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Star Wars Comics May 2024 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics May 2024 Solicitations

May is a rather joyous around the Manor and in Star Wars fandom overall, as the always growing celebrations of May the Fourth provide much to enjoy! This year it falls on Free Comic Book Day and there are two special FCBD issues to enjoy then, while that same weekend The Phantom Menace returns to theaters to celebrate 25 years! The comics are joining in on the film’s anniversary with a special one-shot and a series of anniversary covers, plus other prequel-set stories including Maul-centric chaos, but fans of all eras will have plenty to look forward to with plenty of big The High Republic moments and the Rebellion trying to rescue Mon Mothma (?!), to name a few things. Check out what May 2024’s Star Wars Comics Solicitations to see what they all have in store!

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Star Wars Comics April 2024 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics April 2024 Solicitations

April’s 2024 Star Wars comics have some potentially memorable moments for readers, be it Mace Windu facing down a squadron of ships with only his lightsaber and the Force, Darth Maul returns to comics for a horror-filled opening issue, while the High Republic era features Ty Yorrick’s particular brand of mercenary fun and what seems to be a haunting look back in time. Forget about the April showers, we have some great April Star Wars comics in 2024 to get you ready for instead with these solicitations below!

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Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #5

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As the Scourge escalates its plans to consume everything, can Ajax and a small squad of droids be enough to end its reign? Or will the galaxy, organic beings included, be forever lost to its hunger? Find out in our review for the finale of the latest crossover event, Dark Droids #5! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #5”

Star Wars Comics March 2024 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics March 2024 Solicitations

Forgetting the ides of March, how about beware Star Wars’ comics goodness like Jango Fett’s twin blasters, a group of cyborg warriors, a bore worm, the return of a familiar scaly face, and, the worst of all, a courtroom?! 2024 just got a big preview in Revelations (2023) #1 and many of those threads are coming to life in March’s Star Wars comics solicitations, so make sure to check them out below! Update: A few advanced solicitations for April have arrived and big High Republic secrets have been revealed!

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Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #4

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Issue #4 is the penultimate issue of the Dark Droids miniseries, and while it doesn’t quite seem like the end should be so near, the escalation of the Scourge’s plans and inevitability of such actions pushes us towards what is sure to be an interesting finale. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #4”

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #3

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As the Scourge makes a desperate attempt to take over the minds on non-droids by invading Darth Vader’s Castle, Ajax Sigma and his free droids make their attack on the entity, resulting in spooky and unsettling good times in Dark Droids #3! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #3”

Star Wars Comics December 2023 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics December 2023 Solicitations

As always, December is fresh of end of the year fun, from holidays to ringing in the new year, but it’s also about bringing the family together, ruminating on what will the future hold next year, and ending another year. It’s fitting then Dark Droids comes to its conclusion in Star Wars comics for December 2023, while the next Revelations one-shot peers ahead at what’s to come for 2024 (and beyond)! Learn all about what’s in store, including for plenty of High Republic Phase III goodness, with the December Star Wars comics solicitations below!

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Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #2

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After a successful first month of each series telling its own part of the crossover, the Dark Droids miniseries returns for an illuminating second issue, leaving me invested and on edge for what comes next. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #2”

Star Wars Comics November 2023 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics november 2023 Solicitations

As fall settles in and winter fast approaches, the days grow darker ever quicker here in the Midwest, fitting for the penultimate month of the Dark Droids crossover and the feeling of helplessness most of these issues will hold before our heroes manage to prevail against the droid Scourge. November then could really benefit from some light and life, couldn’t it? Phase III of The High Republic begins in earnest as Marvel’s on-going from Cavan Scott kicks off, alongside more Shadows of Starlight, while letting Peach Momoko set the stage for a series of Star Wars: Visions one-shots all sounds like the perfect remedy to the darkness, no? Glimpse below to see how November 2023’s Star Wars comics solicitations promise a little light amongst the dark!

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Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #1

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After Qi’ra’s big comic trilogy taking over Star Wars comics came to a close earlier this year, we find ourselves at the next comic crossover event, though it goes in a much different, horror-focused direction. With Dark Droids #1, writer Charles Soule and artist Luke Ross kick off the big event by introducing us to the dastardly force ready to sweep across the droids of the galaxy and those who might rise up against it, leaving many of my concerns prior to this release in the dust along the way. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #1”