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This is quite a week for masterful storytelling in Star Wars comics, with The High Republic Adventures Phase III Crash and Burn delivering a juggernaut of a story that meshes splendidly with events in The High Republic Adventures.In Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4), Sith legend and lore mix with The High Republic-era Jedi as mystery deepens in the hunt to ward off the Nameless.Finally, in Marvel's The Acolyte -- Kelnacca #1 one-shot, a somber yet stirring story about the Wookiee master unfolds with care and grace, providing the perfect example of a comic expanding the lore of a story borne from the moving image.Comics Discussed This Week:Crash and Burn #1 One-Shot (7:45)Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4) (17:13)The Acolyte -- Kelnacca #1 One-Shot (24:20)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2 (of 4)Jango Fett #3 (of 4)News: Unlettered preview pages from Oct. 2's The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #1 (of 4) are on the Facebook page.The TPB collecting the four-issue Echoes o

Just one Star Wars comic is out this week and it's the very solid adaptation of Star Wars: Ahsoka episode No. 2. Though there's no behind-the-scenes peeks or added detail, the issue is, as adaptations, go, top notch from start to finish.Comics Discussed This Week:Ahsoka #2 (of 8) (6:45)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #46News: Marvel's November Star Wars comics solicits were released last week. The immediate takeaway? Doctor Aphra returns in Battle of Jakku: Republic Under Seige #2 (of 4).Dark Horse will publish a one-shot The High Republic Adventures Phase III Wedding Spectacular that focuses on the matrimony of Lula and Zeen. It's got three great covers, all of which can be found on our Facebook page.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:Sept. 3 _ Star Wars, Vol. 8 “The Sith and the Skywalker” TPB (Collects 42-45, material from Revelations (2023) #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars)Sept. 4 _ The Acolyte — Kelnacca #1, Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4), Th

The Tarkin name looms large in this week's Star Wars comics, with Wilhuff's long-dead ancestors playing a central role in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9 as the Nihil envelope Eriadu.In Star Wars (Vol. 3) #49, Zhara seeks redemption by following her mentor as Leia Organa reaffirms her steadfast resolve to not only see the Rebellion onto victory, but to ensure those involved don't lose themselves in the fight to come.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9 (6:20)Star Wars (Vol. 3) #49 (24:42)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Mace Windu #4 (of 4)News: Via AiPT Comics is a six-page, unlettered preview of Sept. 18's Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50, the final issue of the series. (https://aiptcomics.com/.../exclusive-marvel-first-look.../)The Acolyte is reporting not being renewed for a second season. It'd be nice if we got a comics series (mini or maxi) detailing what happened after the final episode.November solicits are due out later this week. Check the Facebook

The third volume of Darth Vader nears its conclusion with #49 setting the stage for Luke's latest confrontation with Darth Vader as Sith and Jedi and Empire and Rebellion seemingly align for a common goal.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #49 (13:28)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #46The High Republic Phase III #7 (Of 10)News: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50 features a backup story by Greg Pak and Luke Ross that ponders Leia joining the dark side. Derrick Chew's cover (also in a virgin dress) ponders that notion. The issue is due out Sept. 18.The four-issue Darth Maul: Black, White & Red will get a treasury edition release on May 6.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:Aug. 20 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Story from Revelations (2023)
Aug. 21 _ Star Wars #49, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9, Ahsoka #1 (2nd Printing)Aug. 27 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-5)Aug. 28 _ The High Republic Adventures Ph

Three new Star Wars comics are out today and we've got them all broken down, page by page, with some piercing analysis. Or do we? Proposals are made in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 from Dark Horse, while in Inquisitors #2, Fifth Brother and Tensu Run square off. Marvel's The HIgh Republic Phase III comes to a temporary end with issue #10, but it returns in February, picking up where this one concludes.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 (5:35)Inquisitors #2 (of 4) (16:20)The High Republic Phase III #10 (of 10) (29:24)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special One-ShotNews: Marvel to release Star Wars Legends The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 3 on June 17.Check the Facebook page or Twitter feed for a peek at unlettered but fully illustrated pages from Sept. 4's The Acolyte -- Kelnacca one shot.Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda's Secret War is due out June 22. It collects Star Wars (Vol. 1) 15-30 and annuals 1 an

When a Sith apprentice comes to your tourist-trap town, it's best to give them a wide berth and let them find their balance, while offering them an abundance of peace and quiet. To do otherwise is folly, as Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #4 explains in explicit details.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Maul:  Black, White & Red #4 (of 4) (13:42)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4)Jango Fett #2 (of 4)News: The High Republic Phase III returns to Marvel in February in a new series written by Cavan Scott with art by Marika Cresta. Dubbed "Fear of the Jedi," the teaser art features Sskeer, Keeve Trennis, Tey Sirrek, Lourna Dee, Orbalin and Kelnacca from The Acolyte TV show.Check the Facebook page or Twitter feed for a peek at unlettered but fully illustrated pages from Sept. 4's The Acolyte -- Kelnacca one shot.Marc Guggenheim, in his LegalDispatch newsletter, says he's completed the second issue of the Star Wars comics series he's writing.Charles S

Luke is tested by Sabé in Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 while Vader is tested by the architect of the Schism Imperial as a showdown between father and soon is seemingly stalled.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 (16:50)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Mace Windu #3 (of 4)News: Starting in October, Marvel will three separate four-issue mini-series that centers around the battle of Jakku, with each series -- Insurgency Rising (1-4), Republic Under Siege (1-4) and Last Stand (1-4) -- coming out almost weekly through the end of December. It starts Oct. 2.Marvel will launch a four-issue Star Wars: Ewoks mini-series Oct. 9 by Steve Orlando, Álvaro López & Laura Braga. It's set after the events of the Return of the Jedi and promises not a caravan of courage but a caravan of carnage.The SDCC Lucasfilm panel is set for July 25 at 4:15-5:15 p.m. Pacific daylight time at SDCC. Guests include Justina Ireland, Tessa Gratton and Cavan Scott, so far, and it will be moderated by Patton Oswal

The weight of an entire galaxy brings its crushing weight upon the shoulders of "Princess Senator General Leia Organa of Alderaan" in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #48, yet it's the memories of home -- its people and places -- that offers hope as longtime friends arrive to help alieve the burden, along with a nemesis from the past.Comics Discussed This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #48 (10:10)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #45The High Republic Phase III #6 (of 10)Thrawn Alliances #4 (of 4)News: The SDCC Lucasfilm panel is set for July 25 at 4:15-5:15 p.m. Pacific daylight time at SDCC. Guests include Justina Ireland, Tessa Gratton and Cavan Scott, so far, and it will be moderated by Patton Oswalt. Later that same day, per SDCC, from 5:45-6:45 p.m., there is a The High Republic authors signing event featuring Ireland, Scott, Gratton, Alyssa Wong, Zoraida Córdova.Ahsoka #1 and Inquisitors #1 are getting 2nd printings due out Aug. 21.If you're headed to SDCC this month, know now that Dark

Rodney Barnes returns to Star Wars comics with his second series this year, adaptating the Ahoska Disney+ TV show. Though it, like the prior Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptations, is a word-for-word telling of the series, the artwork by Steven Cummings, Wayne Faucher and Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by VC's Travis Lanham makes this issue, indeed this eight-issue mini-series, worth having.Zeen and Lula come to a momentous decision, albeit independently of one another, in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 by Daniel José Older, Harvey Tolibao, Le Beau Underwood and Elisabetta D'Amico, Michael Atiyeh and Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jimmy Betancourt. Readers are also treated to a new member of the Tarkin (yes, that Tarkin) family as Krix Kamerat takes a major gamble.Comics Discussed This Week:Ahsoka #1 (5:39)The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 (10:28)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #48News: In his latest LegalDispatch (subscribe here: https://marcguggenhei

Rodney Barnes is back in Star Wars, with free rein to script the Inquisitors story and the result after the first issue is stupendous. The issue also features the return of artist Ramon Rosanas and he has been very much missed. What follows is a look inside the Grand Inquisitor and what is to come, not to mention a plethora of new Jedi.In the penultimate issue of Marvel's The High Republic Phase III, Cavan Scott again proves he's not worried about readers' attachment to fan-favorite characters. The issue has many twists and turns but they all point to a cataclysmic conclusion in issue #10.Comics Discussed This Week:Inquisitors #1 (of 4) (11:49)The High Republic Phase III #9 (of 10) (31:15)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Obi-Wan Kenobi #6 (of 6)News: The Age of Resistance -- Kylo Ren one-shot is getting a reprint as part of Marvel's "Trick or Read" free comics this October.Checkout the fan-made High Republic Comic "Enemy Within." You'll be glad you did.In his latest Substack, Daniel José Old

Ty Yorrick is picking up enough sidekicks to form her own Jedi Order, while Drewen realizes he may have bitten off quite a bit more than he can chew as Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Saber for Hire #3 sets the mini-series up for its conclusion.In Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #3, Maul appears to be questioning not his devotion to the Sith and the Dark Side, but Palpatine's people skills.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #3 (of 4) (12:12)Saber for Hire #3 (of 4) (20:18)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Jango Fett #1 (of 4)Thrawn Alliances #3 (of 4)Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1News: Star Wars and Darth Vader will both end at #50 in September; Marvel promises a new batch of stories somewhere different. What might those be?September and October solicits for Marvel and Dark Horse are out and The High Republic Adventures Phase III is going past 10 issues as an ongoing series.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:
July 2_ Star

Fights are fought, plans come together and plots are revealed in Jango Fett #4 (of 4), as the mini-series sticks the landing while auguring more tales to come and revealing the first instances of Palpatine's plot to discredit Chancellor Valorum.Comics Discussed This Week:Jango Fett #4 (of 4) (5:29)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #44News: September solicits are due out this week from Marvel, while Dark Horse will have its October solicits.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:June 26 _ Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #3 (of 4), Saber for Hire #3 (of 4),
July 2 _ Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Star Wars: The Jabba Tape; Heir to the Empire 1-6, Dark Force Rising 1-6, The Last Command 1-6. Dark Empire 1-6, Dark Empire II 1-6), Empire's End 1-2, Boba Fett -- Twin Engines of Destruction, Bounty on Bar-Kooda, When the Fat Lady Swings, Murder Most Foul and Agent of Doom, Star Wars Handbook 3 and material from Star Wars Tales 1

Nine years to the day we released the first episode of this podcast, we've reached the fabled No. 400 and drill down deep into Marvel's Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #47 as Luke Skywalker feels his father's looming presence and encounters one who knew his parents.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #47 (5:29)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #44News: Not only is this our 400th episode (well, technically, it's our 407th) it's also the ninth anniversary of our very first episode, which debuted on June 12, 2015. (Yay us.)Marvel will reprint the Star Wars Legends The Old Republic Omnibus, Vol. 1 in March 2025, Near Mint Condition has reported.In his latest Sketchbooks & Scratchpads artist profile, The High Republic Adventures writer Daniel José Older interviews artist Harvey Tolibao.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:June 18 _  Hyperspace Stories Vol. 3 TPB "Light and Shadow" (Collects 9-12), Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol.

The trial of Lando Calrissian comes to its conclusion, amid some heartfelt testimony and, dare we say it, potential clues to the next volume of the flagship Star Wars title in issue #47. In The High Republic Phase III #8, seeds are planted for what's likely to be a wildly chaotic conclusion to the 10-issue maxi-series.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Phase III #8 (11:59)Star Wars (Vol. 3) #47 (29:31)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Thrawn Alliances #2News: That Star Wars: The Acolyte one-shot we mentioned before? It's Kelnacca and will be written by Cavan Scott with art by Marika Cresta and due out Sept. 4. Full details when September's solicits come out in a couple of weeks.Scores of retailer-exclusive variants are being revealed for the first Ahsoka #1, due out July 10.The Acolyte debuted this week on Disney+ (but you probably already knew that).Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:June 11 _ The High Republic Phase III Vol. 1 “Children of the Storm” TPB (Coll

Four books are out this week, including the return of a character from the Bounty Hunters series in Jango Fett #3, while The High Republic features a double dose of stories -- Saber for Hire #2 and The High Republic Adventures #6 -- and Darth Maul contends with another Palpatine-decreed threat (or is it?) in Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2 (of 4) (6:31)Jango Fett #3 (of 4) (17:38)Saber for Hire #2 (of 4) (34:17)The High Republic Adventures Phase III #6 (52:57)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #43The High Republic Phase III #4 and 5News: The TPBs for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hyperspace Stories, Vol. 3 and The High Republic Phase III Vol. are all due out June 11.Traversing the Stars has an interview with writer Ethan Sacks about the Jango Fett mini-series and more.August solicits from Marvel reveal a light month, with no reveal of The Acolyte one-shot or the expected Doctor Aphra outing. The High Republic Phase III

Lando reaches a pivotal point in not just his court martial, but his thinking as readers are treated to a new look at the steely determination of Mon Mothma in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #46.Comics Discussed This Week:Star Wars #46 (10:11)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #43News: Some slight delays for Dark Horse's Star Wars comics titles._ Saber for Hire #3 (of 4) now due out June 26, not June 19_ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 now due out July 10, not June 26The last four variant covers for Star Wars: Ahsoka #1 feature AKA's virgin variant, the TV variant, the concept-art variant and The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary by Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Neeraj Menon. They're all due out July 10.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:May 21 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Knights of the Old Republic 1-18 and material from Kings of the Old Republic/Rebellion 0) May 29 _ Darth Maul: Black, White &

The four-issue Mace Windu mini-series comes to a solid conclusion, with what we hope might be the chance for another outing, given the final page of the issue.Comics Discussed This Week:Mace Windu #4 (of 4) (12:55)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Mace Windu #1 (of 4)Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation #5 (of 6)News: Dark Horse is set to publish the four-issue The High Republic Adventures -- Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone starting in October. It'll feature stories written by Daniel Jose Older, Alyssa Wong and Cavan Scott. No artists have been announced to date, but Jake Bartok is doing the main cover.Head over to the Facebook page to see four interior pages of art from Star Wars: Inquisitors #1 and 2 by Ramon Rosanas. The first issue's page are colored, but  not lettered, while the second issue's pages are neither colored or lettered.The first cover for the Dark Horse-published Echoes of Fear four-issue mini-series, due in August, is out and viewable on the Facebook page and Twitter feed.Just a fri

In The High Republic Phase III #7, Keeve Trennis comes to a startling realization even as Lourna Dee has ... a heart?In Darth Vader #46, readers are taken to Exegol and it's quite the ride with implications derived from the Sequel Trilogy.We also take a quick run through both of the Star Wars Free Comic Book Day 2024 issues.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Phase III #7 (3:05)Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #46 (18:03)Young Jedi Adventures (FCBD) (35:10)Star Wars/Darth Vader #1 (FCBD) (37:12)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #40News: Some slight delays for Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III, with #6 now due out May 29 and not May 22, and #7 due out June 26 instead of June 12. Saber for Hire #2 is now due out May 29 and not May 15.The High Republic Phase III #4 and 5 are coming to Marvel Unlimited a smidge early, and will appear on the service May 27.Despite our being perplexed about the lack of reveals of June's Pride variants on this week's episode, Mar

Fittingly time, Marvel's The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1 (it's a one-shot) is out this week just ahead of Star Wars Day. It provides a satisfying look at the 1999 film, showing us key parts of the story that were only alluded to in the movie. Greg Pak, Will Sliney, Guru e-FX and VC's Joe Caramagna deliver a solidly entertaining -- and informative -- issue.Comics Discussed This Week:The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1 (10:45)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Thrawn Alliances #1 (of 4)News: Star Wars: Vader's Castle the Deluxe Library Collection has been pushed back a week to Oct. 1 from Sept. 24. It collects Tales From Vader's Castle, Return to Vader's Castle, Shadow of Vader's Castle, Ghosts of Vader's Castle and 2019's FCBD Issue story "Droid Hunters."In his latest newsletter (if you haven't yet subscribed, you should -- https://mailchi.mp/f0a5b413051c/charlessoule), Charles Soule provides an intriguing update on his work on Star Wars' The High Republic.The June Pride variant

Zeen and Lula reach a milestone decision in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5, as the first arc of the comic comes to an end, yet sets up what's likely to be a dynamic run through issues 6-10. In Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), the Sith apprentice contends with an almost Lovecraftian-like horror and inner madness that evokes a Guillermo del Toro film. It's dark and trippy and what Star Wars would be like if it were in the Hellraiser universe. Finally, Jango Fett seemingly makes some headway in his latest job for the Republic, as the plot thickens around the theft of the Hope of Gleen Anselm. Jango Fett #2 (of 4) is the organic prequel to Bounty Hunters and, based on this issue alone, is worthy of being turned into a monthly series.Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4) (10:45)Jango Fett #2 (of 4) (20:53)The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5 (44:20)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Bounty Hunters #42Obi-Wan Ke