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After a chaotic week in Star Wars news, Jarod, Kason, and Conor unpack the whirlwind of speculation and news around the future of Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and the future of Star Wars, discuss the bizarre first trailer for Andor Season 2 and the frustrating discourse around the series, and look forward to celebrating 20 years of Revenge of the Sith!

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Better late than never! Jarod is joined by First Class League Star Wars Trivia champion and host of Page Turners They Were Not to dissect the themes of Skeleton Crew and discuss the relationship between Star Wars and genre storytelling!

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2025 is upon us which means Mandalorian & Grogu is just over a year away! Join Jarod and Spencer as they run down the updates around the film as well as news around Ahsoka Season 2, and as they discuss the recent interview with Jake Lloyd!

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On this year’s KNR Holiday Special, friend of the show Alden Diaz to discuss the thematic similarities between our favorite Christmas stories and the Obi-Wan Kenobi series!

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This week on KNR we are joined by the lovely Ms. Taylore to hear her thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars after watching it for the very first time!

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This week on KNR Jarod gives his thoughts on the unpolished but fun Star Wars: Outlaws!

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This week on KNR Jarod is joined by Pep & Choco from Dyad in the Force to unpack the legacy of the Jedi, the fate of Osha & Mae, and what comes next for The Acolyte in our review of the tragic conclusion to this thrilling mystery.

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This week on KNR Jarod and Kason are joined by Scotty Holiday to unpack and understand everything that went wrong on Brendok and explore the tragic events of the penultimate episode of The Acolyte!

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This week on KNR Jarod is joined by friend’s of the show Bill Sheehy and Regan to discuss the magnificent bloodbath on Khofar in episode five of The Acolyte: “Night”!

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This week on KNR Jarod is joined by friend’s of the show Bill Sheehy and Regan to discuss the magnificent bloodbath on Khofar in episode five of The Acolyte: “Night”!

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This week on KNR our favorite nerds are joined by Alden Diaz of Ahch-To Radio, Anytime with Ken & Alden, and Casterly Talk to discuss the most recent episode of The Acolyte and unpack the discourse around it.

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This week on KNR Jarod and Conor are joined by Armin from the ComicBookCast to unpack the intrigue and mysteries of episode three of The Acolyte!

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This week on KNR Jarod and Conor are joined by starwars.com’s own Kelly Knox to unpack and understand the pulpy and mythic mysteries of the first two episodes of The Acolyte!

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In this special episode of Knights of the Nerd Republic your favorite nerds are joined by Gerry & Scotty from The Bombadcast to celebrate the 25th anniversary the oft underappreciated Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace, diving deep into it’s themes and sharing our memories of this film and explain why it is so special to us.

We dedicate this episode and the passionate discussion therein to the great Steven Gebhardt, who knew better than anyone the powerful unity that comes from a relentless expression of self.

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod and Kason are joined by Eli from In A Galaxy to discuss the riveting series finale of The Bad Batch.

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod and Kason unpack the controversy around the release of Star Wars: Outlaws, recap the interviews in Empire Magazine about The Acolyte and discuss the most recent episodes of The Bad Batch!

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod is joined by Trey Mitchell to discuss the latest Bad Batch two parter, the trailer for Tales of the Empire, and the news that we have a release date for The Mandalorian & Grogu and our excitement to get back to the theatre for Star Wars.

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod is joined by _BDazzler and Scotty Holiday to discuss the return of Asajj Ventress in The Bad Batch, the unmitigated disaster that was the launch of the Battlefront Classic Collection, and the public meltdown The Fandom Menace is having over George Lucas’s support of Bob Iger.

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod and Kason are joined by Nicky Kumar from the Imperial Senate Podcast to discuss the recent interview with Jake Lloyd’s mother, Gina Carano not understanding that her actions have consequences, and the mid-season two parter of The Bad Batch.

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This week on Knights of the Nerd Republic Jarod is joined by Mollie Damon of Star Wars Explained to discuss Dark Disciple and how it will effect Bad Batch Season 3!

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