Remember When Star Wars Was Good? | The Babylon Bee Podcast

The Babylon Bee remembers when Star Wars was good. Kyle, Brandon, and Dan talk about some of their favorite things about Star Wars from when it used to be good, the latest Bee sketch about how video games are made in 2024, and Red Lobster celebrities!
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[@fromaggiovagiola9128]

Dude- Those books should have been made into 7-9.

[@Codysdab]

They're far more canon in my mind than the junk Disney put out there.

[@RahzZalinto]

eh.... I read them all...before any of this new stuff...and I wasn't a huge fan.. Maybe it was the writing itself. I mean we still had clone palpatines coming back and other weird shit.... an alien becoming admiral in the empire.... leia and hans vacation getting ruined by empire invasion.... again...and again... lol EDIT: Context, I was in the military, and had nothing better to do. Thats why I read them.

[@chrischreative2245]

Absolutely! New and (gulp) diverse characters and a female Jedi but great story. Crazy

[@janelleg597]

There were lots of room for improvements...but ya

[@sauriel2014]

They set up everything you need for post RotJ

[@kwisatzhaderach9591]

George Lucas use to say the Heir to the Empire books were the closest thing to a true Star Wars sequel.

[@toshibavoodoo]

LOVED those books!! They were better than the trilogy. So Well Writen.

[@FormerlyDuck]

Didn't he hate Mara Jade though?

[@doodlegassum6959]

Lucas endorsed ja ja Binks

[@CorvusDei2012]

He was right, of course.

[@Leonid-yp9eh]

That’s myth, he didn’t “hate” her. He was indifferent to her as a character, but started disliking her design after photoshoot for SW trading cards, as he thought she was too model-like in appearance.

[@chronicguardian9684]

My favorite thing about Star Wars is that there was a time when getting stabbed with a lightsaber meant you were dead.

[@charlesboots6508]

The REAL Sequel Trilogy.

[@BehavingBradly]

Agreed. That is my canon

[@fromaggiovagiola9128]

@@BehavingBradly It's Blasters, Dude. Cannons are from this Galaxy in the now.

[@nelsonthegentleman2756]

Smell the glove of Darth Vader

[@Sxypenguin]

Far as I am concerned: Expanded universe books = Cannon. Disney ≠ Cannon

[@LittleWriterSquirrel]

Same!! If only Timothy Zahn had gotten the rights instead of Disney😭

[@baahcusegamer4530]

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Zahn at the Des Moines Comic Con this past June and bought a signed copy of the 20th Anniversary edition of Heir to the Empire (regrettably, I lost my 1st edition copy). He continues to write excellent stories. If only KK and Disney had not been so arrogant about relegating the EU to “legends” and been so cheap to hire sub-standard writers instead of paying competent ones their due royalties for better stories.

[@BehavingBradly]

Yeah. I met him at Salt Lake Comic Con 5 years ago, and we had a great conversation about his characters and some of his thoughts on what Disney is doing. He's a great guy and I left thinking how much I wish that he could have been Luca's pick for creative control.

[@GeronKizan]

I met him at Phoenix FanFusion a while back. It was odd since I expected to see one of the greatest writers in sci-fi history have a line but it was oddly nonexistent. He was sitting there eating a pretzel. Anyway I took the opportunity to talk to him and get my 2nd copy of heir to the empire signed (first one was chewed up by my dog). It was great listening to how he thinks about writing and telling a wonderful tale and character creation. Simply an amazing man.

[@baahcusegamer4530]

@@GeronKizan I was surprised too that only 2 people were in line, me included. He has superb storytelling talent and is a wonderfully genial personality besides.

[@eddysgaming9868]

Cheapness and arrogance. A fitting epitaph.

[@AndreNitroX]

That’s amazing I hope to have Mr. Zahn sign my 1st edition hardcover copy of heir to the empire soon. How expensive is his autograph?

[@smashville_pred_13]

The first line of the Rouge Squadron book. "You're good Corran Horn but your no Luke Skywalker." That line and book got me into the whole EU.

[@tobygagnon1443]

I loved those books and thought Corran Horn was a great character. Did you see the video from the graphics company that had the buried star destroyer taking off from the planet during a space battle?

[@georgebailey98]

There was a 1990s to early 2000s period of amazing Star Wars games: X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Knights of the Old Republic, The Sith Lords, Rogue Squadron 3D, Galactic Battlegrounds, Empire at War, Republic Commando...

[@jmass4207]

BATTLEFRONT.

[@redlegtruax]

All of the Timothy Zahn books, the Rogue and Wraith Squadron books, lots of video games, and Legos.

[@ChristopherKnN]

My favorite Star Wars movie is Spaceballs.

[@balung]

"Smoke if you got em." "He's gone to plaid."

[@denifnaf5874]

"Comb the desert"

[@ChristopherKnN]

"Only one person would dare to give me the raspberries!"

[@OGPND]

The dramatized audiobook version of Heir to the Empire is great! Marc Thompson's narration and character work is excellent

[@sauriel2014]

I can't recommend this enough. marc thompson brings it to life like a movie.

[@MetulManiac]

Marc Thompson is the GOAT

[@RoboticPope]

Marc has recently been doing new unabridged versions of all the X-Wing novels too, they are so well done and a hundred times better than the horrible old abridged versions. You are quite right, every character he voices is unique. The insectoid alien Gand character is so believable with little added mouth clicking noises that aren't written in the book.

[@sauriel2014]

@@MetulManiac the real voice of thrawn

[@LittleWriterSquirrel]

So good!!! Some of my favorite audio books ever😄

[@slb797]

The Thrawn Trilogy and Duology, some of the best Legends books!

[@jaffarebellion292]

Don't sleep on the X-Wing books, either. They're all solid reads.

[@clonetrooper2003]

@@jaffarebellion292 or new jedi order and plagueis

[@jaffarebellion292]

@clonetrooper2003 Also rock solid choices. Though if I'm ever suggesting someone, especially a Prequel fan, start reading EU stuff, I always suggest four books, basically back to back: Darth Plagueis, Labyrinth of Evil, the Revenge of the Sith novelization, and Dark Lord: the Rise of Darth Vader. Those four novels tell a pretty cohesive story together, and can make for an excellent supplement to the Prequel films.

[@clonetrooper2003]

@@jaffarebellion292 indeed

[@sauriel2014]

@@jaffarebellion292 And they are all coming out unabridged! I just started iron fist today.

[@eternalhalloween1]

As THE CRITICAL DRINKER put it:: "At this point, hearing anything about STAR WARS is like getting a letter from an X girlfriend who gained 50 pounds. There's a mild interest. But you just don't care anymore."

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

he said that?!

[@RIbigDave]

I would still care because I still care about all the girls I went out with for any length of time but I wouldn't have any interest in sleeping with her anymore

[@scottmiller1531]

I have all three trilogies on my shelf. The only downside is that 1-6 is on the DVD shelf, and 7-9 are on the bookshelf.

[@randomgamer-st1ie]

Rogue One deserves more credit. Female protagonist or not, it just fits. Star Wars 3.5

[@Soup-man]

@@randomgamer-st1ie 3.99 since it's like right before ANH

[@michaelgill7994]

Shadows of the Empire on the N64 hasn't aged well as a game, but the story was really cool. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is one of the best games on the N64 ever, in my opinion.

[@RoboticPope]

Leia kneeing Prince Xizor in the groin, Chewie slipping over in sewage, and Lando accidentally on purpose dropping a thermal detonator down a garbage chute are some of my favourite Star Wars funny moments.

[@elskeletor3566]

Shadow of The Empire should of been made into a Movie.

[@rucker69]

@@elskeletor3566 I have been saying this for nearly 20 years.

[@bemat57]

I Agree. The Rogue Squadron was fantastic. It Disney did it as a show all the pilots would be butch lesbians and the men would be soy or drooling Homer Simpsons.

[@leviwarren6222]

I had my copy of heir to the empire signed by Zahn on the 20th anniversary tour. I got to stay behind and talk to him for a while at Borders, It was genuinely a positive way to meet my hero. And while we're on Star Wars, let's get one things straight: Star Wars ended in 2012 when the creator of Star Wars stopped creating Star Wars. What Disney is doing is vanfiction (vandalism fiction) Aunt has no more right to Star Wars Canon than any middle schoolers ewok love triangle fanfiction. You can buy the Mona Lisa and have every right to draw a mustache on her, but the mustache will never be part of the Mona Lisa.

[@briantanner5478]

Tim Zahn is who Disney calls whenever they are in the red from High Republic book sales and need a Thrawn novel to bail them out.

[@sauriel2014]

The new thrawn novels sadly are meh imo.

[@docsavage8640]

@sauriel2014 that's still an order of magnitude better than Disney crapola

[@sauriel2014]

@docsavage8640 oh no doubt. But I feel like Zhan was held back by Disney Canon. For example the use of the Grissk as the outside threat. Had Disney Canon not been there it would have been the yuuzhan vong. That was the race the chiss were worried about

[@briantanner5478]

@@sauriel2014 The Yuuzhan Vong invasion would have been a worthy subject to attempt on screen. According to Filoni they were to make an appearance in the original Clone Wars Season 7 concept but then Disney happened.

[@sauriel2014]

@@briantanner5478 filoni has lost all my trust. He signed off on all the acolyte stuff.

[@twoods4191]

I got to meet Timothy Zahn, great guy super nice. He wrote some incredible books.

[@sauriel2014]

Oh my goodness Heir to the empire! Where to start. First thing is I'm a middle school teacher and was lucky enough to get a displate of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Vader signed by Zahn. Second is this series had everything you needed to set up post ROTJ. 1) An amazing nuanced villain who actually makes you root for him at times. The Rebels were lucky he wasn't in command at the battle of endor. Thrawn would have beaten the new republic with far less forces if not for betrayal. 2) Talon Karrde, who basically becomes the New Republic's supply guy. 3) Luke meeting Mara Jade, his future wife and everything you want in the "Strong female character" 4) Luke seeking out history of the jedi, preparing him for becoming the Grand Master of the new order 5) Leia coming into her own as the "Daughter of vader" through the exposing of the noghri tragedy. 6) Deepening of Leia and Han's relationship I'm sure I missed some stuff. I'm pretty sure Disney is able to keep pumping out this swill because they are being funded by blackrock and other big investors. If money was an object they'd not keep making stuff that loses it!

[@LittleWriterSquirrel]

Love the Thrawn trilogy so much!! I even got my mom, who normally cant stand Star Wars, into the audio books and that’s our new favorite thing to do😂 so true right?!? You totally gotta root for Thrawn sometimes!! And Pelion in the Hand of Thrawn duelogy too!!

[@sauriel2014]

@LittleWriterSquirrel *Pellaeon haha. Yup and he was eventually the guy that brokered peace with the new republic

[@LittleWriterSquirrel]

@@sauriel2014 dyslexia🤪

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

Zhan's trilogy should have been Episodes 7-9. Absolutely incredible, life changing books for me. The fact that we don't have Mara Jade and Kyle Katarn in live-action form is criminal. Also Rogue Squadron, Tie Fighter, Shadows of the Empire, Galactic Battlegrounds, X Wing Alliance, hell even the Phantom Menace game was great.....such good stuff back then. That was my childhood

[@jasonpadula4916]

The Thrawn trilogy really takes me back. Just looking at the book covers brings a sense of excitement that I felt when I first saw them on the bookstore shelves, let alone reading them.

[@jackbooten2681]

Luke, I am not your Father, it's MAM!

[@MasterTim1127]

Agreed with all of your takes. I would add Republic Commando. It was my favorite game for the longest time. Kyle mentioned the X-Wing miniatures game, the game isnt dead. My group still plays and will continue to play. The New Jedi Order series. I loved those books. The Yuuzhan Vong were such a great villain that united the Imperial Remnant and New Republic together. I loved the groups working together and the Empire being the "good guys."

[@rduse4125]

I can only think of a few truly all inspiring moments in a theater… The first one that jumps to mind was watching Star Wars (a new Hope) in a theater and immediately after the scrolling words, princess Leia’s ship entered the screen, followed by that huge imperial ship. Having only 1960s sci-fi to compare it to, it was the first time my jaw dropped at on-screen visual effects. The second one I can think of was the Normandy Landing scene in saving Private Ryan. Watching that movie at home does not do it justice…

[@jrd2102]

What I read was Lucas had to approve of all three novels of Heir series. He made Zahn make at least on change. Oringinally Joruus C'baoth was an insane clone of Obi-wan. Lucas made him change that.

[@captaincool3329]

Thanks for doing this- as an early Gen Z ultra Star Wars fan who gave up after Disney murdered the EU and cocked up the franchise, it's nice to know others remember it too. The Darksaber: Yeah, Durga had it built using the expertise of Bevel Lemelisk (the Death Star chief designer). From memory although it's shaped like a big lightsaber, it's technologically just a Death Star-type weapon with all the Death Star's extra stuff (crew quarters, hangars, gun emplacements etc.) removed, leaving just the weapon (to make it cheaper/quicker to build). It also blew up when it tried to fire because the Darksaber used inadequate and obsolete parts, against the designer's wishes; knowing it would blow up, he left. Lemelisk was previously painfully executed multiple times by the Emperor for the Death Star fault and other failings, but each time he would resurrect him into another body before he died, because his abilities could not be matched and the Emperor needed him. The New Republic captured him immediately after the Darksaber, and after interrogating him and getting him to analyse certain bits of tech, they executed him several years later after for being convicted of crimes: I think mainly mass murder/genocide for the Death Star's strike on Alderaan. His last words were to "get it right this time."

[@Rosarymeds]

All those art books and behind the scenes documentaries for the original trilogy. Back when everything wasn't CGI. It was so cool seeing concept art and practical effects. It blew my mind as a kid to see that the camera moved around a model, not a model by a camera.

[@bromyk44]

It was long long time ago.... when it used to be good

[@Jennifer-nz2ss]

Yep, now they are trying to please 1% or LESS of the population with stupid antics,sexual inappropriate displays and wording and America has had it with their agenda! George Lucas shouldn't of sold to Disney! They are corrupt and greedy to the point of shock factors not to get an audience. DISGUSTING 🤮🧐

[@tobygagnon1443]

Before the dark times. Before the Disney.

[@LittleWriterSquirrel]

So true🫠

[@jameswinstead2384]

Best thing about Star Wars? THE MUSIC! How could no one mention the GENIUS John Williams!?!?

[@CorvusDei2012]

Absolutely the best part of the series. It alone could have made the phenomenon.

[@C.I...]

Surely you mean Gustav Holst

[@clonetrooper2003]

@@C.I... Or Jeremy soule and mark griskey?

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

STAR WARS : who is behind all the wars killing Trillions of life forms ? The A.I. R2D2 & C3PO are there to spy on both sides of The Force...WHO BENEFITS ? The less living things, the more powerful the machines become & they have to pit The Force users agaibst each other because non-living machines can not access the force...

[@RoboticPope]

Joel McNeely's Shadows of the Empire "movie soundtrack" is also superb.

[@user-zq5gh8zl3c]

I love the expanded universe, by saying the EU is not canon, that’s what killed Star Wars!

[@ryanhiatt23]

Woah! I just started Heir to the Empire like 4 days ago! Had the same feeling of missing when Star Wars was good.

[@kymmie_girl]

Thrawn himself is my favorite character ever. I wish they had made his trilogy into the actual sequels.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Same. The Thrawn Trilogy audiobook read by Marc Thompson is as good as any of the StarWars movies.

[@IMDunn-oy9cd]

Before Disney turned to the Dark Side.

[@jamespitra1645]

H*ll yeah I remember when star wars was good. We need to make star wars great again.

[@mwright_boomer]

I was genuinely pissed when Disney relegated these books to Legends. Great books that should never have been tossed aside

[@clonetrooper2003]

No fear friend, the expanded universe has already been continued by handOfThrawn45

[@TimHoppen]

Pepperidge Farm remembers. I recall listening to Tim talk about The Acquisition at a book signing for Scoundrels (Jan 9, 2013). I knew it was the beginning of the end, even though he was more hopeful than I was (obviously, he had to be to maintain any employability).

[@72Worker]

Heir to the Empire was the first real novel I ever read. I literally devoured the trilogy. I was so obsessed with the series that I actually learned to control my appetite. I couldn't put it down long enough to get a between meal snack. I used to be a really big eater. I probably would have been over 300pounds by now if that book hadn't taught me to control my appetite.

Hence the expression "voracious reader".

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

I think the recent Acolyte has actually done a big favor to the original EU in making it popular again in an indirect way. It's becoming increasingly obvious to a lot of the Disney SW audience that Disney has pretty much given up at this point (some can easily argue that it was much sooner, but the damage is more noticeable now than ever). Heir to the Empire, Shadows of the Empire, and the Bane Trilogy were wonderful storytelling. The original EU is a treasure trove of content with games galore. Disney has only made so many games that barely scratched the surface. I've actually become more interested in returning back to the original EU and desire the original books and I wouldn't be surprised that others feel the same way. As far as I feel, I just don't see much of a future in Disney SW. With the exception of a few, a majority of the general Disney SW fans are just gone. They aren't toxic. They're just alienated. I barely ever hear anybody talk about it anymore, and Disney is just throwing money away, shortening down on SW projects, or even canceling future projects.

[@Soup-man]

It got me to play KOTOR and holy shit it's amazing. I'm on the second one now, and I love it. Kreia is such a complex and interesting character and Nihilus is terrifying.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

it's become like an antique. The value of its greatness has appreciated over time

[@jimberjamber8540]

I just finished the Zahn trilogy and the entire time my brain was playing the Star Wars themes in my head in accordance with the scenes. Big space battle from the heroes point of view? 2nd Death Star battle music. Mara and Luke walking through the forest? Endor flute song plays. Han and Leia having a romantic moment? "Han Solo and the Princess" plays.

[@OneNationUnderGod.]

I love all 6 Star Wars movies, if more are ever made I hope they pay respect to the original source material & do the characters justice!

[@shdwbnndbyyt]

Per an interview given after the release of the Empire Strikes Back, there was supposed to be a total of TEN movies. The middle three (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and the then unnamed Return of the Jedi), the first three prequels (not named at the time), three for the aftermath, and one to bind them all together... sort of like the One Ring of Sauron.

[@ioncewasmikey]

I think at some point it was up to 12, 4 whole trilogies.

[@Gunnumn]

Advocating for good star wars stuff will keep it alive. I stick with legends. Theres still so much star wars to cover, even in the main timeline.

[@RoboticPope]

10:12 That's X-Wing: Alliance. You play as Ace Azzameen working at the beginning for his family's cargo transportation company flying one of their two YT-1300 freighters (same model ship as the Millennium Falcon but with no upgrades) and then their really cool YT-2000 The Otana.

[@mattjohnson6987]

Hard to pick one favorite thing about star wars...but probably LightSaber battles with my kids

[@cookie1054]

The Timothy Zahn trilogy was great. At least in HS. Also, the strategy guide for the 90’s pc game “X-wing had a short story/preface. I believe it was written by Timothy Zahn. IMO the Zahn Heir to the Empire was the sequels that should have been made.

[@personbot4586]

Darth Angelus' animated adaption of Heir to the Empire on youtube is really good. Highly recommend.

[@benhickerson6695]

Now to be 100% fair not all of the predisney books were good, heir to the empire was among the best. People loved that Thrawn was shown as a genius, and the fact that the rebels seemed to be on the brink of loosing it all

[@Michael-ee4uz]

I loved most of them, but there was the odd dud. The New Jedi Order books were all over the place because of the way they rotated authors. One wanted Mandalorians so strong they could each 1v1 a Jedi to a standstill and the other authors were more realistic and had Jacen take out whole squads with ease. Still, whenever I get sad about the current state of SW, I look at my EU shelves and remember that I can always revisit 1000 hours of great content, and there is no other franchise you can live in quite like it.

[@KilianMuster]

I loved Return of the Jedi most probably because it was the first Star Wars movie I ever saw in cinemas, or better the first Star Wars movie I ever saw. Back then there were no movie rentals, no DVDs, no VHS, if the movie wasn't in the cinema your only chance to watch it would be for it to be on TV, but Star Wars was never on German TV until I think the 90s or so. So I read the books for the first two parts of the trilogy (i.e. ep 4, 5) and listening to John Williams' Star Wars soundtrack on LP I had to imagine what the movies must've been like. That scarcity made the movies that more special and precious.

[@arcticstorm87]

Star Wars died when Disney purged the EU in 2014

[@clonetrooper2003]

Yep

[@sauriel2014]

Now they just pick and choose stuff from it and ruin it. For example, the twins idea the acoylte is shitting on was already done by the EU.

[@Fardawg]

The EU died when Lucas made the Mandos pacifists during the Clone Wars (and said Jango Fett was never an actual Mando), directly contradicting an ongoing EU series. It caused the writer, Karen Traviss, to quit because all the work she did was flushed down the drain. And that is just one example. Lucas was never going to let the EU continuity override his own ideas, and the EU would have been completely buried with his Sequel Trilogy, which would have contradicted anything post-ROTJ. He let the EU creators play in his sandbox, and had some rules for them to follow, but it was still his sandbox and he could destroy whatever castles they built (and I'm fine with that, btw, as I want his version of Star Wars more than pro-fan fic, even though some of it is great, like KOTOR). The EU fans who think he was somehow going to follow the EU continuity in the ST are literally nuts. We know for a fact that his ideas were going to wipe out the post-ROTJ EU.

[@sauriel2014]

​@Fardawg wasn't Jango not born mandalorian? I thought he was taken in by jaster mareel after death watch attacked? Or am I misremembering and Jango was born Mando death watch attacked his village? If I'm wrong please point me to the book that tells the story cause I always want more jango

[@clonetrooper2003]

@@sauriel2014 jango fett open seasons

[@WordsWithWoody]

I read 40+ CANON books after the original movies and they would make amazing trilogies

[@AndreNitroX]

Star Wars EU is the true canon to me

[@robertjensen1438]

Fozzy Bear was in Star Wars return of the Jedi. He was an Ewokka-wokka. My girlfriend left me because I’m a big Star Wars fan. Looks like tonight I’ll be Han Solo. Party games are so different in the Star Wars galaxy. For example, on Earth, you bob for apples, but on Tatooine, you Bib Fortuna. Did you hear about the Spanish Star Wars spin-off? It’s about the chosen Juan. Hey, did you hear about the Star Wars fanatic who's been stealing autograph books and photo albums from other fans at conventions? They call him the fan-tome menace. I want to find a girlfriend who's into Star Wars I've been looking for love in Alderaan places.

[@shadowvessel]

😂 Well played 👏👏👏

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

As someone who loved the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series, I was really disappointed in Ahsoka. It didn't advance the story or the characters. If anything, it look them all backwards,and they were all worse off then when they were left at the end of Rebels.

[@en5788]

It's hard to imagine where the world would be without the Bee

[@dudefromtheearth]

This conversation surprised me! I can tell that you guys actually have genuine love for Star Wars that can only come from a true fans heart. I agree too about Ahsoka and loved the character of Baylan Skoll played by the late great Ray Stevenson as many probably know who gave the show the time. I loved how he was a mysterious figure and I'd say one of the most manly of Star Wars characters. I really thought that they did a great job coming up with his character and its a shame that Ray Stevenson passed away and we won't see him reprise the role.

[@jamesschrader8667]

The Thrawn Trilogy are the real episodes 7-9.

[@Pir-o]

Saying that the fight scene in TLJ was beautiful is a hot take if I ever seen one

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

Dark Saber was a good story. But basically it was just the primary weapon of a Death Star, without the station around it. Thus it looked the hilt of a giant light saber in space.

[@sgt_s4und3r54]

The game discussed where you deliver cargo is Xwing Alliance. I still play it.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

Star Wars lego’s were one of my favorite things about Star Wars.

[@gravynog]

So nice to know I’m not alone.

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

I love all the films of the original trilogy, but Return of the Jedi will always be my favorite. Everything with the opening act at Jabbas palace is amazing. The Ewoks are bad I'll admit, but the 3 settings finale is great, and everything In The Emperor's Throne room still makes the hairs on the back of my head stand. Like goes from a whiny farm boy in the first film, to a mature warrior, and willing to give his life to save his father. Beautiful and perfect ending to the story.

[@TheBabylonBee]

The ewoks are great actually.

[@Michael-ee4uz]

​@@TheBabylonBeeYub Yub!

[@andreweppling2333]

Just saying, they are all available on audible with a full voice acted cast! I am currently on the second in the trilogy. Star war legends audio books have been my way to continue enjoying a franchise I love when I see it being destroyed by the company that currently has the rights.

[@OGPND]

Marc Thompson did an amazing job!

[@BeardTech]

My copy of Rogue Squadron on GameCube is one of the greatest videogame experiences of all time. Factor 5 were THE guys to program system pushing games for the Cube. And N64

[@jaymeswheeler]

3:17 "That's what I would pass with immunity, that all politicians go to jail, haha" I think that is actually not a joke and a great idea. -For every year someone serves as an Elected official in the legislative executive, or judicial branches, that representative must then serve a sentence for the same number of years as a prisoner in a federal penitentiary. No special privilege, bias, immunity, or possibility for early parole. Talk about weeding out, spineless, unprincipled, Undedicated term limit

[@Shogunator_N7]

Mara Jade and Corran Horn were my favorite EU characters!

[@DarinMcGrew]

Other than the original trilogy itself (which I watch on the bonus discs from the 2006 Limited Editions DVDs), my favorite Star Wars things would be (1) the vector-graphics arcade game that came out in the early '80s, where you had to blow up the Death Star; and (2) the film Rogue One.

[@davidguy209]

Favourite Star Wars: Luke vs Vader fight/ Luke in the magic tree/ opening the door to find Vader, stormtroopers and Boba Fett

[@mattjohnson6987]

The thing I like best about Last Jedi is the HISHE of it. The thing I like best about rise of skywalker is the HISHE of it...

[@chrisbaker6826]

“…I won’t say never…” That’s okay, I will say never.

[@rockinrobin1007]

Right after the debate I saw this: Someone took a video of Trump hitting a golf ball and manipulated the video of Joe tripping and falling on the stage last year… they made it so the golf ball that Trump hit, flew into the video with Joe on the strange and hit Joe and knocked him down. Best video ever!! 🤣🤣

[@nnknkable]

I loved those books. Good news is nothing stopping us reading them, going to our own imaginations and the spirit of star wars living on.

[@mattjohnson6987]

Kotor - still totally fun to play Shadows of the Empire - yes, clunky, but surprisingly still fun to play.

[@encouragingword1172]

I remember…it was long long ago in a galaxy far far away!

[@kymmie_girl]

I had a manager once who said he loved Ep 1, solely because of the Maul fight at the end. As I told him, one decent fight scene did not make up for a terrible story. And I would argue the same thing for the fights in the “sequels”. He didn’t last long, lol

[@sauriel2014]

The podrace was goated too imo

[@ioncewasmikey]

PT > ST by several light-years

[@trevorpollo]

I do, but that was a long time ago in a galaxy far away.

[@tobygagnon1443]

I agree that Star Wars doesn't exist anymore. I don't even care anymore about "new" Star Wars. I loved all the books by Michael Stackpole. I really felt the comments about Star Wars in the 90's. I played all the games and read almost all the books. We kept Star Wars alive in that long movie gap.

[@Michael-ee4uz]

Whatever you do, don't buy his flintlock fantasy series. Trust me. He should have stuck to Star Wars.

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

They definitely should have used the Thrawn Trilogy for the sequels. I wouldn’t have tried to use all of the Expanded Universe as some of it is weird and not as high of quality. I would have done the Thrawn Trilogy, some of the Jedi Knight arc, and a trimmed down Ushong Vong arc. Maybe do an animated series with the Skywalker children (akin to clone wars).

[@nelsonthegentleman2756]

DARTH KYLE: No Brandon......Travis...is your father... BRANDON: that's not true....THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!! NOOOOOOO!!!

[@theterbear9915]

I just listened to Heir to the Empire. Still one of my favorites but Mara Jade is very bitchy because she couldn't be evil for the empire anymore. Kotaku is still in business was a cold statement lol. Dei ruins everything

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Yay for Brandon, Video Guy ! :-)

[@colin1818]

Anytime somebody mentions the Thrawn trilogy I'm there. Honestly probably the best Star Wars trilogy. Even superior to the original in a lot of ways.

[@rkvidoc]

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Played that 18 hours straight. That was great.

[@steveniles471]

Y'all missed the West End Games Star Wars RPG which was a huge part of the world building and a ton of fun

[@nelsonthegentleman2756]

Brandon was very brave for admitting for admitting he liked the Asoka show and coming out as gay at the same time

[@christopherwhitwam3924]

Comon America the world needs you to be strong. After the UK abandoned us in WW2 Australia needs a strong ally.

[@juddgoswick2024]

28:22 Peter Cushing was also famous...

[@BlueNinjaNRG]

My favorite thing about starwars is the clone troopers in the clone wars. They all may have had the same face but I thought it was cool how each one had their own unique personality. They weren't expendable like the droids. favorite clone was Fives.

[@MistbornPrincess]

Heir to the Empire was the first “grown up” novel I ever read. Loved it. My first crush saw me reading it and we hit it off. Sigh.

[@malcolmhays2726]

I had an Empire Strikes Back lunch box!

[@dblevins343]

As a Gen-Z, I can confidently say I am not more prepared for any world changing events haha. Im just in debt and still working on a docterate lol

[@dblevins343]

The star wars X-Wing Miniature Game, what a great game

[@rafferdx]

Kyle Katarn!! GOAT and the OG thief of the Death Star plans And everything by Timothy Zahn is peerless

[@briantanner5478]

By 1983 ROTJ, GL had gone through divorce, was sick of SW, and wanted to abruptly end it. Leia was not going to be Luke's sister, the Emperor was not going to die, and we were going to get more movies, according to producer Kurtz. Unfortunately we can only imagine what those 7-9 would have been.

[@Wilphart]

Han Solo came after TLJ. That's the reason I didn't see it. Had to wash my eyes out with bleach after TLJ and I've been Star Wars blind ever since.

[@geoffshaw2775]

One of my favorite Star Wars things is this video game for PlayStation 1, Star Wars Episode 1 Jedi Power Battles. It's a pretty jank game but I remember playing it all the time with my dad. It's my favorite Star Wars game because of that. It's one that I revisit frequently.

[@hitmonkey4726]

As a gamer, the dozens of Star Wars video game before Disney was peak Star Wars.

[@Michael-ee4uz]

I have an Empire Strikes Back lunchbox that I use to store a collection of movie tickets. Some 600 of them I think, though I get to see maybe 2 movies a year now thanks to Covid and fatherhood happening back to back. The EU is the best. I got about 50 of the EU books from a used books store/comic shop for my birthday once and it was the best gift I've ever gotten. (And one year I got tires) Most of these things were on my list but I'd also add the Gameboy games and the legos. I've been looking to fill the gaps in my EU novel collection while I can still find them, but part of me wants to get them all in hard cover and fill a wall.

[@Rajaat99]

I checked out when the guy said he liked the lightsabwr fight is episode 7.

[@josephcheetham304]

Star Wars Galaxies was amazing. The music - especially - in that game made it seem like you were in the Star Wars world.