Star Wars Chit-Chat (Formerly Comics In Canon)

Mike Burton

Journey with Mike having Star Wars conversations with fans, authors and other creators, including weekly reviews on live-action shows and Clone Wars Conversations (where Mike, Maff & Dave discuss all episode of The Clone Wars in-depth)! You can also find all 5 episodes of Rebels Reviewed on this feed, as well as Comics In Canon, where Mike explained the story and lore-connections of all canon Star Wars comics between 2015 and 2022!

  1. The Mandalorian And Grogu Movie Review: How Does It Compare To Previous Movies?

    1d ago

    The Mandalorian And Grogu Movie Review: How Does It Compare To Previous Movies?

    As a little surprise, here are Dave, Maff & Mike’s thoughts on the first Star Wars movie in over 6 years! It’ll be a little while longer before the Clone Wars Wrap-up releases, and the last Tales Of review, but our trio wanted to give you something in the meantime, and what better than a review on The Mandalorian & Grogu? Our trio discuss: - Their excitement before the movie - Their thoughts after the movie and how it compares to other Star Wars movies - The array of characters within the movie and how well-utilised they were - How much it ties into The Mandalorian series, what it means for the future and more! While you wait for more SWCC content, check out our trio’s coverage of the entirety of The Clone Wars, Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, Rebels and more, so listen to all of their episodes here or on YouTube, including The Clone Wars Legacy project!  www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62 For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat You can find Dave on Threads @davehorrocks, 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 Find Maff’s movie reviews on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/maff78/ Pop Guerrillas is being resurrected and Maff is one of the four reviewers! Subscribe to hear spoiler-free reviews: https://podfollow.com/1840647225 Join Mike’s Patreon at the free tier for monthly bonus episodes, or support for £1 a month for weekly episodes! Head there now for access to the massive catalogue; www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat You can also support with a one-off payment at Ko-Fi and Mike will be sure to send you bonus content as a thank you: https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Guest Spots: Mike recently collaborated with Spider-Dan to review 13 movies from the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, tune into Genuine Chit-Chat and Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to hear them all (almost all videos are currently on YouTube too)! Mike was recently on Spider-Dan’s pod, talking about the Special Edition of James Cameron’s The Abyss, detailing the making-of, behind-the-scenes drama and more: https://pod.fo/e/401e58 Mike also appeared on Back To The Filmography, talking in-depth about Interstellar, including behind-the-scenes details, Matthew McConaughey’s performance and more: https://pod.fo/e/3b9a62 Don’t forget to rate/review and share!

    1h 31m
  2. Spoiler-Free Mini Mandalorian & Grogu Review

    May 23

    Spoiler-Free Mini Mandalorian & Grogu Review

    A spoiler-free review of The Mandalorian And Grogu, just after Mike & Megan saw it at the cinema!

    3 min
  3. Life Update!

    11/09/2025

    Life Update!

    Mike has some exciting news to share, along with confirmation when you’ll be receiving new episodes of this show! If you want to support Mike while he takes a short break and receive access to a massive catalogue of bonus episodes, including several for Spooky Season, please consider supporting at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat or https://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat Pop Guerrillas 2.0 has now launched with returning host Dan Belgrave and new hosts Maff, Paul & Tony Holt Jr! Check out the trailer and their first four episodes! https://podfollow.com/popguerrillas Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat For more from Mike, check out Mike's interview-style show Genuine Chit-Chat wherever you are listening to this! Guest Spots:Mike went on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about Child’s Play, here: https://pod.fo/e/32462c Mike has been on the 20th Century Geek podcast, reviewing Superman ’78, Superman II, the Super/Man documentary and Superman 2025! https://pod.fo/e/2bea07 Please review/rate, subscribe and share – it helps the show out an incredible amount!

    2 min
  4. Should Ben Solo Return To Star Wars? #TheHuntForBenSolo

    10/28/2025

    Should Ben Solo Return To Star Wars? #TheHuntForBenSolo

    Could Ben Solo returning have worked or should Star Wars stop resurrecting characters? Recommended comic reading: Star Wars 6 (2020 Run), The Legacy Of Vader & The Rise Of Kylo Ren (all written by Charles Soule). All seasons of Clone Wars Conversations (including CW Legacy) found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62 For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat Mike appeared on Reckless Rebellion to talk about The High Republic and announcements for Star Wars: Starfighter: https://pod.fo/e/320e8c Mike reviewed the original Child’s Play, on the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/32462c  Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

    7 min
  5. The 5 Biggest Retcons In The Canon (Post-2014; TheDisney Era Of Star Wars)

    10/27/2025

    The 5 Biggest Retcons In The Canon (Post-2014; TheDisney Era Of Star Wars)

    A shorter video that Mike posted on social media, that he wants to share with you pod-only listeners! Ahsoka, Andor, Yoda and more - how do you think these changes impact the overall story and for better or for worse? All seasons of Clone Wars Conversations (including CW Legacy) found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62  For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat& http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat  Mike appeared on Reckless Rebellion to talk about The High Republic and announcements for Star Wars: Starfighter: https://pod.fo/e/320e8c   Mike reviewed the original Child’s Play, on the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/32462c  Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat To support, you can rate & share this episode, or for bonus content, including extra episodes for Spooky Season, such as reviews of Candyman, Scooby-Doo, The Exorcist and more, please consider supporting at www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat orhttps://ko-fi.com/GenuineChitChat !

    3 min
  6. Tales Of The Underworld Review: Asajj Ventress Survived Dark Disciple! Plus Clone Wars Connections, New Characters And Is This Essential Viewing?

    10/26/2025

    Tales Of The Underworld Review: Asajj Ventress Survived Dark Disciple! Plus Clone Wars Connections, New Characters And Is This Essential Viewing?

    Clone Wars Conversations continues with the Tales Of collection; Tales Of The Underworld! In this episode, Dave, Maff & Mike tackle Asajj Ventress’ three animated shorts, set after the Dark Disciple novel, showing her survival and her life after the fall of The Republic. They talk about Dark Disciple connections, the new character Lyco Strata, Asajj’s character arc and how our trio felt about these three episodes and how important they are for fans of The Clone Wars! The next episode of Star Wars Chit-Chat will be delving into Cad Bane’s Tales Of The Underworld episodes, so make sure you follow/subscribe. Our trio tackled the Tales Of The Jedi & The Empire and completed all of The Clone Wars, so go back and listen to all of their episodes, especially on Season 7, the concept episodes that were never made and the Clone Wars Legacy project; Christie Golden’s novel Dark Disciple, the Son of Dathomir comic and the Crystal Crisis unreleased episodes. All seasons of Clone Wars Conversations (including CW Legacy) found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62 For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat Mike appeared on Reckless Rebellion to talk about The High Republic and announcements for Star Wars: Starfighter: https://pod.fo/e/320e8c Mike reviewed the original Child’s Play, on the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/32462c  And Dave reviewed Child’s Play 3: https://pod.fo/e/335093 You can find Dave on Threads @davehorrocks, 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 Find Maff’s movie reviews on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/maff78/ Maff’s recent appearance on Back To The Filmography: https://pod.fo/e/30f9ae Pop Guerrillas is being resurrected and Maff is one of the four reviewers! Subscribe and keep an eye out for episodes coming very soon: https://podfollow.com/1840647225 Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing several Star Wars authors; find these wherever you are listening; on any podcast app or YouTube! Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

    45 min
  7. Tales Of The Empire Review: Barriss Offee’s Fate [VIDEO] – The Inquisitorius, The Fourth Sister And A Redemption

    10/12/2025

    Tales Of The Empire Review: Barriss Offee’s Fate [VIDEO] – The Inquisitorius, The Fourth Sister And A Redemption

    Clone Wars Conversations continues with the animated Tales Of The Empire! In this episode, Dave, Maff & Mike’s Tales of The Empire review delves into Barriss Offee’s episodes after her crimes from the Temple Bombing arc in The Clone Wars. As well as discussing the character & story, our trio delve into the Inquisitor trials, Offee’s redemption, Jedi hunting and all the connected lore, as well as how important these three episodes are for any fans of The Clone Wars! The next episode of Star Wars Chit-Chat will be delving into Tales Of The Underworld, so make sure you subscribe. Our trio tackled Tales Of The Jedi and completed all of The Clone Wars, so go back and listen to all of their episodes, especially on Season 7, the concept episodes that were never made and the Clone Wars Legacy project; Christie Golden’s novel Dark Disciple, the Son of Dathomir comic and the Crystal Crisis unreleased episodes. All seasons of Clone Wars Conversations (including CW Legacy) found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62 For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat Mike appeared on Reckless Rebellion to talk about The High Republic and announcements for Star Wars: Starfighter: https://pod.fo/e/320e8c Mike reviewed every episode of Andor with different guests on each ep and (including Maff & Dave): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmFjH0rxgo&list=PLzP-drn-jyjkmLbYXLZ43EehfKb-hwWQb&index=5 Mike reviewed the original Child’s Play, after watching it for the first time, on the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/32462c  Mike also reviewed watched Superman ’78, Superman II, the Super/Man documentary (with Maff) on the 20th Century Geek podcast AND Superman 2025 here: https://pod.fo/e/3128b0 You can find Dave on Threads @davehorrocks, 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, Spider-Dan & Max Byrne speak about the X-Men Age Of Apocalypse comics in their new series on Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/2e6252 Find Maff’s movie reviews on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/maff78/ Maff’s recent appearance on Back To The Filmography: https://pod.fo/e/30f9ae Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing several Star Wars authors; find these wherever you are listening; on any podcast app or YouTube! Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

    44 min
  8. Tales Of The Empire Review: Morgan Elsbeth’s Origins [VIDEO] – Grievous On Dathomir, Meeting Thrawn & TIE Defenders

    09/29/2025

    Tales Of The Empire Review: Morgan Elsbeth’s Origins [VIDEO] – Grievous On Dathomir, Meeting Thrawn & TIE Defenders

    Clone Wars Conversations continues with the animated Tales Of The Empire! In this episode, Dave, Maff & Mike’s Tales of The Empire review starts with Morgan Elsbeth, Diana lee Inosanto‘s character first introduced in the live-action Ahsoka series. All three “The Path Of” episodes show parts of Morgan’s life, with Fear showing the massacre on Dathomir in even more detail than we saw in The Clone Wars, while Anger shows Morgan’s TIE Defender idea and meeting Thrawn and Hate shows a New Republic representative attempt to arrest Morgan on Corvus – our trio discuss how important these three episodes are for the character’s Ahsoka appearance, connections to other content and more! The next episode of Star Wars Chit-Chat will focus on Barriss Offee’s episodes, so make sure you subscribe. Our trio tackled Tales Of The Jedi and completed all of The Clone Wars, so go back and listen to all of their episodes, especially on Season 7, the concept episodes that were never made and the Clone Wars Legacy project; Christie Golden’s novel Dark Disciple, the Son of Dathomir comic and the Crystal Crisis unreleased episodes. All seasons of Clone Wars Conversations (including CW Legacy) found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq2X4YBVzM&list=PLzP-drn-jyjmEQ1R8B-jmy2kaRn38dj62 For the audio-only version & other SW content, subscribe to Star Wars Chit-Chat: https://podfollow.com/starwarschitchat & http://youtube.com/@starwarschitchat Mike appeared on Reckless Rebellion to talk about The High Republic and announcements for Star Wars: Starfighter: https://pod.fo/e/320e8c Mike reviewed every episode of Andor with different guests on each ep and (including Maff & Dave): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmFjH0rxgo&list=PLzP-drn-jyjkmLbYXLZ43EehfKb-hwWQb&index=5 Mike reviewed the original Child’s Play, after watching it for the first time, on the 20th Century Geek: https://pod.fo/e/32462c  Mike also reviewed watched Superman ’78, Superman II, the Super/Man documentary (with Maff) on the 20th Century Geek podcast AND Superman 2025 here: https://pod.fo/e/3128b0 Dave, Spider-Dan & Max Byrne speak about the X-Men Age Of Apocalypse comics in their new series on Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/2e6252 You can find Dave on Threads @davehorrocks, 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 Find Maff’s movie reviews on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/maff78/ Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing several Star Wars authors; find these wherever you are listening; on any podcast app or YouTube! Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

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Journey with Mike having Star Wars conversations with fans, authors and other creators, including weekly reviews on live-action shows and Clone Wars Conversations (where Mike, Maff & Dave discuss all episode of The Clone Wars in-depth)! You can also find all 5 episodes of Rebels Reviewed on this feed, as well as Comics In Canon, where Mike explained the story and lore-connections of all canon Star Wars comics between 2015 and 2022!

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