Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast

Star Wars Potpurri. Sometimes there’s just too much fun to be had diving down a Dagobah rabbit hole. Join John and Matt for a dish of Star Wars potpourri - an intoxicating melange of spicy discussion about a galaxy far, far away! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/co...

The Threat Within. The Jedi Masters’ first show of 2024 is a robust discussion of Jude Watson’s “The Threat Within,” the last regular book in the Jedi Apprentice series for Star Wars. 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 yo...

A Jedi Carol. Scrooge got a visit from 3 spirits…why not 3 Force Ghosts for Luke Skywalker? A visit to Rey from those that went before to set her on the right path? Are Force Ghosts naturally a part of that fine Dickens tradition? John and Matt explore the possibilities with, “A Jedi Carol." Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.f...

Imperial Broadcast System. The Dead Speak! …but how did they hear it? John and Matt discuss what possible mechanisms could have existed for people to hear Palatine’s mysterious message between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.co...

Star Wars Holiday Special 2. John and Matt debate whether the Star Wars Holiday Special deserves a big-budget streaming reboot, or if the time has passed on holiday specials overall, and it’s time to accept that there’s no place for it in Star Wars - or any franchise - anymore. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Th...

Star Wars Celebrations. Did the Empire allow holiday celebrations, or was everything turned toward the greater glory of the Emperor and Lord Vader? John and Matt explore this question, along with the deeper implications of a society without joy and how it might have led to the Galactic Empire’s quick demise. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebo...

Thanksgungan 2023. The season of thanks has arrived as John Mills and Matthew Rushing celebrate all the things in Star Wars we are thankful for this year! We'd be honored if you would join us. 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 Mak...

Urgent Incoming Transmission. It is the time of the season when we talk about what we are thankful for over the last year in Star Wars! Tell us what you are thankful for as we get ready for another Thanksgungan! 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...

Weird Star Wars. Has the Ahsoka series given live action Star Wars the license to get weird again? The themes, story devices and world building elements have kicked open the door for larger audiences to experience Star Wars the way the animated series have for years now: Wild and unrestrained by science fiction’s obsession with rationalization. Matt and John discuss why this is a good thing overal...

What Makes a Master? Anakin Skywalker never attained the rank of Jedi Master. John and Matt discuss what the full criteria might have been, beyond being named to the Jedi Council. How many pathways were open to a Jedi seeking advancement, and how was it determined? They look at every angle and source, from old EU to current canon. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter:...

The Maul Principle. Sometimes in Star Wars storytelling, the Force is a fickle mistress when it comes to deciding who lives and dies, and it’s led to some controversy in recent years with characters surviving a specific type of wound that killed the venerable Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. Matt and John ask, though, if there was a bigger precedent there all along set by a certain handsome villain… Host...

Don’t Give in to Hate! Is Star Wars trapped in a doom loop of trying to appeal equally to fans, non-fans, and Internet trolls who just can’t let it go? John and Matt grab the third rail and ask themselves, why do some people keep watching if they just hate it all? John and Matt try to figure it out. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https...

The Force of Physical Media. Disney announced that streaming-only series are now getting 4K releases on physical media - what does this mean for Star Wars fans, Star Wars as a brand, and the future of collecting? John and Matt dive into it all! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.then...

The Baby Yoda Effect. Has Star Wars become trapped by the fans’ desire for a big, showy surprise to kick off each show? John and Matt discuss this big question. 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 @TheJe...

More Galaxies, Farther Away. The new Star Wars series Ahsoka spurs a new question: how expansive is the Star Wars universe after all? Is it a tale of a Galaxy Far, Far Away or is it a tale of multiple galaxies and endless new possibilities? John and Matt discuss what opening that door might do for the future of Star Wars. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJedi...

Animation Domination. 15 years after the debut of the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ahsoka Tano is getting her own live-action series. Matt and John take a deep-dive look at the Star Wars animation’s lasting impact as it continued and expanded the storytelling tradition of a Galaxy Far, Far Away…. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Faceb...

Dooku Dilemma. Lucasfilm Animation’s Tales of the Jedi, like any great Star Wars storytelling, spurs as many questions as it answers. From one arc springs a question - would Count Dooku have remained a Jedi if he’d been on the Jedi Council? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdp...

Too Much Star Wars? Are we in a Golden Age of Star Wars Content, or is there such a thing as “too much Star Wars”? Bob Iger seems to think we’re getting too much content and has stated he plans to reign in the storytelling and spending in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. John and Matt ask, though: is he right? Or is he off the mark in some important way? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your fee...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part VI. John and Matt wrap up their retrospective series on the Disney Plus series, how it closes out all the storylines and if it lived up to the hype in the end. 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 f...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part V. Matt and John offer a commentary-track discussion on the fifth episode of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus series as they reach the penultimate episode of the series on their anniversary rewatch one year after its airing. Do they continue to find something to love, or discover some more missteps that echo the start of the series? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us yo...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part IV. John and Matt discuss the fourth episode of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus series as they continue their exploration of the series one year after its initial release. They discuss the momentum from the third episode, the expectations going into the fourth, and where the episode succeeds (or doesn’t) in its forwarding of the mythology. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Se...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part III. Matt and John continue their one-year rewatch of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series with a live commentary episode about the third chapter in the Obi-Wan series where his quest to get Leia Organa to safety is interrupted by a confrontation with his greatest fear: the mistakes of the past as embodied in his unexpectedly alive “former pupil”…Darth Vader. Host John Mills and Matthew...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part II. Matt and John continue their one-year rewatch of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series with a chat about the second chapter in the saga that joins Obi-Wan on his quest to locate, and escape with, Leia Organa from a seedy port planet to reunite her with her adoptive parents and keep her true heritage a secret. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJedi...

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part I. Inspired by a recent discussion and the the first anniversary of the show, John Mills and Matthew Rushing embark on a retrospective series about the Obi-Wan series to see how it holds up a year later. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact...

Eavesdropping Empire. John and Matt look at the im/practicality of monitoring the transmissions of a Galaxy Far Far Away to vet all those myriad transmissions for truth, justice, and narrative consistency when trying to quell independent thought and subversive ideas. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/...