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Lou, Katie, and Erik take a look at what’s going on behind the current state of fandom and how to move forward in a positive, constructive way. We also take a look at what Jim Rash (Community) reveals about his upcoming role on Star Wars Resistance, the new Star Wars game announced at E3, some book announcements, and a lot of tangents!
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Tom and Tim discuss Band of Brothers Episode 6 – Bastogne. The episode covers Christmas of 1944 when Easy Company and the rest of the 101st Airborne were besieged in Bastogne, Belgium, facing cold weather, low supplies, and regular Nazi attacks.
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Erik joins Lou and Lizzie this week! HBO greenlights a Game of Thrones prequel, major cast members leave The Walking Dead, DC brings back the “Vertigo” imprint, and some really good trailers get released.
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The percentage of people shouting at each other on Twitter does not represent the percentage of fans who are truly enjoying their passion for Star Wars. So how to we continue to celebrate Star Wars in the midst of all this chaos? We believe there’s a positive path forward, and that’s what map out for you in this episode of The Outer Rim. We also take a look at fan debates that won’t die (Ewoks, midichlorians, who shot first, etc.), and Andrea & Fred give Erik a crazy idea and force him to pitch it as a new Star Wars film.
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The Roci may have a speed limit now, but the show itself is speeding up! The pace really gets going this week as we get more information about the Roci’s surroundings, about the Mao family, about Naomi’s loyalties, and about Holden’s focus.
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This week April and Jay try to do an AMA and take questions from their voicemail. April discusses her fear of dentists and Jay answers a riddle. A new segment is introduced and April gives her fanfic pick.
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On this episode Katie shames Lou and Tim in The Last Jedi trivia, we learn about the inspirations for the conveyex scene in Solo, and Akbar’s last words are revealed!
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Lou and Tim are joined by new network host, Katie, who clearly watches a LOT of TV! Tim gushes over Archer and Lou is like, totally into Bill and Ted. What was the best summer movie season ever?
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Liz shows up late to join Jon and Tim in our first all-news episode. Guardians of the MCU is going weekly!
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Join the Fangirls as they discuss the television of their childhoods, including how showrunners refused to ship, a spice’s true parentage, and whether the Rugrats were creepy or not.
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Andrea presents Erik and Shannon with a barrage of popular/unpopular opinions, which they have to decide are either true or false. These range from silly (“Bacon is overrated”) to serious (“Money really can buy happiness”). This may be our most unusual episode yet, so be sure to join us for this week’s Getting Sidetracked!
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Solo failed to meet projections, but is it actually a failure? If so, how does this affect the future of Star Wars? Fred joins Andrea and Erik to discuss the film’s performance on this episode of The Outer Rim.
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One of the first modern superhero films still remains one of the most popular to this day. Why is that? What makes this take on the Batman so good? And which are the best portrayals of Batman, Bruce Wayne, and the Joker? Don’t miss this extended episode of The Caped Chronicles!
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This week April and Jay discuss canceled tv shows. April gets carried away and wants to talk about everything, Jay tries to reign her in, April takes revenge when Jay talks about ridiculous superheroes, and as always, April gives her fanfic pick.
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Life-changing events are often created by the right person being in the right place at the right time, and in this episode of the Expanse, we see various ways in which this plays out. Join us as we discuss Holden’s state of mind, the Behemoth crew’s decisions, and much more in this episode of The Tightbeam!
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Erik and Andrea are traveling back to The Outer Rim, and we want you to join us! That’s right, we’re spinning off from Echo Base and bringing you discussions on all kinds of Star Wars-related topics!
In this episode, we discuss rebooting the show, and we give a spoiler-filled analysis of Solo (don’t worry, we give plenty of spoiler warnings first!).
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Join Jon and Tim as they are unsupervised by Lizzie, covering some news and talking about who might carry the mantle of Captain America once Steve Rogers is gone.
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Are we treating Star Wars films differently than we treat other films (including other tentpole films)? It seems fans often treat Star Wars films as “events,” but might that be setting our expectations up for failure? This week we welcome Katie as a permanent host on Echo Base to look at Solo‘s performance at the box office and what it means (or doesn’t mean) to the world of Star Wars fandom. We then record an extended discussion segment with a spoiler-filled discussion of the Solo film (but don’t worry, we give plenty of spoiler warnings!).
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A very special guest fills in for Lizzie and joins the discussion about Solo’s box office results, upcoming movies, and more!
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The Fangirls discuss cancellation and fan campaigns in the wake of one of the (metaphorically) bloodiest weeks in television history.
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