Announced back at NYCC, the Shadow of Vader miniseries from writer Chuck Wendig has had an eventful last few months, notably when Marvel, through editor Mark Paniccia, made the cowardly move to fire Wendig, thus placing the series in limbo. Now, both Polygon and io9 have received word from inside sources the series is officially cancelled, as Marvel made a terrible bed for themselves and had to lay in it too, deciding to take the easy street and cancel it instead of dealing with non-complicated things like rehiring Wendig, considering the outrage over his latest tweet storm, which got him fired, was orchestrated by bots and not real humans. It’s a damn shame, as there were some delightful ideas and concepts to come from the series, and it all fell through because of an editor appeasing Nazis and their bots. Head below for more details on what happened, what we would’ve got in the series, and Wendig’s comments on the cancellation. Continue reading “Comic News: Shadow of Vader Miniseries Cancelled” →