Episode 88 - Michael Moreci talks From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back and more

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The Empire Strikes Back is widely held as one of, if not the best Star Wars film. On November 10, 2020, DelRey released From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back and Michael Moreci is on of 40 contributing authors. He is the creator of numerous original comics series and has written and collaborated on multiple established properties. His original works, Roche Limit (Image Comics) and Burning Fields (BOOM! Studios), were both recognized by many publications as being among the best comics of 2015. Roche Limit was called the “sci-fi comic you need to read” by Nerdist and io9, and Paste Magazine named it one of the “50 best sci-fi comics” of all time. He is a writer for #StarWars Adventure comics and most recently contributed the story #BeyondHope to From A Certain Point of View: #TheEmpireStrikesBack (buy it here: https://amzn.to/2JjFOcH)
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3:45 - Intro and Welcome
9:00 - Beyond Hope
13:00 - Fighting for an ideal
15:30 - Writing a short story vs novel and comics
19:00 - Working with the Story Group
23:00 - Pete’s story for West End Games
24:45 - Writing for his favorite movie
28:15 - From a Certain Point of View
31:00 - Michael’s Intro to Star Wars
35:30 - Star Wars Toys and Growing Up
38:00 - Legends
40:00 - What makes a Star Wars story “Star Wars?”
45:00 - 10 Questions
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