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Exploring Hyperspace Lanes

Exploring Hyperspace Lanes

Written by: Adam Taylor and Josie May
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Join Adam and Josie weekly as they break down all the books, shows, movies, and video games that encompass the Star Wars Universe. This podcast is not affiliated with Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.Adam Taylor and Josie May Art
Episodes
  • The Ninth Jedi Is Star Wars Without the Homework

    The Ninth Jedi Is Star Wars Without the Homework
    Aug 12 2026

    How much Star Wars lore should you need to understand a new Star Wars story?

    With The Ninth Jedi, not much.

    Adam reviews the new Star Wars: Visions series and argues that its greatest strength is being almost completely unmoored from established continuity. Instead of relying on Skywalkers, familiar villains or decades of references, the show has to build its characters and mythology using only the basic foundations of Jedi, Sith and the Force.

    The result feels unmistakably like Star Wars while looking and operating unlike almost anything else in the franchise.
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    9 mins
  • Everything Is Proceeding Exactly as Lucasfilm Has Foreseen

    Everything Is Proceeding Exactly as Lucasfilm Has Foreseen
    Jun 2 2026

    It's been two weeks since The Mandalorian and Grogu hit theaters, and the box office returns are in. Adam breaks down what a series-low opening, a brutal second-weekend drop, and a 10-million-dollar meme movie outpacing Star Wars actually mean for the future of Lucasfilm.
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    14 mins
  • The Mandalorian and Grogu: Our Verdict

    The Mandalorian and Grogu: Our Verdict
    May 22 2026

    Seven years after The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm is back in theaters with Din Djarin and Grogu. The question isn't whether it's fun, it's whether fun is enough. On today's Exploring Hyperspace Lanes, Adam delivers his full review of The Mandalorian & Grogu, the film that has to carry the weight of rebuilding Star Wars at the box office. Full spoilers ahead.
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    22 mins
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