Star Wars Chit-Chat (Formerly Comics In Canon)

In ep 57, Mike embarks on the 10th volume of the main run of Star Wars comics; The Escape! This story-arc contains Luke, Han, Leia, C-3PO & R2-D2 escaping the empire and turning to Sana Starros for help, before getting stranded on the isolationist moon of Hubin where the mysterious warrior/clan leader Thane greets them! Plus, keep an eye out for SCAR Squadron’s return!

This arc is set around 1 ABY (1 year after A New Hope, 2 years before Empire Strikes Back).

Please note this episode was originally released in May of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

All issues were written by Kieron Gillen, with Guru eFX as colour artist and for issues 56 & 61 Andrea Broccardo is the artist with Angel Unzueta being the artist for issues 57-60.

Issue 56 was released November 2018, issue 61 was released February 2019 and the trade paperback collection was released April 2019.

Queen Trios first appears in episode 23 of SWCIC (Vader volume 3) so if you want to check out the previous arcs for the main run of Star Wars comics, check out episodes 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 36, 40, 44, 48 & 53 of SWCIC!

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike tackled the one-shot comics from the era of the sequel trilogy; the Age Of Resistance! The episode features bios & stories about Finn, Rose Tico, Poe Dameron, Rey, Amilyn Holdo, Maz Kanata and BB-8, who each have their own comics that Mike goes through, along with the many connections to other SW media!

Make sure you check out Mike’s other podcast, Genuine Chit-Chat where he spoke with Matt B Lloyd (of the Classic Comics show) about Star Wars comics from the 80s, newspaper strips and more: https://spoti.fi/2Ql6wFI

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659- https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The first in the weekly Mandalorian discussion show is out now on the feed of Comics In Motion and on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/169f2e - https://youtu.be/r96T3DeOnDU

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com

To hear Mike’s exclusive book reviews, including A New Dawn and the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy & Darth Plagueis, plus movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see discussion with Star Wars creators (including authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray), playlists filled with episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat, SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's social media & links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In ep 56, Mike tackles the one-shot comics from the era of the sequel trilogy; the Age Of Resistance! This episode features bios & stories about Finn, Rose Tico, Poe Dameron, Rey, Amilyn Holdo, Maz Kanata and BB-8, who each have their own comics that Mike goes through, along with the many connections to other SW media!

These stories are all set between 28-34 ABY (a bit before the sequel trilogy, bar Rey’s story).

Please note this episode was originally released in May of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Finn, Poe, Rose & Rey’s stories were all written by Tom Taylor, with Ramon Rosanas as artist and Guru eFX as colour artist.

The AoR special has 3 shorter stories within it; “Maz’s Scoundrels” which was written by Tom Taylor, with Matteo Buffagni as artist and Chris O’Halloran as colour artist, “The Bridge” was written by G. Willow Wilson with Elsa Charretier as artist and Nick Filardi as colour artist, while “Robot Resistance” was written by Chris Eliopoulos, with Javier Pina as artist and Guru eFX as the colour artist.

Finn was the first heroes comic released, in July 2019, with the last being Rey’s, released September 2019, the trade paperback was released November 2019 and the hardcover featuring both heroes & villains was released September 2020.

Check out the last episode of SWCIC for the volume of Doctor Aphra comics called Worse Among Equals! Aphra and Triple-Zero are on the run with explosives in their necks while Dr Cornelius Evazan records their every move, featuring imperial propaganda, force-wielding corpses and the monster hunting couple Nokk & Winloss!

The first in the weekly Mandalorian discussion show is out now on the feed of Comics In Motion and on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/169f2e - https://youtu.be/r96T3DeOnDU

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659- https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com

To hear Mike’s exclusive book reviews, including A New Dawn and the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy & Darth Plagueis, plus movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see discussion with Star Wars creators (including authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray), playlists filled with episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat, SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's social media & links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In ep 55, Mike tackles the next volume of Doctor Aphra comics; Worse Among Equals! Aphra and Triple-Zero are on the run with explosives in their necks while Dr Cornelius Evazan records their every move, featuring imperial propaganda, force-wielding corpses and the monster hunting couple Nokk & Winloss!

The 6 main comics take place around 1ABY, Annual 2 was likely between 0ABY-1ABY.

Please note this episode was originally released in May of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

All issues were written by Simon Spurrier, issues 26-31 had Emilio Laiso as artist, Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist and Andrea Broccardo also as artist on issue 31 while Caspar Wijngaard was the artist for Annual 2.

Issue 26 was released November 2018, issue 31 was released April 2019, Annual 2 was released September 2018 and the trade paperback collection was released June 2019.

The last week on SWCIC, ep 54, Mike tackled the comic starring Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars Rebels, detailing how he survived order 66, why he changed his name, what happened to his master Depa Billaba and the differences between the event shown in this 2015 comic and in the first episode of the Bad Batch animated show! Plus hear how far clones will go to complete order 66 and Mike reads out the warning message Obi-Wan sets up to warn Jedi of order 66 (as seen in Revenge Of The Sith)!

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659- https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The first in the weekly Mandalorian discussion show is out now on the feed of Comics In Motion and on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/169f2e - https://youtu.be/r96T3DeOnDU

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com

To hear Mike’s exclusive book reviews, including A New Dawn and the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy & Darth Plagueis, plus movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see discussion with Star Wars creators (including authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray), playlists filled with episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat, SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's social media & links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In ep 54, Mike tackles the comic starring Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars Rebels, detailing how he survived order 66, why he changed his name, what happened to his master Depa Billaba and the differences between the event shown in this 2015 comic and in the first episode of the Bad Batch show! Plus hear how far clones will go to complete order 66 and Mike reads out the warning message Obi-Wan sets up to warn Jedi of order 66 (as seen in Revenge Of The Sith)!

Please note this episode was originally released in May of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

These 6 comics take place around 19BBY, with the prologue set at 4BBY. All issues were written by Greg Weisman, with Pepe Larraz as the artist on issues 1-5 and Jacopo Camagni as artist on issue 6, with David Curiel as colour artist for all 6 issues.

Issue 1 was released April 2015, issue 6 was released September 2015, the trade paperback collection was released November 2015 and the hardcover (collecting issues 1-12) was released December 2016.

For more info on Kanan & Hera Syndulla, read John Jackson Miller’s book, A New Dawn and be sure to watch all four seasons of Star Wars Rebels!

The last week on SWCIC, Mike released his book review for Force Collector (as he also interviewed the author Kevin Shinick) and in the prior release; episode 53, Mike tackled the ominous arc Hope Dies, starting in the 50th issue of the main Star Wars run! As well as tackling this dark story-arc with the usual gang of the original trilogy, this episode features a lot of space battles, numerous recognisable characters from A New Hope getting killed, details of Vader’s Star Destroyer; The Executor, and so much more!

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659- https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The first in the weekly Mandalorian discussion show is out now on the feed of Comics In Motion and on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/169f2e - https://youtu.be/r96T3DeOnDU 

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com

To hear Mike’s exclusive book reviews, including A New Dawn and the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy & Darth Plagueis, plus movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see discussion with Star Wars creators (including authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray), playlists filled with episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat, SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's social media & links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

THE MOST UNDERRATED STAR WARS NOVEL IN THE CANON? Force Collector is this week’s focus; Mike gives his spoiler-free thoughts on the novel and why he thinks few people have heard much about it. He then talks about the era & themes within the book, before giving a spoiler warning where he gives his full thoughts on the book’s plot & characters – Mike also provides a plot overview for anyone who may not have time to read this but wants to know what the book is about, although he doesn’t reveal all, as he wants as many people to pick it up as possible!

Force Collector was written by Kevin Shinick and was released as part of the Journey To The Rise Of Skywalker on October 4th 2019. The book is set just before The Force Awakens (31-32 ABY).

*Please note this was recorded in Mike's car, so the quality isn't up to the usual standard, but it was originally for his Patreon feed!

Make sure you check Genuine Chit-Chat’s podcast feed & YouTube channel to hear Mike’s interview with the Force Collector’s author; Kevin Shinick, out Sunday 5th March 2023!

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659- https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The first in the weekly Mandalorian discussion show will be released on this feed & YouTube shortly too, so keep an eye out for that!

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: https://pccnewsletter.com

To hear Mike’s exclusive book reviews, including A New Dawn and the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy & Darth Plagueis, plus movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's social media & links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Kevin Shinick Interview

In ep 53, Mike tackles the ominous arc Hope Dies, starting in the 50th issue of the main Star Wars run! As well as tackling this dark story-arc with the usual gang of the original trilogy, this episode features a lot of space battles, numerous recognisable characters from A New Hope getting killed, details of Vader’s Star Destroyer; The Executor, and so much more!

Please note this episode was originally released in May of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

This arc is set at 1 ABY (1 year after A New Hope, 2 years before Empire Strikes Back).

All issues were written by Kieron Gillen, with Salvador Larroca as the artist, and Guru eFX as colour artist.

Issue 50 was released July 2018, issue 55 was released October 2018 and the trade paperback collection was released December 2018.

Queen Trios first appears in episode 23 of SWCIC (Vader volume 3) and if you want to check out the previous arcs for the main run of Star Wars comics, check out episodes 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 36, 40, 44 and 48 of SWCIC!

Mike, Maff & Dave have started their new show Rebels Reviewed and Episode/Season 1 is out now: https://pod.fo/e/166659

The last week on SWCIC, episode 52, Mike tackled the four one-shot Age Of Resistance Villain comics, all set before The Force Awakens, 3 of which feature Kylo Ren! Phasma leads an army in “Fallen Guns”, General Hux & Kylo Ren are stranded together in “Marooned”, Snoke takes Ren to the Dagobah cave in “Fail. Or Kill It” and in “Out Of The Shadow” Kylo Ren faces against a Zillo beast which Vader couldn’t defeat. Plus Mike gives additional information about each of the four villains!

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week, where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show and he's spoken with High Republic authors Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray, Bounty Hunters comic artist Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace who played Gekko in The Mandalorian, plus an incredible amount of people not related to Star Wars, so go check it out!

Recent guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In ep 52, Mike tackles the four one-shot Age Of Resistance Villain comics, all set before The Force Awakens, 3 of which feature Kylo Ren! Phasma leads an army in “Fallen Guns”, General Hux & Kylo Ren are stranded together in “Marooned”, Snoke takes Ren to the Dagobah cave in “Fail. Or Kill It” and in “Out Of The Shadow” Kylo Ren faces against a Zillo beast which Vader couldn’t defeat. Plus Mike gives additional information about each of the four villains!

These stories are all set between 28-34 ABY (before the sequel trilogy).

Please note this episode was originally released in April of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

All issues were written by Tom Taylor, with Leonard Kirk as penciller, Cory Hamscher as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist.

Phasma was the first villains comic released, in July 2019, with Kylo Ren’s being released September 2019, the trade paperback was released December 2019 and the hardcover featuring both heroes & villains was released September 2020. Check out episode 1 of SWCIC for the Rise Of Kylo Ren mini-series and episode 5 for the Captain Phasma mini-series, plus if you want more detailed backstories on Hux & Phasma, check out the book Phasma, or for Hux & his dad Brendol, check the Aftermath Trilogy!

If you want to hear about the other Age Of stories (Republic & Rebellion), then check out episodes 2, 26, 31, 35, 39, 43 & 47 of SWCIC!

Mike, Maff & Dave have started their new show Rebels Reviewed and Episode/Season 1 is out now: https://pod.fo/e/166659 - https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The last week on SWCIC, episode 51, Mike tackled the next volume of Doctor Aphra comics; The Catastrophe Con! This volume of space-craziness includes force-sensitive fungus, creatures who can read & erase minds, shapeshifters, a jail held together by ropes & an internal tractor beam, lovers lost, revenge, betrayal & more of what you’d expect from an Aphra comic! Mike also briefly talks about the “cantina band” Figrin D’an & The Modal Nodes!

To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book review on A New Dawn, plus reviews on the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy and Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Recent guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In this ep 51, Mike tackles the next volume of Doctor Aphra comics; The Catastrophe Con! This volume of space-craziness includes force-sensitive fungus, creatures who can read & erase minds, shapeshifters, a jail held together by ropes & an internal tractor beam, lovers lost, revenge, betrayal & more of what you’d expect from an Aphra comic! Mike also briefly talks about the “cantina band” Figrin D’an & The Modal Nodes!

This story is set after A New Hope and before Empire Strikes Back so is between 0-3 ABY.

Please note this episode was originally released in April of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Issues 20-25 of Doctor Aphra were written by Simon Spurrier, with Kev Walker as penciller, Marc Deering as inker and Java Tartaglia as colour artist.

Issue 20 was released May 2018, 25 was released October 2018 and the trade paperback was released January 2019.

Make sure you check out episode 46 of SWCIC for previous Aphra episode, ep 42 for the auction massacre, 36 for the Screaming Citadel crossover (Aphra 7 & 8) and ep 34 for the first batch of Aphra comics (1-6)!

Mike, Maff & Dave have started their new show Rebels Reviewed and Episode/Season 1 is out now: https://pod.fo/e/166659 - https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

The last episode of SWCIC, episode 50, was the second question & answer episode for Star Wars: Comics In Canon where Mike & Megan answer a variety of questions sent in by you – our amazing listeners! Topics include; Jar Jar Binks being sith, why Disney reset the canon, Star Wars crossovers (like Marvel or Doctor Who), Star Wars food, continuity in the new canon, Legends characters, comics, favourite sequences and even some dad jokes!

To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book review on A New Dawn, plus reviews on the Legends books Shatterpoint, the Darth Bane Trilogy and Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Recent guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

This episode brings the second question & answer episode, where this time, both Mike & Megan answer a variety of questions sent in by you – our amazing listeners! Topics include; Jar Jar Binks being sith, why Disney reset the canon, Star Wars crossovers (like Marvel or Doctor Who), Star Wars food, continuity in the new canon, Legends characters, comics, favourite sequences and even some dad jokes!

Please note this episode was originally released in April of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

If you enjoyed this then check out episode 25 for the first SWCIC Q&A where Mike answered questions (without Megan), it was released 12th September 2020! Plus Mike recently did the 100th episode Q&A special, watch it here: https://youtu.be/x-uPb7Hs8hg

Mike, Maff & Dave have started their new show Rebels Reviewed and Episode/Season 1 is out now: https://pod.fo/e/166659

The last week on SWCIC, episode 49, Mike tackled the 6-part mini-series Target Vader, where a group of bounty hunters are hired by the mysterious Hidden Hand to take down Darth Vader! In addition to some very cool Vader moments, a bounty hunter team (including Dengar) is put together, the rebellion gets involved and Beilert Valance gets his full back-story flushed out, including his homeworld Chorin!

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week, where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show and he's spoken with High Republic authors Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray, Bounty Hunters comic artist Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace who played Gekko in The Mandalorian, plus an incredible amount of people not related to Star Wars, so go check it out!

Recent guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

In ep 49, Mike tackles the 6-part mini-series Target Vader, where a group of bounty hunters are hired by the mysterious Hidden Hand to take down Darth Vader! In addition to some very cool Vader moments, a bounty hunter team (including Dengar) is put together, the rebellion gets involved and Beilert Valance gets his full back-story flushed out, including his homeworld Chorin!

This story is set after A New Hope and before Empire Strikes Back so is between 0-3 ABY.

Please note this episode was originally released in March of 2021 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

All issues of Target Vader were written by Robbie Thompson. The many artists were; Marc Laming, Cris Bolson, Stefano Landini, Marco Failla, Roberto Di Salvo and Georges Duarte. The many colour artists were; Neeraj Menon, Rachelle Roseberg, Jordan Boyd, Andres Mossa, Federico Blee, Erick Arciniega and Giada Marchisio. Issue 1 was released July 2019, 6 was released December 2019 and the trade paperback was released February 2020.

Mike, Maff & Dave have started their new show Rebels Reviewed and Episode/Season 1 is out now: https://pod.fo/e/166659

Be sure to check out episode 10 of SWCIC for the first canon appearance of Beilert Valance, in the Han Solo: Imperial Cadet mini-series (set during the 3 years Han spent in the Imperial academy/military) and be sure to look out for future episodes where Mike tackles a new series featuring Valance; Bounty Hunters!

The last week on SWCIC, episode 48, Mike tackled the 6-part arc in the main run of Star Wars comics; Mutiny At Mon Cala, which includes the rebels trying to break the Empire’s stronghold on the Mon Calamari (Admiral Ackbar’s people) and their fleet, including a rescue mission, a space battle, a shapeshifter in a 5-hour long opera and more!

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week, where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show and he's spoken with High Republic authors Cavan Scott & Claudia Gray, Bounty Hunters comic artist Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace who played Gekko in The Mandalorian, plus an incredible amount of people not related to Star Wars, so go check it out!

Recent guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Find all of Mike's links at linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org