SWCIC: The Rise Of Kylo Ren: How Ben Solo Bled His Lightsaber Crystal & Destroyed Luke’s Jedi Temple – Ep 109

HOW DID KYLO REN GET HIS RED LIGHTSABER AND WHAT HAPPENED TO LUKE'S JEDI TEMPLE? This week Mike delves into the archives to redo the four Rise Of Kylo Ren comics, giving much more information than when he tackled it previously (in episode 1, over 2.5 years ago), including connections to The High Republic, the 2020 Star Wars comics, the 2017 Darth Vader comics, Crimson Reign and gives much more information on the Knights Of Ren! He also delves into the process of bleeding a lightsaber crystal and explains how Kylo got his iconic lightsaber from the sequel trilogy! This comic mini-series is around 28 ABY (flashbacks between 18-25 ABY), approximately 6 years before the events of The Force Awakens. The Rise Of Kylo Ren is written by Charles Soule, with Will Sliney as the artist and Guru eFX as the colourist, issue 1 was released December 2019, issue 4 released March 2020 and the trade paperback collection was released August 2020. Mike and JAC have started a weekly Andor discussion show, so far they’ve discussed episodes 1-4 – you can listen on any podcast app on the feed of Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/143921or at https://YouTube.com/GenuineChitChat In the last episode of SWCIC, 108, Mike delved into the fourth batch of Crimson Reign comics, where the infamous Knights Of Ren (& their leader before Kylo) attempt to steal a key from Darth Vader while the Crimson Dawn conspiracy continues to plunge the galaxy into chaos. Plus, the Bounty Hunters crew try to escape a horde of Unbroken Clan loyalists, Vader probes Sabé & Ochi about Crimson Dawn, Commander Zahra makes a daring gambit against the entire Rebellion fleet and Aphra finally gets her hands on the Spark Eternal… To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book reviews on Dark Disciple & A New Dawn, plus the Legends books Shatterpoint, Darth Bane & Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1 Subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, discussion with Star Wars creators, playlists filled with episodes of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat Mike's Guest Spots: Mike & Megan discussed She Hulk Episode 7 on Comics In Motion’s Feed: https://pod.fo/e/143eaf Mike & Megan recently joined Dan & Ria for another Disney Discussion, this time on the weird movies Disney don’t want you to see (which aren’t even on Disney+)! https://pod.fo/e/143657 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 Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org Timings: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Background Info 03:57 Release & Personnel 04:20 Prologue 05:17 Knights Of Ren Info 09:30 Issue 1 15:02 Issue 2 25:35 Issue 3 32:09 Issue 4 40:31 Crystal Bleeding 42:39 Coming Up 48:26 Support & Outro