Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast #52

With Cliff's horrible kidnapping ordeal behind him, we are finally at full strength and able to dive into all the cool stuff that came out of the recent Star Wars Celebration.  We also review two of the biggest comic launches of the year, stoke our exciting new rivalry with that other podcast and get a visit from a famous plumber.  Bon appetit, Jesses!

Length - 01:10:00

Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.)

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0:01:40 - STAR WARS NEWS

Cliff catches us up on all the Star Wars Celebration news we missed, including some of the important panels and plans for the Disney parks, director says "The Last Jedi" is singular, confirmation that Carrie Fisher will not appear in Episode Nine, the next spin-off still undecided, new animated shorts starring popular female characters, this year's Disney Legends inductees, "Battlefront 2" video game announced and Taika Waititi wants to make a Jabba the Hutt origin film.

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0:36:50 - GAMING

Mario pops in to confirm the NES Classic has been discontinued and the first chapter of "Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series."

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0:41:41 - COMIC BOOK NEWS

Reviewing the big releases from Marvel and DC, "Secret Empire" #0 and part one of "The Button," announcements of upcoming pop culture tie-in comics, information about DC's artist-driven title launches "Dark Matter," and full solicitations for Marvel's "Generations" revealed.