WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:20.239 The Force will be with you always. Hello and welcome 2 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:24.480 back to another episode of Star Wars Alliance. Of course, 3 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:28.600 I'm your host, play and with me like every single week. 4 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:32.359 Of course. Is Katie, Katie? How are you doing today? 5 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.840 You know? I had my toddler home today because my 6 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:41.000 sister's kids are sick, So I have whiskey. 7 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:48.560 That about Jai? How I am? I'm doing well. We 8 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.759 went to go see a friend that we haven't seen 9 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:53.079 in about a year. 10 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:53.840 Uh. 11 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.079 And the only reason why I know that is because 12 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:59.359 the last time we saw her, she gave birth to 13 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.920 her first child. Uh. And that I jinxed. 14 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:05.040 Uh. 15 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.519 I jinxed it. When we were here last She's like, Okay, 16 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.200 I'm doing like three weeks. I was like, wouldn't it 17 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:16.400 be funny that? Oh no, he did you you if 18 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:18.760 you gave birth before we left? 19 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:20.719 No, it would not. 20 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.560 I I just happened to say. I was like, wouldn't 21 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.000 it be funny that before we left to go back 22 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.239 to Indiana we actually got to see the baby? And 23 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:35.680 they're like, haha, very funny. And then that night, Uh, 24 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.319 she sent Abby texts and she was like I hate 25 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:48.480 Clay and so uh Eugene was born. Uh and we 26 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.280 got to see him for the second time. That was 27 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.959 fun today. But yeah, as uh, if you're not here 28 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:59.200 live with us here on YouTube, you did hear him. 29 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.879 Just be just a second. Adrian is with us for 30 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.879 the first time in a while, in a long while. 31 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:11.639 We we I know that you have gone on such 32 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:18.800 a journey through some stuff recently, and I will say, like, 33 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.319 it is really excited to see the stuff that you've 34 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.919 been doing recently. I know that you The not so 35 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:30.039 exciting stuff is, of course the surgery and everything else. Uh, 36 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:33.520 but Adrian, how have you been, man? It has been Yeah, 37 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:35.960 it's good. It's been a yeah, it's been a while. 38 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:37.719 Twenty six for for my wife and I had lots 39 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:39.560 of surgeries, lots of in and out of the hospitals. 40 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.080 I had a hip replacement at thirty two. 41 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:45.759 I found out that my Latino dad isn't my Latino dad, 42 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.840 and I'm actually black, and I have a whole family 43 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:53.080 I don't know about, and I don't know, just just 44 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:56.479 a bunch of other stuff. But Star Wars has been 45 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.400 the only constant. So this is like the first week 46 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:05.159 where I've You're like, okay, let me get back into it, 47 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.120 especially after all the CDC announcements, which was like the 48 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.520 first thing that I'd written or covered in like forever 49 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:12.680 for for but why though for for Star Wars stuff. 50 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:14.800 So I was like, oh, yeah, I like Star Wars 51 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.439 books and it's always been my favorite. What am I doing? 52 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.800 I should be reading more. So picked up a bunch 53 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.080 of books and just really excited to talk to the 54 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:23.120 guys again. It's been so long. 55 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.719 Yeah, And that's what we're gonna be covering today. We're 56 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.240 going to be doing a recap of the Sandyo comic 57 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.479 gun announcements. One of them I will be able to 58 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.680 talk about in a little bit more context other than 59 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.080 just the voice acting. Uh, and that is of course 60 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:46.639 the U Zero company. Because Adrian, I know, like, you 61 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.080 have to be excited about this game, right, Yeah? I 62 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.240 think honestly, I think we talked about it, I don't know, like. 63 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.400 Last year, about being excited about a game like this, 64 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:56.439 and we're finally getting it. I think it's one of 65 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:58.360 the games that I wanted because I reber Amarkle like 66 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.159 two years ago about like what star games need to happen, 67 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:02.240 and they're all happening. 68 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.199 So I'm uber excited, uber excited. 69 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.120 I'm actually I'm actually and I might, you know, talk 70 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:08.960 to you a little bit about this later, but I 71 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:10.960 need to rank all I need to rank the ten 72 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.240 top Star Wars games, and it's much harder than I 73 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.240 thought it was going to be, especially with Zero Company. 74 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.959 Coming out, because it looks amazing. Yeah. No, with with 75 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:21.639 the new move and like the new setup and everything, 76 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.279 I now have I think the capacity to be able 77 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:31.319 to start streaming. I a while ago purchased a Humble 78 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:35.720 bundle of nothing but Star Wars video games from Yes 79 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:40.360 and they have just been dormant on my computer and 80 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.639 in my Steam library for now almost two and a 81 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:49.399 half years. So I'm gonna get started with that with 82 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.879 Zero Company. I am gonna start streaming with Zero Company 83 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.240 in August. It was kind of like a weird decision 84 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.120 of like, hey, I mostly buy all my video games 85 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:04.000 VI a PlayStation. With all the controversy over physical and digital, 86 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.480 I'm like, you know what, I'm gonna go with PC 87 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.519 on this one, so that way I can play it 88 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:13.920 and stream at the same time. 89 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.920 I've always been a PlayStation person, but with the fact 90 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:21.120 that I don't buy that many video games, I'm very 91 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.480 specific about the ones I buy. As you know Clay, Yeah, 92 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.680 but like the Pod Racing one, Matt has always been 93 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.600 an Xbox guy, so it might be that he's by 94 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:33.879 like we're buying the Xbox One. 95 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:38.519 Come to the dark side. We have game Pass. We 96 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:44.519 have game Pass. This right here, I still I still 97 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.560 have like this box right here under this table beside 98 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.000 me has my Xbox just sitting there. I know I 99 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:57.079 could use it. I know that. Uh, most of my 100 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.600 other friends have Xbox and play Xbox more than I 101 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.000 do have friends playing PlayStation. I just need to get 102 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.120 it out and I need to start playing with everybody. 103 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.639 But let's let's go ahead and and talk a little 104 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:13.560 bit more about this voice cast. The biggest, i think 105 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.519 one of the bigger announcements of this voice cast when 106 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:20.279 it came to Zero Company was the return of both 107 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:27.560 Dee Bradley Baker for a new original clone named Trick, 108 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:31.519 which is CT thirty three oh one. And of course, 109 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:37.240 the biggest boom of the announcement of Zero Companies trailer, 110 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:41.399 which is Anakin Skywalker. We have a returning voice actor 111 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:50.079 of of course, Matt Lantern being Anakin Skywalker again. So 112 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.160 that was really really fun to see that we get 113 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:59.680 to have the return of them, but we have voice 114 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:09.079 actors Jonathan Freeman, Vic Michaeliss, Sorry, Alex McKenna, Leo Howard, 115 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:20.720 DC Douglas, Jason Pisak, Rica Charman, Erica Luttrell, JB Blanc, 116 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:28.680 Jim Peery, Hunter Smith, Dylan Caneen if I'm saying that correctly, 117 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:36.560 Nicole Rentea and Judy Alice Lee all playing a part 118 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.680 in a very large cast of characters that can be 119 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:46.680 on your team in Zero Company. Katie, I will say this, 120 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:54.240 I think with your brain you will really enjoy the 121 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:58.319 strategic gameplay of Zero Company, but I don't know if 122 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:03.000 you have the patience for it. So like question because. 123 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.439 And like Claig, you and I have had this conversation before. 124 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.920 I'm big into minimal button presses. I don't want to 125 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.800 have to press three different buttons to do a jump 126 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:17.480 sequence like that. Was my biggest issue with Spider Man 127 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:21.120 was it was like, oh, press x ya to like 128 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.160 jump kick this villain. I never got past the first 129 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:30.040 villain Inspider Man. I was not pissed off with how 130 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.679 the gameplay worked. Is like I had the capability for it, 131 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.919 but my brain doesn't process that many button clicks. 132 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.240 With this game. It plays like a board game. A 133 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:45.799 lot of these more strategic games you will have, of 134 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:51.200 course your team. They'll give you like a Playmatt type 135 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.240 of scenario. When it comes to your environment. You know 136 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:57.600 that your enemy team will be on the opposite side 137 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:01.799 and you move them and then depending on your range 138 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.679 of attacks with each character, it shows you, hey, you 139 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.120 can you know, hit these characters from this far and whatnot. 140 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:15.200 It is a time consuming style of game, so I 141 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.639 always warn people like, this is not a game that 142 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.000 I would recommend. Just like off the cuff, you have 143 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:28.360 to be a fan of strategic turn based games. And 144 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:34.559 this just the trailer within itself at Summer Games Fest 145 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:38.960 got me. You're really excited because there's one moment whereas 146 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:43.440 there's a montage of your team and it's just cycling 147 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.240 through all of the different characters that you could possibly 148 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:54.240 create for your team. So having what four, eight, twelve, 149 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:59.960 sixteen main characters here, I think is going to be 150 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:05.360 really really fun. I'm really excited about this. But some 151 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:12.080 of the talent here has a history with things like 152 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:17.519 Star Wars, Scar, Star Wars Squadrons, Steven Universe, Star Trek, Discovery, 153 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:23.879 Battlestar Galactica, you're looking at things like Dropout, Arcane, Marvel Rivals, 154 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:29.639 Red Dead, Redemption two, Mayor of Kingstown, Criminal Minds, Marvel, 155 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:34.320 Spider Man two, uh, Mass Effect, and Monster Hunter Wild. 156 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:41.600 So these people know video games, so really really awesome 157 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:44.799 to see this cast of characters uh and and voice 158 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:49.679 cast really excited. And on Star Wars dot Com they 159 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:53.559 actually have a sample of the Zero Company's score, if 160 00:10:53.559 --> 00:11:03.159 anybody wants to go check that out. 161 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:06.519 Yeah, I know you said that's like might not be 162 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.639 a game for Cape. I think because it's Star Wars, 163 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:10.120 it might be. And I think that's like the best 164 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.799 thing about what they're doing now is giving us different 165 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.320 games in Star Wars, but make it star Wars, you know. 166 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:17.840 So I feel like, because you're connected enough, you might 167 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.480 you might find like a person you really like, and 168 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.879 then that's your like main and all that good stuff. 169 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.559 So I have faith. I have faith. 170 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.960 It's just mainly like the whole video game aspect on 171 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:32.720 its own, because like I tried Outlaws with like mostly 172 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:36.279 my husband playing it, and we didn't get very far 173 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:42.039 in there because I kept getting motion sick. That's thea 174 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:46.279 and so things like Skyrim have always made me motion sick. 175 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.200 With like the camera and stuff. So that's why I think, 176 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.639 like the pod racing game might be something I can 177 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:55.240 get into, just because you tend to face forward and 178 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:56.840 that's really the only thing, like, yeah. 179 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.360 And the camera is always behind you. Yeah. 180 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:05.240 Yeah, So if it shows up on game Pass, Matt 181 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.320 has game Pass, so we could potentially try it then, 182 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:12.120 but I don't I'm not gonna make him purchase anything 183 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:18.360 probably other than the pod racing game. Racing games have 184 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.120 just always been something that I'm down for. 185 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.120 Yeah, I mean it will be eventually. Everything's on game 186 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.720 Pass eventually, but I doubt it will be there on launch. Yeah. 187 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.519 So it says here that Zero Company is not going 188 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.360 to be on game Pass at launch, but yeah, which 189 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:37.159 makes I can see it eventually jumping on there. But yeah, 190 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.799 really really excited about this. Probably going to be a 191 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:45.360 day one purchase for me that comes out in almost 192 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.600 exactly one month. Its release date I believe is the 193 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:56.879 twenty seventh, Yeah, twenty seventh of August, so a little 194 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:02.960 less than one month to go. Now some other news, 195 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:06.720 let's talk about some of these smaller announcements when it 196 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:13.120 comes to books in other media, like that, we have 197 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:19.759 the New Hope and other parts of the original trilogy 198 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.919 novels finally getting a unabridged audiobook. 199 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:27.320 This is so exciting for me. 200 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.240 Now here's my question to you, because Katie, I think 201 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:36.200 I already know your answer because we've talked about this 202 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:40.440 several times. The next part about this announcement is that 203 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:46.879 it's narrated by Mark Thompson. Do they always need Mark Thompson? 204 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:52.639 No, Oh, we don't always need Mark Thompson a lot. 205 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.919 Like there was a little part of me that like, 206 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:58.080 after Mark Thompson started to do more of like the 207 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.679 DC audio books, I was like, does that mean we 208 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:05.480 can finally start to see different names on other Star 209 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.840 Wars titles, And then this announcement came. I was like, 210 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.159 maybe not. 211 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.279 Well, but I think at least they're getting him off 212 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:18.039 of like newer books. Like I don't think he's voiced 213 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:25.960 a new book this year in the audio books because 214 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.919 the Outlaws prequel was done by the voice actors in 215 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:36.200 the game, and then Legacy. I can't remember who's the 216 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:40.440 narrator for Legacy. But then January LaVoi is doing Edge 217 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:47.039 of Abyss yes, so so I don't think he's done 218 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.440 a new book this year. So at least there's that 219 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.279 that there they are getting other people involved. 220 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.000 I like Mark Thompson, but he just makes all his 221 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.120 characters sound the same and like all like the thy 222 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:02.720 characters sound was saying to me, and I was. 223 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:08.960 Gonna say, he has about three different voices. He has 224 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:15.320 his like feminine voice, he has his main character voice, 225 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.759 and then he has his alien voice. And his alien 226 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:23.679 voice literally sounds the same for like that one random 227 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:28.399 character in each one of the people he does. So 228 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:32.559 I would I would like to see more people. 229 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:36.919 Give me Jeff Hayes. Give Jeff Hayes an audiobook. Jeff 230 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:40.840 hays does the Dungeon Crawler and. 231 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:46.600 Range to jump on that bandwagon I saw, man, his 232 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.879 range is insane. His range is insane, so wild. 233 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.320 Have I seen the Wonderwall song? 234 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.639 Yeah, I did see that. I saw that on TikTok. 235 00:15:55.399 --> 00:16:03.559 Yes voices, So don'nut sings the Wonderwall song, but she 236 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.159 adapts it for the Dungeon. 237 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.240 That's hilarious. 238 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:10.519 It's absolutely phenomenal. 239 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.679 Yeah, he spends like most of the book in like 240 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.600 a feminine voice, and he kills it. 241 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.320 He rocks it. 242 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.320 That's why he's going to be the. 243 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:24.240 Cat in exactly. I need to jump on the bandwagon 244 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.159 for that. I feel like everyone that I know has 245 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.840 already either like caught up to the series or starting 246 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:35.679 the series, and I'm just here, like Clay, It's like 247 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.360 it's a lot. 248 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:41.519 Matt, it is a lot, but Clay, Matt doesn't read. 249 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:44.360 And Matt finished the first book and is starting the 250 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.360 second book tonight. 251 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.000 That's how good alternative if you don't want like a 252 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.320 like a long series, but same kind of style, same 253 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.960 same writer. 254 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:56.000 Operation Bounce House came out like I just got it. 255 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.799 I just got It's like eight hours on the audiobooks. 256 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.879 It's pretty short, right, It's good. I like that one 257 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.120 a lot. 258 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.519 Operation They ever. 259 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.559 Get Jeff Hayes, because doesn't he run his own production company, 260 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.720 and I don't think they would. 261 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:16.440 Go him go. 262 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.599 I think about how many fans you would bring to 263 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.720 Star Wars audio if you had Jeff as do an audiobook? 264 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.519 Yes? 265 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.279 Now, is this an audible exclusive? 266 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:32.119 No? I don't think Operation Bounce Houses. 267 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.640 It's a full book two all right? Well, then in 268 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:42.079 that case I am because I have like sixteen freaking 269 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:47.400 credits over at yes perfect on libro dot FM. I'm 270 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.640 gonna look it up right now and grab it. I 271 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:59.240 have been like super anti billionaire, anti capitalism, so I'm 272 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.799 trying to do everything I can to like stay away 273 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:05.720 from Audible and Amazon of course, of course, so uh, 274 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.839 Libro has has been taking my money a whole lot lately. 275 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:14.799 So we got that for the original trilogy. I'm actually 276 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:19.359 really excited about this because I have not really jumped 277 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:25.039 into the novelization of these, uh. But my stepdad, he 278 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:30.720 is very big into audio books, and he has wanted 279 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:35.000 to read the novelizations, uh, but he has only been 280 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:40.039 reading stuff via audio audio. So he's really excited about 281 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:44.960 this announcement. Something that completely went over my head, and 282 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.200 Katie was just like, Clay, that's old news. I don't 283 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:53.759 know why you're talking about this. The Vader book one, 284 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.319 which one. 285 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.720 Because I felt like there was a few announcements, was like, 286 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.640 we're giving you Vader in comics, We're giving you Vader 287 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.400 in books, We're giving you Vader and everything. 288 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.759 But yeah, that Icons one looks so good. The Icons 289 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.119 book does look really, really good. But Katie did remind 290 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:17.319 me that this was actually announced what like a year 291 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.160 and a half ago. 292 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:20.319 Two years ago, I think almost two years ago. 293 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:24.880 And is just now getting like a hard release date. 294 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:30.279 So this I think is going to be very fun 295 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:36.440 for anybody who does love those coffee table books something 296 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.000 to just kind of skim through from day to day. 297 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:45.200 It looks like a very very fun read. So I'm 298 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:49.160 really excited. I think now that I am in the 299 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:52.359 space that I am in, I can finally start getting 300 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:56.359 those books. Amberlyn is finally old enough to know what 301 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:00.680 she can touch and what she cannot touch. So I 302 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.160 think this one may be on the radar finaling. 303 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.319 Yeah, all of my books you see behind me if 304 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:09.960 you're on YouTube, Guys, all my shelves are currently empty. 305 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.680 All my books are coming in this weekend from my mother. 306 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:17.559 Matt is making a trip tomorrow, and then my mother 307 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:19.480 in law is supposed to be coming on Saturday, and 308 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:24.519 Matt's going to go back up. I'm excited because, yeah, 309 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.279 Mara is also like, she grabbed my mom's glasses this 310 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.559 weekend and I've said, ma, are those yours? And she 311 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:32.759 said nope, I dropped it. 312 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.000 So huzzah. I love that. 313 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:40.400 I feel like I can put my coffee table books 314 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:57.279 back out. 315 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:54.839 With that, we also got some comic book news when 316 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:59.039 it comes to Star Wars. Some of these that we 317 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:01.839 have already kind of mentioned. We did get a little 318 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:05.960 bit more details on them, but we got some more 319 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:11.559 inside looks of the Mad Cave and paper Cuts stories 320 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:19.000 titles like Star Wars Smugglers and Scoundrels and Tales from 321 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:23.640 the Outer Rim. These are both going to be paper 322 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:31.160 Cuts Publications. Paper Cuts is an amazing publisher I've had 323 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:34.319 the opportunity to work with them before, back when I 324 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:39.839 was working with Comic Book Distribution. Great great company. I 325 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:42.279 think Star Wars is in great hands when it comes 326 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:47.960 to this. They are very family friendly, very poppy, very 327 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:56.119 kid oriented for sure, but very fun nonetheless, So I 328 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.319 really like the Jackson's coming back. 329 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.880 Kevin Scott is an absolute genius of all mediums and 330 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.079 genres when it comes to comics, so I'm very excited. 331 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.680 I think, what is Greg Pack doing the other one? 332 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.279 I think Greg Pak is doing the Scott the Outer 333 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:17.799 Rim one, and then yeah, the Jackson one is obvious 334 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.640 gonna be Kevin Scott. 335 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.240 So very exciting. 336 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.200 Yeah, super excited for this. I did find it interesting 337 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.119 that dark Horse has not had any other announcements. I 338 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.880 believe the Mace Window comic is still set for October, 339 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:37.839 but then they literally have no other announcements currently, So 340 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:40.839 is the license just going to paper Cuts and dark 341 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:43.119 Horse is relinquishing it like I DW did. 342 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:49.920 I can only assume. Yes, I have not heard anything 343 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:56.000 on like my side of the comic book world, but 344 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:00.200 I like because of how quiet they have been, if 345 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.880 there was anything coming from dark Horse and Star Wars 346 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.599 Sandio Comic Con would have been it. Yeah. 347 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.160 I think the only thing that they announced was that 348 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:11.720 they're doing like the the hardcover of the Galactic Tales 349 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:13.559 of Terror that covers the Nightmnger. 350 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:16.680 Oh so good. Other than that, I don't think I 351 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:20.720 saw anything else. Yeah, and even that that was gonna 352 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:25.200 be the very next thing that I bring up. Gorgeous cover, 353 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:30.759 by the way, this like beautiful like teal cover. I 354 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:33.640 can't remember the the artist for this one. This one 355 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:42.319 is uh, they do all of the the Tales of books. 356 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.160 Oh my gosh, who is this freaking artist? But I 357 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:50.799 can I can actually share it on my screen right now. 358 00:23:55.400 --> 00:24:02.599 Beautiful, beautiful cover. Yeah truly, h Francesco. Yeah, this is great. 359 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.359 It's so good. 360 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.720 I don't I don't know if you guys have had 361 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:09.160 a chance to read this story yet, were it? 362 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.640 Oh? 363 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.400 Man, it's so good. It's so good. 364 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:16.839 It's such great storytelling across the three generations of Star 365 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:20.000 Wars with like the same story. Oh man, it's good. 366 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.799 Oh man, it's good. I want to I want to 367 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.319 talk about it. Whenever you talk about I'm coming back, 368 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:27.480 there's a last scene specifically that I'm like, that's that's her. 369 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.599 That's why you would have wanted her, not Luke. That's 370 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.079 why you would have wanted her, not Luke, because she's 371 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.200 not scared to shoot a ghost. 372 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.000 You know. I'm with it. I'm with it. And then 373 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:40.240 another story that we actually have not read yet and 374 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.960 we're waiting until the actual completed volume. That's something that 375 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.519 we've decided that we're going to do just because, uh, 376 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:49.480 getting the week two week stuff is a little bit 377 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:55.519 harder for us with family and stuff. But the fourth 378 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:01.759 issue of the High Republican Adventures pathfind He is coming 379 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:05.519 out very very soon, it says here. The series follows 380 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:08.759 a team of republic Pathfinders to dispatch to a distant 381 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:12.880 corner of the galaxy to investigate the death of a 382 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:18.519 Jedi master. We've been very, you know, still very very 383 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:23.359 excited about the continuation of the High Republic. This Pathfinders 384 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:28.160 is currently the only thing that is within that timeline. 385 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:37.240 We have had some glimpses in teases of or not 386 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:43.640 teases slash cameos of stuff that is in recent books 387 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:49.440 referencing High Republic, but nothing super solidified like the stories 388 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:52.640 that we have gotten in the Initiative of the High Republic. 389 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.759 And that's kind of what we're still waiting for. 390 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:58.799 And s Glenn says there is more Higher Republic stuff coming. 391 00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.279 That was one of the things he said that I 392 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.839 don't remember which panel, but he didn't say it this weekend, 393 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.920 so at least now. 394 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:07.319 But that's a question for both of you guys. I 395 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:12.440 know that all of us enjoyed High Republic stuff. Do 396 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:16.319 you think that they continue to do these small stories 397 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.960 or do you think they go out of their way 398 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.119 to do another initiative. 399 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.640 I don't think there's going to be another initiative in 400 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.640 the Higher Republic. I think it's going to be add on. 401 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:27.680