Episode #362 -- Far Away in a Moment

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You're listening to Star Wars splash Page
Comics in Review. This is episode number
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three hundred and sixty two, and
when it comes to Doctor Afra, some
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things will never change. Hey,
Jeff, how are you stay? I'm
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as hard. I don't want sits
running the galasne I'm good man. I
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want to congratulate you and the Birds
for us setting atop the NFC East,
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which is no longer the NFC least
more like the NFC Beast, I must
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say, recording this on on Monday
night. So of course we're talking to
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the ball because that's what comics fans
coming to these podcasts for exactly that.
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Movie reviews speaking up, I do
have a couple to a review real quick,
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and these are not struck work.
One of them went to see Barbie
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and Imax. It got rereleased in
Imax. I say, we saw it.
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We saw three quarters of it AMC
theaters. Uh kind of shafted us.
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The showtime posted showtime was one thirty. Typically that means it's going to
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start about one fifty with twenty minutes
of previews. Yeah, we walked in
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at one twenty five and it had
already been going for at least ten minutes.
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Wow. Yeah, So we went
out to complain after the movie.
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Everybody in the theater did and they
and they said, well, yeah,
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we didn't realize that it didn't have
any trailers or anything with the file when
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we got it. I know for
a fact they had shown it the day
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before, so they just didn't care. Yeah, they just didn't care.
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Gave everybody in the theater of voucher
to come back to see another movie,
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except for us because we have AMC
A list. So I just said,
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well, how about you give me
a couple of drink vouchers, which cost
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about the same as a movie ticket
anyway, that's true, that's true.
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But after that, when we're right
back into the Imax theater and saw you're
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gonna get jealous. Stop making sense. What. Yeah, i'd never seen
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it before. I've never seen it
before. I have the I have the
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soundtrack on vinyl, which I love, but I never sat down to watch
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the movie. Okay, and you
know it's called one of the greatest concert
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films ever ever made, but you
know I saw it was when it was
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first released. Yeah, and it
absolutely is. If anybody has a chance
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to see it while it's in theaters, please please please do so. And
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then afterwards a guy came up to
me and said, are you professor of
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rock? Like not that I'm aware
of. Soa, it's a YouTube channel.
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You look just like the guy and
I looked it up and I guess
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kind of the T shirt he's wearing
in the picture looks more like me than
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the actual guy. But yeah,
apparently the hat and the glasses and everything
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made me look like you know,
YouTube music royalty. I don't know you
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in the In the guy's defense,
when you sent me a picture of the
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guy, he thought you were the
T shirt. The teacher does look just
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like you, Yes it does,
Yes it does, but yes, so
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that so we did see that.
We were gonna go see The Retirement Plan,
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which is a new Nicholas Cage movie, but on Sunday, but we
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were just tired, so we stayed
on. Okay, but that is one
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that I'm definitely gonna check out if
if I miss it in theaters, I'm
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gonna check it out on home video. He plays this retired hit man who
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gets into it while his grandkids are
visiting, like his life comes back to
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haunt and while his grandkids are visiting, So he's got to take out all
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these guys while still protecting his grandkids. Looks great. I love that.
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That's a great promise. But other
than that, yeah, that that was
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it for the for the week.
We did watch Crimson Peak last night with
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Gamma da Toro's audio commentary. I
got the Arrow video release blu ray,
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and if you're at all a movie
nerd like I am, highly recommend that
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commentary track. Very informative. He's
very you know, a very very engaging
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speaker because this is a good filmmaker, so he's a good storyteller obviously.
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So cool. Yeah, yeah,
that's all. I love that movie.
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That's a that's a brutal movie,
it is, and it's playing at Alamo
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Drafthouse next month, so we're gonna
get Yeah. So what about you,
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Matt any anything exciting to uh add
No, I just I've had pneumonia for
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a week. But I'm sorry.
What happens. It happens sounds sick because
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I'm finally starting to sound better.
Okay, Okay, so there you go.
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All right, all right, I
got some news for you, Bud.
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Okay, Well, we do have
three books to discuss. We have
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after the news, we do have
the Mandalorian season two issue number four.
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We have hyper Space Stories number nine
from dark Horse, and we have Doctor
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aff for number thirty six. But
yes, Matt, what sort of news
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do we have? It's fit to
speak, all right, Well, December
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solicits we're released last week, as
we particularly would be really no surprise except
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there was an omission Obi wan Kenobi
number four was not among them. It's
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just taken the month off, so
it should be back in a January,
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so definitely keep an eye up for
that. So we'll probably see that when
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they have the January solicits, which
should come after New York City Comic Con,
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which is later this month. It's
actually going to be held. Oh
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gosh, where did it go the
weekend of I think it's like Thursday,
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October twelfth, the Sunday October fifteenth, and Lucasfilm Publishing will have a panel
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on Sunday, October fifteenth from one
thirty to two thirty. Some of the
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guests so far include Charles Soul,
Claudia Gray, John Jackson, Miller,
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Megan Krause, and I'm sure there
will probably be others and of course Michaels
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acclaimed Lucasfilm Publishing's creative directory is going
to moderate the event, so it's it's
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conceivable we could get a couple more
comic book related announcements, if memory serves.
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I think it was New York City
Comic Con last year where they announced
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to sign a Starris mini series,
So that sounds right, Yeah, so,
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I mean so it would It would
not surprise me in the least to
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see what they come up with or
or even announce, although you know,
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tied into that is the fact that
we're getting that New Revelations one shot twenty
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twenty three, which is going to
sort of set the stage, if you
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will, for what Star Wars Comics
are going to be doing in twenty twenty
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four. And of course, the
cover of that particular issue drew a lot
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of reaction because it featured you know, keep Trenis from the High Republic,
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It featured Thrawn, featured Mace Window, and of course Java was at the
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center of it all. Then there
was Princess Leiah and Luke Skywalker, and
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Lando and a hooded figure. So
it's gonna be very interesting to you that
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hooded figure will be but you know, it should be, should be,
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should be quite informative. I think
it should be. As a matter of
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fact, I would probably dare saying
quite interesting. So we'll see what the
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rolls out of that event. Additionally, we are getting up for the next
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issue of Hyperspace Stories. We finally
got our second cover reveal of the Bad
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Batch, which is by h and
this cover is by Lucas Marangne and it
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features, yeah, the four members
of the Bad Batch, and of course
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on the fifth one is is the
it's it's a little stuffed animal. And
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when I put a picture of it
on Twitter, it got a lot of
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a lot of reaction, a lot
of feedback. You can really tell who's
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never cracked an issue of Hyperspace Stories
because the little stuff bare thing, it's
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got a headband, you know,
like one of the members of the Bad
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batches. And so they're like what, So I was like, oh no,
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no, it's h you know the
thing, it's it's the mcguffin of
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this series. So okay. So
but I could get a lot of you
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know, silent chuckles to myself reading
some of the replies. But it's a
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lot of fun. Also, speaking
of Piperspace Stories, we did get the
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solicits for the twelfth and final issue, and it is the Battle of Indoor
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as we have never seen it before, and it's sort of it sort of
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focuses on engineer Evans Bosch, so
he's you know, he's trying to keep
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a ship at one piece, so
you know it, so it'll be interesting
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because I believe this is for a
Cannon comic. You know, this is
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sort of our first real foray into
the return of the act, the events
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of the Return of the Jedi,
you know, because we're not in that
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yet with Marble, and of course
the thinking is I said, in twenty
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twenty four they might actually start to
make that leap into the return of the
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Jedi era of Star Wars, at
least for the the four main monthlies,
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the High Republic of course being the
exception, since it's going to be in
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phase three and set well before the
events of all the bill. But you
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know, so you know, you
definitely you can check out all of that
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on the Facebook page, including Lucas
Marinun's great cover that shows, uh,
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what I'm thinking is Evans, you
know, sitting behind uh Lando and non
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numbed in the cockpit as they approached
the desk stock so and Landis got a
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kind of trigger going yeah, yelling
at somebody. So uh and then we
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also got a look for January's issue
of the High Republic Adventures Phase three,
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number two. So and again you
can find all these details, including all
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of marble solicits, on the Facebook
page. So and then dark Horse has
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made available Sergio Aragonez cover for the
Hyperspace Stories Annual Jackson twenty twenty three,
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and you can get it via dark
Horse Direct, and it of course features
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Jackson and done in Sergio's legendary style. It like all the others the prior
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to that, We're done by Mike
Vaniola, is available for twenty five bucks
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a pop. And but you know, but again, shipping is like twenty
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dollars, So I mean you're almost
paying as much for the comic as you
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are for shipping. So you know, it looks really good and if you're
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a complete this, you're definitely gonna
want it. It's you know, it's
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the same story that was in the
previous two iterations of this annual that have
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already been made available. As a
matter of fact, I believe the black
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and white Mike Vaniola version there are
still copies available at dark Horse Direct and
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we'll see how that goes. Looking
ahead to January for Marvel, I was
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doing some perusals, if you will, and we'll know more when the January
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solicits are released in October. But
it appears that Marvel is planning a series
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of Star Wars Rebels tenth Anniversary Bariot
cover by Caspar Wingard. And I say
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that because like the solicitor, Star
Wars number forty two, uh has,
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you know, features the Grand Inquisitor
Rebels tenth Anniversary variant, while Darth Vader
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number forty two has an Osoga Rebels
tenth Anniversary variant. So it's conceivable,
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I mean, we you know,
we'll probably get We'll probably get, you
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know, more than just those two, you know, so hopefully we'll maybe
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we'll get as obviously we'll get Ezra
and Kanaan and Harra and Sabine and Chopper,
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I would imagine, So keep an
eye out for that, you know,
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obviously, wouldn't you know? They
will probably be an article on star
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Wars dot Com with the most of
the covers or whichever ones have already been
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completed. So but you know,
don't be all surprised because you heard about
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it here first, so you know, speaking of variant covers, they're finally
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starting to see the first life day
variants that Mike del Mundo is doing for
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some books. In for Marble's November
Star Wars comics, there's one for a
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Star Wars number forty that you know, features han Astride Chebacca's shoulders and Chebacca,
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of course, is wearing the red
light day robe and they're they're hanging
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the light globes up and it's a
really pretty cover. So and but you
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know, you can see it on
on our Facebook page, and I think,
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Jet, that is all the news
that we have. Is that all
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I think? So, yeah,
I'm sure it'll change. So I'm sure,
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Yeah, as soon as we drop
the show, it'll it'll be a
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bunch of that's you know, eight
hours after we're done recording tonight, you
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know, there'll be something on Star
Wars dot com on Tuesday. Right,
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But well just watch the Twitter and
Facebook feeds and you'll you'll find it.
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So exactly, thank you for curating
that news for us. Matt. Let's
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talk for just a second about the
Mandalorian season two issue four. This is
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Assault on the Imperial Base, and
this is the episode where Mando goes back
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to Navarro and gets uh talked in
to helping Grief Carga and what's her name,
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karadune yep Karadon into helping them break
into a stronghold on the other side
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of the planet, the other side
of the planet. And again, like
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we've said before, if you've seen
the episode, you know what happens here.
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There's no additional content. The creative
team has done a good job of
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adapting the story to the new medium. The you know, the pacing and
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everything is good. The art is
great, colors are fun. The only
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thing that I may have an issue
with is the way they've drawn Grief Carga
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doesn't look as much like Carl Weathers
as I'm used to, and some of
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the shots he's beard looks like it's
been airbrushed on. Well, yeah,
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that's that's a valid that's a valid, valid criticism, I think. So.
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Yeah. The creative team for this
book, of course is, you
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know, Rodney Barnes is the writer, Stephen Cummings is our pencil eryne Wayne
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Foucher is our incher. Rachelle Rosenberg
is the colorist and virtual calligraphies. Joe
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Karamania is the letterer. The covers
are by Giuseppe camin Cooley and Alejandro Sanchez.
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Daniel Warren Johnson, who is about
to break the comics industry with the
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release of the new Transformers number one
next week, has a variant cover,
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and then of course Ryan Brown has
a variant cover, and then there is
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the Christian Olsman concept variant cover.
Book designer is Carlos Lao. The assistant
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editor is Mikey Jay Vasso. Danny
Kasim is our associate editor, Mark Panizzia
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our editor, CB Sabolski is the
editor in chief. This adaptation is of
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course based on the series that's created
by John Favreau and was written by John
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Fabre, Day Filoni, Christopher Yost
and Rick Famoywa. And then from Lucasfilm,
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we have Robert Simpson our senior editor, Grace Orris, our associate editor,
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Michael Siglan, the creative director,
Troy Alders the art director. The
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story group, We've got Bat Martin, Pablo Hidalgo, Emily Scukani and James
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Waugh. And then of course there
is Bill show Stack creative art manager.
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Yeah, it's a it's it's a
great adaptation. It's at the illustrations.
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I think are great, you know, especially you know, I love the
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that scene, you know, where
Mando is trying to guide Grogu in connecting
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wires, you know, one of
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you know, there's that. And
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well the awkwardnes of myth Rall being
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know, because if you go all
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was you know, we met him
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the Mandalorian, so and uh,
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it really captured really well, uh, you know, the the elements of
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what they found at that facility,
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better view of what was in those
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you know they were if I recalled
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and I rewatched this episode over the
weekend just to sort of as a as
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a refresher. Yeah, and they
didn't really linger on those tanks, you
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know, and we know that there's
clearly some sort of experimenting going on as
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they were trying to introduce you know, Mitelchondric you know, the mini Chlorian
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blood into these test subjects. So
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chance to see what was in those
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just it's sort of vague descript humanoids
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what was in there. So but
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Visually, it's very entertaining and it's
quite enjoyable U but unfortunately it doesn't really
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break any new ground. You know, if you've seen the episode, you've
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you've read the comic, or if
you've read the comic, you don't need
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to watch the episode now, right
exactly. And like I said, I
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you know, I, like I've
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and I appreciate the work that they're
doing. I just think about the
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the books that we could have gotten
in place of this, and those books
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are those books are coming. So
yeah, I mean I can understand why
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they do this because you know,
they can put these out on the racks
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at disney World and Disneyland, and
you know people are going to you know,
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to galaxies as you're going to see
that, Oh hey the Mandalorian,
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Yeah I'll buy that. Yeah.
So yeah, I said I get it
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completely. I don't. I don't
fault anybody for it. So yeah,
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it's my only complaint, isn't is
if they're going to do the adaptations that
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I want, my Rides of Skywalker
adaptation. Yes, if if only to
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be able to have a complete collection
of all of the films adaptations by comics
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exactly. If they're gonna do this, and they're gonna do Obi wan Kenobie,
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there's there's no reason not to.
Yeah, it really is a missed
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opportunity. So there's there's our two
cents for that Marvel. I know they
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listen. Uh so uh. Breaking
from Marvel, let's go to dark Horse
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and talk about Hyperspace Stories number nine
with the you know, the hype building
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after this one has been building,
especially when it was revealed. But the
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subject, the antagonist, and the
antagonists and the protagonists are Cad Baine and
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Quinlan Voss. If ever there is
a Jedi who engenders a or you know
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it has endeared, h been endeared
to fans, it is Quinlan Voss.
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And of course Cad Baine seems to
be almost a universal fan favorite up there,
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even you know, I would dare
say even rivaling Honda Anoka, Hondo
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Anoka. So and you know,
so I was excited for this book,
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and and I thought it was worth
the weight, and it was. It
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was a good, solid story.
So and of course that's due in large
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part to the creative team, because
this is Star Wars Hyperspace Stories number nine.
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Who's the Voss? I love that
title, and it's written by Michael
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Barezzi. And pencils are and inks
are by Nick broken Cher. We've had
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on the show two or three times, you know, and we're big fans
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of Nick's work, and Nick just
has a lot of fun illustrating Star Wars
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characters. Colors are by David Kennedy
and they are bright and they just pop
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off the page. Letters or by
comocrats Tyler Smith and Jimmy Baton Court,
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and I gotta I gotta single both
both Tyler and Jimmy out because there were
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some panels where they're lettering just really
enhanced the storytelling and it helped sort of
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just emphasize the snark equivalent bosses dialogue. Main cover is by Tom Fowler and
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Bill Crabtree, and then there is
a variant cover by Carrie Nord. Publisher
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of Dark Horse is Mike Richardson.
The editor of this book in the series
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is Matt Dryer. The book designer
is Anita mcgonia, the digital art technician
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is Samantha Hover. And then of
course we have the same team for Lucas
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Film, with the exception that James
Watt is not part of the credits.
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So this story takes place during the
fall of the Jedi era. So you
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know, we've got the Clone Wars, you know, I guess you know,
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we're still still taking place, but
you know they're you know, they're
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about to wind down, if you
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They don't know that, uh,
and uh, it's it's just a
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riotous explosion of color, uh,
snappy dialogue and just the scum of the
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galaxy. And and it's it's it's
one of those few occasions where I can
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safely say that the hyperbole of calling
it a rollicking book is completely accurate.
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So and we open up. We're
in the Bavana System, Uh, in
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a dive bar filled with wonderful creatures, with somebody who looks like they have
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escaped from a Arthur Conan Doyle model. So who's you know, holding a
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drink and the bar to bar keep
is nervous, neat nervous, none,
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not at all. I'm fit.
It's a phinunk. Are you sure about
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that? Yeah? This guy is
approached by Ionian and I had to stop
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here and say, I remembered you
posting about the Sergio Aragonis cover and looking
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at this, I had to double
check and make sure he didn't do this
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art. And I think I'm using
that as a compliment because that's what this
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reminded me of. Well, that's
the thing. It's Nick Broken shure.
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He's got this great, wonderful style. Yes, you know, and this
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is a little unlike it what I've
seen him do before, though it's a
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little more exaggerated. I'll say it
is it is and that's and but that's
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that is. That is a very
positive thing because if you see a Nick
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broken shut panel, you know,
it's Nick broken, Yes, and this
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one it's it's it's almost like it's
not like he was out of his comfort
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zone. It just looks like he
had a lot of he had he was
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given the room to run, yes, and he did, you know,
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but he's also he's also been able
to explore here. And I think
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what really augments his work here is
David Kennedy's colors. Yeah, because there's
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lots of greens, you know,
and but it's all kind of muted yet
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still flashy, which is, you
know, a very odd thing to say,
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but it's true. Yeah, no, it's very colorful, but not
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bright. And then, of course
Michael Moretzy's dialogue here, Michael just's he's
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born to write words for ne'er do
wells and and and misunderstood good guys and
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nervous traitors and cool, calm,
collected, laconic body hunters like cad Bang.
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like, because you know, this
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this, this this nervous gentleman is
you know, it's basically sandwiched between a
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week and a deboronian. You know, he are just sort of trying to
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make small talk with him. But
even then you could just tell it's it's
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got a very sense of foreboding undertone
to what they're saying, you know,
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and this guy picks up on him. He's like, yeah, I just
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I'm gonna go and look at the
rest of the bar. I feel excuse
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me, I think it's better if
you stay right here, and the Deboronian
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is like, yeah, we're just
gonna acquainted. Tell us a little about
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yourself, starting where you come from. Oh you know here are there a
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Corrisson made? Its spent a lot
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Yeah? I might think I think
you might be confused. You say
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Corrisson, But what I think it
really made is sereno. And then of
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course you hear the words sereno.
You know Duku is involved, and he
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is because this is what has happened
is this guy's a trader, and Count
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Dooku let's put out a bounty on
him, and these guys are here to
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collect. And then it looks like
he's about to go down, you know,
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because the UK the week Way is
got the gun up into his face
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and he pays a very very vivid
picture to this guy. Kutuku doesn't tolerate
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traders, but he does pay well
when they get what they deserve. And
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what's even better is he doesn't care
if the trader is brought back to him
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warm or a boom. The lights
go out, and then this is where
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it gets really fun. Did you
get about five panels of blackness and green
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who trade up the lights grab inquar, don't let him get away. I've
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got him. You stay alert.
I've got a feeling with Oh watch it,
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hey spell abou drake alone boom,
green lightsaber, I knights. You
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see one of the you see one
of the Bounty Hunters. Pistols get cut
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in half. The Deveronian loses part
of a horn that his and his electro
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staff is cut in half. And
then the lights come on and everybody's stare
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back at you, the reader and
the door oh my, and the devil
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owns like, look, look,
we don't want any trouble. And you
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know the week ways Yeah, yeah, we were just we're just playing around.
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We didn't mean anything by it.
And they focus this right in on
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Quinland boom and yeah, and I
don't even think he says it. I
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think he just kind of mutters it
under his breath. Yes, boom,
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Yeah, you know it. There's
there's no you know, boisterous you know
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amplification here and then yeah, of
course, then our subject here's you.
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You you're a Jedi. What tipped
you off? The lightsaber? That question
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didn't need an answer, man,
You really pick some planet to lie low
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on, But Vanna is nothing but
bounty hunters, lowlights and outright criminals.
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And if those two geniuses back there
are already onto you, then there's no
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telling who else is on your tail. So he you know, so the
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exit the bar, they're being chased. Quinland's like, look all the spaceports,
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all the way on the other side
of this place. Let's check a
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leg and get there for any of
any more new friends find you. Hold
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on, hold on, who are
you? What are you gonna do to
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me? Name's Quinlan Voss, and
I'm not gonna do anything to you,
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well, at least nothing that those
pirates back there are. When it done,
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I'll make this simple. I know
you're Gregan act you work with Douka,
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you know his secrets. For whatever
reason, you betrayed him, and
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you're on the run. Now.
You can either come with me and tell
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my friends what you know, or
you can take your chances out here in
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the wild. Clock's kicking Gregg and
all right, all right, I'll come,
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but you have to promise me that
nothing bad will happen to me if
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I agreed to tell you quiet and
don't move. And He's like, oh,
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Someone's coming, and then of course
the name someone is everybody's favorite.
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Who's now everybody's favorite dead bounty hunter? Spoilers for a lookable and bean Wow
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wow wow. I thought this was
just a simple retrieval job, not much
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excitement, but good enough, Bountie. I never considered the chance of running
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into an old friend out interesting this
has become and it's just now, did
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they I'm trying to remember the Clone
Wars episodes with Quinlan Voss was did he
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come up against Cadbane? I cannot
say with authority, However, I'm sure
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one of our eleven listeners is probably
very very well versed in this well,
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because I remember he and he and
Ben had like a friendly rivalry going,
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and that's where when he's he talks
a lot of talks a lot of smack
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about Kenobi in this episode they did, actually, yeah, because there was
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that one episode in the third season
and the Hunt for Zero and Quinland is
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with Obi Wan and they and they
base off with with with cad with cad
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Bane. That's right, Yeah,
so it's that one particular episode. So
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yeah, there is a history and
I love this dialogue, Voss says,
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So you know me, the life
of the party, and cad Bane says,
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I prefer Kenobian bosses. Yeah,
I get that a lot. And
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then it's like a Sergio Leone standoff. It is, that's exactly what I
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was thinking. Yeah, Dandi side
Jedi can't do that. And you get
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these insets of their weapons and going
for their weapons and then their eyes.
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It's it's it's obviously a reference to
Leoni. And then cad Bane shoots and
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Voss of course deflects. It deflects
both blaster bolts and a great fuse page
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spread too. It's really awesome.
Yeah, it's it's great. And so
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they you know, they basically they
fight for several pages and ends up cad
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ends up getting electroccuted by Quinland.
By Quenland uses the force to turn Cads,
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you know, sort of elect electro
shock being directly to him. It's
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just a yeah, don't and so
they he's they get away, and uh
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but he said, he tells him. He says, you're on Bavana,
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Home of Bounty Hunters, Low lives
and love. That's that's a gand it's
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not necessarily Zuckers, but it is
a game. Yet it's definitely not Zuckers,
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but it is a gand so bounty
hunters, low lives, acquiring and
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outright criminals. And you know,
we get some outright criminals. Yeah,
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boord dugs. He says, in
order to run Jedi, give us a
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trader, and maybe you have a
chance of getting off this planet. And
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uh, Voss says, well,
I have to say, it's nice to
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be still popular, and I do
appreciate your offer. I have other ideas
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in mind, and uh, you
know, uses a force again to knock
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the off of his speeder, takes
a speeder and get away as they're opening
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fire. And again we just have
a lot of a lot of dialogue here.
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And he tells him he needs he's
got intel that the Republic needs and
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he says, well, I don't
have the intel. I know a lot
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of good secrets, but I might
have stashed some the Dooku's secret communications with
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his treasures. It's like, you're
kidding me, man. This mission keeps
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getting better and better. So they
get to where I'm assuming he stashed them.
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And he says, all right,
everyone gather around, come on,
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00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:18.559
don't be shy, and it's and
it's it's Voss talking and he's basically tell
401
00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:22.640
him now beside me is Duku's treasures. Go on, take a good look,
402
00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:25.400
and he says, I know this
is what you're after, and if
403
00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:29.319
you want it, you're gonna have
to move fast. So he goes to
404
00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:32.160
kick it down, and it's basically
a distraction, yeah, because he kicks
405
00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.880
it on a conveyor belt that's going
into a smelter, so it's gonna all
406
00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.440
be melted down so they can get
it, which is brilliant, so they
407
00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.680
can get away, and he says
he's running away. He says, greedy
408
00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:45.440
and greed and stupidity is a dangerous
combo, and cad Bane says, unfortunately
409
00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:51.640
for you, I'm neither. And
so again they fight again, and he
410
00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.759
says, I thought you'd wanted that
treasure bang, And he says, I
411
00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.559
do, and I'll take it off
one of those fools soon enough. But
412
00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.160
taking my bounty. But I'm taking
my bounty as well. And I love
413
00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.519
the way that the cat is drawn
in color here, like that insect panel
414
00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.680
where he says I'm taking my bounty
as well. The blue on his face
415
00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:08.240
and the red and his eyes yea
offset so well together. It's really gorgeous.
416
00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:11.839
Oh yeah, you know this this, this whole this whole issue.
417
00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:15.960
The way the way Nick, the
way Nick and Dave have illustrated it is
418
00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:21.319
it it's it's this wonderfully chaotic blend
of what you would have seen in two
419
00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:25.960
thousand and eight d comics you know
from the eighties and nineties, very much
420
00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:29.920
as as well as you know some
of those dark Horse comics from the from
421
00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.440
the nineties, you know, those
the Star Wars dark Horse comics from from
422
00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.079
the late nine Pink, the pink
hues in this very ray reminiscent of those
423
00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.960
those Star Wars comics to me very
much. Pink and purples. Yeah,
424
00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:44.119
and especially it's a digital page eighteen. When Cat turns around, it says,
425
00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:48.200
no, the color in that panel. I would hang that in my
426
00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.839
room, in my living room.
That'd be a great tattoo. You can
427
00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:55.599
get the coloring right, because the
way the way it melts, the blue
428
00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:59.960
and the green and the futia,
you know, because it's reflect it's it's
429
00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:07.400
he's it's reflecting the wrong side of
a ship engine about to kick kick the
430
00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:12.039
gas. Yeah, because that's what
Yeah, I Voss has put him right
431
00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.119
where he wantshi and he gets Yeah, he gets knocked away by this,
432
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:20.839
uh the ship that that the the
guy them Greg and I didn't think of
433
00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:24.559
his name yet, Greg Gagrin.
And he says, I can't believe that
434
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.759
actually worked in Vassa. Of course
it worked on my Jedi. This is
435
00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:31.240
what we do. He's a humble
man, yes he is. And this
436
00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:35.359
is this reminds me of the end
of or the beginning the the the end
437
00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.920
of the first scene of Temple Doom. He says, so long cad Bane
438
00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:43.799
reminded where in he says, nice
trialaucha, Yes, yes, And and
439
00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:46.440
I just kept expecting something to go
wrong. Yeah, like like like like
440
00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:50.119
you know, like like you know
the somewhere on that space ship you know
441
00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:55.119
where it says Duku Enterprises or Bin
Bin you know, Baine Bounties or something.
442
00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:59.400
Yeah, he says, well,
well another mission that went pretty much
443
00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:01.119
exactly is and I'll Epolice Knobi no
I pull this one off. I'm sure
444
00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:08.079
he'll love hearing. Wait what there's
something there's something wrong. And he's in
445
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.680
the Greg and said, what do
you mean something's wrong? Is it bandy
446
00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:15.640
to put a detonator in the ship? Are we gonna die? This guy
447
00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:19.400
is just too nervous. He said, you relax, Greg, and we're
448
00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:22.680
not going to die. He's just
I sent something here, something on this
449
00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.200
ship that it's like, it's calling
out to me. It's old and unique
450
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:29.000
and strong with the force. And
it's the It's the stuffed Bear. It's
451
00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.839
the stuff. LOOKI the stuff,
Wookie says, A story to this.
452
00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:37.119
I can feel it. Someone lost
the stuffy Can I keep? And we
453
00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.599
and we're we're flashing back to every
time we've seen it and the well and
454
00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:43.440
but no, because we haven't seen
we haven't seen that one yet. That's
455
00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:47.799
true. That's that's I think this
is technically the first appearance, uh this
456
00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:52.920
member of the Bad Badge, which
Wrecker I believe. Yes, Wrecker,
457
00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:55.599
who is actually record ended up being
my favorite, is my favorite from that
458
00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:00.319
series. He in Tech were my
two favorites, and now just Wrecker because
459
00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:04.319
that's a character that could be very
very one note and the way they've they've
460
00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:07.680
portrayed him is just great. So
I can't wait to see him in the
461
00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.119
next issue, which is interesting,
Yeah, because I think the next issue
462
00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:12.960
is like going to be their first
appearance in the in a comic book.
463
00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:17.119
I mean, they've already had a
Marvel Comics cover, but they haven't had
464
00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:21.840
a comic book story, so you
know, so Hyperspace story. So hyper
465
00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:27.000
Space Stories number ten is their first
comic book appearance. But now this is
466
00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:30.760
the first cameo of Wrecker. So
you know, for those of you who
467
00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:37.480
are collector minded, you didn't order
this and you're hearing the podcast, you
468
00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.119
know, on a Wednesday, you
might want to go out at your shop
469
00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.559
and maybe get a copy. Just
you know, you should never know,
470
00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:49.559
you dimitting on whatever speculators are going
to do. So so but anyway,
471
00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.159
anyway, I digress. Sorry,
yeah, but you know we see others,
472
00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:57.320
you know, because when we see
Kenobi with Vivine, you know,
473
00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:00.719
and there's that, it's always that
dull and this and of course, as
474
00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.599
we've said, this stall it's the
mcguffin for every issue in the series.
475
00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:08.320
So then you know, Paul of
a sudden, it's snatched away from Quinland.
476
00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:13.599
My junk. Oh hey, you
keep your hands off my junk?
477
00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.079
All right, all right, got
it? How about this junk? My
478
00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:21.119
friend Gregan gave you this enough to
get us to Corrisant. Yes, very
479
00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:25.199
good junk, straight Corrison now terrific. I just hope Kenobi's there. He's
480
00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:32.519
gonna love this one, so so
you know, I enjoyed it. It
481
00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:37.239
was it was a fun story,
and it was it captured the attitude that
482
00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:42.320
is both cad Bane and Quinland Boss
perfectly. And again I just I found
483
00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:45.719
this very visually appealing, very much
so. Yeah, and this this issue
484
00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:51.079
is is a classic reason why you
should not be sleeping on hyperspace stories.
485
00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.519
Not at all. Yeah, it's
a lot of fun and doesn't take itself
486
00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:59.440
too seriously. But also there are
steaks. Yeah, they're very much,
487
00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:02.239
very much, very much so.
And I would like to I just got
488
00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:07.000
some breaking news while we're recording this
h not Star Wars related with David McCallum.
489
00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.920
I found out passed away. Oh
no, yeah, if you if
490
00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:13.519
you watch NCIS, he's Ducky.
The man was ninety years old. He
491
00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.480
was in his seventies when the show
started. Can you imagine thinking, I'll
492
00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.639
do this for a couple of years
and then retire and you're still on it.
493
00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:22.320
But twenty years later, more importantly, he was on the Man from
494
00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:25.679
Uncle. Yes he was. And
I had a hit record in the sixties,
495
00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:30.360
I believe, Oh did he now, yeah he did. I had
496
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:34.159
no idea. You introduced the next
book, and I'll actually we'll we'll take
497
00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:39.880
a break while I look this up, and we'll be back to discuss Doctor
498
00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:59.119
for number thirty six. You got
it, and we're back. And yes,
499
00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:01.840
David McCallum did records several albums.
He didn't sing, but he was
500
00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:08.320
a classically trained musician, so he
basically did these instrumental interpretations of hits of
501
00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:14.119
the day. But he did have
a piece called the Edge, which are
502
00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:16.880
sampled by Doctor dre as the intro
and riff to the track the next episode.
503
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:21.400
Oh that's cool. Yeah, so
but he also, yeah, he
504
00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:24.039
was in like you said, he
was in The Man from Uncle and was
505
00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:29.119
also in The Great Escape. Yes, he was that. I loved The
506
00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.719
Great Escape. He was one of
those guys that had at a career that
507
00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:35.159
spanned, you know, decades upon
decades, and you saw him and everything.
508
00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.760
But he was kind of a comedian, you know, a British actor.
509
00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:40.239
They make me so mad because they're
comedians that can just slip into any
510
00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:45.719
role. Yeah. Yeah, like
I said, it is not the Star
511
00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.920
Wars related, but I know NCIS
has a lot of fans out there,
512
00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:50.519
and and he was just Yeah,
he's just one of those actors that was
513
00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.840
always fun and whatever he was in. So I just wanted to take a
514
00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:58.239
second to mark that while we were
recording. Thank you for doing so.
515
00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:05.599
So Doctor Afra number thirty six.
The Dark Droids tie in obviously beause we
516
00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.719
get that nice purple over the top. Every one of the main monthlies through
517
00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.719
December, with the exception of the
High Republic. In the Mandalorian and the
518
00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:17.800
Anobi Wan Kenobi, they're going to
be dark droids Tiens and Afre is getting
519
00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:22.599
shot at by what looks like probably
a droid we would imagine based on Yeah,
520
00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:27.320
definitely, so it's well, definitely
a clone Clone Wars droid. So
521
00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:35.760
the you know, you gotta love
that because you know it's just a it's
522
00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:39.159
just so good, you know,
there's something about it. So and this
523
00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:45.840
this main cover is by Derek Chew, and I believe this is Derek Chew's
524
00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:51.199
first ever Star Wars cover, I
think so. And of course that droids
525
00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.719
you're referring to, I think is
a B one droid. So sounds right,
526
00:38:54.840 --> 00:39:02.159
but we will see so yes.
Written by Elissa Wong, art is
527
00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:07.239
by Minky Young and Jethro Morales.
Rochelle Rosenberg is again our colorist. VC's
528
00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:12.000
Joe Kamania handles are letters Derek jew
As we said, as the cover artist.
529
00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:15.000
For the main cover, there is
a return of the Jedi fortifth anniversary
530
00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:20.480
variant by Chris Brouse, Carl Story
and nirajmanon Im just has a clone Wars
531
00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:28.519
fifteenth anniversary variant. Jose Maria Casanova's
has a Droids connecting cover variant, and
532
00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:32.880
Luciano Vecchio also has a cover that's
the one I ordered. Book designer is
533
00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:37.800
Carlos Lao. Assistant editor is again
Mikey J. Basso. Danny Kasim is
534
00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:43.039
our editor. Mark Benizia is our
senior editor. CB Sabolski is our editor
535
00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.400
in chief. And then for Lucasilim, we've got Robert Simpson, Grace Rris,
536
00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:51.840
Michael Siglin, Troy Alders, Matt
Martin, Pablo Hidalgo and Image Gukani
537
00:39:52.079 --> 00:40:00.360
and well as Phil Shostack Boom.
This this basically the posits us where it
538
00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:05.800
left us initial number thirty five.
You know, they are at the Hovel
539
00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:13.960
Prime Warehouse, and they have encountered
lots and lots and lots of deadly droids
540
00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:20.719
that were stored at this Taga owned
warehouse because Domina is curious as to see,
541
00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:22.079
because you know, Domina, like
others in the galaxy, is aware
542
00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:30.039
that something is happening to the droids, and so Domina has tasked Afra and
543
00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:34.639
just lucky. You see, if
this warehouse full of old Clone wars Ra
544
00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:37.840
droids is also affected, well guess
what they are. So but however,
545
00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:45.480
we open up rebel base undisclosed location. Now here's my question for you,
546
00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:53.199
because at the center of this is
general layout work gone and I love that
547
00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:59.480
she's wearing the gear from hath Still
that right, that speaks a lot to
548
00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:06.400
me. So she's sitting there watching
a hollow of the silver arrow and we
549
00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:08.519
get to die. And what we
are hearing is a distress call that was
550
00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:14.320
recorded in sent out. Ah no, no, this is a silver arrow
551
00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:17.320
requesting immediate a watch out. I
repeat, this is a silver arrow requesting
552
00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:21.679
immediate. It's something it's wrong with
a trigar. Send the distress signal.
553
00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:23.519
Take ah please, if you're if
you're listening, we no, no,
554
00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:28.039
no, no, no no,
this is a silver arrow. And then
555
00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:34.800
there's light droids. Do you know
Arghana, what is this recording? The
556
00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:39.239
last transmission from one of our ships, the Silver Arrow, as Magnetolva returned
557
00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:43.920
to base. Yet she and her
crew are in round. In fact,
558
00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:49.719
they should be coming in now.
And so we see the Hawks end coming
559
00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:54.519
in for a landing at the undisclosed
Rebel Alliance base and you know, we
560
00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:59.599
get some astro x and you know, we see some ships in the background,
561
00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:02.719
including a why Wing on the ground. Good, I need her here
562
00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:07.599
as soon as she lands. Something
is a very something, very wrong is
563
00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:10.519
going on. And that's where we
cut to the Taga warehouse facility on Hale
564
00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:20.920
Prime, where Afra and Just Lucky
are about to be m mode over by
565
00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:24.559
all of Domino Tagers designed droids that
never got used in the Clone Wars,
566
00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:30.760
and Just Lucky says Afra, why
this is not my fault, Lucky,
567
00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:37.039
I didn't say that. You didn't
have to. You know, they're they're
568
00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.800
back to back, you know,
getting trying to avoid these droids, and
569
00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:45.639
they finally run and after says these
these Tagger battle droids shouldn't be reactivating by
570
00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:47.400
themselves. Chom choom. You know, bolts are being fired. Of course,
571
00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:51.320
here's the thing we know, but
they don't know. All of these
572
00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:59.719
droids photo receptors. They are visual
receptors or quoting purple, you know,
573
00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:05.480
Trump, I thought the tag has
removed their power cells. Lucky says,
574
00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:10.079
yeah, I did too. Well, sounds like your problem and that's a
575
00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:15.079
huge problem, and just leaves her. And I'm thinking this is this is
576
00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:17.000
actually fairly satisfying for me, because
she's done this to so many other people,
577
00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:20.280
including him. Oh yeah, so
it's like, all right, this
578
00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:23.159
seems justified a little that she doesn't
even get mad. She doesn't even get
579
00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:35.360
that mad about it. So she's
like ah, And then of course she
580
00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:40.079
sees you know, she sees across
across the the room hiding behind another container.
581
00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.280
Is uh the person calls it bait. Yeah, the person who got
582
00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:51.599
got got her here. But then
we jumped back to uh, Magnetolvan and
583
00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:53.920
her crew arriving. Yeah, and
they're exiting. You know, that's one
584
00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:58.199
end out post down. They never
saw us coming. Well done you a
585
00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:02.280
lot. It's all thanks to Captain's
brilliant tactics. Captain Talban. Captain Talban,
586
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:07.000
to be a little you'll introductive,
would they really be chanting that?
587
00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:12.320
Well? Probably her team? Yes, Okay, you know, all right,
588
00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.079
Okay, that's enough. Our victory
was a team effort kelled. Well,
589
00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:17.400
Captain, why do you think journal
Oreganna wants to see us? Well,
590
00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:20.880
she mentioned that it was an urgent
matter, and there's Laya. Yeah,
591
00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:25.519
that's right, that's why I asked
for you. So and then Leia
592
00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:30.760
breaks it down, takes them into
the situation room. This is the Silver
593
00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:34.840
Arrow, one of our most reliable
supply run ships. One week ago it
594
00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:39.480
disappeared and Magasin the Silver Arrow went
missing. Couldn't have been captured, destroyed
595
00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:44.239
by imperial forces, to which Leia
says, there was no indication of an
596
00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:47.960
imperial presence nearby when a ship banished. We received this distress signal in recording
597
00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:52.039
just before COM's cut out, but
we haven't been able to trace it at
598
00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:55.199
all. It's gone. I need
you to find them, Magna. We're
599
00:44:55.239 --> 00:45:00.719
stretched tooth then for a full search
effort, but your team performs miracles and
600
00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:05.119
Magnet's got this sly grin. We'll
track them down, General, my promise,
601
00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:07.960
we'll bring them home. Then we
cut back to hovel Prime, you
602
00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:13.360
know, and then you know there's
there's there's Afra sort of semi cloning.
603
00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:16.480
Well if it isn't Tabby, How'm
stealing my data? Stick with the coordinates
604
00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:22.320
of this warehouse workout for you.
You shouldn't have taken anything valuable with you
605
00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:28.199
when you know to gallat or three. Everyone knows that some score this turned
606
00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:32.000
out to be. Then they run
out together. You wanted old defunct battle
607
00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:39.840
droids. You know, Afra asks
they're all yours, and trips Tebby Afra
608
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:45.800
as the droids approach, and then
the droids approach is scanning no mental integration
609
00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:51.960
detected No, and then we hear
the spark eternal. Then I have no
610
00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:57.280
need for this one, dispose of
her good choom joom joom, and Tebby
611
00:45:57.360 --> 00:46:04.519
goes down painfully it looks like,
which leaves Afra again stuck in the warehouse,
612
00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:07.960
going, where's the damn that's it. I'm sure we came this way,
613
00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:09.519
but with all the lives to say, well, this place is like
614
00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:17.480
a maze click and then boom,
three more battle droids pop open. There
615
00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:22.920
were two more, All these minds
to inhabit, all of these bodies,
616
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:28.119
to waste two more is nothing,
but I want them. The metal is
617
00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:34.039
mine, but it is not enough
with my hunger. Nothing is ever enough
618
00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:37.400
and then of course that's I'm sorry, this is not as yeah. No.
619
00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:40.639
But then there's Lucky staring from the
balcony like what the hell is this?
620
00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:49.159
Right, They're yeah, they're trying
to figure out what's going on.
621
00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:53.840
And and I love this. You
know, he's got that that perch up
622
00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:59.599
there, and I love this.
They're they're stalking or the Georgia's talking.
623
00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:01.719
I want to know you, I
want to know everything. Tell me.
624
00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:07.400
It reminds me of like Jurassic Park
or or Aliens something like that. It's
625
00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:10.719
it's it's great, it's just stalking
or well. And and this this also
626
00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:15.079
herkets back to what we've seen in
some of the previous issues in September,
627
00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:21.159
you know, because this the Spark
Eternal aka the Scourge is realizing. You
628
00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:25.519
know, I've come for the metal
now I need the meat so right.
629
00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:31.239
And I love that they're all they're
all talking together and where are you hiding?
630
00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:35.360
They're all three saying it. And
we cut to the Hawks end in
631
00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:37.440
the Outer Rim and you know,
I don't know if we talked about before.
632
00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:40.559
The Hawks Win has got really unique
design. I love this design because
633
00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:45.320
it's it's very clear that you know, the forward pod is basically that of
634
00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:49.239
a Tigerium shuttle. Yeah, and
that it's got sort of the uh you
635
00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:52.199
know that that you know that that
panel that all the ties have, but
636
00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:55.800
it's wrapped around like ninety percent of
the ship. It's it's I want to
637
00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:59.880
say, it's either in a tie
advanced or maybe even a tie intercept.
638
00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:04.079
Oh yeah, maybe, or maybe
they've welded two together maybe yeah, something
639
00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:06.519
to that effect. But yeah,
but like the right hand side of the
640
00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:09.079
ship, you know, it's clear
that it's open because that looks that's like
641
00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:13.559
one of the main boarding patches.
So right, But it's a cool looking
642
00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:16.039
ship, it is. And and
the crew is is listening to the from
643
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:21.920
the the silver arrow and the other
side. I can't listen to this anymore.
644
00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:24.199
And they're trying to discuss what happened
to him and and told And says,
645
00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:28.039
well, we'll find out what happened
when we track them down. And
646
00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:31.440
her navigator says, all we have
or the ship's last lug coordinates were,
647
00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:36.559
which are a week old and don't
account for drift. It's easy to lose
648
00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:38.760
things in space, and she's and
and that's when we get a flashback too,
649
00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:44.239
Told and Afret in bed, I
guess on the ship. Actually,
650
00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:47.280
yeah, yeah, it looks like
looks like I don't think it's the Arcage.
651
00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:52.159
I think I think it's Uh,
I don't know. I can't tell.
652
00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:53.320
I don't know. For a second
I thought it was this ship,
653
00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:57.480
but it's not. But after I
was trying to talk Magnet into just disapperience
654
00:48:57.519 --> 00:49:00.440
it would be so easy to disappear
forever, and Magnus does that sounds terrible,
655
00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:02.480
Afro, why would you want to
disappear? And after says tell me
656
00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:05.239
you never thought about it, and
I'll call you a liar, and this
657
00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:08.920
panel tell me I'm wrong. Does
Afro nut look like Margot Kidder in Superman?
658
00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:12.960
I didn't think so, but then
when you mentioned it, I could
659
00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:16.679
definitely see it. Yeah, it's
the way her eyes on her mouth,
660
00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:20.320
the way they're drawn. I don't
know if that was on purpose, but
661
00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:23.440
that's exactly what I thought of.
And that and her attitude right there just
662
00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:29.639
screams Lewis Lane to me as well, very much. I'm not mad at
663
00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:34.320
it. Well, it's clearly it's
a happy memory for for for Magna.
664
00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:36.599
You know, it comes back,
and she said, yeah, nothing's ever
665
00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:40.559
gone forever with a wonderful grand and
her eyes shut. Yes, she's having
666
00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:44.719
this wonderful reminiscence, and she tells
Kelp. She goes, we have one
667
00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:47.360
of the Rebellion's finest navigators on our
side. You can find them and he
668
00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:51.360
says yes, Captain, all right
now, coordinate, said Jupp to hypersposition
669
00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:53.599
ready. She knows how to motivate
her people. And from there we cut
670
00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:58.599
back to Affre and she gets run
into by a mouse droid and we know
671
00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:02.039
the master it is connected. So
the droids have found her and they started
672
00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:07.360
opening fire, or they're about to
open fire on him when when Lucky blasts
673
00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:10.960
him and he says, we don't
just sit there, Doc run So she
674
00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.480
says, where's the carking door?
And I feel this so so on a
675
00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:16.920
molecular level. He says it's on
the east wall and she says, that's
676
00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:20.519
that's not helping me right now.
And I just want to say to all
677
00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:22.119
of you people out there who tell
somebody how to find a place by giving
678
00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:27.800
them directions, stop stop it,
stop it, stop it. If you
679
00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:30.239
tell me to go east, she
tell me, if I'm turning right at
680
00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:35.920
Sonic or left at waterburger. That's
all I need to know, because you
681
00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:37.880
tell me that, and you tell
me that at night or on a cloudy
682
00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:39.920
day when I don't even have the
sun for reference. So I'm right there
683
00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:45.840
with afro. He says, fine, turn right. That's so much easier.
684
00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:49.320
You're always over complicating things. That
one time I said, so much
685
00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:52.519
wedding? Will you go east?
Hey? Hey? He goes, what
686
00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.800
is she son? We're talking to
here? It's not Lewis and Clark.
687
00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:59.400
Here's the thing I was telling.
I was telling a Pam this recently.
688
00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:06.840
I said, I am not I'm
not necessarily directionally challenged. I can never
689
00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:08.960
tell you exactly which direction I'm going, but I can always tell you if
690
00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:15.320
I'm going the right way, if
that makes sense. So there's that.
691
00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:22.760
And so he gets somebody shoots shoots
down his platform, so he falls and
692
00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:28.960
lands, and I love it when
he lands. He shows al and she
693
00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:30.920
can't get the door open. He
says, you could slice us into the
694
00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:32.079
ASP, but he can't slice this
out. She goes, my slicnse find
695
00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:37.880
the opening mechanism is jammed, probably
because it's older than us. And so
696
00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:43.880
all of these droids are coming up
scanning light metal interaction integration detected and Target
697
00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:46.480
one no metal integration detected and Target
two A shame, a shame, Each
698
00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:51.119
mind a buffet of thoughts and sensation
waiting to be picked clean. Oh that's
699
00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:55.000
creepy. Each body a home of
knowledge where I long to dwell, A
700
00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:58.840
shame to waste even a single one, But one is better than none.
701
00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:07.599
And just as if by miracle,
beep and they all just drop, did
702
00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:10.199
the power just did they just power
off? All of them? And I'm
703
00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:13.599
gonna make a reference here, Matt, which you you will probably get,
704
00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:15.880
but most of our listeners won't.
Have you ever seen the movie Real Men
705
00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:19.960
with Jim Belushi and John Ritter,
Oh gosh, you okay? You remember
706
00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:22.840
the scene where they're in the shootout
with the Russian agents and they all of
707
00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:24.800
a sudden stop shooting and John Ridder
says, why did they stop? And
708
00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:30.880
Belushi looks at his watch and he
goes lunch. That's what I thought of
709
00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:32.599
when I And if you're listening out
there and you haven't seen the movie,
710
00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:36.800
go check it out. It's dumb, but it's it's a kind of dumb
711
00:52:36.840 --> 00:52:39.559
movie that only smart people could make, So go check it out. It's
712
00:52:39.599 --> 00:52:43.679
hilarious. It's from like nineteen eighty
seven. I think it's a great movie.
713
00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:49.039
That's awesome. Yeah, yeah,
Did they just power off all of
714
00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:51.519
them? Because this is just like
the droid Domino showed me on the and
715
00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:53.639
the Acquisitor. It's power cells run
installed. It shouldn't have been able to
716
00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:57.199
move much less try to kill us. And like he says, let me
717
00:52:57.239 --> 00:53:00.079
see it, he pops something,
because that's what I thought. So,
718
00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:01.639
say, you're running Casino and Canto
Bite. You want the slot machines to
719
00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:05.559
keep going all the time, even
while you replace the power cells or cycle
720
00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:09.199
of security codes three times a day, so you install a backup exactly at
721
00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:14.480
these tiny thing holds just enough charge
to update these droids programming without engaging the
722
00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:16.760
main power source is which is one
of They only ran for a minute or
723
00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:21.880
two before powering down. Like you
said, let's go tell Domino we solved
724
00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:24.760
the mystery, and after says did
we and we cut back to the the
725
00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:30.000
the silver Arrow, Silver Arrow.
I was trying to get the name of
726
00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:37.559
the the is it the edge Hawk? That's not right, Hawk's end edge
727
00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:44.159
Hawk? What is the edge Hawk? The edge Hawk is okay, so
728
00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:45.960
hawks end got too many hawks.
Come on, folks get it together.
729
00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:52.920
So they find the ship. Kelvis
found the ship and they figure out it's
730
00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:57.119
intact. They don't see any external
damage. It's like all the pieces are
731
00:53:57.199 --> 00:53:59.719
right in front of me, almost
all of them. This is told and
732
00:54:00.159 --> 00:54:02.800
to herself. They're just not in
the right shape. Yet she doesn't mean
733
00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:07.320
they weren't attacked. And they try
to try to raise, you know,
734
00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:10.719
somebody on the ship, and there's
nobody answering, and Magnus is once I
735
00:54:10.760 --> 00:54:15.159
figured it all out, it's going
to click into place. I just hope
736
00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:16.639
I figure it out fast enough.
And we cut inside the ship and we
737
00:54:16.719 --> 00:54:22.599
see a protocol droid I assume C
three PO with the purple eyes watching,
738
00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:25.880
which is just creepy. And then
we cut to the Casas belly and Tag
739
00:54:25.920 --> 00:54:30.320
space and these ships leaving look straight
up like cling on bird of Praise mixed
740
00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:35.960
with a Federation starship, don't they
they do? They really do? Yeah?
741
00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:42.199
I love them. I love them. I think they're great. And
742
00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:46.679
so they're welcome to board, and
Lapin Tag brings him in. He says,
743
00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:52.159
if you'll follow me, Lady Domina
is waiting for you, and we
744
00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:54.599
get to be continued, and I'm
wondering she and she's got a droid there
745
00:54:55.079 --> 00:55:00.559
already or right, yeah, yeah, okay, so she can't we I
746
00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:02.519
guess we're to assume she kind of
knows what's going on, or at least
747
00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:08.400
she realizes something is not right with
the droids. So yeah, hence hence,
748
00:55:08.599 --> 00:55:12.039
uh, you know, like like, what what's going on here?
749
00:55:12.440 --> 00:55:15.119
So I thought it was I thought
it was a weird panel to end on
750
00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:20.840
because it's it doesn't really it's not
a cliffhanger really no, but it sort
751
00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:22.639
of sets the stage like, all
right, well, something something bad is
752
00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:25.679
going to happen. Yeah, but
it's nice because we do get kind of
753
00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:30.679
a cliffhanger with the three po with
the purple eyes, and then sort of
754
00:55:30.719 --> 00:55:34.800
a small short PostScript. But now
that that sparks a question for me,
755
00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:38.239
so I don't need to bring up
Star Wars Star Wars umber thirty eight.
756
00:55:38.599 --> 00:55:45.639
Let me look here, because we
saw see you. No. Star Wars
757
00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:50.239
thirty eight was all about Landau and
Lowbot, so maybe the Star Wars thirty
758
00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:53.079
seven, Hold on, are you
don't get it? You know what it
759
00:55:53.199 --> 00:55:58.119
was dark droids. I'm going in
the wrong book because you know, you
760
00:55:58.159 --> 00:56:06.960
know when when three PO left the
rebel fleet there it is Dark Droids and
761
00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:08.199
you bring it up here, bring
it up all these piles. Sorry,
762
00:56:09.719 --> 00:56:16.519
get down here, because in Dark
Droids number two, we saw three PO
763
00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:25.639
leave the ship. But no,
okay, no, because the ship,
764
00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:31.159
the ships that three PO boarded was
not the Silver eraw, so I was
765
00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:35.679
I was wondering if if it was
perhaps he three PO had taken the Silver
766
00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:38.400
Era, but he had not.
It was the It's a completely different ship.
767
00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:46.519
So that begs the next question.
Then, are we sure that's three
768
00:56:46.599 --> 00:56:51.760
PO that's what it is? It
could be you know, it's a protocol
769
00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:53.960
Droid. I assumed it was,
but it's very possible that it's not.
770
00:56:54.519 --> 00:57:00.079
Yeah, yeah, so I'm I'm
uncertain and so and we know that we
771
00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:04.079
know that it's not Triple zero because
you know what happened in d Squad number
772
00:57:04.159 --> 00:57:08.599
one. So but I guess we'll
find out, so right, So yeah,
773
00:57:08.639 --> 00:57:10.159
that's so. Yeah, like I
said, a really good books,
774
00:57:10.360 --> 00:57:15.800
as we expect from AFRO and this
creative team. Yeah. I enjoyed it,
775
00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:17.880
you know, and it's uh,
it was it's and it's nice to
776
00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:22.599
get that that nice, you know, that nice reference to to Magna Tolban
777
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:27.360
and to doctor Africk again. So
yep, absolutely, so yeah, always
778
00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:31.000
I'm always, always, always a
big fan of that. So I guess,
779
00:57:31.079 --> 00:57:34.239
I guess you know it's funny because
you know, based on what we've
780
00:57:34.280 --> 00:57:37.320
seen in earlier issues of Afro,
Afra is still very much pining for Sana
781
00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:44.239
Starus and Tolban is pining for Afro. So this is this could get messy.
782
00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:46.400
Yeah, yeah, definitely could get
best It could get really besting.
783
00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:50.559
So so all right, well,
what have we got for next week,
784
00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:57.480
Matt? Uh? Well, October
fourth, Bounty hundreds, umber thirty nine,
785
00:57:58.559 --> 00:58:01.719
which is always a good thing,
so cannot complain about that. Uh.
786
00:58:01.920 --> 00:58:05.639
And then we are I just want
to double check to make sure that
787
00:58:05.639 --> 00:58:08.239
Body Hunters is actually still at that
day. I'm want to go direct me
788
00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:15.880
to my listenings here yet thout hundred
number thirty nine. Uh. And then
789
00:58:16.039 --> 00:58:22.599
in addition, we also get du
Darth Vader thirty nine, Shadows of Starlight
790
00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:28.559
number one to four. And if
you're going to your comic shop, they
791
00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:31.360
should get the they should have the
Marvel tricker read the High Republic Attack of
792
00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:37.719
the Huts number one, which essentially
reprints the High Republic Phase one number five.
793
00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:40.719
So okay. So we got three
new books Bouty Hunters, Darth Vader,
794
00:58:40.960 --> 00:58:45.480
and then the start of the Shadows
of Starlight mini series. So phase
795
00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:50.559
three of the High Republic kicks into
gear. Okay, great, Well,
796
00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:52.639
we'll be back next week to discuss
those and anything else that happens between now
797
00:58:52.679 --> 00:58:57.880
and then. Uh. In the
meantime, I would like to advise everyone
798
00:58:57.920 --> 00:59:01.000
I just discovered a new Facebook page
called hot Dogs in Unusual Places that has
799
00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:05.400
me very tickled. Yes, I'm
loving the text that you've been sending me
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about it. Yes, there was. I saw a picture of the Wienermobile
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being driven onto a cargo jet earlier
today, so I highly recommended, highly
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recommend it. So I'm sorry.
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good. It's just the little things
that you adore so much. Yeah,
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you really appreciate, so it is. It makes makes life interesting. So
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we'll be back next week with with
all of that and hopefully some more hot
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Dogs and Unusual Places. Until then. Four Star Wars splash page. I'm
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Jeff and I am Matt and made
the fourst be with you. Go Bergs,
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Go Cowboys. No good, the
Star Wars plash page. Song is
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Mark Cann handled by Chris Cape.
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