Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 35: Jango Training Boba, Grievous’ Force Vision & Ventress’ Change Of Heart (Age Of Republic Villains)

This week features the last 3 Age Of Republic villains stories series; Jango Fett, General Grievous & Asajj Ventress! The first comic, about Jango Fett, shows him taking Boba on a job to give him some bounty hunter training, in Grievous’ comic he finds a jedi temple and has a force vision and Ventress’ comic serves as a prequel to a story-arc in the Clone Wars.

Be sure to check out episode 2 for Maul’s AoR comic & biography, ep 26 shows Dooku’s biography & AoR story and episode 31 has Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon’s AoR stories – the final four Age Of Republic stories will be tackled in a month or so, before Mike delves into the next era; the Age Of Rebellion!

All Age Of Republic comics were written by Jody Houser. The artist for the Jango & Grievous comics was Luke Ross and Java Tartaglia was the colourist. The Asajj story’s artist was Carlos Gómez and the colourist was Dono Sánchez-Almara.

AoR Jango Fett 1: “Training” and the Asajj story “Sisters” (found in the AoR Special 1) were both released January 2019, while AoR Grievous 1: “Burn” was released in March 2019. The AoR Villains trade paperback was released in May 2019 while the AoR hardcover (with heroes & villains) was released February 2020.

Make sure to check out the weekly Mandalorian show on Comics In Motion too for episode reviews & other connections!

Last week, in episode 34, Mike tackles the first volume of the first run (2016) of Doctor Aphra comics, with a brief history of Aphra, before delving into the comics that show how she got her doctorate, her relationship with her dad Korin, exploring the ancient Jedi Ordu Aspectu & the Immortal Rur, and more!

Mike was recently on the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World review for the TV & Movies show on Comics In Motion where he discussed the movie with Dave of CiM and Tony of Indie Comic Spotlight, found on this feed (dated 8th October) check it out here: https://spoti.fi/33I9N5L

Mike also appeared on the second episode of Comics On Trial, defending The Phantom Menace against Scott of 20th Century Geek, with Paul of Superheroes For Dummies as the judge, also found on this feed (20th September): https://spoti.fi/2FTjvZI

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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!

Chris & Dave of Comics In Motion featured on episode 91 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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