Star Wars Splash Page
Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 474
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode #149 -- She Is Staggering
Love is a many splendored, if not completely complicated morass, thing and Doctor Aphra #39, the series' penultimate issue, tackles it with the ferocity of a mudhorn.
From feelings of resentment and r…
From feelings of resentment and r…
00:31:17 |
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Episode #148 -- The Stars of Our Stars
This is the end. No, really.
OK, not really. It's still the end though, at least for Star Wars Vol. 2 as 75 issues of Marvel's tales set between a New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back concludes after…
OK, not really. It's still the end though, at least for Star Wars Vol. 2 as 75 issues of Marvel's tales set between a New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back concludes after…
00:47:21 |
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Episode #147 -- Cemetery Polka
Ink acting, as coined by Jeff McGee, is the art of vividly illustrating a crush realization that what you knew was a lie. Phil Noto perfects this process in the pages of the rollicking and freewheeli…
01:05:53 |
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Episode #146 -- In a Manner of Speaking
With Doctor Aphra careening toward it's end in December, we discuss #38 and realize that Simon Spurrier, Caspar Wijngaard, Lee Loughridge and Joe Caramagna are holding nothing back, ensuring that the…
00:33:50 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
Episode #145 -- The Queen and the Soldier
It's an origin story enveloped within a love story that's cradled in a revenge story. Such is Doctor Aphra Annual #3, a gem of a book that gives a bit more detail about Nokk, Winloss and Aphra's newf…
01:07:00 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
Episode #144 -- Brave Men Run (In My Family)
Rey out-Lukes Luke in terms of impatience.
Jabba has the last laugh.
Leia comes clean.
Last week's Star Wars comics -- Star Wars #73, Star Wars Adventures -- Return to Vader's Castle #4 and Star Wars --…
Jabba has the last laugh.
Leia comes clean.
Last week's Star Wars comics -- Star Wars #73, Star Wars Adventures -- Return to Vader's Castle #4 and Star Wars --…
00:55:09 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Episode #143 -- Swordfishtrombone
Plenty of camp and chills and thrills and spills and lots of water in this episode, thanks to Marvel's Star Wars: Journey to the Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars -- Allegiance #2 and IDW Publishing's Sta…
00:50:57 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Episode #142 -- Young Padawans Edition
The schedules aligned, the clouds parted and the ... well, you get the idea.
After a far too long gap, the Young Padawans -- Emily and Micah -- and Amy and Matt gathered to dive deep into the stories …
After a far too long gap, the Young Padawans -- Emily and Micah -- and Amy and Matt gathered to dive deep into the stories …
01:11:38 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Episode #141 -- Bridge Over Troubled Water
It's a return to the days of Comics With Kenobi yore with FOUR, yes four Star Wars comics to dive into for this episode.
Still, it's not a bad job, if you can get it, right?
And seeing as how those iss…
Still, it's not a bad job, if you can get it, right?
And seeing as how those iss…
01:33:04 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Episode #140 -- Looking for an Echo
October's Star Wars comics started off strong with creepy suspense in the Return to Vader's Castle #1, the first of five weekly issues from IDW Publishing, while in Marvel's Star Wars #72, Luke Skywa…
00:59:44 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
Episode #139 -- You're the Best
The Age of Star Wars maxi series concludes with a stirring, if not brutal, conclusion as Kylo Ren proves he's better than Darth Vader, while Beilert Vance has Ben's grandaddy in his crosshairs in Tar…
01:01:56 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
Episode #138 -- Somewhere I Belong
Chewbacca got his hug, Rey carried a new burden, Leia was stalwart, Rose and Paige found their purpose and Aphra found her secret weapon.
The stories that unfolded in Age of Resistance -- Rey #1, Doct…
The stories that unfolded in Age of Resistance -- Rey #1, Doct…
01:04:10 |
Tue 24 Sep 2019
Episode #137 -- You're All I've Got Tonight
We got some answers, yet more questions, as readers learned about the tenuous and relationship between Snoke and Kylo Ren in the pages of Age of Resistance -- Supreme Leader Snoke #1.
As for other Sta…
As for other Sta…
00:30:19 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Episode #136 -- How to Bring a Blush to the Snow
Matthew Rosenberg provides readers with a steady stream of dialogue in the first of the five-issue Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order -- Dark Temple that pairs perfectly with Paolo Villanelli's art, Arif P…
01:01:33 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Episode #135 -- Big Brother Muscle
Tom Taylor knows his audience, no one can dispute that, which is why his work on Age of Resistance -- General Hux struck a chord with fans of Kylo Ren and Brendol's prodigal son, Armitage. Then, in A…
00:58:22 |
Tue 03 Sep 2019
Episode #134 -- Don't Be My Enemy
Doctor Aphra plays both sides in her bid for freedom in Doctor Aphra #35, pitting not just the Empire against the Rebellion but also the Empire against ... the Empire?
In issue #5, the concluding issu…
In issue #5, the concluding issu…
00:45:38 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
Episode #133 -- The End Has No End
Marvel's November solicits for Star Wars comics stated, matter of factly, that issue #75 is "The Final Issue" for the flagship monthly series that debuted in 2015 and has been a consistently solid se…
00:11:27 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Episode #132 -- Mother and Child Reunion
Ever wonder about the energy and vibe of Marvel’s 1977-86 run of Star Wars comics? Read Star Wars: Target Vader #2 and you’ll experience it without having to fork over wads of cash for the original b…
00:52:32 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Episode #131 -- Drive It Like You Stole It
New character Warba Calip throws Luke Skywalker for a loop -- is she down with the ways of the Jedi or just a grifter looking for an easy fall guy? -- while Dar Champion, despite the rampant corrupti…
00:29:05 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Episode #130 -- Swords of a Thousand Men
Readers were treated to three stories featuring three Sequel Trilogy-era characters -- Maz Kanata, Amilyn Holdo and BB-8 -- in the pages of Star Wars: Age of Resistance Special #1 that helped solidif…
00:55:41 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
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