Latest Livingforce Podcast Episodes
May the Fourth was Definitely with us - LL Ep. 153
Legends Lookback - May 08, 2024 04:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMay the Forth rolled around once again and this time it was very generous to Legends fans! Join us as we break down all the Legendary product announcements such as THREE 1:6 scale Sideshow collectible statuettes, Hallmark Christmas ornaments, a helmet you will absolutely want to wear to your nex...
Balance Point Roundtable - Ep. 152
Legends Lookback - April 24, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode we'll be continuing our coverage of the New Jedi Order with sixth book in the saga, Balance Point, by Kathy Tyers. We'll talk about Force Visions, refugee crises, and Jacen Solo's Campbellian crossing-the-threshold moment. But first - a brief recap of Freddy's wedding from this p...
Gammoreans Galore - Ep 151
Legends Lookback - April 10, 2024 04:01 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn April's News-centric episode, we have lot on the docket: new ELC covers for Iron Fist, 501st, and the Lando Calrissian Adventures; hot new action figures for The Last Command; a Kenobi Inkstone hardcover, and a very special recap video of the inaugural Youtinicon! Get your copy of The Living...
All about the NJO with Andrew Bell - LL Bonus Episode
Legends Lookback - April 10, 2024 04:01 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRecorded in-person at the inaugural Youtinicon in Charolette, NC! This bonus episode features long-time friend of the show, Andrew Bell. We catch up with him about his recent read-through of the New Jedi Order. Spoilers for Star by Star!
Agents of Chaos Roundtable - Ep 150
Legends Lookback - March 27, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs the Yuuzhan Vong's crusade against the known galaxy wages on, so does our coverage of the New Jedi Order series! In this episode we'll be discussing James Luceno's first forray into full-length Star Wars books with the Agents of Chaos Duology. Some of the heavier-hitting entries in the series...
Legends Lookback: Ranking the Greatest Episode I Merch of 1999
Legends Lookback - March 14, 2024 04:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings2024 is the 25th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace! To celebrate, Lucasfilm is rereleasing the beloved film in theaters for Star Wars day on May 4th. With that in mind, we're ranking the definitive tier list of the best (and the worst) of the gargantuans of merchandise relea...
Ranking the Greatest Episode I Merch of 1999 - Ep 149
Legends Lookback - March 14, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings2024 is the 25th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace! To celebrate, Lucasfilm is rereleasing the beloved film in theaters for Star Wars day on May 4th. With that in mind, we're ranking the definitive tier list of the best (and the worst) of the gargantuans of merchandise relea...
Dark Tide Duology Roundtable: Ep 148
Legends Lookback - February 29, 2024 04:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOur journey into the New Jedi Order continues this week as we discuss Michael A. Stackpole's Dark Tide Duology. Comprised of Dark Tide: Onslaught and Dark Tide: Ruin, books 2 and 3 of the NJO explores heartwarming Jedi duos, attempting diplomacy with alien invaders hell-bent on conquest and tort...
Legends Lookback - Dark Tide Duology Roundtable
Legends Lookback - February 29, 2024 04:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOur journey into the New Jedi Order continues this week as we discuss Michael A. Stackpole's Dark Tide Duology. Comprised of Dark Tide: Onslaught and Dark Tide: Ruin, books 2 and 3 of the NJO explores heartwarming Jedi duos, attempting diplomacy with alien invaders hell-bent on conquest and tort...
Name that Darth - Ep 147
Legends Lookback - February 15, 2024 04:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday we're doing our monthly collection update, an absolute Gozanti-class cruiser full of juicy Legends news including a new wave of ELCs, a new omnibus announcement, epic collections, Yuuzhan Vong synergy, and a special project from friend of the show John Jackson Miller! Plus we play a stupid...
Legends Lookback - Name that Darth
Legends Lookback - February 15, 2024 04:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday we're doing our monthly collection update, an absolute Gozanti-class cruiser full of juicy Legends news including a new wave of ELCs, a new omnibus announcement, epic collections, Yuuzhan Vong synergy, and a special project from friend of the show John Jackson Miller! Plus we play a stupid...
Legends Lookback - Vector Prime Roundtable!
Legends Lookback - February 01, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe time has come! We're taking on the monumental undertaking of the 19-book New Jedi Order series. In this episode we're discussing 1999's Vector Prime, R.A. Salvatore's controversial and groundbreaking novel that began the series with a BANG!
Vector Prime Roundtable! - Ep 146
Legends Lookback - February 01, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe time has come! We're taking on the monumental undertaking of the 19-book New Jedi Order series. In this episode we're discussing 1999's Vector Prime, R.A. Salvatore's controversial and groundbreaking novel that began the series with a BANG!
Intro to the New Jedi Order - Ep 145
Legends Lookback - January 18, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe time has come. At long last, the Legends Lookback crew is beginning their year-long deep-dive into the New Jedi Order. In this introductory episode, they talk about what you need to know in order to begin the NJO, talk about the real-world backstory that went into this 19-book-series, plus a...
Legends Lookback - Intro to the New Jedi Order
Legends Lookback - January 18, 2024 04:01 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe time has come. At long last, the Legends Lookback crew is beginning their year-long deep-dive into the New Jedi Order. In this introductory episode, they talk about what you need to know in order to begin the NJO, talk about the real-world backstory that went into this 19-book-series, plus a...
Legends Lookback Ep. 144: 2023 in Legends
Legends Lookback - January 04, 2024 04:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings2023 has been a great year for our crew, with lots of Legends books and lots of laughs. For our year-in-review episode, we look back at the greatest hits of our year in Star Wars books. Find out what made the top of the list and let us know—what was your favorite Legends book you read this year?...
2023 in Star Wars Legends - Ep 144
Legends Lookback - January 04, 2024 04:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings2023 has been a great year for our crew, with lots of Legends books and lots of laughs. For our year-in-review episode, we look back at the greatest hits of our year in Star Wars books. Find out what made the top of the list and let us know—what was your favorite Legends book you read this year?...
Stocking Stuffers featuring Trevor Davey
Legends Lookback - December 27, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOur buddy Trevor Davey from the Star Wars Archives joins us with a sleigh full of Star Wars surprises—short stories, in-universe gems, and one-shot comics that he's chomping at the bit to hang by the chimney with care! Community note: All past episodes of Legends Lookback will be moving to a ne...
Episode 143: Galactic Gifts
Legends Lookback - December 07, 2023 04:01 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIt's the holiday season and we're feeling festive! In this episode we're putting together the ultimate holiday gift guide for characters within the Star Wars Legends universe—with plenty of hot chocolate for everyone! Put on your freshest Life Day robes, light the pine-scented candles, and join ...
Episode 142: I, Jedi Roundtable
Legends Lookback - November 30, 2023 04:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAfter his swashbuckling adventures as a Corsec officer, giving love advice to hotshot pilots, liberating Coruscant with Rogue Squadron, being strapped naked to a chair by Ysanne Isard, rubbing his grandfather's medallion, staging a prison break from a Star Destroyer, and discovering his Jedi her...
Episode 141: Thank You Notes (Legends Edition)
Legends Lookback - November 23, 2023 04:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJoin Jared, Rick, and Freddy as we celebrate the Thanksgiving Season as we catch up on writing our thank you notes, legends style. ▶Masters and Apprentices: A Reading Collection | https://tinyurl.com/2766uu54 ▶Best Books & Comics to Read After Watching Obi-Wan Kenobi | https://tinyurl.com/yc4...
Episode 140: November News
Legends Lookback - November 09, 2023 04:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTonight on the show we’ll take a look at recent and upcoming Legends releases, discuss the Black Series 4-pack with figures from The Last Command, talk about how Rick is the undisputed champion of costuming, and play an epically stupid game only we could come up with! ▶Masters and Apprentices: ...
Episode 139: Vision of the Future Roundtable
Legends Lookback - October 26, 2023 04:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJoin Jared, Freddy C, and Rick as we explore all things Star Wars Legends! From books to video games and 90’s nostalgia, this is the place to discuss what we love most about the good ole’ days. Join us live in the chat or discuss your favorites in our Discord server with other Legends fans! In t...
Episode 138: Is Thrawn the Best Legends Character?
Legends Lookback - October 19, 2023 04:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn light of the new Disney+ series, Ahsoka, we're talking all about Thrawn's history in Star Wars Legends. And we settle the issue once and for all—is Grand Admiral Thrawn the most important character to ever emerge from the pages of the Expanded Universe? ▶Masters and Apprentices: A Reading Co...
Randy Stradley Interview
Legends Lookback - October 10, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe continue our coverage of Legends Con with another all-star interivew for you all! This time we talk with former editor and executive at Dark Horse Comics, Randy Stradley. Not only was he one of the primary architects of the Expanded Universe, he wrote on many of our favorite comics of all tim...
Matthew Stover Interview
Legends Lookback - September 26, 2023 04:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsInterviewing the great Matthew Stover was an absolute dream come true. . . or was it all a dream the whole time? Stover has a way of completely challenging what you thought you knew and sending you into an existential spiral. He does exactly that in this interview. From working with George Lucas...
Episode 137: Gray Jedi?!
Legends Lookback - September 25, 2023 04:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're tackling the ever-controversial topic: GRAY JEDI! Is it even possible? Who makes the roster of the great Gray Jedi in Legends? What exactly constitutes a Gray Jedi? Should we have ever even talked about this in the first place? ▶Masters and Apprentices: A Reading Collection | https://tiny...
Episode 136: Specter of the Past Roundtable
Legends Lookback - September 19, 2023 04:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode Jared gives a brief recap of Legends Con, then we dive deep into the first book of Timothy Zahn's Hand of Thrawn Duology — Specter of the Past! Get your copy here! Prefer audiobooks? Here's a free trial on us. Your guide to Timothy Zahn's Star Wars books
Corinna Bechko Interview
Legends Lookback - September 16, 2023 04:01 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAnother one! Here's our interview with Corinna Bechko, writer on Legacy II from Dark Horse Comics, starring Ania Solo! Get your copy of Corinna's comics here! Recorded at Legends Con on September 8th.
Michael Stackpole Interview
Legends Lookback - September 13, 2023 04:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe had the opportunity to attend the inaugural Legends Con in Burbank, CA on September 9th, where we had the tremendous opportunity to interview several incredible Legends creators! This is the first of those interviews, with Michael A. Stackpole, the author of several novels in the X-Wing serie...
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