In Marvel's Jedi Knights #5 , Yaddles come to the aid of Count Dooku, helping save his life in an issue that not only channels the recent Disney+ show Tales of the Jedi but adds to the Prequel Trilogy lore about the Jedi Order's demise. In Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories -- Codebreaker #2 (of 4) , Poe Dameron is the man with a plan, even if it's questionable, as he strives to save the Codebreaker from the First Order, thanks in part (or a lot) to BB-8's driving skills. Comics Discussed Thi...
Jul 02, 2025•41 min
Sian and Zyle have each other's back, as the former discovers what it means -- and takes -- to love a Jedi in the pages of Dark Horse Comics' The High Republic Adventures Phase III #19 , the series' penultimate issue. In Marvel's Legacy of Vader #5 , Kylo Ren is an undercover boss of sorts as he strives for oblivion. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #19 Legacy of Vader #5 Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: None News: Marvel's September solicits ...
Jun 25, 2025•37 min
Chelli Aphra has returned in the character's third namesake series, as new writer Cherish Chen takes the popular comic-created protagonist in a familiar yet remarkably original direction in Doctor Aphra -- Chaos Agent #1 . Artist Gabriel Guzman and colorist Michael Atiyeh join forces again, as they did when Dark Horse had the Star Wars license, bringing a clean and concise yet gritty visage to the book, with VC's Joe Caramagna's letters adding to the effect and pitching each page into the next. ...
Jun 18, 2025•48 min
Lore from the "Force and Destiny" RPG figures prominently in this week's Star Wars (Vol. 4) #2 as Luke embarks on a search for Jedi relic while Leia and Mon Monthma strive to ensure the fragile New Republic's standing amid a potential gathering storm. In Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #4 (of 5) , the crew strikes a deal with one bounty hunter in a bid to stem another. The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #5 (of 5) brings readers Lando's stirring speech that helped rouse the galaxy...
Jun 11, 2025•59 min
A speech is made across the galaxy as The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #5 (of 5) brings one part of the Battle of Eriadu to its final close, for now, as sacrifices are made and dear companions are lost yet remembered. In J edi Knights #4 , a trio of bounty hunters -- Aurra Sing, Zam Wessel and Bane Malar -- are in focus as they're tracked by Qui-Gon Jinn and Shaak-Ti, both of whom are seeking a greater, more valuable prize. Comics Discussed This Week: Jedi Knights #4 The High Republic -- Fe...
Jun 04, 2025•43 min
Kylo Ren gets a much-needed message from his mother, Leia, while readers of Marvel's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker adaptation #4 (of 5) are treated to an illuminating conversation between heroine and Maz Kanata that sheds some intriguing light on the resistance's past. Comics Discussed This Week: The Rise of Skywalker adaptation #4 (of 5) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Ahsoka #8 (of 8) News: No covers, yet, but Star Wars: Revenuge of the Sith will get a series of 20th ann...
May 28, 2025•27 min
The Battle of Eriadu unfolds in the pages of Dark Horse Comics' T he High Republic Adventures Phase III #18 (of 20) as Farzala leans on his fallen comrades to make the ultimate decision. Meanwhile, in Marvel's The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #4 (of 5) , Keeve, Ssskeer and Lourna contend with Nameless never seen before as Tey Sirrek battles a ghost and finds his footing. In Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #4 , Kylo Ren visits Naboo and is reminded of why the past must die and why he's the one to...
May 21, 2025•58 min
It's kaiju galore, with apologies to the Zillow Beast, in a one-and-done all-splash page issue that its Star Wars: Jedi Knights #3 . Comics Discussed This Week: Jedi Knights #3 Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: None released this week News: Writer Cavan Scott set for an AMA with League Comic Geeks on May 15. ( https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/community/thread/30582809) Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses: May 20 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 3 ...
May 14, 2025•20 min
It's a new era of Star Wars and Star Wars comic storytelling as Marvel debuts Star Wars (Vol. 4) #1 featuring the Original Trilogy characters in the aftermath of the Return of the Jedi and the Battle of Jakku maxi-series that focuses on the New Republic attempting to rebuild and restore the galaxy. But where there's hope, despair cannot be far behind. In Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #3 (of 5) , Task Force 99 and Aurra Sing realize who's behind the mask and it's a devious foe...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 14 min
A lot of Star Wars comics out this week from Marvel and Dark Horse, with the Battle of Eriadu taking center stage in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #17 , The Battle of Eriadu one-shot and Fear of the Jedi #3 (of 5). Meanwhile, the Sequel trilogy gets its due with the first issue of Dark Horse's Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker , a four-issue mini-series centered on Poe Dameron, while Marvel's long-delayed but now publishing adaptation of 2019's The Rise of Skywalker barrels through its th...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Star Wars: Beyond Victory #1, a Star Wars Celebration Japan exclusive, serves as a prequel for the upcoming MetaQuest Star Wars: Beyond Victory -- A Mixed-Reality Playset. The one-shot, written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Steven Cummings, Will Sliney, Shogo Aoki, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC's Joe Caramagna, sets up the story of Volo Bolus, a podracer with an eye toward the prize and who draws the attention of now-disgraced racer Sebulba (yep, the one from The Phantom Menace). What follows is a fas...
Apr 27, 2025•21 min
Star Wars Celebration Japan has come and gone and since there's no new Star Wars comics this week, we break down the key comics news that was made the semiannual event celebrating all thing Star Wars. One thing that was notable was convention-exclusive Star Wars: Beyond Victory #1 by Ethan Sacks, Steven Cummings, Will Sliney and Shogo Aoki, with a cover by Phil Noto. The one-shot was only available at the ILM/Meta booth at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. It serves as prequel story to the Meta Qu...
Apr 23, 2025•22 min
Kyio Ren in chains! A hutt triumphant! Or is it the opposite? Marvel's Legacy of Vader #3 continues the quest for clarity by the Supreme Leader of the First Order, but will it lead to only more confusion? Comics Discussed This Week: Legacy of Vader #3 Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #2 (of 4) News: Star Wars Celebration Japan starts this week. Our predictions? Lots of books and comics. What sort of comics? Definitely something rela...
Apr 16, 2025•12 min
Atha Prime makes his debut in Marvel's Star Wars: Jedi Knights #2 as Yoda and Vetna Mooncrest explore a world that isn't what it seems, harboring a secret that could engulf the galaxy. Comics Discussed This Week: Jedi Knights #2 Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Star Wars: Ahsoka #7 (of 8) News: Due out Jan. 6, 2026, is the volume one of the Star Wars (2025) series from Marvel collecting issues 1-6. Also due out Jan. 6? The four-issue Darth Maul: Black, White & Red mini-ser...
Apr 09, 2025•18 min
The Bad Batch continues the pursuit of its mysterious subject, one whom we learn -- if actions are any indication -- is a person not to be trifled with in the least. Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5) is a funny and action-laden installment that propels the five-issue mini-series ever onward and upward. Comics Discussed This Week: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Star Wars: ...
Apr 02, 2025•37 min
It's all starting to converge for The High Republic as Keeve, Sskeer and the others take care of business on Naboo and head with great haste to Eriadu to help out the team there as The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #2 (of 5) meshes with the story in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures. In The Rise of Skywalker #2 (of 5), we get a deeper look into what's driving Kylo Ren and Rey as they clash with each other, with Chewie a casualty (or is he?) Comics Discussed This Week: The Rise of Sky...
Mar 26, 2025•31 min
Farazala Tarabal is carrying the weight of the Jedi and his own disturbing visions about the future upon his shoulders as the Battle of Eriadu increases in intensity and the Nihil put everything they have into play to eradicate the Tarkins, Jedi, resistance and more in the pages of Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #16 . Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #16 Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Star Wars: The Batt...
Mar 19, 2025•32 min
Kylo Ren reflects on his horrible, awful, no-good, pained childhood in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #2 , one that features loving family, loving friends, everything he ever wanted and more as he strives to one-up the miserable existence of his grandfather, Anakin. Plus he encounters Gardulla the Hutt and finally gets a long-overdue comeuppance. The first Rec Room seems to have been a success. Or, rather, no one complained about it. So we've got another one this episode, with ...
Mar 12, 2025•34 min
Marvel's Star Wars: Jedi Knights debuts and it's a case where the hype wasn't wrong. The series captures the Jedi Order before the events of the prequel trilogy, sporting a case of familiar faces, some new ones and a fair amount of intrigue. It's a superb debut and is going to be a fun read month in and month out. Dark Horse's long delayed first Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon original graphic novel has arrived and the creative team has weaved a truly unique story that melds flashbacks, callbacks to...
Mar 05, 2025•45 min
It's been five years or so, but Marvel's adaptation of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker finally sees the light of day in an adaptation that, if the first issue is any indication, features extended and deleted scenes from the film. Scuppered by the pandemic and thought lost, we're not sure why it's finally being released, but we're wholly supportive of the move and managed to glean some intriguing tidbits. Comics Discussed This Week: The Rise of Skywalker adapation #1 (of 5) Star Wars Comics New ...
Feb 26, 2025•24 min
Marvel's The High Republic phase III returns with the first issue of Fear of the Jedi and it's a doozy. An expansive story that sets the stage for some intriguing developments through its five-issue run and, much to our joy, editor's notes throughout that refer not to just previous Marvel Comics, but those Dark Horse and even the books! The Ahsoka adaptation concludes with the eighth and final issue of the mini-series in a lavishly illustrated story that sees Ezra return home and Ahsoka and Sabi...
Feb 20, 2025•31 min
It's a Dark Horse kind of day as we break down the debut of the five-issue Hyperspace Stories -- The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents series, which hurls itself into immediate Clone Wars-era action and intrigue, with sparkling dialogue and fluid and flowing visuals. In The High Republic Adventures Phase III #15 , Farzala fights for light and life, yet can't shake the feeling that the conflict with the Nihil on Eriadu could end quite badly for he and his comrades. Comics Discussed This Week: Hyperspace St...
Feb 12, 2025•39 min
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. Demand appears solid, given Marvel's announced a second printing for the issue, due out March 19. Comics...
Feb 05, 2025•35 min
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, Ewoks #4 (of 4) wraps up its love letter to not just Ewoks as creatures, but the cartoon, the television...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 44 min
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 Noto illustrate Star Wars (Vol. 4) #1, which debuts on May 7 and is set in the New Republic era. Check ...
Jan 22, 2025•24 min
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 Marvel Unlimited This Week: Ahsoka #4 (of 8) Ewoks #1 (of 4) News: Dark Horse set to publish Star Wars: ...
Jan 15, 2025•27 min
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 confirmed to us that it would be, yet we're doubtful, so we're holding off on a review of the issue un...
Jan 08, 2025•22 min
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 edition of 1977's Star Wars #1, along with a foil variant and a variant cover by Jerry Ordway. It's due out ...
Jan 01, 2025•14 min
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 Unlimited This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50 News: Marvel will publish a new printing of a facsimile editi...
Dec 25, 2024•30 min
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 Meebo what it means to be part of the forest, not just live in it. Star Wars: Ahsoka #6 adapts the meeti...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min
