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#158 – A Day In The Life Of Cavan Scott: Shadow Service, Original Ideas & Star Wars: The High Republic With Cavan Scott
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Episode notes
This week Mike sits down with Cavan Scott; author & creator of a great many things including numerous titles in Star Wars, including being one of the High Republic architects, plus Doctor Who, Pacific Rim, a Phantom Of The Opera adaptation and plenty of new properties including Shadow Service and The Ward!
In more detail, Cavan starts by explaining his daily processes for writing & how far ahead he is with certain projects (& how COVID affected this), before talking about his supernatural secret agent spy thriller comics series; Shadow Service and the freedom he has with it. The duo then discuss Star Wars, including the Force Unleashed character Starkiller, how Cavan being British affects his work in Star Wars, Mike also asks Cavan “what is Star Wars to you” – these & many more topics are discussed in this must-listen for Star Wars & comic fans alike!
Watch the full video version here and be sure to subscribe: https://youtu.be/G5MYClEk_9c
Mike spoke with fellow High Republic author Claudia Gray in episode 110 of GCC and Mike also spoke with comic book artist (who has worked on Star Wars); Paolo Villanelli in ep 143 of GCC so check those out if you haven’t already!
@CavanScott On Twitter - Cavan’s Website: https://cavanscott.com – Cavan’s Many Links: https://linktr.ee/cavanscott - Shadow Service: https://vaultcomics.com/titles/shadow-service
As mentioned in the outro, in 2 weeks Mike releases his episode with Alyson Shelton, you can support the Kickstarter for her REBURN comic here: http://kck.st/3ixc7mP
To listen to a completely free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1
In the last episode of GCC, number 157, Mike spoke with UK rapper Shao Dow – their conversation covers how he’s grown as a musical artist, how his Shaggy Ball Z collaboration with Mashed came about, his track with Tech N9ne; Kickiter. Shao Dow also talks about his process of releasing singles in the changing musical landscape, his love of live performances, his opinions on streaming, the importance of decent merchandise and supporting grassroots music venues, why Shao Dow changed his name and more.
Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion & on GCC's YouTube. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-92 are out now, in ep 92 Mike went through the fina 5 issue of the High Republic comics, in ep 91 Mike embarked on the third volume of Poe Dameron comics and prior to that Mike released a book review on Out Of The Shadows! Previous episodes topics include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues) plus the Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Kanan Jarrus, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, numerous High Republic book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3j37dgK
Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/
Mike's guest spots: Mike was on the fourth episode of the Comics In Motion Book Club, featuring the first volume of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion, here: https://spoti.fi/36esba4 Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about accents in the Star Wars universe, find their original trilogy discuss here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & their prequel discussion here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw - Also check out Mike & Ben’s discussion about The Force Awakens here: https://youtu.be/c4VMXeBU3W4 The Last Jedi here: https://youtu.be/7dGEsdfSMkY and The Rise of Skywalker here: https://youtu.be/9fZWXji7_Jo
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