Star Wars Book Report
By Jesse Colbert and Wayne Chamberlain
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Podcast Description
A fun podcast to celebrate all things written in the Star Wars Universe, other fun Sci-Fi Works, and all kinds of other shenanigans. We explore the galaxy one page at a time. It is the podcast for www.starwarsbookreport.com and www.scifibookreport.com. Thanks for listening.
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Episode 52 “The Jeff Grubb Clubb” or “Finally An Average Jedi” | In today's episode, Wayne and I interview Jeff Grubb, who most of you will know as one of the newest Star Wars authors with his book Scourge, but Mr. Grubb has been a apart of the Star Wars universe for quite some time as a writer in the RPG quadrant of the Star Wars Universe. He has also written for PC games, novels, comics, and much more. He was a lot of fun to chat with, and we hope you enjoy learning about co-authoring with his wife, the story behind the title of Scourge, what it's like to write in these various area, his RPG playing days, and much more. Then, Wayne and I break down Scourge and review the book itself. We talk about the characters, the plot, the Hutts, and all kinds of good stuff from this novel including is plot twist at the end. Finally, we chase numerous rabbits which take us from my wife embarrasing me at a race to did George Lucas mean what he said and plenty of other shenanigans, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time! Thanks for listening, Jesse | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 51 “Live: The Experiment” or “Dope Squadron” of your Star Wars Book Report | Here is our episode 51 that we recorded live. We finish our Fan Fic contest with our novel entries. You answer our question of the show where we asked, "How would you like to see Maul used in Season 5 of the Clone Wars?" Then, we dive into X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole. There is contest to win a copy of Scourge by Jeff Grubb, which if you listened live you have a much better chance of winning, and there is our usual amount of fun and shenanigans. To all that listened live and sent in comments and tweets, we thank you. Wayne and I had a blast reading your comments and trying to work them into the show. You made the show better with your interaction with us. If you did not listen live, we hope you will be able to do in the future. We want our live shows to be as interactive and fun as possible. Also, if you listened live or did not listen live, we would love to hear your feedback. You can e-mail me at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com. Thanks for exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time, Jesse | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Announcement – We Are Going Live! | Sunday May the 6th at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time and 7:30 Pacific the Star Wars Book Report will be going live, and we want you to be there. To listen to the show live, all you have to do is get on www.starwarsbookreport.com and listen! We also want you to interact with the show, and there are two ways to do this. Jump on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/swbookreport, find our Episode 51 chat and share your opinion. You can also jump on Twitter and make you comments there and add the hashtag #SWBR. I want #SWBR to be trending on Twitter. We will be discussing our Fan Fic novel contest and reviewing X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole. So come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time...LIVE Sunday May the 6th at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 50 “This is Just the Beginning” or “You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Ramblings” of your Star Wars Book Repor | Happy Epiversary to you, and thank you so much for listening. In today's show, we talk about what you want us to talk about. We have ten topics that come from you our beloved listener. We babble and ramble on a wide variety of topics ranging from: what books would we like to read, which Star Wars books would we like to see written, the Traviss controversy, the EA boycott, can you be a Jedi, what does balance the force mean and so much more. I do let my religion show, and I hope I don't offend you, but I got fired up and couldn't hold back. We then share our favorite moments in the shows history, and my co host throws me under the bus, runs me over with said bus, and then back bus over me...and does this after I was very sweet to him and his family! It's unbelievable. We have fun, and again we thank you for being a part of our strange weird journey through the galaxy one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 49 “Your Stories” or “We’ve Gone International” of your Star Wars Book Report | Today we break down our nine entries into our Fan Fic Face Off short story contest. Wayne and I give our honest critique of our very talented audience. If you have yet to check out these short stories, they all can be found at www.starwarsbookreport.com. Look for the Fan Fic Face Off 2012 category to find them all in one place. We also tackle the question of the show where you give your opinion on your favorite and least favorite moments from the Clone Wars season four, and I get really fired up. Then, Brian and Nanci stop by from Tosche Station Radio podcast that can be found at www.solosound.net, and in all the usual places such as iTunes, Zune and the like. We talk about their show, fan fiction, post yavin era, and much more. Lastly we make a couple of announcements such as our good friend Steve Glosson from Geek our Loud has been asked to get a worship service together for Sunday at this years Celebration, and we are taking tee shirt orders. For just $15 dollars plus shipping if you life outside of the United States, you can make your friends jealous or the ladies fall in love with you because of your very own SW Book Report tee shirt with our new logo. E-mail me at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com if you would like one. We will take orders through May and order in June. They make great Independence Day Gifts! Thanks for listening and exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time, Jesse | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 48 “It’s About People” or “Goofy Goofiness With Two Goofs” of your Star Wars Book Report | We loved the segment of the question of the show, so much that we are dedicating an entire show to it. We asked you to tell us who is your favorite and your least favorite characters in Star Wars. You tell us who you love and who you would want to die in a horrible speeder crash. Then, Wayne and I give you our list of our favorite and least favorite characters. Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Abeloth, Starkiller, Ben Sky Walker, Corran Horn, Anakin, The Star Crusher, I-5, Jangotat, Nom Anor, Borsk Fey'lya, Lando are just to name a few of the character we break down in this episode...you can star guessing now how Wayne and I feel about those listed. We also give you homework to read our nine short story fan fic entries and let your thoughts be heard on twitter @swbookreport and @chamberlainw, on Facebook, www.facebook.com/swbookreport, through e-mail jesse@starwarsbookreport.com, and on comments on our website, but be a part of our fan fic contest by giving us your brilliant insights. Finally, we give the question of the show for our next episode...what were your favorite and least favorite moments from season 4 of the Clone Wars. So come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 47 “Verbal Sparring” or “Paul Kemp Returns” of your Star Wars Book Report | We are finally back. Stupid life getting in the way of our hobbies. Today's episode is jam packed. We review Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart and discuss our Clone Wars Yoda novel. We share an interview with Paul Kemp. We update our Fan Fic Face Off contest, which is being separated into two episodes, one for short stories and one for novels, because of the tremendous response of our wonderful audience. We unveil a new bit where you get to sound off on our question of the show. We hype our upcoming Star Wars Book Report fantasy baseball league, which still has slots available, so send me an e-mail at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com and join today, and finally, I share about performing the wedding of my sister in law that was...well...snotacular. Whew, I am tired just typing all of that in this jam packed episode, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 46 “Why So Sidious?” or “The King’s Gambit” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we break down the novel that we have waited years for. We devour Darth Plagueis by James Luceno. We give our thoughts on the man that trained the man took over the galaxy. We discuss what this novel means for the nature of the force, light and dark side, going forward in the EU. We differ on several aspects on this novel and what Luceno was trying to do and where we rank this novel overall. We tell you what we love and don't love about this novel. We break down every aspect of this novel, and we hope you enjoy this debate. We announce our Fantasy Baseball League and contest. After all the fun we had in football, we thought this was a no brainer...also, I have to redeem myself from my poor, poor performance in our football league. I also share about my trip to the spa with my wife. It was my first time to visit a spa, and apparently my wife is much, much tougher than me. All this and more, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 45 “This One Is For The Ladies” or “A Peachy Time With Catherine Taber” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode we turn our attention to the ladies as we interview two ladies. We chat to actress and voice of Padme, Ms. Catherine Taber, and we talk with one of our best tweetships Sarah Cole @oldzorah. Both were super fun to talk to. Sarah with her interesting Star Wars fandom, and Catherine was just a hoot. We talk everything from radio drama...cooking...what's better Georgia or Canada and Ms. Taber settles that debate, and of course we eventually get around to talking some Star Wars. Before our interviews, Wayne and I talk about love in Star Wars: Han and Leia, Luke and Mara, Anakin and Padme, Corran and Mirax, R2 and 3PO, and so on. We talk about how love has added a new dimension to the Clone Wars and Pre-Yavin era that the Post-Yavin era just doesn't have. It will be fun because it's two guys that know nothing about romance talking about romance. Join us for this utter nonsense. Also, we update our Fan Fic Face-Off contest, and we still hope you will send your piece in, and read our other entries and share your opinion with us. So come along and explore the galaxy and the heart with us, one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 44 “I Am Not A Bird! It’s Pronounced REVAN” or “On A Mission With Drew Karpyshyn” of your Star Wars Book Repo | In today's episode we talk to Bioware Game Writer and Novelist Drew Karpyshyn. We talk about his work and the development of The Old Republic online PC game. We discuss his Star Wars novels including the Bane Trilogy and The Old Republic: Revan, and what it's like to write a novelization tie into a video game, and much more. It is a wonderul chat that you will enjoy. After the interview, Wayne and I break down and discuss Karpyshyn's The Old Republic: Revan. We share about how fascinating Lord Scourge was and what an interesting ending this novel had. We also share the weakness of this novel as well, and look at this novel from all angles. Finally, we give an update on the exciting response we have had in our Fan Fic Face-Off 2012. We hope that you will get on board this exciting contest and enter a piece or read and rate what we have and will receive. We also announce a couple of upcoming interviews and other things that are coming down the shoot. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 43 “It’s Alliance Not Attraction” or “This Episode Could Kill You” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, Wayne and I argue over how many times can you read about the same explosion and it still be interesting as we break down Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams. We discuss how the opening of this movie is very George Lucasesqued, how the ending gave us some nice twists, and argue just how great the middle was. We break down characters and plot as we dive deep into this novel. We give you the results of our Fantasy Football league where I was totally robbed by Peyton Manning's neck. We chase numerous sports rabbits, and most importantly we make a major announcement. That announcment being the Star Wars Book Report Fan Fic Faceoff 2012 where we want you to submit your best fan fic piece to be judged by our audience and us. We will post these pieces on our site for our audience to read, and we will dedicate a future podcast to announcing our winner who will receive our acclaim and a lousy tee shirt. More details and full contest rules can be found on the link at the top of this page. All submissions can be sent to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com, and if you have any questions you can e-mail me as well. We hope to receive your submission soon. So come explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 42 – “We Wish You A Merry Sithmas” or “Pulling The Wool Over Your Eyes” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, Wayne and I break down Deceived by Paul Kemp. We explore the psychological journey through a Sith, a Jedi, and yet another Smuggler with a heart of gold. We chase a rabbit, and for once, it is one you should be interested in...we discuss the issues we see facing the Expanded Universe and the problems we see upcoming if changes are not made. We also discuss Christmas and our respective traditions. You get to learn how to to celebrate Christmas as a Canuck. Finally, we give you our fantasy football league update with our championship game and much more. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 41 – “The Review Of The Return” or “I Can’t Believe We Didn’t Talk More About The Ewoks” of your Star War | In today's episode we break down, The Return of the Jedi by James Kahn. We discuss everything we liked and didn't about this novel. We inexplicably ignore the Ewoks, but we do break down the final installment of our journey through the movie novelizations. We also, discuss the experience through this journey, and finally we rate the six novelizations in a top six format...I bet you can't guess which gets our lowest rating...OK, so maybe you can. We also give you an in depth fantasy football update from our listener league, where you get to hear how poorly I am doing. Wayne offends a fish, and I ask for urine...It is a wild episode filled with our normal amount of goofiness and shenanigans. We leave you with our Merry Sithmas episode preview, and as always of late with your issue 15 Marvel Star Wars Minute. Thanks for listening and exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. Jesse | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 40 “Turkey and Wampas and Hoth O My” or “Donald F. Glut’s Wild Ride” of your Star Wars Book Report | Welcome to our Thanksgiving Special where Wayne and I break down the novelization of Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut, and I promise we are more positive in today's show than we were in the previous two episodes. We share what we enjoyed and did not in this novel. We argue over the value of Lando, and I am right. Then, we interview the author himself Mr. Donald F. Glut who stops by to share the wild ride that has been his career from creating Castle Grayskull to being produced by a Monkey to collecting art to writing comics to inventing special effects that made Hollywood take not to writing a novelization of a movie we all love. It is a fascinating interview with an even more fascinating person. We hope you enjoy our Thanksgiving special, and know that Wayne and I are always thankful for you our listeners. Thanks for exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. Jesse | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 39 – “Steve Glosson Strikes Back” or Game On With Greg Bear” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's Steve Glosson is back to break down more of the movie novelizations, as he tries to defend the novelization of Episode IV...I am Serious. He is going to argue this is a good book. I jest. I would like you to weigh in on our discussion. Do you agree with Steve that this novelization is great and entertaining? or do you agree with Wayne and I that this book left a lot to be desired? You can e-mail us your opinion to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com or you can jot us a note on Facebook or tweet us twits on Twitter @swbookreport. We want you to sound off on this novel. After Wayne, Steve, and I argue for a while, we bring on a much more agreeable guest in Mr. Greg Bear who is the author of numerous science fiction novels that have won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards. He authored Rogue Planet in the Star Wars Universe, and in working on a Halo prequel trilogy. He also consulted for NASA, which I just think is too cool. So come along and explore with us the galaxy one page at a time as we enjoy two guest in Steve Glosson and Mr. Greg Bear. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 38 – “I Apologize For Our Negativity” or “Katching Up With Kevin J. Anderson” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, we continue our wild journey through novelizations of the Star Wars movies, and we dive into not only the first Star Wars novel...we dive into the world's first glimpse into the Star Wars universe. If you thought Wayne and I had issues with the novelization of Episode II, you just sit back and listen to us get our bash on in this episode. After we discuss how awful this novelization was, we do end on a very high note with an interview with prolific author Kevin J. Anderson who shares some fascinating behind the scenes of how the Jedi Academy Trilogy came into being, and he lives a fanboy's dream when digging though Frank Herbert's personal notes on the Dune series and working with it. He gives you the low down on all of his upcoming projects and much more...and I ask him how he feels about his creations of Admiral Daala becoming Chief of State and Jacen becoming a Sith. It is a fun and great chat. Thanks for listening and send us your thoughts to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com, like us on Facebook, and follow us on twitter @swbookreport and @chamberlainw Have a great day. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 37 – “To Han Or Not To Han” or “Steve Glosson Sets Me Straight” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's Halloween Special, Wayne and I break down Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber. We discuss the impressive character development in this novel, how this novel gave us the willys, and just what a fun read this novel was. We also discuss whether or not this book ripped of a movie that takes place in Raccoon City. Lastly, we have a nice argument over whether on not one famous character needed to be in this novel. We also have a great chat/argument with Steve Glosson from http://www.geekoutpodcast.com/ and www.steveglosson.com and I am sure several other websites. Steve comes on to explain Episode II to me after listening to our Episode 35 on Attack of the Clones. It is a discussion that is, at times, insightful, off topic, brilliant, confused, a train wreck, funny, and much more...you just have to listen to it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this rather lengthy joy ride of we affectionately call your Star Wars Book Report. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 36 – “Sithtacular” or “This Episode Is Best Served Cold” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, Wayne and I dive into the novelization of Revenge of the Sith by Matt Stover. We break down the absolute brillance of this novelization. We share with you where this novel ranks among the Star Wars family of novels. We discuss the very cool tip of the cap to the Expanded Universe that Matt Stover gives in this novel, and we tell you everything to love of this novel, and as always share with you our frustrations with this novel. Without a guest today, Wayne and I dive deeply into this great novel. We also give you a Star Wars Book Report Fantasy Football Update where Ryan's Kessel Runners is a perfect 4 and 0, leading the league, and the only undefeated team left, but not the only team with a perfect record as I am sitting a perfect 0 and 4...Get ready for the comeback. Thanks for giving us your time and giving us a listen. We would love to hear from you. You can find Star Wars Book Report on Face Book. You can follow me on Twitter @swbookreport or Wayne @chamberlainw, and you can always e-mail me at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse Colbert | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 35 – “Attack Of The Dopes” or “The Marvelous Chris Smith” of your Star Wars Book Report | Today we break down the novelization of Attack of the Clones by R. A. Salvatore. We discuss the flaws and overall oddness to aspects of the plot. We share just how blown away we were by the visuals in this movie, and equally blown away at how Salvatore captures that action in print. There is much to love and some to be frustrated by in this story. We are fired up as we journey through the movie novelizations. Also, today, Chris Smith stops by to discuss some old school Star Wars EU as we dive into the first ten issues of the Marvel Star Wars Comic run, where we talk pink fur dice and rabbits. Man, comics were trippy back in the day. Lastly, we share our awful opening weekends in our Fantasy Football Mega Challenge...where I like to think we were being nice to our listeners, but really I just got my tail kicked, and I share who's been commenting on my pics on Facebook. I way, way too excited about that little tidbit, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 34 – “Talking With James Arnold Taylor” or “Wayne’s ‘Expo’se” of your Star Wars Book Report | Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Leonrdo, Peter Pan, Johnny Test, Fred Flinstone, and many more all stop by today for a chat...of course these characters all come from the even bigger characgter of James Arnold Taylor, who stops by to talk Clone Wars, voice acting, his one man show, and much much more. Wayne also share about his journey through the Toronto Fan Expo where he ran down multiple interviews with a member of the 501st, a behind the scenes look at the Blu Ray release of Star Wars, a robot handler from Real Steel, and then Wayne does what Darth Vader could not do...Wayne finds the droid he is looking for and interviews Anthony Daniels. Wayne also shares his experience from his prescreening of Episode 1 of Season 4 from the Clone Wars. It is great stuff from our feild reporter Wayne today. You can find more information on James Arnold Taylor at www.jamesarnoldtaylor.com We hope you enjoy exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 33 – “Darth Brooks” or “Rattle Me This” of your Star Wars Book Report | Most jam packed episode ever! We break down and discuss The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks, and we interview the author Terry Brooks himself, and speak with him on writing The Phantom Menace, and much more. You can find more information on Mr. Brooks at http://www.terrybrooks.net/. We announce our Fantasy Football challenge. If you wish to play against Wayne and I in fantasy football, e-mail me at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com and ask to join the league. The first 10 e-mails we receive will play against us for fabulous Star Wars Book Report apparel. Join our league today. We also interview and chat with Pete Morrison from http://www.lightsaberrattling.com/ and talk on a wide range of topics from his website to his dinner with Shelly Shapiro to baseball to many other rabbits. We hope you enjoy this episode of your Star Wars Book Report, and we thank you for exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks, Jesse | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 32 – “Matt Forbeck Vs. Us” or “Ring The Bell” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, we discuss a discussion that most of you have had around comic shops, comic cons, and dinner tables around the world...who would win in a fight between Star Wars with all of its Jedi and Star Trek with all of its Captains. To join us for this discussion is the man who wrote the book on the Matt Forbeck, who penned Star Wars vs. Star Trek. Mr. Forbeck, Wayne, and I have a great time giving our thoughts on this book and its fun tongue in cheek look into both franchises. Mr. Forbeck also shares about the differences between working in novels and gaming, and he shares about his other works, which have Wayne and I both interested and in stitches. Finally, Mr. Forbeck shares with us about his upcoming projects. You can find Matt Forbeck at http://www.forbeck.com/. Wayne and I also set a record on rabbits chased in one episode where we talk about everything from WWE to Nightmares to Reel Steel to Reality TV to Judges... It was all fun, and we hope you enjoy listening to our show as we do making it. Thanks for listening, Jesse Colbert | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 31 – “Chatting With A. C. Crispin” or “Hooray For Us!” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, you have heard Wayne and I break down her Han Solo Trilogy for the last three weeks, and today we tackle the author herself as A. C. Crispin drops by for a wonderful chat. We discuss everything from how she got into writing, her novels and her series, the seedy side of scammers in the publishing business, her new projects, the best places for crab, and so much more. We have so much fun just talking with Ms. Crispin, and you will have fun listening to her. You can find Ms. Crispin all across the Internet to get all of her latest news and projects. Ms. Crispin's personal website is www.accrispin.com Ms. Crispin's work with Writer Beware can be found at www.writerbeware.com You can find Ms. Crispin on Facebook by clicking here. Ms. Crispin tweets on the twitter. You can follow her @anncrispin Thanks for listening to our interview with A. C. Crispin. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30 – “Dawn Corleone” or “Is That Billy Idol?” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, Wayne and I complete our journey through the Han Solo Trilogy, by breaking down Rebel Dawn by A. C. Crispin. We talk romance, love, marriage, blasters, betrayal, gambling, spies, secret transmissions, and so much more. We share our thoughts on the difficulties of writing a novel when you know how the story must end, and your audience does too. Then, we praise Ms. Crispin for keeping this novel interesting even when we know how it will end. Also, in this episode, you can hear Wayne and I gush over the fact that we were noticed by Ms. Crispin herself when she commented on our Face Book friend...you should like us on Face Book, so you can read her comments about us and our silly little show. Finally we share an announcement over a search that may interest you over at www.knightsarchive.wordpress.com So come along for the ride and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29 – “A Human And A Wookie Walk Into A Cantina” or “Slave…Life Debt…What’s The Difference?” of your Sta | In today's episode, Wayne and I break down book two of The Han Solo Trilogy of The Hutt Gambit by A. C. Crispin. We share our likes and dislikes. We discuss: Hutt politics, broken hearts, new friendships, old enemies, poisoned frogs, love at first sight, capes, and so much more. Then, Wayne has the audacity of putting down the coolest of all Star Wars characters...what can you do? Also, Wayne and I make some announcements. One that will interest e-book junkies, but I bet you already know. One that was just me entertaining myself, and one that is very exciting and actually has something to do with the show. Anyway, we thank you for exploring with us the galaxy one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28 – “Get To Know Solo” or “Aww, Now We’ll Have To Chew Our Leg Off” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's show, Wayne and I discuss the idea of a prequel. We talk about what makes a prequel so powerful and enjoyable, and we also share why prequels are so hard to get right. Then, we jump into the prequel novel trilogy involving every one's favorite smuggler with a heart of gold Han Solo as we discuss The Paradise Snare by A. C. Crispin. We share our favorite moments from the book, and how this lays a beautiful foundation for why Han is Han in the movies. Finally we talk is it ok for two guys to like a romantic novel this much. Of course we have our fun talking the Hockey playoffs and other non sense, and I share what I think Wayne should do since the US brought Lord Stanley's Trophy home. Finally we share the direction of upcoming podcast unless you have a better idea than let us hear it at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com, and I encourage you to check out our Christie Golden interview which can be found in our Authors Interviewed category to your left. Thanks for giving up your time and exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27 – “Tales From The Cryptum” or “It Zahn Like Donkey Kong” of your Star Wars Book Report | Today's episode Wayne and I leave the Star Wars Universe...well sort of...We discuss two Star Wars authors' works outside of the Star Wars Universe. We begin by breaking down Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear where Mr. Bear begins to lay the foundation for the mysterious forerunners from the widely popular video game franchise Halo, and then, I break down The Dragonback Adventures by Timothy Zahn, which is just a wonderfully fun series. Come along and explore with us the galaxy one page at a time as we try to broaden our horizons and inspire you to new explorations in your local book shop. Have a great day of reading, page turning, without paper cuts. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26 – “Not Artistically Done” or “The Last Ushering In The Next” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode Wayne and I break down The Last Command by Timothy Zahn. We share what we love about this novel and our frustrations. We share which characters from this trilogy that we would want to read in future novels and tell you where you can find these great characters in other novels. We spend time discussing whether or not we like the demise of Thrawn. Then we try to put into perspective the significance of this novel and this trilogy. We also unveil our newest bit with "Quote of the Day" where we share with you the best line from today's show. Listen and see if you can guess which line it is, and the correct answer will be shared at the end of this episode. Also, we give you 4 nicknames for Steve Glosson for the return of Geek Out Loud and share which promo won our promo contest from Episode 25. Join us for our usual nonsense, and explore with us the galaxy one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25 – “You Heard It Here Second” or “Wranking Writers” of your Star Wars Book Report | Today's episode is jam packed. Wayne and I give you each of our top 5 favorite Star Wars authors and why. We share the strengths, style, and sheer awesomeness of each author. Of the two list, only one author appears on each list. Kudos if you can guess which author that is. Also, Wayne and I give you two authors out side of Star Wars that you should check out. Our hope is that our passionate talk and discussion on each author will encourage you to check out their books, show you that all Star Wars novels and authors are not the same, and give you some reading to do outside of Star Wars. We want to light a passion in you. Finally, we make a big announcment rguarding Geek Out Loud and our good freind Steve Glosson, and then, I have some fun at Steve's expense, but Steve knows how much I love him. By the way you will love this announcment. Let's get started and explore together the galaxy one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24 – “What Do They Call A Quarter Pounder On Coruscant?” or “Galbatorix Strikes Back” of your Star Wars Book | In today's episode, Wayne and I have a good old fasion argument over whether or not Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover is a great or terrible book. What is cool is the reason I really liked this book is the same reason why Wayne did not like it so much. We discuss how cool it was to read Mace Windu's diary...although I am surprised a man that bad would keep one...We also discuss what we liked and did not like about this novel. Also, we complete our discussion on Eldest by Christopher Paolini, and just how much did this book rip off George Lucas and The Empire Strikes Back with it's two big reveals are so similar to the reveals in Episode 5, and then, we share how good this book is becasue hey, if you are going to be influenced by Mr. Lucas, your work is going to be good. We also share our likes and dislikes in this novel as well. And we open by discussing Darth Vader's long lost twin on the cover of Deceived by Paul Kemp. It is another big show for you today, and we thank you for exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time. We hope you enjoy today's nonsense. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23 – “Everybody’s Got White Hats” or “Is That David Bowie or The Wallflowers?” of your Star Wars Book Repor | Welcome to Episode 23 and in today's episode Wayne and I discuss heroes. We share what our favorite characteristics of a hero are, and we differ quite a bit. We discuss our favorite types of heroes, and we share our favorite Star Wars heroes, where we discover one Star Wars novel we completely disagree on...Needless to say we almost launch into Episode 24 immediately, but do hold back, to share with you our favorite heroes from outside the Star Wars universe. This is where we discover that Wayne words 40% harder than I do, but if you are looking for some good places to start reading or think your out of good books, this is the episode for you because we mentioned quite a few Star Wars novels and series to find great heroes, and we give you at least a dozen good places to find fun heroes outside of Star Wars. If want a hero to save you, keep listening because we will help you find one. Thank you for exploring the galaxy with us one page and one good guy at at time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22 “The Force, It’s Not Just Light And Dark Anymore” or “Cease Your Wailing People Of The Internet, We Have Arr | Wayne is back! And we dive into the force in today's discussion. The force, or at least our understanding of the force, seems to be being changed everywhere you look these days across the Star Wars timeline. With Darth Bane, The Lost Tribe of the Sith, The Unifying Force, Episode I: The Phantom Mennance, The Dark Nest Trilogy, Fate of the Jedi, everywhere Qui-Gon pops up, and of course, the latest Mortis Trilogy in The Clone Wars: The Animated Series, it seems the force cannot be or is not the simple matra taught to us as children on Degabah along side Luke. One of us are really happy about that and one of us...not so much. Listen to find out who. Wayne also takes revenge for me poking a little fun at the Canadian Jr National Hockey team blowing a 3 goal lead in the 3 period by commenting on my Alma Matar's basketball game against Wisconsin. As always we have fun, chase rabbits, but somewhere in between, we have some good discussion on the nature of the force and our thoughts on being in a time where the force is being defined or redefined depending on your view. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21 “The 4400 Bonus Spectacular” or “Return of the David Mack” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's March bonus episode, I celebrate my fandom of The 4400 as a TV and novel series by interviewing David Mack the author of Promises Broken the series finally of this wonderful sci-fi series. He discusses the differences and challenges of taking an idea to the small screen, to the comic book, and to a novel, and then we break down how he, Greg Cox, and their editor came to be concluding The 4400. Mr. Mack answers such questions on how they decided whether or not Tom should have taken the shot and much more. Finally he shares details reguarding a fund raiser that he is a part of for the Red Cross, which is quite cool. I begin by sharing my thoughts on how David Mack and Greg Cox concluded this series. I will tell you what I liked and didn't about the conclusion, and I will encourage all of you out there in podcast land who have not yet checked out this series to do so. Wayne is sitting in time out for today's episode for not being The 4400 fan that he should be, but he will be back for our regularly scheduled second podcast for this month, so stay tuned for that. Thanks for listening, we really are glad you are a part of us and our discussion, Jesse | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20 “You’ll Never See Us Coming” or “You Can’t Get Out” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, Wayne and I dive into the Clone Wars: Gambit Duology by Karen Miller. We discuss Karen Miller's writing style, and what we like about, but how it could not be some's cup of tea. We break down how she uses dialogue, verbal and internal, to take characters we know so well to a whole new level without comprimising on faithfulness to the characters. We break down how her portrayal of the Clone Wars is so different than most other writers, and much more. We make a big announcement of our next Author Interview, which will be shared with you in our next Podcast. I also stick my foot in my mouth, which is always fun...at least for Wayne, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19 “Stuck In The Middle With You” or “Is The Cream The Best Part Of An Oreo” of your Star Wars Book Report | Episode 19 of your Sci-Fi Book Report is fully packed...just like the Super Bowl was, and now, Wayne pays up in our Super Bowl wager by butchering the US National Anthem worse than it was at the Big Game. After our normal sports non-sense at the beginning we dive head first into Timothy Zahn's Dark Force Rising, which is part two of the Thrawn Trilogy. We discuss what we love about this novel and discuss our criticisms of this book. We compare the style and pacing of the Early Post Yavin novels and the Clone War novels, and much, much more. Next, Wanye and I break down the first half of Eldest by Christopher Paolini, which is the second book in his Inheritance Cycle, and again we discuss our likes and dislikes, as well as compare this novel to other similar tales. Finally, we open by announcing the latest member to join our www.starwarsbookreport.com family. So come and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18 “A Clone Wars Cartoon…That’s Novel” or “More Faithful Than You Might Think” of your Star Wars Book Repor | In today's episode, Wayne and I discuss Clone Wars: The Animated Series and how the cartoon and the novels accent and help develop one another. We discuss our thoughts on the cartoon dropping Ahsoka Tano into the timeline, and how certain novels and the cartoon follow similar models: from Anakin's leadership style in the Clone War Novels to the twisted Rule of Two followed by the Emperor that allows for other Dark Side Jedi such as Mara Jade from the Novels and Asaj Ventress from the Animated Series, and more. We then break down the amazing Night Sister Trilogy from the Animated Series that borrows heavily from earlier novels, our thoughts on Savage, whose name looks more manly in print than when spoken, and what are our thoughts on Darth Maul coming back if that was Maul in that orb. Today's show is full of fun Star Wars talk, but that does not stop us from chasing rabbits, as I ask Wayne his thoughts on the recent NHL All Star Game and we make a Super Bowl bet where the loser will pay up in the next episode. Join us for our usual shenanigans and explore with us the galaxy one page and one episode at a time. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17 “It’s Like Podracing…Only Smellier” or “What Kind Of Engine Do You Have Under That Hood” of Your Star Wa | In today's episode, Wayne and I have a great time making fun of each other as I poke fun at Canada's Junior Hockey team, and Wayne makes fun of my knowledge of Hockey and at how only six inches of snow can paralyze our community...Oh yeah, and we also discuss a novel, Rogue Planet by Greg Bear, and how this novel bridges the gap between The Phantom Menace and The Attack of the Clones. We discuss at length the fascinating character development of Anakin Skywalker from boy to teenager, and how Mr. Bear has Anakin dealing with his tremendous power in the force and his responsibility of being the chosen one. We discuss Tarkin and his slimy plans to farther his own ends. We share our thoughts on the depth of Obi-Wan Kenobi and his issues at being the one who is training the chosen one. We open up the question of when do the ends justify the means. On top of all this, there is an assassin, a living planet, the biggest engine ever, tying in a future series, some football talk and so much more, so join us as we explore the galaxy one page at a time. Thank you for listening, Jesse | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16 “Heiring It Out” or “Current Issues with Paul Kemp” of your Star Wars Book Report | We have a big show for you today. Wayne and I break down Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. We discuss Zahn's ability to write great characters. Some you love, and others you love to hate. We also break down plot and how Zahn truly captures the spirit of Star Wars and is faithful to George Lucas' vision. Later we share with you and interview with Paul Kemp author of multiple Forgotten Realms and Star Wars novels, short stories, and more. Mr. Kemp shares with us his favorite characters he has written, if any of his Forgotten Realms characters come from his RPG days, how he would describe his own writting, and I couldn't resist asking who is crazier Star Wars or Forgotten Realms fans, and much, much more. One note - early in the podcast I mistakenly say that Crosscurrent by Paul Kemp was connected to the Legacy of the Jedi series, and that is incorrect. As you all know, and I do too, I just misspoke, it is connected to the Fate of the Jedi series. Thank you for listening. Please share us with your friends. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15 “The Sean Williams’ Alliance” or “Brains and Brom” of your Star Wars Book Report | Welcome to our Christmas spectacular! In today's episode we interview prolific author and veteren Star Wars writer Sean Williams, and we complete our discussion on Eragon by Christopher Paolini. We try and ask questions of Sean Williams that he has not been asked in recent interviews. If you want more traditional interviews or just more Sean Williams here is a link where you can find several recent interviews with Mr. Williams http://ladnews.livejournal.com/tag/interviews We discover from Sean Williams his passion outside of writting that almost kept him from writting novels and shor stories, whether or not his wife reads his books, what is is like having a short story turned into a play, how the dark side ending is worked in The Force Unleashed 1 and 2, and much more including his favorite meal at the moment. Then, Wayne and I complete our discussion on Eragon, including Paolini's gift at crafting characters, setting up of the sequel, our take on many critics' take on this novel, and more. So come along and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time. | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14 “Hang 10 Dude” or “Look At the Size of My Thumbs” of your Star Wars Book Report | Welcome to your Star Wars and Sci-Fi Book Report: the Podcast episode 14, and in this episode Wayne and I discuss The Force Unleashed and The Force Unleashed II. Wayne being a professional video game reviewer gives us the gaming review. He discusses gameplay, game engines, and gives us his thoughts on how these stories are revealed in the games and the overall gaming experience. I on the other hand give the perspective of the novles. Where I break down my thoughts on both of these novles...I also tell you the greatest video game ever. This podcast gets interesting in discovering the differences between the novels and the games, and Wayne and I just have a blast discussing how all of the unbelievable acts in these two stores fit into the canon. It may be a short episode, but it is full of laughs and insights. We have never given you a more fun podcast, so come along and explore the galaxy with us one page and today one button at a time. Thank you so much for listening, Jesse | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13 “More Fun Than Sleeping In A Tauntaun” or “Chris Smith Unleashed” of your Star Wars Book Report | Welcome to our Thanksgiving speical. Where we give thanks for books esspecially The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams. Chris Hothiceplanet Smith stops by from The Sarlacc Pit the official podcast of www.galacticbinder.com to join the discussion. We discuss all the things we like and dislike about this novel, and how it fits within the canon. We also discuss the challenges of novelizing a video game. It is a fun break down of everyone's favorite video game and now novel. Also, Chris Hothiceplanet shares some very cool Christmas news going on at www.galacticbinder.com where they will be giving Star Wars toys, collectables, and merchandise to three needy families this Christmas, and they need your help. All of us that has been blessed this year can share and help out. There are two ways for you to help out. First, www.galacticbinder.com need Star Wars stuff to give away, so you can mail any donations to: Holiday Star Wars Gift Packs 4955 Byron Road Memphis TN. 38122 Send those gifts in, and also you can share your story of need or if you know a family in need, you can share the story of some other family. You can send in these stories of families in need to hothiceplanet@galacticbinder.com, and then three families will be chosen. You can find more information at www.galacticbinder.com/pgiveaways.html. Also, at the previous link, there is a tab to donate through paypal to save you a trip to the store. I hope you all will participate. If you have much, send in a gift. If you have little, share your story with them, and if you know a family in need, share their story. Submissions must be sent in by December 10th, 2010. Join in this great Christmas ministry as your Star Wars Book Report has. Thanks for listening, Jesse | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12 “There’s Ice Korsin Through Her Veins” or “Get Lost With John Jackson Miller” of your Star Wars Book Repor | What a jam packed episode we have for you today! It is John Jackson Miller day here at the podcast. Wayne and I discuss The Lost Tribe of the Sith e-book series written by John Jackson Miller, which is absolutely free online. You can find links to download these e-books plus more information on John Jackson Miller at his writing website at http://www.farawaypress.com. Wayne and I enjoy breaking down this series which ties into The Fate of the Jedi series and Crosscurrent, and more. If you are trying to get your friends to enjoy Star Wars reading it is a great introduction to the written Expanded Universe because well, they are free and a good read. Also, we interview John Jackson Miller himself who is right in the middle of so much withing the Star Wars Universe right now. He is writing a newly released comic entitled Knight Errant, from Dark Horse Comics, http://www.darkhorse.com, the above mention e-book series, and has his first Star Wars novel set to be released January 25th 2011. We discuss the differences in writing in these different mediums. We discuss his comic collection and work as a comic historian, which can be enjoyed at http://www.comichron.com. He also tells us how writing Star Wars is like camping in a national forest, and where is the best place to watch a college football game. The John Jackson Miller interview begins at the 47 minute mark. Thanks for listening. So come along for the ride as we explore the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11 “There Is A New Order Now” or “Can I Keep It?” of your Star Wars Book Report | In today's episode, we discuss Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn. We discuss what makes Darth Bane such a great villain and an odd Sith Lord. We share our favorite scenes. We guess how Darth Bane would think of Darth Vader. We break down our thoughts on the Sith Order and the Rule of Two, and much more. Come and listen to us break down this chilling anti-hero. Also, as we are continuing to bring you more great Sci-Fi coverage we turn a 180 from Darth Bane the evil anti-hero to a pure hearted hero in Eragon in Eragon by Christopher Paolini. We begin with part 1 of a discussion of this lengthy fantasy epic. We discuss just how jealous we are of a teenage boy. Paolini’s skill at writing characters you love and character you love to hate, and much, much more. Come explore the galaxy with us one page at a time with your Star Wars and Sci-Fi Book Report. As always send us your thoughts and comments to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com or jesse@scifibookreport.com or leave us a voice message for our podcast at 706-760-5782. Have a great day, and thanks for reading. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 11/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10 “Everybody’s Got Black Hats” or “Tying In Greg Cox” of your Star Wars Book Report | Brand new expanded podcast. It is like getting two podcast for the price of one. In the first part of this mega-episode, Wayne Chamberlain and I share what we are currently reading which is The Force Unleashed for me and Heir to the Empire for him, and then we launch into a wonderful discussion on the villains of Star Wars and how the villains make the story just as much as the heroes do. We discuss different types of villains and where to find them. We share our favorite villains and so much more. Thrawn, The Emperor, Vader, Dooku, Fey'Lya are all in here and we also discuss whether or not the Dark Side of the force is a villain. Enjoy Also, in the second part of the interview we have a wonderful interview with New York Times best selling author and multi-Scribe award winning author Greg Cox stops by to discuss his 4400 novels and what is it like to write tie-in work with such legendary characters like Batman, Superman, among others. He also shares what he is watching on TV. Greg Cox was fun and he is a true fan of Sci-Fi. The Greg Cox interview begins at about the 1:09 mark. Thanks for listening...we appreciate your time. Exploring the galaxy together one page at a time, Jesse. | 9/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9 “Hodgepodge” or “Merging with Mark Newbold” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we chat with Mark Newbold from www.lightsabre.co.uk, which is a fan fiction, interview, and role playing site from the UK. Mark's site is merging with www.jedinews.co.uk a collectibles and news site, and Mark stops by to give us all the news on this merger. Mark is a veteran fan site webmaster whose has been in cyberspace for more than ten years. Then, Mark and I just begin discussing Star Wars, and like most discussions between two true Star Wars fans, the chat goes all over the place. We discuss books, collectibles, authors, interviews, Ahsoka Tano, the unifying force, comics, and much more. If you like Star Wars, you will like listening to Mark share his Star Wars thoughts and experience here. I do make one goof in the show that I do want to correct. You can find much are Mark's lighsabre material at http://legacy.lightsabre.org.uk/ give the org as a co in the podcast, and I apologize for that error, but here is the correct link. Check Mark's site out...you will find all sorts of entertaining material. Also, we make two major announcements for our site here. We announce a new blogger and podcast co-host to join www.starwarsbookreport.com, for which I am very excited, and also, we will share with you which author will be joining our episode 10 extravaganza. Thanks for listening. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8 “The Big Honkin’ Book Report Crossover Spectacular Part 2″ or “What Was Luke Thinking?” of your Star Wars B | I am so fired up for today's episode. Big Honkin' Steve from www.geekoutonline.com and www.geekoutpodcast.com is with us for the second part of our discussion on the unifying force...now, we are discussing the idea of the unifying force, not to be confused with the novel The Unifying Force although it is in that novel that Luke puts forth the idea of the unifying force. For your information, we are both passionately against the concept of the unifying force, and our discusion definitely displays our passion. Part One of this discusion can be found here. Listen to it, and all other of Big Honkin' Steve's podcast they are gold. Thanks for listening to us, and for exploring the galaxy with my one page at a time. Thanks, Jesse | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7 “Bailing Water” or “Cut Me Mick” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we bring on Wayne Chamberlain an editor of the fine newspaper The Sudbury Star to share his story of how he got back into Star Wars through his children. We discuss Wild Space by Karen Miller. We discuss her writting style, our favorite scenes, the ethics of the Jedi during this time period, the nastiness of the Clone Wars, the tremendous power and skill of Palpatine to play both sides of this war and much more. Lastly, we discuss the wonderful and different ways in which we receive Star Wars stories from the movies, books, cartoons, audio-books, and more. Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy, your Star Wars book report. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 8/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 6 “War and Love with Dan Cragg” or “Behind the Scenes of War with David Sherman” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we have the priviledge of interviewing the co-authors of Jedi Trial Dan Cragg and David Sherman. They answers questions about: what is it like to write in a partnership, what Star Wars story were they asked to share, why Nejaa Halcyon, what kind and how much research did they do to write a war novel and a Star Wars novel, how dark is Anakin Skywalker at this time, what are Yoda and Mace Windu's attitude toward knighting Anakin and much, much more. You will also learn about: changes that had to be made to their ending, what real life military battle influenced their battle of Praesitlyn, Sherman and Cragg's writing style, and they reveal the existence of an object that I would love to get my hands on. Come along as we explore the galaxy one page at a time. You can find my review of Jedi Trial here. Thanks for listening, and this is your Star Wars Book Report. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 8/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5 “Prime Time” or “NOOOOOOOO!!!” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode we will discuss the novel that shook the Expanded Universe to its very core. Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore, and love this book or hate you, you must admit one thing, it is one of the most significant books ever written. I will argue that Vector Prime change our reading experience for the better. Listen to discover why. Also, I will complete my top ten list of favorite characters from the Expanded Universe number 5 through number 1. Finally, there are two major announcements regarding upcoming podcast, which will include a crossover spectacular with Steve Glosson from www.geekoutonline.com, and his official podcast, which can be found at www.geekoutpodcast.com. The final and biggest announcement is a scheduled interview with two Star Wars authors have been confirmed for an upcoming episode...listen to find out who they will be. Thanks for listening, and this is your star wars book report. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 7/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4 “Party on Darth” or “Is That Europe?” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we review Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. We discuss the characters that make this book good, and the ending that make this book great. Don't worry if you have not read this book yet. We begin with a spoiler free review, and then let you know when we are going to discuss details, so you will know when to fast forward the program. We also begin a countdown of my 10 favorite characters of all time in the expanded universe, which will not include characters from the movies, beggining with number 10 through 6. Listen to see if you agree with me, and send me an e-mail with your favorite characters of all time. Thanks for listening to your Star Wars Book Report. As always e-mail us at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 7/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3 “The Challenge is Thrawn Down” or “It’s a Hanging Curve” of your Star Wars Book Report | Nothing says Memorial Day like kicking back by some some body of water whether it be lake, ocean, pool, or pond, with a grill going, holding a cold drink in one hand and an iPod in the other listening to Star Wars Book Report: The Podcast. Have a great and safe holiday, and thank you to all the soldiers that are and have served our great country. In episode 3, we first do a spoiler free book review of Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire. We follow that up with a little more in depth review that has spoilage. We examine where Grand Admiral Thrawn should rank amongst Star War villains, and I share with you my favorite scenes from Heir to the Empire. We also read your e-mails answering the question, what genre you would like to see Star Wars novels enter into next, since Death Troopers has opened the door to other genres. Lastly, I give you my recomended reading if you are looking for a non-typical Star Wars novel. Thanks for listening. As always send us your thoughts and comments to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com or leave us a voice message for our podcast at 706-760-5782. Have a great day, and thanks for reading. Exploring the galaxy one page at a time, Jesse | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2 “Unleash Your Inner Jedi with Steven Barnes” or “Clones are People Too” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, the award winning author of The Cestus Deception Mr. Steven Barnes drops by to share with us his thougths on writing in the Star Wars Universe. We discus such topics as: Why is Count Dooku on the cover? Who was more fun to write Obi-Wan Kenobi or Kit Fisto? Why is Anakin absent? among other topics. Mr. Barnes also share a little about his work as a life coach, and you can find more information about his life coaching at www.diamondhour.com I also will revise my review of The Cestus Deception, posted earlier, in light of Mr. Barnes comments. Finally, I want you to join me on the podcast though your e-mail and phone calls. Write me an tell me about what you are reading at jesse@starwarsbookreport.com or call the show and leave a message at 706-760-5782 for future use on :The Podcast. Enjoy the ride, and thank you for listening to your Star Wars Book Report: The Podcast. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1 “The Pilot” or “Wild Talk With Karen Miller” of your Star Wars Book Report | In this episode, we have the priviledge of talking with Mrs. Karen Miller the auther of Clone Wars: Wild Space and the Clone Wars: Gambit Duology. She was a blast to talk to. Mrs. Miller was opiniated and difinitive. She gives us her thoughts on the ethics of the Jedi of the Old Republic, who was right on attachment Yoda or Luke, which character she would love to write, and so much more. Also we ask for your e-mails to answer this question, "Which genre or story style would you like to see Star Wars venture into next?" With Joe Schreiber's Death Troopers, Star Wars has finally ventured out of the action genre into the horror genre. I want to know what other genres you would like to see Star Wars enter next. Send those e-mails to jesse@starwarsbookreport.com and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for listening. | 5/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
First review...WHAT!!
I can't believe no one has reviewed this great podcast yet. I really enjoy this podcast. Jesse does a great and different job on the EU of the Star Wars universe. I enjoy the fact Jesse not just gives us his point of view on the books he reads, but gives us his feelings on the book and how it made him feel when reading a book. This is very different from other podcast around. Keep it up and I will be listening.
Great podcast!!
I was listening to the "Big Honkin Show" a few hours ago and heard Jesse promote this podcast. I was enthralled enough to download a few episodes which I am listening to currently. Really interesting discussion and loving every minute.
Love it! But...
Hey guys, love the podcast! Keep it up! I only have one suggestion. As with some of the other Star Wars podcasts I have listened to recently, please turn down the music in the mix. The background music is overpowering the voices. The intro to the recent "Heiring it Out" was impossible to decipher. Thanks again. Good job.
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