• Life Update!
    Nov 9 2025

    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!

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    2 mins
  • Should Ben Solo Return To Star Wars? #TheHuntForBenSolo
    Oct 28 2025

    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

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    7 mins
  • The 5 Biggest Retcons In The Canon (Post-2014; TheDisney Era Of Star Wars)
    Oct 27 2025

    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 !

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    3 mins
  • Tales Of The Underworld Review: Asajj Ventress Survived Dark Disciple! Plus Clone Wars Connections, New Characters And Is This Essential Viewing?
    Oct 26 2025

    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

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    45 mins
  • Tales Of The Empire Review: Barriss Offee’s Fate – The Inquisitorius, The Fourth Sister And A Redemption
    Oct 12 2025

    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

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    45 mins
  • Tales Of The Empire Review: Morgan Elsbeth’s Origins – Grievous On Dathomir, Meeting Thrawn & TIE Defenders
    Sep 29 2025

    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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    24 mins
  • Tales Of The Jedi Review: Ahsoka’s Episodes [VIDEO] – As A Baby, Training With Anakin & After Order 66
    Sep 14 2025

    Clone Wars may be over, but the Conversations continue with the animated Tales Of The Jedi!

    In this episode, Dave, Maff & Mike’s Tales of The Jedi review continues with the three episodes focusing on Ahsoka Tano: before, during and after The Clone Wars! Life & Death focuses on Ahsoka as a baby and her biological mother on the Togruta homeworld of Shili, Practice Makes Perfect showcases Anakin’s intense training regime for Ahsoka and Resolve shows what Ahsoka did after attending Padmé’s funeral – our trio discuss how important these three episodes are, especially when compared to the Dooku episodes! If you haven’t listened to the Dooku episodes, tune into the previous episode of Star Wars Chit-Chat!

    Our trio have completed The Clone Wars, but make sure you 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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    27 mins
  • Tales Of The Jedi Review: Dooku’s Episodes [VIDEO] – The Mystery Of Sifo-Dyas, A Young Qui-Gon, Yaddle’s Appearance & #DookuWasRight?
    Aug 31 2025

    Clone Wars may be over, but the Conversations continue with the animated Tales Of The Jedi!

    In this episode, Dave, Maff & Mike delve into the three Tales Of The Jedi episodes focusing on (Count) Dooku: Justice which features a young Qui-Gon and Dooku slipping into the dark side, Choices where Dooku goes on a mission with Mace Windu and his distrust of the Republic becomes clearer and The Sith Lord where Yaddle follows Dooku after he is distraught following the death of Qui-Gon Jinn. Maff & Mike also mention elements of the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, by Cavan Scott and how it ties in!

    Make sure you go back and listen to all of our trio’s Clone Wars 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 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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    50 mins