Marvel’s Star Wars is going to explore the era of the New Republic after the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Announced on StarWars.com today, this new comic will explore what happened after the Battle of Jakku with some familiar friends from a galaxy far, far away. The new comic is written by Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner and bestselling author Alex Segura with cover and interior art by Phil Noto.
In this new story, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia Organa find themselves trying to build a new order while pirates and thieves also try to swarm in and fill the power void that was left by the fall of the Empire. Other familiar faces will also make their return. This includes Mon Mothma and Beilert Valance. There will also be some new characters introduced in the comic.
“It’s a huge honor — and massive responsibility — to steer the Star Wars flagship, and I couldn’t ask for a better collaborator than Phil Noto, who is just a masterful artist, and a Star Wars visionary,” Segura said to StarWars.com.
“I’ve been a giant Star Wars fan since A New Hope and have been lucky enough in the past decade to realize my childhood dream of drawing Star Wars as a job,” Noto adds. But this new run gives Noto the artistic license to reimagine key characters as we’ve never seen them before. “Alex is an amazing writer and has come up with some great storylines and new characters for this series and I’m thrilled for the opportunity to bring them to life on the page! It’s also been exciting to draw the classic characters in the post-Return of the Jedi era because there’s no existing film or TV versions of them,” Noto says. “I get to create new looks for them while also having reference of the actors from the 80s to help sell the look of this timeline.”
“Now that we’ve put the period at the end of the Galactic Civil War with the Battle of Jakku, we can speed ahead into a new, uncharted era, with some new galactic threats, foes, and mysteries for our beloved heroes to grapple with, blending the familiar with the new and shocking,” adds Segura. “These stories will be packed with action and the character moments Star Wars fans have come to expect, featuring twists on the galaxy and landscape we know, with an eye toward making sure people can jump in easily and with any issue. We can’t wait.”
Below is the cover and its variant along with the official synopsis.
Star Wars #1
Written by Alex Segura
Penciled by Phil Noto
Cover by Phil Noto
Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
AN EPIC NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS FOR LUKE, LEIA AND HAN IN THE WAKE OF RETURN OF THE JEDI!
– New York Times best-selling author ALEX SEGURA launches the bold next era of STAR WARS.
– LUKE SKYWALKER must defend the NEW REPUBLIC from a bloodthirsty gang of mercenaries!
– HAN SOLO investigates a deadly underworld mystery — and saves a surprising ally!
– LEIA ORGANA must grapple with a new alliance opposed to the goals of the New Republic!
