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Today we discuss A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale. It tells the story of the Quarren Tessek, who has appeared in several of the stories throughout this collection. Like many other characters at Jabba’s Palace, he dreams of and plots Jabba’s death. He actually has a plan to kill the Hutt that will take place the next day. There’s just one problem: a certain Jedi shows up and disrupts things.

Today we discuss A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9, the next short story in Tales from Jabba's Palace. A Bad Feeling tells the story of everyone’s favorite torture droid from Return of the Jedi, EV-9D9. We learn some of what she got up to before the events of Return of the Jedi, as well as certain characters who she has previously crossed paths with.

Today we discuss The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays. The story follows two groups of people. First, Barada, who is in charge of keeping Jabba’s Sail Barge running. Second, the Weequay who worship a god known as Quay. They even have a small sphere that represents Quay to them.

Today we discuss Of the Day’s Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale. Bib Fortuna dreams of killing Jabba and taking over his criminal empire. From there, he wants to expand and eventually take over his home planet of Ryloth. *Spoiler Warning* We discuss the Ahsoka series in the second half of the episode.

Today we discuss And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale. Max Reebo, Sy Snootles, and Droopy McCool are newly arrived to Tatooine and need a place to play. Also, Max needs food. *Spoiler Warning* We discuss the Ahsoka series that recently came out in the second half of this episode.

Today we discuss Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees. Ree-Yees is known as a drunk and a fool and often plays the part so people don't think about him too much. He's also in touch with the Empire, hoping to get murder charges cleared so he can go home.

Today we discuss Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale. Ephant Mon is Jabba's lone friend in the entire galaxy, but can that bond last when facing a Jedi Knight?

Today we discuss And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale. Gartogg is investigating several murders that have happened across this short story collection. And he has a prime suspect.

Today we discuss Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade. Mara Jade has infiltrated Jabba's palace with one goal in mind: kill Luke Skywalker. Standing in her way are guards, undercover security and the Hutt himself.

Today we discuss Let us Prey: The Whipid's Tale. J'Quille is Lady Valarian's former lover and now lives at Jabba's Palace, ferretting out conspiricies against the crime lord. But what is he actually trying to accomplish?

Today we discuss A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale. Oola and another Twilek have been brought to Tatooine to be dancers at Jabba’s palace, but they run into a certain Jedi who tries to save them.

Today we discuss Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef. Porcellus has been Jabba's chef for years, but he's worried the Hutt thinks he is trying to poison Jabba. When others start dying after eating his food, Porcellus tries to figure out what's going on.

Today we discuss A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale. Malakili is new to Jabba's Palace and has just been given his dream job: he's in charge of the Hutt's new pet rancor. But when it becomes clear that Jabba doesn't care about the beast, what lengths will Malakili go to save his friend?

The Hutts are building a new superweapon, Admiral Daala is martialing what's left of the Imperial fleet, and Callista is completely cut off from the force. Do these storylines intersect? Find out...

It's that time of year where Sam and Tessa tackle one of their favorite franchises for the holiday season! Join them this year as they watch all eleven of the 'Star Wars' films. In this episode, Lozy is back to tell us what he likes so much about The Force Awakens. 00:01:00 - Holidays in the After Times 00:07:06 - Is The Force Awakens good? First impressions of Episode VII 00:27:23 - But really, is it good? Deep Dive into The Force Awakens 01:40:56 - Meanwhile, Somewhere that Isn't Tatooine...Empire of Dreams 01:57:28 - Max Rebo's Retcon Corner 02:04:58 - The Light(er) Side of the Force Our theme song is "Jingle Bells" by Scott Holmes and can be found on https://scottholmesmusic.com/

We give our final thoughts on Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina short story collection.

Today we discuss One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid. Lak Sivrak fights at the Battle of Endor and remembers his time with his lover Dice Ibegon across the original trilogy.

Today we discuss Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale. Ariq Joanson is a moisture farmer living at the edge of civilization on Tatooine. He dreams of drawing a map of the area showing everyone's territory and trying to bring peace to all around him.

Luke is in a coma, Kyp has the Sun Crusher, and Ambassador Furgan is off to capture baby Anakin. How will our heroes come out on top?

Today we discuss Dr. Death: The Tale of Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba. Dr. Evazan has promised Ponda Baba a new, fresh body, and is looking for someone that will fit him as well. What happens when this Frankenstein-like scientist gets a hold of two bodies that meet the requirements of both?