Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. We've got lots of great stuff in store for you in this episode! The Rise of Skywalker premieres next week (!!!), and we're here with all the literature you need to read to get ready. First off, we're discussing the most recent adult Star Wars novel from Del Rey, Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse. Then we're sharing our recommendations for books and comics to read before you see The Rise of Skywalker (spoiler alert: one of […]

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Legends and Lore - Preparing For The Rise of Skywalker!

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode, we talk prophecies! Specifically the ones mentioned in Master and Apprentice, a Star Wars novel by Claudia Gray (we talked about that book here!). For listeners' reference, we've included a list of the prophecies we discuss below. She who will be born to darkness will give birth to darkness. When the kyber that is not kyber shines forth, the time of prophecy will be at hand. When the righteous lose the light, evil […]

Legends and Lore - Prophecies, Prophecies and More Prophecies!

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. In our latest episode, we discuss the luminous Star Wars adult novel Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray (Lost Stars, Bloodline). This book is definitely not a Qui Gon Jinn novel as SOME of our hosts would like to claim (*cough* Matt *cough*). But is it an Obi Wan Kenobi story, either? Or will we come to the conclusion that the title of the book is Master and Apprentice - two equally important halves of a […]

Legends and Lore: Master and Apprentice Discussion

Welcome to Batuu! Just kidding! But we've got the next best thing to the galaxy far, far away on Earth: a brand new episode of Legends and Lore in which we take you inside Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland. Kate, Matt and Lily Applebee had a blast at Galaxy's Edge, and Megan and Elaine are prepared to interrogate them for all the juicy Batuu gossip - where to go, what to do, what to eat, what to buy, and more! Join your hosts - Kate, Matt, Megan and Elaine - and special guest Lily (Kate and Matt's daughter) for a deep-dive […]

Legends and Lore - The Applebees Go to Galaxy's Edge

Hello there! Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode we theorize, speculate, and grasp at all the straws we can find to unravel the mystery that is Project Luminous: a new (and apparently huge) Star Wars publishing initiative coming in 2020. Join your hosts - Kate, Matt, Megan and Elaine - for a deep-dive into the subject we love the most: Star Wars!

Legends and Lore: What is Project Luminous??!

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. This episode is about the animated series, Star Wars Resistance and two recent comic issues featuring some of the series' characters. In our discussion, we cover: Our thoughts on the two Resistance comics recently released by IDW Publishing, and how they connect to the main tv series Our special guest, Johnamarie Macias's love for Resistance and the animated Star Wars shows in general and how they've impacted her fandom What we thought of season one of […]

Legends and Lore: It's the Resistance!

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for discussions of Star Wars canon and the Legends that inspire it. This episode is all about one of the best characters in Star Wars, Padme Amidala. In our discussion, we cover: Our favorite Padme moments in the movies and related media The Queen's Shadow, a Padme-centric young adult novel written by E.K. Johnston and recently released by Disney Hyperion Two new comics featuring Padme as the main characters. The first one is from Marvel's Age of Republic miniseries, and the second is from IDW Publishing's Star Wars […]

Legends and Lore: All About Padme

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars and the Legends that inspire it. In this comics episode, we interview the author of IDW Publishing's limited comic book series Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle, Cavan Scott! Listen in to hear Mr. Scott spill the secrets (or some of them, anyway) behind the genesis of his Star Wars stories with a spooky spin. Be sure and keep a look out at the end of the episode for a scary-good comics giveaway! Join us, your hosts - the dynamic […]

Legends and Lore - Comics: Interview with Author Cavan Scott

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars and the Legends that inspire it. In this comics episode we: Review the Star Wars comics of June 2018 Share our favorite issues, quotes, scenes, artwork and more from this month with you Fire whomever wrote the shownotes Join us, your hosts - the dynamic duo of Matt and Kate Applebee - as we take another deep-dive into the universe of Star Wars comics.

Legends and Lore - Comics: Oh, Aphra!

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars and the Legends that inspire it. In this comics episode we: Review the Star Wars comics of May 2018 Share our favorite issues, quotes, scenes, artwork and more from this month with you Ponder our lingering questions (and introduce a new term: WTF! or What the Force!) Join us, your hosts - the dynamic duo of Matt and Kate Applebee - as we take another deep (deeeeeeep)-dive into the universe of Star Wars comics.

Legends and Lore - Comics: What the Force?! (and other Lingering Questions)

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars, and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode we: Recap the latest news in Star Wars literature, including upcoming offerings for adult, YA and middle-grade readers Discuss Star Wars: Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older, the most recent adult Star Wars book from Del Rey Share our brief thoughts on Solo: A Star Wars Story and how Last Shot connects (or rather, doesn't) to the movie Join us, your hosts - Jason (he's back!), Megan and Elaine - as we […]

Legends and Lore - Books: Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars and the Legends that inspire it. In this comics episode we: Get ready for the premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story by throwing back to two canon Marvel Star Wars series: Han Solo (2016) and Lando (2015) Share our favorite panels, dialogue and moments from the above comic series Discuss how Han Solo and Lando could connect to or otherwise influence the new movie Join us, your hosts - the dynamic duo of Matt and Kate Applebee - as we […]

Legends and Lore - Comics: We're Back, Baby

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars, and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode we: Review the novelization of The Last Jedi by Jason Fry and what it added to our knowledge of the film Share our conflicted feelings about Luke Skywalker's portrayal in both the film and the novelization Discuss what The Last Jedi is trying to teach us about what it means to be a Jedi And more! Join us, your hosts - Elaine and Megan (Jason is off practicing his zinbiddle technique) - […]

Legends and Lore - Books: The Last Jedi

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars, and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode we: Share (share, not argue, I mean come on, who does that, certainly not Star Wars fans) our thoughts and theories on the series finale of Star Wars Rebels Discuss where we think Star Wars stories will go next Join us, your hosts - Jason, Elaine, Megan, Kate and Matt - as we take another deep-dive into the universe of Star Wars literature.

Legends and Lore - Star Wars Rebels Series Finale Discussion

Welcome to a new episode of Legends and Lore, your one-stop podcast for the unified canon of Star Wars, and the Legends that inspire it. In this episode we: Discuss the past, present and future of Star Wars publishing in terms of its new place in the unified canon of the franchise under Disney Make weird noises of delight whenever Thrawn is mentioned (okay, that's just Elaine) Laugh, snort and giggle at technical difficulties, the hosts' droid voices and Elaine's first attempt at saying the Legends and Lore Twitter handle out loud (@SWLegendsLore, if you're interested) Join us, your hosts […]

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