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Hey!

Hey, everyone. Have you ever not had the time to watch a movie so instead you listen to the audio book of the novelization of that movie and then it's 14 hours long?

Why not just listen to the movie?

Today's book is the novelization of Star Wars Episode 7 in Roman numerals, The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster.

And this is the book pile.

I'm Kellan Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and when I was a kid, there were three Star Wars movies,

and everyone was fine with that.

And I'm David Vance. When we were picking a book to make fun of today, we said,

What franchise has the chillest fans who love taking a joke?

I'm starting to think that the purpose of novelizing a movie is to make the movie seem better.

Have you ever heard anyone say, the book based on the movie is better than the movie.

It does feel like that thing where you go to the club with your less hot friends so that you

really pop.

A few years ago, Dave invited me to a club.

Full disclosure, I love Star Wars.

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