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Final Fantasy VII: Remake, The Lovebirds, and more! Jun 26, 2020

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Swapna and Preeti talk their way through all their Final Fantasy VII: Remake feelings, they also get very excited about Lovebirds on Netflix, plus that Pirates of the Caribbean news!

**Note: The audio quality in this episode is not the best (Swapna's fault!) We'll make sure to fix it going forward, but you may need to turn up the volume for this episode -- we apologize!

Spoilers for FF7R: 17:00

Links:

Preeti's Newcomers episode with Nicole Byer & Lauren Lapkus: https://headgum.com/newcomers-star-wars-with-lauren-lapkus-and-nicole-byer/star-wars-the-clone-wars-with-preeti-chhibber

The innovation of Final Fantasy VII: Remake: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-innovation-of-the-final-fantasy-vii-remake

How to donate to Black Lives Matter organizations: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/6/9/21281538/how-to-donate-to-black-lives-matter-charity

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars series finale, Final Fantasy VII remake, self-isolation, and more! May 08, 2020

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Swapna and Preeti break down that final arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and their love for all things Ahsoka Tano.

Spoilers start at the 17 minute mark.

They also discuss the Final Fantasy VII remake, just exactly WHO Preeti is writing in the Clone Wars anthology, Stories of Light and Dark, and their current obsessions, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Assassin's Creed: Origins.

A Jedi You Will Be cover reveal: https://nerdist.com/article/a-jedi-you-will-be-book-cover-reveal-star-wars/

The Best Animal Crossing video you'll see today: https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/1258401790816669696

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The obsession with Canon; Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 & Ahsoka, Star Trek: Picard finale Apr 03, 2020

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This episode, Preeti and Swapna discuss James Whitbrook's io9 piece: "Our Fascination with Canon is Killing the Way We Value Stories"

They also dig deep into Ahsoka's tenure on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and her appearance in season 7.

And of course, they discuss the last half and finale of Star Trek: Picard.

(Also Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Always Animal Crossing.)

Timestamp for The Clone Wars discussion: 24:30 - 45:15

Timestamp for Star Trek: Picard: 45:00 - TK

"Our Fascination with Canon is Killing the Way We Value Stories"

https://io9.gizmodo.com/our-fascination-with-canon-is-killing-the-way-we-value-1842590915

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 & Star Trek: Picard Mid-Season Feb 28, 2020

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In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7, and episodes 4 - 6 of Star Trek: Picard. We also talk about that Octavia Butler news, Witcher 3, Gorillaz, and Alex Garland's new show Devs.

Timestamp for The Clone Wars discussion: 2:00 - 16:15

Timestamp for Star Trek: Picard: 16:40 - 45:00

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Star Trek: Picard & Star Wars: The Clone Wars favorite episodes Feb 07, 2020

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In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss episodes 2 and 3 of Star Trek: Picard, our favorite arcs of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in advance of the final season, #JusticeforHan, the DevaCurl scandal, the new season of Miracle Workers, Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith, Boy Meets World and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Timestamp for end of Clone Wars/beginning of Star Trek: Picard discussion: 30:30

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Interview: Sarayu Blue from Netflix's P.S. I Still Love You Feb 06, 2020

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Actress and funny girl Sarayu Blue joins Preeti to talk all about P.S. I Still Love You, the sequel to Netflix's smash hit To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Plus, Sarayu talks about being a South Asian woman in entertainment and what she hopes to see for the community moving forward!

You can follow Sarayu on twitter here, @SarayuBlue.

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Star Trek: Picard, Episode 1 Jan 23, 2020

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In Episode 41 of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss our new logo and Patreon rewards (swag! pins! stickers!), Preeti's new Star Wars children's book A Jedi You Will Be, the casting of Amazon's new Middle Earth show, the Kumail Nanjiani-Issa Rae movie The Lovebirds (April 3), the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the first episode of Star Trek: Picard.

Desi Geek Girls Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls

Picard is the Star Trek show we've been waiting for: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/23/star-trek-picard-interview-episode-one-impressions/

Preeti's book announcement: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/preview-disney-lucasfilm-star-wars-a-jedi-you-will-be

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Episodes 7 and 8 Dec 29, 2019

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Swapna and Preeti discuss the final two episodes of The Mandalorian, season 1. Spoilers throughout!

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Dec 18, 2019

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Preeti and Swapna talk all things STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER!!

We start with a general non-spoilery reaction to the movie. Spoilers start at 6:20.

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Episodes 4, 5, and 6 Dec 12, 2019

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Swapna and Preeti discuss episodes 4, 5, and 6 of The Mandalorian. Additionally, they discuss Star Trek Discovery shorts, Looking for Leia, and Jedi: Fallen Order.

This entire episode is spoilers for Episodes 4, 5, and 6 of The Mandalorian, so please do not listen if you haven't watched those episodes!

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