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Resistance: Season 2 Premiere

We open the Resistance Season 2 premiere with the Colossus…colossally lost. These episodes (Season 2, Episodes 1–2, “Into the Unknown” and “A Quick Salvage Run”) pick up where The Last Jedi left off and beautifully mirror many of its key dynamics.

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Resistance: Season 1 Finale

In our episode this week, which covers the Star Wars: Resistance Season 1 finale, “No Escape, Parts 1 and 2,” we reflect on how The Force Awakens, A New Hope, and other pioneering installments in the Star Wars canon have rippled out into the Resistance show.

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Resistance: Dangerous Business + The Doza Dilemma + The First Order Occupation (Season 1, Episodes 13–15)

In our first and only triple-header of Season 1 of Resistance, we cover "Dangerous Business," “The Doza Dilemma” and "The First Order Occupation” (Episodes 13–15) so we can parse the speed of the First Order occupation. But do they want the Colossus as a toehold into the wider Republic, or as a weapons manufacturing plant?

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Resistance: Station Theta Black + Bipo (Season 1, Episodes 11-12)

In this week’s episode, “Station Theta Black” and “Bipo” (Resistance Season 1, Episodes 11–12), we dig into Poe Dameron’s past as a swashbuckling Rebel-style hero of old, and how he represents the Rebellion within the Resistance. We also sing the praises of General Leia Organa and parse the nefarious thorniness of the First Order’s weapons manufacturing scheme.

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Resistance: Signal From Sector Six + Synara’s Score (Season 1, Episodes 7–8)

In “Signal From Sector Six” and “Synara’s Score” (Resistance Season 1, Episodes 5–6), we dive deep into Doza’s dilemma on the Colossus: Invite the First Order into the fold, or let them take over his colony by proxy? We tackle this question, and the question of the Resistance’s role in the galaxy, through the lens of the social contract.

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