| Star Wars: Legacy | |
|---|---|
 Issue #4 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | June 2006 – August 2010 |
| No. of issues | 50 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | John Ostrander Jan Duursema |
| Penciller(s) | Jan Duursema |
| Inker(s) | Dan Parsons |
| Letterer(s) | Michael David Thomas |
| Colorist(s) | Brad Anderson |
| Collected editions | |
| Broken | ISBN 1-59307-716-5 |
Star Wars: Legacy is anAmerican comic bookseries set in theStar Wars universe. The series, published byDark Horse Comics, is written byJohn Ostrander andJan Duursema, and illustrated by Duursema and others, with inks byDan Parsons and color by Brad Anderson. Issue #0, which cost 25¢ and introduced the setting and major characters, was released on June 7, 2006.
Set over 130 years after the fall ofEmperor Palpatine and theGalactic Empire,Star Wars: Legacy followsCade Skywalker, a descendant ofLuke Skywalker, as he and several allies eventually bind together in an attempt to defeat Darth Krayt—the new Dark Lord of theSith—and the reborn Galactic Empire.
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Star Wars: Legacy ran from June 2006 until issue #50, published in August 2010.
Dark Horse Comics finished theStar Wars: Legacy story with a six-issuelimited series dealing with the return of Darth Krayt titledStar Wars: Legacy War.[1]
The story ofStar Wars: Legacy starts 126 years after the filmReturn of the Jedi. The comics featureCade Skywalker, a descendant ofLuke Skywalker, who was trained as aJedi, but abandoned the New Jedi Order following its defeat by the One Sith. He apprenticed himself to the pirate Rav and lives among bounty hunters, smugglers and pirates such as his best friends Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue. Cade, in an attempt to avoid detection and his destiny, also dropped his last name and Jedi heritage while being reluctantly guided by Luke, now a Force ghost. The series begins with an attack on theJedi Temple and the overthrow of theGalactic Alliance and theFel Empire by the Sith.
Along with Cade and his friends, various other characters appear who are set against the Sith; including deposed Emperor Roan Fel and his Imperial faction, the remnants of the Galactic Alliance under Admiral Gar Stazi, and the remaining Jedi. After a large and costly war with the Sith Empire, Cade and his allies manage to kill the evil Sith Emperor, Darth Krayt. However, even without their leader, the Sith remain a powerful danger.
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| Key: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue |
| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback | TPB pub date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Star Wars Legacy 0 | June 7, 2006 | ||
| 0½ | Star Wars Legacy 0½ | January 2, 2008 | ||
| Broken | Broken Broken Hardcover 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 12: Legacy | May 9, 2007 | ||
| 1 | Broken, Part 1 | June 21, 2006 | ||
| 2 | Broken, Part 2 | July 12, 2006 | ||
| 3 | Broken, Part 3 | September 13, 2006 | ||
| 5 | Broken, Part 4 | November 1, 2006 | ||
| 6 | Broken, Part 5 | November 29, 2006 | ||
| 7 | Broken, Part 6 | January 10, 2007 | ||
| 8 | Allies | February 14, 2007 | Shards | March 19, 2008 |
| 4 | Noob | October 11, 2006 | ||
| Trust Issues | ||||
| 9 | Trust Issues, Part 1 | March 7, 2007 | ||
| 10 | Trust Issues, Part 2 | March 28, 2007 | ||
| 13 | Ready to Die | June 13, 2007 | ||
| Ghosts | ||||
| 11 | Ghosts, Part 1 | May 9, 2007 | ||
| 12 | Ghosts, Part 2 | May 23, 2007 | ||
| Claws of the Dragon | Claws of the Dragon | June 25, 2008 | ||
| 14 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 1 | July 11, 2007 | ||
| 15 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 2 | August 8, 2007 | ||
| 16 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 3 | September 12, 2007 | ||
| 17 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 4 | October 31, 2007 | ||
| 18 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 5 | January 2, 2008 | ||
| 19 | Claws of the Dragon, Part 6 | February 6, 2008 | ||
| Indomitable | Alliance | December 24, 2008 | ||
| 20 | Indomitable, Part 1 | February 27, 2008 | ||
| 21 | Indomitable, Part 2 | March 12, 2008 | ||
| 22 | The Wrath of the Dragon | April 23, 2008 | ||
| 27 | Into the Core | August 27, 2008 | ||
| Loyalties | The Hidden Temple | February 25, 2009 | ||
| 23 | Loyalties, Part 1 | May 7, 2008 | ||
| 24 | Loyalties, Part 2 | May 21, 2008 | ||
| The Hidden Temple | ||||
| 25 | The Hidden Temple, Part 1 | June 18, 2008 | ||
| 26 | The Hidden Temple, Part 2 | July 23, 2008 | ||
| Vector | Vector, Vol. 2 | May 20, 2009 | ||
| 28 | Vector, Part 9 | September 24, 2008 | ||
| 29 | Vector, Part 10 | October 29, 2008 | ||
| 30 | Vector, Part 11 | November 26, 2008 | ||
| 31 | Vector, Part 12 | December 24, 2008 | ||
| Fight Another Day | Storms | November 25, 2009 | ||
| 32 | Fight Another Day, Part 1 | January 28, 2009 | ||
| 33 | Fight Another Day, Part 2 | February 25, 2009 | ||
| Storms | ||||
| 34 | Storms, Part 1 | March 25, 2009 | ||
| 35 | Storms, Part 2 | April 29, 2009 | ||
| 36 | Renegade | May 27, 2009 | ||
| Tatooine | Tatooine | February 10, 2010 | ||
| 37 | Tatooine, Part 1 | June 24, 2009 | ||
| 38 | Tatooine, Part 2 | July 29, 2009 | ||
| 39 | Tatooine, Part 3 | August 26, 2009 | ||
| 40 | Tatooine, Part 4 | September 30, 2009 | ||
| 41 | Rogue's End | October 28, 2009 | ||
| 42 | Divided Loyalties | November 25, 2009 | Monster | July 21, 2010 |
| Monster | ||||
| 43 | Monster, Part 1 | December 23, 2009 | ||
| 44 | Monster, Part 2 | January 27, 2010 | ||
| 45 | Monster, Part 3 | February 24, 2010 | ||
| 46 | Monster, Part 4 | March 31, 2010 | ||
| Extremes | Extremes | January 5, 2011 | ||
| 47 | The Fate of Dac | April 28, 2010 | ||
| 48 | Extremes, Part 1 | May 26, 2010 | ||
| 49 | Extremes, Part 2 | June 30, 2010 | ||
| 50 | Extremes, Part 3 | August 12, 2010 | ||
The series was collected intotrade paperbacks:
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A second volume to the series, which shares the same name as the original, was announced in 2012.[2] Written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, penciled by Hardman,[3] colored by Rachelle Rosenberg,[4] and published byDark Horse Comics, it will star Ania Solo, a descendant ofHan andLeia Organa Solo. The first issue was planned to be released in March 2013,[4] and continue as a monthly, ongoing series.[5] The series ran for 18 issues, from March 20, 2013, to August 27, 2014.
The second iteration ofStar Wars: Legacy stars Ania Solo, a descendant of Han and Leia. It takes place in the aftermath ofStar Wars: Legacy – War,[4] acomic miniseries which was set in theyear 138 ABY.[6] As the series begins, Solo is running a junkyard on a backwater Outer Rimplanet and living a life far removed fromEmperors androyalty.[2] However, the first issue sees her come into possession of alightsaber and an Imperial communications droid; she discovers that she has been targeted fordeath,[4] and is launched into an adventure unlike any she has seen before. The backwater world serves as a microcosm for greater galactic affairs, and the story expands outward, showing the reader what is happening in the highest levels of galactic government.[2]
The first issue opened with a "giantlightsaber duel,"[7] and it additionally features the Imperial Knight, Yalta Val—an agent of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate—running into trouble in the Outer Rim. TheMon Calamari refugee Sauk, a friend of Solo's who works at anicemining facility and gets pulled into the adventure by Solo.[2] In the second issue, Solo is pursued both by local police and by an Imperial Knight determined to kill in order to get the lightsaber back. She is aided by formidable friends she has made as ablack market salvage dealer.[8] The series also features Sith, and the Princess Marasiah Fel of the previousStar Wars: Legacy. It may eventually include an appearance by Cade, the earlier protagonist.[2]
In August 2010, the fiftieth and final issue of the comic seriesStar Wars: Legacy was published byDark Horse Comics.[9] The six-issue miniseriesStar Wars: Legacy – War followed; published from December 2010 to May 2011, it allowed authorsJohn Ostrander andJan Duursema an opportunity to wrap up the story.[6][10] On December 3, 2012, Comic Book Resources announced that a new incarnation ofLegacy was coming in 2013, written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, and additionally penciled by Hardman.[3] Dark Horse's Vice President of PublishingRandy Stradley soon after indicated that the project had been in the works for a number of months.[11]
Bechko and Hardman indicated via their Twitter feeds how excited they were to be working on the project.[12][13][14] They have both beenStar Wars fans since the release of theoriginalStar Wars film in 1977, which they cited as a major influence.[2] Dark Horse lettererMichael Heisler praised their work and asserted that they "know what they're doing."[15] Hardman stated that he and Bechko will be "honoring and building on" the work done by Ostrander and Duursema in the originalLegacy,[16] but that the series will be accessible to fans unfamiliar with Ostrander and Duursema's work.[2]
The idea of a female protagonist did not originate with Hardman and Bechko, but after it was pitched to them, it played a significant role in drawing them to the project. Bechko has described Ania Solo as a character who "doesn't take a lot of guff," but who is nevertheless not a traditional badass female. Hardman asserts that she has the potential to be "an inspiring but very down-to-Earth human sort of character, as well." Rather than write a genealogy textbook, the two aim to tell a big adventure story that will eventually answer fans' questions about Solo's lineage.[2]
Rachelle Rosenberg was the colorist andDave Wilkins was the cover artist. The first issue,Prisoner of the Floating World, Part 1, was scheduled for release on March 20, 2013,[4] to continue as a monthly, ongoing series,[5] with the second issue to be released on April 24.[8] Neither Bechko nor Hardman were worried about the implications the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens would have on theExpanded Universe. Their goal was to tell an exciting story that would work "no matter what", and they were reassured by the likelihood of the film taking place decades beforeLegacy.[2]
George Lucas featured Darth Talon in his unused treatments of theStar Wars sequel trilogy created for Disney. She was to have been the apprentice ofDarth Maul, the two serving as the trilogy's primary two villains. According to Lucas, "She was the new Darth Vader and most of the action was with her."[17][18] In early versions, she would have corrupted the character who becameKylo Ren, and in later versions they were combined into the same character.[19]
@mattegagnon First sequence in issue #1: giant lightsaber duel.
@MarkBourne @gabrielhardman Thanks Mark! It's a real honor to be working on a @DarkHorseComics book like this!
@WonderAli Thanks! Holy cats, but so excited to be working on this project. Just wait 'til you see @gabrielhardman 's art on it... AMAZING!
I can't tell you how much fun it is to be writing (with Corinna) and drawing Star Wars.
