Episode #499 -- Empire State of Mind

About this episode

The episode discusses the debut of Marvel's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire comic series and related news.

Marvel's new five-issue Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire debuts this week, with a story that spans the Saga timeline yet zeroes in on events between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 travel to Black Spire on Batuu. Written by Ethan Sacks, who's an old hand at plotting real-world aligned stories such as these (Galaxy's Edge, Halcyon Legacy), illustrated by Jethro Morales and Roi Mercado, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by VC's Clayton Cowles, the first issue starts strong, hitting the right beats with a crafted blend of nostalgia for the Original Trilogy while proliferating The High Republic and Sequel Trilogy, too. Comics Discussed This Week: Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire #1 (of 5) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Legacy of Vader #12 (of 12) News: Ethan Sacks is signing Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire #1 (of 5) at Midtown Comics Grand Central in NYC on April 22 at 5 p.m. local time. The Mace Windu Hyperspace Stories OGN is now set for release in 2079 (at least on Amazon) after its listing details were pulled from PRH, Edelweiss and others. Marvel's July…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff McGee, Matt Moore

Topics covered

• Star Wars comics
• Galaxy's Edge
• Echoes of the Empire
• Marvel
• Original Trilogy
• High Republic
• Sequel Trilogy

Keywords

• Star Wars
• comics
• Ethan Sacks
• Galaxy's Edge
• Echoes of the Empire
• Marvel
• Original Trilogy
• High Republic
• Sequel Trilogy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire, Legacy of Vader, Mace Windu Hyperspace Stories OGN, Star Wars Legends The Clone Wars Omnibus

Places: NYC

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