SWCIC: How The Second Death Star Was Discovered & Buying A Nihil Starship (Star Wars 26-29) – Ep 115

CRIMSON DAWN AGENTS DISCOVER THE SECOND DEATH STAR! For ep 115, Mike delves into the 4 issues of Star Wars set after Crimson Reign, but before the Hidden Empire crossover event (excluding SW 25), where some Crimson Dawn undercover agents discover the DS-2 and work out where to go next, all while Luke continues to grow his strength as a Jedi and an auction takes place to obtain some ancient High Republic technology. Mike also talks about the ISB, Bar’leth, other connections and mentions a Mark Hamill anecdote from Charles Soule! This story is set after Empire Strikes Back & after the Crimson Reign & War Of The Bounty Hunters events, but before Hidden Empire & Return Of The Jedi. Star Wars 26-29 are written by Charles Soule, with Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist on all issues, Andrés Genolet as artist on issues 26, 27 & 28 and Ramon Rosanas as artist on issue 29. Issue 26 was released August 17th 2022, issue 29 was released November 2nd 2022 and the trade paperback collection is due out on May 16th 2023. Mike covered the prelude to Crimson Reign in episode 97 of SWCIC, and all volumes/crossovers 1-5 in episodes 102, 104, 106, 108 & 110 and for all War of The Bounty Hunters comics, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84. Last week, in ep 114, Mike delved into the 5 issues of Bounty Hunters set after Crimson Reign, where the Bounty Hunter crew attempt to raid the Crimson Dawn flagship; The Vermillion, in an attempt to “rescue” Cadeliah, fighting many Crimson Dawn thugs, including the infamous Knights of Ren. Meanwhile, Beilert Valance struggles with his new position in the empire, continuing to clash with Darth Vader… Make sure you check out all weekly Andor discussion shows for season 1, they are found on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion or check https://YouTube.com/GenuineChitChat for video versions! To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book review on A New Dawn, plus the Legends books Shatterpoint, Darth Bane (1 & 2) and Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat Guest spots Mike has been involved in: Mike appeared on Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound Podcast here: https://pod.fo/e/143cf0 Mike went on Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4 Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook, or check out 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 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Personnel & Collection Info 03:25 Crawl 04:15 SW26 12:16 SW27 16:38 SW28 22:56 Luke’s Lightsaber Tangent 24:46 SW29 32:16 Coming Up 34:47 New Podcast Feed 36:04 Support 38:16 Outro