Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 62: Darth Vader Bleeding His Lightsaber Crystal (Darth Vader [2017] #1-6)

Mike embarks on the first arc in the 2017 Darth Vader series; arguably his favourite Star Wars comic of the new canon! In this story, Vader struggles with his new suit, fights the jedi warrior Kirak as well as the Grand Inquisitor, obtains his new lightsaber, bleeds the kyber crystal and more! Mike also gives information on jedi starfighters, Mas Amedda, Mustafar’s history, holocrons, royal guards and more connective tissue within this comic.

These comics are set just after Revenge Of The Sith, in 19 BBY.

All issues were written by Charles Soule, with Giuseppe Camuncoli as penciller, Cam Smith as inker and David Curiel as colour artist. Issue 1 was released June 2017, issue 6 was released October 2017 and the trade paperback collection was released December 2017 (the digital eBook version was released November 2017).

For the 2015 Vader run (set after A New Hope), check out episodes 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29 of SWCIC, plus ep 41 features the Vader: Dark Visions anthology mini-series and ep 49 is the Target Vader mini-series.

Charles Soule also wrote the following SW mini-series; Rise Of Kylo Ren (in ep 1 of SWCIC), Obi-Wan & Anakin (ep 11) and Lando (ep 18).

Shout-out to BZ The Voice for the new intro & outro: http://www.bzthevoice.com/about.html

If you want to hear Mike’s thoughts on issue 5 of this run, as well as 2 other great Star Wars comics, check out the episode of “Desert Island Comics” on the 20th Century Geek podcast here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ

Check out the last episode of SWCIC (61) where Mike embarked on the final Star Wars comics written by Kieron Gillen; The Scourging Of Shu-Torun! Which include another appearance by Queen Trios, as well as The Partisans (Saw Gerrera’s Rebel extremists), Tunga; the shapeshifting clawdite, infiltration, destruction and the death-worshipping Cult Of The Central Isotoper!

The first episode of the Comics In Motion Book Club is now out! The first episode has Mike, Dave & Matt Lloyd discussing themes, artwork and their interpretations of the first volume of the 2017 Darth Vader comic run: https://spoti.fi/3dZ3eAE

Be sure to check out Mike, Megan & Tonya Todd discuss the first 3 episodes of Loki here on the feed of Comics In Motion (released 27th of June): https://spoti.fi/2TamZ10

Mike was on a recent episode of the I Like To Like Things podcast, talking about his favourite TV show (and no, it’s not Star Wars): https://spoti.fi/3xtlBoJ

Mike is on episode 21 of the podcast Geek Talks on the Fantastic Universes feed: https://spoti.fi/3fOJT5h

Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3

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Intro arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org