Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 97: Crimson Reign Prelude; The Next Comic Crossover (Vader, Aphra, Luke & Valance)

AFTER WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, CRIMSON DAWN EMERGES! In this episode of SWCIC, 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 also provides info on Burnin Konn, Ilum, Lothal and other planets Luke travels to! This story is set after Empire Strikes Back (& after the first runs of the Star Wars, Darth Vader & Doctor Aphra comics & WoBH) and the reading order is BH18>SW19>DV18>DA16. BH17 was released 1st December 2021 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Ramon Bachs as artist and Bryan Valenza as colour artist. SW19 was released 8th December 2021 and was written by Charles Soule, with Mario Castiello as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. DV18 was released 1st December 2021, was written by Greg Pak with Leonard Kirk as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. DA16 was released 17th November 2021, written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as artist Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. In case you missed Mike covering the War of The Bounty Hunters crossover, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84 of SWCIC. Also check episode 75 & 80 for vol 1 & 2! Mike & members of the Comics In Motion family are doing a weekly Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show, each discussion is released a day or two after the episodes drop so check those out on CiM’s feed or on Mike’s YouTube channel! Last week, in ep 95, Mike delved into the Trail Of Shadows; one of the last pieces of High Republic material from Phase 1, where 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! As well as the story, Mike gives information on the Tarnab species, Doctor Uttersound & more. Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4 To listen to a completely free Patreon Afterthoughts episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1 For more Star Wars content, check out Mike’s show Star Wars: Comics In Canon every Saturday on the feed of Comics In Motion or on his YouTube channel, plus check out his conversations on Genuine Chit-Chat with Star-Wars-related individuals including Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace and other non-Star-Wars guests! Please subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel as once we get 100 subscribers, we can change the YouTube channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQvgois9knDkFvjqcpoQtw Guest Spots: Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 - they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy 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