The Tractor Beam: Star Wars Comics Reviews

Issue 127 Clone Force 99 is back, this time with a daring infiltration of the spice mines of Kessel! What will they find when they get there? Can they understand the Pykes? Can *anyone* understand the Pykes? Also, Tech lives? Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://instagram.com/mneug1138   ⁠                  and Chris Abbott https://x.com/starrapter⁠ https://youtube...

Issue 126 Both Lourna Dee and Rey embody decisive turns to the light, but on Naboo and Pasaana, their dark origins catch up to them. While Lourna makes her stand, Rey’s struggle is just beginning. Meanwhile on Eriadu, a very pregnant Pikka Adren will not sit idly by. Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485 ⁠ https://instagram.com/mneug1138   ⁠          ...

Issue 125 The Battle of Eriadu rages on! The stakes ramp up for Farzala, Sevran, Lula, Zeen and the crew, as The Warden’s forces push them to the limits. How will they ever get out of this one? Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485 https://instagram.com/mneug1138   ⁠                  and Chris Abbott https://x.com/starrapter⁠ https://youtube.com/starr...

Issue 124 Legacy of Vader returns with Kylo Ren’s highly anticipated journey through the roots of Anakin’s turn to the dark side. What will the Supreme Leader discover in the run-down, derelict environs of Mos Espa? What will he learn about his grandfather’s origins, and about himself? Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485⁠ https://instagram.com/mneug...

Issue 123 This week on the Tractor Beam! Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan encounter a mystery from the past in Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon Jinn! The Jedi Knights kick off their run hoping to bring peace to a world under siege! And Kylo Ren and Rey embark on their parallel journeys in The Rise of Skywalker #1! Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485 ⁠ https://instagr...

Issue 122 It’s Keeve and Lourna’s galaxy and we’re just living in it. Fear of the Jedi #1 picks up right where we left off in Tempest Breaker and their HRA Annual short story. Both lead characters bear the weight of heroism as they confront the Nihil and grapple with their journeys so far. One book to chat about means we get to go beat-by-beat! So strap in, fire up that Vector and let’s ride! Host...

Issue 121 The battle of Eriadu rages on in High Republic Adventures 15! Is Qort alright? Will Farzala be able to lead the charge on his own? And the Bad Batch is back with Hyperspace Stories: Ghost Agents 1. We return to the Clone Wars with a new mission for Clone Force 99 behind enemy lines! Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer ⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485 ⁠ https://instagram....

Issue 120 Kylo Ren, like his grandfather before him, heaves and buckles under the weight of the past. The Legacy of Vader ongoing is here and it is everything! And at long last, we explore Lourna Dee’s trials and adventures as she struggles toward the light in High Republic: Tempest Breaker by Cavan Scott. Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   https://x.com/neug485 ⁠ https...

Issue 119 The final chapter of the High Republic is upon us! And it begins with four all-ages comics from Dark Horse. We catch up with Farzala, Driggit Parse, Ty Yorrick, Churo the Hutt, Reath Silas and the whole gang as they embark on their journeys to the end of the war with the Nihil! Over on the Marvel side, we also look back with A New Legacy, and wrap up the Adelhard saga in Ewoks #4. Hosted...

Issue 118 Lights! Camera! Action! Battle of Jakku: Last Stand 4 was intense, gripping, and the perfect culmination of Alex Segura’s 12-issue run. We dive into the issue itself and then look back on the whole comic. Plus! We finally have the news we’ve been waiting for! The next chapter of Star Wars comics is right around the corner! Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://eyeoncanon.bsky.social   ht...

Issue 117 The battle erupts! This week we talk all about Last Stand 3, the cinematic penultimate issue of The Battle of Jakku, and the comic's abundant canon connections. We also catch up with the Adrens on Eriadu in the latest Insider short story! Matthew Neugebauer ⁠ https://x.com/eyeoncanonpod ⁠     https://x.com/neug485 ⁠ https://instagram.com/mneug1138   ⁠                  and Chris Abbot...

Issue 116 Adversity and betrayal have driven Our Pal Ulbrik to the brink…or beyond! For our first Tractor Beam of the year, we begin the final arc of the Battle of Jakku with Last Stand #s 1 and 2! Matthew Neugebauer⁠ https://x.com/eyeoncanonpod ⁠     https://x.com/neug485⁠ https://instagram.com/mneug1138   ⁠                  and Chris Abbott https://x.com/starrapter⁠ https://youtube.com/starrapte...

Issue 115 This week’s Tractor Beam is a week full of decisive confrontations! Reyna Oskure and Ubrik Adelhard. Emerick Caphtor and Niv Drendow Apruk, Lula and Zeen and everything making their wedding…too hot to handle! On this Sequel Trilogy Appreciation Day, we also talk about the future comic that will pit Kylo Ren and Darth Vader against Ben Solo and Anakin Skywalker. It’s a five-books-plus-one...

Issue #114 Chelli Aphra! Gallius Rax! Rae Sloane! Beilert Valance! Luke, Leia, Mon Mothma and an in-utero Ben Solo! Also Space Pirates! This week we talk all about the one-two punch that is Republic Under Siege #2 and 3, which brings us to the midpoint of Alex Segura’s brilliant Battle of Jakku maxi-series. We then chat a bit about that wizard(!) Skeleton Crew premiere. For all of it and more, we’...

Issue #113 This week on the Tractor Beam Matthew flies solo all the way back to Phase 2 of the High Republic! A Pathfinder team seeks to unravel a mystery in Echoes of Fear #3, and an EX droid risks falling into the wrong hands in Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone #2! Also, turns out Thanksgiving's in November and Diamond is in chaos (again)? Hosted by  Matthew Neugebauer ⁠https://x.com/eyeoncano...

Issue #112 Ram, Gavi and Zyle Keem push back against the Nihil on Valo in HRA #12! Luke, Rynn, Leia and Mon Mothma regroup and plan while Moff Adelhard climbs the corporate ladder in Battle of Jakku: Republic Under Siege #1! Also we've got some FCBD, High Republic and more comics news to get into, so get comfy and check out what the Tractor Beam dragged in this week! Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer h...

Issue 111 Hit that bell because this week the Tractor Beam drags in three looming confrontations that are only just beginning! Luke Skywalker vs Ulbrik Adelhard Round One! (Insurgency Rising 4) Wicket and Meedro vs Zuckuss and 4-LOM Round One! (Ewoks 2) Ruu vs Driggit...Round One! (short from Insider 228) Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer https://x.com/eyeoncanonpod https://x.com/neug485  instagram.com...

Issue #110 This week on the Tractor Beam: High Republic Adventures #11 looks back to earlier in Phase 3, Echoes of Fear #2 goes centuries back to the Mystery of Barnabas Vim, and Battle of Jakku: Insurgency Rising #3 lets us keep up with the Damerons! Hosted by Matthew Neugebauer https://x.com/eyeoncanonpod https://x.com/neug485   instagram.com/mneug1138   and Chris Abbott https://x.com/starrapter...