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

It really is a damned if they do and damned if they don't situation for Lucasfilm when it comes to either recasting or CGI de-aging their major Star Wars characters! Today, a bit of history and a preference expressed - which actually has nothing to do with the visuals. Punch it!

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Cad Bane's only appeared in a dozen episodes of Star Wars animation! Today, we'll briefly run down those stories, and let you know which ones are essential viewing before The Book of Boba Fett finale. Punch it!

As promised on the show, here's the full list of arcs and episodes in which Cad Bane appears. Not all of them are must-watch content prior to the season 1 finale of The Book of Boba Fett, so the asterisks flag the ones I think you'll definitely want to check out.

Clone Wars Holocron Heist Arc: *Season 2, Episode 1: Holocron Heist **Season 2, Episode 2: Cargo of Doom (with Ahsoka Tano!) *Season 2, Episode 3: Children of the Force

Clone Wars Ziro the Hutt Arc: Season 3, Episode 8: Evil Plans *Season 1, Episode 22: Hostage Crisis Season 3: Episode 9: Hunt for Ziro

Clone Wars Palpatine Kidnap Arc: Season 4, Episode 15: Deception Season 4, Episode 16: Friends and Enemies *Season 4, Episode 17: The Box *Season 4, Episode 18: Crisis on Naboo

Bad Batch Omega Kidnap Arc: Season 1, Episode 8: Reunion **Season 1, Episode 9: Bounty Lost (with Fennec Shand!)

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The last time (that we know about) Boba Fett and Cad Bane were on a job together, it started on Tatooine, and ended with the two of them shooting each other in a duel. Before their paths cross again in the Fett finale, let's reacquaint ourselves with Cad Bane. Punch it!

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Surprise character appearances galore as Chapter 6 of The Book of Boba Fett continues to delight and confound for a second straight week. Punch it!

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The Book of Boba Fett ends February 9th - the same day as a Disney earnings call. That means we should be finding out what series debuts next VERY soon. That all all the rest of Star Wars storytelling updates for February 2022... Punch it!

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Daniel José Older's "Midnight Horizon" disguises itself as a rollicking space opera/mystery novel. At its core, though, it's a timely and insightful meditation on love and loss, the suppression and expression of elemental emotions, of our attachments and the endless process of letting go. Punch it!

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Today we conclude our discussion with Marc Thompson, the narrator of dozens of Star Wars audiobooks for PRH Audio. We'll talk more about his most recent High Republic performance (The Fallen Star) and about his craft as well. Punch it!

Here's where you can connect with Marc online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptainEhud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainehud/ Website: https://www.marcthompson.net

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Marc Thompson has narrated Star Wars audiobooks for more than a decade, but the High Republic stories have a particular appeal for him. Today, the first of a two-part conversation about his performance of The Fallen Star. Punch it!

Here's where you can connect with Marc online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptainEhud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainehud/ Website: https://www.marcthompson.net/

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The Family Guy Return of the Jedi parody, "It's a Trap!", has some of the funniest stuff of the three parodies, and also some of the most offensive. Today, I'll focus on the positives (and there are a lot of them)... Punch it!

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When did "The Great Purge of Mandalore" happen? We've got strong evidence to narrow it down within a five-year range, and circumstantial evidence it happened close to the events of A New Hope. Punch it!

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