Thrawnderdome

Just in time for the movie to be out of theaters and slipping out of recollection in the public consciousness, here it is: our The Mandalorian and Grogu episode!Daniel explains to babies that the gravy train runs out one day, Ronnie pitches a Star Wars streaming series set in Frasier's apartment, we share some tips on how to talk your way out of Southern speed trap pullovers, Daniel expands on his theory of Swamp Scenes, Ronnie workshops a voice for Baby Yoda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel issues a fatwa regarding The Mandalorian and Grogu, hoverbike toughs menace Talon Karrde and his new deadly vixen sidekick Shada, Daniel puts on his Book Crank hat to go on a classic rant, and Pallaeon crashes out hard on the news that Thrawn has "returned," Mara Jade insults Luke's appearance the instant he shows up to rescue her, and we get a whole lot of bullshit with a new bunch of annoying aliens. And instead of yet more acrimonious debate, we return to Daniel 'n' Ronnie Book Club were we discuss The Fort Bragg Cartel and Seeing Like A State Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here it is, Lucky Seven! The seventh season of Thrawnderdome is here with the concluding volume in Timothy Zahn's sequel duology The Hand of Thrawn, Vision of the Future.Daniel and Ronnie discuss what they're reading other than Star Wars expanded universe novels from the 1990s, we check in on the reviews ("Zahn has perfectly captured the pace and flavor of the Star Wars movies" raves the Sunday Oklahoman!), Moff Disra, Major Tierce, and Flim in his Thrawn guise bamboozle a planet into joining the Empire, and Luke gets into an argument with Hunter of Winds.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Which is worse: The Newsroom or Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEmail the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season Eight is on its way as we pull the Zahn Express into station with the concluding novel of the Hand of Thrawn dulogy, Vision of the Future, but first: low effort but high charm off-topic bonus content!On this grab bag of a bonus episode we have a hot Star Wars News Update, but mostly the fellas chat about a number of televisual and filmic delights they've enjoyed together recently. Topics covered include The Newsroom, the Boondock Saints trilogy (that documentary about the director's stupid band counts!), Colleen Hoover, The Room, Sia's breathtakingly insulting autism drama Music, crossword impresario Will Shortz's The Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For, Christmas With the Kranks, My Secret Santa, and Arrested Development Season 3.We also have our first Thrawnderdome Book Report to prove we're not illiterate troglodytes! Kurt Vonnegut, the making of Curb Your Enthusiasm, conjoined twin dinosaurs, Guns N' Roses, Charles de Gaulle, and old airplanes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here it is, the exciting conclusion of the first half of the Hand of Thrawn Duology! Specter of the Past ends with a bang, and by bang we mean "vague gesture toward a couple things!" Timothy introduces a rival for his self-stand in Talon Karrde named Jorj Kar'das (George Lucas), we compare Wedge to his namesake doorstopper, and Dan realizes they've gone a sixth of the book without checking in on Luke Skywalker, the STAR of Star Wars?!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Who is the the galaxy's supreme scoundrel: Han, Lando, or Talon?Email the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting close to the end of the book! Lando falls afoul of the Idiot's Array playing sabacc, False Thrawn announces himself to the Empire at large, Timothy Zahn brilliantly surpasses the boring old hat "high council" scene with a boring Grand Convocation Chamber scene, and Daniel and Ronnie struggle to understand what kind of monster man President Gavrisom is supposed to be.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Is Nanotyrannus a valid genus of tyrannosaurid?Email the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Well I'll be Kesseled" <--- REAL scintilating dialogue in this installment of Timothy Zahn's Specter of the Past! Religious R2-D2 warbling along to hymns, Ronnie does an amazing count on adjectives describing eyebrows, Daniel explores what it would be like to make love with Frank Oz, AND MORE await you in today's thrilling episode. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Detention: Should it be abolished? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

C-3PO gets Borsk Fey'lya's power of attorney, Dan arrives at a "Holy Roman Empire" interpretation of the Old and New Republics, Lando gets taken to the cleaners by Reggie, and Mara Jade loses a fight with the ground.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Metric system vs. Imperial/Customary systemEmail the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timothy Zahn makes some muddled points about politics in this thrilling segment of The Hand of Thrawn: Specter of the Past!Talon Karrde makes a stop at an illegal junk sale on a decommissioned battleship, Shada the Definitely Not Mara Jade kick ass smuggler lady faces an existential crisis, Luke Skywalker asks a robot to tell him about his own dream, and Ronnie drops some truth bombs on those lousy Bothan bums.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Daniel's Cosmetic Surgery AgendaEmail the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Luke Skywalker in yellowface eating barbecue ribs served by a robot on a pirate asteroid": A REAL SCENARIO from the novel in this, the electrifying third episode covering Specter of the Past!It's that time of year, the thinning of the veil between worlds, when fair is foul and foul is fair. In keeping with the spirit (ghost), Ronnie leads the recap in this topsy turvy episode.Dan and Ronnie invent Darth Wolverine Original Character Do Not Steal tm tm, Daniel relates a tale of his Dickensian boyhood, and we give it up to Zahn for describing interesting science fiction imagery for once.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Mario vs. Sonic: Who is the better role model for youngsters?Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Better to live one day as a Ronnie than one hundred years as a Daniel!In this installment of Thrawnderdome covering chapters 4, 5, and 6, we go through the rogues gallery of Moffs, discuss how the role of Mr. Burns on the The Simpsons was fumbled through rudeness, and then meditate a little on the human condition.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Should Dan buy a Switch 2 for his kid for Christmas?Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As long threatened, Thrawnderdome is going back to the well that made it great as we take in the completeness of Timothy Zahn's wider vision with 1997's Specter of the Past, part one of the Hand of Thrawn duology!Daniel threatens Ronnie with Kevin J. Anderson, Zahn exhibits some manner of clairvoyance to predict Gavin Newsom, Daniel pitches a sexy snake man for the next Cantina scene, the fellas smoke on that Crystal Greg.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Should the podcast stick only to Timothy Zahn vs. Should the podcast engage with the wider EU oeuvre?Join us for a scintillating sixth season of Thrawnderdome with Specter of the Past. Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the soul of art? What is the crucial human factor, that ineffable touch which nonetheless can shape even the hardest stone?Sheer dedication.On this giant sized special bonus episode, Daniel and Ronnie take a look at a fascinating artifact of Timothy Zahn's towering influence: a nearly four hour movie version of Heir to the Empire produced over several years shot entirely in Microsoft 3D Movie Maker.Janky Mara Jade awakens something in Daniel, we finally get a look at what three different types of architecture (two alien, one human) looks like, Ronnie hunts for any evidence of jiggle physics, and we bring back the Badreads segment in spirit by reading the comments.Apologies for sitting on this one so long, season six is well and truly coming soon next week!Watch the movie!https://youtu.be/CC9fYUDQ6CM?si=nOSDNaI-UNUI_LAJhttps://youtu.be/EPg4aKdbCPQ?si=BbFGejiU4dc0U2VSEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're crossing the streams with a Deliver the Profile/Thrawnderdome coproduction! Speaking of referencing other, more famous media, Ronnie and Daniel discuss Joss Whedon's ill-starred X-Men ripoff superhero ensemble drama HBO-to-Tubi original series The Nevers.Sparkless writing, dodgy special effects, weak load-bearing premises, behind the scenes disgrace, The Nevers had it all! So how did it go so wrong? With two preeminent scholars of garbage television on the case, answers can't be far behind!Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie is Luke Skywalker's best friend on Tatooine in this electrifying experiment in post-modern narrative construction expressed as radio theater. That's right, we will read LIVE ON AIR the Choose Your Own Adventure-style Star Wars adventure, Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope.Daniel narrates, Ronnie chooses, and hilarity ensures. Join us, won't you, as we explore yet another middle grade rip off cash grab from Bantam publishing!Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By gar it's been a while! Grab a box of Mike and Ikes to rattle while we're trying to pay attention and join the Movie Guys in the Chris Pietersen Memorial Filmnasium as we review Solo: A Star Wars Story. We were not happy with it, but neither were the studio executives, audiences, or even the actors. But that won't stop us from getting granular about gripes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We conclude The Truce at Bakura recapping the denouement and then running the story down character by character! Ronnie awards the book five pinocchios, we update our power ranking of Star Wars tie in authors, and your hosts remember some guys from the novel.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Orangutan suffrage Email the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie accuses Daniel of having no honor, we encounter a truly exceptional deployment of punctuation, we lower the flag for the SS McFlurry, Luke blows it with his girlfriend, and Daniel has a Special Interest moment in the debate segment.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Marsupials: Myth or Fiction? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this exciting episode, Threepio gets casually disrespected yet again, Han Solo crashes a speeder, and a certain 132 year old lady gets rude, crude, and in your face! The 90s are back, baby!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Raccoons: Threat or menace?Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Truth Of Dracula we rap a little 311, Luke brings up the Force while flirting, Gaeri is on the seafood diet (if she sees seafood she eats it!), and the Ssi-Ruuk strike!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Dolphins vs. SharksEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaeri plays records on her quadraphonic stereo, Han Solo eats soup, Luke is discriminated against because of religion, the boys get to the bottom of David Copperfield's whole deal, and Luke turns out to be a foot guy!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Bees vs. AntsEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A New Year, a new episode!Kathy establishes that showers exist in Star Wars, Luke does mind control on Han Solo, and Namaste hands are made.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Red pandas vs. Giant pandasEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thrawnderdome is BACK, and more Thrawnless than ever!After our interlude exploring the Galaxy of Fear, it's time we returned to real hardcover novels for adults. Following up the Thrawn trilogy, Bantam Spectra next published Kathy Tyers' The Truce At Bakura in 1994, a stand alone novel taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Endor. In this episode, Daniel introduces Ms. Tyers to the listeners, Luke gives a Gotal a headache, Will Kathy capture the dizzying heights of prose achieved by Timothy Zahn? The image of Mon Mothma sitting atop a beer cooler with a frozen ewok in it points to YES!Into the Thrawndome debate topic - Are Zebras Horses?Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined by Lawrence once again to discuss the last published scrap semi-official of Galaxy of Fear material: a short story published on a Lucasfilm website written by an actual teen! It's a mess! We also get a report from Lawrence's investigation into John Whitman's extended authorship universe, and pitch other juvenile fiction series that could stand to have a coat of Star Wars paint thrown on them. Plus we announce the next Star Wars novel to be covered in season five of the internet's longest running news and variety show, Thrawnderdome! Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We could have been calling them The GOFers (pronounced "go-ferz") this whole time! It's the final recap episode of the season, the twelfth and last book of the Galaxy of Fear series of science fiction horror novels for young readers set in the Star Wars Galaxy as conceived by George Lucas: The Hunger.Lawrence of Bad Time Radio joins us in penance for all this having been his idea, and we say GOODbye to BADreads by looking up one star reviews of our favorite novels ("As manipulative as a Nicholas Sparks novel" says one reviewer of Slaughterhouse 5).It's a magical galaxy, Hoole ol' buddy... Let's go exploring! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it Daarth Vader or Darth Vaader when its a clone? It's a special make up session for some technical difficulties as we record ourselves discussing Galaxy of Fear #11: Clones a second time. Zak cracks wise about how all Sallustans look alike, Daniel gets defensive about Steely Dan, and the Reveal gets revealed three or four times!Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boy oh boy, is this junior novel a late breaking piece for the front page of the newspaper? Because it is phoned in! See it used to be that reporters would use telephones to call into the newspaper office and dictate the story so it could go to press.What if Goosebumps did 2001 and also it was Star Wars? Join us we find out! The Old Testament references continue with a character named Malek (Canaanite for "king"), TWO entries for the "John Whitman describes a creature invented by Timothy Zahn better than Zahn does" file, and Daniel nails John Krav Maga to the wall on getting Dash Rendar's spaceship wrong. Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel and Ronnie dedicate an entire episode to exploring the world of Timothy Zahn literary criticism through Goodreads reviews.Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can a statue perform a jump scare? Jerec from Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II makes an appearance! Daniel is reminded of a science fiction novel no one has ever heard of, Ronnie has had it up to here with space slugs, and the boys agree that there are too many evil doctors.Featuring further Badreads!Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our boy Thrawn returns! Daniel does not beat the hick allegations, Ronnie reiterates his bounty of $100 to whoever can find out Daniel's old LiveJournal user name, Uncle Hoole explains Mon Calamari evolutionary history, and Badreads! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

R2-MeToo, Tash does a Tony Robbins seminar style coal walk, Daniel publishes his book Everyone Deserves to Daniel Out, John Whitman runs circles around Timothy Zahn describing a beast created by Timothy Zahn, and at last a novel asks the question "Would you transplant a 50 year old criminal's brain into a teenaged girl's body?"Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel is astonished that Ronnie doesn't know of a defunct regional fast food chain, the gang finds a baby, Uncle Hoole faces his deepest darkness, Ronnie diagnoses John Whitman's bird-like nature.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - THE DEBATE SEGMENT ITSELFEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie gives his book report on going to the Episode I rerelease, everywhere is a day's road trip away in Star Wars, an alien is caught blasting cigs, and Darth Vader hires an old woman to assassinate children.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Would you put your brain in a robot body?Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie weighs spending dozens of dollars on a compact disc of Anthony Michael Hall's band, Daniel is a buzzkill about longnecked dinosaurs, Zak gets grossed out by a creature-like monster, and Lando Calrissian teaches a child to gamble. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Live in the matrix version of 1999 vs. Fight the machinesEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our latest installment covering the Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series of junior horror novels, the vocabulary word of the day is "ziggurat", a certain beloved Rebel Alliance starpilot is our guest star, and Ronnie diagnoses Daniel on the annoyingism spectrum.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - ADHD: Real? Or Real Fake?Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us won't you? As we journey further into... the Galaxy of Fear!!Your Star Wars experts Dan and Ronnie discuss the funerary practices of the original trilogy, Ronnie lays out the ways he's like a big sister to Dan, and a small boy watches his only friend die then gets buried alive.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Solar EclipseEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this triumphant return to form, Thrawnderdome is going back to its roots: reading and recapping Star Wars fiction from the Nineteen Hundreds.This season we're reading through Bantam's attempt to cash in on Goosebumps fever, the Star Wars junior novel series Galaxy of Fear! Daniel and Ronnie meet Zak and Tash Arranda, two child refugees from destroyed Alderaan, their guardian Hoole, and a sassy robot not unlike C-3PO... with an attitude!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Young Adult LiteratureEmail the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's this? TWO bonus episodes in as many weeks?! I told y'all we were back.On this episode, we revisit the spellbinding world of Rebel Moon with Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver.Daniel and Ronnie are joined by leading scholar of Snyder studies Chris Ludovici, whose expertise and insight prove invaluable as we draw out multiple layers of meaning from this rich text. Or you know, maybe we just crack wise about a hacky and boring piece of fluff.Either way you'll be glad you listened to this instead of sitting through Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scaregiver!Email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Break time is over, and your boys are back at the coal face in the content mines! Ronnie has to listen to Daniel and special guest Lawrence from Bad Time Radio share about their special interest: Warhammer 40,000.We explore the wider world of IP tie-in novels with Day of Ascension, a novella in the Warhammer 40k setting by acclaimed author Adrian Tchaikovsky. What makes a good IP novel? Just how shameless ought the model advertising be? Is it possible to describe something, anything?These and many more burning questions shall be put to bed for good on this exciting bonus episode of Thrawnderdome!Get Bad Time Radio on your podcasting app of choice and email the show at thrawnderdomepod at gmail dot com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What was once a forsaken Star Wars pitch comes to life as the mind blowing opening salvo of a new IP universe: Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon!Daniel and Ronnie suffer through this morass of underwriting and half-baked cribbing and present to you a sparkling audio recap, saving you the trouble of expending rods and cones on it! Email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke and Mara ask each other how their brains are, Sturm and Drang pay off in the rare Chekov's Gun from the first play in a series of plays rather than the first act of a play, Daniel puts his clones to work to soak up the residuals, and we do a character by character last word on the trilogy. It's a jam packed supersized episode as we give the Thrawn trilogy one last going over!Thank you to Megan and Alex for taking part in this exploration of a mythos and a body of literature.Thank you listeners for going on this non-stop thrill ride with us! We will return with more Star Wars fiction hijinks in season four. email the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel has a nervous episode at being so close to finishing the Thrawn trilogy, Samuel Tomas Gillespee arrives at Bilbringi in the stupid name match of a lifetime, Ronnie predicts Daniel will die in 2026, and a surprise guest makes an appearance and meets a grisly end within these very chapters. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - TikTok bans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel and Ronnie pitch a show to new king of Star Wars Dave Filoni, Grand Admiral Thrawn conjures the amusing image of himself as caretaker of C'baoth clone babies, Leia harasses the humble, well meaning, and efficient Senate Library staff, Borsk Fey'lya comes back for one last humiliation, and even at this late hour stomachs tighten.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Animal Babies vs. Regular BabiesEmail the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Han Solo is an Archie Bunker type of guy, the boys order The Zahn from a local Tampa sandwich chain, Timothy deploys the p-slur once again against C-3PO, and Daniel recommends Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White to understand the Chiss experience.Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic -- cryptozoology Email the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timothy Zahn belittles C-3PO and vaguely describes an animal in the same sentence, Niles Ferrier gets his comeuppance, and Daniel is revealed to have been engaging in folly for months when Delta Source is revealed! Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - VibesEmail the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel looks up naughty words in the Wooktionary, Ronnie regales us with his sick cat impression, the cracks start to show in Daniel's Winter Is Delta Source theory, and Grand Admiral Thrawn strikes Coruscant itself!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - PulpEmail the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a zebra man!!C'baoth flexes his Dark Jedi muscles, Timothy Zahn takes a trip to the zoo for inspiration, and fan favorite Dravis is back and badder than ever!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Megafauna: yea or nayEmail the show at [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie's Noghri impression is a sexy "rawr", everyone says "GARM!" in unison when Bel Iblis arrives, the Imperial Palace is penetrated by Imperial Intelligence on a baby raid, and Ronnie concludes that Timothy ZahnInto the Thrawnderdome debate topic - bottled water.Email the show at [email protected] ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Timothy Zahn gets odd about pregnancy and childbirth when Princess Leia gives birth to the twins! Certified childbirth experts Dr. Daniel Daughhetee and Reverend Ronnie Gardocki take him to task. The boys glibly commit to rewriting the entirely trilogy. Pallaeon m-preg content. And introducing Samuel Tomas Gillespee!Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Twitter vs. XEmail the show at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Beginning of the End!On this, the world's ONLY Star Wars podcast, Daniel and Ronnie crack the spine on the final volume in Timothy Zahn's foundational Thrawn trilogy, The Last Command!The boys take heart in the lack of Noghri content, Grand Admiral Thrawn takes advantage of an alien people's unique psychology of being afraid of bad things happening, Luke indulges in some cloak-and-blade nonsense as he attempts to track down the Clone Connection. Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic - Dave Filoni: Hero or Zero? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.