Star Wars Bookworms

By Aaron Goins

A monthly podcast where we discuss and review all of the latest Star Wars releases from Marvel Comics, Del Rey Books, Disney/Lucasfilm Press, and more. Expect fun and knowledgeable guests from the fan... more

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Star Wars Bookworms episodes:

August 01, 2014War of the Broken Ring – SWBW #27
On this episode of Star Wars Bookworms we have another first time guest, we talk about the book and comic news coming out of San Diego Comicon, and we review a couple comic volumes.
We were so happy to have first time guest Zak “PT” Thorogood join us. He is the main comic book reviewer over at Jedi News.
Did Marvel play it safe? We talked about our reactions to the first three Star Wars comic series announced by Marvel.
Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress in the same novel! Aaron gushes over the possibilities while Teresa and PT calmy discuss their thoughts as well.
“It’s the same universe”. We talk about John Jackson Miller’s latest comments on the new direction of the novels and comics.
War, romance, betrayal.. and that’s all in just the first comic. We discuss and review Dawn of the Jedi: Force War and Legacy: Prisoners of the Broken Ring.
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1h 12min
July 02, 2014 Drew Karpyshyn Interview – SWBW #26
Aaron propped his feet up and let Teresa do all the work this time around. She brings us an awesome interview with fan-favorite Star Wars author Drew Karpyshyn, writer of the Darth Bane Trilogy, Revan, and Annihilation.
In this hour-long interview Drew talks about everything from his writing style, favorite characters, video games, Star Wars Legends and so much more.
Teresa also gets insight from Drew about the characters and story from his current fantasy trilogy, Chaos Born.
At the end of the interview she asks him questions sent into us from Facebook and Twitter. Here he discusses Episode VII, the possibility of writing more Star Wars, theories on Yoda and more.
You don’t want to miss this one!
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1h 15min
June 23, 2014Alderaan Remains – SWBW #25
Star Wars Weekends kept us busy for the month of June but we are back with a new episode and some new guests!
First time guest Paul DePaola (EU Cantina, Fanboys Talking) joined us and talked about his fandom, comics, and his 501st membership.
Another first time guest, Johnamarie Marcias (Now This is Podcasting, The Wookiee Gunner) gave us a recap of New York Book Con 2014. She also spoke Mando’a which increased her cool points.
Aaron and Teresa gave their favorite moments from Star Wars Weekends.
Paul stuck around to help review the comic volumes Dark Times: A Spark Remains and Star Wars: From the Ruins of Alderaan.
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1h 10min
May 16, 2014Honor Among Jawas – SWBW #24
This episode we don’t have any major discussion topics but we do have two great guests to help us review the novel Honor Among Thieves.
We were thrilled to have first time guest Shazbazzar from the Techno Retro Dads podcast.
Returning for the first time since our 3rd episode we also have James Floyd from Club Jade and Big Shiny Robot.
The Star Wars Bookworms book club is going strong and now has close to 90 members. Join us over at Goodreads.com.
Teresa will be at Star Wars Weekends all weekends and Aaron will be there the weekend of May 23rd. Let us know if you are going. We would love to meet you!
Is Legends a separate universe? Can it still fit? Our guests weigh in on how they will view the “Expanded Universe” going forward.
The most thorough podcast review of Honor Among Thieves you will find anywhere! We talk about everything including Han’s characterization, Scarlet Hark, colorful pirates and smugglers, one underused Wookiee, and Indiana Jones.
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1h 9min
May 02, 2014Casting Legends – SWBW #23
Big movie and book news has been released since our last episode and we need to talk about it! We put together this special episode to briefly talk the Episode VII casting and to dig into the big Star Wars Expanded Universe news.
As our guest this episode we have Megan from Blog Full of Words and Den of Geek.
Episode VII casting. We give our thoughts on the return of the original actors and the fresh faces.
Finally! We get official word from Lucasfilm on the future of the EU.
What did Timothy Zahn have to say about the announcement and is he way off base?
Will new books and comics be bland? We discuss the possibility that the publishers will play it safe in order to keep things clear for future movies.
We give our initial thoughts on the four (now official canon) books announced.
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57min
April 11, 2014Maul of Sith – SWBW #22
Review this episode:
Maul: Lockdown (novel)
This episode we welcome another awesome guest, Bryan Young from the Full of Sith podcast.
Our very own fangirl. Teresa was named Fan Girl of the Day by Her Universe. Congrats Teresa!
The first month of our book club went great! We had over 50 people join and lots of discussion on our Goodreads page. Let us know which book you want to read next.
We are going to Disney World! Join us and a bunch of other podcasters from Rebel Force Radio, Geek Out Loud, Fan Girls Going Rogue, and Star Wars Report as we attend Star Wars Weekends the weekend of May 23rd.
We talk to Bryan about how much he likes the Prequels, Return of the Jedi, and the Legacy of the Force novels. Also how his kids got such cool names.
Chewbacca Lives! We discuss the unconfirmed news that Chewbacca will be in Episode VII and how Expanded Universe fans feel about that.
Book review. Finally we discuss and review the novel Maul: Lockdown
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1h 33min
March 07, 2014Prisoner of the Ninth Assassin – SWBW #21
Reviews this episode:
Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin (comic volume)
Legacy: Prisoner of the Floating World (comic volume)
Back to reviews! Our last couple episodes were an interview and discussing Rebels, but now we are back to our old ways and reviewing some comics. Mark Newbold (Jedi News, StarWars.com, Radio 1138) joins us this episode to talk some Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Star Wars fandom has lost one of its favorite authors. We share some stories of our memories of Aaron Allston
We talk to Mark about his favorite movie, character, book, and his hopes for the future of the Expanded Universe
Who really shot first? Aaron makes the case for his unpopular opinion
Another Anakin prophecy? Mark helps us review Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
Is Ania Solo a better character than Cade Skywalker? Our hosts review Prisoner of the Floating World
Stick around after the credits for an old interview with Aaron Allston that Teresa got at Star Wars Reads Day 2012
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1h 10min
February 27, 2014Reporting on Rebels – SWBW #20
This episode is the second part of our one-year anniversary celebration! We invited the guys from the Rebels Report podcast (Pete Morrison and Andy Ury) to talk about the Rebels characters revealed so far and Star Wars Expanded Universe characters they remind us of.
Also don’t forget about our book giveaway!
Finally an episode not about Ewoks!
We talk in detail about all 6 Rebels and the Inquisitor
Teresa kind of has a crush on Twi’leks
Did Pete really compare Zeb to Jar Jar Binks and Thrawn?
Find out what two characters Aaron is not as excited for. It may surprise you
Andy has some great insight on Inquisitors in the Expanded Universe
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1h 6min
February 24, 2014Zack Giallongo Interview – SWBW #19
It’s the one year anniversary of our podcast, and we want to celebrate! For our celebration we are not only giving away free books (learn more here) but we also have two new episodes of Bookworms this week.
Last episode we reviewed the comic digest Ewoks: Shadows of Endor. This episode we interview the writer/artist of the comic, Zack Giallongo.
Are Ewoks cool again? We talk about why Ewoks aren’t just for kids anymore.
Originals or Special Editions? It may surprise you what we all picked.
Is magic the same as the Force in the Star Wars universe? Hear what Zack had to say.
Zack gives us some behind the scenes info on different aspects of the comic and a teaser for the future.
Of course we had to ask him what his hopes for the Sequel Trilogy are.
Did we really spend the last 10 minutes talking about Tiny Death Star!?
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58min
January 24, 2014Shadows of the Death Star – SWBW #18
Reviews this episode:
Ewoks – Shadows of Endor (comic digest)
Death Star Owner’s Technical Manual (reference guide)
Another episode? So soon? That’s right, it’s still January and we already have two episodes on the books. Since we didn’t do any reviews in last week’s episode we decided to do another episode right away to get back on schedule. Plus Teresa just couldn’t wait any longer to review this Ewoks comic.
We welcome collector extraordinaire, podcaster, and official Star Wars artist Dan Curto as our guest
Dan talks about his personal fandom, collecting, and classic Star Wars EU
E-E-E-E-Ewoks. We talk about everything from the Ewoks animated series to the latest comic release
Teresa complains about the lack of good Ewok plushies
Aaron reveals the secret to getting the good Star Wars toys at Target
We talk about our favorite Death Star collectibles
Finally we discuss and review the Death Star Owner’s Technical Manual
If you haven’t already we would love you to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook so we can connect with you. Also feel free to leave us a review on iTunes. Preferably a good review
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1h 3min

FAQs about Star Wars Bookworms:

How many episodes does Star Wars Bookworms have?

The podcast currently has 137 episodes available.