{"podcast":{"title":"A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast","slug":"a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839","podcast_index_feed_id":1365839,"rss_url":"https://amorecivilizedage.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://amorecivilizedage.libsyn.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/6/c/e/36ce0422d729531488c4a68c3ddbc4f2/civage2_final2_bronze.jpg","author":"A More Civilized Age","episode_count":140,"summary":"Join Rob Zacny, Natalie Watson, Ali Acampora, and Austin Walker as they dive headfirst into the fall of the Galactic Republic, debate which Jedi is messiest, and dig into the themes and politics of The Clone Wars. Cover Art by @XeeceeVEVO on Twitter. Email us questions for our Patreon Q&As at: amorecivilizedage@gmail.com!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839"},"episode":{"title":"134: Darth Vader (2015): Book I: Vader","slug":"134-darth-vader-2015-book-i-vader","published_at":"2026-05-27T07:27:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839/134-darth-vader-2015-book-i-vader","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839","url":"https://amorecivilizedage.net/134-darth-vader-2015-book-i-vader","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/amorecivilizedage/AMCA_134.mp3?dest-id=2530463","summary":"Today we begin a journey into the Dark Side as we begin our reading of Marvel's 2015's Darth Vader comic, Written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador Larroca! It has a high reputation, not least of which is due to its introduction of the beloved character Doctor Aphra, but can it do what so few attempts to fill in the blank spaces of the films pull off and actually be good on its own merits Let's find out together! Next Time: Book II: Shadows and Secrets (Vader (2015) issues 7-12) Show Notes Catherine Zeta-Jones Laser Scene in Entrapment Hosted by Rob Zacny ( robzacny.bsky.social ) Featuring Alicia Acampora ( ali-online.bsky.social ), Austin Walker ( austinwalker.bsky.social ), and Natalie Watson ( nataliewatson.bsky.social ) Produced by Michael Hermes Music by Jack de Quidt ( notquitereal.bsky.social Cover art by Xeecee ( xeecee.bsky.social )","meta_description":"Today we begin a journey into the Dark Side as we begin our reading of Marvel's 2015's Darth Vader comic, Written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador La…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8968,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839/episodes/134-darth-vader-2015-book-i-vader/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast-1365839/134-darth-vader-2015-book-i-vader.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}