The Young Jedi Knights Club

The monthly podcast where Star Wars and millennial nostalgia collide as Cam and Sam discuss each book in the Young Jedi Knights series and more!

502 - Fate of the Jedi II: Omen 08/05/2026

502 - Fate of the Jedi II: Omen Golden boy Ryan Davis reunites with our Unit to welcome a new authorial voice to the reading rotation with Christie Golden’s Omen. Her novel briefly fuels our hopes for Young Jedi Knights: The New Class, as we flow-walk back in time to rehash well-worn discourse surrounding the Rule of Two and trade Force psychosis theories like exotic beasts at the Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/42323580

501 - Fate of the Jedi I: Outcast 07/01/2026

501 - Fate of the Jedi I: Outcast The presumed dead Eric Ambler resurfaces for the Creamsicle-coded kickoff to Fate of the Jedi! Conspire with our Darkmeld as we speculate that Star Wars is entering its old-man era, wonder if we're too young to be harping about the good old days, and discover how this low-key kick-ass adventure seemingly sets the table for less doom and more mystery, leaving us cautiously optimistic for the rest of the series. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/41922150

BONUS - Millennium Falcon 06/03/2026

BONUS - Millennium Falcon Punching in the coordinates for an unexpected detour, John Parton joins us aboard the Millennium Falcon in a real barrel of taurill that makes the jump through the freighter's offbeat ownership history and straight into a Black Hole of tangents. We bounce between topics faster than a bat-falcon and could have kept talking for a millennium, while asking how the frip James Luceno turned a book about a spaceship into Absolute Literature. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/41527155

BONUS - The Phantom Menace: The Most Special Commentary Edition 05/04/2026

BONUS - The Phantom Menace: The Most Special Commentary Edition For a Special Edition, this Episode I commentary features... shockingly few suggested upgrades. Our own circular council we will keep on what is to be changed! We mostly just sit in awe of perfection, occasionally borrowing from both junior and "senior" novelizations while pitching AI to undo that unacceptable "shot on film" look. By the end, a communications disruption leaves us speaking entirely in Ben Burtt podracer noises. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/41123620

410 - Legacy of the Force Retrospective 04/15/2026

410 - Legacy of the Force Retrospective L'Eggo my Legacy of the Force! As we finally let go of the Darth Caedus era, we find ourselves longing to flow-walk back in time, replace our younger selves, and send them forward just to avoid this whole karking series altogether. Just kidding… mostly. Hear us rank the sacrosanctity of these Jedi texts that, to their credit, somehow rekindled a tolerance for Boba Fett we haven’t felt since adolescence. It’s a Tax Day miracle! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/40889740

BONUS - Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force & The Dark Rival 04/01/2026

BONUS - Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force & The Dark Rival Grok, generate the podcast equivalent of a film maudit... Jack into your datapads, listeners. Our Menace Era has begun. Instead of moving forward as promised, we pivot back to the Prequel-adjacent Jedi Apprentice series! The biggest menace we know, Eric Wheeler, enrolls with us for a peek into Obi-Wan’s early school days. It’s a wayside return to Young Jedi Knights vibes as this book club gets a little stranger... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/40700055

BONUS - The 5th Annual Lowie Awards 03/11/2026

BONUS - The 5th Annual Lowie Awards Roll out the red qashmel carpet—an upgrade from past questionable floor coverings—for the 5th Annual Lowie Awards, our gala named for a tall, kind-hearted beast not unlike Harry (of the Hendersons). We mark this quinquennial with a brand-new category alongside our usual slate of Star 'Wards, even eking out some worthy winners from the mid-aughties, a dry spell for the galaxy far, far away. Another Hapan landing! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/40397740

409 - Legacy of the Force IX: Invincible 02/04/2026

409 - Legacy of the Force IX: Invincible Like a Nightsister blood trail, we finally trace the Legacy of the Force to its grisly end, a brutal beatdown full of... corny, Young Jedi Knights-era wisecracks?? Raspy Jokester Barm lends a hand in landing the Shatterpoint technique on the novel's fault lines, from Denning's unnecessary horniness to the dialogue-deficient duel to the death. Stains and all, it was a blast to close the book on another BattleSun Odyssey... er... Star Wars saga! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/39995545

408 - Legacy of the Force VIII: Revelation 01/14/2026

408 - Legacy of the Force VIII: Revelation Flying by the seat of our Force-sensitive pants, we revel in one last Traviss title, kicking the conversational bolo-ball around with bounty-hunter-lovin' barve Ryan Davis. Hear us bounce between topics like harebrained holotoons, from Darth Caedus’ imperial ineptitude to such deep-cut detours as The Bella Movie, as Cam prattles on about his semester in Prague until Mustafar freezes over. (Episode translated from Mando’a.) /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/39730490

407 - Legacy of the Force VII: Fury 12/10/2025

407 - Legacy of the Force VII: Fury Caedus is the reason for the season in Fury, ringing in our holidays with a wholesome family abduction! Like newly unwrapped crushgaunts, Eric Ambler helps tighten our grip on the story and even squeeze in memories of "crappy apartments cluttered with plastic instruments" circa X-mas 2007. This Allstonian spin on seasonal silliness will stick with us from now until Jesus’s next birthday. Fury Twistmas to all, and a Celchu New Year! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/39358130

406 - Legacy of the Force VI: Inferno 11/05/2025

406 - Legacy of the Force VI: Inferno We toss the tyrossum jawbone around with Nate Tapp, fanning the flames of discourse over this searing installment where Jacen’s bridge-burning hits new highs and a mere Lowbacca cameo reminds us how much more fuel he could’ve added to the firestorm on Kashyyyk. We also drop scorching Stranger Things news and spark a smoldering sidebar about why “music songs” can’t be explained by theory: they just ignite the soul! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/38921090

405 - Legacy of the Force V: Sacrifice 10/01/2025

405 - Legacy of the Force V: Sacrifice Interrupting his Toydarian-takeout-in-the-bathtub ritual, we lure Alien Nation aficionado Jack Stovold to soak in the fifth Legacy of the Force book, courtesy of our favorite Karen. In Traviss' momentous middle chapter, a subtle feminist undercurrent bubbles to the surface amidst a galvanizing alloy of political intrigue and personal loss. As the stakes rise, some EU fan favorites take a heartbreaking fall... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/38924705

404 - Legacy of the Force IV: Exile 09/03/2025

404 - Legacy of the Force IV: Exile Dusting off the ol’ Canadian phone book, we drag Geoff Clarke out of exile for a Quick Bite™ of the latest wheel-spinning Legacy of the Force entry. Is it duracrud, or are we simply taking the piss, in the proud tradition of Uran Lavint and Blatta the Hutt? Either way, it all circles the drain from there, as we look up our own names on Wookieepedia and realize that Star Wars is ultimately just a world of competing magicians. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/38072835

403 - Legacy of the Force III: Tempest 08/06/2025

403 - Legacy of the Force III: Tempest Advancing past the Preliminary Judging of Muscles, crazy bugslut Barm strong-arms his way into this tempestuous episode to check in on what's happenin' with the Hapans. Is the third entry in the Renny-Harlinesque Legacy of the Force series a real flooger-bed of intrigue, or does it burst our dreambubble by juggling too many narrative wobble balls? Well, let's find out! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/37707885

402 - Legacy of the Force II: Bloodlines 07/02/2025

402 - Legacy of the Force II: Bloodlines We keep things in the family with returning guest Ryan Davis for Bloodlines, a certified Book of Boba Fett plus his bounty hunter brood! Hear us praise author Karen Traviss' character development, theorize how Legacy of the Force tries to out-Prequel the Prequels, and feel disquieted by the novel's eerie real-world parallels in a time of militarized police and civil unrest... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/37260960

401 - Legacy of the Force I: Betrayal 06/04/2025

401 - Legacy of the Force I: Betrayal A presumed-dead Marvel Star Wars villainess looms large over this next nine-book series, so it would be a karking shame not to consult luminary Marvel Star Wars Explorer Brian Rudloff to determine what the fierfek is going on! Like dark side mynock apparitions, we denude every nugget of Betrayal, from the ill-fated droid who's two Vaders tall to the hasty heel turn by a fan-favorite Young Jedi Knight... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/36851290

BONUS - Return of the Jedi: The Most Special Commentary Edition 05/04/2025

BONUS - Return of the Jedi: The Most Special Commentary Edition Celebrate Star Wars Day by simulating the experience of watching Episode VI with two pals who won't stop talking over the movie! Our Special-Edition-inspired commentary covers everything from the Mighty Boushh to blinking Ewoks to the novelization by James Kahn (not James Caan). An entire LEGION of our best ideas for superfluous revisions awaits you! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/36427825

303 - Dark Nest III: The Swarm War 04/02/2025

303 - Dark Nest III: The Swarm War As the Dark Nest draws to a close and Luke Skywalker finishes watching Revenge of the Sith, the cry-curious Nate Tapp rounds out his trio of guest spots by tripling down on trilogy talk with us. Does The Swarm War warrant three hearty throat-clicks, or do we discard it like Huttwash (and if we discard, do we add two Swarm cards that cost 0 to our hand)? /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/35978720

302 - Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen 03/12/2025

302 - Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen Tibanna tapper Nate Tapp taps back in for a bantha-sized, hubba-shaped debate over whether the second Dark Nest novel satisfies like a delicious slice of live action pizza or gets more muddled than nebular miasma. The real plot twist, however, is that we stop kriffing around and finally reveal that this whole Young Jedi Knights Club thing has just been a backdoor Lost podcast the whole time... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/35655410

BONUS - The 4th Annual Lowie Awards 02/26/2025

BONUS - The 4th Annual Lowie Awards Clad in our classiest Killik silks, we walk the wax carpet for the gala that's even goofier than the Golden Globes... the 4th Annual Lowie Awards! Join us Joiners in raising a collectible McDonald's Batman Forever glass to toast the pop culture from the year of our lord Two Thousand and Twenty Four, not to mention our Lord Nyax, Emperox of Bad Boys... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/35441565

301 - Dark Nest I: The Joiner King 02/05/2025

301 - Dark Nest I: The Joiner King Rub your forearms together for the kingly Nate Tapp, who joins our hive mind as the podcast enters its insectoid era all about Troy Denning's Dark Nest trilogy! Grab a can of gelmeat and an orb of membrosia for an episode that's crawling with conversation about audiobook omissions, thorny throuples, and a Prime Unu who may have violated the Prime Directive... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/35165720

220 - New Jedi Order Retrospective 01/15/2025

220 - New Jedi Order Retrospective After nineteen novels, we wistfully turn the page on the New Jedi Order with an all-encompassing retrospective! It might as well be the Day of Comprehending the Will of the Gods... or at least of the Master Shapers behind this ambitious series, who we applaud for challenging our emotions, expanding our perception of the Force, and burning into our brains an entire lexicon of unforgettable Vong-cabulary words. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/34869035

219 - The Unifying Force 12/11/2024

219 - The Unifying Force Prime guest Jake Beal reveals himself as the true Supreme Overlord of the podcast, reunifying with us for the New Jedi Order’s colossal conclusion. It's the end of an era, and things get downright mythic as we wreath through weighty topics like Yuuzhan Vong theology, traumatic time jumps in the TV show ReBoot, and the (best ever?) Christmas of 2003. There might even be a few surprise gifts from Shimrra Claus himself... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/34398075

218 - The Final Prophecy 11/06/2024

218 - The Final Prophecy The podcast interdicts huttoad Eric Ambler for the not-quite-final Final Prophecy, which sets the table for the endgame of the New Jedi Order. This snackquarium of an episode is swimming with delicacies, as we follow Nen Yim on a trip to Qahsa Bonita, drop an unusual amount of Search for Spock references, and decide which is better: Seal IV or SEAL Team Six? /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/33819070

217 - Force Heretic III: Reunion 10/02/2024

217 - Force Heretic III: Reunion Reunited once again with Jack Stovold of "Jack's Silly Little JackCast," we transmit our final Zonama Sethoughts via telemetry on the Williams/Dix trilogy as a whole... or die trying. Added ingredients in this Esfandia-like atmospheric soup of an episode include the punting of pirates, an amalgamation of Anakins, and a Who's Who of heretics with the hots for Nom Anor! /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/33294457

216 - Force Heretic II: Refugee 09/11/2024

216 - Force Heretic II: Refugee Future host of "The LizardCast" Jack Stovold (what an Earth ass name...) helps us decide if this middle chapter of the Heretic trilogy is a first-rate tour de Force or merely an inconsequential side mission. Similar to Tahiri's recurring reptilian nightmares, we also receive disturbing visions of Borgs Bunny, living turntable creatures, and thought experiments involving Haley Joel Osment... /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/33013697

215 - Force Heretic I: Remnant 08/07/2024

215 - Force Heretic I: Remnant Jack Stovold of "The HapeCast" rejoins us to kick off the New Jedi Order's first and only trilogy, in which the prominence of our old pal Pellaeon has got us all pumped! We also ponder how healthy it is to identify with the self-loathing Nom Anor, confuse Shanghai Noon with Shanghai Knights, and show some love for the Arnold Schwarzenegger of Hip Hop. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/32482812

214 - Destiny's Way 07/03/2024

214 - Destiny's Way Ryan Davis crabs his jouncing fighter into the money lane with us to discuss one of the best Star Wars ensemble books yet in an episode that's sure to do sellout business in jig time! Along the Way, we stop off on Planet Greg, try our best to think of some small-beaked birds, and commiserate over the sad life of a Kingdom Hearts fan. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/32001857

213 - Traitor 06/05/2024

213 - Traitor Ensnaring EU enthusiast Derek Lavender in the belly of the beast, we gorge on the deliciously flowery prose and philosophical richness of Matthew Stover's Traitor. This logic puzzle of a novel refreshingly expands the Force beyond the black-and-white binary typically depicted, and also serves as a poignant reminder of how much has been lost and changed since the halcyon days of the Young Jedi Knights books. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/31618212

212 - Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand 05/15/2024

212 - Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand A long-forgotten experiment awakens to wreak havoc upon the Vong-infested surface of Coruscant. Does Aaron Allston's experiment in NJO storytelling deserve to be forgotten too, or is there a place for Lord Nyax's brand of monster-of-the-week thrills? Completing our A-Team once again is Geoff Clarke, who's here to help us decide, as well as to debate the nadir of Star Wars cinema and the correct pronunciation of Hapan royalty. /episode/index/show/youngjediknightsclub/id/31284692

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