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THE AHSOKA PROBLEM: D. tries to watch the most recent Disney+ Star Wars show, Ahsoka, and while he enjoys it he can’t help feeling like he’s missing a lot of important context and information.

“SAY SOMETHING NICE”: D. Bethel proposes a new idea for a podcast or a segment on the show.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro – Dan really wants to like Ahsoka.
(21:35) A brief sojourn into discussing episodic vs. serialized television
(32:14) Star Wars homework vs. Marvel homework
(43:05) Outro – “Say Something Nice” and Highlander 2: The Quickening
(46:28) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• “Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons” (11 September 2014): Where our hosts discuss the benefits and deficits between serialized and episodic televised storytelling.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• A More Civilized Age, “Knights of the Old Republic 01” – the Star Wars: Rebels podcast that paused on their discussion of the show (due to the onset of the writer’s strike) and instead played through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• “District Four” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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