Jun 2, 2022

It's finally time to check back in with the ongoing search for Bornan Thul, plus the new and improved adventures of Anakin Solo! In this shagadelic, semi-charmed kind of episode, we question our 10-year-old taste in birthday party activities, bemoan the codification of floating heads, and try to predict whether...

May 4, 2022

The midpoint of the Young Jedi Knights novels coincided with the release of the 1997 Special Editions and the return of Star Wars to the zeitgeist. In this extra Special bonus episode, we revisit the hype by dusting off our kid's meal toys and commemorative magazines from yesteryear, debating the ethics of revising...

Apr 6, 2022

While on a quest to find an emotionally significant gift for Leia, the Young Jedi Knights encounter an iconic bounty hunter! And as we go back to 1997 for this new arc of the series, we encounter a bounty of iconic pop culture from silly martial arts comedies to emotionally significant magazines. We also touch on our...

Mar 23, 2022

File into the Grand Temple for our inaugural Lowie Awards, the prestigious medal ceremony where we reveal favorite reads of the previous year, reimagine a few Oscar categories from the mid-90s, and recap the pop culture highlights of 2021. It took some stretching, but we even found some ways to relate it to Star Wars!

Mar 2, 2022

Just as Jaina Solo commandeers an enemy TIE Fighter in the epic final battle against the Shadow Academy, Eric Ambler of What Were We Watching? skyjacks the podcast to explain the history of aircraft piracy. We also find time to honor the late Dave Wolverton's contributions to Young Jedi Knights lore, gush over...