How Cassian Met K-2SO & Beckett Before Solo Double Feature - Episode 8 (Released Before Andor S2, so may become retconned)

14/12/2022 26 min

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Episode Synopsis

In ep 8, Mike delves into the two one-shot comics for the Star Wars Anthology movies; Solo & Rogue One. For Rogue One, it’s the Cassian & K-2SO special on how they met, while the Solo comic is about Beckett & his crew before meeting Han Solo. As well the comics, Tobias’ homeworld, Cassian’s age, Han Solo’s blaster and more is discussed!
Cassian & K-2SO was written by Duane Swierczynski, the artist was Fernando Blanco and the colourist was Marcelo Maiolo, the comic was released on August 9th 2017. Beckett was written by Gerry Duggan, the colourist was Jordan Boyd and the 3 artists (for the 3 chapters) were Edgar Salazar, Will Sliney & Marc Laming, the comic was released August 15th 2018.
Please note this episode was originally released in May 2020 on the feed of Comics In Motion and was before the series Andor was announced, so it's likely the Cassian/K-2SO information will be retconned in season 2 of Andor.
Last week Mike spoke about what happened between Last Jedi & Rise Of Skywalker, Admiral Ackbar’s son & the planet Mon Cala. Previous episodes have been about the two Last Jedi comics featuring Krait and DJ as well as Captain Phasma, Operation Cinder, how C-3PO got his red arm, Darth Maul beyond The Phantom Menace and for episode 1 The Rise Of Kylo Ren comic mini-series was talked about.
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