My book knowledge is probably more than most but mostly relates to the first decade or so after ROTJ - Zahn's trilogy and duology sequel, Anderson's Jedi Academy and Dark Saber, and a couple of the X-wing novels. So no YuVong stuff. I do know the main beats I suppose, having wasted a few idle hours on Wookiepedia.

Comics I'm more in tune with, and have read practically everything except the Marvel run and the ancient history EU (that is, thousand years before prequels). I still collect the comics and am quite sad that Dark Horse's superb stewardship of the medium is coming to an end after so long.

Oh man, completely missed this. Looking forward to giving it a listen.

Someone needs to enroll the Internet for sensitivity training.

I think Train Job was my first Firefly experience and I don't even remember finishing it - it seemed impenetrable and weird, and I thought the re-use of Starship Troopers gear made it seem really cheap. It was Serenity that opened my eyes.

So yeah, some anecdotal evidence that Train Job failed as a pilot.

Not sure about top five, but Apollo 13 and Phantom Menace are two of my personal favourites, and The Abyss is great listening due to Uncle Trey's stories.

Yeah, I can't make it tonight either and sunday would perhaps be better for me personally (would also give me time to fire up Skyrim for "research").

So who's the team of adventurers on this one?

I am liking it so far, definite a different feel than Sagan but Tyson has always been great at showing his infectious passion and amazement about science, and that's a key thing to have as presenter.