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Glup Shittos: The Obscure Characters Somebody Loves

Star Wars fans love their Glup Shittos. But what does that term mean? Riki and Sarah join me to talk about Glup Shittos, why they are such a great part of fandom, and some of our listener’s favorites!

As a lifelong Star Wars fan — no, really, his parents took him to a Star Wars film as a 2-year-old — 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 the lack of safety standards on Imperial ship designs. Where are the guardrails?! Find his musings on Twitter @mtgRikipedia.”

Sarah grew up in the wilds of Saskatchewan, Canada, where she worked at a local comic book store running Magic: the Gathering tournaments and promoting all things nerdy. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where she is pursuing her MFA in studio art, and thinks the ideal day out involves dressing up like a background character in Star Wars, hanging out in the Star Wars section of Disneyland, and pretending she’s a space pirate.

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Let's talk Star Wars! Join the Ethical Panda Matthew Fox for an ongoing conversation about the wealth of Star Wars movies and TV shows, both the old and the new. We'll explore TV shows like The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars. We'll cover every movie, and we may even dive into the vast catalog of books, video games, and other media. Who needs a canon when you’ve got interesting stories?

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Star Wars Universe Podcast episode 210

Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy • Thrawn

Danielle (Written in the SW) joins me to discuss “Thrawn”, book one of the Star Wars: Thrawn trilogy written by Timothy Zahn in the Disney canon.

Star Wars Universe Podcast episode 209

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.

Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

What leads a Jedi to the dark side? How did the Clone Wars hinder the Jedi in aiding padawans, and how did Palpatine exploit this? We discuss Delilah S. Dawson’s “Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade.”

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