Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast

Grievous, Did You Know? General Grievous’ role at the opening of Revenge of the Sith was pivotal in a number of ways, and one decision could have undone any other. John and Matt discuss the repercussions of his actions, how much he knew about Sidious’ real machinations, and how much an obstacle he would have been to an ascendant Anakin. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Tw...

Defending Ahsoka's Walkabout. When Ahsoka Tano’s first arc hit the screens for the final season of The Clone Wars, fan reaction was surprisingly mixed, and remains so. Matt and John offer some thoughts on why that might be, and their own reactions to the arc with the benefit of time and perspective. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https...

Currency and Trade. John and Matt explore a unique question about the Galaxy Far Far Away...how exactly did the Republic and the Empire set monetary policy, and how did they maintain a valuation system when so many sectors had their own coin of the realm? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http...

Maul Wins! In their continuing exploration of the density and complexity of story in the Star Wars saga, John and Matt discuss if one domino had NOT fallen at the end of The Phantom Menace: How differently would things go if Maul had won? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdpar...

Visionary Wars. Matt and John discuss Star Wars Visions, whether it’s “true Star Wars,” the place of art in fandom, the silly arguments that people make on social media about timelines and “canon,” and the future of dance lessons at the Jedi Temple. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www...

Ahsoka the Dark? John and Matt ponder one of the most sensitive questions they have in awhile: Could Ahsoka Tano ever have turned to the Dark Side and/or become a Sith? 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...

Book Club: Call to Vengeance. Matt and John return to the Jedi Apprentice series reviews with Jude Watson’s A Call to Vengeance, wherein Qui-Gon teeters to the edge of the Dark Side, Obi-Wan progresses a little more to the man we would come to know, and a surprising insight into Mace Windu is found. Also they ask, would there be a law or rule for Jedi who strayed since they were officials of the R...

Dirty Jobs. John and Matt have a fun - but occasionally deep - discussion about the professions they’d least want to pursue and jobs they wouldn’t want in the 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/contact Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Make sure you f...

Battlefronts! Matt and John discuss their favorite battles from the Star Wars saga, whether they’re space based, land based, or simply iconic. They also discuss the battles that left a little to be desired, but mainly it’s about what made those wars in a galaxy far, far away so memorable. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.face...

Lightsaber Lost? Luke Skywalker, whether through luck or The Force, managed to keep his lightsaber while dueling Darth Vader on Cloud City. The Jedi Masters discuss the ramifications if it had fallen away instead of landing on the gantry. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdpar...

J.W. Rinzler Appreciation Episode. JW Rinzler’s incredible contribution to Star Wars fandom is the skillful telling of fascinating behind-the-scenes info in a compelling way. In this episode the “Jedi Masters” express their appreciation and gratitude for everything he’s contributed, as well as his other works. He’s currently been given a prognosis that we wish he weren’t a GoFundMe has been establ...

Unseen Clone Wars. Matt and John return to debate an interesting question: Would it be worthwhile to return to The Clone Wars with never-before-seen stories, or has that era passed forever? 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 s...

The Morals of Westerns. This week Matt and John field a question from a listener about what they see as the moral and film tradition of the American Western and how successful George Lucas was in taking on and carrying forward its place in cinema. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.t...

What if Palpatine Died? What if Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine had died at the beginning of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith? This is the question that the Jedi Masters ponder this week, trying to figure what story permutations would happen and if the eventual march to Empire was inevitable under Moff Windu, and what role Citizen Ahsoka Tano or Maul might play. Host John Mills and M...

The Heart of the Jedi. Something has awakened in Star Wars fandom...and it was an unpublished book from 1993, made available online! This week the @TheJediMasters discuss their reactions to the “lost book” from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, The Heart of the Jedi by Kenneth C. Flint. They share their take on the themes, the story, and what impact it would have had if it were published a long tim...

The Disney Era. The Jedi Masters are back! This week they discuss the results of a Twitter poll they ran on the @TheJediMasters Twitter account, and the possible implications of how the votes split. 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 Podcas...

Return to Endor. John & Matt return to Endor to explore an interesting idea: A new Ewok Adventure movie, rebooting the beloved (?) series and bringing it to the modern day. Who comes back? What stays the same? Is it a root-and-branch reworking? Tune in and find out how they’d pitch the most unlikely Star Wars sequel this side of the Holiday Special! Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your...

Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Star Wars: The Bad Batch has been released, and is all the talk of fandom. So Matt and John sit down to discuss the first two episodes of this series, giving their reactions to character, plot, artistry, and just about anything else that comes to mind. What did they think? You’ll just have to listen to find out. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! T...

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. John and Matt return to Endor (or is it?) for the second infamous prequel-ish adventure with Wicket’s tribe of Ewoks as they survive attacks by evil pirates led by a fearsome-is general allied with a scary-ish witch and enlist Wilford Brimley to mount a rescue mission in the matte-painting enhanced hills of Skywalker Ra...we mean the Forest Moon of Endor. Host John Mil...

The Faithful Wookiee. Matt and John look at the legendary cartoon from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, “The Tale of the Faithful Wookiee,” which introduced the world for the first - but not last - time to 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...

Caravan of Courage. John and Matt celebrate the love with a return to Endor for a prequel-ish adventure with the lovable local Ewoks as they meet a stranded family and mount a rescue mission in the hills of Skywalker Ra...we mean the Forest Moon of Endor. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http...

Legacy Characters. Matt and John discuss the importance of legacy characters and whether their presence makes it easier to sell a new Star Wars series, or if it’s all that much a factor. While The Clone Wars brought in legacy characters from the beginning, Rebels searched for an audience early on, but The Mandalorian launched with all original characters. What is the key? Host John Mills and Matth...

How Many Jedi? John and Matt explore a question from a listener on Twitter: How many Jedi is “too many” to have survived Order 66? 10? 100? 1000? They also discuss the implications of numbers on either end of the scale. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subs...

Irreplaceable? Matt and John field a question they received from a listener about who’s replaceable and who isn’t, in terms of actors in a galaxy far, far away. Does animation show us the way? Is anyone too good to recast? Is Matt the Pope of the Church of Obi-Wan? Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ E...

Speed Racers. John and Matt explore one of the overlooked aspects of the cool ship designs in Star Wars and share their favorite land vehicles. Did yours make the cut? 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...