Clone Wars Conversations continues with the first part (of three) of Season 4 “Battle Lines” (episodes 1-10)! Dave, Maff & Mike have split this season up into 3 so the trio can discuss certain arcs and individual episodes of The Clone Wars in more detail to make this Clone Wars companion podcast even better! In this episode, the trio discuss the animation and character development amidst the numerous episodes, starting with 3 part Water War arc on Mon Cala, and how it connects to the 2017 Darth Vader comics, plus the one-off Shadow Warrior episode on Naboo. They then talk about the two peculiar episodes with R2-D2 & C-3PO before delving into one of the most intense arcs in all of Clone Wars; The Darkness On Umbara featuring a lot of clones and the Besalisk Jedi Master Pong Krell!Also be aware of brief spoilers for X-Men ’97 around the 16 minute mark! For the weekly Acolyte discussion show, subscribe to the Comics In Motion or Star Wars: Comics In Canon podcasts or watch at ⁠youtube.com/GenuineChitChat⁠ – Dave was on to discuss episodes 1&2 and Maff is due on next week for episode 3! Clone Wars Conversations has been releasing monthly since January 21st 2024 on the usual podcast feeds & YouTube (eps 221, 225, 229, 233 & 236 of GCC): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Y79aRWUxSWwdy3eyNrbXBl⁠ Dave, Maff & Mike have also spoken about The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones and The Clone Wars Movie on this feed (GCC episodes 212, 214 & 217) Maff is @MaffUK78 on Twitter and recently spoke about the TMNT story The Last Ronin on Indie Comics Spotlight here: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/24c64a⁠, plus he did a spider-related podcast with Spider-Dan here: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/22733f⁠ You can find Dave on Twitter @SeattleDojos, or the podcasts Comics In Motion, the VHS Strikes Back: ⁠https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback⁠ and Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: ⁠https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast⁠ - Dave recently guested on several episodes of X-Amining X-Men ’97 on Comics In Motion! Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing Mike Chen on episode 234 of GCC, found here: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/23d985⁠ & ⁠https://youtu.be/pQA0QvC5qa0⁠   Mike has also been releasing weekly Acolyte discussion shows – you can listen at the Comics In Motion or Star Wars: Comics In Canon podcasts, or watch at ⁠https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat⁠ – Dave was for the premiere and Maff was on episode 3, with Tonya Todd on ep 4 & JAC on ep 5! Sign up to the Pop Culture Collective newsletter here to keep up to date with Mike and other incredible creator’s many releases: ⁠https://pccnewsletter.com⁠  The previous episode of Genuine Chit-Chat was the third episode of Mike & Megan’s show, with an episode all about Parenting, as submitted by Tony (A.R.) Farina! M&M discuss what their childhoods, their thoughts on becoming parents in the future, children's behaviours and more! GUEST SPOTS: For something completely different, Mike recently guested on Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast, filling in for Chris on the first week of Love Island (with Megan): ⁠https://pod.fo/e/24596f⁠  Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/2413fd⁠ Mike & Megan returned to Back To The Filmography to talk about Jason Statham in The Meg: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/2370b0⁠ Mike also featured on the VHS Strikes Back, talking Trainspotting: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/22437b⁠ Mike hosted the 1000th episode of Comics In Motion: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/22046f⁠ - ⁠https://youtu.be/OqFFFehte5A⁠ Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at ⁠https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat⁠