Lando reaches a pivotal point in not just his court martial, but his thinking as readers are treated to a new look at the steely determination of Mon Mothma in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #46 . Comics Discussed This Week: Star Wars #46 (10:11) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #43 News: Some slight delays for Dark Horse's Star Wars comics titles. _ Saber for Hire #3 (of 4) now due out June 26, not June 19 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 now due out July ...
May 22, 2024•30 min
The four-issue Mace Windu mini-series comes to a solid conclusion, with what we hope might be the chance for another outing, given the final page of the issue. Comics Discussed This Week: Mace Windu #4 (of 4) (12:55) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Mace Windu #1 (of 4) Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation #5 (of 6) News: Dark Horse is set to publish the four-issue The High Republic Adventures -- Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone starting in October. It'll feature stories written by Dan...
May 15, 2024•36 min
In The High Republic Phase III #7 , Keeve Trennis comes to a startling realization even as Lourna Dee has ... a heart? In Darth Vader #46 , readers are taken to Exegol and it's quite the ride with implications derived from the Sequel Trilogy. We also take a quick run through both of the Star Wars Free Comic Book Day 2024 issues. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Phase III #7 (3:05) Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #46 (18:03) Young Jedi Adventures (FCBD) (35:10) Star Wars/Darth Vader #1 (FCBD) (...
May 08, 2024•42 min
Fittingly time, Marvel's The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1 (it's a one-shot) is out this week just ahead of Star Wars Day. It provides a satisfying look at the 1999 film, showing us key parts of the story that were only alluded to in the movie. Greg Pak, Will Sliney, Guru e-FX and VC's Joe Caramagna deliver a solidly entertaining -- and informative -- issue. Comics Discussed This Week: The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1 (10:45) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: T...
May 01, 2024•29 min
Zeen and Lula reach a milestone decision in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5 , as the first arc of the comic comes to an end, yet sets up what's likely to be a dynamic run through issues 6-10. In Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), the Sith apprentice contends with an almost Lovecraftian-like horror and inner madness that evokes a Guillermo del Toro film. It's dark and trippy and what Star Wars would be like if it were in the Hellraiser universe. Fina...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Ty Yorrick (and Drewen) return in a Phase III-set story from Cavan Scott and Rachael in The High Republic Adventures: Saber for Hire #1 (of 4) that features a charming parallel story featuring Kip and Jom that has, to us, some ominous foreshadowing. In Mace Windu #3 (of 4), we're treated to a side of the Jedi we've not really seen much of: Idealist Jedi Knight. Comics Discussed This Week: Saber for Hire #1 (of 4) (5:49) Mace Windu #3 (of 4) (27:14) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This W...
Apr 17, 2024•46 min
The adaptation of Thrawn Alliances ends with a cliffhanger and what's surely to be another four-issue mini-series collecting the second half of the Timothy Zahn novel. In Darth Vader #45 , Enric Pryde proves his mettle -- and loyalty -- to Vader, despite his fellow Schism Imperial members' bewilderment. Finally, The High Republic travels to Phase II as Tey Sirrek takes center stage in Phase III in a story that provides clarity and romance in The High Republic #6 . Comics Discussed This Week: Thr...
Apr 10, 2024•57 min
The trial of Lando Calrissian finds the charming con man facing down his past, while plotting his present and future, as he settles comfortably into his new role -- not facade -- as a Rebel in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #45. Comics Discussed This Week: Star Wars (Vol. 3) #45 (14:06) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Dark Droids #5 (of 5) The Mandalorian Season 2 #7 News: We're getting a Star Wars: The Acolyte one-shot? That's what we intuit from the solicit for Nov. 19's The High Repub...
Apr 03, 2024•36 min
Crash is back, with Ruu along for the jump in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing one-shot, while the adaptation of Obi-Wan Kenobi concludes its six-issue run. Comics Discussed This Week: Obi-Wan Kenobi #6 (of 6) (27:07) The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing (48:06) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #41 Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #39 Revelations (2023) #1 The High Republic Phase III #2 News: June solicits for Marvel's Star Wars com...
Mar 27, 2024•51 min
We open with a remembrance by Jeff of singer/songwriter Michael Knott, an artist who had an outsized influence on him. It's a touching tribute and worth your time. Then we break down the latest Star Wars comics news (8:45) and dive into Thrawn Alliances #3 , Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1 , The High Republic Phase III #5 and last, but not least, Jango Fett #1 , which marks writer Ethan J. Sacks' return to a galaxy far, far away. Comics Discussed This Week: Thrawn Alliances #3 (of 4) (15:0...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 6 min
The prison-ship break begins in earnest in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4 , an issue filled with several jaw-dropping surprises. In Darth Vader #44 , an Imperial survivor of Dark Droids learns how to balance what's right and what's wrong, provided you stay on Vader's good side. Mace Windu #2 (of 4) expands on the titular jedi's history and personal philosophy, delivering an inspiring story while mining West End Games' Star Wars RPG for a certain character and unveiling a ...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Jedi Keeve Trennis and Terec and Ceret have taken matters into their own hands, bringing the captive Lourna Dee with them as they plunge into the Occlusion Zone in a bid to find Sskeer. But does Sskeer even want to be found? The High Republic #4 is laden with surprises and reveals. In Star Wars #44 , Lando Calrissian goes on trial for treason and other crimes against the Rebel Alliance as the body realizes that while justice must be served, at what cost to the Rebellion's morale? Comics Discusse...
Mar 06, 2024•46 min
Thrawn and Anakin have not only walked into a bar but nearly leveled the joint and either drove everyone out of it or left them supine and not in a good way. Such is Thrawn Alliances #2 (of 4) , a rigorously faithful adaptation of the novel. Comics Discussed This Week: Thrawn Alliances #2 (of 4) #43 (4:13) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Bounty Hunters #40 Dark Droids: D-Squad #3 (of 4) News: May solicits for Marvel and June's solicits from Dark Horse are on the Facebook page...
Feb 28, 2024•13 min
A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's T he High Republic Adventures Phase III #3 as Lula recounts her adventures when she didn't know who she was. Everything's gone green in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #43 as Luke Skywalker returns to what may, or may not, be an ancient Sith compound, as he strives to heal a red khyber crystal and, perhaps, learn something about not just himself, but the force, too. Comics Discussed This Week: Star Wars (Vol. 3) #43 (12:03) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel U...
Feb 21, 2024•37 min
A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's T he High Republic Adventures Phase III #3 as Lula recounts her adventures when she didn't know who she was. In Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #43 , the Imperial Schism sets about its work of creating a schism in the empire as the Dark Lord utilizes lessons learned from the Dark Droids event amid befriending and betrayal. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #3 (2:22) Darth Vader #43 (12:40) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel U...
Feb 14, 2024•27 min
Mace Windu gets a second mini-series, with the first issue of four off to a rollicking start as he tracks down someone who has a new type of coaxium -- and the formula to create more -- before the crime syndicates can. Obi-Wan Kenobi #5 zeroes in on Riva's efforts to make Anakin pay for what he did at the temple, as Obi-Wan tries to enlist her help in stopping Darth Vader. Comics Discussed This Week: Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptation #5 (of 6) (10:32) Mace Windu #1 (of 4) (15:12) Star Wars Comics New to...
Feb 07, 2024•44 min
Doctor Aphra concludes its second volume with its 40th issue, but is it truly the end for Doctor Aphra? What will become of those she leaves behind, including Sana Starros and Magna Tolvan, not to mention Just Lucky and Ariole, as well as the murder droids 0-0-0 and BT-1? Comics Discussed This Week: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #40 (4:41) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Dark Droids: D-Squad #2 (of 4) Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #37 News: SW Libri sleuthed out an interesting title from Mar...
Jan 31, 2024•28 min
The adaptation of Timothy Zahn's 2018 novel, Thrawn: Aliances , begins its four-issue run with an amazingly robust first issue penned by Jody Houser and Zahn, with art by Pat Olliffe and Andrea Di Vito, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg and Letters by Travis Lanham. There's some whipsawing between the present and past and the action and cold logic flows freely. In The High Republic Adventures Phase III #2 -- written by Daniel José Older, illustrated by Harvey Tolibao and Nick Brokenshire, colored by ...
Jan 24, 2024•59 min
Bounty Hunters ended on Jan. 17 with issue #42. It Marked more than four years of stories in the seedy underbelly of the Star Wars galaxy and all of them were written by Ethan Sacks, from the first preview in Empire Ascendent back in December 2019 to the final issue of the series. We broke down how the series came about, its high (and low) points and how Sacks and Paolo Villanelli (artist on 31 issues) worked in lockstep to elevate Beilert Valance and the bounty-hunting crew to an elevated statu...
Jan 19, 2024•59 min
More than four years after its presence in the Empire Ascendent one-shot, Bounty Hunters concludes its 42-issue run with a defty-composed goodbye and an ending that may surprise, even shock, members of Valance Nation. Keeve Trennis and Terec and Ceret and take matters into their own hands as they make an unsanctioned move to barrel into Nihil territory in The High Republic Phase III #3 , setting up a journey with an ending that may or may not be in their best interest. In Obi-Wan Kenobi #4 , Ben...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Luke locates a recent friend to help him crack the mystery of his red kyber crystal and returns to a Sith lair in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #42 . The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 brings the adaptation to a close, with Luke again proving to be the mystery Jedi who felt Grogu in the force. Comics Discussed This Week: The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 (of 4) (1:31) Star Wars (Vol. 3) #42 (3:52) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Bounty Hunters #39 Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #39 Shadows of Starlight #1 (of...
Jan 10, 2024•17 min
Marchion Ro takes center stage in The High Republic -- Shadows of Starlight #4 (of 4), as the charismatic narcissist deals with the ramifications of the Nihil victory and the vexing burden of governance. In Darth Vader #42 , the Schism Imperial emerges from the shadows, with an offer for Vader that's underlined by the cogs that keep the Empire running. Comics Discussed This Week: Shadows of Starlight #4 (of 4) (3:40) Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #42 (29:40) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This ...
Jan 03, 2024•51 min
The Dark Droids event concludes in Dark Droids #5 with an ending that coud portend dire circumstances for the timeline beyond the events of Return of the Jedi. In Star Wars #41 , Lando faces a reckoning, setting up a key storyline that will begin with issue #44 in March and making that reference in last week's Revelations one-shot far more salient. The Mandalorian Season 2 #7 details Miggs' squaring away the issues of the past in the present in a very capable adatpation of the episode. Comics Di...
Dec 27, 2023•55 min
A tender side arises in the pages of Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #39 in an ending that made us proclam: "Dammit, Alyssa!" In Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #41 , the Dark Droids event coalesces nicely into the foundational character building that Greg Pak has been doing since the first issue. The High Republic Phase III #2 (of 10) sees Keeve Trennis deftly balance herself between two enemies as the issue lets loose with a reveal guaranteed to drive High Republic fans into paroxysms. The Revelations (2023) one-s...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min
The mystery is revealed in the 12th and final issue of Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories , with a heartwarming tale about a Rebel engineer set among the events of the Battle of Endor that brings the series to a solidly satisfying close. In The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight #3 , Bell and Burryaga deal with the fallout of the Nihil operating unchecked while the bulk of the Jedi Order remains safely behind the walls of their Coruscant temple. The final pages see the capture of a Jedi gran...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 20 min
The High Republic Adventures returns for phase III featuring lots of regret, but even more love, in a sparkling first issue that sets the tone for the series and delivers a "Some Kind of Wonderful" level of a kiss that kills. D-Squad rounds out its four-issue run with a funny yet briskly paced story that will see its conclusion within Dec. 27's Dark Droids #5 (of 5). This issue had us laughing, smirking and even shed some light on a droid around since Return of the Jedi. Comics Discussed This We...
Dec 06, 2023•52 min
Obi-Wan faces off against Darth Vader in the pages of the Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptation's third issue and meticulously details the events of that episode, with some intriguing art inside the walls of Fortress Inquisitorius. UPDATE: We've learned that The High Republic Adventures Phase III #1 is apparently shipping early and may be in stores on Dec. 6. Comics Discussed This Week: Obi-Wan Kenobi #3 (of 6) (7:40) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #35 News: Doctor...
Nov 29, 2023•17 min
R2-D2 visits an old friend, and flame, as D-Squad finally comes together in Dark Droids: D-Squad #3 , while in Bounty Hunters #40 , T'onga's aim to rescue or kill Valance unravel, though a spark of hope burns bright (dammit, Ethan!). In Hyperspace Stories #11 , Mace Windu and Yoda face off against a legendary foe as readers finally get a peek of what's been in Viveen's doll all these issues. Comics Discussed This Week: Hyperspace Stories #11 (15:17) Bounty Hunters #40 (25:58) D-Squad #3 (of 4) (...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Peach Momoko's Star Wars Visions one-shot is a true masterpiece in form, style and storytelling, wordlessly conveying the past, present and future across pages and pages of electrifying illustrations. The Dark Droids event burns its way through the mini-series' namesake fourth issue and into the pages of Doctor Aphra #38 , delivering a blow to the bodies of all involved, none more than Chelli Aphra herself in a deluge of body horror and, yes, introspection. The Mandalorian Season 2 #6 provides a...
Nov 15, 2023•55 min
The High Republic Phase III begins in earnest with the first of what appears to be a 10-issue maxi-series from Marvel and it pulls no punches as now-Jedi Master Keeve Trennis takes the fight to the Nihil, though with fatal results. In Shadows of Starlight #2 , Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann take center stage as their respective response to the Starlight Beacon disaster take them down different paths. Lord Vader takes the fight Coruscant and Palpatine, much to the Scourge's delight, in Darth Vader #40...
Nov 08, 2023•55 min
