Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast

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...

noke Signals. John and Matt revisit all that we know about Snoke, and after that 30 seconds is done, discuss all the missed and continuing opportunities there are to develop the character and create/reveal more of his story. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact...

Making Connections. Matt and John have an honest discussion about when a Star Wars property has the obligation to bring in established characters, whether anything is lost by doing so, and how creators have made their decisions work...or not. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thener...

Luke to the Rescue. John and Matt have discussed aspects before, and specific points, but this time they discuss their thoughts and reactions to the entirety of The Mandalorian’s second season. 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 Ma...

The Death of Hope. Matt and John return to the Jedi Apprentice series with The Death of Hope, a book with quite a number of surprising turns and character developments for Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi! 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...

The Last Skywalker. John and Matt return to The Rise of Skywalker to discuss their thoughts with a rewatch one year later. Have our opinions changed for the better or for the worse? You don't want to miss this episode! 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...

Fett History. Matt and John debate what the revelations from The Mandalorian episode, "The Tragedy", mean for the origin story of Jango Fett, and its implications for what we’ve seen about Mandalorian culture. 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 A...

Paul Duncan: The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005. Aggressive Negotiations is proud to welcome back, author Paul Duncan as he has completed his newest archive book for Star Wars, this time focusing on the Prequel Trilogy! This is an interview and book not to be missed. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/...

Law & Order: X-Wing. John and Matt discuss the world building of The Mandalorian, and what it reveals about the mistakes the New Republic is making as it tries to establish itself, and how it mirrors the Old Republic and the Empire. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com...

To Train or Not to Train. John and Matt explore Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, “The Jedi,” and its implications about the Jedi way, The Mandalorian way, and our questions of free will, destiny, and belonging. 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...

Thanksgungan 2020. Matt and John continue their celebration of everything they’re thankful for within the franchise, legacy, and fanbase 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 you follow us on X @TheJediMasters...

Sand People Perspectives. John and Matt discuss the story arc of the Tuskens onscreen, and how our growing understanding of their culture mirrors our own growing understanding of the Mandalorians, and the larger elements of Star Wars in general. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.the...

Who's the Better Boba? Matt poses one heck of a question in the aftermath of the ninth episode of The Mandalorian: Who’s the better Boba? Or, as some might say, “Who wore it better?” 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...

Droids! John and Matt discuss their favorite droids, what makes these characters so integral to what makes Star Wars work, and what they’ve seen as the saga developed and our real-world understanding on artificial intelligence grew. This is the way. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www...

"Redemption" Commentary. Matt and John revisit the final episode season 1 for The Mandalorian, “Redemption,” with a commentary track exploring what they saw as the hallmarks of Taika Waititi’s direction, the places where the humor worked (or didn’t), the exhilarating action, the pacing, and everything else. And of course, they share what they see as the importance of that final reveal for longtime...

"The Reckoning" Commentary. Matt and John revisit the penultimate episode of The Mandalorian, “The Reckoning,” with a commentary track exploring everything that made the episode work so well while highlighting its real role as the beginning of a quiet 2-part opening arc for Season 2. This is the way. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: http...

"The Prisoner" Commentary. John and Matt revisit the sixth episode of The Mandalorian, “The Prisoner,” with a commentary track exploring their reactions and opinions on the episode’s successes and its esteemed place among fans, while noting its deft use of action, music, humor and physicality to advance our understanding of character. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twit...