BRZRKR is a comic book series created and written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt and drawn by Ron Garney . The comic follows an immortal warrior, known as Berzerker , as he fights his way through the ages. The first issue of the 12-issue limited series was published on March 3, 2021, by Boom! Studios . It raised more than $ 1.4 million USD in its funding campaign on Kickstarter .
89-399: Issue #1 sold over 615,000 copies, making it the top-selling single issue since Star Wars #1 in 2015. It received positive reviews, with an average of 8.5/10 from 20 critics at ComicbookRoundup. On March 22, 2021, Netflix announced it was developing a live-action film adaptation and a follow-up anime series based on the comics with Reeves cast as the lead. In October 2021, Mattson Tomlin
178-502: A bacta tank on his Star Destroyer. Using the evidence from the Imperial vault, Luke is acquitted of Shira's murder. The Rebels discover that the rock material of their former base on Golrath records its surroundings. The Imperials soon make the same discovery, and Leia infiltrates the base to destroy it. The Rebels learn that one of Boba Fett's associates was cut out of the reward for Han and may be willing to provide intel. Leia follows
267-567: A variant cover for the first issue of Marvel's 2015 self-titled Star Wars series . Jaxxon appears on a cover of the aforementioned series, and works with the Rebellion in the current Star Wars Adventures series. An action figure of Jaxxon was released as part of Hasbro 's Black Series. While in the original comic Vader learns Luke Skywalker's name personally, a crossover story between 2015's Star Wars and Darth Vader reveals that Fett gave Vader this intel. Beilert Valance entered
356-413: A 2500-copy limited run of a three-volume hardcover boxset of all of Goodwin and Williamson's Star Wars comic strips from 1981 to 1984, signed by both creators, and featuring new cover illustrations by the latter. Dark Horse Comics collected colorized compilations of the newspaper strip in its Classic Star Wars series from 1992 to 1994. Between 2017 and 2018, The Library of American Comics published
445-916: A 27-issue maxiseries starting in December 2018 that would span all three eras of the Star Wars saga. Star Wars: Age of Republic by writer Jody Houser will focus on the time of the Galactic Republic and the Clone Wars during the prequel trilogy era; Star Wars: Age of Rebellion by writer Greg Pak will focus on the Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance during the original trilogy era; and Star Wars: Age of Resistance by writer Tom Taylor will focus on
534-458: A Marvel imprint. After the project was announced, Goodwin left Marvel, which dropped the comic. Dark Horse Comics subsequently published it as the Dark Empire sequence (1991–1995). Classic Star Wars is a series of comics which included compilations of weekly installments of the newspaper comics written by Archie Goodwin with art by Al Williamson. Star Wars: X-wing – Rogue Squadron is
623-693: A comic book series of 35 issues released between 1995 and 1998. It follows the titular squadron beginning about one year after the events of Return of the Jedi. X-wing – Rogue Leader is a three-part comic book series set approximately one week after the end of Return of the Jedi. Several participants in the destruction of the second Death Star are sent, a little while after the events of Bakura , to scout out Imperial activity in Corellian space. The Crimson Empire trilogy follows Kir Kanos , one of Palpatine's Imperial guards, beginning about seven years after
712-485: A five-issue, Wendig penned miniseries, Star Wars: Shadow of Vader , would be released starting in January 2019. The series would be an anthology told from the perspectives of those who had encountered Darth Vader. After three issues had been written, Wendig was removed from the miniseries (and future projects) by Marvel over concerns of his use of social media, and ultimately the miniseries was cancelled. In December 2018,
801-531: A lead that Dengar may be on Mandalore , and discovers a caravan of Imperial slavers. She runs into a Mandalorian warrior named Fenn, who keeps Dengar in a cage. Dengar tricks Leia into freeing him in exchange for intel, but he signals Imperials, who bring her to the chief slaver. Fenn rescues Leia and recaptures Dengar. Meanwhile, Lando and Chewie obtain a lead on Bossk 's location, which matches that of Luke's lead on IG-88 . Luke runs into some pirates he knows, while Lando says he found Han; it turns out to be one of
890-572: A new miniseries with a similar premise, Star Wars: Vader – Dark Visions , was announced to be written by Dennis Hopeless with art from Paolo Villanelli and Brian Level and was launched in March 2019. For 2019, Marvel announced a number of new limited series. As a companion to Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron , a novel by author Alexander Freed centered on a New Republic squadron of various Rebel ships (an A-wing interceptor, B-wing heavy assault fighter, U-wing transport, X-wing starfghter, and Y-wing bomber) in
979-567: A one-shot by writer Matthew Rosenberg and various artists called Star Wars #108 Crimson Forever picks up the story of the original Marvel Star Wars comic run that ended in 1986. In connection with the forthcoming video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment , a five-issue miniseries called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Dark Temple was announced in June 2019 to start publishing in September. At
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#17328014172281068-628: A package which included an audio tape and a film strip, the comic was specifically designed for classroom use, with typeset instead of hand lettering, and vocabulary appropriate for children. A newspaper strip was published between 1979 and 1984, distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate and the Watertown Daily Times . The creative teams were revolving, but included Archie Goodwin, Williamson, Russ Manning , Steve Gerber , Alfredo Alcala , Carlos Garzon and letterer Ed King. Goodwin switched from writing Marvel's Star Wars series to
1157-460: A panel discussing the Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker publishing program at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, the four-issue Star Wars: Journey to The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance miniseries was announced. It will help cover a one-year period during the time between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker . Charles Soule was announced to be writing a four-issue miniseries exploring
1246-533: A press conference in February 2020. Involving the majority of the current officially licensed publishers, a new era set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga will be explored in various books and comics, including an ongoing Marvel title written by Cavan Scott. The ongoing series Han Solo and Chewbacca was announced in December 2021. The series was described as being a collection of different adventures of
1335-427: A proposal until the film was completed, and was only persuaded otherwise in a second meeting arranged by Roy Thomas , who wanted to edit the series. Since movie tie-in comics rarely sold well at that time, Lee negotiated a publishing arrangement which gave no royalties to Lucasfilm until sales exceeded 100,000. Thomas and artist Howard Chaykin adapted the events of the original film in issues #1–6 of Star Wars , with
1424-459: A romance between Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia . Lippincott told Thomas that Lucas disliked his new green rabbit character, Jaxxon . This and the " sacred cow " status that the franchise had obtained led to Thomas's departure. Writer Archie Goodwin and artist Carmine Infantino took over the series as of #11 (May 1978). While generally following a single serialized storyline, the series occasionally included stories which take place before
1513-527: A separate four-issue limited series as well as in Marvel Super Special #27 and in a mass market paperback. From 1985 to 1987, the animated children's series Ewoks and Droids inspired comic series from Marvel's Star Comics line . In 1978, Pendulum Press , under their educational series Contemporary Motivators , also published a 31-page loose adaptation of Star Wars by Linda A. Cadrain and Charles Nicholas . Produced as part of
1602-523: A separate four-issue limited series as well as in Marvel Super Special #27 and in a mass market paperback. Starting in 1984, the series was primarily written by Duffy. Art for the final year and a half of the series was by Cynthia Martin . Exploring a one-shot revival of the series, Marvel senior editor Mark Paniccia contacted Walt Simonson to see if he was interested in contributing. Simonson said he would have liked to have created
1691-694: A sequel to Goodwin's oversized #50, "The Crimson Forever", illustrated by him, Al Williamson, and Tom Palmer. Marvel writer Matt Rosenberg pitched the basis of the sequel, "Forever Crimson", published in 2019 as issue #108. After the Rebel Alliance secures the Death Star plans and destroys the Imperial battle station, Han Solo and Chewbacca depart Yavin to repay Jabba the Hut , but space pirate Crimson Jack steals their reward money. The despondent duo
1780-452: A six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film The Empire Strikes Back in 1980–1981. In 2019, the series was revived for a single issue. Star Wars creator George Lucas initially approached Warren Publications and DC Comics to publish a Star Wars comic book prior to the film's release as a means of publicity. Charles Lippincott , Lucasfilm 's publicity supervisor, approached publisher Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1975 about
1869-482: A stunning revelation for him. Chewbacca and new ally Lando Calrissian set out after bounty hunter Boba Fett , who intends to deliver the cryopreserved Han to Jabba. While Vader continues to search for Luke, the latter investigates a Star Destroyer whose crew has been debilitated by the Crimson Forever, a virus emanating from a mysterious jewel; Luke is afflicted as well. Lando and Chewbacca encounter Leia at
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#17328014172281958-465: A temporary Rebel base on Golrath; she explains Luke's situation. This prompts Chewie to recount a recent adventure in which Han returned two similar jewels to a temple in the Red Nebula. Leia, Lando, and Chewbacca head to the nebula and discover a Tagge ship whose crew has also succumbed to the illness. Aboard, Domina Tagge reveals that she hired bounty hunters to steal the jewels from the temple, but
2047-420: A three-volume reprint series of the complete comic strip. Blackthorne Publishing released a three-issue series called Star Wars 3-D from December 1987 to February 1988. The comics were later reprinted in a black-and-white, non-3-D format by Dark Horse in their 2013 Star Wars Omnibus: Wild Space , Volume 1. Dark Horse also published miniseries adapting Episode I: The Phantom Menace , Episode II: Attack of
2136-412: A time when the comic industry suffered generally because of rising newsprint costs and a declining number of retail outlets like traditional newsstands and mom-and-pop stores —until the direct market concept established itself in the late 1970s. The series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980, with the 100,000 copy sales quota being surpassed, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate
2225-469: A truce with an Imperial officer, who helps him fix Lobot. The cyborg then uses his cybernetic implants to disconnect the bombs. The officer kicks Lando off the platform, and Lobot uses a jet pack to save him. On the planet surface, they are picked up by a boat of ugnaughts and transported back to the platform; Luke arrives and uses the Force to make it appear that the rest of the bombs explode to scare away
2314-526: Is a 2013-2014 non-canonical comic series based on The Star Wars: Rough Draft , George Lucas 's discarded 1974 draft for the original film . The series was written by J. W. Rinzler with art by Mike Mayhew. In this version, Luke Skywalker is more mature and a Jedi, and the main protagonist is named Annikin Starkiller. The series received mostly positive reviews. Following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, it
2403-420: Is a three-part comics series written by Ryder Windham , published by Dark Horse Comics between December 2000 and March 2001. The story features Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi five years before Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express is a two-part comics series written by Mike Kennedy , and published by Dark Horse Comics between February 2002 and June 2002. The series
2492-440: Is assumed dead, but actually kept alive by Vader. Domina Tagge, a member of a peaceful planet, comes to Yavin and asks Luke to serve as a Rebel representative. Acting as an Imperial representative, Vader blames Orman's apparent death on Luke, causing Domina to turn on him. She determines that the pair will duel for the planet's favor, but plans for both to die. Orman, whom Vader causes to take his appearance, attempts to kill Luke, but
2581-517: Is formed, how Leia balances her personal desires to save Han with her responsibilities to the Rebellion, Luke's growth as a Jedi while coming to an understanding of Darth Vader's reveal of his heritage, and the evolution of Lando Calrissian from selfish betrayer to trusted general. First announced as Project Luminous at Star Wars Celebration in April 2019, full details of a publishing initiative called Star Wars: The High Republic were revealed in
2670-439: Is himself slain. Meanwhile, Jabba discovers Crimson Jack's ruined cruiser and restores the bounty on Han. The Rebellion takes refuge on Hoth , but is driven out by the Empire. Obi-Wan Kenobi's Force spirit guides Luke to Jedi Master Yoda, who trains him. Meanwhile, Han is captured by Vader and frozen in carbonite in a plot to bait Luke. Against the wishes of his teachers, Luke goes to help his friends by facing Vader, who has
2759-615: Is hired to protect some farmers from a gang. On their way back to Yavin, Jack captures the Millennium Falcon . He also holds Princess Leia captive; she was in the process of following Luke Skywalker to a water planet that he was scoping out as a possible Rebel base. Han and Leia lead Jack to Luke, who has crash-landed and learned that, since the time of the Galactic Republic , the planet's denizens have been using jamming devices to bring down ships for salvage. Annoyed by
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2848-531: Is set in the Star Wars galaxy six years before The Phantom Menace . A luxury cloud cruiser has slipped out of control and is going to crash over Yorn Skot. The two Jedi must board the runaway ship and regain control. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: The Old Republic are series set around the events of the game series of the same name , exploring its backstory. After Knights of
2937-552: The Wheel , a neutral gambling station. Its administrator detains Leia, and Han and Chewie are forced to fight in gladiator battles. Luke, Leia, and the droids escape in a small craft; Darth Vader arrives and almost captures them, but Han disables his Star Destroyer 's tractor beam. Luke and Leia return to the base on Yavin, where they thwart the attacks of the Tagge family. Jabba catches Han at one of his hideouts, but ship-eating mites force
3026-530: The "Bloodlines" run of the series with artist Francesco Manna, titled A Faceful of Bullets , set for release on June 26, 2024. Star Wars comics Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars . Marvel Comics launched its original series in 1977, beginning with a six-issue comic adaptation of the film and running for 107 issues, including an adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back . Marvel also released an adaptation of Return of
3115-542: The "Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi " publishing program. Star Wars (1977 comic book) Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 to May 27, 1986. Featuring classic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker , Princess Leia , Han Solo , Chewbacca , C-3PO , and R2-D2 , the first six issues adapt the May 1977 film Star Wars . The series chronicled their subsequent adventures for 107 issues and three annuals, including
3204-469: The 2012 The Clone Wars episode "A Sunny Day in the Void". In April 2014, the licensed Star Wars Expanded Universe material released up to that point (except for The Clone Wars ) were rebranded by Lucasfilm as Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in order to create a blank slate for the sequel trilogy . Alex Ross created a realistic reimagining of the cover of the series' first issue as
3293-531: The Bounty Hunters - and released from May through October 2021. The story of War of the Bounty Hunters was followed by the additional miniseries Crimson Reign , also penned by Soule, which served as the second in a trilogy of stories revolving around the same cast of characters, notably Qi'ra , whose return to the Star Wars universe occurred in the pages of War of the Bounty Hunters. At San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, Marvel announced Age of Star Wars ,
3382-606: The Clones , Episode III: Revenge of the Sith . From 1998 to 1999, Dark Horse produced Star Wars manga , adapting the original trilogy and The Phantom Menace as manga with all the typical narrative and stylistic characteristics of the form. Between 1995 and 1998, Dark Horse published adaptations of the Thrawn trilogy of novels by Timothy Zahn . Dark Horse subsequently launched dozens of series set after, in between, and before
3471-516: The Death Star. Luke confronts Vader, who ends up overthrowing the Emperor . The Alliance then works to establish a new republic and subdue the remnants of the Empire and other sinister forces, expanding into intergalactic conflict. Domina Tagge and her bounty hunters resurface with a plan to capture the Crimson Forever jewels by encasing them in heavy metal, a delivery of which happens to include
3560-443: The Empire took one and people began to succumb to the fever. Domina brings the other jewel to the derelict Star Destroyer, saving all the infected survivors. Leia leads a scouting expedition to determine if a forest planet will be suitable for a permanent Rebel base. The Rebellion's power is drained by intelligent hoojibs , who reveal that a flying monster has prevented them from using their usual source of energy. The Rebels drive out
3649-514: The Imperials. Leia leads a procedure to hide the Rebel fleet inside the system's sun using a shield generator, then departs for the planet's surface to investigate the arrival of Imperial ships. R2-D2 detects a malfunction in the generators, and he and C-3PO find that the entire crew has been knocked unconscious by circuit fumes. The droids use a jet pack to connect an energy cable from one of
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3738-582: The Jedi and spin-offs based on Droids and Ewoks . A self-titled comic strip ran in American newspapers between 1979 and 1984. Blackthorne Publishing released a three-issue run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988. Dark Horse Comics published the limited series Dark Empire in 1991, and ultimately produced over 100 Star Wars titles, including Tales of the Jedi (1993–1998), X-wing: Rogue Squadron (1995–1998), Republic (1998–2006), Tales (1999–2005), Empire (2002–2006), Knights of
3827-505: The Jedi . From 1985 to 1987, Marvel published two short-lived series based on the Star Wars animated series Droids and Ewoks . Briefly, the publishing rights went to Blackthorne Publishing , which released a three-issue run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988. Then, three years later, the rights to publish Star Wars comics were acquired by Dark Horse Comics , who published the limited series Dark Empire in 1991 and ultimately produced over 100 Star Wars titles until 2014. Following
3916-564: The Marvel magazine Pizzazz (1977–1979). The first story arc, titled "The Keeper's World", was by Thomas, Chaykin, and Tony DeZuniga . The second story arc, entitled "The Kingdom of Ice", was by Goodwin, Simonson, Klaus Janson , Dave Cockrum , and John Tartaglione . The final two chapters were scheduled to be printed in issues #17 and 18, but the magazine was cancelled after issue #16. Marvel UK reprinted "The Keeper's World" in its Star Wars Weekly #47–50, and "The Kingdom of Ice" (including
4005-608: The October 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company , in January 2014, it was announced that the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015 (Disney having previously purchased Marvel Entertainment and the Marvel Comics brand and publishing in 2009). In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the majority of the Star Wars Expanded Universe as Legends , only keeping
4094-450: The Old Republic (2006–2010), and Legacy (2006–2010), as well as manga adaptations of the original film trilogy and the 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace . The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012, and the Star Wars comics license returned to Marvel in 2015. Several new series were launched, including Star Wars , Star Wars: Darth Vader , and Doctor Aphra . In 2017, IDW Publishing launched
4183-422: The Old Republic and Legacy ended in 2010, instead of publishing ongoing series, Dark Horse began publishing a "series of miniseries", including: Routine Valor is a comic book one-shot released on May 6, 2006, by Dark Horse Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2006 as part of a Star Wars-Conan flipbook. The story is set during the end of the Clone Wars, approximately one year before the events of Revenge of
4272-492: The Sith (and 20 years before the events of A New Hope ). Characters include Obi-Wan Kenobi , along with Clone troopers Commander Cody , CT-8867 , CT-8868 , and CT-8869 External links: While non-canonical to the Expanded Universe, Star Wars Infinities shows alternate storylines for the original trilogy films, and Visionaries featured stories by artists who worked on Revenge of the Sith . The Star Wars
4361-475: The Star Wars universe. The comic adaptation of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also released. Both the Poe Dameron and the second Darth Vader comics ended their runs in 2018, in September and December respectively. In 2018, Marvel adapted the events of author Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: Thrawn novel in a limited series. The character had been introduced by Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy in
4450-425: The anthology series Star Wars Adventures . In 2022, Dark Horse resumed publishing new Star Wars comics and graphic novels. The original series by Marvel Comics began in 1977 with a six-issue comic adaptation of the original film and ran for 107 issues and three Annual s until 1986, featuring stories set between the original trilogy films, as well as adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of
4539-406: The backstory of Ben Solo 's transition into Kylo Ren. Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren premiered on December 16, 2019. In February 2021 it was announced that Charles Soule would be writing a miniseries focusing on the events of Boba Fett between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi , this series tied in with the rest of the ongoing Marvel series' at the time, would be called War of
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#17328014172284628-620: The characters that had an accuracy never before seen in the series." As Goodwin made his departure, Louise Simonson joined as editor. She hired her husband, Walt Simonson , as penciler beginning with issue #49, and Tom Palmer as inker. He was joined by writer David Michelinie starting with issue #51 (September 1981). The creative team was prevented from developing Luke's Jedi training or his relationships with Leia and Vader, or using Han, Jabba , Boba Fett , Obi-Wan, and Yoda . An unused John Carter, Warlord of Mars story, which had sat in inventory after Marvel had cancelled that series,
4717-465: The comic was not acknowledged by Lucasfilm while planning new stories because little story control had been enforced during its creation. Some elements appeared in the Star Wars Expanded Universe , such as the Wheel in a 2003 issue of Star Wars: Republic and the character Lumiya in the Legacy of the Force book series (2006–2008). The remains of a character resembling Jaxxon the rabbit appear in
4806-579: The crime lord to take refuge on the Falcon —in exchange for cancelling the smuggler's debt. After returning Jabba to Tatooine, Han and Chewie run into Luke in the Mos Eisley cantina, where the latter was recruiting pilots. After witnessing a test of the Tagges' freezing superweapon, the rebels follow them in the Falcon . Luke fights Baron Orman Tagge in a lightsaber duel and destroys the superweapon. Orman
4895-432: The cruisers to the shield generator, saving the fleet. Meanwhile, Luke, Lando, and Chewbacca visit a space market to purchase four refurbished TIE fighters . Shira and Luke use them to raid an Imperial armada, but Luke returns to the base to discover that he killed Shira. Luke infiltrates a data vault, where he finds evidence that Shira was selected by Vader to infiltrate the Rebellion and kill Luke; Vader keeps Shira alive in
4984-603: The early 1990s, now part of the Legends line, and was re-introduced in the new canon in Star Wars Rebels . Adaptations of both The Last Jedi and Solo: A Star Wars Story were released, and the timeframe of Solo was explored further in the Beckett one-shot and in limited series featuring young Lando ( Double or Nothing ) and Han's time in the Empire ( Imperial Cadet ). Marvel announced in October 2018 that
5073-627: The events of Return of the Jedi . Set shortly after Dark Empire , it relates that Imperial Guard Carnor Jax betrayed the cloned Palpatine and his guards in an attempt to consolidate his own power. Kanos swears to stop him, coming close to New Republic Intelligence agent Mirith Sinn in the process. Crimson Empire II introduces Nom Anor, who served as the model for the Yuuzhan Vong in The New Jedi Order , which he also appears in. Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
5162-401: The events of the films, such as issue #17 (November 1978) featuring Luke Skywalker on Tatooine , and #24 (June 1979) with Obi-Wan Kenobi . In 1979, Goodwin visited Lucasfilm's Los Angeles offices to collect contact prints and other reference for a six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film The Empire Strikes Back by artists Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon. Williamson was offered
5251-481: The explicit introduction of other bounty hunters in the Star Wars franchise. Boba Fett's development has been argued to have been influenced by Valance and Marvel's Punisher , which Goodwin previously wrote for. Additionally, Valance has been noted as being very similar to the title character(s) of the Terminator franchise , which debuted with the 1984 film The Terminator . According to Ryder Windham ,
5340-845: The fall of the New Republic and the struggle between the Resistance and the First Order during the sequel trilogy era. At the time of release, Age of Republic was revealed to have eight one-shots spotlighting individual characters and a special anthology issue with up to four stories by different creative teams. In mid-2014, Marvel stated that it would publish collected volumes of past Star Wars comics, beginning with Volume 1 of Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years in January 2015, and Volume 1 of Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire in April 2015, which reprinted Dark Horse's Star Wars comics. In December 2019, Marvel reprinted
5429-419: The first issue of the 1977 series as Star Wars #1 – Facsimile Edition. A series of reprints under the title True Believers: Star Wars was released in April and May 2019, celebrating Marvel's 80th anniversary. A second collection of True Believers: Star Wars titles was released in December 2019. In September 2017, IDW Publishing debuted Star Wars Adventures , an anthology series published as part of
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#17328014172285518-473: The first issue released for sale on April 12, 1977. According to former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter , the strong sales of Star Wars comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. The series began featuring original stories with issue #7 (January 1978). Writer Archie Goodwin and artist Carmine Infantino took over the series as of #11 (May 1978). The series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. The 100,000 copy sales quota
5607-477: The franchise in April 2014. Early reports in May 2014 suggested that Marvel would announce two new ongoing Star Wars comic series at San Diego Comic-Con . In July 2014, Marvel announced three new series at SDCC: Star Wars , Star Wars: Darth Vader , and the limited series Star Wars: Princess Leia . The initial series, Star Wars , was released in January 2015, with Darth Vader debuting in February. The ongoing series Star Wars: Poe Dameron
5696-425: The jamming frequencies, native sea serpents revolt and attack; the conflict escalates when the governor increases the frequency to bring down Jack's cruiser. The Falcon crew picks up Luke and destroys the jamming device. Jack attacks Han, but the smuggler defeats the pirate. The Falcon crew discovers the wreckage of a House of Tagge ship, which the Empire has made to look like a Rebel attack. They take shelter on
5785-436: The job at Lucasfilm's specific request, as Lucas had an appreciation of his EC Comics and Flash Gordon work. The adaptation was released as a paperback book, a magazine ( Marvel Super Special #16), an oversized tabloid edition , and as issues #39–44 (September 1980–February 1981) of the series. According to Ted Edwards, "The artwork reached a new high, with Williamson penciling and Carlos Garzon inking likenesses of
5874-505: The lines of Planet Comics . Stan Lee was persuaded to greenlight the project in a second meeting arranged by Thomas in 1976, reportedly when he heard that Alec Guinness would be involved. Lucas also requested artist Howard Chaykin , who was allowed to visit Lucasfilm's offices on the Universal Studios Lot to gather reference art. Issue #1 of Star Wars was released for sale on April 12, 1977, and Marvel published
5963-486: The main Star Wars series that started in 2015, which has narratively caught up to the timeframe of the events of The Empire Strikes Back , would end in November 2019 with issue #75. A 56-page one-shot called Star Wars: Empire Ascendant , written by Soule, Greg Pak, Simon Spurrier, and Ethan Sacks, was released in December 2019 to wrap up the series. At New York Comic Con in October 2019, Lucasfilm and Marvel announced
6052-456: The main Star Wars title would relaunch with a new ongoing series beginning in January 2020. Written by Soule, the flagship series will explore the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi . It will expand on stories like how the demoralized ragtag band of rebels grows into the massive fleet that attacks the second Death Star, how the plan to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt
6141-409: The monster, and the hoojibs invite them to stay. Meanwhile, Lando returns to Cloud City , which seems to be empty until he is attacked by a deranged Lobot . Then, an Imperial bomb squad lands to disarm explosives planted by ugnaughts . Meanwhile, Luke and a female pilot, Shira, leave to check on Lando as he has not reported in. Lando battles stormtroopers , and one of the bombs goes off. Lando calls
6230-433: The original film trilogy, including Tales of the Jedi (1993–1998), X-wing: Rogue Squadron (1995–1998), Republic (1998–2006), the mostly non-canonical Tales (1999–2005), Empire (2002–2006), Knights of the Old Republic (2006–2010), and Legacy (2006–2010). In the late 1980s, writer Tom Veitch and artist Cam Kennedy secured a deal to produce a Star Wars comic for Archie Goodwin at Epic Comics ,
6319-684: The pair, starting just a few years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope . Princess Leia released in March 2015. Chewbacca (October–December 2015), Obi-Wan & Anakin (January–May 2016), and Han Solo (June–November 2016), as well as the one-shots Vader Down (November 2015) and C-3PO (April 2016). Several other limited series followed, including Kanan (April 2015 – March 2016), Lando (July–October 2015), Shattered Empire (September–October 2015), In 2017, limited series Darth Maul , Mace Windu , and Captain Phasma , as well as further one-shots, continued to expand
6408-502: The pirates frozen in a similar carbonite block. Bossk and IG-88 try to freeze Luke, Lando, and the other pirates, until Chewie arrives to help them. Amongst other missions, Luke and Leia rescue Wedge Antilles , who had been missing in action since the Battle of Hoth. A search for a Rebel intelligence agent leads to Bothan -acquired intel for the Empire's second Death Star . The heroes liberate Han from Jabba, and work together to destroy
6497-505: The previously unreleased chapters) in its Star Wars Weekly #57–60 between 1978 and 1979. Marvel's Star Wars comics were reprinted in the U.K. as a weekly black-and-white comics anthology . The weekly U.K. issues split the stories from the U.S. monthly issues into smaller installments, and it usually took two to three weekly issues to complete a U.S. monthly issue. The U.K. comic also published original Star Wars stories by British creators, including Alan Moore . Star Wars Weekly #1
6586-530: The project, but Lee declined to consider such a proposal until the film was completed. Writer Roy Thomas met Lippincott around this same time, and was asked to write the comic at Lucas's request, based on his work on Conan the Barbarian . Thomas decided to accept the commission when Lippincott showed him a production sketch of the Cantina sequence , convincing him that the project was a space opera along
6675-472: The robotic skeleton of Beilert Valance—who was defeated by Vader while protecting Luke's identity. The cyborg comes back to life and helps the Star Warriors foil Domina's selfish plot. The healing powers of the unified jewels restore Valance's human body even as he sacrifices himself to ensure the destruction of the temperamental gems. Introduced in 1978, the droid-hating cyborg Beilert Valance predates
6764-464: The royalty arrangements. Issues #1–6 featured an adaptation of the events of Star Wars by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin. Original stories began appearing as of issue #7 (January 1978) by the same creative team. Thomas continued the series with a Seven Samurai -style storyline focusing on Han Solo and Chewbacca , after being told not to use Darth Vader , cover the Clone Wars , or develop
6853-487: The series from 1977 to 1986, lasting 107 issues and three annuals. According to former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter , the strong sales of Star Wars comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. Since movie tie-in comics rarely sold well at that time, Lee negotiated a publishing arrangement which gave no royalties to Lucasfilm until the series' sales exceeded 100,000. At that point, legal arrangements could be revisited. The comic gave Marvel much-needed income during
6942-426: The theatrical Skywalker saga and the 2008 Clone Wars theatrical film and television series as canon . Most media released since then is considered part of the same canon, including comics. Lucasfilm publicity supervisor Charles Lippincott approached publisher Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1975 about publishing a Star Wars comic book prior to the film's release. Lee initially declined to consider such
7031-416: The title starting with issue #71 (May 1983). As of 1984, the Star Wars series was primarily written by Jo Duffy , and art for the final year and a half of the series was by Cynthia Martin . Marvel published the series until 1986, lasting 107 issues and three Annual s. The first original Star Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form were Star Wars comics serialized in
7120-556: The wake of the Battle of Endor, a five-issue series called Star Wars: TIE Fighter explores the fallout of the battle from both the New Republic and Imperial Remnant sides. A five-issue miniseries titled Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will feature stories of the Black Spire Outpost on the Outer Rim planet Batuu and tie into the theme park experiences set to open at Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2019. In May 2019,
7209-535: The weekly newspaper comic strip after the release of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), becoming the first writer to draw from more than just the original film in establishing the era set between the two films. The strip was based on the storyline and characters established in the original trilogy, but never adapted any of the films, instead fleshing out the history between them. From October 1980 to February 1981, Goodwin and Alcala adapted Brian Daley 's Han Solo at Stars' End (1979). In 1991, Russ Cochran published
7298-422: Was announced in January 2014 that the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015. Disney had purchased Marvel's parent company, Marvel Entertainment , in 2009. Meanwhile, with the sequel film The Force Awakens in production, most of the licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars were rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to
7387-608: Was announced in January 2016. Featuring X-wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron introduced in The Force Awakens , the series debuted on April 6, 2016. A six-issue comic adaptation of The Force Awakens by Chuck Wendig began publication in June 2016. In 2017. A second volume of the Marvel Darth Vader comic, subtitled Dark Lord of the Sith , began in June 2017 from writer Charles Soule and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli . In August 2019, Marvel announced that
7476-514: Was published with a free cut-out X-wing fighter on February 8, 1978. It became The Empire Strikes Back Weekly from issue #118 in May 1980, and then became a monthly title from issue #140 in November 1980, reverting to the title Star Wars with issue #159 in July 1982. The monthly comic ran until issue #171 in July 1983, when the numbering was reset at #1 for Return of the Jedi Weekly , which
7565-427: Was released on November 29, 2023. The comic had cover variants by Joëlle Jones , Jenny Frison , and Yanick Paquette . In October 2023, Boom! Studios announced the first volume of the "Bloodlines" spin-off run, written by Keanu Reeves and Mattson Tomlin and illustrated by Steve Skroce. It was released on March 27, 2024. In February 2024, writer Jason Aaron was revealed to be writing a "standalone Western story" for
7654-426: Was rewritten and redrawn, and published in Star Wars #53 (November 1981). Walt Simonson left the series after issue #66, shortly followed by Michelinie. Ron Frenz became the regular artist starting with #71 (May 1983) and Jo Duffy , who had written #24, returned as writer. Together, they formed a backstory leading to Return of the Jedi . Marvel's adaptation of the film (October 1983–January 1984) appeared in
7743-413: Was surpassed quickly, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate the royalty arrangements. A six-issue adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back by Goodwin and artists Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon appeared in issues #39–44 (September 1980 – February 1981). Writer David Michelinie and artist Walt Simonson became the new creative team with issue #51 (September 1981). Ron Frenz became the regular artist of
7832-440: Was the first time the U.K. comic had been printed in color. This is the title and format that remained until the last issue (#155) was published in June 1986. Further original content was published in issues #94–99, 104–115, 149 and 153–157. Throughout this eight-year period, Marvel UK also published several Star Wars Annual s and Special s. Marvel's adaptation of Return of the Jedi (October 1983 – January 1984) appeared in
7921-667: Was writing the live-action film adaptation. In July 2022, during Keanu Reeves' panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it was announced that the anime series adaptation will be produced by Production I.G and have two seasons. On July 23, 2024, a novel entitled The Book of Elsewhere , which is set in the world of the BRZRKR comic book series, was published. The novels is a collaboration between Keanu Reeves and British author China Miéville . A one-shot spin-off comic written by Reeves and Mattson Tomlin, with art by Rebekah Isaacs and colors by Jordie Bellaire, titled BRZRKR: Fallen Empire ,
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