Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 414 - The all conquering Germans!

This week the cast are not only back to full strength, we have a special guest with us! The new European Continental System Open Champion and Captain of the WTC X-wing Team Champion's; Germany - Ilias 'Illy' Ikonomidis!

We chat to Illy about both events at the World Team Championship plus new points.

New points can be found on the XWA website
https://www.xwing.life/points

WTC European System Open 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36217/

WTC Battle for Malinas Team Event 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36216/

Find all 19 streamed games:
https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim
https://www.youtube.com/@sith_taker_tim

WTC X-wing Event Guidance
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dCRfl0JoU-bVamcXxsCw3znWEVe6lifWafnZs8VaHJM/edit?tab=t.0

WTC 2026 Master Sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10FhlsAFkKtCM5tdutTqoAfa6FHv58aIey1T5C_8Njnw/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Cast - Tim, Rich, Liam and special guest
Producer - Tim
Recorded 24/08/2026 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]
Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 413 - Germany sinks the Pirates (and others)

Fresh (ish) back from Belgium, Rich catches up with Tim about some of the goings on from the World Team Championships before diving in to the new points from XWA!

We'll be back next week with a Liam and hopefully a special guest to run down the European System Open and X-wing Team events.

New points can be found on the XWA website
https://www.xwing.life/points

WTC European System Open 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36217/

WTC Battle for Malinas Team Event 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36216/

Find all 19 streamed games:
https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim

Cast - Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 18/08/2026 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Mein Herz Brennt - Rammstein
Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 412 - Double Trouble

It's just Tim and Rich this week and we run down a few events from around the Globe finishing up with the Lone Star Open XWA System Open! We'll be back in a couple of the weeks once Tim has returned from Belgium streaming the X-wing events at the World Team Championships.

TCX Regional Championship
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2702

Upstate X-Wingers Summer 2026 Tournament
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2749/players

X-wing Seaside Special
https://longshanks.org/event/36656/

Forest City Open 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/35084/

LSO 2026 - X-Wing - XWA System Open
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2687

Cast - Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 03/08/2026 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Wayne's World Theme (Extended Version)
Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 411 - Summer Snap Shot

Sun's out, fun's inside! We're back to cover a load of events from across Europe and North America! The first XWA System Open of the season and a Squad Championship! Plus much more! If you missed the Welsh Open stream you can find all 8 games here:

https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim

Lists and results from all the events we chatted about:

Michiana Marauders Regional
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2754/players

July Stag - Summer 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36325/

Galaxy of Infinite Possibilities - Sqd Champ Lodz
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/34307/

Geek Out's X-Wing Tournament - July 2026
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2797

Tin SQN presents - Thursday Evening Joust
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/35510/

The Welsh Open 2026
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/35420/

Welsh Open 2026 day two side event
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36074/

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 13/07/2026 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video)
Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 410 - Epic Conquest

Just the one event to cover this week as at the time of recording Longshanks was down! 45 players competed last weekend in 312 Squadron's latest Conquest event - The Golden State! We chat about some of the top lists including the winners, which I'm sure you'll agree was Epically Different!

Find the lists, results and data here:
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2566

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 29/06/2026 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Calvin Harris - Summer (Official Video)
Used without permission - it's just for fun!