SWCIC: Hidden Empire Emerges: Qi’ra Speaks With Palpatine, Aphra Fights The Spark Eternal & The Bounty Hunters Attack The Empire (HE1, DA27 & BH29) – Ep 121

THE CRIMSON REIGN IS OVER AS THE HIDDEN EMPIRE EMERGES! For ep 121, Mike delves into the first issue in the final chapter of the Qi’ra trilogy, including the crossover comics too! Qi’ra activates the Fermata Cage against Palpatine and speaks with him directly all while her agents cause chaos for the empire. Meanwhile, Aphra fights the Spark Eternal for control of her body, Sana Starros makes a deal with a Tagge and the Bounty Hunters crew fight the Empire, unknowingly going against their former crewmate; Beilert Valance!

Hidden Empire 1 was released November 16th 2022, was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist. The trade paperback of all 5 Hidden Empire issues is due for release July 4th 2023. Doctor Aphra 27 was released December 28th 2022 and was written by Alyssa Wong with artist Minkyu Jung and colour artist Rachelle Rosenberg. Bounty Hunters 29 was released December 14th 2022 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist.

The comic episodes set between Crimson Reign & Hidden Empire are 114 for Bounty Hunters, 115 for Star Wars, 117 for Doctor Aphra, 119 for Darth Vader, and Crimson Reign 5 was tackled in ep 110. Also listen to episode 109 of SWCIC for more information on The Knights of Ren!

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

Last week, in ep 120, Mike delved into the one-shot by Marc Guggenheim which stretches across all ongoing runs of Star Wars comics to give an idea of what new threat is looming during & after the Hidden Empire crossover event. Vader sees many potential futures thanks to the Eye Of The Webbish Bog, but what do these futures all mean and can Vader change any of them?

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Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

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

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

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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

01:02 What To Expect

01:46 Timeline & Related Comics

04:03 Hidden Empire 1

13:37 DA27 Personnel & Crawl

14:57 Doctor Aphra 27

21:07 BH29 Personnel & Crawl

22:16 Bounty Hunters 29

29:05 Coming Up

30:41 New Show; Rebels Reviewed

31:46 Mando S3 Weekly Discussion Show

32:27 Pop Culture Collective Newsletter

33:01 Support & Patreon

33:42 Outro

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