Expounded Universe

317 - Luke Just Blue Himself

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The penultimate chapter? Really? Okay I guess. Anyway Vader turns up but honestly doesn't really do much of anything. There's a war though! Learn ...

316 - Coway or the Highway

04 Dec 2025

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Hey, Halla's back! But I already used that name joke. Damn it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

315 - A Pleasant Dong

19 Nov 2025

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Let's not sugarcoat it, this whole chapter is Luke and Leia walking through a cave tunnel. Yes they get in a shocking fight at the end, but at what c...

314 - Now I Know Leenix's Voice

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jon's on vacation, and Claire wants to make Jef listen to AP, so here we go, two episodes of the podcast classic Campaign Star Wars. What will Jef do...

313 - Matriculated at Chode

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone runs from a pre-exogorth exogorth. It's sorta neat how often big white snakes turn up in Star Wars. Someone should do something with that. ...

312 - Halla Back Girl

09 Oct 2025

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The escape is great! Our heroes carve an unusually gory trail to freedom and a great big truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

311 - Yuzzem? I Hardly Know 'Em!

24 Sep 2025

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Whoa, stuff happens! This book hasn't been bad but it certainly has felt like it needs to get on with things, and here we go! Learn more about your a...

310 - It's Funnier If He's Southern

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well boy, ah say boy, we done found the voice for one of our particular villains in this here page-turner and it dominates the episode. Learn more abo...

309 - Galaxy Class Ass

26 Aug 2025

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One of the perils of recording early is I'm guaranteed to forget what the episode was. But good news, I think they met one of this book's big bad guy...

308 - Don't Neglect the Dualities

14 Aug 2025

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Hey hey, it's time to meet Halla! She's a fun archetype that was made common in West End Games Star Wars RPGs, the burnout force user. We're also go...

307 - Kissing A Miner

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode our heroes discover a hidden city on their homeworld, and if you thought going back to 1978 would fix the Leia characterizations, you'...

306 - Mimban Number Five

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can't get earlier Star Wars EU novels than this right here. Welcome to the "sequel in case the sequels didn't happen" of Star Wars, where the for...

305 - Jedi Twilight Wrap Up

20 Jun 2025

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Why, it's the twilight of Jedi Twilight! And frankly? Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

304 - Don't Call it a Comeback

03 Jun 2025

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That ended abruptly! Sure enough we get a chapter containing both Vader and Xizor, but... eh you'll see. Also there's some robots and some big-ish r...

303 - All I Need Is A Miracle

07 May 2025

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Vader packs up and rides to join the party, Jax and company fight some crazy robots, and Xizor meets Nick Rostu, surely that's fantasic, right? Learn ...

302 - Here Comes a Special Droid

24 Apr 2025

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Honestly, I-5 isn't even super important here, we just think it's so funny how he keeps having a module for exactly what the group needs every time. ...

301 - A Special Pinch

10 Apr 2025

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Man is I-5 ever useful. But who's also a protocol droid with a weird gun hand that everyone wants to know about? I bet you all forgot about Bug Eyes...

300 - Slut Plate Summer

26 Mar 2025

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Well dang, this was episode 300? Then I guess we shall podcast in the shade. In today's episode Jax and the gang escape some droid police (DROID POL...

299 - Pardon My French, But Jax Pavan is an Asshole

12 Mar 2025

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Oh hey, this book has act breaks! And we just found what might be the only one! You can tell because I-5 finally finds Jax Pavan. Who is an asshole ab...

298 - Rostu on the Smuggle Bus

26 Feb 2025

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This episode is a Jax-free space. We focus on Den, we check in with Nick Rostu, and somehow Kaird is still kicking around, but we aren't seeing what's...

297 - Rokko's Modern Light

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Finally Laranth turns up, and she brings with her something we were missing last time we did this series, an explanation of what a Gray Paladin is exa...

296 - Rostu to the Rescue

30 Jan 2025

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No one new, and we'll still moving pieces into place, but hey Nick and Jax have met and headed off for a just-dudes sushi brunch, which if you think a...

295 - The Den Dhur Bender

16 Jan 2025

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We've met almost everyone we know we need to now! Just Laranth to go! But hark, we're meeting a subvillain for the book this time, and he hates Xizor,...

294 - Smoggy Bottom Boys

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oh right, I just remembered that as much fun as Den and I-5 and laughing at Aurra Sing were, Jax Pavan is a dude what sucks. It's all coming back. Yes...

293 - Fatal Alliance Wrapup

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Your burning questions! Answered! Our final thoughts on this book! Given! And the next book? Announced, baby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

292 - Avoid the Amnioid

14 Nov 2024

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The Amnioid is Lema Xandret. Forget to say that in the episode, so it needed explanation here. Okay, we're wrapping it up! Another story in the can. L...

291 - It's a Sebbadonomenon

30 Oct 2024

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Definitely on the homestretch here, as some secrets are revealed and we start to see our Padawan/Sith Apprentice consider the merits of their respecti...

290 - Sith Lightning Crashes

18 Oct 2024

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Oh ho, so we've swapped masters and apprentices for a couple of little Jedi field trips, and the action is literally heating up with literal actual la...

289 - Ula Vii en Rose

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Look, I thought of that title like two months ago and I don't think we're ever gonna get it to line up perfectly, but I'll be damned if we don't use i...

288 - Dao and the Art of Shuttlecraft Maintenance

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This book is starting to seem like a big sifter designed to force our main characters slowly but inexorably into one party, and this is continuing her...

286 - What's The Buzz Satele Me What's A Happenin'

07 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Oh no, this one has sat a minute, my bad) Everyone must find their own way to figure out where the trail leads, and this episode is all about how the...

287 - Hex Based Space Combat

07 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

And the action fires right back up! Is there something special in the space past where the books get better, because this is starting to remind us of ...

285 - The Mojo Dojo Encaasa Bareesh

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Finally, a bunch of heroes get sent on a quest. Honestly this book is actually shaping up to match that Lucas quote about Star Wars rhyming like poetr...

284 - Shigar, We're Going Down Swinging

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The grand battle plays on, though I think we're both getting fairly sick of Dao Stryver just being immune to absolutely everything. Meanwhile a few th...

283 - Hex on the Breach

03 Jul 2024

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Well well, we're already at a lightsaber fight. And get this, it's like three chapters of action sequence in a row! In a Star Wars novel this is consi...

282 - Holy Stryver

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The streams have begun to cross, but gently at first, as Ula Vii the reluctant spy has met everyone's instant favorite, JET NEBULA. Meanwhile, Ax does...

281 - Rancor Ridin' Dirty

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, this one I remember. Our characters one by one begin to converge on Nal Hutta, the current homeworld of everyone's favorite big slug gansgters. ...

280 = The Toxic Moxla Avenger

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, apparently I forgot to post this very important episode for a while and a half, between work trips and some ongoing medical drama, it just slipp...

279 - Cinzia Been Gone!

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Star Wars! Specifically that special brand of Bioware-era Star Wars (like, they got their own era) set 4000 years before New Hope! Mee...

278 - Shadows Rising Wrapup

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What did we think? What did you want to know? What are we doing next? The elements? We answer all the questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

277 - Bwon with the Wind

29 Mar 2024

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The climax is reached, can this book actually change anything or move any of the in-game story along? Will Bwonsamdi survive? Who rides what mounts? T...

276 - Nick at Nite Reference

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The penultimate episode dawns! A race begins as the Zandalari and Horde fight to stop the Widow's Bite from killing Bwonsamdi. You know what all those...

275 - Anduin Jereks It For Stress Relief

29 Feb 2024

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Well, I'd love to tell you things are coming to a head, but we still don't know what that would look like. We are getting mentions of actual Shadowlan...

274 - That Girl is Poison

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well, we know Shaw is still alive now, and meanwhile we settle the debate from the end of the last episode (Jef was right, weird) and see what's going...

273 - History Would Prove Them To Be Roommates

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay so I may have lost this episode for a few weeks. And that definitely means I forgot what's in there, besides that there was definitely some fairl...

272 - A Loa Down Dirty Shame

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this installment, we finally do what WOW must do, devote way too much time to Thrall. After he meets with the other people the game frankly could a...

Expounded Universe 271 - Press F to Torture Human Dad

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'd like to say that this is the start of a depressing trend of torture in this book, but at least the book seems aware of it, and it's just Alleria a...

270 - Right Click to Torture Orc Mom

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yep, it's one of the classic staples of the WOW genre, That kind of justified torture that your favorite heroes just can't help but do, because of the...

269 - Zekhan A Mission From God

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In which we figure out who's likely to be our primary Horde protagonist, we send him on his way to adventure, and also Anduin continues to fret in wel...

268 - The Flame War of the Trolls

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sheesh, I thought we knew some stuff about World of Warcraft but we're completely in the weeds here. We don't know about Battle for Azeroth era trolls...

267 - Where Was Anduin When the Westfall Fell?

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

And we're back! Our new scene is set, it's split between Westfall and Ogrimmar, in which an author must deal with the dizzying array of world leaders ...

266 - Rogue Planet Wrapup

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

All your questions answered! All our thoughts explained! And of course the next book, announced! I, uhhh, I let Jon pick again. I will always vote for...

265 - That Can't Be Right

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The end is upon us! Or at least of this book. Once again a massive amount of stuff needs to be handled in just a few short pages, and this time, well,...

264 - Anakin and the Amazing Technicolor Sekot

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A new character has entered the arena, though we've been hanging out on them for a while now. That's right, it's time to meet Sekot proper, unravel so...

263 - Wiping at Magister's Terrace

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

And, as must happen in all these books when there's like 40 pages to go, the action kicks into high gear. Anakin, Jabitha (are we sure) and Ke Daiv ar...

Episode 262 - Tarkin Back Sunday

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tarkin arrives, Seinar fumes, Obi-Wan and Anakin finally encounter that most regular of EU traditions, the eleventh hour info dump. Learn more about y...

261 - Crashing the Ke Party

25 Sep 2023

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Man it has been a JOURNEY to get this thing to air. The ship is built and Ke Daiv attacks, I don't remember the rest. Learn more about your ad choices...

260 - Great Balls on Fire

30 Aug 2023

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The shipbuilding begins! As Jabitha (that can't be right) leaves our heroes at the gate of the great factory, they meet new characters just in time fo...

259 - Jabitha Hutt

24 Aug 2023

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In this episode Anakin meets a little girl roughly his age, Obi-Wan is bored enough to start getting crabby, and Raithe Seinar is just having big old ...

258 - Balls on Parade

16 Aug 2023

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Our heroes emerge from the unexpected ball bath covered in the winnings of victory, which of course are more balls. Then a bunch of ball-related stuff...

257 - Rogue Planet

10 Aug 2023

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In an attempt to give Anakin some more depth, we introduce... more whines of his? I guess now he loves spaceships but hates spaceships. Anyway he's st...

256 - Zonama be Startin' Somethin'

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's weird to be reading a book that is ostensibly full of weird surprises and decisions that necessarily go nowhere after Attack of the Clones came a...

Episode 255 - Anakin's Got Crabs

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another episode about shifting pieces into place for a story to happen, but still there's something here that's working for us. Not sure if it's the g...

254 - Tarkin What They're Given Cause I'm Wormin For a Livin

15 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, so now we know the bad guy of the hour! Raithe Seinar, starship engineer and generally rich weirdo, is apparently the right man for this job! Me...

253 - Raithe Squadron

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Classic villain introduction this week as we watch a discussion (that we find slightly charged in that good gay way) between Raithe Seinar and Wilhuff...

252 - Jedi Believe I Can Fly

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're opening with just chapter 1! That's right this is gonna be a 67 episode season! Ah okay I'm just kidding, chapter 1 is just weirdly huge compare...

251 - Wraith Squadron Wrap Up

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here we are at the end of all things, time to discuss our overall take on this look at the X-Wing side of the universe of Star Wars, answer just a big...

250 - The Waggler Rides Again

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The big finale for the first Wraith Squadron book has arrived! Who will live? Who will die? Will Tyria get any lines? And what will become of Admiral ...

249 - Can You Trigit

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shoot I forgot to remember what was in this episode. I think Trigit maybe dies? I was supposed to remember this, wasn't I. Well, put it on my permanen...

248 - Walking on Broken Glass Prowlers

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Finally, a resolution to that whole "Get the crew of the Hawkbat sick via extremely convoluted heist" storyline! They... get the crew of the Hawkbat s...

247 - Phanan's Grinder Profile

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The heist continues! Along with some sorta obvious character assassination of our Bothan slicer, presumably to set him up for either a betrayal arc or...

246 - Falynn Off the Roof

05 May 2023

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Well at least they're not performing psychology on each other any more. Instead now our squadron of heroes is dating, donning stupid costumes, and bas...

245 - Kell Dommage

27 Apr 2023

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Time for a bunch of psychoanalytical work as performed at its best, by a group of die-hard edgy pilot kids with chips on their shoulders! Can our hero...

244 - Communications Down

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The plan continues! The wraiths are still blowing up Imperial sympathizing targets while pretending to be the crew of the Night Caller, until they co...

243 - Have a Blessed (Houghton) Ween

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We've made it eight episodes in and now we finally get to see this commando squad do any commando business! The Wraiths launch a surprise raid on a se...

Episode 242 - PIGGY'S IN SPACE

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The plan to make a tiny spaceship out of other spaceships continues, before an assault is launched, a captain is killed, and the Wraiths take possessi...

Episode 241 - 2 Fast 2 Folor

25 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Finally some action ensues as our heroes face off with a bunch of TIEs, including a nickname for Interceptors we do not care for, then get caught in a...

Episode 240 - Fast & The Furious: Folor Drift

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I bet you're all wondering if they spend more time in this episode training to fly X-Wings. Well I'm not gonna tell you. Instead I'll just say that Ke...

239 - Gray's Anatomy's Squadron

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time to really put the team together. Sure enough, we're switching main character from Wedge to Kell in these chapters, and meeting the rest of the sq...

238 - You Killed My Father, Prepare to Fly

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's the recruitment montage! What sort of weirdos are we gonna get on our X-Wing/Commando squadron this time around? Also, we meet Admiral Trigit, ...

237 - Lock S-Foils in Exposition

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Season 22! We're going to be spending more time with the legendary destroyer of Death Stars Wedge Antilles now, so get ready for X-Wings, X...

236 - Starcave Wrapup

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We answer YOUR BURNING QUESTIONS! Also we discuss the Lando trilogy as a whole, what we liked, what needed work, and what we would have done different...

235 - Rokur Gepta Crokes

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ooh, a grand finale! It's all cool space battles and shocking revelations from here on out, so strap on your space belts and get ready for the sudden ...

234 - Wennis the Menace

13 Jan 2023

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Everyone's gearing up for the big battle. We've got Ones, Others, Rests, Whetts, and all the rest of our regulars and every one of them is waiting ou...

233 - Osuna Whett Ass Pussy

04 Jan 2023

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SABACC! Lando found a way to play sabacc with the Oswaft, so he's doing that. Meanwhile, Gepta fumes, Shanga stomps around oozing toxic masculinity al...

232 - Vuffi Vuffi Raa, Where Are Ya?

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No joke folks, I recorded this episode, headed to Vegas for two days, came back with intent to post, and immediately caught RSV from my daughter (who ...

231 - Ceci N'est Pas Un Poop

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lando puts on a big show, Lehesu can turn your... leftovers into diamonds, and Rokur Gepta keeps killing messengers. Meanwhile we meet the One, the Ot...

230 - The Starcave of Starcave

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What a difference continuity brings! We're finishing strong and actually covering the entire Lando Calrissian trilogy. We've got giant Manta Jellyfish...

229 - Flamewind Wrapup

08 Nov 2022

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Hey! Sorry for the delay, but we're back on track with the Flamewind of Oseon wrapup. A little conversation, a little self reflection, and a surpris...

228 – An Embarrassment of Gepta’s

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Oh wow, the shit all hits the fan here! Action! Intrigue! Extended lawn orgy! Thrill as we finally meet the legendary richest man in the galaxy Bo...

227 – Hello Muttdah, Hello Fattdah

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Oh wow, the shit all hits the fan here! Action! Intrigue! Extended lawn orgy! Thrill as we finally meet the legendary richest man in the galaxy Bo...

226 – Flamewind Of Whooaaa-seon!

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cue the Strawberry Alarm Clock, because it’s time for a trippy flight through a rainbow space montage! Also there’s sabotage afoot, and fighters ...

Expounded Universe 225 – A Waywa With Words

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/expounded-universe-225-a-waywa-with-words.mp3 Well, it may have been a bit, but dang it we aren’t...

Expounded Universe 224 – Back to Back Sabacc

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/expounded-universe-224-back-to-back-sabacc.mp3 Finally some quality time with Rokur Gepta, who is r...

Expounded Universe 223 – Twisted Steel, Leather Toilet

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/expounded-universe-223-twisted-steel-leather-toilet.mp3 Next book!  And whoa, this one starts out ...

Expounded Universe 222 – Mindharp of Sharu Wrapup

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/expounded-universe-222-mindharp-wrap-up.mp3 The poll isn’t over yet, but it’s looking very like...

Expounded Universe 221 – Curse Your Sudden Yet Irrelevant Betrayal

12 Aug 2022

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https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/expounded-universe-curse-your-sudden-yet-irrelevant-betrayal.mp3 Time to bring it home!  We finall...

Expounded Universe 220 – Vuffi in Wonderlando

03 Aug 2022

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https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/expounded-universe-220-vuffis-adventures-in-wonderlando.mp3 Is this episode big?  Little?  Both! ...

Expounded Universe 219 – The Taking Tree

29 Jul 2022

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https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/expounded-universe-219-the-taking-tree.mp3 We’re stepping up the pace to three chapters.  Today ...

Expounded Universe 218 – Who Gave That Toka A Crossbow

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/expounded-universe-218-who-gave-that-toka-a-crossbow.mp3 First, a brief discussion that has a surpr...