SWCIC: Qi’ra’s Plot To Remove The Empire & Luke Meets Elzar Mann - Crimson Reign & Its Companions (CR1, DV19, BH19, DA17 & SW20) – Ep 102

QI’RA’S PLAN TO TAKE DOWN THE EMPIRE IS IN FULL-SWING! In this episode of SWCIC, Mike embarks on the first full volume of Crimson Reign; centring around Qi’ra & Crimson Dawn as they try to topple the galactic empire by causing unrelenting chaos! In this episode Mike will take you through the story, as well as the four coinciding comics (Star Wars, Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra & Bounty Hunters), providing you with plenty of trivia, facts & knowledge along the way. These issues show many things, including Darth Vader & Beilert Valance searching for Crimson Dawn spies within the imperial ranks, Aphra facing off against an old rival for some ancient tech, Luke meeting Elzar Mann (from The High Republic) and Qi’ra preparing her many Crimson Dawn agents for what’s to come…

This story is set after Empire Strikes Back & after the War Of The Bounty Hunters event, but before Return Of The Jedi and the reading order is CR1>DV19>BH19>DA17>SW20.

Crimson Reign 1 was released 8th December 2021 and was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as artist and Guru eFX as colour artist. DV19 was released 22nd December 2021, was written by Greg Pak with Guiu Vilanova as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. BH19 was released 29th December 2021 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Ramon F Bachs as artist and Bryan Valenza as colour artist. DA17 was released 5thJanuary 2022, written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as artist Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. SW20 was released 12th January 2022 and was written by Charles Soule, with Marco Castiello as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist.

In case you missed Mike covering the prelude to Crimson Reign, check ep 97 of SWCIC and for all War of The Bounty Hunters comics, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84.

Last week, in ep 101, Mike delved into the last batch of Poe Dameron comics which confirm a few things from the sequel trilogy, including how Poe survived the TIE crash on Jakku, how the scan of Starkiller Base was obtained, what Black Squadron were doing during the events of The Last Jedi and more! Plus Mike give some information on the Ikkrukkian, Kudon and Blarina species, Nien Nunb and other pieces of trivia!

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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