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He’s the character we love to hate, from the moment we saw him in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar Binks became the embodiment of everything wrong with the prequel movies and most people wrote off all of the new movies based on this character’s actions.

But were we wrong? Is Jar Jar Binks actually the ultimate Sith lord who survived all the way through the original trilogy’s timeline and will be ‘reborn’ in The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke? Lumpawaroo on Reddit seems to think so, and he’s found some serious evidence to back up his claim. Amber investigates in our feature.

Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe sends back high resolution images of Pluto, Han and Chewie bury the hatchet on Jimmy Kimmel and has Peter Jackson confirmed he’s directing Doctor Who next year? Find out in the news.

A huge welcome to everyone, this is SciFi Weekly. Check out SciFi Weekly #1 – Who Is Jar Jar Binks? here.

New trailers dropped this week for Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day Resurgence, so Amber and Matt discuss them. We also chat about Space X’s successful return to flight and Star Wars The Force Awakens, including bad karma to the kid who spoilt dozens of Brisbane facebook groups.

In 2015 the Star Trek family lost three members, Leonard Nimoy, Maurice Hurley and Harve Bennett. While you may not know Maurice and Harve, you certainly know their work… Maurice was show runner for TNG’s first two seasons and Harve was tasked with producing the second to fourth movies. I caught up with Larry last year to chat about their legacy.

Doug is an all round great guy, having worked in many departments during TNG, DS9 and ENT including make up and visual effects. Back in 2013, for the tenth birthday of TREKZONE.org, he sat down for a chat about his career.

Being the son of Gene Roddenberry is certainly no easy task, just ask Rod Roddenberry who joined me from LA for a chat to celebrate ten years of TREKZONE.org. Rod spoke candidly about his childhood, and his work to continue his father’s legacy. This is another interview from the archives.

arry Nemecek is an authority on all things Star Trek, having been an editor at STARTREK.COM during it’s prime, contributing to the Star Trek Communicator magazine and more recently starring as McCoy in a fan fiction production. Larry sat down for a chat for the first of the more regular podcasts back in 2013.