Star Wars Interview: Cavan Scott On The High Republic, Shadow Service, British Culture & More!

This week brings a special episode of SWCIC where Mike sits down with Cavan Scott; author & creator of a great many things including numerous titles in Star Wars, including being one of the High Republic architects, plus Doctor Who, Pacific Rim, a Phantom Of The Opera adaptation and plenty of new properties including Shadow Service and The Ward! **Please note this is the same as what was uploaded to Mike's other podcast feed; Genuine Chit-Chat** In more detail, Cavan starts by explaining his daily processes for writing & how far ahead he is with certain projects (& how COVID affected this), before talking about his supernatural secret agent spy thriller comics series; Shadow Service and the freedom he has with it. The duo then discuss Star Wars, including the Force Unleashed character Starkiller, how Cavan being British affects his work in Star Wars, Mike also asks Cavan “what is Star Wars to you” – these & many more topics are discussed in this must-listen for Star Wars & comic fans alike! Mike spoke with fellow High Republic author Claudia Gray in episode 110 of GCC and Mike also spoke with comic book artist (who has worked on Star Wars); Paolo Villanelli in ep 143 of GCC so check those out if you haven’t already! @CavanScott On Twitter - Cavan’s Website: https://cavanscott.com – Cavan’s Many Links: https://linktr.ee/cavanscott - Shadow Service: https://vaultcomics.com/titles/shadow-service As mentioned in the outro, in 2 weeks Mike releases his episode with Alyson Shelton, you can support the Kickstarter for her REBURN comic here: http://kck.st/3ixc7mP To listen to a completely free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1 Also check out Mike’s Patreon, for exclusive Star Wars book reviews AND weekly “Afterthoughts” episodes, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics for this very show) and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat Guest spots Mike has been involved in: Mike was in the second episode of the weekly Moon Knight discussion episodes; Mission To Midnight, on this very feed! Mike was on the fourth episode of the Comics In Motion Book Club, featuring the first volume of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion, here: https://spoti.fi/36esba4 Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about accents in the Star Wars universe, find their original trilogy discuss here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg& their prequel discussion here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw 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