Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast

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...

Sarlacc Mystery Snack. John and Matt peel another Star Wars story onion as they ponder what the implications are of the stormtrooper that was in the Sarlacc next to Boba Fett. Where did he come from, and how did he get there, and what story possibilities does that open? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdPar...

Grogu's Choice. John and Matt are joined by special guest Yancy Evans to discuss one of the most polarizing plot points in recent Star Wars history: Luke Skywalker’s choice to Grogu to pursue the Jedi path or the Mandalorian way. Yancy discusses his thoughts on the reflection of choice and selflessness, and joins us to explore how it mirrors Anakin’s choice and pressures as well. Host John Mills a...

The Courtship of Princess Leia. John and Matt revisit one of the original Expanded Universe novels, now relegated to “Legends” status, The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton. 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 y...

Mod People. Matt and John explore the deeper implications of body modification as a cultural movement and choice as presented in The Book of Boba Fett. 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...

Star Wars Super People. John and Matt ask a burning question: In a galaxy full of cloning, and genetic engineering, where are our Khan Noonien Singh figures? Do the Jedi fill that role, and so they don’t need them? They ponder all this and more! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.the...

Nic Anastassiou Archive: The Clone Wars: Final Season. It’s a very special week, so we’re releasing a very special episode! We journey into the archives of the Jedi Order to share a never before heard interview with Nic Anastassiou, story editor on Clone Wars and Bad Batch, to share his insights on the special labor of love that was creating the final season of Clone Wars and especially The Phanto...

An Extra Serving of Sequel. Kathleen Kennedy recently shared that some sequel trilogy characters could be returning in other projects, and so Matt & John discuss what types of projects they’d like to see in order to extend and enhance what we got with the characters of Episodes VII, VIII & IX. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www...

More Solo Stories. Solo: A Star Wars Story has been embraced in its home video run and become a respected part of the “canon” of Star Wars. Matt & John share their ideas of where the story should/could go....from a certain point of view. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdpart...

Thanksgungan 2021. It’s that time of year again! The crisp nights and bright days turn our gaze toward those things we hold dear and for which we’re thankful. Join John and Matt as they share all those things that they find best about being a Star Wars fan in 2021 from new productions to treasured characters to the love shown from fans. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Tw...