This week's episode brings us a pair of weighty issues as we conclude the first of Star Wars (Vol. 3) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3) with a pair of issues (#6 and #5, respectively) that meld both the traditional lore of the Star Wars Saga with callouts to 2021's The High Republic era as well and even the 2017 film, The Last Jedi.

Each issue takes the fundamental basis of loss, regret and resentment and folds it into something bigger and wide, but without losing sight of the characters' development process.

As for news, there's info about the upcoming Marvel High Republic comic series, new release dates of IDW titles and Jim Mello's latest twitter-based short stories (https://twitter.com/astarwarsmoment),

Upcoming Star Wars comics include:

Sept. 23
_ Bounty Hunters #5

_ Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars — Battle Tales #5

_ Bounty Hunters #2 (2nd Printing)

Sept. 30

_ Doctor Aphra #4


Oct. 7

_ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2) #1

_ Star Wars #7

_ Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Vol. 1, Manga (Hope Yen Press)

Oct. 14

_ Darth Vader #6

_ Shadow of Vader’s Castle One-Shot

Oct. 21

_ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2) #2

_ Bounty Hunters #6

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)

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 (Vol. 2) #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

_ The Rise of Skywalker Graphic Novel Adaptation TPB (IDW)

Dec. 9

_ The Clone Wars — Battle Tales TPB

Dec. 16

_ Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 11, Rise of the Wookiees TPB

Dec. 30

_ Beware Vader’s Castle (Collects Tales From Vader’s Castle and Return to Vader’s Castle mini-series) HC

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 comics from Marvel & IDW

_ The Mandalorian titles from Marvel & IDW

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