Episode #192 - The Mandalorian ’Chapter 17: The Apostate’

We begin this episode by announcing Rachael’s panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe! Rachael will be co-hosting a panel on the mythology of the sequel trilogy ('Powerful Light, Powerful Darkness: How the Sequels Expand the Mythology of Star Wars'), and the panel will be taking place on the Saturday of the convention. We hope Rachael sees some listeners there.

Next, we share our recommendations. Rachael recommends the following:

• The Quiet Girl
• Funny Woman (TV show)
• Alien, dir. Ridley Scott
• Extraordinary (TV show, Disney Plus/Hulu)

Kirsty recommends the following:

• Poker Face
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
• The Big Clock (1948)
• Decision to Leave
• Pillow Talk

At around 35 minutes in, we discuss our thoughts on various pieces of Star Wars news, including:

• Set photos of Andor being filmed at the Barbican in London
• Disney expected to reveal new Star Wars film at Star Wars Celebration London
• Favreau speaks out on the decision to undo the ending of The Mandalorian season 2 (Empire magazine interview)

At around 50 minutes in, we share our thoughts on the season premiere of The Mandalorian: Chapter 17, The Apostate. Join us for a chat about adorable Grogu moments, the return of Babu Frik’s species, and our continued reservations over the show’s depiction of Mandalorian customs.

We then end the episode with a brief discussion of Matthew Stover’s Mace Windu-centric novel Shatterpoint, which we had our reservations about.

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.

(Apologies for the echo in parts of this recording - I've done my best to reduce this in the edit, but parts were too difficult to remove! I will address the echo during the recording process next time.)