Welcome back, Batchers! Er, Maul-ers? Let's go with Shadow Lords. Welcome back, Shadow Lords! Happy inaugural Maul: Shadow Lord episode! In this episode, Julia and Bex are back with our trusty character, theme and plot analysis. And, of course, don't forget the goofs.

Talking points include: the religious aspects of the Jedi and the Sith dissected, quick pacing, How-To introduce characters, how to do archetypes and not let archetypes do you, balance of characters, the power of a single well written scene, how to frame light side vs dark side stories well, from my perspective the Jedi are evil, when the dark side is ACTUALLY tempting, The Missing Wife Problem™, the Jedi are evangelicals?!, Resident Evil?!, the Juxtaposition™, Peter Cushing, a medieval times planet, maybe?, allegories for leaving the church, Star Wars: 1313, Please hire us, we know so much about Star Wars and are desperate.

Don't forget to leave us a review if you like the show and drop by our socials on Instagram, Bluesky & Tumblr (@thebatchpod) to say hi, chat, and enjoy Bex's beautiful memes.

"3 Rounds" by Bisou is licensed CC BY NC 4.0.

Welcome to our new show, which is the same as the last show but about different shows! This one's about Tales of the Underworld! As always, Julia and Becca are here in the name of character, theme, and plot analysis. Goofs mandatory.

Talking points include: yall im too tired for this, consider it a surprise.

Don't forget to leave us a review if you like the show and drop by our socials on Instagram and our Tumblr (@thebatchpod) to say hi and chat.

"3 Rounds" by Bisou is licensed CC BY NC 4.0.

Welcome to our new show, which is the same as the last show but about different shows! This one's about Tales of the Underworld! As always, Julia and Becca are here in the name of character, theme, and plot analysis. Goofs mandatory.

Talking points include: The universality of storytelling, Andor as another layer of connecting the prequel era with the original era, time jumps as a story mechanism, redeemed in death & the danger of being complicit, use of POV shots, how Andor integrates the audience, how to craft an environment & fashion to communicate a message, complex, human characters, the insane balance of plot driven vs. character driven storytelling, and we expect you to all watch Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Don't forget to leave us a review if you like the show and drop by our socials on Instagram and our Tumblr (@thebatchpod) to say hi and chat.

"3 Rounds" by Bisou is licensed CC BY NC 4.0.