Month: February 2024

Stars End S5 – Special Update 2024-02-24

Dateline – Terminus:

It’s sweet that you guys noticed that we hadn’t commented on the news about Apple TV’s Foundation being renewed for Season 3!

But that isn’t exactly what happened; we did, in fact, talk about it on S5E04. Unfortunately, we’ve all been super busy and the post-production train has a metaphorical Bishop’s Claw on the tracks. Believe me, you don’t want to mess with one of those. That episode will be out in a couple of days.

But when the ⁠news about David Goyer and his status as showrunner⁠ dropped, we decided to do something different. Here’s our first special bulletin!

Me, I’m hoping for huge budget cuts! Let’s strip it down until it looks like a production of Our Town and put The Great and Glorious Az‘s vision on full conversational display.

And let’s lean into it! How about a long monologue by Jared Harris, shot on location in a Shoney’s men’s room about how little plumbing has changed in 12000 years? I’d watch that!

Thanks for your dedication to Stars End and never fear! We’ll be getting caught up as quickly as we can.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qXqJno16MB1be6KrA4mUZ?si=0d6ad473307347f6 https://starsendpodcast.com/2024/02/25/stars-end-s5-special-update-2024-02-24

Stars End S5E03

In S5E03 we talk about chapters 9 through 12 of Foundation’s Edge.

“We Are Not Children to be Frightened with Tales of Grandmother Podcast”

Thanks to Avengers: Endgame lots of people know what the end of a chess game is called. This section of Foundation’s Edge which includes the chapters “Hyperspace,” “Table,” “Sayshell,” and “Agent” is much more like the beginning of a chess game, which is called the “opening.” That’s not nearly as evocative a title. It’s mainly about shifting the pieces around in hopes that something will happen.

And that’s what’s going on here; the players are still being shuffled about the board. Even the most eventful chapter, “Table” results in Gendibal and Novi moving toward the center of the board.

But just because exciting things aren’t happening doesn’t mean these chapters are boring! There’s stuff to be figured out, decisions to be made, and things to discuss! This is where the Great and Glorious Az is at his best! Don’t miss this one!

Wait! Did somebody stop to do MATH??

Plus we think about what the Milky Way Galaxy would look like from Terminus. Let’s go!!