https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/expounded-universe-157-its-always-december-15-2011-somewhere.mp3 Several of you had questions, and we answered those questions. Then we announced that next book, and I gotta admit, I’m pretty excited to head somewhere and some time a little new. See you in a bit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/expounded-universe-156-curse-your-plodding-but-inevitable-betrayal.mp3 Wrap up time, I’d say we’re super proud of totally predicting this ending if there was much to have predicted. We cover up the last couple of super short chapters while pining for an exciting new future! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/expounded-universe-155-dont-go-chasing-holocrons.mp3 We’re there! We made it! We’re in the titular ruins of Dantooine! Oh, wait, I guess we’re leaving them immediately. Why is this book called this? Anyway, time to meet a few more animals! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/expounded-universe-154-awakened-the-wrath-of-the-lizard.mp3 Another chapter, another session of opening up lootboxes on a shuttle. At least this time we finally make it to Dantooine, even if we don’t see much of the titular ruins thereof. Time for some kissin’ in the rain and long form animal identification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/expounded-universe-153-hot-corellian-nights.mp3 The next thing we knew she was getting sexually excited by guns and manhands in the back of a freighter. I never thought it would happen to me. Oh also C-3PO shows up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/expounded-universe-152-lf1m-need-bioengineer.mp3 As the dread Captain Nym enters the story, we begin a short but fascinating era where this books is basically based on two video games at once! Our heroes leave Naboo for the sulfur planet Lok, where the thin veneer of story falls off immediately, leaving only video games and patriarchy. Truly a desolate place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/expounded-universe-151-in-out-borgles.mp3 The pieces of this obvious romance novel fall into place as Dusque and Tendau head to the hard zone moon of Rori to do some boots on the ground bio-engineering. It all goes great until they find a mutant! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/expounded-universe-150-you-would-not-believe-the-darktrinn-i-pull.mp3 As the book progresses, it begins to dawn on us… oh no, this is self-insert fanfic! Help! It’s official but that’s what it is! We watch as Dusque is pulled from room to room through a casino by a variety of thirsty, thirsty dudes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/expounded-universe-149-shes-not-like-the-other-imps.mp3 A book set in the world created by an MMO licensed from movies, huh? Sure, why not? It’s Ruins of Dantooine, and while I’m sure ruins will turn up at some point, right now it’s time for some framing elements and our first new character, Dusque Mistflier. Don’t judge, people in Star Wars have to have Fetlife handles too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/expounded-universe-148-its-over.mp3 As is our custom, we wrap up with a brief discussion about what we’ve learned here from this book, then dive into some good old fashioned listener Q&A before announcing the next book (It looks like a good one to me!) See you in two weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/expounded-universe-147-for-she-is-the-qwi-xux-haderach.mp3 Time to wrap this baby up! And how? Why obviously with a bunch more descriptions of Admiral Daala’s famous hair! Also the Sun Crusher, while not yet crushing suns, is finally unleashed to just fly… through stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/expounded-universe-146-the-mon-mothman-prophecies.mp3 Just when Han is about to get out the Maw, Luke and Lando are dragging us back in! Meanwhile, how come Leia doesn’t have a staff? She apparently has an aide, but not a very good one. Shouldn’t she have a staff? Like, a whole office building worth of staff? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/expounded-universe-145-xux-to-be-you.mp3 Two stereotypes for the price of one! It’s time to meet Qwi Xux, a sexy anime scientist who… doesn’t see the moral concerns in building devastating superweapons yet. Luke and Lando continue to futz around, and I guess some other stuff happens? Sort of? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/expounded-universe-144-miss-daala-if-youre-natasi.mp3 Fully half the book before we met Daala, but boy oh boy does she ever make an impression (on herself). We’ll have a lot to say about her and her fascinating hair, along with just ripping into Luke and Lando for half-assing everything (that’s Chewie’s job!) and continuing our imploring of Leia to take up any other career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/expounded-universe-143-look-maw-no-hans.mp3 Okay first of all this is chapters 15-17. Jef is easily confused. Han, Chewie and Kyp mount a daring escape while Leia keeps track of Luke’s new Jedi candidates, and her own kids too. Plus an Imperial surprise! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/expounded-universe-142-bespin-rawwks.mp3 The time has come to meet Jedi candidate number two! Streen is a classic “psychic trying to find quiet in a world full of noisy thinkers” archetype, and to get him, we have to go to Bespin. Why? Because it was in a movie once, duh. Meanwhile, Han just keeps riding around in mining carts, and Leia… Leias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/expounded-universe-141-blob-and-weave.mp3 Lando is off on a quest to investigate a gambler. He will have to go to a gambling place where there is gambling. Hey, what do we know about this guy again? Also Leia gets worse and then gets an awakening, and Han starts a little riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/expounded-universe-140-a-kyp-off-the-old-block.mp3 Who wants to meet Kyp Durron? No one? Too bad! Also Luke faces Gantoris’ lethal “tests” while Lando shows up, hat in hand, hoping for a handout of something to do in one of these books for once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/expounded-universe-139-you-can-gantoris-or-you-can-gantorthat.mp3 Aw shoot last week we thought we got all the boring intro chapters, but here we are dealing with Leia’s story startup for the episode! Should have guessed! Anyway, Han has crashed, Luke has a plan, and Leia… is rich. Why do they keep doing that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/expounded-universe-138-going-down-to-kessel-goin-to-have-myself-a-mine.mp3 You knew we’d cover one of this guy’s books eventually, and here we are! This trilogy features the introductions of known series players like Nataasi Daala and Kyp “White Space Privilege” Durron. We’re still in a place setting stage here, but chills, thrills, and silliness is soon to abound, I promise! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/expounded-universe-137-only-hooles-rush-in.mp3 Chills, thrills, spills, and a last minute rescue! Oh the joy of it! Every foreshadow comes dramatically home to roost and we’re done! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/expounded-universe-136-the-titular-line.mp3 Tash goes to Smada’s castle to confront that gross old Hutt! Then they escape on a skimboard (no pads this time!) and learn a dark secret. It’s so scary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/expounded-universe-135-slurpin-the-dirt.mp3 The GANKS disappeared all of a sudden, and then Zak went out on his cool skimboard (but remembered to wear his awesome pads) while Tash had a spooky adventure! Slurp Slurp! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/expounded-universe-134-hey-thats-smada-for-you.mp3 It was GANKS that shoved our heroes against a wall! And the chapter climaxes keep on rolling, as we meet some familiar heroes, learn about ship maintenance, and go to an Enzeen sleepover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/expounded-universe-133-the-sweet-life-of-zack-and-tash.mp3 Prepare yourselves for true horror, as we dive into the spooky world of Galaxy of Fear, the tween terror series that wasn’t a cashing in on Goosebumps being a thing. Not at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/expounded-universe-132-leviathor-ragnarok.mp3 Boy howdy, that was a lot of fun. We got whales, pirate captains, valleys of giant oysters, and an unsurprising revelation about the might Trioculus, all wrapped into a quick little package. Enjoy! Note that this was a super short book and we’re not going to be doing a wrap up on it. We’ll just be taking a quick week off while Jef tries like crazy to source two copies of an old Star Wars book while al...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/expounded-universe-131-dark-greetings.mp3 Welcome to an Expanded Universe special edition! This book is too short for a full season so we’re making a little snack out of it. But boy are we ever thrilled to be in the exciting world of Star Wars for kids, where everything is taken at face value and the empire knows good and full well they’re the bad guys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/expounded-universe-130-the-end-of-stars-end.mp3 You know how these wrap up episodes go! We talk about what we liked and didn’t like, then we answer a million listener questions and announce the next book! It’s been 10 seasons now, come on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/expounded-universe-129-the-arc-of-imprisonment.mp3 And just like that, we’re done. But dang what a way to go. This is exciting in a way these Star Wars books rarely seem to want to shoot for, perfectly content to just kill everyone, blow up the building, and flip everyone off on the way out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/expounded-universe-128-hes-dead-i-rekkon.mp3 A daring space escape and a murder… a murder most foul. Honestly this space scene is one of the coolest ones we’ve seen in a book so far, and it’s just the Falcon, a bad guy, and hundreds of acres of grain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
