Paolo Villanelli – Genuine Chit-Chat

#213 – Ethan Sacks on Bounty Hunters & A Haunted Girl: Processing Trauma, Star Wars Dads, Valance Nation & Paolo Villlanelli

This week, Mike sat down with author & journalist Ethan Sacks to talk about his new indie mini-series; A Haunted Girl, his Star Wars comics, including Bounty Hunters and more!

In more detail, the duo start with Ethan’s writing style and how he has written comics, how his journey from journalist to comic book writer has changed his involvement in the fandom, Ethan’s relationship with his dad and Star Wars, Ethan’s creative process, how Ethan has processed trauma through writing, Ethan’s collaborations with Paolo Villanelli, plus 4-LOM & Zuckuss. Ethan then talks in-depth about his comic A Haunted Girl along with his journey with his daughter through some difficult times. The conversation draws to a close after talking about Ethan’s COVID and Climate Crisis Chronicles – this conversation is perfect for Star Wars & indie comic fans, aspiring writers or those suffering with mental health issues.

Mike spoke with Paolo Villanelli in November 2021, listen to or watch their conversation here: https://pod.fo/e/100f81 – https://youtu.be/NMmzZlsNdo4

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

Star Wars: Ahsoka has now finished, so you can check out every other episode of Mike’s discussion shows, with Dave & Maff each making appearances – listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion or watch on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/1f4b32 & https://youtu.be/6mGPxSnMxhw

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In the previous episode of GCC, Dave, Maff, Megan & Mike go back to 1999 with the first of the controversial Prequel Trilogy; The Phantom Menace! The episode serves as a soft lead into the Clone Wars animated series, which Dave, Maff & Mike will be delving into in 2024 – Maff hasn’t watched the prequel trilogy in many years, while Mike is a staunch defender, so tune in to hear; is Phantom Menace actually any good?

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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

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

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-141 are out now; ep 141 are Clone Wars stories you’ve likely not heard of, in ep 140 Mike explains how Luke Skywalker obtained his green lightsaber crystal, ep 139 finished the Yoda mini-series and ep 138 were the prior 2020 Star Wars comics featuring Luke, Lando & Leia! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion

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Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Bounty Hunters: Valance Fighting Pirates & Protecting Cadeliah, While Bossk Is Hunted In On Malastare (Bounty Hunters Vol 2: Target Valance #6-11) – Ep 80

BEILERT VALANCE IS HUNTED! In ep 80, Mike embarks on the second volume of the Bounty Hunters comics; Target Valance, set shortly after the end of Empire Strikes Back! Valance escapes being hunted while protecting Cadeliah, before helping some Rebels hunted by the Ohnaka Pirate Gang, meanwhile Bossk is being hunted in the Great Hunt Of Malastare! Mike also gives additional info on Battle Droids, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, the Gran species and more!

This story is set just after Empire Strikes Back (3ABY). The writer for these comics was Ethan Sacks, Paolo Villanelli was the artist and Arif Prianto was the colour artist. Issue 6 was released October 2020, Issue 11 was released April 2021 and the trade paperback collection was released June 2021.

Please note this episode was first released in December 2021 on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion!

Beilert Valance first appeared in the canon in Han Solo: Imperial Cadet, which Mike tackled in ep 10 of SWCIC, the prequel to the Bounty Hunters comics is the Target Vader mini-series, which Mike tackled in ep 49 and the first volume of BH was in episode 75.

Check out yesterday’s episode where Mike, Ra & Megan discussed Visions Volume 2!

In the last standard episode (ep 79), Mike embarked on the first volume of the 2020 run of Darth Vader comics; Dark Heart Of The Sith, also set shortly after the end of Empire Strikes Back! Vader searches for answers surrounding Padmé’s death over 20 years after it happened, travelling back to Tatooine, Naboo and even Polis Massa, all while being entangled with The Amidalans! Mike also tackles the short story found in Empire Ascendant and gives additional info on Death Troopers, Gregar Typho, Padmé’s handmaidens, Naboo’s aquatic creatures and more!

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Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/166659⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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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. He has spoken with authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray and more – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out! Find all of Mike’s social media & links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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

#VALANCENATION

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:56 Info & Personnel
04:35 Prologue & Crawl
05:46 Issue 6
11:13 Issue 7
16:49 Issue 8
23:17 Issue 9
27:02 Issue 10
31:29 Issue 11
41:04 Coming Up
42:41 Outro

Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Bounty Hunters: The Galaxy’s Deadliest Crime War Begins & The Cyborg Beilert Valance Returns! Plus Bossk, Boba Fett, Nakano Lash & More (Bounty Hunters Vol 1 #1-5) – Ep 75

BEILERT VALANCE IS BACK! After his mutilation from imperial service, the cyborg bounty hunter returns in a new comic series, joined by many famous bounty hunters including Bossk, Boba Fett & more! Listen as Mike takes you through the plot of this first volume, showing how a job that went wrong has caused a war between two syndicates; The Mourner’s Wail & The Broken Clan, but things are not how they seem… Plus Mike gives background information on Bossk (including his beliefs in the “scorekeeper”), featured planets, species and more!

This story is set just after Empire Strikes Back (3ABY). The writer for these comics was Ethan Sacks, Paolo Villanelli was the artist and Arif Prianto was the colour artist. Issue 1 was released March 2020, Issue 5 was released September 2020 and the trade paperback collection was released November 2020.

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

Beilert Valance first appeared in the canon in Han Solo: Imperial Cadet, which Mike tackled in ep 10 of SWCIC and the prequel to this Bounty Hunters run is the Target Vader mini-series, which Mike tackled in ep 49.

Mike’s spoke with Paolo Villanelli on his other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat: ⁠https://youtu.be/NMmzZlsNdo4⁠

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike embarked on Fortress Vader: the finale of Mike’s favourite Star Wars comics ever, with Vader creating his immortal castle on Mustafar with the help of the Sith Momin to try and open up a portal to Padmé all while fighting off native Mustafarians and many other hurdles along the way in this exciting finale! In addition, Mike provides information on many other Jedi that appear in this comic, the history of Mustafar and more!

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/166659⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Subscribe to the Pop Culture Collective Newsletter for weekly updates on both of Mike’s shows and plenty of other incredible creators, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pccnewsletter.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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

Guest spots Mike has recently been involved in:

On Stevie B’s YouTube to talk Star Wars: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about Phase 1 of The High Republic here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/143ce4⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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. He has spoken with authors Kevin Shinick, Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray and more – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out! Find all of Mike’s social media & links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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
#VALANCENATION⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:37 Personnel & News
06:28 Crawl
07:02 Issue 1
18:15 Issue 2
20:48 Issue 3
25:17 Issue 4
30:43 Issue 5
37:50 Coming Up
41:37 Outro

Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Ep 41: Vader As Saviour, The Obsessed Woman & Other Strange Tales (Vader: Dark Visions)

This episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon features something a bit different; 5 stories showing 5 different Darth Vader stories, with artwork for each comic being by different people! In brief, the stories include; Vader as a savior on a unknown world, an imperial officer driven mad with fear, a woman hopelessly in love, a cocky rebel pilot, and a terrifying hallucinogenic trip, plus information on exogorths/space slugs (big worm from Empire Strikes Back).

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

Vader Dark Visions were all written by Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (art all different per issue). Issue 1 was released March 2019, issue 5 June 2019 and the trade paperback was released August 2019.

Artists – 1: Paolo Villanelli, 2: Brian Level, 3: David Lopez & Javi Pina, 4: Stephen Mooney and 5: Geraldo Borges. Colourists – 1: Arif Prianto, 2: Jordan Boyd, 3: Muntsa Vicete, 4: Lee Loughbridge and 5: Marco Menyz.

In the last episode of SWCIC (episode 40), Mike tackled 6 individual comic stories, including R2-D2 taking out a whole Star Destroyer of stormtroopers, Sana & Lando’s con before Empire Strikes Back, Luke & Leia being stranded on an unknown planet, Han & Chewie taking Grakkus The Hutt prisoner, SCAR squadron finding a rebel base on Horox III and an angry Nikto from Han’s past causes trouble for him & Leia!

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To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book reviews on Last Shot, Dark Disciple & A New Dawn, plus the Legends books Shatterpoint, Darth Bane & Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Mike’s Guest Spots:

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 – they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw

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

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

https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/embed/episodes/Star-Wars-Comics-In-Canon—Ep-41-Vader-As-Saviour–The-Obsessed-Woman–Other-Strange-Tales-Vader-Dark-Visions-epc00g

Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Ep 37: Lando’s Calrissian Chronicles With L3-37 & The Millennium Falcon Before Solo

This episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon 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, Lando 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!

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To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Mike’s Guest Spots:
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 – they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 1 or 2 episodes of his “Afterthoughts” a week, plus unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics) & more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check out http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

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

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

Star Wars: Comics In Canon – Ep 12: Jedi Fallen Order Prequel Comic Dark Temple, With Cere Junda & Eno Cordova

In this episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon, Mike delves into the five-part mini-series; Jedi Fallen Order – Dark Temple which focuses on Cere Junda’s time as Eno Cordova’s padawan before the events of the video game Jedi Fallen Order, exploration of an ancient temple, a civil war and more! There will be no spoilers for the Fallen Order game within.

All 5 issues of Jedi Fallen Order – Dark Temple are written by Matthew Rosenberg, the artist is Paolo Villanelli and Arif Prianto is the colourist however Ruairí Coleman also illustrated issue #5. Issue #1 was released September 2019 and issue #5 was released December 2019. The collection of these is not yet released, but should be released in September 2020!

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

Last week Mike spoke about when Obi-Wan & Anakin almost left the Jedi order. Previous episodes have been about the Rogue One & Solo comics, planet Mon Cala, Krait & DJ from Last Jedi and Captain Phasma, Operation Cinder, how C-3PO got his red arm, Darth Maul beyond The Phantom Menace and for episode 1 The Rise Of Kylo Ren comic was talked about.

If you want to hear Mike and a bunch of others speak about The Book Of Boba Fett weekly, episode-by-episode, then check out the feed of Comics In Motion, or Mike’s YouTube channel!
https://spoti.fi/3mIwaRG

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Mike was on Star Wars Timeline to talk about The Force Awakens here: https://youtu.be/c4VMXeBU3W4 The Last Jedi here: https://youtu.be/7dGEsdfSMkY and The Rise of Skywalker here: https://youtu.be/9fZWXji7_Jo

Mike appeared on the Hall of Mears podcast, listen here: https://spoti.fi/3bxgXwS or watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/K5epyHW-TPs

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

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

https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/embed/episodes/Star-Wars-Comics-In-Canon—Ep-12-Jedi-Fallen-Order-Prequel-Comics-Dark-Temple–With-Cere-Junda–Eno-Cordova-ef9out