Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast

The Bad Batch Commentary: Rampage. Matt and John give their commentary for The Bad Batch’s fifth episode from season 1, “Rampage.” A retrieval mission ties in - possibly - to the original films, and the team learns what it means to have Omega with them on adventures. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/...

The Bad Batch Commentary: Cornered. Matt and John give their commentary for The Bad Batch’s fourth episode from season 1, “Cornered.” A supply run leads to parental stress, a kid on the run, and the chronological introduction of the fan-favorite bounty hunter Fennec Shand! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerd...

Thanksgungan 2022. Once more the crisp nights and bright days turn our gaze toward all the things for which we’re thankful, with a special focus on our Star Wars fandom. Join Matt and John as they carve through their special recipe for thankfulness as Star Wars fans in 2022 from current shows to future productions to the special bond that brings all fans together. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushi...

The Bad Batch Commentary: Replacements. Matt and John give their commentary for The Bad Batch’s third episode from season 1, “Replacements.” Duty, Honor, Trust and the Incremental Erosion of Freedom all come into play as the themes gain even more clarity. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http...

The Bad Batch Commentary: Cut and Run. John and Matt give their commentary for The Bad Batch’s second episode from season 1, “Cut and Run". Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Make sure you follow us on X @TheJediMasters + leave us...

The Bad Batch Commentary: Aftermath. Matt and John celebrate 300 episodes as well as Star Wars: The Bad Batch winning the Saturn Award for best animated series by starting their commentary collection with the first episode, Aftermath! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.c...

Rebellious Morality. John and Matt discuss the question of the morality shown by the rebellion in the Andor series, and whether it’s a necessary reflection of our conflicted natures or too much a divergence from the clearer lessons of Lucas’ films. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www....

More Star Wars Stories. SPECIAL HURRICANE EDITION Inspired by the highly-anticipated debut of “Andor,” Matt and John discuss other characters whose arcs would be interesting to explore, and the opportunities they carry for world building with them to open the Star Wars galaxy to new viewers. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.f...

Are the Jedi Evil? Inspired by a topic on the roster from this year’s DragonCon, John and Matt wrestle with the question, “Are the Jedi Evil?” Their debate looks at all aspects of the question, but most especially what clear indicators the story might show in one direction or the other. And they issue a challenge to listeners late in the show! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedb...

If Obi-Wan Negotiated. John and Matt ponder an interesting possibility from the “What If?” library of Star Wars possibilities and look at what might have happened if Obi-Wan Kenobi decided to “stand down” like Dooku demanded in Episode II during the duel in the hangar on Geonosis. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...

Book Club: The Only Witness. Matt and John return to Jude Watson’s prequel era books focused on Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan with the penultimate book in the series’ regular run, “The Only Witness.“ They explore Watson’s continued ability to craft recognizable and believable characters on the page, and the place that the lessons have in the larger mythos of Star Wars. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Se...

Star Wars Labor Laws. Matt and John tackle the question of Labor Laws in the Galaxy Far Far Away and the implications for the bureaucratic apparatus and political machines of the Old Republic, the Empire, and the New Republic. Then they dive deep into how the labor laws were used to keep the galaxy off-balance for Palpatine’s goals. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitte...

Jedi Artifact Markets. Matt and John examine the Jedi Artifact trade in the Galaxy Far Far Away and discuss its potentialities and implications for the Jedi, the Sith, and the rest of the citizens of the Republic, Empire and other eras. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty...

Hyperspace Vampires. John and Matt explore an unexpected topic spurred by the approaching Fall season: Can vampires become Force Sensitive by draining Jedi? And what are the larger implications of the answer? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subscribe in Ap...

Stranger Wars. John and Matt look at a streaming and cultural landscape dominated by the Netflix phenomenon, Stranger Things, and ask what might be preventing Star Wars from reclaiming that part of the zeitgeist. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subscribe i...

Star Wars Hospital. John and Matt look at the evolution of health care in the Star Wars saga, from limb replacement to bacta tanks, social implications to cloning, as well as the reasons and ramifications of access difficulties. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/con...

Obi-Wan Awakens. A listener sent in an interesting question about Obi-Wan’s struggle with faith and purpose in the hit streaming show on Disney+, and so Matt and John discuss where they see the character, what motivates him, and what it says about where he’s going. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ E...

Force Mind Meld. Force Powers have fluctuated through the course of the Star Wars saga, with fans introduced to unknown powers every few years. In this episode, Matt and John discuss one of the most intriguing: the ability to pull information from people’s minds. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Ema...

The Importance of Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan Kenobi is the Jedi Master on everyone’s minds right now, so Matt and John revisit his decisive turning points, starting with Attack of the Clones and how the character’s reaction to tragedy both defined and broadened our understanding of him. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The...

We'll Always Have Batuu. Recently Matt got a chance to go to Galaxy’s Edge for the first time, and here on Aggressive Negotiations is your exclusive opportunity to hear all about it! Did he love Dok Ondar’s? Was Oga’s Cantina all it was cracked up to be? Did he eat his fill of Ronto Wraps? Did anyone notice Vi Moradi? Find out the answers to all this...and more! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing...

By Any Other Name. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare John and Matt explore the titles of the Star Wars movies to date, and discuss their ideas for titles that might work instead. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Matt and John discuss the first season of The Book of Boba Fett, and some of the issues they’ve considered that may have prevented it from hitting the same mark that The Mandalorian did. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subsc...

Book Club: Shadows of the Empire. It’s been 26 years (!) since Shadows of the Empire debuted to Star Wars fans and the world at large, so Matt and John convened a special session of their Jedi Book Club to revisit and re-evaluate the book as a work. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www...

Animation Comes Alive. John and Matt debate the merits and pitfalls of animated characters crossing over into the new Star Wars live action series, and how they’ve chosen to approach stylistic differences. Also, they discuss the incredibly awesome and wonderful helicopter lightsabers, and how often we should see them in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your fe...

Obi-Wan Kenobi Reaction Show. Matt and John, both big Obi-Wan Kenobi fans (who isn’t, even if Matt takes it a little far) give their EXCLUSIVE FIRST REACTIONS to that Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Make...