Picking the title for these Star Wars comics year-in-reviews is normally pretty fun, and while I still enjoyed the process for this year’s, anger spurred it on. Some of the anger stems from Marvel’s treatment of its series now, but really it’s from watching the dumb, fascist Trump administration spread its greasy fingers into disrupting any ounce of democracy we had. Businesses, especially small and local, suffering from the burden of tariffs, with the only hope seemingly Costco taking it all to court. Our neighbors and vulnerable communities attacked by the administration’s Gestapo agents, ICE, their rights and their lives trampled out of pure racism, especially thanks to ICE’s ability to use Kavanaugh Stops to spread their hateful destruction. How the genocide by Israel continues to be washed aside by failing legacy media and those who profit most from the destruction. And while anger is the path to the dark side, if you’re standing by, supporting, or the one doing these things, you’ve already fallen. But how do we turn this anger into positive resistance? There’s stepping up for the vulnerable in your community, from whistles to frog-costumes; voting for progressive candidates that want to do more than achieve the status quo prior to this administration and those before it; and donating to families in Gaza who need all the help we can offer. And to bring this all back to discussing Star Wars comics, how do we get a parent company like Disney to hear its fans again, not those of the filth-ridden MAGA media empire, full of sad little men with loud YouTube accounts and vapid morals? How do we help Disney see it needs to forgo its chosen shackles of compliance with the fascist administration and its white supremacist values when petitions (like for The Acolyte or The Hunt for Ben Solo) and planes with signs are clearly not enough? Is it sales? But will affecting sales have enough impact or just teach them the wrong lesson, like with Solo: A Star Wars Story? The answers aren’t easy, as so many variables exist to tackle and overcome, but we’ll examine them in my year-in-review of 2025’s Star Wars comics. Despite all this, 2025 was still full of events like all the wonderful endings to The High Republic, intriguing new beginnings, plenty of delays, yet also an anniversary that felt more like a womp rat flicked off a ledge by Jabba the Hutt than a podrace winning celebration.

— Spoilers for comics released in 2025 —

Continue reading “Let The Anniversary Die. Kill It, If You Have To: 2025 Star Wars Comics Year-In-Review” →