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…

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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

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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

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