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The Old Bait and Switch - Galaxy of Fear #1: Eaten Alive

Season 4, Ep. 1


In this triumphant return to form, Thrawnderdome is going back to its roots: reading and recapping Star Wars fiction from the Nineteen Hundreds.


This season we're reading through Bantam's attempt to cash in on Goosebumps fever, the Star Wars junior novel series Galaxy of Fear!


Daniel and Ronnie meet Zak and Tash Arranda, two child refugees from destroyed Alderaan, their guardian Hoole, and a sassy robot not unlike C-3PO... with an attitude!


Into the Thrawnderdome debate topic: Young Adult Literature


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