Tag: Robbie Thompson

Star Wars Comics April 2019 Solicitations

Posted on January 22, 2019June 18, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

April is going to be a busy month with all the news coming out of Star Wars Celebration Chicago, a new novel in Master & Apprentice, and plenty to come in the comics, including 2 (technically 3) new series beginning! From comic tie-in of the upcoming Galaxy’s Edge theme park, a TIE squadron miniseries tie-in to an upcoming novel, the Age of Rebellion beginning, and Doctor Aphra‘s latest arc coming to an explosive close, don’t let these issues pass you by! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics April 2019 Solicitations” →

Star Wars Comics February 2019 Solicitations

Posted on November 21, 2018March 3, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

February is going to be quiet for 2019’s comics, but what’s there should be lots of fun, as more misadventures with Doctor Aphra are abound, the Star Wars series’ “The Escape” comes to a close, and we get a chance to glimpse at Count Dooku’s past in one of this month’s Age of Republic offerings. Continue reading “Star Wars Comics February 2019 Solicitations” →

Canon Comic Review: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1

Posted on November 8, 2018April 7, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

– Spoiler Review –

Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1 begins an intriguing miniseries that will cover Han’s time in the Imperial Academy during the time-jump in Solo: A Star Wars Story, something I’m way more excited for than another adaptation. While the first issue doesn’t quite live up to the description made at NYCC, Star Wars meets Full Metal Jacket meets Stripes(what could?), it offers some fun potential I hope it can take advantage of in the next four issues. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1” →

Canon Comic Retrospective: Poe Dameron Series

Posted on October 29, 2018January 17, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

– Full Spoiler Review –

If there’s anybody who can write Star Wars comics well, it is Charles Soule. The man has an incredible range of gifts: from the Master-Padawan relationship of Obi-Wan & Anakin to the tortured mind of a Sith Lord in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith. If anyone was going to lead the charge into the New Republic era of comic books, I wouldn’t trust anybody more than I would Soule. Poe Dameron, at least at its conception, took us on the search for Lor San Tekka, the occasion shown at the beginning of The Force Awakens. Instead of showing us a straightforward search and rescue mission, the series took some mighty fun pit stops: a cult that worshiped a kaiju-bearing egg, Mr. Bones against the First Order, revisiting Cato Nemoidia, and more. I mean, a lot more. Continue reading “Canon Comic Retrospective: Poe Dameron Series” →

Star Wars Comics January 2019 Solicitations

Posted on October 17, 2018March 3, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

2019 isn’t quite here yet, but the solicitations for Marvel and IDW’s comics for January 2019 are! On Marvel’s side, the Age of Republic gets three exciting issues including a jam-packed special, some favorites return to star in Doctor Aphra, some not-so-favorites return to star in Star Wars, and more! As for IDW, they have the end to The Flight of Falcon multi-media series with Hondo Ohnaka hijinks, plus Padmé and Jar Jar on an adventure…what more could you ask for?! Head below for all the details! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics January 2019 Solicitations” →

Star Wars Comics December 2018 Solicitations and New Age of Star Wars Maxi-series Details

Posted on September 18, 2018December 16, 2018 by Head Butler Ryan

This is the first December without a Star Wars movie release since 2015, so when Star Wars Resistance takes an inevitable winter break, what better to snuggle down with than some new comics!? Not only will December be home to the finale of the Darth Vader series’ epic “Fortress Vader” arc and some exciting new misadventures for Doctor Aphra, it also contains the beginning of the Age of Star Wars maxi-series, which starts with the prequel era in the Age of Republic. Check out the latest details on that series and the rest of the month’s solicits below! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics December 2018 Solicitations and New Age of Star Wars Maxi-series Details” →

Star Wars Comics November 2018 Solicitations

Posted on August 21, 2018December 16, 2018 by Head Butler Ryan

Star Wars comics in November of 2018 have received their solicitations, so come along and peer into the comic’s future! November will see the release of a brand new miniseries, Han Solo – Imperial Cadet, which covers his time as, you guessed it, an Imperial Cadet, while both the Star Wars and Doctor Aphra series begin new arcs, with SW finally getting a new artist (!) and Aphra making it past the benchmark 25th issue. UPDATE: IDW’s solicitations have come in and one of their issues in November will tie-in to Star Wars Resistance, the new animated show! All that and more, below! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics November 2018 Solicitations” →

Star Wars Comics October 2018 Solicitations

Posted on July 24, 2018November 22, 2018 by Head Butler Ryan

At first glance, October’s comics might look a little slim, but that’s only because Marvel is having one of it’s quietest months since launching. But IDW is here to pick up the slack, and with one helluva offering: a horror-anthology called Tales from Vader’s Castle. So head below to see why I about jumped out of my skin when I saw Aphra‘s latest cover, a cool connection Charles Soule is making between two of his series, and what spooks are ahead from Vader’s Castle! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics October 2018 Solicitations” →

SDCC 2018: Padmé, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Novels, “Age of…” Comics Maxiseries, and More Announced! (UPDATED)

Posted on July 21, 2018August 10, 2019 by Head Butler Ryan

It’s been quiet on the new novel and comic fronts for quite some time, especially once it was revealed 3 comics would be ending in September and the only known novels were Thrawn: Alliances and the Solo adaptation. But SDCC 2018’s publishing panel was a Hutt’s feast of new announcements, from a LONG overdue Padmé novel, Queen’s Shadow, a Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon novel from lauded author Claudia Gray, while Marvel has a new maxiseries focusing on heroes and villains from across the saga, IDW brings the scares for October with Tales from Vader’s Castle, and more! Head below for all the exciting details! Continue reading “SDCC 2018: Padmé, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Novels, “Age of…” Comics Maxiseries, and More Announced! (UPDATED)” →

Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron Annual #1

Posted on June 21, 2017October 29, 2018 by Head Butler Ryan

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The Poe Dameron series has been delivering good ol’ fashion adventure and excitement since 2016 and it has now been around long enough to get an (official, more on that in a bit) Annual #1! Series writer Charles Soule takes a break and Robbie Thompson steps in, along with Nik Virella and Jordan Boyd on the art team for an enjoyably fun issue that unfortunately retreads realizations Poe’s already made about his role in the Resistance. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron Annual #1” →