Comics With Kenobi

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:Thrawn Alliances #4 (of 4) (14:06)Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #45 ( )The High Republic Phase III #6 (  )Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #42The High Republic -- Shadows of Starlight #4 (of 4)News: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5 and 6 have been delayed by week to April 24 and May 22, respectively.Thrawn Alliances will likely continue in a second four-issue miniseries, hopefully to be announced in July's solicits.We're awaiting an official announcement for the Star Wars: The Acolyte #1

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 #7News: We're getting a Star Wars: The Acolyte one-shot? That's what we intuit from the solicit for Nov. 19's The High Republic Phase III Vol. 2 "The Hunted" TPB that collects issues 5-8, but also "Star Wars: The Acolyte (2024) #1."Based on the solicit for Dec. 3's Star Wars, Vol. 9 and Dec. 31's Darth Vader, Vol. 10 TPBs, we are prepping for Return of the Jedi in Marvel's main title. Does this mean they're ending? Looks like it is to us, with a relaunch to follow.The Star Wars Vol. 8 TPB (Sept. 3) will collect material from the Star Wars Revelations (2023) one-shot and Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars issues, while the Darth Vader Vol. 9 TPB

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) #41Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #39Revelations (2023) #1The High Republic Phase III #2News: June solicits for Marvel's Star Wars comics are on the Facebook page, as are Dark Horse's July solicits.Hasbro is releasing a Star Wars: The Last Command comic-inspired four pack of six-inch Black Series figures that includes Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade, Luuke and Joruus C'baoth.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:April 3 _ Star Wars #45April 9 _ Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 8 TPB (Collects 37-41), The Mandalorian Season 2, Part II TPB (Collects 5-8)April 10 _ Darth Vader #45, Thrawn: Alliances #4 (of 4), The High Republic Phase III #6April 16 _ Star W

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) (15:00)Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1 (20:36)The High Republic Phase III #5 (27:07)Jango Fett #1 (of 4) (48:06)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Bounty Hunters #41The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight #3 (of 4)News: Marvel's Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) won outstanding comic series at the 35th annual GLAAD awards. Congratulations to the book's entire creative team for the achievement.Ario Anindito says The High Republic Phase III #5 is his last issue. That makes us sad.Cavan Scott, in his newsletter, reveals th

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 new Anzellan to the fold.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4 (of 8) (6:50)Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #44 (27:52)Mace Windu #2 (of 4) (46:40)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Dark Droids -- D-Squad #4 (of 4)News: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5 has slipped by a week to April 24 from April 17.We noticed that the checklist for The High Republic Phase III from Marvel is now eight issues in issue #4, while in issue #3 it was 10 issues. No word, officially, as to why.Pete Wo

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 Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4 (of 8) (8:32)Star Wars (Vol. 3) #44 (26:20)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptation #3 (of 6)News: Dark Horse's Thrawn trilogy is being collected by Marvel in an Epic collection in July. It'll feature all 18 issues, along with a slew of extras to help delineate it from previous versions.Darth Vader (205) is getting a Modern Era epic collection in November. It'll collect 1-12, the director's cut of #1, along with the first annual.Upco

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 #40Dark Droids: D-Squad #3 (of 4)News: May solicits for Marvel and June's solicits from Dark Horse are on the Facebook page. No mention of a new Doctor Aphra title, but Prequel Trilogy fans should be delighted with a Phantom Menance Special one-shot, along with a series of Phantom Menace variant covers.Dark Horse's Hyperspace Stories -- Qui-Gon was delayed to Oct. 22 from July 23.In his The Cavletter, Cavan Scott offered up a peek at some art from next week's The High Republic Phase III #6 and recounted a tale of an opening for The High Republic not taken.Marvel is extending its Master & Apprentice variants through May, with that month's cove

A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's The 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 Unlimited This Week:Dark Droids #4 (of 5)Doctor Aphra #38The Mandalorian Season 2 #6Return of the Jedi -- The 40th Anniversary Covers by Chris SprouseStar Wars Visions Peach Momoko #1News: May solicits for Marvel's Star Wars comics are due this week, as are June solicits for Dark Horse's titles, too. Will the new Aphra book be among the former?Mace Windu writer Marc Bernardin sat down with the Ahch-To Radio podcast to talk about his career as a journalist and writer and how he came to write the new Mace Windu mini-series.An

A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's The 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 Unlimited This Week:Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #40Shadows of Starlight #2 (of 4)The High Republic Phase III #1News: The 2nd printing of Thrawn: Alliances #1 has been pushed up a week to Feb. 28 from March 6The AKA women's history month variant for Jango Fett #1, featuring Rose Tico, has been updated to better depict Kelly Marie Tran, as in she now looks like Rose Tico.Epic collections fans get ready because four more are coming from October to to December of this year, including: The New Republic Vol. 8 in October, Darth Vader Moder

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 Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #40News: Marvel will launch an eight-issue adaptation of "Ahsoka" starting in July. It's being written by Rodney Barnes, with art by Steve Cummings and Georges Jeanty.Things From Another World still has the listing for Star Wars Aphra Bounty Hunter on its website. Take that as you will, but we're convinced we'll be getting that new Aphra series in the summer.Marvel is set to publish Star Wars Legends The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 3, in December.The four-issue Darth Maul: Black, Whi

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) #37News: SW Libri sleuthed out an interesting title from Marvel in May: Star Wars Aphra Bounty Hunter. Is it a new title starring the archeologist? Lucasfilm's Michael Siglain said no, noting that when a new series is announced, it would come with a lot of fanfare.April solicits from Marvel were released and May from Dark Horse. Full details, including synopses and covers are on the Facebook page. Among the cover variants are several Jedi (and Sith) master and apprentice combinations by Giuseppe Camuncoli.Artist John Tyler Christopher will have a new Boba Fett variant for sale on Fe

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 Michael Atiyeh and lettered by Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jimmy Betancourt -- brings us the story of Lula Talisola and how she became the warlord Tartak Vil. It's a riveting story that tugs at the heartstrings.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #2 (11:21)Thrawn: Alliances #1 (of 4) (26:25)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 (of 6)Star Wars (Vol. 3) #39News: Star Wars Visions Takashi Okazaki #1 was pushed back a week to Feb. 28, as was The High Republic Phas

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 status in Star Wars as a whole, not to mention the fan base -- Valance Nation -- that was with them every step of the way. We also learned some interesting tidbits about the series and roads not taken, including a scuppered series that would have seen Valance leading an Imperial TIE squadron (thanks, pandemic.)Comics Discussed This Week:Bounty Hunters. All of them.Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Dark Droids #3 (of 5)The Mandalorian Season 2 #2 (of 8)News: Bounty Hunters has ended. Jango Fett is set to lau

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 takes a Bacta-tank dip as Darth Vader's presence looms ever larger.Comics Discussed This Week:Obi-Wan Kenobi #4 (8:35)The High Republic Phase III #3 (10:50)Bounty Hunters #42 (28:55)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Dark Droids #3 (of 5)The Mandalorian Season 2 #2 (of 8)News: Three more Star Wars Epic collections are coming this year, including Kanan, collecting the 2015 12-issue maxi-series in August, The Rebellion, Vol. 6 in September and The New Republic, Vol. 8 9 in October.The Star Wars Modern Era Ep

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 #39Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #39Shadows of Starlight #1 (of 4)News: Check out the Facebook page to see a couple of interior pages for May 4's Marvel Free Comic Book Day Star Wars #1 issue.New covers for Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4 and 5 are also on the Facebook page.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:Jan. 16 _ Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Vol. 2, "Scum and Villainy" TPB (Collects 5-8)Jan. 17 _ Bounty Hunters #42, Obi-Wan Kenobi #4 (of 6), The High Republic Phase III #3Jan. 23 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed, Vol

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 Week:Doctor Aphra #36The Mandalorian Season 2 #4News: We hope you had happy holidays and wish you a bitchin' new year.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:Jan. 10 _ Star Wars #42, The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 (of 8)Jan. 16 _ Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Vol. 2, "Scum and Villainy" TPB (Collects 5-8)Jan. 17 _ Bounty Hunters #42, Obi-Wan Kenobi #4 (of 6), The High Republic Phase III #3Jan. 23 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed, Vol. 4 (Collects The Bounty Hunters - Aurra Sing 1; Star Wa

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 Discussed This Week:The Mandalorian Season 2 #7 (of 8) (9:20)Dark Droids #5 (of 5) (12:28)Star Wars #41 (36:34)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:NoneNews: March solicits for Marvel's Star Wars comics are on the Facebook page. They feature several Women's History Month variants, including covers that feature The Bad Batch's Omega, Rey Skywalker and Mon Mothma, among others.Details about Dark Horse's April Star Wars comics can be found on the Facebook page, too.Marvel's Tales of the Jedi omnibus will now rele

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-shot provides a satsifying look forward to what to expect in 2024, including the hopeful return of a certain morally ambivalent archeologist, along with a classic crime gang from Marvel's '77-86 run of Star Wars comics. (And yes, there is a Thrawn preview.) Comics Discussed This Week:Darth Vader #41 (07:29)Doctor Aphra #39 (18:17)The High Republic Phase III #2 (30:48)Revelations (2023) #1 (44:30)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Bounty Hunters #38Dark Droids: D-Squad #1 (of 4)News: Unlettered preview pages

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 grandmaster, one referred to in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #1.Bounty Hunters #41 (dammit, Ethan!) provides a fulfilling conclusion for most the book's characters, with just enough doors left open for more adventures down the road as the series barrels toward its January conclusion. (Also, tooka cats. So many tooka cats.)Comics Discussed This Week:Hyperspace Stories #12 (of 12) (09:50)Shadows of Starlight #3 (of 4) (29:55)Bounty Hunters #41 (57:44)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Dark Droids #2 (o

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 Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #41 is mentioned, but not discussed (13:45)D-Squad #4 (of 4) (14:10)The High Republic Adventures Phase III #1 (30:49)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Bounty Hunters #37The Mandalorian Season 2 #3News: The Mace Windu mini-series, due to start Feb. 7, will be price at $4.99 for the first issue and $3.99 for issues 2-4, a dollar cheaper than initially solicited.A full-color cover of Dark Horse Comics' Young Jedi Adventures Free Comic Book Day Issue is on the Facebook page.Marvel updat