NTMtP 5

## Episode 5 - Vidian Killed the Radio Star

This week, we talk radio.

You can catch more Johnny O'Mara, James D'Amato, and Kat Kuhl on the Campaign Podcast at www.oneshotpodcast.com/category/campaign/

Opening and closing music by @samuraiguit.  Logo by @JasonBaesel.  Send questions, comments, and tips to @roguetldr on Twitter.

*But for now, it was enough he wasn't flying Solo any more.*

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## Annotations

**Vidian** is the weirdo cyborg we wrote about in the NTMtP 3 notes (a few entries below).  He was Rae Sloane’s boss for a while.

**Alan Dean Foster** was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of *A New Hope*.  He also wrote *Splinter of the Mind’s Eye*, a completely bonkers early EU novel that we talk about in Episode 2 of NTMtP.  He also came back to write *The Force Awakens* novelization, which makes me very happy.

**Anacondans** are snakelike creatures from the *Clone Wars* cartoon.  One of them bartends at a cantina, which is an impressive feat when you don’t have any limbs.

**Please help us find Alexandra Bracken’s fan fiction.**

**Claudia Gray** is the author of *Lost Stars*, our favorite new canon novel.

**Dallas** is a 1979 and 2012 TV show.  I think James and I might be making a joke about 5E Dungeons and Dragons here?  I don’t know.  Who can tell?

**Biggs Darklighter** was Luke Skywalker’s best friend growing up on Tatooine.  He has an incredible mustache and was shot down by Vader in the Battle of Yavin.

**Rogue Squadron** is the Rebel Alliance / New Republic’s premier fighter squadron in the Expanded Universe.  Much of their history is fleshed out in my favorite Star Wars series, *X-Wing* by Michael A. Stackpole.

**Bigger Luke Theory** is an absolutely bonkers fan theory based on one shot in *A New Hope* in which Luke appears slightly larger than normal.  You can read more about it at http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke.  May the Force have mercy on your soul.

**Gayer Luke Theory** is our term for Mark Hamill’s offhand comment that Luke Skywalker may or may not be gay.  http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Mark-Hamill-Feels-About-Luke-Skywalker-Possibly-Being-Gay-116387.html

**Bigger Gayer Luke Theory** is a theory that we came up with that there exists a second, larger Luke, who has a crush on Han.

**Biggser Gayer Luke Theory** is our theory that there exists a second, larger Luke, who has a crush on his childhood friend, Biggs.

**Puppy God Han** was discussed in our first episode.  It’s the principle that the Legends Han Solo veers between godlike competence and floor-wetting puppy.

The **Wookiee porn chair** is a reference to a horrible scene from the *Star Wars Holiday Special* in which Chewbacca’s father, Attichitcuk, receives a chair with special goggles that project a holographic representation of a human woman singing.  Itchy’s expression in that scene makes us all deeply uncomfortable.

**Lowbacca** is Chewie’s nephew in the Expanded Universe / Legends.  He showed up in the *Young Jedi Knights* series featuring Han and Leia's twin children -- I misspoke in the episode and called it *Junior Jedi Knights*, which is a different series about Han and Leia's youngest son.  Sorry about that.

The**Wookiee Life Debt** is a staple of Wookiee culture.  Chewbacca swore a life debt to Han Solo after Han saved his life, which is why he follows him around.  I later looked it up and found it referenced in new canon in *Smuggler's Run*, a YA novel by Greg Rucka. (It's also in the book below.)

***Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know*** is a new book with a disclaimer in it that confuses the kriff out of us.  We’ll discuss it in a future episode.  The short explanation is that it’s unclear whether it “counts” within the new canon.

The fan theory involving R2-D2 and Chewie that Johnny makes reference to can be found here: http://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html

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