Ramadan Daily Lectures 2015

Mike & Jesse pump the brakes on advancing the Legends timeline to give a recap of the stories covered so far, and to look at Luke's growth over this first "act" of Legends. If you're a newer listener and don't have time to revisit our entire back catalog, this episode should help you get caught up! We'll do the same thing with the Canon stories next week.  ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show and subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com. 

We're back! After missing a week due to a minor family situation, we come back strong with Marvel's Out Among The Stars comics arc. We also talk about some of our plans for Celebration, and go over a lot of the big news stories from the past few weeks. Mike also rambles about Game of Thrones. It's a fun episode, we hope you like it! Tune in next week as we do a recap of Luke's journey so far! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show and subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com. 

This week we learn about the legend of Luke Skywalker from the perspective of a former Imperial, and Luke's involvement at the Battle of Jakku. We also talk about our favorite Star Wars toys as kids and our favorites as "adults!" ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show and subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com. 

This week we're posting a free preview of the Canon Cantina Top Shelf, our new podcast available to patrons at the $5 tier and above. This episode is about Star Wars games, both tabletop and electronic. The Top Shelf will feature episodes about Star Wars besides Luke, movies, TV, games, basically anything else we want to talk about! We hope you like this free preview. If you're interested in more Top Shelf content, head over to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina   ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show and subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com. 

 HUGE NEWS STAR WARS FANS! Not only will Jesse & Mike be attending Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, we'll be doing the show LIVE from the Podcast Stage! We'll let you know what day and time ASAP, we hope you can come join us! Oh yeah and we talk about I, Jedi in this episode :D ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show.  Subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com. 

This week we talk about the gothic-horror infused story arc The Screaming Citadel & some exciting new comic news! This was also our first attempt at livestreaming the show, so please bear with us as we work out some of the technical kinks (Mike's audio occasionally sputters). If you missed it you can watch this episode at https://youtu.be/ytiB90PCPes Let us know what you think of this new format, and if you've got any ideas to make it better! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. The Canon Cantina is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina and pledge your support. The Canon Cantina Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while additionally contributing to future projects and extra content. Links & Sponsors: Website www.thecanoncantina.com Facebook  https://fb.me/thecanoncantina.      Twitter @TheCanonCantina. Instagram @TheCanonCantina. Twitch www.twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Patreon www.patreon.com/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To support the show, and download your free audiobook and Audible trail, go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show.  Subscribe, rate, & review!  Hosts of The Canon Cantina are Jesse Eakin & Mike Carpenter. Send Feedback, Star Wars thoughts, and show ideas to canoncantina@gmail.com.  May the Force be with you!

It's a shorter episode today since Mike was sick, but we still had a good time diving into the first 2 sections of the Legends of Luke Skywalker anthology. We also make some huge announcements about the show! We are now streaming the show live at Twitch.tv/TheCanonCantina, so you can look at our ugly mugs while we talk about Star Wars. Our Patreon is also now live at Patreon.com/TheCanonCantina, with options to support us from 1$ a month all the way up to being an Executive Producer at 50$. Check out the Patreon page for more info. Next week we'll stay with Canon and actually talk about Marvel's The Screaming Citadel! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

We wrap up our 3 episode Jedi Academy trilogy with a bang as we explore Champions of the Force! We take a deep dive into some parallels and divergences between Legends (Kyp) and Canon (Kylo) and discuss the impact on Luke and how he plans to move forward with his Jedi Praxeum. We head over to the criticism corner to dissect the parts of this trilogy that aren't that great, but save the best parts with "I Will Make It Canon." Tune in next week as we jump back to Canon with Marvel's "The Screaming Citadel" arc and do our first exploration into the "Legends of Luke Skywalker" anthology. ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better. Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

This week we continue our Jedi Academy series with part 2: Dark Apprentice. We take a look at Luke's troubling early track record at his Jedi Praxeum, the nuance that may be lost in abridged audiobooks vs. novels, the severe talent management problem that exists in the New Republic, and draw some interesting connections between this Legends story and sequel era Canon films. Then we ramble for awhile about the score/soundtrack to the Prequel films in the first part of a new segment. Join us next week as we finish this trilogy with part 3, Champions of the Force! New Logo by Garrett Weinzierl www.twitter.com/GarrettArt & www.nomoonart.com Score segment intro credit: https://youtu.be/k-YthCpNZmU ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina.  Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

This week we kick off another back-to-back-to-back Legends trilogy event! Kevin J. Anderson picks up the pieces from Dark Empire and starts the story of the formation of Luke's original Jedi Academy. This is a great story with some great new characters - Admiral Daala, Gantoris, Mary Sue Kyp Durron - as well as new locations like Kessel and not-quite-Canto-Bight. We also cover some big Star Wars news stories, visit the Dejarik Table, and try to figure out what gifts the main cast of the OT and Sequels would give for Christmas. Join us next week as we go straight into part 2 of this trilogy, Dark Apprentice! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through Legends/the old Expanded Universe to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina.  Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

Chris & Jake from The War Starts at Midnight podcast join Mike & Jesse to rank & break down the Sequel era films. As with any 4 person Star Wars film discussion, this one goes all over the place. We discuss the prequels, the sequels, original trilogy, and Luke's journey in The Last Jedi. We hope you like it, and hope you check out what's going on with The War Starts at Midnight podcast at http://warstartsatmidnight.com/ and at https://twitter.com/WSaMPod ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

Buckle up as we try to wrap our brains around the most insane Star Wars story yet, and listen along as we go into why this is the worst version of Luke so far. Trust us, it's bad. We also give some early thoughts on the Star Wars Kids series Galaxy of Adventure, and Jesse recaps his Geonosis experience from Battlefront II. Be sure to check out our new website www.thecanoncantina.com for a preview of the new content we're working on! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

Back to Marvel's Star Wars this week, as we watch Luke read a textbook! It's alright though, because he's learning about the biggest, baddest, greenest Jedi there ever was, Master Yoda. Maybe Luke will get around to saving C-3P0 in the next arc. Jesse covers the new 2019 Battlefront II roadmap at the "Dejarik Table." We also debut a new segment titled "It Came From Reddit" where Mike trolls Jesse with real and fake Reddit theories. Be sure to check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com for a preview of the new content we're working on! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

We take a ride on the dark side when we take a look at the Dark Empire comic miniseries - possible inspiration for The Last Jedi, new ships & superweapons, naked Palpatine clones? This one has it all... or perhaps too much. We introduce a new segment "I Will Make It Canon" and take a crack at guessing what Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, & the droids would be thankful for on this American holiday. Be sure to check out our new website www.thecanoncantina.com for a preview of the new content we're working on! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

We're back with a canon story from Marvel Comics. Elite Stormtrooper commandos, Star Destroyer battering rams, a lightsaber fight - this arc is a fun ride! Listen to us geek out over the awesome news of the Cassian Andor series, Mandalorian casting, and more. We also plan to add more "original" content to accompany the story discussion, and this week we find out our Star Wars MBTI personalities! If you haven't taken the MBTI before, here's a quick version of it: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp Compare your results to this chart to find your Star Wars match: https://www.personalityclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/star-wars.jpg Join us next week as we go back to Legends for the Dark Empire comics event! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

We're taking the week off of our regularly scheduled programming to bring you another Bonus episode, a watch-along commentary of The Last Jedi. This was recorded in August and was the first time that Mike and Jesse watched the film together. Grab your copy of movie, listen along, and enjoy! We'll return next week to the canon Marvel comics! ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

This is it - the culmination of the Thrawn trilogy! Find out how the premier Legends story concludes, and tune in for our discussion about Luke's growth by the time the series ends. Will you side with Mike who levels some criticisms against this sacred trilogy, or with Jesse who thinks it still stands up almost 30 years later? We also talk about new updated to Battlefront II - Mike WANTS microtransactions back! - and the first 3 episodes of Star Wars: Resistance. If you'd like to submit questions or topics to the show in addition to chatting with us, join the Discord server at https://discord.gg/wuCCuv. That's also where Mike hopes to run a casual session of the Star Wars Role Playing Game, we just need a couple more players. Everyone is welcome, from experienced tabletop RPGers to interested newbies. Lastly, if you want some free stuff, join the Discord server and we'll mail you some Canon Cantina stickers! Next week we'll release our Episode VIII: The Last Jedi commentary, and will return with canon Marvel comics coverage in two weeks.  ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

It's time for part 2 of the Thrawn trilogy, Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn! We've tweaked the show format a little to keep things streamlined and focused on Luke, and it pays off with some great character exploration in this middle chapter of a larger story. We have a special holiday segment dedicated to spooky Star Wars in honor of Halloween, and we answer a listener question. Oh, and Jesse almost makes Mike's brain shut down at the end by making him choose The Old Republic or the New Jedi Order... tune in to see how Mike escapes! If you'd like to submit questions or topics to the show in addition to chatting with us, join the Discord server at https://discord.gg/wuCCuv. That's also where Mike hopes to run a casual session of the Star Wars Role Playing Game! Everyone is welcome, from experienced tabletop RPGers to interested newbies. Lastly, if you want some free stuff, join the Discord server and we'll mail you a Canon Cantina sticker! We'll continue the Thrawn trilogy until it's done, tune in next week for The Last Command!  ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

It's finally here - part 1 of the Thrawn trilogy, Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn! There's a lot of great discussion about the book that essentially started the old Expanded Universe (now known as Legends). We also talk about our excitement for The Mandalorian (Mike admits he was maybe wrong!), preview a little of Resistance, and express our disappointment about Chuck Wendig's firing. We also announce our interactive Discord server and Mike's crazy plan to run the Star Wars RPG with any listener who wants to play. Join the Discord server at https://discord.gg/wuCCuv7 We'll continue the Thrawn trilogy until it's done, tune in next week for Dark Force Rising!   ____________________________ Join Star Wars fanatics, Mike and Jesse each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the  Disney canon. We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.  Check out our website www.thecanoncantina.com, connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @TheCanonCantina, and Twitch at www.Twitch.tv/thecanoncantina. Audible is the new sponsor of The Canon Cantina. To download your free audiobook today go to: www.audibletrial.com/TheCanonCantina. Help spread the word of our show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!

We take a break from our typical format and invite our friend Zach Bunn on to talk all things Star Wars in the Disney era. We rank films, talk about Rey, Kylo, and Reylo, speculate somewhat responsibly about Episode IX, and Mike is finally right about something! We also announce our interactive Discord server and Mike's crazy plan to run the Star Wars RPG with any listener who wants to play. Join the Discord server at https://discord.gg/wuCCuv7 Follow Zach at https://twitter.com/zachbunn and learn more about his awesome tabletop gaming company at https://teamcovenant.com/ Next week we'll return to our regular format with the first installment of the Thrawn trilogy, Heir to the Empire! ____________________________ Join lifelong Star Wars fanatic hosts Jesse and Mike each episode as we breakdown the character & development of Luke Skywalker throughout both Legends and the new Disney canon.  We’ll do our best to connect the dots of Luke’s adventures through the old EU to find out how he differs from the current canon hero, and debate which version would make The Last Jedi better.   Connect with us on Facebook at https://fb.me/thecanoncantina, find us on Twitter @TheCanonCantina, Instagram @CanonCantina. Help spread the word of our new show, please subscribe, rate, & review! If you think we can do something better, send us an email at CanonCantina@gmail.com. May the Force be with you!