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Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, we kick off some Ninth Jedi reviews with Arezou Amin! Visions continues to expand the kinds of stories that Star Wars can tell, while giving us familiar concepts, and story archetypes, to lean on as we explore the galaxy in a totally new way! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Arezou Amin: Geeky...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This is a special Sithty Second to emphasize the importance of the 2026 US Midterm elections. Unlike the major news networks, Andrés looks past the national picture to highlight the important races happening further down the ballot. Share this with your friends that think their vote doesn't count, and we'll take the next chance on and on until we win, or the chances...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés is joined by Star Wars author and WW1 Historian Dr. Chris Kempshall to talk about his new book, Star Wars: Star Pilots! We discuss NYCC, his journey from academia to Star Wars, and all the Star Pilots you can cram in an hour! Come for the dogfights, stay for the footnotes!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Disc...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés looks at the societal impact of exploiting women and how women are responding by simply opting-out of engaging with men in any meaningful way. In the words of General Kenobi, we have done this ourselves, and nothing will change until men change what is acceptable behavior in society.  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacks...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés is joined by Arezou Amin for the final review of the initial High Republic books, Trials of the Jedi. From the chaos of Marchion Ro's final plan, to how the Jedi get pushed to the brink and back again, this episode is a doozy and still leaves a few story elements untouched. For Light and Life, we're saying goodbye to some of our favorite Jedi! Follo...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés wraps up the Manga reviews of Edge of Balance as Phase 3 wraps up on the podcast. Banchii is, somehow, STILL in danger and Lily is going to give it everything she's got to protect it! Come for the finale, stay for the wildest team up in High Republic history!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Mi...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! Edge of Balance is nearing the end, and they've saved the best for last! Yoda is saving younglings and Force Throwing Nihil...and he's all out of younglings to save. Come for the little green whooping, stay for multiple nuggets of wisdom!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: The Leveler Kevmo Zin...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés competed at the Level 7 Twin Suns Showdown and chatted with the winner, runner up, and a competitor at the event to talk about the format in a competitive format and what makes it so much fun to play in general. Come for the analysis, stay for the goofs!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! We are in Phase 3 of the High Republic Manga, which means that things are heating up and multiple plot lines are coming together for the climactic conclusion of the era! Lily's grown, Azlin's old, and Yoda makes an appearance! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: Shadow of Starlight (Comics) Travy...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés chats with local Twin Suns player Ryan to chat about the Homeworlds cards that we've seen so far and how they impact the gameplay in Twin Suns specifically. These are way too early predictions, so don't bet the moisture farm on our thoughts!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes:...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés gets back to reviewing Edge of Balance with the Phase 2 volume, Precedent! Jump in the time machine and learn about the stakes of the Nihil attack. Come for the Master Ravna Fan Club, stay for Azlin's journal journey! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: Edge of Balance Vol. 1 Pr...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés looks into the state budgetary pressures in one of the richest countries in the world. We have money for war and executives to buy yachts, but we can't feed kids or provide housing for people, and that's not an accident. Come for the Rebels clip, stay for a takedown of RFK Jr! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app D...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés gets back to the political root of it all, and talks about how the chaos of the Trump Administration has led to a galaxy where the largest wallet gets the policies of their dreams. Come for the breakdown of the chaos, stay for some Vader at City Hall!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Sh...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! Andrés is traveling around the galaxy, so this week listen in as Sam, Jacob, and Drake talk about how they approaching updating their Twin Suns decks when a new set is released. Sam and Jacob's pets make their podcast debut, but they're just excited for new SWU cards like the rest of us!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés reflects on his experience at the 2026 Galactic Championship as a judge after going last year as a player. Come for the overall impressions, stay for the lessons learned and hopes for the future of the Galactic Championship!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: 2026 Galactic Cha...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés hangs out with Drake, Sam, and Jacob to play Twin Suns again and we're playing decks built around various mechanics that Star Wars Unlimited has introduced over the various sets. Everything from Coordinate in the game's third set to the latest credit shenanigans, see how these mechanics stand up to each other and hear our thoughts on the newly relea...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés continues reviewing the High Republic Manga, Edge of Balance, and it marks the end of Phase 1 in the High Republic. New characters, major changes in the group dynamics, and one Sav Malagan make for a chaotic, stressful, and thoughtful volume to end the phase. Come for the Sav hijinks, stay for a Bruce Lee quote!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes B...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés revisits the High Republic and starts reviewing Edge of Balance through the themes that the manga explores. Lily Tora-Asi is trying to make sense of what it means to be a Jedi in an era of major flux and new threats for the galaxy. From the Drengir to why Jedi use lightsabers, this is a manga that is fun on the surface, but deeply philosophical unde...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés takes a look at the SCOTUS decisions that marked this year's session and how the small victories on the court are a smokescreen for the very real and very dangerous precedent this court set as Trump enters his final two years in office with midterms looming. Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minu...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés looks at how the warm winter we just got through has set the stage for what could be a scorcher of a wildfire season. Come for the history of hot planets on Star Wars, stay for some pool talk (you know the kind).  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes:  Indy 500 Final Lap Kevin Mag...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés chats with Drake and Fred, two local players who have recently opened up a new card shop in Colorado called March To Cards! We chat about the current state of the TCG market, the journey they went through to open the store, and where they envision the store going next in their local community.  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminu...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés plays Twin Suns, the multiplayer variant of Star Wars Unlimited, with Drake, Sam, and Jacob. Come for the hijinks, stay to hear about how we all got into this game!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: Level 7 Video Avar Kriss, Marshall of Starlight Rey, Nobody  Qi'ra, I Alone S...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés shares his thoughts on Mando and Grogu and how it helps to shine a light on the mistakes that the New Republic is making which help set up the First Order in the Galactic Timeline. This is both a spoiler-free and spoiler review, so listen accordingly! Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Sho...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés is chatting about the legal landscape that is making this year's midterms more dangerous than normal with redistricting maps and the completion of Republican efforts to gut the Voting Rights Act with the latest SCOTUS decision. Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: Shelby v Holder...

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week's episode is about the water that we need to survive and how this is a rare problem that we would have already solved if capitalism didn't get in the way. Come for the Finn discourse, stay for the RFK Jr. dunks!  Follow us: Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.blacksky.app Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes:  UN Report Water Scarcity (Central Ame...