Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 19: Darth Vader Takes On The Rebellion Army (Vader Down Crossover)

This week Mike talks about the 6 issue crossover event between the main run of Star Wars Comics and the Darth Vader comics named “Vader Down”, where Vader is shot down over Vrogas Vas searching for Luke Skywalker, inadvertently discovering a rebel refuelling base and has to fight his way through hundreds of rebels with only the help of the rogue archaeologist Doctor Aphra, her homicidal droid companions and the power of the dark side!

We recommend listening to episodes 9, 13, 15 & 17 of SWCIC (if you haven’t read the comics) as these episodes tackle the events leading up to the Vader Down crossover event.

The 6 comics involved are Vader Down 1, Star Wars 13 & 14 and Darth Vader 13-15. Vader Down 1 and both Star Wars comics are written by Jason Aaron, the artist is Mike Deodato Jr and the colourist is Laura Martin for Vader Down and Frank Martin Jr for the Star Wars comics. The 3 Darth Vader comics are written by Kieron Gillen, the artist is Salvador Larroca and the colourist is Edgar Delgado. Vader Down #1 was released November 2015, Darth Vader #15 was released January 2016. The trade paperback collection was released April 2016 and the hardcover was released in February 2017.

Last week Mike spoke about the Lando comic mini-series, the week before that was the second volume of Darth Vader comics and the week before was the Mace Windu comics. Previous episodes have been about Princess Leia, the Jedi Fallen Order Comic, how Obi-Wan & Anakin almost left the Jedi order, the Rogue One & Solo comics, Captain Phasma, Operation Cinder, how C-3PO got his red arm, Darth Maul beyond The Phantom Menace, Kylo Ren’s red lightsaber crystal and more!

If you have any questions, pointers or just fancy a chat, send Mike an email at StarWarsComicsInCanon@outlook.com

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out!

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Chris & Dave of Comics In Motion featured on episode 90 of GCC, plus Chris was on episode 89 of GCC to talk about wrestling and Dave is on episode 90, talking with Max of Mandatory Marvel & DC about the recent DC movies! Chris & Dave of Comics In Motion were on episodes 63 & 75 of GCC together and Mike was on episodes 75 & 100 of Comics In Motion!

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