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A new on-going series arrives with Bounty Hunters #1, taking us deep into the seedy criminal underbelly of the Star Wars galaxy, which follows a group of bounty hunters dealing with the repercussion of a botched mission several years before. I’ve had reservations about this series since it was announced, and while issue #1 doesn’t fully upend my feelings, it takes a big step in the right direction. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Bounty Hunters #1”
May sees the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and it’s only fitting all the comics right now are focused on honoring the film’s legacy by directly dealing with the fallout of the film’s events: Luke Skywalker finds himself in the possession of a yellow lightsaber, Aphra’s new tomb raiding adventures sound even crazier and more exciting than before, and Vader also does some tomb raiding of his own…venturing into Padmé’s!?! Peer into May’s Star Wars comics solicitations! UPDATE: IDW has since dropped their solicits and it seems Star Wars Adventures will relaunch in May! The solicitation text seems to suggest the relaunch will be full of tales set AFTER The Rise of Skywalker, but the fine folks at Jedi Bibliothek have tempered expectations by mentioning the solicit is outdated. UPDATE 2: The updated solicit has arrived and IDW relaunches with a story between The Last Jedi and TROS, not after the Skywalker Saga finale…check it out below! UPDATE 3: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, comics stopped shipping in April and publishers aren’t releasing digital copies until physical copies can make it to store shelves. Because of the current halt in shipping, Marvel has already stated their pausing work on/releasing a third of their May and June comics, without any clear plan yet on how to release the currently effected issues and those they are pausing. We’ll update as soon as we know more! UPDATE 4 (5/2/20): The only Star Wars comics out in May will be Doctor Aphra #1 (Vol. 1) and The Clone Wars – Battle Tales from IDW, per the new reduced schedule as Diamond begins shipping comics again. You can still look at would’ve been below, but we’ll have any and all new solicitations on the Manor once they’re released! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics May 2020 Solicitations (UPDATED)”
Forget April showers, April 2020 Star Wars comics bring us something far better, like the return of the Doctor Aphra series, IDW’s The Clone Wars miniseries, and Vader teaming up with…one of Padme’s handmaidens?! These story threads will definitely lead to bountiful May tales, that I can guarantee!
UPDATE: Due to the growing pandemic, comic distributor Diamond Comics has halted shipping starting in April. Marvel won’t be releasing issues digitally and IDW certainly won’t unless it’s on a store shelf, so it’s very much up in the air when these comics will end up seeing the light of day. It’s an unfortunate, but understandable move and I’m sure all these series, including the Aphra relaunch and Battle Tales miniseries, will be more than worth the wait! UPDATE 2: Battle Tales is tentatively out in June now instead, per the always trusty Florian of Jedi-Bibliothek. UPDATE #3 (5/3/20): With Diamond comics resuming shipping in late May, we’ll see only 3 of the below issues out before the end of June: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales #1 on May 20, Doctor Aphra #1 (Vol. 2) on May 27, and Bounty Hunters #3 on June 24, with the rest of April and beyond’s comics releasing at unknown times. We’ll have updates on the Manor as soon as we learn more! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics April 2020 Solicitations (UPDATED)”
I’m posting these March 2020 Star Wars comics solicitations a few days late because these kind of snuck up on me, though I’m not quite sure how, between a couple comic issues, a new The Mandalorian, and some little film called The Rise of Skywalker all coming out really, really close to one another; I won’t let it happen again, though (until maybe 2022 when the next film comes out). March will see the release of TROS‘ novelization and the end of the already epic The Rise of Kylo Ren mini, fitting if you’ve seen the film, while we’re set to be introduced to a new series called Bounty Hunters, while the third volume of Darth Vader might find him running into a surviving handmaiden of a certain important woman from his past. Read on to find out what’s all ahead! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics March 2020 Solicitations”
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As December 2019 comes to an end, it doesn’t just signal the end of the decade or the end of the Skywalker Saga, it also brings the first phase of Marvel’s various Star Wars comics to an end, which is where Empire Ascendant #1 comes in, a coda for what came before and a slight tease of what’s to come in 2020. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Empire Ascendant #1”
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In Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Allegiance miniseries, Mon Cala is at the focal point once again in turning the tide of a galaxy-wide conflict, but having only 4-issues limits the story and characters in noticeable ways. Continue reading “Canon Comic Miniseries Review: Allegiance (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)”
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Allegiance #4 brings this particular Mon Cala-themed Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker entry to a swift, somewhat surprising, but not neatly wrapped up end. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Allegiance #4 (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)”
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Allegiance #3 speeds right into what is sure to be a big, explosive finale over the waters of Mon Cala. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Allegiance #3 (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)”
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With only four issues, Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Allegiance wastes no time, ramping up the tension and action everywhere in its second issue. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Allegiance #2 (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)”
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As December fast approaches, The Rise of Skywalker grows ever nearer, and to help build up the hype, Marvel starts their Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker content with Allegiance, a four part miniseries which drops throughout the month of October, written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luke Ross. Allegiance #1 is a solid enough start, giving us little glimpses into the state of the galaxy, and the Resistance, after The Last Jedi, while setting up for the journeys ahead in the next few issues. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Allegiance #1 (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)”
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