A new start for Star Wars Adventures and a new arc in Marvel's flagship Star Wars as we officially mark 200 episodes of talking about Star Wars comics week in and week out. (Is anybody out there?)
Our discussion about the relaunch of Star Wars Adventures is an abbreviated one, given we'll have a full review with the Young Padawans in an episode to come shortly, but we like what we see, with the Sequel Trilogy-era getting the red-carpet treatment in a story featuring Rey, Finn and Poe. We're also digging the Tales of Villainy backup, too, and marveled at the new look at the Imperial attack on Echo Base that was seen in The Empire Strikes Back.
As for Star Wars #7, there are clever nods to events to come and those that have already happened (hello Poe Dameron #30 and hi there upcoming High Republic comics!), not to mention a deliciously woven story that calls back to the Tarkin novel.
In news, we look at the dueling sales charts for August from Diamond and Comichron, along with scheduling changes to some IDW titles.
Upcoming Star Wars comics include:
Oct. 14
_ Darth Vader #6
Oct. 21
_ Star Wars Adventures #2
_ Bounty Hunters #6
_ Shadow of Vader’s Castle One-Shot
Oct. 27
_ Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Vol. 1, Manga (Hope Yen Press)
Oct. 28
_ Doctor Aphra #5
_ From the Journals of Obi-Wan Kenobi TPB
Nov. 4
_ Star Wars #8
_ Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020
_ Star Wars Rebels, Vol. 1 (Manga from Yen Press)
_ Bounty Hunters #5 2nd Printing
Nov. 11
_ Darth Vader #7
_ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 1: The Destiny Path TPB
Nov. 18
_ Bounty Hunters #7
Nov. 25
_ Doctor Aphra #6
_ Star Wars Adventures #3
_ Bounty Hunters, Vol. 1: Galaxy’s Deadliest TPB
_ Darth Vader (Vol. 3), Vol. 1: Dark Heart of the Sith TPB
_ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Tales of the Jedi, Vol. 1 TPB
Dec. 2
_ Star Wars Adventures #4
Dec. 9
_ Star Wars #9
Dec. 16
_ Darth Vader #8
_ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 11, Rise of the Wookiees TPB
Dec. 23
_ Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler’s Run #1
_ Bounty Hunters #8
Dec. 30
_ Doctor Aphra #7
_ Beware Vader’s Castle (Collects Tales From Vader’s Castle and Return to Vader’s Castle mini-series) HC
_ The Clone Wars — Battle Tales TPB
Jan. 27
_ Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2), Vol. 1, Fortune and Fate TPB
February
_ Star Wars: The High Republic from IDW (Date TBD)
Feb. 10
_ The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel Adaptation from IDW
Feb. 17
_ The Rise of Skywalker Graphic Novel Adaptation TPB (IDW)
Feb. 24
_ Doctor Aphra Omnibus HC
Announced But as Yet Unscheduled Comics
_ The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation by Marvel (5-issue mini-series)
_ The High Republic series from Marvel
_ The Mandalorian titles from Marvel & IDW