Star Wars Book Community Podcast

Tessa Gratton has been very busy of late, with two Star Wars novels released in the last 18 months and two more due to be published in the months ahead. But they kindly took the time to sit down with Morgan and Jonny to talk about their work on Star Wars, writing villains, killing beloved characters, collaborating with Justina Ireland and the rest of the Project Luminous crew and much more. Enjoy!...

This week on Canon Catch-Up, Jonny escapes from the Legends Library to chat with Dan about the Chewbacca comic miniseries, written by Marvel regular Gerry Duggan, with sublime art by Phil Noto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special comics roundup episode, Dan and Chris sit down with writer Ethan Sacks, to mark the ending of his fantastic 42 issue series Bounty Hunters, and celebrate all its brilliant moments. Ethan dives really deep into the full creative process behind writing the series, and gives some potential hints and what could come next in the future. They all discuss Ethan's new mini-series, Jango Fe...

Deliciously insane Sith Lords, a Jedi Knight alone behind enemy lines, and enough literary and historical references to fill a Death Star! In this episode of Legends Library, Jonny is joined by Jesse and Alex to chat about the first volume of John Jackson Miller's Knight Errant comic series and the novel of the same name. Tangents and reminiscences include: Ulysses 31, Tales of the Jedi comics, JJ...

In this unique Valentine's Day episode, Morgan (@NotAForceUser) takes a deep dive into Star Wars romance. In addition to giving you a round-up of some of the best Star Wars novels to scratch your romance itch, they also spend some time breaking down why romance is often looked down upon and overlooked in literary circles and where Star Wars still has room to grow. What do you think of their choice...

In this episode of Canon Catch-Up, Dan and Chris dive into Vol.2 of Jason Aaron's 2015 Star Wars run, featuring big muscly Hutts, roman gladiator arenas, and much more weirdness! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comics Roundup! January! Shitboys! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Jackson Miller! Justina Ireland! Lydia Kang! Ario Anindito! And more! For this special Star Wars Podcast Day episode we're celebrating not only the 25th anniversary of the first Star Wars podcast, but everything that makes the Star Wars Book Community great. We have messages from Star Wars creators talking about why they love writing and drawing Star Wars. And from readers around the Star War...

In the first of this new series for 2024, Chris (swbookcollector) and Jason (thisdadreads) give their SPOILER-FREE thoughts and review of the new High Republic middle-grade novel 'Escape from Valo' by Daniel Jose Older and Alyssa Wong. Is it worth your time? Tune in to find out! If you enjoyed this new format for a show let us know! You can find the podcast on all socials @swbcpodcast. Thanks! Hos...

Spy movie vibes, awkward family relationships, heists, action and heart! Join Jonny and Jesse as they dive into one of their favourite novels of The Old Republic era, Annihilation. Annihilation was first published mere weeks after the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm and would prove to be the final piece of tie-in publishing supporting the Star Wars: The Old Republic online roleplaying game. Hosted...

On this week's Canon Catch-Up Jonny is let loose from the Legends Library to chat to Dan, Chris and guest Nick Conrad (Nick and Melo's Hyperspace) about 2015's Lando comic miniseries by Charles Soule and artist Alex Maleev. Such are the riches of this comic and Soule's contributions to canon since, that the conversation covers not only Lando, Lobot and co., but Vader (with apologies to Greg Pak),...

Star Wars Book Community founding member John (aka @StarWarsPada101) stages a community takeover today 😃 to talk to three Star Wars collectors about the challenges and joys of reading Star Wars. Great insights here from John, Jean (@jeansversion), KC (@galaxyfarfaragray) and Danny (@dannyfandoms). We started this podcast feed with the hope that other members of the Star Wars reading community wou...

On this weeks episode of Canon Catch-Up, Dan and Chris dive into the 2nd volume of Gillen's 2015 Darth Vader run, exploring all the shadowy intrigue of Vader and Aphra's post New Hope adventures. Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starlight Beacon is down! The Stormwall is up! Jonny & Dan are joined by Chelsea Zukowski (Space Wizard's Book Club, Star Wars Insider) to dive into The High Republic: Eye of Darkness. Spoilers, characters under the spotlight, Star Wars physics, Jedi love and more! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny is joined in the Legends Library this week by Star Wars: The Old Republic super fan and lore master Bradley Keats to talk about massively multiplayer online role-playing game that spawned a handful of books and comics and that is still going strong after 12 years! You can find more of Bradley’s insights and dives into the world and lore of The Old Republic in his YouTube channel Darth Brad M...

This week on Canon Catch Up, we are diving into the adult and junior novelizations of The Force Awakens. In our first novelization episode, Morgan and Chris talk about what it means to be a "good" film novelization, how successful both Alan Dean Foster and Michael Kogge's novelizations are, our experiences with The Force Awakens when it first came out, and some of the context for both novelization...

Comics Roundup is back to cover all the comic releases for the month of December 23. Dan, Chris and Jon dive in to the finale to Dark Droids and much more! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks Canon Catch-Up, Dan and Chris dive into the final piece of the Journey to the Force Awakens puzzle, Greg Rucka's 4 issue mini-series Shattered Empire. Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The annual Star Wars Book Community Awards comes to the SWBC Podcast! Host Chris is joined by Dan as they talk us through all the nominees and winners from the various award categories, all voted for online by the fans within the Star Wars Book Community! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the first Canon Catch-Up of the new year, Morgan chats with relative newcomers to the podcast, John and Tanner, about the first official tie-in novel to The Force Awakens, Before the Awakening. An excellent junior novel featuring short stories about each of the three main characters of the sequel trilogy, this is a must-read for fans of that era. Follow along as we chat about the legacy of trai...

Join Dan, Chris, Morgan and Jonny as they wrap-up 2023 with a chat about their favourite Star Wars moments from 2023 and look ahead to 2024! Happy New Year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Holidays! It’s the (first) Annual Star Wars Book Community Holidays Quiz! Joins two teams of Star Wars book fans from the community as they put themselves against each other and a Death Star full of diabolical questions set by the SWBC Podcast admin team! Massive thanks to all of the participants who made this possible. Check out their podcasts / websites / socials! Connor and Christie from...

The events of the online game The Old Republic loom in this final tie-in comic miniseries. Jonny (@JournalsOfTheWhills) and Jesse (@LegendsTwinSun1980) dive into the introduction of spy Theron Shan, crazy-old-wizard Jedi Master Ngani Zho and sulky Twi'lek smuggler Teff'ith in this comic miniseries written by Alexander Freed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Canon Catch-Up, regulars Dan and Chris discuss the fantastic first volume of the Rebels tie-in comic Kanan! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legends Library is back! Jonny and Jesse are joined by Jason (This Dad Reads) to chat about Jedi, Sith, rogues, spies and more as they dive into The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.