Star Wars 7x7: A Daily Bite-Sized Dose of Star Wars Joy

The Vandor train heist - and its prologue and aftermath - are what we're looking at in today's installment of our series on the secrets of the Solo: A Star Wars Story "Expanded Edition" (aka, the novelization). There may be a few nods to the old Expanded Universe here... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some...

In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Tobias Beckett considers taking Han and Chewie off Mimban with them because his crew is "short-handed." But how did they get short-handed in the first place? The movie doesn't explain, but the "Expanded Edition" novelization has the answer - and also reveals whether Beckett saw Han or Chewie as bringing the element he needed to add back into the crew. Punch it! ***I'm l...

In the first of our series of episodes looking at the "Expanded Edition" (aka the Solo: A Star Wars Story novelization), we're digging into the new insights into the Corellian opening of the movie, including Han's original coaxium plan, how he and Qi'ra lost their pursuers, and much more. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, an...

Do people talk in a more hostile way to women than men on Twitter, when they're talking about Star Wars? A new analysis from Bethany Lacina, a political science professor, at the University of Rochester, certainly makes that case. I'm talking to Bethany today about her work, her own appreciation for Star Wars, and what her findings mean for the "average" fan. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! G...

Now that we've given you the top takeaways from the novel Star Wars: Last Shot, today's episode is the review episode! Yes, normally the review episode comes before all the spoiler-y episodes, but considering the whole "fractured narrative" thing, we thought we'd do it in a different order this time around... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star...

Our last summary of the major takeaways from Star Wars: Last Shot concludes with the high points from the "Now" timeframe of the novel, more than two years after the events of the Aftermath Trilogy. This includes Ben Solo nearly getting killed by a culinary droid (really), and Han and Lando making some very adult strides in their most intimate relationships. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go...

Okay, NOW we get to Han Solo's part in this whole crazy "Last Shot" affair, and it involves the mysterious Sana Starros, she of the "marriage" to Han from her introduction via the Marvel Comics a few years ago. And things only get more complicated as a result... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous...

Before we get to Han Solo's involvement in this whole droid apocalypse scenario, we have to examine an interlude in Star Wars: Last Shot that also, as it happens, helps to bring into stark relief a potential continuity issue with the timeframes of the stories within Last Shot. Or, is it that we're in an "unreliable narrator" situation? Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/...

Fyzen Gor swore revenge on the galaxy in 13BBY, in Daniel José Older's novel Last Shot. Three years later, he was well on his way to making it a reality. Meanwhile, L3-37 knew exactly what Gor was up to - and was planning to stop him! How is getting uploaded into the Millennium Falcon's central computer going to affect her plans, and his? Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.c...

How did Lando and Han get into so much trouble in Daniel José Older's "Last Shot"? Well, it all started about twenty years ago - 13BBY, more precisely - when a promising young Pau'an medical student's bad day sowed the seeds of an apocalyptic vision. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for...

In its 15th weekend of release, Solo: A Star Wars Story is still in 90 movie theaters in the US, but for all intents and purposes it's reached the end of its theatrical run. And considering that Solo's home release is coming in a few short days, this will be the last "Scoundrel Business" report on the box office totals, and our projections for where it will land on the charts for 2018. Punch it! *...

Here we are in the month of September, and this will be the first time in four years that we don't have a Force Friday event to look forward to. Yes, they called it "Rogue Friday" in 2016, but it was the same thing, of course. And that got me thinking about the fact that we'll never have a Force Friday event at Toys 'R' Us ever again... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com...

A new behind-the-scenes featurette for Star Wars Resistance was released earlier this week, and if you look carefully, you'll get to see some very interesting surprises. Like, General Leia Organa, Kylo Ren's shuttle, and a character who *could* be Cardinal from the Phasma novel, but might in fact be his replacement. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to t...

Tomorrow marks the one-month anniversary of the start of filming for Episode IX, and they've already started filming on location! Not exotically, but still... Also, casting news, and nuggets from interviews given by Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for y...

In our last look at excerpts from Solo: A Star Wars Story Expanded Edition (the novelization of the movie), we get more clarity on the link between the leader of the Cloud-Riders, Enfys Nest, and the leader of the Partisans, Saw Gerrera. There's also a surprise appearance of another young and rebellious female... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the...

Fun Fact: The Millennium Falcon's main computer is composed of three different droid brains! We know that L3-37 is one of them, thanks to Solo: A Star Wars Story. And thanks to a new excerpt from the "Expanded Edition" novelization, we know much more. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for...

There were three years between Han and Qi'ra being separated on Corellia and being reunited on Vandor. We know (generally) what happened to Han in those three years, but how about Qi'ra? Well, another excerpt from the Solo: A Star Wars Story novelization helps to fill in the gaps... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'...

The "Expanded Edition" of the Solo: A Star Wars Story novelization comes out next week, but we're already being showered with excerpts from the book - excerpts that come from scenes not included in the movie. And in today's episode, we're going to talk about one of them, which reveals what Han did to finally get himself kicked out of the flight academy. Plus, find out how fan-favorites Tag and Bin...

Obi-Wan and Yoda discovered the Anakin/Vader secret via security camera footage from the massacre at the Jedi Temple. It doesn't look like they saved a copy of footage, but what happened to the it? At least one copy seems to have survived... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pled...

I'm clarifying a bit about the parameters of who knew the Anakin/Vader secret today, and adding a new set of people to the list - only one of whom actually survived when Darth Vader himself came to town. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full S...

When the canon was rebooted in 2014, the only people who knew that Anakin Skywalker was Darth Vader were Obi-Wan and Yoda, as far as we knew. (And Palpatine, of course, but we're not counting him because Sith happens.) There may have been others in the old Expanded Universe (now "Legends"), but not anymore. Over the last few years, though, the number of people in on the secret is growing again. Pu...

They come from fans, of course! Well, that's the simple answer to a simple question. The more complex question is, why do you hear about certain fan theories being reported on fandom-focused websites? They're often not the ones generating the ideas, so where are they finding them, and how are they deciding which ones to share with you? Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/...

We all have theories about what might happen in upcoming Star Wars movies. But is it a good thing when fandom-focused websites raise some of those theories up to the level of being reporting-worthy news? And how does that affect our viewing and enjoyment of the actual movies themselves? Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and...

More updates on things you can't believe or shouldn't take for granted, including Dan Mindel's alleged set photo, Richard E. Grant's alleged role, Episode IX's alleged splitting, and the production's alleged end date. Plus, what Domhnall Gleeson actually does think about the J.J. Abrams-helmed conclusion to the Skywalker Saga. Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - set on a space station, and focused on the crew stationed there. Star Wars: Resistance - set on a refueling platform, and our hero's mission is to find who's good and who's bad there. And that's where the similarities begin... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you'll get some fabulous rewards...