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Inside the New Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition with Editorial Director Tom Hoeler

Skytalkers

Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.7623 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We’re so excited to bring you this special interview with Tom Hoeler, Editorial Director for Random House Worlds. Tom helped bring the deluxe edition of the beloved “Revenge of the Sith” novelization to life. Tune in to hear us discuss with Tom:  How did Tom begin his job in publishing and with Star Wars?  When did the idea for the Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition begin?  Hear Tom talk about working with author Matthew Stover on his annotations.  What the process was for designing this gorgeous edition of the “Revenge of the Sith” novelization  Who is Tom bringing to his Skytalkers Dinner Party?  …and SO much more!  Join our Patreon community and unlock bonus episodes + more! Our website! Follow us on Twitter/X @skytalkerspod Follow us on TikTok @skytalkers Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram @skytalkerspodcast Follow Charlotte on Twitter/X @crerrity Follow Caitlin on Twitter/X @caitlinplesher Email us! hello@skytalkers.com For ad inquiries please email: skytalkers@58ember.com Please note this Episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this Episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to a 58 Ember production.

0:16.6

Welcome to Sky Talkers.

0:18.8

Here are your hosts, Charlotte and Caitlin. Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. Here are your host, Charlotte and Caitlin.

0:23.0

Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host Charlotte.

0:26.0

Hey everyone. I'm your other host, Caitlin. And welcome to this week's episode where we are so excited to be bringing you an interview with the senior editor at Random House Worlds, Tom Holer, to talk all about, you guessed it, Star Wars,

0:39.0

Revenge of the Sith, the deluxe edition.

0:41.6

This book has been out for a while and we have been waiting to have this interview for a while

0:47.6

and that is entirely on us.

0:49.6

Tom has been so generous with his time and working with our schedule because, as you know, we've been, we were in Tunisia.

0:56.2

But with the holidays and everything, this unfortunately just kept getting pushed back.

1:00.7

But we are so lucky to have the interview here for you all to listen to today.

1:07.0

You guys know how much we love the Revenge of the Sith novelization.

1:11.2

And if you're listening to Sky Talkers, you probably do too.

1:14.5

So it was so special to be able to talk to Tom about this book, how much it means to him, how much it means to fans, and really the whole process of creating it.

1:23.5

And the ideas behind it.

1:24.7

It was such a great interview and it was such a joy to talk with Tom.

1:27.8

You know, Tom's been a listener of Sky Talkers for a long time and it was about time that he was on the podcast.

1:34.6

So we're so happy that he was able to join us tonight.

1:38.6

Yes, yes. Very, very excited. I'm so excited for you guys to hear this interview and to hear some of the behind the

1:45.6

scenes and secrets tidbits all about the creation of the annotated version of the Revenge of the

1:52.1

The Thith novelization. And this is not the last time we'll be talking about this book. We actually

1:57.1

will have an episode out next week, which is our actual analysis and breakdown of

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