Category: Doctor Aphra

Star Wars Comics May 2023 Solicitations

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This year’s Star Wars Month already has a bounty of delights on screen, like Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 and Young Jedi Adventures, and it seems like the comics will bring the party as well. There’s everything from Luke Skywalker searching for kyber…while also spending some time with Doctor Aphra again, Sana Starros squaring off with her brother, Inferno Squad shaking up the Bounty Hunters series, and the finale to The High Republic’s Phase II!! So get ready for another memorable May the Fourth…all month long with these May 2023 Star Wars comic solicitations. Continue reading “Star Wars Comics May 2023 Solicitations” →

Canon Comic Review: Sana Starros #1

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Since 2015, Sana Starros has been intermixing across various comics, often in a supporting role or co-lead role, be it coming after Han Solo for a botched job or either trying to kill or save her ex, Doctor Aphra, and now she’s taking the spotlight in this eponymous miniseries, a long overdue right for such a memorable and intriguing character. Written by Justina Ireland, with art by Pere Pérez, Sana Starros #1 explodes with a infectious energy thanks to a snappy, intriguing script and vibrant art that promises a beautiful yet wild ride across the miniseries’ 5 issues. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Sana Starros #1” →

Behind the Panels: Star Wars Comics and Diversity

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Diversity and inclusivity are large topics and important at every level of the content we consume for entertainment, as the world is diverse in of itself and our content should reflect that. With the advent of the new canon in 2014, Star Wars as a whole had a chance to start fresh and work out more diverse stories by a multitude of voices, and while the films (and the TV shows in some regards) haven’t quite lived up to the promise behind the camera (with more happening in front), animation and the publishing side of things gently brought broader representation behind and on the page. We know a lot of this empirically thanks to Eleven-ThirtyEight’s Minority Reports, of which I contributed the comics’ data, but since the data I collected revealed the comics didn’t stray much from the books, it didn’t warrant anything but a mention in the larger conversation in those reports and on the Manor here…that is until 2021 brought a reportable change on several metrics the comics have often lagged behind on. It felt like a good time to finally explore the comics by themselves then, to dig through the data and see what had changed and chart a path forward for how the comics could continue the new trend. Continue reading “Behind the Panels: Star Wars Comics and Diversity” →

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #28 (Vol. 2)

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2023’s first issue of Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2), #28, is an excellent show of what makes this series so great, as the war for the Tagge corporation explodes across its panels in a thrilling, exciting, and surprise-filled way. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #28 (Vol. 2)” →

Star Wars Comics April 2023 Solicitations

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I wish this was an April Fool’s joke, but April 2023’s Star Wars comics bring another Darth Vader focused comic, but fear not, there’s plenty of other comics goodness to enjoy! In fact, there’s the big, grand finale to Qi’ra’s momentous return trilogy in Hidden Empire, The High Republic’s Phase II comic finds Jedi trying to save their own, Sana Starros rides a rancor (!!!), Inferno Squad blazes up Bounty Hunters, Ewoks take center stage in a one-shot, and so much more! Head below for April 2023’s Star Wars comics solicitations! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics April 2023 Solicitations” →

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #27 (Vol. 2)

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If you were expecting or hoping the emotional roller coaster this series has put us readers through lately to take a break and allow you to breathe after everything went down last issue, you should know better, as Doctor Aphra #27 (Vol. 2) barrels on as Chelli and Sana make choices which change everything. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #27 (Vol. 2)” →

Star Wars Comics March 2023 Solicitations

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As we look ahead to March 2023 Star Wars comics with the latest solicitations, we look to have an embarrassment of riches. And the month is already packed, from Jedi: Survivor coming out, it’s novel tie-in, The Bad Batch‘s second season on-going, and The Mandalorian‘s third season begins, to name a few things…and now all these comics?!?! There’s the penultimate issue in Qi’ra’s final fight against the Sith, the end of Spark Eternal Saga in the Doctor Aphra series, the start of the Return of the Jedi anniversary one-shots, Han Solo & Chewbacca‘s ending teasing the next big event (which I might not be looking forward to), and so much more! Check out the March 2023 Star Wars comic solicitations now for all the details. Continue reading “Star Wars Comics March 2023 Solicitations” →

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #26 (Vol. 2)

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With the Spark Eternal within their grasp, it seems everything’s going right with Sana Starros and team’s mission to stop it and save Doctor Chelli Aphra, but that’s when everything goes bad typically, and holy lothcats does it ever in Alyssa Wong and team’s Doctor Aphra #26 (Vol. 2), a sentiment which isn’t even scratching the surface of how much worse things have to get before they get better. I’m still not emotionally recovered (WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, ALYSSA?!), but let’s do this review! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #26 (Vol. 2)” →

Star Wars Comics February 2023 Solicitations

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Since I never celebrated Valentine’s Day outside of like grade school when we all had to, February hasn’t usually had anything big for me to concern myself with, but since it’s my wife’s birthday month, there’s always plenty to do now and love…just like all these Star Wars comics in February 2023’s solicitations! February signals the start of Sana Starros’ long overdue and much anticipated solo series, Qi’ra’s next big move plays out in Hidden Empire, the Battle of Jedha comes to High Republic comics, we’ll get to see Yoda and Dooku working together, Doctor Aphra makes her latest attempt to free herself of the Spark Eternal, and so much more! It’s a really packed month so I better get gifts for the wife early before I get caught up in all of these! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics February 2023 Solicitations” →

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #25 (Vol. 2)

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The rescue mission of Doctor Aphra from the Spark Eternal, which now possesses her body, revs into high gear in Doctor Aphra #25 (Vol. 2), as Sana and her team storm the Vermillion, but will the Spark be too much for them to handle? Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #25 (Vol. 2)” →