The Star Wars Stacks

Episode Description After a long, long time, the Stacks crew returns with a book review! We are starting fresh with the first book in the new High Republic series, Light of the Jedi, by Charles Soule. It's good to be back! Next time, we'll continue in the High Republic timeframe with a young adult novel by one of oiur favourite authors, Caludia Gray! Give Into the Dark a read and send us your thoughts!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Darth Bane: Rule of Two and The Old Republic: Deceived   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow

In our second RPG session, our erstwhile heroes Salunae, Groz and Arnina escape the Nomad's Fortune make their way through the battle-scarred forests of Boz Pity...all the way to their first fight!

Joe, Rico, Angela and our intrepid game master Chris get together for our first "real", "official" RPG adventure and boy does it start off with a bang! Join us, as we embark on our journey aboard the Nomad's Fortune!

Episode Description Happy Holidays! For our last episode of 2019, we get our RPG crew together and review the "final" entry in the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker. Warning, this is a spoiler-filled review, that aside, enjoy and we'll join you all next time for our first real RPG session!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description Finally, without further ado, the group got together and played the "intro/tutorial" adventure for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire entitled "Escape from Mos Shuuta". While we certainly aren't experts at the game just yet, we learned a lot in this first session! Chris GMs us while Rico, Jen, Angela and Joe try to escape the wrath of the Hutts!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description Well, we have a few RPG sessions under our belts, now we just need to get them edited and put up on the feed! While we wait for that, Jen, Joe, Angela and Rico get together to chat about the first two chapters of the Manadlorian, out now on Disney+!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! See the Mandalorian on Disney+ For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description One last hurrah where we finally assemble the whole crew before we kick off our first RPG play session! We get to meet Angela and her Bounty Hunter, review the rest of our characters, we chat a little bit about the game mechanics and finally Chris gives us a small preview of the situation that will kick off our first adventure!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description This time around, Chris, Jen, Joe and Rico read out the results of their brainstorm session and give a bit more on their character backgrounds and bios and get ready to have our first run!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description In this episode, Chris, Jen, Joe and our good buddy Rico get together and roll up the basic concepts for our RPG characters!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!     For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description Well, Celebration has come and gone. We didn't make it this time but we did get to see a new trailer for Star Wars: Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker. Chris and Jen get together to discuss their initial reactions to it!   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!   Check out these episodes too: Star Wars Celebration 2017 Aftermath and Trailer Time!   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description It's been quite awhile, but we are back with episode 69! This time around, the three of us get together and catch up on what's been going on since November. After that, we get into some initial discussion about our previously announced Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG project! We talk a bit about the game, roleplaying in general and our hopes about our upcoming adventure! For more info on the game system we'll be using, check here: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-edge-of-the-empire/   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro!   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description In episode 68, we hit the next entry in Timothy Zahn's new series focusing on the early days of Grand Admiral Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. This is going to be our last show of 2019, listen on to the end to hear what's coming next for us! The show isn't going away, but there are some changes in the pipe.    Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Heir to the Empire and Thrawn For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Episode Description In episode 67, we change course a bit quickly, instead of reviewing Last Shot, we call a mulligan and change course. Chris and Jen (Joe fell ill unfortunately) discuss the metric ton of recent Star Wars and other genre news. If you would still like to read Last Shot, grab it from Amazon. In the place of the Solo book we will pick up next time with Thrawn: Alliances.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Solo and Forces of Destiny and October Nothing.  For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 66, we continue in the Old Republic era with the second book in Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane series, Rule of Two. But first, we address a bit of the negativity that has cropped up in Star War fandom of late. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Next time, we'll get back to some new stuff with the recently released Solo tie-in novel Last Shot.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Rule of Two and Old Republic: Deceived.  For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In this very special episode, we discuss our thoughts around the newest entry into the Star Wars movie universe, Solo: A Star Wars Story. Next time, we'll continue this series with book 2, Rule of Two.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: The Last Jedi, Rogue One and The Paradise Snare.  For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 64, we jump back into the Old Republic era and discuss the first book in Drew Karpyshyn's Darth Bane series, Path of Destruction. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Next time, we'll continue this series with book 2, Rule of Two.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Lords of the Sith and Old Republic: Deceived.  For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 63, Chris and Jen get together to discuss the recently completed final season of Star Wars Rebels. Next time, we're taking a break from new stuff to dive back into Legends/EU with the first Darth Bane book, Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Star Wars Rebels: Season One,  Ramblin' Boys and PLAY NICE, KIDS! (REBELS, TOO!) For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 62, Chris, Jen & Joe discuss young adult novel Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Next time, we're taking a break from new stuff to dive back into Legends/EU with the first Darth Bane book, Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure and Bloodline For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 61, Chris, Jen & Joe get together to talk reactions to the latest Star Wars saga film, The Last Jedi! This is a spoiler filled conversation so if you care about such things, hold off until you've seen the movie! Next time, we'll be reading Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray.    Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Rogue One and The Force Awakens. For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 60, Chris, Jen & Joe discuss the "road to Last Jedi" novel Phasma, by Delilah S. Dawson. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Not much preamble this time around, it's Last Jedi week! Look for a reaction show coming very soon! As books go, we'll be reading Leia: Princess of Alderaan by one of our favorite Star Wars authors, Claudia Gray.    Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: The novels of the Force Awakens and Ashoka. For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 59, Chris & Joe discuss the game tie-in novel Battlefront 2: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden. To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Before the review, we chat a bit about our lost episode, the trailer and some other movie news. Next time, we'll be reading the Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson.    Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Battlefront: Twilight Company and Dark Disciple.   For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 58 we discuss the novel Rebel Rising by Beth Revis.  To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Before the review, we chat a bit about news that a Kenobi movie is in the works! We then get to the book and run through it like we always do. Next time, we'll be reading the new Battlefront II tie-in novel, Inferno Squad by one of our favourite authors, Christie Golden.    Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Rogue One and Catalyst For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description This time around, Chris and Jen get together sans Joe and discuss the recent news surrounding the as yet untitled Solo movie. Then, the discussion moves onto the new set of YouTube shorts announced earlier this year at Celebration Orlando, Forces of Destiny. Check out all the shorts here: http://partners.disney.com/star-wars-forces-of-destiny Next time, we'll be reading another Rogue One tie-in novel, Rebel Rising by Beth Revis.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Celebration Aftermath, The Paradise Snare For a free audiobook download: http://www.audibletrial.com/Stacks   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: http://twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Episode Description In episode 56 we discuss the hotly awaited novel by Timothy Zahn, Thrawn.  To get your own copy, visit this Amazon link. Before we get to our both our non-spoiler overview and spoiler-filled detailed rundown, we discuss some of our reactions to the recent Vanity Fair pictorial focusing on The Last Jedi. Next time, we'll be reading another Rogue One tie-in novel, Rebel Rising by Beth Revis.   Links & Related Star Wars Stacks Episodes Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Check out these episodes too: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command, all by Timothy Zahn.   If you liked this episode, please subscribe and share it with your friends! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Hey Stackers! The three of us get together to talk about the big news out of Celebration Orlando 2017! Chris and Joe attended the con and tell a bunch of fun stories about their experiences in Orlando. Then the three of us give our thoughts and opinions on the Last Jedi trailer! Next time, we'll be covering Timothy Zahn's new book, Thrawn. Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

  Hi Stackers! In episode 54, Chris and Joe sit down and discuss the final novel in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath trilogy, Empire's End. To get your own copy, check out https://www.amazon.com/Empires-End-Aftermath-Star-Trilogy/dp/1101966963 We also chat about our hopes for the Celebration, where we and some friends will be in a week! Next time we hope to have some content direct from Celebration Orlando! Once all the excitement is done, we'll be reading the newest entry by Timothy Zhan, Thrawn.  hanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Hey all! This time around, Chris and Jen discuss the 2015 documentary, I am Your Father. This documentary was directed by Marcos Cabotá and Toni Bestard and discusses the life, work and controversy around David Prowse, the British actor and bodybuilder who wore the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy. Next time, we'll be finishing up the Aftermath trilogy with Empire's End.  

Hello there Stackers! In episode 52, the three of us get together to review another Young Adult novel, Ashoka by E.K. Johnston which was released back on October 11, 2016. To get a copy for yourself: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ahsoka-K-Johnston/dp/1484705661 Of course, first we cover a bit of news, including Woody Harrelson's admission that he may be playing Garris Shrike in the Han Solo movie along with some of our usual chat. Next time, we'll probably get caught up on season 3 of Rebels before we get on to the final book in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath trilogy, Empire's End which released on February 21st. Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Hey Stackers! Here is book review episode 51 wherein we discuss the Rogue One tie-in novel, Catalyst by James Luceno. Just Chris and Joe this time around, Jen couldn't make it. If you'd like to get a copy for yourself: https://www.amazon.com/Catalyst-Star-Wars-Rogue-Novel/dp/0345511492 Before we get to the crux of the show, we talk a bit about the holidays, the recent loss of Carrie Fisher, a few more thoughts about Rogue One and the big news, Chris and Joe will be at Celebration Orlando in April! Next time, we'll be jumping back a bit to review Ashoka, a YA novel by E.K. Johnston. Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Hello all! It's big episode 50! We get together with our good friends and fellow podcasters Rico from the Treks in Sci Fi podcast and Angela of the Anomaly podcast and we talk ROGUE ONE! So yes, Rogue One came out, we all saw it and we sit down and have a very lively and spirited discussion about this inaugural "Star Wars Story" movie. It goes without saying this is a SPOILER cast, so if you haven't seen it and don't want to know what happens, hold off! Check out Rico's long-running Treks in Sci Fi podcast at http://treksinscifi.com/ Check out Angela (and Jen) over at http://www.anomalypodcast.com/ Next time, we're still discussing Rogue One, but in book form with James Luceno's tie in novel, Catalyst! Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Here is episode 49 in which we conclude A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy, Rebel Dawn! If you'd like to get your hands on the books, grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Dawn-Star-Wars-Trilogy/dp/0553574175/ News: No Opening Crawl in Rogue One: https://variety.com/2016/film/features/star-wars-rogue-one-lucasfilm-jj-abrams-kathleen-kennedy-1201923806/ Emilia Clarke Han Solo movie: http://www.starwars.com/news/emilia-clarke-joins-the-han-solo-stand-alone-film Star Trek Discovery casting:  http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-discovery-beams-up-three-cast-members Next time, we'll most likely be doing our Rogue One reaction show and then shortly after that, our review of Rogue One: Catalyst by James Luceno! So send us your emails and reactions! Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

  Hey folks! In episode 48, Chris & Jen talk about this & that, including the last Rogue One trailer and our thoughts and hopes for it based on what we've seen and heard so far. We also discuss a few other things including rumours and Lando casting & book news. Next time, we'll be covering the final book in A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy, Rebel Dawn.

Time for our long-awaited review of the second book in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath series, Life Debt! If you'd like to get your hands on the books, grab it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Debt-Aftermath-Star-Trilogy/dp/1101966939 Next time, we're going back to the Legends/EU timeline with the third and final book in A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy, Rebel Dawn. Thanks to Rick Moyer for our intro music and the Samurai Guitarist for our outtro! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

Hi Stackers! We know you were expecting our next book review show, but we could not turn down an opportunity for another conversation with friend of the show and Star Wars author John Jackson Miller! Being that today is the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek, Chris and John sit down and discuss Trek movies and novels, including John's upcoming Star Trek trilogy, Prey. Aside from Trek, the guys discuss all things Star Wars and touch on John's other works including upcoming work in the Halo and Planet of the Apes universes. All in all a wonderful talk with a lot of great insights into John's work writing for licensed properties. Buy Hell's Heart, book one of the Prey trilogy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Prey-Book-Hells-Heart-Star/dp/1501115790/ Check out John's site at http://www.farawaypress.com/ Follow John on Twitter at @jjmfaraway Next time, we'll finally get to our long-awaited review of Aftermath book 2, Life Debt. See you soon!

After a busy summer, the three of us are back to discuss news from Celebration Europe, the second Rogue One trailer, summer movies and more! Links: Ahsoka Tano secrets, book cover revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europehttp://nerdvanamedia.com/television/ahsoka-book-star-wars-celebration-europe/112987/ Rebels Season 3 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXp802sFgQ New Timothy Zahn Thrawn novel:http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/07/16/star-wars-celebration-2016-grand-admiral-thrawn-is-now-canon Timothy Zahn Q&A: http://www.starwars.com/news/qa-with-timothy-zahn Rogue One celebration reel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXEMO_Zv_gQ Rogue One trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY Rogue One tie in novel -- Catalyst: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Catalyst Battlefront Rogue One Scarif DLC: http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-offline-mode-the-death-star-and-battlefront-2/ Next time, we'll be reviewing the second book in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath series, Life Debt!  

Hey all! Time for episode 44 and our second Claudia Gray book, Bloodline, released May 3, 2016. But first, a bit of news: We've Finally Got Some Solid Details on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: http://io9.gizmodo.com/weve-finally-got-some-solid-details-on-rogue-one-a-sta-1782419027 'Rogue One': 16 New Photos from the 'Star Wars' Film: http://www.ew.com/gallery/rogue-one-first-look-photos Rogue One creators address reshoot concerns: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/star-wars-rogue-one-reshoot-concerns Disney CEO Suggests Indiana Jones Will Be Rebooted After Part 5: http://io9.gizmodo.com/disney-ceo-suggests-indiana-jones-will-be-rebooted-afte-1782424442 Star Trek Star Anton Yelchin has Passed Away at 27: http://nerdist.com/star-trek-star-anton-yelchin-has-passed-away-at-27/ Star Trek fan film guidelines: http://www.startrek.com/fan-films After all that, we go over the the novel in our special way, disucssing it in overview without spoilers and then diving deep into this somewhat complex story. If you'd like to read the book for yourself, buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bloodline-Star-Wars-Claudia-Gray/dp/0345511360/ Next time, we'll be heading back to Chuck Wendig's Aftermath series with Life Debt (https://www.amazon.com/Life-Debt-Aftermath-Star-Trilogy/dp/1101966939/) Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

It's another chat show! Chris and Joe get together and shooot the proverbial bull. Topics discussed include: Rogue One reshoots Chris' issues with his "holonet service" Chris' visit to MegaCon Orlando 2016 and much much more (as usual)! Next time, Jen will be joining us again and we'll be discussing Claudia Gray's new novel, Bloodline!

Here we go with another Journey to the Force Awakens book review. This time around, we're discussing Smuggler's Run - A Han Solo Adventure by Greg Rucka. Before that though, we discuss a few news stories, including: Why Alden Ehrenreich Is An Inspired Choice For The 'Han Solo' Spin-off - http://moviepilot.com/posts/3904453 Celebration Orlando - http://www.starwarscelebration.com/Orlando/Home/ One Man Star Wars Trilogy - http://www.onemanstarwars.com/  Then we get to the book and do our reguar run through. If you'd like to read the book yourself, grab it off of Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Star-Wars-Smugglers-Adventure/dp/148472495X/  Next time, we'll be covering a big one, Claudia Gray's Bloodline (http://www.amazon.com/Bloodline-Star-Wars-Claudia-Gray/dp/0345511360/) Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

This time around, it's our very first foursome! Chris and Jen get together with our good friends Rico and Bryan to discuss a whole bunch of stuff including Rogue One, Force Awakens extras, Disney and more! We then get to the main topic, the balance of Season 2 of Rebels. To cap things off, Chris and Jen also interviewed their kids to get their thoughts about Rebels! We hope you enjoy the great discussion and huge thanks to Rico and Bryan for hanging out with us! Check out Rico's long-running Treks in Sci Fi podcast over at http://treksinscifi.com/ Next time, we'll be discussing Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure. Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!  

SPECIAL EDITION! The Rogue One trailer JUST dropped and Chris & Joe were able to get together for a very short reaction before we both head off to work! Next time, we're going to have a show where we discuss the second half of Rebels season 2! After that, we're sticking in the same book series we've been playing in with Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure. Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Time for another book review!  This time around we run down a quick YA novel in the Journey to Force Awakens series called Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure.  If you'd like to grab the book yourself, check it out on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Target-Princess-Adventure-Journey/dp/1484724976 Next time, we're sticking in the same series with Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure. Before that though, we're going to have a show where we discuss the second half of Rebels season 2! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Hey Everyone! In the episode 37 pre-show, we had a fun little 10-ish minute chat about our other love, Star Trek. We thought you guys would get a kick out of it so here it is in the feed! Sure, it ain't Star Wars but we love to talk. Enjoy and we'll see you next time with a full show discussing Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure.

Better late then never, it's time for a book review! This time we're continuing our way through A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy with book 2, The Hutt Gambit. Before that though, we discuss a few news stories: Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD and Blu-ray releasehttp://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/star-wars-the-force-awakens/38745/star-wars-the-force-awakens-dvd-and-blu-ray-release J.J. Abrams explains why he won't direct another Star Wars filmhttp://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/15/jj-abrams-tells-wont-direct-another-star-wars-film STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS' Daisy Ridley Being Eyed For 'Lara Croft' In TOMB RAIDER Reboothttp://www.comicbookmovie.com/tomb_raider/star-wars-the-force-awakens-daisy-ridley-being-eyed-for-lara-croft-in-a131925 Indy 5 Announcement http://deadline.com/2016/03/steven-spielberg-harrison-ford-team-up-for-indiana-jones-5-disney-sets-july-2019-release-1201720725/ Then we get into our standard spoiler-free and then spoiler-filled discussion of the book, ending off with our ratings. If you'd like to read it, grab it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hutt-Gambit-Star-Wars-Trilogy/dp/0553574167 Next time, we're going back to some newer stuff with Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure. It's a shorter read, so we'll likely cover it next show in place of our usual shoot the bull session! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Time for episode 36! Just Chris and Joe this time around as Jen had something come up. We chat about quite a few things including the recent announcement of episode 8 filming, casting, Chris' recent travels, movies and TV and a whole lot more! Next time we'll be back in the Legends timeline with The Hutt Gambit, the second book in A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy.

After all the hoopla of The Force Awakens, we get back to what we do best, talk about novels! This time, Chris and Jen (Joe's busy, sadly) discuss a double header: the novelization of The Force Awakens (http://www.amazon.com/The-Force-Awakens-Star-Wars/dp/1101965495/) by Alan Dean Foster and Before the Awakening (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-The-Force-Awakens/dp/148472822X) by Greg Rucka. We discuss and spoil the books just as always. Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

Here's episode 34 where the three of us get together and shoot the breeze about some stuff! Warning: We're still talking about Force Awakens, so there are still spoilers! Beware! We talk about our additional viewings of the movie and another entry in our ongoing series about cinema etiquette. George Lucas and his "white slavers" comment: http://www.projectcasting.com/news/george-lucas-white-slavers/ 25 "unanswered" Force Awakens questions: http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-questions/ Emails, voicemails and more! Next time, we'll be doing a book double header, covering both the novelization of the movie by Alan Dean Foster (http://www.amazon.com/The-Force-Awakens-Star-Wars/dp/1101965495) and Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka and Phil Noto (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Force-Awakens-Awakening/dp/148472822X) Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening! 

The time has come! Episode VII is here! *** SPOILER WARNING *** SPOILER WARNING *** SPOILER WARNING *** This is our fresh and spoiler filled review of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. We give our general thoughts on the movie and then discuss the crap out of it before we read a bunch of your emails! Next time, we'll likely be covering the novelization of the movie by Alan Dean Foster.  The wait is over! Star Wars is back! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening! 

It's time for another book review! This time we're tackling the new game tie-in novel Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed.  First, we chat a little bit about our thoughts, hopes and fears for The Force Awakens, which opens in less then 5 days! Then we get into it, first with a spoiler free synopsis and our spoiler free opinions. Then we get into it beat by beat and discuss our thoughts of the book. If you'd like to read the book yourself, get it here: http://www.amazon.com/Battlefront-Twilight-Company-Star-Wars/dp/0345511212 Next time, we'll be recording our reactions to The Force Awakens! Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

In episode 31, Chris and Joe talk about a whole bunch of stuff including: Renfest/Medieval Faire preparations. Battlefront The recent flood of Episode 7 TV spots. The first five episodes of Rebels season 2 and finally, another top 5 list! This time, we talk about our top five non-Star Wars sci-fi novels of series. Next time, we'll be covering the game tie-in novel, Battlefront: Twilight Company.  Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening! 

This time around, we dive deep into the recently released young adult novel, Lost Stars by Claudia Gray. We do a little bit of news and then we get to it! First we get into a quick spoiler-free summary and discussion. Then we make our way through the story, point by point. If you'd like to read the book, you can get it here: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Star-Wars-Force-Awakens/dp/1484724984 Next time, we'll be covering the game tie in novel, Battlefront: Twilight Company. Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!

We've been patient and now we've got it!  The three of us are together along with Angela of the Anomaly podcast (http://www.anomalypodcast.com/) to say everything we have to say about the newly released Force Awakens theatrical trailer!  We discuss football, ticket pre-sales and then we go through the trailer scene by scene.  Next time, we'll likely be a trailer reaction, our next book review is Lost Stars by Claudia Gray: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Star-Wars-Force-Awakens/dp/1484724984/  Do you have comments on this episode? MP3 audio, emails, Tweets and Facebook feedback welcome! Here's how you can contact the hosts: Email: swstacksshow@gmail.com Visit our website at swstacks.com Facebook: facebook.com/thestarwarsstacks Twitter: twitter.com/swstacksshow Rate The Star Wars Stacks on Stitcher and/or iTunes. Your stars and thumbs up help others discover the show. Please share a link with your friends too. Thanks for listening!