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Podcast: Comics In Motion
Episode: Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 53: Hope Dies; Space Battles, Betrayal & No Escape (Star Wars #50-55)
Description: This week, Mike tackles the ominous arc Hope Dies, starting in the 50th issue of the main Star Wars run! As well as tackling this dark story-arc with the usual gang of the original trilogy, this episode features a lot of space battles, numerous recognisable characters from A New Hope getting killed, details of Vader’s Star Destroyer; The Executor, and so much more!
This arc is set at 1 ABY (1 year after A New Hope, 2 years before Empire Strikes Back).
All issues were written by Kieron Gillen, with Salvador Larroca as the artist, and Guru eF...