Star Wars
Cover forStar Wars #1 (1977) byHoward Chaykin andTom Palmer
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics (1977–1987, 2015–present) Dark Horse Comics (1991–2014, 2022–present) IDW Publishing (2017–2022)
Schedule	Weekly
Formats	Original material for the series has been published as a set ofongoing series,limited series, andone-shot comics.
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	April 1977 – present
Number of issues	Marvel (1st run): 138 issues Dark Horse Comics (1st run): 838 standard issues, 65 short issues and 35 graphic novels Marvel (2nd run): 290 issues IDW Publishing: 29 issues

Star Wars comics have been produced by variouscomic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 filmStar Wars.^[a]Marvel Comics launched itsoriginal series in 1977, beginning with a six-issue comic adaptation of the film and running for 107 issues, including an adaptation ofThe Empire Strikes Back. Marvel also released an adaptation ofReturn of the Jedi and spin-offs based onDroids andEwoks. Aself-titled comic strip ran in American newspapers between 1979 and 1984.Blackthorne Publishing released a three-issue run of3-D comics from 1987 to 1988.

Dark Horse Comics published thelimited seriesDark Empire in 1991, and ultimately produced over 100Star Wars titles, includingTales of the Jedi (1993–1998),X-wing: Rogue Squadron (1995–1998),Republic (1998–2006),Tales (1999–2005),Empire (2002–2006),Knights of the Old Republic (2006–2010), andLegacy (2006–2010), as well asmanga adaptations of theoriginal film trilogy and the 1999 prequelThe Phantom Menace.

The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel in 2009 andLucasfilm in 2012, and theStar Wars comics license returned to Marvel in 2015. Several new series were launched, includingStar Wars,Star Wars: Darth Vader, andDoctor Aphra. In 2017,IDW Publishing launched the anthology seriesStar Wars Adventures. In 2022, Dark Horse resumed publishing newStar Wars comics and graphic novels.

The original series byMarvel Comics began in 1977 with a six-issue comic adaptation ofthe original film and ran for 107 issues and threeAnnuals until 1986, featuring stories set between theoriginal trilogy films, as well as adaptations ofThe Empire Strikes Back andReturn of the Jedi. From 1985 to 1987, Marvel published two short-lived series based on theStar Wars animated seriesDroids andEwoks. Briefly, the publishing rights went toBlackthorne Publishing, which released a three-issue run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988. Then, three years later, the rights to publishStar Wars comics were acquired byDark Horse Comics, who published the limited seriesDark Empire in 1991 and ultimately produced over 100Star Wars titles until 2014.

Following the October 2012 acquisition ofLucasfilm byThe Walt Disney Company,^[1][2] in January 2014, it was announced that theStar Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015 (Disney having previously purchasedMarvel Entertainment and the Marvel Comics brand and publishing in 2009).^[3][4]In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the majority of theStar Wars Expanded Universe asLegends, only keeping the theatricalSkywalker saga and the 2008Clone Warstheatrical film andtelevision series ascanon. Most media released since then is considered part of the same canon, including comics.^[5][6][7]

Lucasfilm publicity supervisor Charles Lippincott approached publisherStan Lee at Marvel Comics in 1975 about publishing aStar Wars comic book prior to the film's release. Lee initially declined to consider such a proposal until the film was completed, and was only persuaded otherwise in a second meeting arranged byRoy 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.^[8] Thomas and artistHoward Chaykin adapted the events of the original film in issues #1–6 ofStar Wars,^[9] with the first issue released for sale on April 12, 1977.^[10][11][b] According to former Marvel editor-in-chiefJim Shooter, the strong sales ofStar Wars comics saved Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978.^[13] The series began featuring original stories with issue #7 (January 1978). WriterArchie Goodwin and artistCarmine Infantino took over the series as of #11 (May 1978).^[14] The series was one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980.^[15] The 100,000 copy sales quota was surpassed quickly, allowing Lippincott to renegotiate the royalty arrangements.^[16] Asix-issue adaptation ofThe Empire Strikes Back by Goodwin and artistsAl Williamson and Carlos Garzon appeared in issues #39–44 (September 1980 – February 1981).^[17] WriterDavid Michelinie and artistWalt Simonson became the new creative team with issue #51 (September 1981).^[18]Ron Frenz became the regular artist of the title starting with issue #71 (May 1983).^[19] As of 1984, theStar Wars series was primarily written byJo Duffy, and art for the final year and a half of the series was byCynthia Martin.^[18] Marvel published the series until 1986, lasting 107 issues and threeAnnuals.^[20]

The first originalStar Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form wereStar Wars comics serialized in the Marvel magazinePizzazz (1977–1979).^[21] The first story arc, titled "The Keeper's World", was by Thomas, Chaykin, andTony DeZuniga.^[c] The second story arc, entitled "The Kingdom of Ice", was by Goodwin, Simonson,Klaus Janson,Dave Cockrum, andJohn 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 itsStar Wars Weekly #47–50, and "The Kingdom of Ice" (including the previously unreleased chapters) in itsStar Wars Weekly #57–60 between 1978 and 1979.^[24][d]

Marvel'sStar Wars comics were reprinted in the U.K. as a weekly black-and-whitecomics anthology.^[e] 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 originalStar Wars stories by British creators, includingAlan Moore.^[29][f]Star Wars Weekly #1 was published with a free cut-outX-wing fighter on February 8, 1978.^[31] It becameThe 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 titleStar Wars with issue #159 in July 1982.^[g] The monthly comic ran until issue #171 in July 1983, when the numbering was reset at #1 forReturn of the Jedi Weekly, which was the first time the U.K. comic had been printed in color.^[33][34][35] 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.^[27] Throughout this eight-year period, Marvel UK also published severalStar Wars Annuals andSpecials.

Marvel's adaptation ofReturn of the Jedi (October 1983 – January 1984) appeared in a separate four-issuelimited series^[36] as well as inMarvel Super Special #27^[37][38] and in a mass market paperback.^[39] From 1985 to 1987, the animated children's seriesEwoks andDroids inspired comic series from Marvel'sStar Comicsline.^[40][41][42]

In 1978,Pendulum Press, under their educational seriesContemporary Motivators, also published a 31-page loose adaptation ofStar Wars by Linda A. Cadrain andCharles Nicholas. Produced as part of 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.^[43]

Anewspaper strip was published between 1979 and 1984, distributed byLos Angeles Times Syndicate and theWatertown 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'sStar Wars series to the weekly newspaper comic strip after the release ofThe 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.^[44] 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.^{[citation needed]} From October 1980 to February 1981, Goodwin and Alcala adaptedBrian Daley'sHan Solo at Stars' End (1979).^[45]

In 1991,Russ Cochran published a 2500-copy limited run of a three-volume hardcover boxset of all of Goodwin and Williamson'sStar Wars comic strips from 1981 to 1984,^[46] signed by both creators, and featuring new cover illustrations by the latter.^[47] Dark Horse Comics collected colorized compilations of the newspaper strip in itsClassic Star Wars series from 1992 to 1994.^[44] Between 2017 and 2018,The Library of American Comics published a three-volume reprint series of the complete comic strip.

Blackthorne Publishing released a three-issue series calledStar 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 2013Star Wars Omnibus: Wild Space, Volume 1.

Dark Horse also published miniseries adaptingEpisode I: The Phantom Menace,Episode II: Attack of the Clones,Episode III: Revenge of the Sith . From 1998 to 1999, Dark Horse producedStar Wars manga, adapting the original trilogy andThe Phantom Menace asmanga with all the typical narrative and stylistic characteristics of the form.

Between 1995 and 1998, Dark Horse published adaptations of theThrawn trilogy of novels byTimothy Zahn.

Dark Horse subsequently launched dozens of series set after, in between, and before the original film trilogy, includingTales of the Jedi (1993–1998),X-wing: Rogue Squadron (1995–1998),Republic (1998–2006), the mostly non-canonicalTales (1999–2005),Empire (2002–2006),Knights of the Old Republic (2006–2010), andLegacy (2006–2010).^[48][49]

In the late 1980s, writerTom Veitch and artistCam Kennedy secured a deal to produce aStar Wars comic for Archie Goodwin atEpic Comics, a Marvel imprint. After the project was announced, Goodwin left Marvel, which dropped the comic. Dark Horse Comics subsequently published it as theDark Empire sequence (1991–1995).^[50]

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.^[51]

Star Wars: X-wing – Rogue Squadron is a comic book series of 35 issues released between 1995 and 1998. It follows the titular squadron beginning about one year after the events ofReturn of the Jedi.

X-wing – Rogue Leader is a three-part comic book series set approximately one week after the end ofReturn of the Jedi. Several participants in the destruction of thesecond Death Star are sent, a little while after the events ofBakura, to scout out Imperial activity inCorellian space.

TheCrimson Empire trilogy followsKir Kanos, one of Palpatine's Imperial guards, beginning about seven years after the events ofReturn of the Jedi. Set shortly afterDark Empire, it relates that Imperial GuardCarnor Jax betrayed the cloned Palpatine and his guards in an attempt to consolidate his own power. Kanos swears to stop him, coming close toNew Republic Intelligence agent Mirith Sinn in the process.

Crimson Empire II introduces Nom Anor, who served as the model for the Yuuzhan Vong inThe New Jedi Order, which he also appears in.^[52]

Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell is a three-part comics series written byRyder Windham, published by Dark Horse Comics between December 2000 and March 2001. The story featuresQui-Gon Jinn andObi-Wan Kenobi five years beforeEpisode I – The Phantom Menace.

Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express is a two-part comics series written byMike Kennedy, and published by Dark Horse Comics between February 2002 and June 2002. The series is set in theStar Wars galaxy six years beforeThe 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 andStar Wars: The Old Republic are series set around the events ofthe game series of the same name, exploring its backstory.

• Star Wars: Agent of the Empire is a series set a few years beforeEpisode IV – A New Hope, and focusing on an Imperial Intelligence agent named Jahan Cross. Trade paperbacks:Volume 1: Iron Eclipse (collectsStar Wars: Agent of the Empire – Iron Eclipse #1–5, 128 pages, October 2012,ISBN 1-59582-950-4)
• Star Wars: Invasion is a series set during the early days of theYuuzhan Vong War, and dealing with how the New Republic is faring. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, was written byTom Taylor,^[53] and illustrated byColin Wilson^[54] with color byWes Dzioba. The first printed issue was published on July 1, 2009. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the series was set in the New Jedi Order era and depict the events of the Yuuzhan Vong War over 16 issues, plus a prologue issue. In January 2010,Star Wars: Invasion #0 was nominated for a 'Diamond Gem Award' in the '2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00' category.^[55]
• Star Wars: Dark Times, is a series set in the years afterEpisode III – Revenge of the Sith, and showing former characters fromStar Wars: Republic afterOrder 66.
• Star Wars: Knight Errant, a series set 1,000 years beforeThe Phantom Menace, and dealing with a lone Jedi's war against the Sith.
• Star Wars: Blood Ties, a series set in varying time periods that shows the bonds between certain characters in the saga, such asJango Fett andBoba Fett.
• Star Wars: Darth Vader, a series set almost immediately afterRevenge of the Sith, and showing how Darth Vader is dealing with his past as Anakin Skywalker.
• Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, a series set thousands of years beforeEpisode I – The Phantom Menace, and showing the origins of theJedi and theSith.
• Star Wars is set shortly afterA New Hope, focusing on the main characters of the original trilogy.

AfterKnights of the Old Republic andLegacy ended in 2010, instead of publishing ongoing series, Dark Horse began publishing a "series of miniseries", including:

• Star Wars: Jedi, a series set a few decades beforeThe Phantom Menace, and dealing with Qui-Gon Jinn in an undocumented area of his life.

Routine Valor is acomic bookone-shot released on May 6, 2006, by Dark Horse Comics forFree 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 ofRevenge of the Sith (and 20 years before the events ofA New Hope). Characters includeObi-Wan Kenobi, along with Clone troopersCommander Cody,CT-8867,CT-8868, andCT-8869

External links:

• Routine Valor onWookieepedia, aStar Wars wiki
• Dark Horse Listing

While non-canonical to the Expanded Universe,Star Wars Infinities shows alternate storylines for the original trilogy films, andVisionaries featured stories by artists who worked onRevenge of the Sith.

The Star Wars is a 2013-2014 non-canonical comic series based onThe Star Wars: Rough Draft,George Lucas's discarded 1974 draft for theoriginal film. The series was written byJ. W. Rinzler with art by Mike Mayhew.^[56] In this version,Luke Skywalker is more mature and a Jedi, and the main protagonist is named Annikin Starkiller.^[57][58] The series received mostly positive reviews.^[59][60][61]

Following the acquisition of Lucasfilm byThe Walt Disney Company in 2012,^[1][2] it was announced in January 2014 that theStar Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015.^[4] Disney had purchased Marvel's parent company,Marvel Entertainment, in 2009.^[3] Meanwhile, with the sequel filmThe Force Awakens in production, most of the licensedStar Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 filmStar Wars were rebranded asStar Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.^[5][6][7]

Early reports in May 2014 suggested that Marvel would announce two new ongoingStar Wars comic series atSan Diego Comic-Con.^[62][63] In July 2014, Marvel announced three new series at SDCC:Star Wars,Star Wars: Darth Vader, and the limited seriesStar Wars: Princess Leia.^[64][65][66]

The initial series,Star Wars, was released in January 2015,^[67][68] withDarth Vader debuting in February.^[69][70]

The ongoing seriesStar Wars: Poe Dameron was announced in January 2016.^[71] FeaturingX-wing fighter pilotPoe Dameron introduced inThe Force Awakens, the series debuted on April 6, 2016.^[72] A six-issuecomic adaptation ofThe Force Awakens byChuck Wendig began publication in June 2016.^[73] In 2017. A second volume of the MarvelDarth Vader comic, subtitledDark Lord of the Sith, began in June 2017 from writerCharles Soule and artistGiuseppe Camuncoli.^[74]

In August 2019, Marvel announced that the mainStar Wars series that started in 2015, which has narratively caught up to the timeframe of the events ofThe Empire Strikes Back, would end in November 2019 with issue #75.^[75] A 56-page one-shot calledStar Wars: Empire Ascendant, written by Soule, Greg Pak, Simon Spurrier, and Ethan Sacks, was released in December 2019 to wrap up the series.^[76]

At New York Comic Con in October 2019, Lucasfilm and Marvel announced the mainStar Wars title would relaunch with a new ongoing series beginning in January 2020.^[77] Written by Soule, the flagship series will explore the time betweenThe Empire Strikes Back andReturn 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 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.^[77]

First announced asProject Luminous atStar Wars Celebration in April 2019, full details of a publishing initiative calledStar Wars: The High Republic were revealed in 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.^[78]

The ongoing seriesHan Solo and Chewbacca was announced in December 2021. The series was described as being a collection of different adventures of the pair, starting just a few years before the events ofStar Wars: A New Hope.^[79]

In January 2025, a relaunch of the mainStar Wars continuity was announced, with a new #1 set for May of the same year. Written by Alex Segura, the new run explores the timeframe immediately afterReturn Of The Jedi.^[80]

Three more ongoings were announced in subsequent months:Legacy Of Vader, written by Charles Soule and set shortly afterThe Last Jedi; Mark Guggenheim'sStar Wars: Jedi Knights, set in the lead up toThe Phantom Menace; andDoctor Aphra: Chaos Agent, by Cherish Chen, set during the same period as Star Wars' ongoing 2025 series.^[81][82][83]

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope andStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back andStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set afterStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope andStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

These books are set directly afterStar Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back andStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope andStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back andStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set afterStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set directly beforeStar Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

These books are set betweenStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back andStar Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi.

These books are set immediately beforeStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

These books are set betweenStar Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi andStar Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.

These books are set between 350 years and 200 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga.^[89]

Princess Leia released in March 2015.^[64][90]Chewbacca (October–December 2015),Obi-Wan & Anakin (January–May 2016), andHan Solo (June–November 2016), as well as the one-shotsVader Down (November 2015) andC-3PO (April 2016).^[91] Several other limited series followed, includingKanan (April 2015 – March 2016),Lando (July–October 2015),Shattered Empire (September–October 2015),^[92]

In 2017, limited seriesDarth Maul,Mace Windu, andCaptain Phasma, as well as further one-shots, continued to expand the Star Wars universe. The comic adaptation ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story was also released.^[74] Both thePoe Dameron and the secondDarth Vader comics ended their runs in 2018, in September and December respectively.^[93]

In 2018, Marvel adapted the events of author Timothy Zahn'sStar Wars: Thrawn novel in a limited series.^[94] The character had been introduced by Zahn'sHeir to the Empire trilogy in the early 1990s, now part of theLegends line, and was re-introduced in the new canon inStar Wars Rebels. Adaptations of bothThe Last Jedi^[95] andSolo: A Star Wars Story^[96] were released, and the timeframe ofSolo was explored further in theBeckett one-shot^[97] and in limited series featuring young Lando (Double or Nothing)^[98] and Han's time in the Empire (Imperial Cadet).^[99] Marvel announced in October 2018 that a five-issue, Wendig penned miniseries,Star Wars: Shadow of Vader, would be released starting in January 2019.^[93] 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.^[100] In December 2018, 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.^[101]

For 2019, Marvel announced a number of new limited series. As a companion toStar Wars: Alphabet Squadron,^[102] 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 the wake of the Battle of Endor, a five-issue series calledStar Wars: TIE Fighter explores the fallout of the battle from both the New Republic and Imperial Remnant sides.^[103] A five-issue miniseries titledStar Wars: Galaxy's Edge will feature stories of the Black Spire Outpost on the Outer Rim planet Batuu and tie into thetheme park experiences set to open atDisneyland andWalt Disney World in 2019.^[104] In May 2019, a one-shot by writer Matthew Rosenberg and various artists calledStar Wars #108Crimson Forever picks up the story of the original MarvelStar Wars comic run that ended in 1986.^[84]

In connection with the forthcomingvideo gameStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order byElectronic Arts andRespawn Entertainment, a five-issue miniseries calledStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Dark Temple was announced in June 2019 to start publishing in September.^[105] At a panel discussing theJourney toStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker publishing program at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, the four-issueStar Wars: Journey to The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance miniseries was announced.^[106] It will help cover a one-year period during the time betweenThe Last Jedi andThe Rise of Skywalker. Charles Soule was announced to be writing a four-issue miniseries exploring the backstory ofBen Solo's transition into Kylo Ren.Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren premiered on December 16, 2019.^[106]

In February 2021 it was announced thatCharles Soule would be writing a miniseries focusing on the events of Boba Fett betweenThe Empire Strikes Back andReturn of the Jedi, this series tied in with the rest of the ongoing Marvel series' at the time, would be calledWar of the Bounty Hunters - and released from May through October 2021.^[107] The story ofWar of the Bounty Hunters was followed by the additional miniseriesCrimson Reign, also penned by Soule, which served as the second in a trilogy of stories revolving around the same cast of characters, notablyQi'ra, whose return to the Star Wars universe occurred in the pages ofWar of the Bounty Hunters.^[108]

At San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, Marvel announcedAge of Star Wars, a 27-issuemaxiseries starting in December 2018 that would span all three eras of the Star Wars saga.^[116][117]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 writerGreg Pak will focus on the Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance during the original trilogy era; andStar Wars: Age of Resistance by writerTom Taylor will focus on 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.^[118]

• Age of Star Wars trade paperbacks:

In mid-2014, Marvel stated that it would publish collected volumes of pastStar Wars comics, beginning with Volume 1 ofStar Wars: The Original Marvel Years in January 2015,^[122] and Volume 1 ofStar Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire in April 2015, which reprinted Dark Horse'sStar Wars comics.^{[123][124][125][126]} In December 2019, Marvel reprinted the first issue of the 1977 series asStar Wars #1 – Facsimile Edition.^[127]

A series of reprints under the titleTrue Believers: Star Wars was released in April and May 2019, celebrating Marvel's 80th anniversary.^[120][84] A second collection ofTrue Believers: Star Wars titles was released in December 2019.^[127]

In September 2017,IDW Publishing debutedStar Wars Adventures, an anthology series published as part of the "Journey toStar Wars: The Last Jedi" publishing program.^[128]

In January 2018, IDW released a five-issue comic tie-in toStar Wars Forces of Destiny.^[129]

In November 2018, IDW releasedStar Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down. This three-issue miniseries reprinted the previously released Loot Crate special from December 2017.

IDW has also published graphic novel adaptations of each Star Wars film sinceThe Force Awakens.^[130]

On November 18, 2021, it was announced that Dark Horse Comics would once again publishStar Wars comics beginning around the second quarter of 2022. This will include a new line of all-ages comics and graphic novels.^[141] In a follow-up article, StarWars.com revealed that the first entries to modern Dark Horse storytelling will beStar Wars: Hyperspace Stories (released August 10, 2022), andStar Wars: Tales From the Rancor Pit, (arriving October 19, 2022) - both series will follow an all-ages anthology style format.^[142][143]

Dark Horse's first entry to The High Republic era of theStar Wars timeline was announced atStar Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. The statement at Star Wars Celebration consisted of an announcement of Dark Horse's creation of a newThe High Republic: Adventures series, the first issue of which titledThe Nameless Terror.^[144]

The publisher also published a collected edition ofStar Wars Rebels comic books from theStar Wars: Rebels Magazine, on August 16, 2022.^[145]

• List ofStar Wars comic books, an in-universe "chronological" list of comics
• Star Wars (UK comics), a British publication which reprints some of the Dark Horse comics
• Star Wars (manga)

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