Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club
Read through the pre-Disney Star Wars universe along with the Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club, and trace the history of Star Wars as a world, a brand, and a part of our cultural fabric.
Episodes
April 17, 2025 • 115 mins
All's well that ends well as Alex, Davis, and Jesse, the SWOCBC gang, find out whether the Lando trilogy is an actual trilogy or not, and whether your opinion of something can change when the context does. Like, for example, did you know ThonBoka MEANS Starcave? More like this inside.
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April 3, 2025 • 152 mins
The Flamewind burns brightly through the Oseon as your SWOCBC boys, Alex, Davis, and Jesse return to that old free spirit, just 27 years young, Lando Calrissian and his enlightened droid Vuffi Raa, back for another fantastic, unlikely, and hilariously unwhelming 1980's L Neil Smith space lounge hang sesh.
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March 20, 2025 • 140 mins
Life, love, and a bizarrely specific adherence to 1980's libertarian idealism converge in a trilogy of episodes over the next five weeks, as Alex, Davis, and Jesse tackle the grooviest Star Wars ever written in L Neil Smith's Lando trilogy, and in the case of the Mindharp of Sharu, it is literally all about the vibes.
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December 25, 2024 • 140 mins
You've read the book and now it's time for the movie! Return of the Jedi! What's a holiday without a tentpole? Alex, Davis, and Jesse, aka a time lapse of Scott Calving turning into Santa, are here to discuss the big trilogy ender and to look forward to the future! Happy Holidays!
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Want more boys? Love rappin' about the 'Wars? Get our entire Inside the Insider archive now! Issue 9 is live! Patreon.com/SWOCBC!
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November 28, 2024 • 157 mins
Have...we already hit peak Star Wars? James Kahn's novelization of Return of the Jedi was so good, Davis and Alex started yelling at each other because of how different they loved it! It's just like Thanksgiving Dinner! Will Jesse save the Macy's Day Parade? Come listen and find out!
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Support the show, get this week's episode of Inside the Insider, and OTHER GREAT EXCLUSIVE EXTRAS at Patreon.com/SWOCBC
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October 31, 2024 • 106 mins
You heard us tackle the in-universe world of the Old Canon, but what about the fandom? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse in this first public collection of Patreon bonus episodes of Inside the Insider, which releases an episode every time the main show does, and covers the official Star Wars fan magazine, the Star Wars Insider, one issue at a time!
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October 17, 2024 • 189 mins
This is getting out of hand! There are three of them? Why, YES, Nute! Alex, Davis, and Jesse are here to answer and respond to all your deepest musings, which you sent to us so perfectly legally at Patreon.com/SWOCBC!
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September 22, 2024 • 84 mins
Star Wars for slightly more mature readers continues this week as we finish off a big chunk of comics, and we start to meet some expanded universe characters who might stick around a little longer than Alex, Davis, and Jesse expect on the second part of this week's SWOCBC!
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To support the show and get all KINDS of extra content, including our bonus series, Inside the Insider, check out Patreon.com/SWOCBC
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September 12, 2024 • 112 mins
The boys are back with a new installment of the SWOCBC where maybe Star Wars has finally started growing up with its audience? And maybe this new creative team means a fresh new vibe? Maybe? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they find out!
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August 15, 2024 • 100 mins
How far away is too far away for it to cease being part of the galaxy far far away? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they find the answer from an unexpected source: comic book legend ALAN MOORE himself, who apparently had a grand old time adding an extremely creepy metaphysical texture to the proto-legends metacanon! (official term pending) Yay! SWOCBC!
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August 10, 2024 • 129 mins
Hi there! This fun surprise is just a sample of the type of stuff we do on our Patreon, watch this along with the 4K77 cut of the original Star Wars film, or any cut, really! Grab some popcorn!
And if you want to see what we thought of The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, and every other film we watch on the show, head over to Patreon.com/SWOCBC for more, as well as to check out our show Inside the ...
And if you want to see what we thought of The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, and every other film we watch on the show, head over to Patreon.com/SWOCBC for more, as well as to check out our show Inside the ...
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August 9, 2024 • 114 mins
It finally happened! An episode so chock full of Star Wars-y goodness, we split it in two! Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they read the comic book version of The Empire Strikes Back, and a bunch more comic book storylines that MAYYYYBE aren't quite as big-budget as the movie?
And what do we think about the idea of a Pre-Legends Proto-Canon? Exciting, right? Come have a look!
And what do we think about the idea of a Pre-Legends Proto-Canon? Exciting, right? Come have a look!
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July 11, 2024 • 154 mins
Restructured, relaid, and recolored, join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they tackle some of the wildest and most interesting Star Wars storytelling we've seen so far! But is this the dawn of a new era, or just another evolutionary dead end? Found out in this very episode!
Get access to reading guides, discussions, and our side show Inside the Insider, where we look at every issue of the Star Wars Insider IN ORDER at patre...
Get access to reading guides, discussions, and our side show Inside the Insider, where we look at every issue of the Star Wars Insider IN ORDER at patre...
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June 20, 2024 • 127 mins
Another episode already? Is it your birthday? Yes, it is, because today, on Gasgano's Pod-Chat (a chill podcast about podracing), Alex, Davis, and Jesse answer and respond to all your burning thoughts, which you delivered to us so kindly at Patreon.com/SWOCBC!
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June 13, 2024 • 104 mins
What goes around comes around as Alex, Davis, and Jesse hitch up for one last ride around the ranch as Brian Daley gives us the last in his iconic trilogy starring everyone's favorite youngish supermarket pulp smuggler and his big space ape pal! It's Han Solo and the Lost Legacy on SWOCBC!
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May 30, 2024 • 191 mins
We're back with a big chunky boy filled with some of the most recognizable names in the Marvel stable, a cyborg bounty hunter with more self hate than Darth Vader, and, you know, three hours of good meaty book club discussion with Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they dig into Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 2!
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March 7, 2024 • 103 mins
You've read the book, now watch the film! It's the second half of a double dose of Empire-y goodness, now with Irvin Kershner in the mix, and a movie that looks like it was made by someone with some years under their belt! But is this REALLY one of the greatest films of ALL TIME? And what does it have to say about Star Wars as a whole? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse to find out!
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Also, gain access to our brand-new side se...
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February 22, 2024 • 114 mins
Finally, a SWOCBC first! Fan interaction! Join, Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they answer questions from our listeners and engage with some of the deeper discussions going on around some of our latest reading selections at Patreon.com/SWOCBC! And don't worry, we'll use a different joke name for these every time.
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January 4, 2024 • 132 mins
Before the movie...there was the official novelization! Come read a Star Wars book by someone who only did it once, and find out along with the SWOCBC whether there's anything new for Alex, Davis, and Jesse to mine from the story of one of the most discussed films of all time!
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November 3, 2023 • 118 mins
The second Han Solo adventure is way different from the first one! Is that good? Maybe! Is that bad? Probably not! Is Chewbacca so far gone in the head that he doesn't realize what he's done? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they find out together on the SWOCBC!
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