Mike and Ari sit down to chat with Star Wars author, Daniel José Older, as they discuss The High Republic, Midnight Horizon and more!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

1:25 - Daniel’s Favorite Character to Write

3:08 - The High Republic Adventures

7:50 - How does Daniel make stories and lessons targeted at children enjoyable for adults?

15:11 - Daniel’s Sense of Humor and The Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular

18:12 - Trail of Shadows

21:02 - What is it like writing someone else’s character?

26:56 - Do you find yourself using current day events as inspiration?

29:27 - The Jedi of THR and The Jedi of the Prequels

32:00 - Midnight Horizon

37:04 - The Future of The High Republic - The Battle of Jedha?

39:32 - Outro

Follow and Check out Daniel:

http://danieljoseolder.net/

https://twitter.com/djolder

https://www.instagram.com/danieljose1/

https://www.tiktok.com/@danieljoseolder

Links:

Instagram (Ari) - https://www.instagram.com/starwars_exchange/

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Twitter (Ari) - https://twitter.com/TheSWExchange

Twitter (Mike) - https://twitter.com/All_StarWars

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStarWarsExchange

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5Dy5gLi7TjbEEAOr1rYlZA?si=e00ba69556f84bb4

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-star-wars-exchange/id1511287683?uo=4

Credits:

Produced by Ari Paevere and Mike Rivera

Sounds and Tunes provided by Lucasfilm