books come with an introduction that talks about the history of Star Wars storytelling and how it inspires the current canon. Today, we'll talk about a couple instances of that in the second Rogue Squadron novel, "Wedge's Gamble." Punch it!

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The stories the Empire tells about the Battle of Endor and the history of the Jedi Order are so insidious (pun intended) in their propaganda that I thought it was worth talking about today - especially since it's the sort of thing we're dealing with in our daily lives right now. Punch it!

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They're paying particular attention to Rogue Squadron in the Essential Legends Collection - probably because of the movie next year! And that attention includes an all-new, unabridged audiobook version of "Wedge's Gamble," the second novel in the Rogue series. Our (mostly) non-spoiler review today... Punch it!

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Darth Vader's been fantasizing about Obi-Wan Kenobi - about begging Kenobi to kill him, about what he could have done to defeat Kenobi on Mustafar. In our latest Obi-Monday episode, we'll talk about Vader's obsession and what it reveals about his mindset going into the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Punch it!

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For this Spinner Sunday, we're back on course to wrap up our looks at The High Republic Adventures! Today, we'll hit the highlights of "Back Together and Away," issues 8-10 from the IDW series. Punch it!

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In our latest "What to Watch Now" episode, we consider the ILM videos for Solo: A Star Wars Story! A couple of them are great; the rest leave you wanting more. And unlike Rogue One and The Last Jedi, these weren't made for an Oscar push. Punch it!

And here's the link to our playlist with all the Star-Wars-related ILM videos. The Solo ones are numbers 16-20 in the list: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68FO-pA3xg7ePUyXmLbGWhAeKcOYMtJc

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In the last of our release-week episodes about Queen's Hope, the final novel in the YA Padme trilogy, we'll talk about the surprise gambit that happens in the novel - and how it makes one wish that the series continues beyond this trilogy. Punch it!

And thanks once again to Disney Lucasfilm Press for sending me a review copy of the novel, so we could talk about it with you on the show!

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