THE CRIMSON REIGN IS OVER AS THE HIDDEN EMPIRE EMERGES! For ep 121, Mike delves into the first issue in the final chapter of the Qi’ra trilogy, including the crossover comics too! Qi’ra activates the Fermata Cage against Palpatine and speaks with him directly all while her agents cause chaos for the empire. Meanwhile, Aphra fights the Spark Eternal for control of her body, Sana Starros makes a deal with a Tagge and the Bounty Hunters crew fight the Empire, unknowingly going against their former crewmate; Beilert Valance!
This episode was first released on the feed of Comics In Motion, in February 2023.
Hidden Empire 1 was released November 16th 2022, was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist. The trade paperback of all 5 Hidden Empire issues is due for release July 4th 2023. Doctor Aphra 27 was released December 28th 2022 and was written by Alyssa Wong with artist Minkyu Jung and colour artist Rachelle Rosenberg. Bounty Hunters 29 was released December 14th 2022 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist.
The comic episodes between Crimson Reign & Hidden Empire are 114 for Bounty Hunters, 115 for Star Wars, 117 for Doctor Aphra, 119 for Darth Vader, and Crimson Reign 5 was tackled in ep 110. Episode 109 of SWCIC has more information on The Knights of Ren!
Last week, in ep 120, Mike delved into the one-shot special by Marc Guggenheim which stretches across all ongoing runs of Star Wars comics (excluding The High Republic) to give an idea of what new threat is looming during & after the Hidden Empire crossover event. Vader sees many potential futures thanks to the Eye Of The Webbish Bog, but what do these futures all mean and can Vader change any of them? This is a must-listen for fans of the 2020 runs of Star Wars, Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra and Bounty Hunters comics!
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4 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 (as we get nearer to the Ahsoka series for the #RoadToAhsoka) on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/1defff – https://youtu.be/BrZrvENUlTM
Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: https://pod.fo/e/1df29c
Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka, as part of the #RoadToAhsoka: https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U
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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
01:02 What To Expect
01:46 Timeline & Related Comics
04:03 Hidden Empire 1
13:37 DA27 Personnel & Crawl
14:57 Doctor Aphra 27
21:07 BH29 Personnel & Crawl
22:16 Bounty Hunters 29
29:05 Coming Up
30:41 New Show; Rebels Reviewed
31:46 Mando S3 Weekly Discussion Show
32:27 Pop Culture Collective Newsletter
33:01 Support & Patreon
33:42 Outro
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