Star Wars Chit-Chat (Formerly Comics In Canon)

Episode 38 features the final 4 stories in the Age Of Republic one-shot comic series, all set around the Clone Wars; Anakin Skywalker in “The Sacrifice”, Padmé Amidala in “Bridge”, “The Weapon” with Mace Windu and “501 Plus One” with Rex and Jar Jar Binks, Mike also gives some additional info about each of the characters and recommendations for season 1 of the Clone Wars.

The Age Of Republic comics Anakin Skywalker & Padmé Amidala were both written by Jody Houser, pencilled by Wilton Santos & Cory Smith, inked by Walden Wong (Marc Deering also inked Padmé) and Java Tartaglia was the colourist for both too.

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

In AoR Special, “The Weapon” was written by Ethan Sacks, pencilled by Paolo Villanelli and the colourist was Erick Arciniega while “501 Plus One” was written by Marc Guggenheim, pencilled by Caspar Wijngaard and the colourist was Cris Peter.

AoR Special was released in January 2019, AoR Anakin was released February 2019 and AoR Padmé was released March 2019. The AoR Heroes trade paperback was released in May 2019 while the AoR hardcover (with heroes & villains) was released February 2020.

If you want to get into the animated Clone Wars series (on Disney+), skip the movie and watch episodes 5, 9-12 and 19-22. Season 2 onwards is much better than season 1, so you can watch all CW episodes from there!

For the other Age Of Republic stories, check out episodes; 2 for Maul, 26 for Dooku, 31 for Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon and 35 for Jango Fett, Grievous & Asajj Ventress. Mike will be tackling the Age Of Rebellion comics shortly so be sure to subscribe for those! For more comic-Anakin, check out episode 11 for the Obi-Wan & Anakin mini-series or episode 31 featuring Obi-Wan’s AoR story!

In the last episode of SWCIC (episode 38), Mike tackled the 6-part mini-series; Thrawn; adapted from the Timothy Zahn canon novel of the same name (set between Revenge Of The Sith & A New Hope), showing how he was enrolled into the Empire, his rise in the ranks, how other officers viewed him, his work with Wullf Yularen & Governor Pryce, his aide Eli Vanto and more!

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

Episode 38 features the 6-part mini-series; Thrawn; adapted from the canon novel of the same name (set between Revenge Of The Sith & A New Hope), showing how he was enrolled into the Empire, his rise in the ranks, how other officers viewed him, his work with Wullf Yularen & Governor Pryce, his aide Eli Vanto and more!

Thrawn was written by Timothy Zahn but was adapted for comics by Jody Houser. The artist was Luke Ross, with colourist Nolan Woodard. Issue 1 was released February 2018, issue 6 was released July 2018 and the trade paperback was released September 2018.

Please note this episode was originally released in December of 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Thrawn was introduced into the canon in season 3 of the show Star Wars Rebels, he is also in the 3 Thrawn books (Thrawn; Alliances & Treason, all set before the season 4 finale of Rebels). In addition, the first book in the Ascendancy trilogy (set before the Thrawn trilogy & Rebels) is called Chaos Rising – it’s sequel, Greater Good will be released April 2021! Thrawn’s first appearance was in the legends Heir To The Empire trilogy, created by Timothy Zahn.

In the last episode of SWCIC (37), Mike tackled Lando – Double Or Nothing, which is set just before Solo: A Star Wars Story, featuring Lando, L3-37 and an undamaged Millennium Falcon! As well as Lando recording his adventures as the “Calrissian Chronicles”, the story includes a rebellion uprising, Lando buying a new cape and Mike also gives some information about the Falcon, L3-37 and of course, Lando himself!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

Episode 37 features the 5-part mini-series; Lando – Double Or Nothing which is set just before Solo: A Star Wars Story, featuring Lando, L3-37 and an undamaged Millennium Falcon! As well as Lando recording his adventures as the “Calrissian Chronicles”, the story includes a rebellion uprising, Lando buying a new cape and Mike also gives some information about the Falcon, L3-37 and of course, Landonis Balthazar Calrissian himself!

Be sure to check out episode 18 of SWCIC for the Lando comic set at the time of A New Hope and episode 10 for another Solo tie-in with Han’s time as an imperial cadet!

Please note this episode was originally released in December of 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Lando – Double Or Nothing was written by Rodney Barnes, the artist was Paolo Villanelli and the colourist was Andres Mossa. Issue 1 was released May 2018, issue 5 was released September 2018 and the trade paperback was released November 2018.

Last week, in episode 36, Mike tackled the Doctor Aphra crossover with the main run of Star Wars comics; The Screaming Citadel, where the mind-controlling abersyn symbiotes reappear to cause havoc! The episode features the main trio of rebels joined by Sana Starros, Doctor Aphra, the homicidal droids Triple-Zero & BT-1 along with Aphra’s wookiee companion Black Krrsantan all up against the Queen Ktath’atn and her loyal followers, with appearance of an ancient entity, mind-control and much more!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

Episode 36 features the Doctor Aphra crossover with the main run of Star Wars comics; The Screaming Citadel, where the mind-controlling abersyn symbiotes reappear to cause havoc! The episode features the main trio of rebels joined by Sana Starros, Doctor Aphra, the homicidal droids Triple-Zero & BT-1 along with Aphra’s wookiee companion Black Krrsantan all up against the Queen Ktath’atn and her loyal followers, with appearance of an ancient entity, mind-control and much more!

Be sure to check out episode 34 for part 1 of Doctor Aphra’s comics or episode 30 where Mike & Tony (of ICS) discussed Aphra’s time in the Darth Vader Comics!

The Screaming Citadel consists of Screaming Citadel 1, Star Wars 31 & 32 and Doctor Aphra 7 & 8. It was written by Jason Aaron & Kieron Gillen, with art by Marco Checcetto, Salvador Larroca & Andrea Broccardo with Andres Mossa, Edgar Delgado & Antonio Fabela as the colourists.

Please note this episode was originally released in November of 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Screaming Citadel 1 was released May 2017, Doctor Aphra 8 (the final part) was released June 2017. The trade paperback was released October 2017 and the hardcover of volume 1 of Doctor Aphra (featuring her first arc from ep 34 and this storyline) was released October 2018.

Mike was on episode 42 of Indie Comics Spotlight, him & Tony spoke with Mark Russell, author of Second Coming & Billionaire Island, found on the feed of Comics In Motion: https://spoti.fi/3mgDmm4!

Last week, in episode 35, Mike tackled the last 3 Age Of Republic villains stories series; Jango Fett, General Grievous & Asajj Ventress! The first comic, about Jango Fett, shows him taking Boba on a job to give him some bounty hunter training, in Grievous’ comic he finds a jedi temple and has a force vision and Ventress’ comic serves as a prequel to a story-arc in the Clone Wars!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

In ep 35, features the last 3 Age Of Republic villains stories; Jango Fett, General Grievous & Asajj Ventress! The first comic, about Jango Fett, shows him taking Boba on a job to give him some bounty hunter training, in Grievous’ comic he finds a jedi temple and has a force vision and Ventress’ comic serves as a prequel to a story-arc in the Clone Wars.

Please note this episode was originally released in November of 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Be sure to check out episode 2 for Maul’s AoR comic & biography, ep 26 shows Dooku’s biography & AoR story and episode 31 has Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon’s AoR stories – the final four Age Of Republic stories will be tackled in a month or so, before Mike delves into the next era; the Age Of Rebellion!

All Age Of Republic comics were written by Jody Houser. The artist for the Jango & Grievous comics was Luke Ross and Java Tartaglia was the colourist. The Asajj story’s artist was Carlos Gómez and the colourist was Dono Sánchez-Almara.

AoR Jango Fett 1: “Training” and the Asajj story “Sisters” (found in the AoR Special 1) were both released January 2019, while AoR Grievous 1: “Burn” was released in March 2019. The AoR Villains trade paperback was released in May 2019 while the AoR hardcover (with heroes & villains) was released February 2020.

Last week, in ep 34, Mike delved into the first volume of 2016 Doctor Aphra comics; he gives a brief history of Aphra, before delving into the comics that show how she got her doctorate, her relationship with her dad Korin, exploring the ancient Jedi Ordu Aspectu & the Immortal Rur all while the Empire are in pursuit and more!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

In ep 34, Mike delves into the first volume of the first run (2016) of Doctor Aphra comics, running alongside the main run of Star Wars comics and set just after the first run of Vader comics! For more detail, Mike gives a brief history of Aphra (in-case you hadn’t listened to previous episodes), before delving into the comics that show how she got her doctorate, her relationship with her dad Korin, exploring the ancient Jedi Ordu Aspectu & the Immortal Rur all while the Empire are in pursuit and more!

If you need an introduction to Aphra, you can listen to episode 30 of SWCIC where Mike & Tony talk about her character or you can listen to her full story in the Vader comics, which Mike tackles in episodes 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29! Alternatively, you can also listen to the Aphra audio drama, which shows her time in the Vader comics from Aphra’s perspective!

Please note this episode was originally released November 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Kieron Gillen was the writer, with Kev Walker as the artist and Antonio Fabela as the colourist. The first issue was released in December 2016 and issue 6 was released April 2017, the trade paperback was out July 2017 and the volume 1 hardcover (including these and the Screaming Citadel) was released October 2018.

Last week, in episode 33, Mike tackled the Yoda’s Secret War comics, featuring Yoda saving a force sensitive child from pirates, learning a “new force power” from an unexpected master, living rock and how Yoda’s involvement in the secret war catches up to Luke nearly 35 years later!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

In ep 33, Mike delves into the arc of the main Star Wars comics featuring the near-900 year old jedi master Yoda, set before The Phantom Menace! This arc includes Yoda saving a force sensitive child from pirates, learning a “new force power” from an unexpected master, living rock and how Yoda’s involvement in a secret war catches up to Luke nearly 35 years later!

Please note this episode was originally released on the feed of Comics In Motion in November 2020.

For the first two & a half minutes of this pod, Mike talks about the new weekly Mandalorian show under the SWCIC banner on this feed, there are no spoilers in this episode (so fear not!), but you can just skip to the 2 minute mark if you aren’t fussed!

Mike also recommends checking out the last four episodes of season 6 of The Clone Wars (episodes 10-13) as they centre around Yoda learning about force ghosts, Dagobah and other Force-related things (you don’t need to watch any other episodes of CW as these four standalone).

For Yoda’s Secret War, Jason Aaron was the writer, with Salvador Larroca as the artist and Edgar Delgado as the colourist. The cover artist was Stuart Immonen. Issue 26 was released December 2016 and issue 30 was out April 2017, the trade paperback (vol 5 of SW) was out July 2017 and this arc is included in the Journals Of Obi-Wan Kenobi collection released mid-November 2020.

Last week, in episode 32, Mike tackled the other 4 stories present in the Journals Of Old Ben/Obi-Wan which focus on his time on Tatooine, so be sure to check that out too!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

In ep 32, Mike delves into the Journals Of Old Ben Kenobi comics, which includes him standing up to Jabba’s thugs, saving Luke (& Owen Lars), dealing with life as a hermit, fighting Black Krrsantan (before he met Aphra), as well as info about the Mos Eisley cantina and further connections!

Please note this episode was originally released on the feed of Comics In Motion in November 2020.

Jason Aaron was the writer for all 4 stories, found across the first 37 of the main Star Wars comics and in the From The Journals Of Obi-Wan Kenobi collection, to be released November 2020. Issue 7 was released July 2015 and January 2016 in SW vol 2, with artist Simone Bicachi and colourist Justin Ponsor. 15 & 20 both have Mike Mayhew as the artist, with 15 being released January 2016 and August 2016 in SW vol 3 and 20 released in June 2016 and Jan 2017 in SW vol 4. The Sand Will Provide was a mini comic within issue 37, written by Jason & Dash Aaron, with Andrea Sorrentino as the artist and colourist Lee Loughridge, released in October 2017 and Dec 2017 in SW vol 6.

Other Obi-Wan related episodes of the show are; 11 for Obi-Wan & Anakin mini-series, 28 for the Master & Apprentice book and last week’s episode, 31. In which Mike tackled two more issues from the Age Of Republic series; Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi! The first comic, about Qui-Gon, shows him struggling to find balance, so he goes on a journey for an answer only the Force can provide, while in Obi-Wan’s comic he finds it difficult to have faith in his new role as master to his new padawan, Anakin.

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

Ep 31 features the next two issues in the Age Of Republic series; Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi! The first comic, about Qui-Gon, shows him struggling to find balance, so he goes on a journey for an answer only the Force can provide, while Obi-Wan finds it difficult to have faith in his new role as master to his new padawan, Anakin as they embark on a new mission together.

Please note this episode was originally released in October 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

Both Age Of Republic comics were written by Jody Houser with Cory Smith as penciller, Walden Wong as inker, Java Tartaglia as colourist and Wilton Santos was also a penciller on the Obi-Wan comic. AoR Qui-Gon Jinn 1: “Balance” was released December 2018, while AoR Obi-Wan Kenobi 1: “Mission” was released in January 2019. The AoR Heroes trade paperback was released in May 2019 while the AoR hardcover (with heroes & villains) was released February 2020.

Episode 28, where Mike delves into the Master & Apprentice book, goes along well with this episode as it provides more insight into Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan’s relationship, so be sure to check that out too!

Last week, in episode 30, Mike brings in Tony Farina of Indie Comics Spotlight for our first discussion episode, tackling Kieron Gillen’s Darth Vader comics, the character of Doctor Aphra, her droid companions Triple Zero & BT-1, how Mike & Tony each got into Star Wars comics, Aphra potentially having a series or movie and much more!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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

This episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon is the first discussion episode and with it comes Tony Farina of Indie Comic Spotlight, for a round-up discussion on Kieron Gillen’s Darth Vader comics, the character of Doctor Aphra, her droid companions Triple Zero & BT-1, how Mike & Tony each got into Star Wars comics, Aphra potentially having a series or movie and much more!

Please be aware of some explicit language in this release. And this episode was originally released in October 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion.

In case you haven’t listened to the previous Vader episodes, check out episodes 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29 for the full details of the first run of Darth Vader comics which introduces Aphra!

The first run of Darth Vader comics and the first 19 issues of the first run of Doctor Aphra were written by Kieron Gillen, who also created the character of Aphra.

Tony Farina is the host of Indie Comics Spotlight which airs every week on Comics In Motion and his website is https://www.arfarina.com

Last week, in episode 29, Mike speaks about the fourth and final volume of the first run of Darth Vader comics; End Of Games, for the conclusion to the 25-issue epic! Included in episode 29 is the clone Cylo’s betrayal of the Empire, Vader’s Mustafar-based force vision, whale ships, super star destroyers, an enhanced rancor, some background on the rancor trainer Malakili, Doctor Aphra meeting Palpatine and much more!

Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics 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:

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

Star Wars Timeline to talk Andor: https://youtu.be/rbC02Q2A8no

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

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