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The first of Marvel's 2025 ongoing series debuts with Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #1 , a book detailing how Kylo Ren (aka Ben Solo) grapples with being the First Order's supreme leader while still grappling with the self-loathing and resentment toward just about anyone and everyone. The series is set after the events of The Last Jedi and promises a layered examination of the complex character. Dema...

All the comics are out today. Ever. OK, not all of them, but there are six books out today, including four from Dark Horse Comics -- The High Republic Adventures Phase III #14 , The HIgh Republic Adventures 2025 Annual , Echoes of Fear #4 (of 4) and Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #4 (of 4) . Each book is key, with stories that pitch forward phase III of the The High Republic. From Marvel, Ewok...

The battle endures and, ultimately, ends, but it takes awhile as Marvel's Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #4 (of 4) sets the stage for the New Republic later this year.  Comics Discussed This Week: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #4 (of 4) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: _ The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #2 (of 4) News:  Alex Segura will write and Phil N...

The battle begins, at least, in Marvel's  Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #3 (of 4) as the rebels and imperials strive for their own last stand and Adelhard strikes. But not is all as it seems and a last-page reveal sets up a wild ending in the fourth and final issue of the maxi-series. Comics Discussed This Week: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #3 (of 4) Star Wars Comics New to Mar...

Desperation and determination take hold in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #2 (of 4) as the rebels and imperials strive for their own last stand, while Moff Adelhard is poised to throw a spanner in the works ahead of the confrontation on Jakku. Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Echoes of Fear #4 (of 4) is supposed to be out today. The publisher even co...

Sabine catches Ezra up with everything that's gone down since he vanished, while Hera faces the bureaucratic bumbling of the New Republic. Ahsoka emerges, Gandalf-like, to pursue her quest, in Star Wars: Ahsoka #7 (of 8).  Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #7 (of 8) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Ahsoka #3 (of 8) News:  Marvel will publish a new printing of a facsimile editio...

Ubrik Adelhard steels his resolve after the betrayal seen in Republic Under Seige #4 as Leia Organa -- in a Sithesque move -- vows revenge after the Acolytes of the Beyond attack Chandrilla as The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #1 kicks of the final four issues of the 12-issue maxi-series. Comics Discussed This Week: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #1 (of 4) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimit...

The battle of Eriadu is a threat not more, but an actuality as the story behind the fated event gains speed in the pages of Dark Horse Comics' T he High Republic Adventures Phase III The Wedding Spectacular one-shot, T he High Republic Adventures #13 and Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #3 (of 4). In Marvel's Ewoks #3 , Wicket finds a new friend amid his peculiar predicament as Asha teaches Meeb...

Changes in loyalties abound as Moff Adelhard finds out his designs of grandeur may just be delusions, while the New Republic makes a critical decision aimed at keeping the fledgling government alive, along with the dreams of Leia, Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar as Republic Under Seige concludes with issue No. 4 and setting the stage for The Battle of Jakku's final arc, the four-issue Last Stand min...

The bounty hunters seen in Republic Under Seige #2 are back and causing havoc and mayhem while Leia, Luke and Mon Mothma realize Moff Adelhard is no mere annoyance but a threat. It's a sentiment share by the spice runners and the Imperial remnants, too. But with all sides turning on him in The Battle of Jakku -- Republic Under Seige #3 (of 4) , what can Adelhard do and to whom can he turn? Comics...

Destinations are charted in The High Republic Adventures -- Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #2 , while in The High Republic Adventures -- Echoes of Fear #3 , the mystery deepens, but should it be set aside? In T he Battle of Jakku -- Republic Under Seige #2 , the New Republic takes real stock of the 4-D chess game being played by Moff Adelhard even as Gallius Rax sets out to ensure a smooth tra...

Ram takes center stage, as does Valo, in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #12 (of 17) while the Battle of Jakku advances to the next phase with Republic Under Seige #1 (of 4) with what appears to be the first cameo of Gallius Rax and the return of a fan-favorite character. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #12 The Battle of Jakku -- Republic Unde...

The Ewoks mini-series takes a decidely welcome turn toward Wicket in the second issue, as the story branches off in a new way that we found quite stirring. Comics Discussed This Week: Ewoks #2 (of 4) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: The High Republic Phase III #10 Inquisitors #2 (of 4) News:  We're slowly but steadily migrating to Blue Sky from Twitter. You can find us directly...

The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising mini-series concludes with its fourth and final issue, yet sets up the next four-issue tale -- Republic Under Seige -- quite nicely. So far the only thing that's left us baffled is simply this: Who is that Azanti on the covers of issues 2 and 3? In Ahsoka #5 , the fifth episode of the Disney+ show is adapted quite well, yet offers no deleted scenes or conte...

The High Republic's pirates are back and in business in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11 , while in The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #3 (of 4) , the Rebel infilatration squad gets a lot closer to Moff Adelhard than perhaps they had intended. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11 The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #3...

No new comics out this week, but plenty of news out of New York Comic Con from Oct. 17-21, including word that Poe Dameron is returning to comics via Dark Horse, Marc Guggenheim and Madibek Musabekov will have a new monthly from Marvel featuring Jedi knights set before the events of The Phantom Menace and plenty of hype about the Battle of Eriadu that's about to go down in the pages of The HIgh Re...

We're taking a step back from our usual coverage of Star Wars comics to interview Bryan Reheil , a writer whose three-issue limited series from Scout Comics -- Milk Run -- debuts on Nov. 27. It's a great story, set in Philadelphia, about Zack Morgan who can create a portal that takes him as far back as 10 years in the past, something he uses to buy groceries to make ends meet, hence the "milk run"...

The now-victorious Rebel Alliance is putting together a team of operatives to try and figure out how to neutralize Moff Adelhard, while Luke Skywalker quests for a key Jedi relic that fans of the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II might be familiar with. Oh, if you're a fan of the Star Wars: Resistance TV show,  The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency RIsing #2 (of 4) is for you. Comics Discussed This...

Plenty of tales from The High Republic this week, with Dark Horse's Saber for Hire #4 (of 4) , Echoes of Fear #2 (of 4) and Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #1 (of 4) , while Marvel released Ahsoka #4 (of 8) and the debut of the four-issue Ewoks mini-series. Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #4 (of 8) (6:17) The High Republic Adventures -- Saber for Hire #4 (of 4) (9:03) The High Republic Adven...

The post-Original Trilogy era takes root in Marvel's Star Wars comics this week with the launch of the 12-issue The Battle of Jakku maxi-series, a sprawling run that's poised to bridge the gap between the just concluded Star Wars and Darth Vader runs with whatever's due to come out in February, and does so in a dramatic, if not menacing fashion. Insurgency Rising #1 (of 4) sets up twain stories in...

Sabine Wren restarts her training with Ahsoka as the search for Thrawn and Ezra continues in the lavishly illustrated third issue of the eight-issue TV show adaptation. Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #3 (of 8) (7:46) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Jango Fett #4 (of 4) News:  Based on Dark Horse Comics' January solicits, The High Republic Adventures is set to come to an end...

Marvel brings the Original Trilogy era run of Star Wars comics to an end in the pages of Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50 , a weighty issue that not only ties up the recent storyline, but sets some key characters up for the future, particularly Sabé, as readers realize just how much of a hold Palpatine still has over Anakin Skywalker. In Dark Horse Comics' The HIgh Republic Adventures Phase III #10 , Sevr...

The Original Trilogy era of Marvel's Star Wars begins it's two-part ending, with the release of S tar Wars (Vol. 3) #50 , a sprawling yet tight meditation on what it takes to ensure victory and the lengths that some will consider going to attain it. Writer Charles Soule concludes his 50-issue run -- an accomplishment in its own right -- that sets the stage for Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50 next week. I...

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...

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) #46 News:  Marvel's November Star Wars...