# Episode 52: Franchise Stewardship - To Canon or Not To Canon... Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934/episode-52-franchise-stewardship-to-canon-or-not-to-canon Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934/episode-52-franchise-stewardship-to-canon-or-not-to-canon.md Podcast: [Lefty Speaks: The Vampire Hunter D Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934) Published: 2026-03-02T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/lefty-speaks-vampire-hunter-d-podcast/episodes/69a0c551519334f049a81382 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6733c5c465b2afe07a3c19ce/e/69a0c551519334f049a81382/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934/episodes/episode-52-franchise-stewardship-to-canon-or-not-to-canon Duration seconds: 2216 ## Resource Welcome to the frontier, hunters! In the 52nd episode we continue our discussion of franchise stewardship, discussing the course of Star Wars vs Star Trek, other sci-fi franchises, and how movies stick to, or stray from, canon, especially movies based on the Bible. About Lefty Speaks Lefty Speaks: The Vampire Hunter D Podcast is hosted by Brandon Easton, Neal Fischer, and Scott McLean. Created by Unified Pictures and Nine Realms. Narration by Lauren Evallen-Muller. Recording and Editing by Nine Realms. Produced by Ian E. Muller and Scott McLean. Cover art by Christopher Shy. Based on the works created by Hideyuki Kikuchi. New episodes air Fridays on Patreon, Mondays everywhere else! Become a Patron for early access to episodes and other perks: https://patreon.com/VampireHunterD Follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, BlueSky, or visit our official website https://unifiedpictures.com/vhd.html Find more of Christopher’s art at https://artofronin.com Join us on Discord! Let's talk Evil Empires! discord.gg/vampirehunterd About The Hosts Brandon Easton – Uber nerd. Walking Star Wars/Star Trek/Gundam lore encyclopedia and is currently exploring Warhammer 40K. Wrote the Vampire Hunter D: Message From Mars comic series, and is the head writer for Iyanu, now available on HBO MAX, and the writer of the upcoming movie Takeover, starring Quavo and Billy Zane. Other shows include Transformers: War For Cybertron - Siege and Marvel's Agent Carter. Brandon has also written a ton of comics, including Robotech: Rick Hunter, Superman, Batman, Judge Dredd, Star Trek, Kamen Rider. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandoneastonwriter BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/brandoneaston.bsky.social Neal Fischer – Los Angeles-based film, TV, podcast and streaming producer. Tabletop &… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934/episodes/episode-52-franchise-stewardship-to-canon-or-not-to-canon/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/lefty-speaks-the-vampire-hunter-d-podcast-7111934/episode-52-franchise-stewardship-to-canon-or-not-to-canon.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.