#424 - Why Does Marvel Publish Star Wars Comics?

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🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Marvel and Star Wars might seem like a match made in fan heaven, but it wasn’t always so. Ryan and Lorraine take us back to a long time ago, when the name Star Wars commanded no force, and Marvel took a big risk to betting on its success. Hear how that relationship has changed over the years, leading to some of our most beloved comics made today! Then, Will Sliney gives us an in-depth look at two of the latest Star Wars comic series: “Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren” and “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” the series based on the brand new themed lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World! 2:02 - News 7:10 - Top Books From Marvel’s Pull List 7:33 - This Week In Marvel History 11:03 - Big Talk: Star Wars Comics History 25:15 - Interview with Will Sliney 54:03 - Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, oh know, you. Hello Marvelites you're listening to this week in Marvel episode number
0:39.2	424 I'm Ryan Panagos aka Agent M A. Agent M. And I'm Human Woman, Lorraine, Sink.
0:44.7	You sure are.
0:45.8	That's me.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:47.4	Hello, this week in Marvel, we talk about all the Marvel things.
0:51.2	It's like, my goal every week is is like how quickly can I make Lorraine put her head in her hands
0:56.9	and wipe the like the sadness away from her face.
1:00.6	It was just something about the way you were like,
1:03.0	hello my friends.
1:05.0	Are you out there?
1:06.0	So this week in Marl, if you're just joining us,
1:08.0	we're going to talk about all kinds of fun stuff that's happening this week,
1:11.0	whether it's new comic books, it's news about movies,
1:13.7	TV shows, video games, new releases, all kinds of fun stuff and we've been
1:17.9	celebrating Marvel's 88 anniversary all year long and we're so close to the end
1:22.1	it's wild. Oh and we're so close to the end it's wild oh and we're kicking off
1:25.0	Star Wars.
1:32.8	Yeah, I'm familiar.
1:33.8	Just like John Williams intended.
1:35.8	But we're going to be doing Star Wars week here at this week in Marvel,
1:38.8	and we are talking about how and why Marvel publishes Star Wars comics.
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