It’s Force of Others Friday y’all! Today we’re yapping all about the most influential Star Wars novel of all time, the one that kickstarted the Star Wars Expanded Universe in 1991, Timothy Zahn’s HEIR TO THE EMPIRE. Responsible for Star Wars Legends staples like Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, force blocking Ysalamiri, and ideas that have been Canonized like Coruscant, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Interdictor Star Destroyers, and of course Hot Chocolate. But is it any good? Yes, yes it is. We break it all down, give our honest review, and even what we think Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau will take from it and use for the ongoing Mandoverse. Also on the show this week we remember Star Wars actor Terence Stamp,, breakdown the announced cast list of LEGO Star Wars Pieces of the Past, how Matt Smith has been cast in Starfighter, Ron Howard’s new quotes on Solo, and Hayden Christensen singing at a Chicago Cubs game. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Force of Others! 0:00 Remembering Terence Stamp 4:50 Q&A: What’s our Star Wars home planet? 7:33 This Week’s Star Wars Adventures 19:40 LEGO Star Wars: Pieces of the Past 22:43 Matt Smith cast in Star Wars Starfighter 30:20 Ron Howard on SOLO 39:37 HEIR TO THE EMPIRE REVIEW 44:52 HOTE Likes 1:10:04 HOTE Dislikes 1:25:12 What will they use in the Mandoverse? 1:40:51 Outro CHECK OUT OUR ORDER 66 RPG ONE SHOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fadr1rXORHA&t=8297s  MERCH: https://forceofothers-shop.fourthwall.com/  A Star Wars Discussion podcast focused on guests and interviews so that we can wield the most powerful Force in the Galaxy -- The Force of Others. Email us your questions, and we'll answer them next week! GMail forceofothersradio@gmail.com All from The Force of Others https://linktr.ee/forceofothers  Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/ForceofOthers  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forceofothers/  https://www.instagram.com/mattbeutner/  https://www.instagram.com/zachisfaction/