Unofficial Canon: A Star Wars Podcast: Recent Episodes
Unofficial Canon A Star Wars Podcast
Unofficial Canon is a 30 minute podcast covering Star Wars stories. We talk what we like and don't like and how it affects the greater Star Wars Universe. Anything canon is fair game, whether it's from the old EU canon, Disney canon, or even our head canon. It's all discussed in this podcast. If you like deep-dive explorations of lore this podcast is for you.
Brendan and Tavin, after a long delay, continue their extensive deep dive of Rogue One. This episode they explore the inspirations for the character K2SO, including the ramifications his character has for the rest of the galaxy. Sit back, relax and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin, after a short delay, continue their extensive deep dive of Rogue One. The go through the introduction of the crew of Rogue One and what it means to truly want to die in a labor camp. Sit back, relax and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin being what promises to be their deepest dive yet. The talk the planet Lah'mu, speculate on how long the Orso's have been hiding from the Empire and discuss Dukes building space colonies. Grab a beverage, sit back and get ready for a truly deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin take a short break to deep dive the plans of Palpatine, leading up to the Original Star Wars trilogy. Through a combination of research and head canon, they do their best to make his actions make sense. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin finish their overview of The Mandalorian Season 2 and ... (SPOILERS) GREEN LIGHTSABER! DID YOU SEE THE GREEN LIGHTSABER!
Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep-dive.
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Brendan and Tavin make an obvious Friends reference in the title while they continue their journey through The Mandalorian. They talk about the first half of Season 2 and geek out over the return of Bo Katan, giant snow spiders and Mon Calamari sweaters. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep-dive.
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Brendan and Tavin get the train back on the tracks when it comes to their overview of Mandalorian season 1. They go through episodes 2 all the way to episode 8. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep-dive.
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Brendan and Tavin begin their overview of The Mandalorian season 1 and season 2. They only get a little side-tracked. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep-dive.
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Brendan and Tavin complete their journey through the clone wars and gush over the series finale arc. Ahsoka faces old and new enemies and doesn't even know what universe changing event is about to take place. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep-dive.
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Brendan and Tavin continue their journey through the final season of The Clone Wars. They take a look at the fan disliked Arc which they've nicknamed "Ahsoka's Bizarre Adventure." So grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin return! Thanks for the donation of an unknown Patreon member Unofficial Canon returns for a 4 episode arc. This being the first episode the tackle the final season of the clone wars, staring with the Bad Batch. So grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin triumph over evil and finally get to the end of "Solo". We all braved many a pointless double double double double double double-crosses to get here. So grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin still continue to fight their way through Solo. By the time this episode is through, we will have seen the end of the big heist and corresponding escape. The end is in sight...hopefully. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin forge onward through "Solo". We pretty much just get through the trip to Kessel and the start of the heist with many detours. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin streak through more of "Solo", covering Han and Qi'ra's reunion, Vos's meeting, and Lando's intro. I had to edit out a lot of eating sounds so you're welcome. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin talk about the dumbest train heist as they continue through "Solo". I had to bleep out a lot of no-no words in this one so it oughta be good. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin begin their look at "Solo: A Star Wars Story". So, because this is lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit this movie out of my mouth. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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We are back as Brendan and Tavin take a look at the novel "Master & Apprentice" by Claudia Gray. Some should just not be allowed to have padawans. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin take a break from the tough questions of the Star Wars universe to answer the even tougher question: Are droids sentient? Grab a beverage, sit back and get ready for a deep dive.
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This week, Brendan and Tavin reach the end of Maul's arc from season six. We get to see the Mandalorian royal family go full space British and talk about how Vader is probably hotboxing his suit 24/7. So grab a gin, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin march onward through the Maul stuff and unveil to us the most ancient of wisdom. DO NOT JUST PUT YOUR VERY POWERFUL ENEMIES INTO GLASS ROOMS WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE THEM! Also, Jabba the hut lives in Jabba's palace. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
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Brendan and Tavin continue their deep dive of the Maul Arcs of Clone Wars. The soon discover some circle theory storytelling that quickly gets tedious. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin fire through the last two episodes of this arc for this season. We'll visit the spaceport so garbage, it imports garbage but we'll make it through because all we need is second cockpit and dreams. So grab a milk, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin dig into the next two episodes of the night sister arc and insanity ensues. Just don't point pans at Jedi. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin manage to get through an episode and a half this time on the podcast. This week we head on down to the man base for happy fun time as we scoot through "Monster" and "Witches of the Mist". Grab a stupid juice, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin are getting back into the Clone Wars with the night sisters story. Things are about to get oxymoronical. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin tackle the fan-submitted topic from the winner of the greatest fan contest. All I can say is grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
So Brendan and Tavin are finally at the honest to goodness last episode of "Revenge of the Sith". We got roof anuses and hurt tummies to get through so grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
As Brendan and Tavin fight their way through a podcast that is almost as long as the dual they are discussing, I would like to introduce the "If George only shot this like a 12-year-old boy it would be a better movie" and "I agree the fight is bad" tee shirts now available in the Unofficial Canon merch store, right next to the scotch mints and sliders. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin slog their way through order 66 and on to Mustafar, where we learn about the permissions for Uber Eats to enter the Jedi temple. Also with Sheev you don't have to sheath. That's probably why George has been pregnant for decades. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
As Brendan and Tavin continue their fall through the Revenge of the Sith, we take a detour to compare how Star Trek and Star Wars handle interspecies breeding. We also watch Mace Windu fail to put a round peg into a round hole and talk about how silly sith names are. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Every episode, Brendan and Tavin stray a little farther from God's light and a little farther through Revenge of the Sith. This time around Obi-Wan tries cutting off General Grievous' hands for the first time, we watch a lizard chase a donut, and we learn about Tavins subconscious vampire obsession(fetish). So grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin hear the Tradgedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise and bring up questions about editing techniques and what institutes a red-flag in Anakin's mind. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue their way through Revenge of the Sith. The begin to explore the lies of the Jedi, because before you can see through the lies, you must learn what they are. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin take a big bite out of Revenge of the Sith. The discuss what it means that Grevious has 6 slots for lightsabers in his cloak, the relationship between Papa Palpatine and R2D2, and what pregnancy means for Padme and Anakin. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin begin their journey through Revenge of the Sith. But before they do need to take care of some business, including the final of the contest. They also talk about the novel Labyrinth of Evil, the prequel novel for Revenge of the Sith. Grab a beverage, get comfy, and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin pull a surprise episode out of nowhere to end the year with a bang. In this bonus episode they discuss the eventually maddening Sifo Dyas episode. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Join Brendan and Tavin for the last episode of the Asoka framed arc, and of the Clone Wars TV Show......for now. Ventress gets Donkey Konged and anything goes in the room of Judgment. All of us here at Unofficial Canon wish you and yours a very Happy Life Day so stuff your face full of fun flavorful festive foods and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin are close to wrapping up their discussion of the Asoka framed arc. The only thing standing in their way is Asoka's Harrison Ford impression, EA's mishandling of the Star Wars video game rights, and dark knowledge that a flip could be considered a spin. (I'm sure it's been said somewhere but can I just point out that a spin or roll in a zero-g, frictionless environment is not an impressive maneuver nor is it useful for evasion in a dogfight scenario as it has no effect on your flight course.) Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin start their look at the Asoka framed arc, as we learn about Sheev's particular taste for scotch mint candy porn. Also, it turns out that Qui-Gon Jinn planned to make his ashes into a love necklace for Obi-wan. Anyway, grab some of Dex's sliders, put them in your face hole, and prepare for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin finish their discussion on the Kadavo arc from The Clone Wars TV show... and man do things get weird... Sand Fetishes. Force Choking Insights. Defining Bestiality in the Star Wars Universe... I guess get ready for the deep dive?
Brendan and Tavin see the light at the end of the tunnel. They’ve almost completed their journey through The Clone Wars. This week they start the Kadavo arc and continue to question the logic behind slavery in the Star Wars Universe. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
This week we continue our infiltration of the Citadel arc. Brendan and Tavin discover that the dog is the natural predator of the Jedi, how R2 D2 could end the war on his own, and the evolutionary path of the crab droid. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
This week, Brendan and Tavin's adventures take us to the Citadel Arc. Join us as Jedi break into a prison meant to hold Jedi to save a Russian pirate Yoda with nothing but the account of a blind man to guide them. But will that be enough? Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin finish up their discussion of the Mortis arc, and realize that the last two episodes of the arc kind of suck. They also discuss Qui-Gon’s love of Jinn and how the bad habits of the master probably found their way to his apprentice; much like Anakin and Ahsoka. Also, more weird force spirituality stuff, hurrah! Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue their journey through the Clone Wars. This week they start the Mortis Arc, a true weird set of episodes that explore a more spiritual side of the force. Confused by Judeau-Christian references, a staple of Star Wars, but get lost when Giant Bat Mommy appears before Anakin. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin finish off there discussion on the Clone Wars two-parter Heroes on Both Sides. The learn of Anakins hatred of scotch mints and propose a Jedi alternative. They also meet the famous Star Wars characters “The Shape of Water” and “Catfish” (Who could forget catfish? – I own eight of his action figure). Together this dastardly duo forms the Fishmin Assassins, and they’re coming to hurt your tummy. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin begin their decent into the Heroes on Both sides Arc of the Clone Wars; a set of episodes that attempt to explain a single line in the crawl from Revenge of the Sith. Brendan learns that he loves banking in Star Wars. Tavin, however, is not convinced. Grab a beverage, get comfy, and get ready for a deep dive.
This week, Obi-Wan stalks on Facebook, Blue space Depardieu sleazes it up, and Anakin straight up kills a man. Brendan and Tavin are looking at the last two episodes in the deathwatch arc in this absolutely packed episode of the Unofficial Canon Podcast.
What do Obi-wan's high school sweetheart, baby Mandalorians in rocket boots, and an all Ewok Podracing team have in common? Why they're all in this week's episode of the Unofficial Canon Star Wars podcast of course! Join Brendan and Tavin as they take a close look at what happens when you exile all of the most violent members of your spacefaring once warrior civilization to a single moon and leave them unsupervised.
Brendan and Tavin finish with Luminara and Ahsoka and move onto Kit Fisto and his ex-padawan nicknamed “Jedi Appetizer”. Don’t worry, they don’t serve this Appetizer at Dexter Jettsters… well, they might after Grievous finishes with him. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin start their first full arc of The Clone Wars TV show. Unfortunately, it involved Jar Jar Binks and C3PO going on an adventure of sorts involving explosion proof under water caterpillar monsters. What fun! Grab a beverage, get comfy, and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin begin their journey through The Clone Wars TV show. First stop Season 1, Episode 5 Rookies. They learn about the Clones and their individual personalities. We run into some Giant Eel monsters and make some new friends too! Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Tavin and Brendan finish their deep five of The Clone Wars movie. The discuss the important issues of our times; like the philosophy of Jedi Master Skywalker, why its good for Dooku to be deserted in the desert, and finally why people use Bacta when the have Magic Mentos. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue through their deep dive of The Clone Wars film. The discover a new name for destoyer drives as well as learn of a would-be sith lord's love of droids. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue their deep dive of The Clone Wars Movie. They discover much, including Ahsoka Tano's inability to hide in a box, Obi-wan's love of Tea and of course the delicious secret to making the perfect Huttlet Cutlet slider. As a bonus they even show you how to brew the best Jawa Juice. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin begin their lounge journey through the Clone Wars. They discuss the discovery of the Novelization of the Clone Wars movie and secrets it holds. This includes the Hutt Culture and how they produce their young. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin work their war through Timothy Zahn's novel Thrawn Alliances. They find a bunch the like and a few things that smell like bad 90's sci-fi. Overall, still much better than the prequel films. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin unpack their first Star Wars Novel; Thrawn written by Timothy Zahn. The talk about the history of the Thrawn character, their personal opinions on him, and his importance to the new Disney canon. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
Tavin and Brendan realize they've missed something crucial in their deep dive of Attack of the Clone. The return to discuss Jar Jar's speech to the Senate. They also discuss the meta-stuff related to the podcast and what listeners can expect next. Grab a beverage, get comfy and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin think they've come to the end of Attack of the Clones, but they need to get through the battle of some space monsters which they nickname "Space Puppy Monsters" and wonder about the possibilities of a stand alone film starring them. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin enjoy the awkward paused and touching that defines the love affair that is Padme and Anakin. This includes all the glory that hit the cutting room floor. Truly this episode will inspire the greatest of smutty fan fiction. Get comfy, grab a beverage and prepare for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin take a new approach to working through the Star Wars movie. This episode they focus on Obi-wan Kenobi's journey into madness... I mean the search for Padme's killer.... I mean the search for Bobba Fett... I mean the search for the sith lord... I mean... I don't know what I mean. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
The time has come for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Brendan and Tavin give their first impressions of the movie in this supersized and uncut episode. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a very long dive.
The time has come... Brendan and Tavin have been counting down the days until they finally get to talk about Dexter Jettster's 1950's space diner. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue their deep dive of Attack of the Clones. They quickly discover that Obi-wan needs to attend space AA.
Brendan and Tavin continue their deep dive of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and quickly discover that Anakin does not know how to talk to girls. Perhaps the Jedi are missing some much needed sex education from their training. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin being their deep dive into the darkness that is Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Pray for them, for they know not what dangers lay ahead. Get comfy, grab a beverage and prepare for a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin take a break from the movies, and explore the ramifications of the 2016 Comic book Mini-series. It might not be the greatest comic book written, but it's an interesting read from a canonical standpoint. Find out how Papa Palpatine grew close to Anakin and why Anakin doesn't just leave the Jedi Order. Get comfy, grab a beverage and get ready for a deep dive.
It's finally here. The end of the movie; the end of Phantom Menace. Brendan and Tavin enjoy the battle between the Jedi and Darth Maul, but have trouble working through the Gungan battle to get there. They also discover that spinning is a good trick, and finally the sad moment arrives when one of our beloved heroes will die... it's Qui-Gon Jinn and we're going to cook him up on the Barbecue. Sit back, grab a beverage, and prepare for a deep dive.
For April Fools, Brendan and Tavin pull a fast one and instead of finishing up their discussion of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, they pretend to be a Star Trek Podcast instead. Sometimes it's nice to pretend, but they'll be back to Star Wars next week. Either than that, all we can say is sit back, grab a beverage, and get ready for a deep dive. Engage.
Brendan and Tavin approach the ending of Phantom Menace, and as they do they enter the big bombastic battle to end all battles... well, not really. But they do talk about the possible origins of the Gungans. So that's fun.
Tavin and Bredan discover that the Jedi don't seem to be everything they were made out to be. In fact, we'd go as far as to say that they're a bunch of jerks. Who talks about a 9 year old the way they do when he's in the room? Seriously. Get comfy, grab a beverage and prepare yourself for a deep dive into Star Wars.
We've left Tattoine and we're on our way to Coruscant. On the way Brendan and Tavin rediscover the awkward romance that is 9 year old Anakin and 14 year old Padme. Did we mention that Coruscant is the city planet? I wonder what will happen there, maybe we'll even meet Papa Palpy. Sit back, grab a beverage and enjoy the ride.
It's Boonta Eve! The day of the big race! Brendan and Tavin are so excited to see how Anakin, AKA Space Jesus will do in the big race. Hopefully all of Qui-Gon's bets will turn out for him. Take a seat, grab a beverage and enjoy the ride, or race in this case.
Brendan and Tavin try to weave one of the most convoluted gambling plots in Sci-Fi history. It's also discovered that Anakin is space Jesus, because of reasons. Sit back, grab a beverage and enjoy the ride.
Our unlikely heroes arrive on Tattoine. Brendan and Tavin discover that things start coming apart from at the seems, but some deep canon dives can save this desert planet exposition. Will this family of misfits find the parts they need. Hopefully! and it will only take some mildy confusing gambling.
The big CGI fish finally appears, and Brendan and Tavin continue to talk about the strange CGI in this movie. They also explore if re-shoots mean a movie is bad, and why Phantom Menace had re-shoots. Hey people, we're even going to leave Naboo this episode. So strap in and grab a soda, we're running that blockade.
The Jedi journey through the planets core and Brendan and Tavin learn the universal truth that there is always a bigger fish. They also discuss the questionable use of CGI in this movie and the cool hip attitude of Qui-Gon Jinn.
Brendan and Tavin begin their decent into the madness that is Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. They discuss the opening crawl, the taxation that's plaguing the galaxy and what Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jin are going to do about it. As a bonus, they even discuss how the novelization differs from the movie. Strap in, grab a beverage, this is going to be a deep dive.
Brendan and Tavin continue their conversation on The Last Jedi, but this time they turn to the dark side and talk about the things they did not like and how they affect the bigger Star Wars Universe.
Brendan and Tavin talk about their gut reactions to Star Wars: The Last Jedi with a focus on the positive. They also discuss what the new movie effects established canon.