Welcome to episode 43 of Captain’s Logs and Lightsabers! San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is in the rearview, and Chris and Jonathan are back to unpack all the Star Wars and Star Trek goodness that followed. After catching up on the past month during Fandom, Frontier they kick things off with Andor racking up some shiny Emmy nominations. Then it’s full speed ahead into the Reign of Evil trilogy, a deep-dive Star Trek: Khan podcast, and a return to the shadows with Maul: Shadow Hunter. The duo looks ahead to Ahsoka Season 2, breaks down the new Starfleet Academy trailer, and shares a few laughs over the bizarre brilliance of a Strange New Worlds x Muppets crossover. Finally, they beam down to talk about the future home of cinematic storytelling: the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Chapters

0:00 Introductions
2:00 Fandom Frontier
16:55 Aug 8-10 Steel City Con
21:50 Andor Emmy Nominations
26:00 Reign of Evil Trilogy
28:55 Star Trek Kahn Podcast
38:05 Maul Shadow Lord
43:30 Ahsoka Season 2
48:00 Starfleet Academy Trailer
59:00 Strange New Worlds x Muppets
1:06:15  Lucas Museum of Performance Art
1:10:00  Wrap-Up & Outro

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CLL #43 - Holodeck Holocron: SDCC Edition

In episode 42 of Captains’ Logs and Lightsabers, Chris and Jonathan reunite to compare and contrast the different types of technology in Star Trek and Star Wars. They wonder if phasers and blasters have similar technologies behind them. Is the Holo-Net like the Holodeck? Is a tricorder more useful than a droid? And finally, they tackle the age-old question of who would win in a fight between a Starfleet Vessel and the Death Star, just for fun! Before they get into that discussion, Chris and Jonathan talk about an upcoming trip to the Shore Leave convention in Lancaster, PA, trivia competitions, and the ap-peel of seeing the Savannah Bananas.

0:00 Introduction
2:30 Fandom Frontier
11:30  SNW & Reboot Rumors
23:30 Feature Discussion
54:20 Wrap-Up & Outro

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CLL 42 - Technology Throwdown

In this episode, Jonathan and Chris share their exciting plans and experiences. Jonathan and Chris recently attended the 20th-anniversary screening of “Revenge of the Sith.” Jonathan is currently engrossed in games like “South of Midnight” and “Clair Obscur Expedition 33” on Gamepass. He and his wife are eagerly anticipating a summer filled with concerts and theatrical performances. On the other hand, Chris has been at the Toypalooza convention and is preparing for the Shore Leave convention in Lancaster, PA, with his wife this summer. Jonathan and Chris then engage in a discussion about the exceptional second season of Andor. Our Feature Discussion delves into the captivating comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars organizations and ideologies, exploring themes such as the Klingons versus the Mandalorians and The Borg versus the First Order.

0:00  Introduction
1:55  Fandom Frontier
13:45  Summer Plans
19:15  Andor Season 2
42:10  Feature Discussion
1:15:00 Wrap-Up & Outro

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CLL #41 - Cultural Comparisons

Chris and Jonathan go back to the roots of Captains’ Logs and Lightsabers when the episode topics were more of a compare and contrast format between Star Wars and Star Trek. What makes a leader? Chris put together a fantastic dissection of the various leadership styles we see in Star Trek and Star Wars. Using several Star Trek captains as examples Chris breaks down each one’s unique style of leadership, the similarities they share, and more. Then the discussion turns to the leadership styles of the core Star Wars characters that served in leadership roles.

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CLL 40 - What Makes a Leader?

Chris and Jonathan are back for January’s episode of CLL Podcast!  Topics discussed on this episode include a retro toys and clothing convention, Jonathan’s quest to complete the Laurel Highlands Pour Tour, a milestone anniversary for Star Trek Voyager, and the latest casting and rumors for Ahsoka Season 2, and more!  Listen after the news rundown for Jonathan’s  and Chris’ thoughts on the recently ended Star Wars Skeleton Crew series on Disney+

0:00  Introduction

1:40  Fandom Frontier

11:45  ST: Voyager 30th Anniversary

24:20  Ahsoka Season 2 Casting/Rumors

34:10  Star Trek: Section 31

42:55  Rey Movie’s New Writer

48:41  Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

1:19:15  Wrap-Up/Outro

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CLL #39 - A Pirate’s Life for We

Jonathan and Chris got together to discuss the 30th Anniversary of Star Trek Generations. This is a film that Jonathan hadn’t seen in almost 20 years and at the time he wasn’t a fan. Did a rewatch of the film change his opinion? Listen and find out. But before that reveal, Chris recounts his trip to a Star Trek Convention in Seacaucus, New Jersey, they visit the Fandom Frontier, and their thoughts on the new Wicked film

0:00 Introduction and Catch-Up
3:00 Something Wicked
6:30 Fandom Frontier
14:20 Chris’ Trek to New Jersey
28:28 Star Trek Generations at 30
1:08:00 Wrap-Up & Outro

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CLL #38 - Generations at 30

CLL Podcast is back again, this time as part of a new network called Feast of Fandoms! On this episode, Chris and Jonathan reintroduce How Did You Geek This Week’s rebrand as Fandom Frontier, the first and only season of The Acolyte, and other topics!

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CLL 37 - Brand New Geeky Flavor

CLL #36 - Eclipses, Cons, & Disco

Chris and Jonathan got together in late April to discuss everything from the latest Steel City Con to Hallmark ornaments, Star Wars trailers to eclipses. Oh, and they’re really liking the final season of Star Trek Discovery! Catch a discussion of the first four episodes of the 10-episode fifth season.  Create your podcast today  https://zencastr.com/?via=jonathan-hile#MadeOnZencastr

0:00  Introduction

1:57   HDYGTW

8:20   News & Hallmark Ornaments

23:00  TotE & Acolyte Trailers

25:40  Star Wars Nite PIrates Game

27:10  ST Discovery S5 First Four Episodes

1:02:10  Total Eclipse of the Chris

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CLL 36 - Eclipses, Cons & Discovery

On episode 35 of CLL, Jonathan is joined by John Ambrose from the Geek News Now writing team. Ambrose has been a staff writer for GNN for just about one year and he recently published his 100th article for the site. Ambrose has a lot of available spaces on his geeky bingo card and is launching a new project called “An Old Geek Watches” where he tries to catch up on the geeky things in media that he’s missed up to this point in his life. He’s starting to watch Star Trek from the very beginning to start to fill in those gaps. Jonathan wanted to bring Ambrose on to answer his questions about Trek and to find out what his awareness of the franchise consists of.

0:00  Introduction

3:00  HDYGTW

13:00  How’d You Start with GNN?

18:00  Wrestling Talk

21:15  Feature Discussion

58:15  Wrap Up & Outro

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CLL 35 - An Old Geek Begins His Star Trek

You know what they say about the road to Hell…the promise of more content has eluded the CLL crew since early January.  But Jonathan and Chris are back to discuss their thoughts on the first half of Season 3 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. In this Biizarro World episode of the podcast, the segments are out of their typical order, but we still cover them!

0:00  Introduction
1:00  HDYGTW
7:09  Steel City Con Spring 2024
11:29 Bad Batch Mid-Season Chat
47:39  Patty Jenkins is Back!
51:14 Phantom Menace 25th/Pirates SW Night
52:44 Wrap-Up & Outro
53:09 Zencastr Promotion

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CLL 34 - Bad Batch Mid-Season Chat

Join Chris and Jonathan, two friends from Pittsburgh who love BOTH Star Trek and Star Wars and cover both franchises in this podcast.   Many episodes begin with Fandom Frontier  where Chris and Jonathan discuss things outside of Trek and Wars. The show regularly provides coverage of Steel City Con, a pop culture convention in Pittsburgh three times per year.  Episodes cover notable news from both franchises before the topic of the week, which may be season breakdowns of shows, character studies, and more!

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