THE KNIGHTS OF REN BREAK INTO VADER’S CASTLE ON MUSTAFAR! In ep 108, Mike delves into the fourth batch of Crimson Reign comics, where the infamous Knights Of Ren (& their leader before Kylo) attempt to steal a key from Darth Vader while the Crimson Dawn conspiracy continues to plunge the galaxy into chaos. Plus, the Bounty Hunters crew try to escape a horde of Unbroken Clan loyalists, Vader probes Sabé & Ochi about Crimson Dawn, Commander Zahra makes a daring gambit against the entire Rebellion fleet and Aphra finally gets her hands on the Spark Eternal…
This episode was first released on the feed of Comics In Motion, in September 2022.
This story is set after Empire Strikes Back & after the War Of The Bounty Hunters event, but before Return Of The Jedi and the reading order is BH22>CR4>DV22>SW23>DA20.
BH22 was released 6th April 2022 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist. Crimson Reign 4 was released 27th April 2022 and was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist. DV22 was April 23rd 2022, was written by Greg Pak with Raffaele Ienco as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. SW23 was released 4th May 2022 and was written by Charles Soule, with Ramon Rosanas as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. DA20 was released 18th May 2022 and was written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as artist Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist.
Mike covered the prelude to Crimson Reign in episode 97 of SWCIC, the first volume in ep 102, the 2nd in 104, the 3rd in 106 and for all War of The Bounty Hunters comics, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84.
In ep 107, Mike tackled the first volume of Han Solo & Chewbacca comics; set in the years between Solo and A New Hope, where Han & Chewie are doing a job for Jabba The Hutt where nothing seems to go right; they meet a man claiming to be Han’s father, have to work with the nefarious Greedo, Chewie gets in (another) violent confrontation with the Wookiee bounty hunter Krrsantan plus so much more! Some unexpected familiar faces also appear…
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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
01:48 Bounty Hunters 22
06:56 Crimson Reign 4
14:12 Darth Vader 22
18:17 Star Wars 23
22:32 Doctor Aphra 20
26:55 Coming Up
29:12 Andor Discussion Show Details
30:48 Support & Outro
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