Meet The Guests

Riki Hayashi

As a lifelong Star Wars fan–no, really, his parents took him to a Star Wars film as a 2-year-old toddler–Riki loves the technical side of things. He’s spent more time looking at starship specs than he would like to admit and obsesses over Imperial ship designs’ lack of safety standards. Where are the guardrails?! Riki is a frequent guest on Superhero Ethics and the Star Wars Universe Podcast.

Superhero Ethics episode 277
Superhero Ethics

Godzilla Minus One

Riki Hayashi and I discuss Godzilla Minus One, Gojira in Japanese culture, and the movie’s commentary on militarism and survivor’s guilt.

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Star Wars Generations episode 232
Star Wars Generations

Star Wars Rebels • S4 E13-14

Riki and I are pushing through to finish our coverage of Rebels, Season 4. This time we talk about episode 13-14.

Only one more episode to go after this one!

We recorded this a while ago, but wound up moving release schedule around so it is coming out now. No bonus content on this episode.

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Star Wars Generations episode 223
Star Wars Generations

Star Wars Rebels • S4 E11-12

The crew of the Ghost each deals with tragedy in their own way in Star Wars Rebels seasons 4 episodes 11 and 12, and Riki and I are here to talk about it.

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Star Wars Universe Podcast episode 209
Star Wars Generations

Book Club • Master & Apprentice

I talk to Riki Hayashi about “Master & Apprentice,” a Star Wars novel about Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s master-apprentice relationship, with Dooku flashbacks.

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Book Club • Resistance Reborn

Join our Star Wars Book Club as we delve into Star Wars: Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse. We’ll explore how the Resistance regrouped following the events of The Last Jedi.

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