This week brings another Star Wars conversation, where Dave, Maff, Megan & Mike go back to 1999 with the first of the controversial Prequel Trilogy; The Phantom Menace! The episode serves as a soft lead into the Clone Wars animated series, which Dave, Maff & Mike will be delving into in 2024 – Maff hasn’t watched the prequel trilogy in many years, while Mike is a staunch defender, so tune in to hear; is Phantom Menace actually any good?

In more detail, the gang discuss their impressions of Phantom Menace from when they first watched them and how they felt about it after the recently rewatch. They highlight certain characters, namely Jar Jar Binks, Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn, the political dialogue, how the movie was different from the original trilogy, things they believe could’ve been improved, elements that they enjoy and whether or not this film still deserves to be maligned even 24 years after release!

Keep an eye out for the upcoming episodes on Attack Of The Clones and the Clone Wars movie, leading to the trio’s upcoming show; Clone Wars Conversations! It’ll debut in 2024 and will be a monthly podcast by Dave, Maff & Mike where they’ll be going through each season of The Clone Wars animated series.

Make sure you check out all 5 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 and a bonus prediction/wrap-up episode for Ahsoka, all found on any podcast app and on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/1defff - https://youtu.be/BrZrvENUlTM

Star Wars: Ahsoka has now finished, so you can check out every other episode of Mike’s discussion shows, with Dave & Maff each making appearances - listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion or watch on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/1f4b32 & https://youtu.be/6mGPxSnMxhw  

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Maff is @MaffUK78 on Twitter and appeared on the weekly discussion shows for Andor and The Last of Us, as well as on the Villains Super Draft: https://pod.fo/e/15d0b5 - A Dummies Guide To Geekdom, talking Dungeons & Dragons: https://pod.fo/e/1644e9 - and is on Spider-Dan’s bear-filled Grizzly/Prophecy episode: https://pod.fo/e/16274d 

You can find Dave on Twitter @SeattleDojos or listen to him guesting on various Comics In Motion shows, as well as on the VHS Strikes Back: https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback and Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast 

Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram!

In the previous episode of GCC, Mike spoke with actor, podcaster and deep-thinker; Thomas Rochester, talking about the concept of the soul & God, before & after death, prophetic dreams, past memories, vibrations, spirituality, religion and so much more!

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Mike (& Megan) appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to compare the two Day of The Dead movies Coco & The Book Of Life: https://pod.fo/e/1fdd53

Mike appeared on Back To The Filmography to talk about Jason Statham’s only animated movie to date; Gnomeo & Juliet: https://pod.fo/e/1f9f28

Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠

Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka, as part of the #RoadToAhsoka: https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U 

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-140 are out now; ep 140 explains how Luke Skywalker obtained his green lightsaber crystal, ep 139 finished the Yoda mini-series and ep 138 were the prior 2020 Star Wars comics featuring Luke, Lando & Leia! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more - https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion      

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