Star Wars Chit-Chat (Formerly Comics In Canon)

IT’S THE 100TH EPISODE OF MIKE’S STAR WARS SHOW, SO HE & BEN (OF STAR WARS TIMELINE) ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS! Over the last few weeks, listeners of Star Wars: Comics In Canon have submitted their questions for Mike & Ben to answer; these questions range from favourite characters to theories to their wants of the future to downright silliness! Tune in for a wide range of topics all within the...

VERNESTRA & IMRI HEAD TO DALNA IN SEARCH OF THEIR MISSING FRIEND! This week brings another spoiler-free book review from the High Republic era; the junior novel Mission To Disaster by Justina Ireland! As with all of Mike’s book reviews, he starts by giving his spoiler-free thoughts, then provides some minor plot details and confirms the book’s themes, then nearer the end he provides a brief de...

THE STAR WARS MANGA CONTINUES WHERE THE NIHIL ATTACK! In ep 99 of SWCIC, Mike continues on his journey through the manga set in the High Republic era! This volume continues the journeys of Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi, two excitable younglings and Lily’s padawan Keerin, all on the planet Banchii. Some familiar faces from the High Republic Adventures comics (by Daniel José Older) appear and the youngl...

WHAT WAS THAT BUSINESS ON CATO NEIMOIDIA? It’s time for another spoiler-free book review and this one is about the recently released Brotherhood by Mike Chen! Set in the first few weeks of the Clone Wars (just after Ep II: Attack Of The Clones) this story delves into the shift in Anakin & Obi-Wan’s relationship once Anakin is promoted from padawan to jedi while also dealing with crisis on Cato...

THE FIRST ORIGINAL STAR WARS MANGA, SET IN THE HIGH REPUBLIC! In ep 98, Mike embarks on the first volume of Edge Of Balance ; the first canon Star Wars manga (that isn’t an adaptation of other media)! This volume introduces us to Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi, her old Wookiee master; Arkoff, two excitable younglings and Lily’s padawan Keerin! These jedi must face adapting to settling on a new world, b...

AFTER WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, CRIMSON DAWN EMERGES! In ep 97, Mike embarks on four comics set after War Of The Bounty Hunters, but just before the Crimson Reign crossover event starts, where Beilert Valance is reconstructed by Vader, Luke travels to numerous Jedi-related planets, Vader locates Crimson Dawn agents within the Empire and Aphra searches for ancient artifacts with Sana Starros! Mike...

WHAT IS TURNING THE JEDI TO STONE? AN INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED! Ep 96 features Trail Of Shadows ; one of the last pieces of High Republic material from Phase 1, Jedi investigator Emerick Caphtor & private investigator Sian Holt must work together to unravel the mystery of what the nihil possess that is calcifying jedi, which spirals out to a much larger conspiracy than either had ever imagined!...

POE HAS FOUND THE LEGEND THAT IS LOR SAN TEKKA! For ep 95, Mike delves into the penultimate volume of Poe Dameron comics, where the Resistance locate Lor San Tekka trapped in a prison on Cato Neimoidia, all while agents Terex & Malarus plot against them and the greedy Baron Maccon will stop at nothing to make credits; all of this & more is tackled in this episode including info on Cato Nei...

MARCHION RO’S HISTORY IS REVEALED! Ep 94 features the final High Republic comics are out meaning Mike is embarking on the two Eye Of The Storm comics, which detail Marchion Ro’s upbringing and rise to power in the Nihil, the history of his people the Evereni, where the Nameless/Leveler came from, how the galaxy reacted to the events of The Fallen Star and much more! These High Republic comics are...

AS THE PADAWANS GROW IN STRENGTH, AS DO THE NIHIL! Ep 93 features the finale of the High Republic Adventures comics, as Mike tackles the final issues and the Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular! In these comics Mike takes you through Qort’s origin story, a deepening connection between Zeen Mrala & Lula Talisola, the Great Jedi Rumble Race, the Nihil conspiring and a special cooking story, plus infor...

It’s time for another spoiler-free book review from the High Republic era! This book is the last of the adult novels for the first phase; it’s The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray! This book is set after The Rising Storm in the third wave of the High Republic’s first phase, set at the same time as Mission to Disaster & Midnight Horizon (which Mike will be tackling in the near future)! In more detai...

KEEVE FACES THE LEVELER AND AVAR KRISS HUNTS LOURNA DEE! Ep 92 brings the finale of the High Republic comics is here as Mike tackles the third volume of comics named The Jedi’s End ! In these comics Keeve faces the true face of fear in The Leveler while Sskeer loses his connection to the force, plus Avar Kriss is relentlessly pursuing Lourna Dee at any cost. Amidst this story, Mike also gives addi...

THE RESISTANCE TRAITOR IS FOUND AND LEIA HIRES A ROGUE JOURNALIST! In ep 91, Mike goes through the story of the third volume of Poe Dameron comics, which starts with a funeral & some touching dialogue, before The Resistance plan a fuel heist, track down the traitor in their midst, plan to record the First Order doing no-good all while trying to avoid dying in the process! Plus Mike delves into...

This ep is another spoiler-free book review from the High Republic era, with the final book in the second wave (of the first phase); Out Of The Shadows by Justina Ireland – the young adult novel which is set shortly after The Rising Storm & Race to Crashpoint Tower, with a bunch of new and familiar characters from Into The Dark, A Test Of Courage and more! In more detail, Mike confirms OOTS si...

FARZALA & QORT HEAD TO THE HUTT HOMEWORLD WHILE THE NIHIL PREPARE TO ATTACK! For ep 90, it's time for the second volume of High Republic Adventures comics, two padawans & an ancient jedi master head to Nal Hutta along with crew from The Vessel – this journey brings plenty of reflection and lessons learned. Plus after the events in Race To Crashpoint Tower, Zeen & Lula are reunited...

POE SEARCHES FOR A SPY IN THE RESISTANCE! In ep 89, Poe’s story continues with volume 2 of his own comics where he & C-3PO search for a droid operative with the location of Supreme Leader Snoke, all while trying to work out who’s feeding information to the First Order. This story also includes Terex’ flashbacks to the Battle Of Jakku and a familiar droid for any readers of the Aftermath trilog...

THE DRENGIR ARE DEFEATED, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NIHIL!? Ep 88 continues The High Republic comics; this time volume 2 which takes place during & just after The Rising Storm, but shows what happened to the Drengir during The Republic Fair! In a bit more detail, the story continues to follow Keeve Trennis, Sskeer & Avar Kriss battling the Drengir & The Great Progenitor; Sskeer struggles with...

ANOTHER INTERVIEW SPECIAL! George Mann; a newer member of Project Luminous (The High Republic) and writer of Wychwood and Newbury & Hobbes is this episode's guest, to talk about writing science fiction, mythology, Star Wars and more! In more detail, George explains the start of his career into writing and the influences & lessons along the way, how he puts a book together, how he defin...

THE FOURTH INTERVIEW FROM THE ARCHIVES!  This week Mike will be releasing a new interview with a High Republic author, so in the run-up to that release, he is re-releasing his previous Star Wars interviews and the fourth is from March 2023, with Kevin Shinick (originally released on the feed of Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat)! Kevin Shinick; author, actor, producer & history buff...

THE THIRD INTERVIEW FROM THE ARCHIVES!  This week Mike will be releasing a new interview with a High Republic author, so in the run-up to that release, he is re-releasing his previous Star Wars interviews and the third is from April 2022, with Cavan Scott (originally released on the feed of Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat)! Mike sits down with Cavan Scott; author & creator of a gre...

ANOTHER INTERVIEW FROM THE ARCHIVES! This week Mike will be releasing a new interview with a High Republic author, so in the run-up to that release, he is re-releasing his previous Star Wars interviews and the second is from November 2021, with Paolo Villanelli (originally released on the feed of Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat)! Paolo Villanelli is the Italian comic book artist respon...

AN INTERVIEW FROM THE ARCHIVES! This week, Mike will be releasing a new interview with a High Republic author, so in the run-up to that release, he is re-releasing his previous Star Wars interviews and the first is from December 2020, with Claudia Gray (originally released on the feed of Mike's other podcast; Genuine Chit-Chat)! In this ep Mike chats with Claudia Gray; writer of 4 canon Star W...

IT’S THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF RETURN OF THE JEDI, AND A BATCH OF NEW COMICS GIVE NEW STORIES! For ep 128, Mike delves into the first 3 comics that tie-in with Return Of The Jedi; Jabba’s Palace, Ewoks & Lando! Jabba’s Palace shows a conspiracy where someone tries to take over from Jabba, Ewoks features 3 stories without dialogue that Ewoks tell each other around the campfire while in Lando, he...

TY TORRICK’S MYSTERIOUS PAST IS REVEALED! Mike starts this episode with a brief bio on Ty Yorrick, where the Monster Of Temple Peak comics sit in The High Republic and what Tholothians (Ty’s species) are before he delves into the plot of issue 1. As well as going through the plot of these 4 issues, Mike provides information on various species (including Gundarks, Segredos & more), various plan...

For this ep, Mike is doing another spoiler-free book review from the High Republic era, continuing with the second wave (of the first phase) with Race To Crashpoint Tower by Daniel José Older – the junior novel which runs parallel to the “adult” novel, The Rising Storm, with a bunch of new and familiar characters! In more detail, Mike gives information on the other releases for The High Republic (...