Star Wars: Delusions of Granular

And just like that, a new Star Wars Legends story is published. In honor of Marvel's 80th anniversary, Star Wars #108 continues where the story left off decades ago when Marvel lost the Star Wars license to Dark Horse. Now we can get a conclusion to a story that we never knew we needed!

Inspired by the reinterpretation of the duel between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader in A New Hope, "Scene 38," Ron talks about head canon, the idea that anything can be canon in the Star Wars saga if it is just too darn good for it not to be.

Ron gets back into it with a new episode of SWDOG. This episode is all about Force ghosts or Jedi spirits or whatever they are called. Maybe they are something else? Maybe the different ways that Jedi have passed on has been intentional right for the start when Obi-Wan died in A New Hope? Join Ron as he kicks around his theory about what these "luminous beings" actually are.

Petitions, boycotts, and harassment on social media. On this new episode of SWDOG, we try to figure out how to heal Star Wars fandom from the state it is in.

Steve reviews the newly released Guardians of the Whills! Though this junior novel is a quick read that takes place on one planet, there are little things here and there that make the Galaxy feel big. Take a listen to his awesome mix...of comments!

In a surprise even to himself, Ron records a new episode of SWDOG just in time for the 40th anniversary of the initial release of Star Wars. To mark the occasion, he talks about what Star Wars has meant to him, reassesses the the movies, books, comics, fandom and the future of everything. Join us as we continue to stay granular!

Steve talks about Thrawn again, this time in the canonical novel Thrawn by Timothy Zahn. Here he goes over some references to Legends, what he thought the story did well, and some minor things that he found irritating. His thoughts also wander to topics related to the recent Star Wars Celebration Orlando. All this in a granular episode!

Steve reviews Outbound Flight, a novel by Timothy Zahn that includes the characters Jorus C'baoth and Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Wait, why do those names sound familiar? That's right! This prequel era book ties into the Thrawn trilogy as well as other novels from Legends. Hear what connections Steve thinks were done well and what things he thought were redundant.

Steve reviews Poe Dameron: Lockdown. After the first arc showcased some "world-building," this second arc has some good world-building and connections to other stories. Give this granular episode a listen!

Steve goes all over the place in his review of Aftermath: Empire's End. As he evaluates it as a conclusion to a trilogy, he thinks about how it fits with everything else in canon and talks about Legends connections here and there. Did we get enough answers? What speculation was sparked? And how well were the characters handled? Take a listen to this granular review!