BEFORE AHSOKA, HOW DID ANAKIN, OBI-WAN AND PLO-KOON DEAL WITH CLONES? For ep 141, Mike delves into the IDW Publishing mini-series; Clone Wars Battle Tales – stories all set before the Clone Wars movie but after Attack Of The Clones, showing 6 missions the clones have been on with Jedi generals Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo-Koon. Amidst these stories, Mike provides additional info on several clones Ovissians, Plo-Koon, flying droids and more – this serves as a brilliant prequel to The Clone Wars movie and you don’t need to have seen any of The Clone Wars to enjoy!
Clone Wars Battle Tales were all written by Michael Moreci. For the framing story, Derek Charm was the artist and Luis Antonio Delgado was the colour artist. For issue 1, Arriana Florean & Mario Del Pennino were artists with Valentina Taddeo as colour artist. For issue 2, Megan Levens was artist with Charlie Kirchoff as colour artist, issue 3 had Valentina Pinto as artist & colour artist, issue 4 had Davide Tinto as artist and Thomas Deer as colour artist while issue 5 had Philip Murphy as artist with Rebecca Nalty as colour artist.Issue 1 was released May 20th 2020, issue 5 was released September 30th 2020 and the trade paperback collection was released 26th January September 2021.
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, Mike explains 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!
Guest Spots:
Mike (& Megan) appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to compare the two Day of The Dead movies Coco & The Book Of Life: https://pod.fo/e/1fdd53
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/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
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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
00:00 Intro
01:43 What To Expect
02:29 Personnel & Release
03:22 Timeline & Other Clone Wars Content
04:27 Issue 1 With Clone & Plo-Koon Info
09:22 Issue 1 Plot
12:12 Issue 2 Plot
16:44 Issue 3 Plot
20:48 Issue 4 Plot
24:59 Issue 5 Plot
28:00 Final Thoughts
30:18 Ethan Sacks Interview
31:40 Guest Spots
31:58 Support
34:15 Coming Up
35:26 Outro
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