Thrawnderdome

The boys are joined by special guest Alex to talk Star Wars video games in the Nineteen Hundred and Nineties! Thrill as Alex deploys their professional inside knowledge age a video games worker! Chill as Ronnie spends an inordinate amount of time talking about Duke Nukem! Spill your coffee when the pod let's loose on Irish people! It's CD-ROMs and Grand Admiral Thrawns. Email the show at thrawnder...

Oh boy, is Daniel in hot water this time!! Astute listeners may have noticed that our recap episodes on Dark Force Rising abruptly jumped from chapter 21 to chapter 25 in their original release. This is due to a drastic oversight on Daniel's part, explained herein! The missing episode, "Spaceships Can Solve A Lot of Problems" Season 2 Episode 9 will be published along with this mea culpa, backdate...

For the second interseason bonus episode, Daniel and Ronnie watched 50% of Anthony Daniels' non-C-3PO filmography: the 1990 horror comedy I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle. And loved it! The boys are blindsided by this lovingly crafted, relentlessly silly bit of Birmingham (UK) cinema. Take a listen as they talk about how crappy the buildings are in Britain, how good Prime Suspect is, and how Anthony...

On this interseason bonus episode of Thrawnderdome, Daniel and Ronnie expertly dissect the last movie to use the trademarked characters and situations of Star Wars with Lucasfilm's approval before the Disney acquisition: 2009's Fanboys. A 1998 period piece filmed in 2007 and unceremoniously dumped on the public in February 2009, Fanboys was Ready Player One novelist Ernest Cline's first bite at th...

Garm? That guy's name was Garm the whole time? Luke Skywalker can't understand that he's attracted to someone, Daniel accidentally casts Freddie Prinze Jr. as Grand Admiral Thrawn, and the boys do some Monday morning quarterbacking for writing the second volume in a trilogy based on a moribund blockbuster film property 31 years ago. Email the show at thrawnderdomepod@gmail.com ! Hosted on Acast. S...

Han and Lando's cruise resort vacation is cut short, the gang finds the Katana Fleet at long last, Borsk Fel'lya is hoist upon his own petard, and your hosts copyright Zahn and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tm tm do not steal. Into the Thrawnderdome debate segment - Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Email all complaints using the subject line FORWARD TO RONNIE to thrawnderdomepod@gmail.com Hosted on A...

The SECRET episode THEY (Daniel) didn't want you to hear! Yes friends, Daniel's Folly struck again as there was an entire episode recorded and edited that I never uploaded, hence our recap was missing three chapters between episodes 08 and 09 of this season. This episode will be published on 8/**/23 but backdated to its proper episode order. Daniel gets loose with the anti-Dutch talk, and Talon Ka...

Can a 40 year old man and a 34 year old boy find common ground over a 31 year old book? On this episode, Mara Jade cuts a deal with Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grand Admiral Thrawn snakes Mara Jade on the deal, and Luke Skywalker leaves his sensei after meeting a girl. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Widescreen vs. Full Screen Email the show at thrawnderdomepod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Daniel gets the episode number wrong right at the top (it's episode seven!), Ronnie is disgusted by the term "pleasure yacht," Han Solo cracks the case by learning Grand Admiral Thrawn's name halfway through the second book, and Ronnie admits he is merely the GUEST co-host of Thrawnderdome. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Tim Heidecker vs. Gregg Turkington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Daniel relates the woeful tale of the Drowned Library, Luke Skywalker meets Joruus C'baoth and takes a wagon ride into town, and Lando demonstrates his exhaustive knowledge of starship upholstery. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Mario vs. Luigi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I sing, O Muse, of the rage of... Bel Iblis? That's right, Thrawnderinos, we finally meet the legendary titan no one has heard of! Daniel eats crow as his predictions about The Commander turn to ashes in his mouth, Niles Ferrier gets an assignment and an "unbreakable doomsday weapon" strapped to him, and the fellows liken Facebook to the staid and uptight world of key parties. Into the Thrawnderdo...

Featuring C-3PO as Bailiff! In this episode, a second hot chocolate has hit the trilogy, Lando hides behind some barrels and Daniel attempts to predict what will happen in a Timothy Zahn novel (we'll see if he gets it right). Listeners to the debate segment earn three credits of History of Bob's Big Boy 105. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Funko Pop!s vs. Flushing Money Down the Toilet Hosted...

It's almost May the Fourth so you know what that means, Star Wars fans: It's gonna be May! On this episode, a textual controversy over possible Bri'ish localization in Daniel's ebooks erupts, we find out what the "Dark Force" in Dark Force Rising is, Daniel channels TZ to provide a badly needed author note, and we celebrate Zahn's moving portrayal of mental impairment in the elderly. Into the Thra...

And so it resumes... Thwarted thrillingly, Thrawn thrums with thurmoil! Yes we are cracking open the second entry in the vaunted Thrawn Trilogy, Dark Force Rising. What happened to all our old favorites in the aftermath of the Sluis Van raid? What sort of distinctively smelling starship thieves will they meet? Is this Mr. Hyde's world and Dr. Jekyll is just living in it? All these questions AND MO...

Extry, extry, read all about it! It's the hottest news out of Tinseltown, or should we say Thrawnseltown? Daniel and Ronnie smashed that record button in a sweaty panic to get their thoughts on tape on the news that Grand Admiral Thrawn will be appearing in a live action Star Wars streaming series. They know next to nothing about the show, where it fits in the continuity, or who the driving creati...

We are back for season two of Thrawnderdome! Per longstanding tradition we just decided on, we open the season with a relaxed chat episode featuring the encyclopedic Thrawn knowledge of Megan Sunday from the magisterial Dune podcast Let's Get Weirding! How has Thrawn appeared in non Zahn material? Which iterations most struck a chord? Does Timothy Zahn get royalties? All these and yet more burning...

Promises made, promises kept. During the Marcel the Shell debate in Thrawnderdome S1E7 A Star Wars Cassette In Your Trans Am, Daniel pledged to see the Marcel the Shell With Shoes On feature film for himself. This is his story. Join Ronnie in spiking the football all over Daniel eating helping after helping of crow as they discuss how much they both enjoyed it. Thrawnderdome Season Two: Dark Force...

At long last, the full Artist's Vision! That's right, on this very special episode of Thrawnderdome, Daniel and Ronnie dive into the very mind of Timothy Zahn himself with an all-endnotes episode. We're reading Timothy and Betsy's real-time thoughts twenty years later on the masterwork that is The Warlord's Gambit. Join us for Season 2 as we read the second book in the foundational Thrawn Trilogy,...

On this episode, Daniel and Ronnie wrap up Heir to the Empire and deliver some final thoughts and takeaways. At long last some War takes place among the Stars, Admiral Ackbar gets a perp walk, and Betsy relates the story of the time Timothy Zahn met George Lucas. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - City Mouse vs. Country Mouse We will see you soon for season two to continue the Thrawn Trilogy wi...

On this episode of Thrawnderdome, Daniel ruins a nearly perfect season with flub after flub, Luke Skywalker looks like he was stung by bees, and your hosts pass for native Tampans. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Who is the superior Hanna-Barbera talking animal: Scooby Doo or Jabberjaw? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They said it could never be done. FOUR chapters covered in ONE episode? Impossible, they said. They were wrong. On this super-sized episode Luke wakes up again, we talk anti-Jedi neck apparel, Leia gets a tight action moment, and at long last we learn why Mara Jade hates Luke. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: The Office US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Han Solo is accosted by a hillbilly holy man, Timothy Zahn AGAIN spends pages and pages on Luke Skywalker futzing around with electrical wire, and Daniel makes sure everyone knows what a fancy college boy he is by referencing Ways of Seeing. All this and more on this episode of Thrawnderdome! Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Movies: Yae or Nay? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Daniel completely botches the Christmas weather forecast, Ronnie mounts a passionate defense of late 2000s millennial Urban Outfitters culture, and Luke Skywalker meets Talon Karrde here on the world's only Generation X Star Wars podcast. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel whiffs it when Timothy Zahn's notes become unavailable and he accidentally deletes his outline for the episode. Ronnie heroically carries the podcast to hilarious results. Turns out Luke never told anyone that he had been to Dagobah, the Lunchbox Characters hatch a plan to bamboozle their pursuers, and Thrawn gets a couple of good villain moments. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: tippin...

On this trenchant and incisive episode of Thrawndersome, Ronnie earns his law degree by osmosis from Law & Order, Luke Skywalker has boring feelings on Dagobah, and Timothy Zahn insists that there is no such thing as paper in Star Wars. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Feathers on dinosaurs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.