104: Backstory of a Hat

About this episode

The episode discusses six short episodes of Star Wars animation, focusing on character dynamics and storytelling quality.

In a new annual tradition, we’ve gotten six short episodes of Star Wars animation following two characters. This time it’s Tales of the Underworld. Your Star Wars pals Dan, Tony, and Kat return to discuss three pretty good episodes and three not-so-good episodes, including what makes bad guys compelling, uncertain timelines, and de-canonized/re-canonized characters....

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Moren, Tony, Kat

Topics covered

• Star Wars animation
• episode reviews
• character analysis
• good vs bad characters
• storytelling
• canon

Keywords

• Star Wars
• Tales of the Underworld
• animation
• episode review
• character development
• storytelling
• canon

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tales of the Underworld, Star Wars

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