The Star Wars hype machine is up and running at light speed as The Last Jedi approaches, so the Blaster Canon crew has a lot to talk about in the August episode. Entertainment Weekly’s articles reveal new in-depth conversations with Mark Hamill and other The Last Jedi stars about Luke, Rey, and the Force, while Donald Glover steps into big shoes as Lando Calrissian in the Han Solo standalone. What does it mean to bring “balance” to the Force, and why has Luke traveled to a distant island in order to do it?
We also touch on Marvel’s Star Wars comics and the novel Phasma before reaching our main topic, the Battlefront II tie-in novel Inferno Squad. How well does the book characterize the Imperial agents we’ll be playing in the game later this year? The book follows Iden Versio and her squad into an undercover mission against the Partisans, and we generally liked its portrayal of a less black-and-white Star Wars universe.
Let us know how your Force Friday went at @blastercanonpod on Twitter.
Timecodes: Obi-Wan standalone rumors - 1:00 Rey's lineage in The Last Jedi - 10:44 Luke in The Last Jedi - 16:00 Phasma novel blurb - 26:23 Donald Glover interview in THR - 32:19 Inferno Squad - 41:30
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