Mike embarks on the final arc of the 2016 run of Doctor Aphra comics; A Rogue’s End including the Epilogue from Empire Ascendant and Doctor Aphra Annual 3. In this arc Aphra confronts Vader for one last time, explores ancient jedi ruins, gets some closure from both Tolvan and her dad Korin, meets Triple-Zero & BT1 with their memories erased and so much more! Annual 3 is a story involving Winloss & Nokk, a peculiar human/trandoshan couple who appears in Aphra 30 and Black Krrsantan even makes an appearance!

These comics are set just before Empire Strikes Back, around 3 ABY.

They were all written by Simon Spurrier - Aphra 37-40 & the epilogue had Caspar Wijngaard as the artist with Lee Loughridge as colour artist, while Annual 3 had Elsa Charretier as artist with Edgar Delgado & Jim Campbell as colour artists.

Issue 37 & Annual 3 were released in October 2019, issue 40 & Empire Ascendant were released December 2019 and the trade paperback collection was released February 2020.

For the previous episodes of Aphra, check out episodes 59, 55, 51, 46, 42, 36 & 34 of SWCIC and don’t forget to check out the Vader episodes where she was first introduced; 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29!

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike embarked on the first arc in the 2017 Darth Vader series! In the story, Vader struggles with his new suit, fights the jedi warrior Kirak as well as the Grand Inquisitor, obtains his new lightsaber, bleeds the kyber crystal and more! Mike also gives information on jedi starfighters, Mas Amedda, Mustafar’s history, holocrons, royal guards and more connective tissue within the comic!

Promo is for the Judging Dredd book, which Scott Weatherly (of the 20th Century Geek podcast) edited, plus there’s an essay from Tony Farina & many other cool aspects, it's available now: http://sequart.org/books/14/judging-dredd-examining-the-world-of-judge-dredd/

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 1 or 2 episodes of his “Afterthoughts” a week (with 3 episodes now *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher, The Phantom Menace & Spider-Man 3!), plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics for this very show) and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat 

If you just want to hear M&M’s talk about Spider-Man 3, check it out here for free: http://bit.ly/Spiderman3AT 

The first episode of the Comics In Motion Book Club is now out! The first episode has Mike, Dave & Matt Lloyd discussing themes, artwork and their  interpretations of the first volume of the 2017 Darth Vader comic run: https://spoti.fi/3dZ3eAE

Mike & Chris discussed the new Black Widow movie on the feed of Comics In Motion: https://spoti.fi/3r2AKez

Mike, Megan & Tonya Todd discussed the first 3 episodes of Loki here on the feed of Comics In Motion: https://spoti.fi/2TamZ10

Mike was on a recent episode of the I Like To Like Things podcast, talking about his favourite TV show (and no, it’s not Star Wars): https://spoti.fi/3xtlBoJ

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