Welcome back, Batchers! Er, Maul-ers? Let's go with Shadow Lords. Welcome back, Shadow Lords! Happy inaugural Maul: Shadow Lord episode! In this episode, Julia and Bex are back with our trusty character, theme and plot analysis. And, of course, don't forget the goofs.

Talking points include: the religious aspects of the Jedi and the Sith dissected, quick pacing, How-To introduce characters, how to do archetypes and not let archetypes do you, balance of characters, the power of a single well written scene, how to frame light side vs dark side stories well, from my perspective the Jedi are evil, when the dark side is ACTUALLY tempting, The Missing Wife Problem™, the Jedi are evangelicals?!, Resident Evil?!, the Juxtaposition™, Peter Cushing, a medieval times planet, maybe?, allegories for leaving the church, Star Wars: 1313, Please hir ...