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Expounded Universe

Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor · en · 337 episodes

Jef and Jon review Star Wars expanded universe novels. Every week they discuss a few chapters at a time making their way through some of the strangest and most insufferable entries in the Star Wars canon.

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  Expounded Universe 97 – Moonstruck

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/expounded-universe-97-moonstruck.mp3 The somewhat less thrilling epilogue. Once we’re all done digging our…

  Sep 13, 2019·1h 6m
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  Expounded Universe 96 – The Shield Ships of Fart Planet B

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/expounded-universe-96-the-shield-ships-of-fart-planet-b.mp3 The thrilling conclusion! Oh… hold on actually…

  Sep 5, 2019·1h
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  Expounded Universe 95 – Daddy Warshacks

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/expounded-universe-95-daddy-warshacks.mp3 Jef is stuck in last week, but the show goes on! The post battle…

  Aug 30, 2019·1h 6m
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  Expounded Universe 94 – Space Invaders and Asteroids

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/expounded-universe-94-space-invaders-and-asteroids.mp3 Today it’s the Solo family(and Kyp) facing off against…

  Aug 21, 2019·59m
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  Expounded Universe 93 – That’s Amore

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/expounded-universe-93-thats-amore.mp3 Oh boy, Luke’s into it now. Ready for another chapter of him taking all…

  Aug 16, 2019·57m
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  Expounded Universe 92 – Big Bad Beetleborgs

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/expounded-universe-92-big-bad-beetle-borgs.mp3 As they inevitably must do, the good guys and bad guys finally…

  Aug 7, 2019·1h 8m
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  Expounded Universe 91 – The Dozen and 2 Avengers: Endgame

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/expounded-universe-91-the-dozen-and-2-avengers-endgame.mp3 A chapter focusing on Kyp Durron being a pompous…

  Jul 23, 2019·1h 18m
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  Expounded Universe 90 – What if Episode 5 Again?

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/expounded-universe-90-what-if-episode-5-again.mp3 It’s sort of nice to have the main characters compressed…

  Jul 19, 2019·58m
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  Expounded Universe 89 – Vacation All I Ever Wanted

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/expounded-universe-89-vacation-all-i-ever-wanted.mp3 It’s sort of nice to have all the boring main characters…

  Jul 10, 2019·1h 5m
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  Expounded Universe 88 – Party On, Garth

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/expounded-universe-88-party-on-garth.mp3 Uhhh, I guess the Vong continue to get real? Even though our main…

  Jun 26, 2019·1h 7m
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  Expounded Universe 87 – Hyperdriving Miss Daisy

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/expounded-universe-87-hyperdriving-miss-daisy.mp3 The Vong plot gets real as their first ships enter the…

  Jun 23, 2019·1h 1m
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  Expounded Universe 86 – …Bolhpur Deez Nuts

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/expounded-universe-86-bolhpur-deez-nuts.mp3 Luke and Jacen march headlong into a council meeting and you know…

  Jun 11, 2019·1h 5m
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  Expounded Universe 85 – It’s Nom Anor

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/expounded-universe-85-its-nom-anor.mp3 The time of the New Jedi Order is upon us as the Yuuzhan Vong set…

  Jun 7, 2019·1h 9m
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  Expounded Universe 84 – Planet of Twilight: New Dawn

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/expounded-universe-84-planet-of-twilight-new-dawn.mp3 It’s the customary wrap up ep, yep! We talk the arching…

  May 24, 2019·1h 9m
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  Expounded Universe 83 – Tsil’ing Dzym Softly

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/expounded-universe-83-tsiling-dzym-softly.mp3 The curtain drops. What has changed? What threats face us at…

  May 15, 2019·56m
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  Expounded Universe 82 – Daala Daala Bills

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/expounded-universe-82-daala-daala-bills.mp3 A mysterious new player enters the book in the 11th hour! I don’t…

  May 10, 2019·1h 2m
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  Expounded Universe 81 – Sweet Dreams are Made of Dzym

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/expounded-universe-81-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-dzym.mp3 Luke and Leia both have dreams in this episode. If…

  Apr 30, 2019·1h 6m
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  Expounded Universe 80 – Callista Explains It All

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/expounded-universe-80-callista-explains-it-all.mp3 These books have a tendency to flip into gear after…

  Apr 27, 2019·57m
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  Expounded Universe 79 – A Big Crab or Something

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/expounded-universe-79-a-big-crab-or-something.mp3 Stuff happened this time, so I guess this is just that kind…

  Apr 17, 2019·1h 5m
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  Expounded Universe 78 – But I’m a Fun Guy

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/expounded-universe-78-but-im-a-fun-guy.mp3 Han arrives on the planet Nim Drovis and…Okay, now we know what’s…

  Apr 12, 2019·55m
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  Expounded Universe 77 – The Squishiest of Vapes

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/expounded-universe-77-the-squishiest-of-vapes.mp3 Han arrives on the planet Nim Drovis and… I dunno, I guess…

  Apr 1, 2019·1h 15m
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  Expounded Universe 76 – Hutt Girl on Girl Action

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/expounded-universe-76-hutt-girl-on-girl-action.mp3 Han rescues some survivors of a terrifying (and only…

  Mar 28, 2019·1h 6m
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  Expounded Universe 75 – Stuff Finally Happens (For Droids)

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/expounded-universe-75-stuff-actually-happens-for-droids.mp3 Artoo pulls off a daring escape attempt while…

  Mar 19, 2019·1h 11m
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  Expounded Universe 74 – Crawling in My Skin

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/expounded-universe-74-crawling-in-my-skin.mp3 Well okay so basically Luke finds out this planet is basically…

  Mar 6, 2019·1h 22m
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  Expounded Universe 73 – Carol of the Beldorions

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/expounded-universe-73-carol-of-the-beldorions.mp3 Holy cow this book takes a lot of time to say a little…

  Mar 1, 2019·1h 8m
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  Expounded Universe 72 – I’ve Got a Bad Dzym

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/expounded-universe-72-ive-got-a-bad-dzym.mp3 Here we go again. It’s a tale of ancient history and way too…

  Feb 20, 2019·1h 10m
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  Expounded Universe 71 – Red Harvest Wrap Up

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/expounded-universe-71-red-harvest-wrap-party.mp3 The customary interstitial discussion episode where we…

  Feb 14, 2019·1h 3m
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  Expounded Universe 70 – The Triumph of Frode and Bennis

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/expounded-universe-70-the-triumph-of-frode-and-bennis.mp3 The end is now. Who survives? Who wins? YOU DECIDE!…

  Feb 6, 2019·1h 4m
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  Expounded Universe 69 – Nice

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/expounded-universe-69-nice.mp3 Whoa, big things are happening now! Hestizo and Rojo face off against the…

  Jan 23, 2019·57m
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  Expounded Universe 68 – Behold my Evil Plan

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/expounded-universe-68-behold-my-evil-plan.mp3 Who dies this time!? We won’t tell you it’s definitely Kindra…

  Jan 18, 2019·56m
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  Expounded Universe 67 – Dank Hooves

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/expounded-universe-67-dank-hooves.mp3 Tulkh foolishly goes off on his own after watching Hestizo finally do…

  Jan 9, 2019·55m
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  Expounded Universe 66 – Hestizo Cuts Loose

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/expounded-universe-65-hestizo-cuts-loose.mp3 We’re back from Christmas vacation, and what are we returning…

  Jan 4, 2019·57m
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  Expounded Universe 65 – So Many Poop Jokes

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Expounded-Universe-65-So-Many-Poop-Jokes.mp3 Hey the last thing we’re making this year, so we made sure to…

  Dec 21, 2018·59m
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  Expounded Universe 64 – Forever 21 Eye Spiders

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/expounded-universe-64-forever-21-eye-spiders.mp3 I have to be honest here, I’m sick and pretty well wiped out…

  Dec 12, 2018·1h 1m
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  Expounded Universe 63 – Blackmail Airmail

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/expounded-universe-63-blackmail-airmail.mp3 Oh sweet, new characters! And we’re starting to learn stuff about…

  Dec 7, 2018·1h
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  Expounded Universe 62 – 28 Parsecs Later

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/expounded-universe-62-28-parsecs-later.mp3 Whoa, zombies have entered the building! They’re coming in! Hold…

  Nov 28, 2018·53m
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  Expounded Universe 61 – It Means Red

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/expounded-universe-61-it-means-red.mp3 Yet more characters! Today we’re meeting the snooty Lieutenant Norch…

  Nov 13, 2018·1h 4m
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  Expounded Universe 60 – Fried Pickles

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/expounded-universe-60-fried-pickles.mp3 It’s like reading a whole new book as none of these chapters seem to…

  Nov 9, 2018·1h 10m
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  Expounded Universe 59 – Prelude to a Sith

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/expounded-universe-59-prelude-to-a-sith.mp3 Let’s do the time warp again! In Red Harvest, the narrative takes…

  Oct 30, 2018·1h 4m
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  Expounded Universe 58 – How Ya Doin

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/expounded-universe-58-how-ya-doin.mp3 We sit down to try and piece apart what happened in this book, and…

  Oct 26, 2018·1h 2m
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  Expounded Universe 57 – Kiss My Wookiee

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/expounded-universe-57-kiss-my-wookiee.mp3 And with hungry hearts, we close this chapter of Expounded…

  Oct 11, 2018·1h 4m
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  Expounded Universe 56 – The Jedi Knightfall Saga

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/expounded-universe-56-the-jedi-knightfall-saga.mp3 The demipenultimate episode! Luke is missing! Teneniel is…

  Oct 3, 2018·56m
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  Expounded Universe 55 – Gethzerion and On and On

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/expounded-universe-55-gethzerion-and-on-and-on.mp3 The story really heats up! There’s cool rancor fights and…

  Sep 27, 2018·1h 3m
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  Expounded Universe 54 – The Nightwitches of Jacksonville

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/expounded-universe-54-the-nightwitches-of-jacksonville.mp3 The story heats up as the team raids the prison!…

  Sep 18, 2018·1h 8m
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  Expounded Universe 53 – Star Eugenics Wars

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/expounded-universe-53-the-star-eugenics-wars.mp3 The gang’s all together! And now they’re fighting! Like…

  Sep 13, 2018·1h 3m
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  Expounded Universe 52 – Groove is in the Boob

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/expounded-universe-52-groove-is-in-the-boob.mp3 We get to step in the wild head and untamed boobs of…

  Sep 4, 2018·58m
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  Expounded Universe 51 – Divine Secrets of the Dark Side Sisterhood

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/expounded-universe-51-divine-secrets-of-the-dark-side-sisterhood.mp3 Turns out this book can actually be…

  Aug 30, 2018·1h 10m
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  Expounded Universe 50 – The S is for Sucks

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/expounded-universe-50-the-s-is-for-sucks.mp3 Han continues to be the absolutely worst, but at least he’s a…

  Aug 21, 2018·55m
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  Expounded Universe 49 – Drakmar Noir

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/expounded-universe-49-drakmar-noir.mp3 We took a week off for GenCon but we’re back and the story just keeps…

  Aug 16, 2018·57m
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  Expounded Universe 48 – Character Assassin’s Creed

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/expounded-universe-48-character-assassins-creed.mp3 Oh for the love of god Han, no. Stop. Everyone just stop…

  Aug 8, 2018·1h 5m
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  Expounded Universe 47 – Wookie Clicker

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/expounded-universe-47-wookie-clicker.mp3 Finally things start to pick up steam as Han deploys his standard…

  Jul 25, 2018·1h 13m
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  Expounded Universe 46 – Isolder, Isoldhat

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/expounded-universe-46-isolder-isoldhat.mp3 The novel begins to search for a groove as we settle in for some…

  Jul 19, 2018·1h 2m
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  Expounded Universe 45 – Hapes Simplex

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/expounded-universe-45-hapes-simplex.mp3 Expounded Universe is going back to basics. Let’s talk about Leia…

  Jul 10, 2018·1h 6m
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  Expounded Universe 44 – Mos Eisley Roundup

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/expounded-universe-44-mos-eisley-roundup.mp3 It’s over! We discuss the best and worst of the characters…

  Jul 6, 2018·1h 7m
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  Expounded Universe 43 – Eat Lamprey Love

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/expounded-universe-43-eat-lamprey-love.mp3 Now this is the kind of weird shenanigans we WANT from our…

  Jun 26, 2018·1h
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  Expounded Universe 42 – Hot Wet Tatooine Summer

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/expounded-universe-42-hot-wet-tatooine-niights.mp3 So this chapter is about maps. It’s about maps and…

  Jun 22, 2018·59m
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  Expounded Universe 41 – The Make an Aqualish Foundation

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/expounded-universe-41-the-make-an-aqualish-foundation.mp3 A long long time after the cantina, on a planet…

  Jun 12, 2018·57m
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  Expounded Universe 40 – BoShek Spaceman

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/expounded-universe-40-boshek-spaceman.mp3 Oh man, get ready for excitement folks, because today’s story is…

  Jun 7, 2018·59m
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  Expounded Universe 39 – With Unlimited Salad and Breadsticks

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/expounded-universe-39-with-unlimited-salad-and-breadsticks.mp3 Finally, we get to meet the hookah-smoking…

  May 29, 2018·56m
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  Expounded Universe 38 – Davin Busters

  https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/expounded-universe-38-davin-busters.mp3 Back at it again with the story of a the rise and fall of one of the…

  May 25, 2018·58m