Episode 407 - Legend and Relics The community has had the new Legend and Relics cards for a couple of weeks now so we take a look at some events from across the globe and chat about our own experiences of what's hot and what's not! GFA Open 2026 May - STAR WARS WEEEEK! https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30833/ Minden Mini Tournament https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29111/ TNX casual May 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2683/players Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 11/05/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Lady Gaga, Doechii - RUNWAY (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 406 - PAPA (Don't Preach) Points Update It's a big one! (and slight late - sorry!) but Rich is joined by Tim and Liam to chat about the Post Adepticon Point Update (PAPA) from the X-wing Alliance! Also we run down the unrevealed Legends and Relics cards! https://www.xwing.life/resources Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 27/04/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (Official Video) [HD] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 405 - Spring Time Mandos EXCLUSIVE XWA PILOT REVEAL: DIS-L9B2 We're back from our Easter Break to chat about last weekend's event from Newport Pagnell that Tim attended to Stream, hosted by the Mandos, run at Players Paradice Gaming Centre. We then also chat about the cards revealed at Worlds that are coming from the next release from XWA - Legends and Relics - with an exclusive reveal of DIS-L9B2, a new Droid Tri-Fighter for CIS! Mandos Spring Championship https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/33895/ Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 20/04/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 404 - Chatting with the Champ - Worlds 2026 Fresh from his recent victory at the first every X-wing Alliance World Championship held at Adepticon last weekend we are joined by Innkeeper_One_Six! We chat about the event, what lists did well each day and in the cut and importantly chat to Innkeeper about his list and how he approached his games as well as taking the tried and tested online list back on to the tabletop! XWA Star Wars X-Wing World Championship 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2638/players 312 Squadron Streams Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@312squadronChicago Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guest Tony 'Innkeeper_One_Six' Marchand Producer - Tim Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Outer Rim Heroes Intro - Nickel City Draft League Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 403 - World Watching It's almost time for the first ever X-wing Alliance run World Championships from Adepticon and although we can't be there we're excited to watch it live thanks to 312 Squadron - a massive shoutout to Nick Sperry and team for bringing the action to our screens! https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron As well as pre-Worlds chat like what list we would run if we were going we have an event from Nova Scotia to chat about! https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32598/ Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei - Official Music Video Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 402 - System Open Warsaw Fresh from his trip to Poland and streaming the Warsaw System Open, Tim is joined by Liam and Rich to chat about the event, lists and results. What did the top of faction lists look like and how did everyone get on. A massive thankyou once again to the Polish System Organisers & Polish community for being excellent hosts! We definitely recommend a trip to Poland for X-wing - see you in Kraków March 2027! Polish Championships - System Open 2025/26 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/31625/ Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Tenacious D - Kielbasa (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 401 - STOver for another year What an event STO 2026 was! We needed a week to recover! Join the cast as we discuss STO and a few other events from around the globe plus some news from XWA regarding Worlds and Organised Play for 2026/27. SZ-Wing XWA-Squad-Championship Turnier 2026 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30651/ XWA System Open Event - NJ, USA https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/26550/ The Lake Washington Contest https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2554/rounds STO 2026 - Main Event https://www.longshanks.org/event/31509/ Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 02/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Gorillaz - The Happy Dictator ft. Sparks (Official Visualiser) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 400 - 7 years, multiple voices, One Podcast Back in January 2019 I'm not sure we thought we'd still be here 7 years later, some of the voices have changed but here we are! In case you missed the live stream recording on Sith_Taker_Tim on Twitch/Youtube - here is episode 400! Audio was a little janky to start and we may refer to things on screen but hopefully you can still appreciate this like normal! We are joined by Ryan Coyle from Iksentrik to talk about this years trophy for the Sith Taker Open plus Rich talks/shows off a few more bits. We also have some discussion but how to prep for big events. We also cover the latest news article from XWA showing off the X-wing Worlds 2026 prizes. Just the one event to cover this week and it's Sag Squadron's Valentines event https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32517/ Thanks again for listening everyone! Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 399 - Space Cowboys & Interceptors We're nearly to 400 and this week we have an absolute slew of events to talk about! Both those yet to happen with ticket information on the 2026 Welsh Open, European System Open and World Team Championship, and also those from last weekend with events from across Europe & North America! Tickets & info for the Welsh Open 2026 www.facebook.com/events/1179205604149552/ European System Open & World Team Champs 2026 - Tickets & Info https://wtc-belgium.com/ IV Torneo X-Wing Alicante https://www.longshanks.org/event/31890/ Cad Bane Cup Berlin https://www.longshanks.org/event/31187/ TNX casual Feb 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2561 PSO Bydgoszcz 25/26 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31160/ Ewoks Against Cancer 2026 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31333/ Texas State Championship 2026 - X-Wing https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2461 Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy (Classic Radio mix) Remix - David Morales Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 398 - Haggis for Half Time Tim is back from Scotland and Liam and Rich chat to him about the event and the lists that did well at the Tartan Tusken System Open held at Common Ground Games in Stirling. This is the first of three XWA System Open's Tim is streaming over 6 weeks! We have a couple of other smaller events from Dublin and Brazil to chat about before trying to work out what is to be done about the all popular Scum & Villainy faction! Dublin 2026 tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/30902/ 1ª Etapa - LPX 26 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31521/ Tartan Tusken System Open https://www.longshanks.org/event/25589/ If you missed any of the games live you can watch them back on Twitch (limited time) and YouTube https://twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim https://m.youtube.com/@sith_taker_tim/streams Cast - Liam, Tim, and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 02/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - TThe Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!