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Expounded Universe

Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

Jef and Jon review Star Wars expanded universe novels. Every week they discuss a few chapters at a time making their way through some of the strangest and most insufferable entries in the Star Wars canon.

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65:28

322 - Spring Break Scully

Expounded Universe ·

2026/04/09

Our heroes hit Cancun as we start killing off side characters.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:30

321 - Dinosaur Teeth

Expounded Universe ·

2026/03/11

Background extras abound as our heroes mostly just faff around checking in with the lone gunmen and collect NPCs they'll need for later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:43

320 - Funky Yellow Patina

Expounded Universe ·

2026/02/25

Well, if you let Jon off the leash, you get X thing that isn't Star Wars, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised we're reading about Mulder and Scully now. And some archaeologist named Cassandra Rubicon who you simply must know is incredibly hot, it is vital.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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69:50

319 - Splinter of the Mind's Eye Wrap Up

Expounded Universe ·

2026/02/03

Okay, we rerecorded this one, something went all screwy with the original recording. Don't worry, the only thing Jef never forgets is jokes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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74:12

318 - Vader's Big White Balls

Expounded Universe ·

2026/01/15

We arrive once more upon the closing of a narrative, as our heroes do basically everything this book was supposed to be about, in about seven pages of it.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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54:50

317 - Luke Just Blue Himself

Expounded Universe ·

2025/12/18

The penultimate chapter? Really? Okay I guess. Anyway Vader turns up but honestly doesn't really do much of anything. There's a war though!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49:07

316 - Coway or the Highway

Expounded Universe ·

2025/12/04

Hey, Halla's back! But I already used that name joke. Damn it.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:27

315 - A Pleasant Dong

Expounded Universe ·

2025/11/19

Let's not sugarcoat it, this whole chapter is Luke and Leia walking through a cave tunnel. Yes they get in a shocking fight at the end, but at what cost.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:42

314 - Now I Know Leenix's Voice

Expounded Universe ·

2025/11/06

Jon's on vacation, and Claire wants to make Jef listen to AP, so here we go, two episodes of the podcast classic Campaign Star Wars. What will Jef do when forced to confront Actual Play? Who knows!? Actually it was fine.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:13

313 - Matriculated at Chode

Expounded Universe ·

2025/10/24

Everyone runs from a pre-exogorth exogorth. It's sorta neat how often big white snakes turn up in Star Wars. Someone should do something with that.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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57:29

312 - Halla Back Girl

Expounded Universe ·

2025/10/09

The escape is great! Our heroes carve an unusually gory trail to freedom and a great big truck.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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56:21

311 - Yuzzem? I Hardly Know 'Em!

Expounded Universe ·

2025/09/24

Whoa, stuff happens! This book hasn't been bad but it certainly has felt like it needs to get on with things, and here we go!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:48

310 - It's Funnier If He's Southern

Expounded Universe ·

2025/09/11

Well boy, ah say boy, we done found the voice for one of our particular villains in this here page-turner and it dominates the episode.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:09

309 - Galaxy Class Ass

Expounded Universe ·

2025/08/26

One of the perils of recording early is I'm guaranteed to forget what the episode was. But good news, I think they met one of this book's big bad guys, a pugnacious and dangerous Imperial officers hanging around in a ziggurat.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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56:15

308 - Don't Neglect the Dualities

Expounded Universe ·

2025/08/14

Hey hey, it's time to meet Halla! She's a fun archetype that was made common in West End Games Star Wars RPGs, the burnout force user. We're also gonna find out about the big MacGuffin of the book this chapter, the Kaiburr Crystal.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:24

307 - Kissing A Miner

Expounded Universe ·

2025/07/31

In this episode our heroes discover a hidden city on their homeworld, and if you thought going back to 1978 would fix the Leia characterizations, you've got ... another think coming, I guess.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:19

306 - Mimban Number Five

Expounded Universe ·

2025/07/17

You can't get earlier Star Wars EU novels than this right here. Welcome to the "sequel in case the sequels didn't happen" of Star Wars, where the force was still mysterious and Luke didn't know who his sister was.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:11

305 - Jedi Twilight Wrap Up

Expounded Universe ·

2025/06/20

Why, it's the twilight of Jedi Twilight! And frankly? Good.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:59

304 - Don't Call it a Comeback

Expounded Universe ·

2025/06/03

That ended abruptly! Sure enough we get a chapter containing both Vader and Xizor, but... eh you'll see. Also there's some robots and some big-ish reveals, I suppose!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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56:23

303 - All I Need Is A Miracle

Expounded Universe ·

2025/05/07

Vader packs up and rides to join the party, Jax and company fight some crazy robots, and Xizor meets Nick Rostu, surely that's fantasic, right?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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