#259 P1 – Escaping Into Star Wars Since ‘77: Taping Off The TV, “The Dark Years” And The Special Editions With Douglas Vincent

Genuine Chit-Chat

GCC welcomes Douglas Vincent; the third member of the Douglas Vincent DID System to speak with Mike, but this time we’re taking a break from speaking in-depth about DID and are just nerding out about Star Wars, in two parts!

This week, in part 1, Doug & Mike start by speaking about Douglas’ first experience with Star Wars and recalling memories of his childhood, including watching half a recording of Empire Strikes Back on VHS! The conversation then steadily leads into the modern era, as Doug explains his experiences with the Prequel Trilogy, plus the duo discuss “The Dark Years” of Star Wars (when barely anything was being released), followed by the steady release of books and comics following the Heir To The Empire trilogy.
In part 2 (out next week, or available now on Patreon) Doug gives his thoughts on the Sequels. Following this, they talk about Canon and Legends comics & books, including Aphra and the many crossover events in the 2020 main Star Wars run. Towards the end, Doug talks about lessons within Skeleton Crew (no spoilers) and addresses people’s thoughts about characters some believe have DID traits.

For an in-depth introduction to Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder), listen to episode 235 of GCC, from June 2024 where Mike spoke with Leyna: https://pod.fo/e/2430ed

And in episode 248, Mike speaks with Louise who continues the DID discussion and shows how the MBTI personality test helped the alters of their system: https://pod.fo/e/2806aa

DID Resources: https://did-research.org - https://did-research.org/did/history/index.html - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4959824

Find Douglas, Leyna & Louise on X: @dougvincent1138 and subscribe to their Substack here: https://substack.com/@dougvincent1138

The last episode of GCC saw the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions for his yearly visit and prior to that were some Clone Wars Conversations and an interview with Charles Soule & Ryan Browne regarding their new comic series Lucky Devils!

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has now finished and Mike discussed episodes each week with a variety of guests; listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/29e526, or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tRGqIoEl0

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