The Credible Nerds

We review the final two episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2 - The Summit and Plan 99! PFC Brady is back to talk about the episodes he missed while in Marine boot camp and how the Bad Batch continues the story from The Clone Wars.

Will Clone Force 99 retire?! Are they going to call it quits? We breakdown and discuss these two connected episodes, Pabu and Tipping Point. While Pabu is one of my least favorite episodes this season, Tipping Point has a lot of good things going for it and we spend most of our time on Tipping Point. The Bad Batch become aware of the Empire's plan to get rid of Clones quietly. They also uncover a signal from Crosshair informing them to enact Plan 88. This sets off a rescue mission that will be discussed in our next episode!

We review Episode 12 of Season 2 - The Outpost! We discuss Crosshair and how he has grown as a character and is becoming one of our favorite members of the Bad Batch. We discuss how the clone troopers are becoming more and more disposable for the Empire. We spend time talking about Wayland and Mount Tantiss and what experiments they might be doing there and how the clones are involved.

We review the final two episodes of Season 3 of The Mandalorian - The Spies and The Return! We discuss the Shadow Council and who they are and what their individual missions might be! We discuss the reunification of The Mandalorian tribes and their reentry into Mandalore. Moff Gideon is back! We review and discuss what his master plan is and how it was thwarted by Din Djarin. We talk about how awesome it was to have Mandalorians having aerial combat and Bo Katan wielding the Darksaber once again! It's a great ending to this third season and we grade the season overall and what we might see for next season.

We discuss Chapter 22 of The Mandalorian - Guns for Hire! While we think that this is one of the oddest episodes of the series, there are some good things to discuss. From the cameos to references to Count Dooku and the Separatists to the duel to be the Mandalorian ruler there are some good things to see.

We discuss the cameos of Jack Black and LIzzo and how we feel that there was potential for them to be more menacing. With Jack Black and his mustaches to Lizzy and her Alice in Wonderland Queen of Hearts vibes, we were expecting something more nefarious than what we got. It was good to see Ugnaughts and battle droids again, with a droid bar thrown in to make us think about how droids find entertainment - if at all.

In one of our longest episodes ever The Credible Nerds dive deep with Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves starring Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez! Joined by hosts, Marc and Harry, Justin's lack of D&D experience is exposed as these two experienced D&D campaigners drop knowledge. We discuss the story and how rules from the game effect the story as well as how well the class system aligns with the characters in the movie. We discuss the magical items that were created specifically for the movie and how they might affect gameplay moving forward. Go to our website and subscribe to our newsletter and Nerd Nation to get exclusive content not found here!

Argh, Pirates! We review and discuss Chapter 21 of The Mandalorian, the one where pirates attack Nevarro! With the New Republic being ineffective, the Mandalorians step in to help a planet under attack. Gorian Shard and goons invade Nevarro and kick High Magistrate Greef Karga and his people out of their own city. What will Karga do now? He calls on an old acquaintance for help, who then calls on an old acquaintance for help - Din Djarin. He rally's the Mandalorians and with Bo Katan's help, the Mandalorians attack the pirates to try and retake Nevarro.

The return of the Zillo Beast! The Bad Batch is sent to salvage a recent ship wreckage on a remote planet and discover more than they anticipated. The ship is a crashed Imperial research ship that was delivering cargo to a new location. The cargo is a baby Zillo Beast that goes on the rampage! The Bad Batch attempts to subdue the Beast but are unsuccessful but do uncover information on the Emperor's plan to use the Zillo Beast for military purposes.

We discuss Chapter 20 of The Mandalorian - The Foundling! We get to see the Mandalorians working together against a common foe and how they are able to rescue one of their own. A dragon-like creature has attacked the Mandalorians and taken captive a foundling. The Mandalorians mount a rescue mission with Bo Katan taking charge of the mission. While out on their rescue mission, Grogu stays behind with the Armorer and another flashback of Grogu’s past is revealed. We see how he was rescued from the Jedi Temple during Order 66 by a Jedi named Kelleran Beq. We discuss the implications and fallout from this rescue as Grogu and the Jedi make their escape aboard a Nubian (Naboo) starcruiser. Which person from Naboo is helping Grogu escape - Padme, Jar Jar Banks, or could it be Chancellor Palpatine?

Justin and Jordan discuss Stephen King's second novel, 'Salem's Lot. We discuss the various characters and story points and the overall story. We talk how faith and religion, or lack thereof, plays a part in the story and how it affects the vampires. We also discuss the two made for TV shows that have been made, as well as the strange movie that came to be released as 'Salem's Lot 2. We discuss the recently, 2022, produced film by James Wan that has yet to see the light of day. (dad joke)