SWCIC: Hidden Empire 3: Vader Fights Chanath Cha And Beilert Valance! Plus Aphra Learns More About The Spark Eternal (HE3, DA29 & BH31) – Ep 123

VADER FIGHTS TWO HIGH LEVEL BOUNTY HUNTERS; CHANATH CHA AND BEILERT VALANCE! For ep 123, Mike continues the final chapter of the Qi’ra trilogy along with the Bounty Hunters & Aphra comic crossovers! As Chanath Cha finally confronts Vader for 2 decades of revenge, Aphra learns even more from the Spark Eternal and gets more than she bargained for! Plus Beilert Valance also takes issue with Vader & The Empire’s lies so tries to fight the Sith Lord one-on-one in an act of pure anger, but as we know Vader’s fate, what will happen to those who challenge the Sith Lord – will they live to tell the tale?

Hidden Empire 3 was released February 8th 7th 2023, was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist. The trade paperback of all 5 Hidden Empire issues is due for release July 4th 2023. Doctor Aphra 29 was released February 22nd 2023 and was written by Alyssa Wong with artist Natacha Bustos and colour artist Rachelle Rosenberg. Bounty Hunters 31 was released February 15th 2023 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist.

For Hidden Empire 1 & 2, check episodes 121 & 122. The comic episodes set between Crimson Reign & Hidden Empire are 114 for Bounty Hunters, 115 for Star Wars, 117 for Doctor Aphra, 119 for Darth Vader, and Crimson Reign 5 was tackled in ep 110!

Four episodes of the weekly Mandalorian discussion shows are out now on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion and the video versions are on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/16f381 - https://youtu.be/HiGm8NeIzmU

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Last week’s episode was Mike’s review on The High Republic novel Convergence – written by Zoraida Córdova, it is the first “adult” novel in Phase 2 of The High Republic, where a forever war between Eiram & E’ronoh seems to come to an end… In the episode Mike provides his spoiler-free thoughts on the novel, then reads the blurb and provides more information on the book, lightly speaking about characters and themes. Mike then gives the final spoiler-warning and talks in-depth about the characters and gives an overview of the book’s plot, some connections to other content and more!

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Outro read by BZ The Voice: ⁠http://www.bzthevoice.com⁠

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

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:56 What To Expect & Prior Eps

02:15 HE3 Personnel & Crawl

03:43 Hidden Empire 3 Plot Overview

10:17 DA29 Personnel & Crawl

11:15 Doctor Aphra 29 Plot Overview

16:24 BH31 Personnel & Crawl

17:15 Bounty