We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar

Sophia Goodnight and Swamp Vendor
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Join two queer 30-somethings every two weeks as they read (and occasionally watch) the Star Wars Legends oeuvre in publication order! They discuss the merits of the old extended universe and enjoy (or don't enjoy!) these pulpy sci-fi novels. And, eventually, they will talk about Dash Rendar. (We Need To Talk About Dash Rendar is our mirror-universe podcast, about a different franchise. We don't know why they picked that name.)

  1. Aug 10

    The Regional Manager Of The JDTs (Star Wars Book One)

    Bad morning to you, our evil listeners! In this episode of We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar, hosts Cammy and Baja Blast read Star Wars: Book One, which collects The Glove Of Darth Vader, The Lost City of the Jedi, and Zorba The Hutt's Revenge. They're even dumber than those titles suggest. There's a whale vacuum! We had a lot of fun. These books sucked very bad. A real "sure whatever who gives a shit, let Peggle 2 make calls" of a series. Topics of discussion include: Batman Black, The Social Network, names for babies with three eyes, Tom Bombadil singing Oompa Loompa songs, Archie Goodwin's naming conventions, Corky Baxter, Porgie Tirebiter, laser pistol earrings, Grand Admiral Grunger, Monzaemon, Doonium the baby Phobium, Snoke Loroan, Timothy Leary, A Canticle for Leibowitz Baja Blast (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  Cammy can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  2. Jul 27

    You Were Brief And Rather Incoherent (Dark Force Rising)

    Well gang, this may be the last episode of We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar you ever listen to. Not because we're ending, we're not gonna stop for at least 11 years. No, it's because Vhrischtka and Jakhe Ph’eyke kind of hated Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn. We'll respect you if you don't want to follow us any longer. But the characters are uncompelling and don't believe in anything, the story is grounded in racism and sexism, and Timothy Zahn is no Steven Erikson.  Topics of discussion include WOE.BEGONE, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Radiata Stories, taxation on exotic biomolecules, Joruus Peterson, Kerobos Lord Satan, Skyewalkers: A Clone Wars Story, Dengar (again), hardcore crinbid fanatics, cool birds, novels about the military draft. Editors note in case it's unclear: The reason that the treatment of aliens by a text can be racist is because aliens are a racialized Other and it reflects the author and society's consideration of racialized Others, not because it's specifically racist against, say, the Noghri. Jakhe Ph’eyke (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  Vhrischtka can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  3. Jul 13

    Arcing Like A Gray Rainbow (Heir To The Empire)

    Season Two of We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar is here, as Ecumenical Datte and Liturgical Moruss begin our campaign to make enemies of the entire Star Wars fandom by not liking Heir To The Empire by Timothy Zahn very much! Reading an actual novel was truly a balm after the absolute slog that was the Ewoks, but, well, unfortunately it's racist and the character writing is mostly flat. We do absolutely love Mara Jade though! Where'd this noir femme fatale come from anyway?! Return in two weeks to be even further alienated by our thoughts on the second entry in the trilogy, Dark Force Rising. Liturgical Moruss (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  Ecumenical Datte can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  4. Jun 29

    We Will Speak No More Of This Now (Ewoks Comic)

    Sweet release has come for us. Season One is over, and we're done with the Ewoks era of Star Wars – or at least, we will be after this episode. Hosts Nerdley and Fungo discuss the Ewoks Comics, including the three short stories published in the UK exclusive Ewoks Annual. Well, technically. We spend more time discussing the overall problem with the Ewoks era than we spend discussing the specific problems with this comic. Which are plentiful, by the way. To sum it up, we're angry about children's media being so disrespectful of children. You need to write to the top of the audience's intelligence! Topics of the day include: Complementarianism, Georgism, Franchisification, Dooni the Baby Foonar, Animism, Bifrost, Amphibia, Half-Life Full-Life Consequences, Ace of the Royal Flush Gang, The Lack Of Clowns Fungo can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net Nerdley (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  5. Jun 15

    Will Our Trials Never End (Droids (1986))

    Welcome back to the penultimate episode of the Ewoks era of We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar! Afit & Tifa are here for the Droids comic (1986) and it's. well. Better than the tv show. There's some mild fun to be had here. The low point is a retelling of A New Hope starring the droids that completely sidesteps the obvious premise of Artoo and Threepio Are Dead to instead feature moles. Then, Afit & Tifa completely sidestep talking about it to discuss how cute Dodogama is. We have to get our yaoi somewhere! That's. Not related to Dodogama. sorry. Afit (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  Tifa can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  6. Jun 8

    First Anniversary Mini-Ep

    Can you believe we've been doing We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar for a full year? Join your hosts for a brief conversation on how the project is going, a recap of our rankings so far, and a little bit on the future of the podcast! Here's to the next ten and a half years. One of your hosts can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net Your other host (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  7. Jun 1

    Eat Worms And Die, Stranger (Ewoks Season 2)

    Oh god. no. Join Lezchee Lordyke and Wheytlae for. Christ. Ewoks Season 2. This one was rough, gang. A show that really typifies the problems with Saturday morning cartoons. What a struggle. I can't wait to stop thinking about this. Wheytlae alleges someone is a psychopomp, as is their wont. We disavow the Pugs. Why was this show so racist. Nothing mattered. There was a robot which was almost nice? Help. Join us in 2 weeks for the Droids comic.  Doug Doug & The Ploob Lezchee Lordyke can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net Wheytlae (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

  8. May 18

    Like Chewie Said, The Situation Is Disgusting (Omnibus A Long Time Ago... Vol 5 Pt 2)

    Join Spoom and Ladel again for the back half of Omnibus A Long Time Ago… Volume 5 as we close out the Star Wars Marvel Comics with issues 97-107! After a brief stopoff to discuss Droids… again… and roast James Hurley, we get to how much we enjoyed these issues! We've got some problems of course, but we do love Marvel Horseshit. Do you think Mary Jo Duffy likes Go Nagai? Spoom (who also did our cover art) can be found online at chalkpastelmancer.tumblr.com  Ladel can be found online at sophia-goodnight-poetry.tumblr.com and her other podcast Swords Against Cerebus can be found on gruppeshrike.net We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's meager web presence is at talk-about-dash-rendar.tumblr.com  We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar's theme music was composed by Avery Crimes

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Join two queer 30-somethings every two weeks as they read (and occasionally watch) the Star Wars Legends oeuvre in publication order! They discuss the merits of the old extended universe and enjoy (or don't enjoy!) these pulpy sci-fi novels. And, eventually, they will talk about Dash Rendar. (We Need To Talk About Dash Rendar is our mirror-universe podcast, about a different franchise. We don't know why they picked that name.)

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  • Creator
    Sophia Goodnight and Swamp Vendor
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sophia Goodnight and Swamp Vendor
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    We Have To Talk About Dash Rendar