Execute Chapter 66 : a Star Wars fiction podcast

Poor Obi-Wan Kenobi. He lost his master, and got landed with a kid he wasn't prepared to train. A kid who went on to whine about sand, murder a bunch of younglings, and betray everyone and everything Obi-Wan ever cared about. So when he goes off to Tatooine to watch over young Luke Skywalker he's not in the best mood. Luckily there's enough local drama to keep him occupied for a while. Between a l...

A ragtag group of heroes going up against a seemingly unstoppable force may sound like a trope. It is, but it's a trope that works well in the Star Wars universe. The problem with the first book of a series is that you can sometimes spend a little too much time in set up. Whether that's true or not for Alphabet Squadron is a matter of personal opinion, but there are some good things going on here....

In the late 90's Shadows of the Empire was a pretty big deal. There was a book, a video game, toys, and various other things revolving around this ambitious project. For better or worse it's been moved back into the realm of legends, but we still wanted to talk about it. Some things in the old expanded universe have aged better than others, and this book was very different than we remembered. Join...

It's time to dip our toes into the world of Star Wars Legends. Darth Plagueis is only mentioned once across nine full movies, but his effect can be felt throughout the entire series. The Sith lord who helped make old Sheev the super villain of Star Wars has a pretty great history, and this book tells it well. While it may not have the action of other offerings, it's so well written that you'll be...

Star Wars movies love to just jump right into the thick of things, often without telling us how we got from point A to point B. That's where novels come in handy. Today we're taking a look at the novel that bridges the gap between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. If you feel like Wedge was robbed by only getting two seconds of screen time in The Rise of Skywalker then this might be the per...

We got a little out of order in our excitement to post the Ahsoka episode. Master and Apprentice explores the difficult relationship between Qui-Gon Jinn and his young padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi as they try to save a planet and princess in peril. Along the way we also learn more about Qui-Gon and his former master Count Dooku. Join us for a thrill ride into far off space with terrorists, jewel thieves...

We were all heartbroken when Anakin's padawan, Ahsoka Tano, walked away from the Jedi order at the "end" of The Clone Wars animated series. Then we got to be happy again when she showed up on Rebels, but what was she doing for all that time in between? The novel Ahsoka gives us a lot of those answers. Join us as we explore the novel, and get pumped about the new last season of The Clone Wars. The...

In this episode we take on the new novelization of The Rise of Skywalker. I know we said that we'd be doing Master and Apprentice this time, but with the movie so recently released for home viewing we thought this was more timely. Whether you love or hated The Rise of Skywalker the book does add many things that the movie was missing. Join in as we delve deeply into those things, and how they may...

This time we're discussing  Thrawn: Treason , comparing it to the original Thrawn trilogy, and laying out our hopes for  Star Wars: The High Republic . Still none of us has figured out why the world cares so much about Eli Vanto. If you happen to know please shoot us a message because we just don't get it.  Be sure to join the  Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group  and g...

For our first episode we're starting with one of the most iconic characters of the star wars legends recently brought back to canon: Grand Admiral Thrawn. Listen in as we discuss the first two books in the Thrawn trilogy. Don't worry, we'll be talking about the third book and the original series next time. Be sure to join the  Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group  and get in on the con...