Star Wars 2020: How Luke Found His Kyber Crystal & Lando’s Attack on Coruscant, Plus Crystal Purifying, Ilum & The Fallanassi (SW2020: Vol 6: Quest Of The Force #34-36) – Ep 140

HOW DID LUKE OBTAIN HIS GREEN LIGHTSABER CRYSTAL? For ep 140, Mike continues with the 2020 run of main Star Wars comics, where we find out how Luke obtained his iconic green kyber crystal and learn more about kyber crystals & purification along the way, all while Leia plans for a group of rebels, including Lando & Chewie, to attack a very specific location on the surface of Imperial centre, on Coruscant! Plus Mike talks about the planets of Ilum & Christophsis, the Fallanassi and more!

Star Wars 34-36 were all written by Charles Soule with Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist and for issues 34 & 35, Madibek Musabekov was artist while Andrea Di Vito was artist for issue 36. Issue 34 was released May 3rd 2023, issue 36 was released July 4th 2023 and the trade paperback collection was released 26th September 2023.

Mike delved into issues 30-33 of the 2020 SW comics in ep 138 and the issues 26-29 in ep 115, and if you want to hear about Vader bleeding his kyber crystal, check ep 62 of SWCIC and for Kylo bleeding his, check ep 109.

Check out each episode of the weekly Ahsoka discussion shows; found on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion and video versions on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/1f4b32 & https://youtu.be/6mGPxSnMxhw  

In the last episode, YODA MUST MAKE PEACE WITH HIS PAST AND RE-ENTER THE DARK SIDE CAVE! In ep 139, Mike continues with the Yoda series by delving into the second half. We get another flashback, this time from the Clone Wars with Anakin and Yoda then argues with a ghostly voice about entering the “Cave of Evil” on Dagobah. Mike also gives information on General Grievous, as well as other familiar faces that pop up in these comics!

Guest Spots:
Mike appeared on Back To The Filmography to talk about Jason Statham’s only animated movie to date; Gnomeo & Juliet: https://pod.fo/e/1f9f28

5 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 and a bonus prediction/wrap-up episode, all found on any podcast app and on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/1defffhttps://youtu.be/BrZrvENUlTM

Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠

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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
01:24 What To Expect
02:02 Personnel, Release & Connected Content
03:23 Star Wars 34 Crawl
03:54 Star Wars 34 Plot
15:42 Star Wars 35 Plot
17:26 Lightsaber Crystals & Cleansing Explained
21:06 Star Wars 35 Plot Continued
27:26 Star Wars 36 Crawl
27:54 Star Wars 36 Plot
34:25 Coming Up
36:00 Support
39:15 Back To The Filmography
39:45 Outro

Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Crimson Reign Prelude; The Comic Crossover After War Of The Bounty Hunters; Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra, Bounty Hunters & Star Wars 2020, Plus Jedi Artifacts, Sana Starros, Ilum, The Dawn & More – Ep 97

AFTER WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, CRIMSON DAWN EMERGES! In ep 97, Mike embarks on four comics set after War Of The Bounty Hunters, but just before the Crimson Reign crossover event starts, where Beilert Valance is reconstructed by Vader, Luke travels to numerous Jedi-related planets, Vader locates Crimson Dawn agents within the Empire and Aphra searches for ancient artifacts with Sana Starros! Mike also provides info on Burnin Konn, Ilum, Lothal and other planets Luke travels to!

This story is set after Empire Strikes Back (& after the first runs of the Star Wars, Darth Vader & Doctor Aphra comics & WoBH) and the reading order is BH18>SW19>DV18>DA16.

This episode was first released on the feed of Comics In Motion, in June 2022.

BH17 was released 1st December 2021 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Ramon Bachs as artist and Bryan Valenza as colour artist. SW19 was released 8th December 2021 and was written by Charles Soule, with Mario Castiello as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. DV18 was released 1st December 2021, was written by Greg Pak with Leonard Kirk as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. DA16 was released 17th November 2021, written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as artist Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist.

In case you missed Mike covering the War of The Bounty Hunters crossover, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84 of SWCIC. Also check episode 75 & 80 for vol 1 & 2.

Last time, in ep 96, Mike delved into the Trail Of Shadows; one of the last pieces of High Republic material from Phase 1, where Jedi investigator Emerick Caphtor & private investigator Sian Holt must work together to unravel the mystery of what the Nihil possess that is calcifying Jedi, which spirals out to a much larger conspiracy than either had ever imagined! As well as the story, Mike gives information on the Tarnab species, Doctor Uttersound & more.

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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 & Timeline
04:10 Bounty Hunters 18
12:11 Star Wars 19
23:42 Darth Vader 18
28:54 Doctor Aphra 16
34:49 Mike’s Guest Spots
37:16 Support
40:44 Outro