Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 82: The End Of The War Of The Bounty Hunters (WoBH 5 & Companions)

THE WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS ENDS! This week, Mike embarks on the final issues of the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover event. In this finale, Qi’ra meets Leia, Boba & Valance try to retrieve the carbonite-frozen Han Solo, Aphra finds an ancient dark side artifact, Vader punishes the Hutt Council, IG-88 is rebuilt and more! Plus Mike gives additional info on the Knights Of Ren, the various IG droids, a “Thought Dowser” as well as plenty of other connections!

This story is set just after Empire Strikes Back (& after the first runs of the Star Wars, Darth Vader & Doctor Aphra comics) and the reading order is WoBH5>DA15> DV17 >IG88> SW18>BH17.

WoBH 5 was released 13th October 2021, it written by Charles Soule, Luke Ross with David Messina as artists and Neeraj Menon with Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artists. DA15 was also released 13thOctober 2021, it written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. DV17 was released 27th October 2021, was written by Greg Pak with Raffaele Ienco as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. IG-88 1 was also released 27th October, with writer Rodney Barnes, artist Guiu Vilanova and colour artist Antonio Fabela. SW18 was released 3rd November 2021 and was also written by Charles Soule, with Ramon Rosanas as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. BH17 was also released 3rd November, written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist.

In case you missed the War of The Bounty Hunters prelude and chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72 & 77 of SWCIC and check ep 43 for the Age of Rebellion Villains, which includes stories for Jabba, Boba, IG-88 and Vader, along with additional bio information.

Check out last week’s SWCIC (ep 81), where Mike embarked on the second volume of the 2020 Darth Vader comics; Into The Fire, where Palpatine tests Vader shortly after his failure in Empire Strikes Back, by sending him back to Mustafar to be hunted by the sith assassin; Ochi of Bestoon! In this story Vader battles many foes and even makes his way to Exegol (planet from The Rise Of Skywalker), plus Mike gives additional info on Coruscant, Mustafar, Sith homeworlds, the Eye of the Webbish Bog and more!

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