Heavy week next week with SIX new Star Wars comics hitting comic stores near you.
There’s Star Wars #32, Star Wars; Hidden Empire #4, Star Wars: The Mandalorian #8, Star Wars Adventures: Hyperspace Stories #4, Han Solo and Chewbacca #10 and the much anticipated Star Wars: The High Republic The Blade #3.
I have to be brief this morning as I have a stacked day with the family and at work but here are a few things of note this week…
Star Wars: The Mandalorian #8 is the final issue of the season #1 adaptation. You can see the full preview of that issue here.
Star Wars: The High Republic – The Blade #3 will be the first full appearance of the new big bad General Viess who showed up on the final page of Star Wars: The High Republic – The Blade #2.
Star Wars: Hidden Empire #4 is the 2nd to last issue in Charles Soule’s Qi’ra Trilogy that started nearly two years ago with Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters. Really excited to see how Charles wraps everything up.
Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca #10 will be the final issue of this 10-part series and will be the launching pad for an upcoming Star Wars comic run that is yet to be announced. My guess is that we’re going to get an Ajax Sigma focused series.
Check out everything new coming up below and get your pre-orders in over at TFAW.
Quick Shortcuts: (not just Star Wars)
Star Wars The High Republic: The Blade #3 (of 4) | Phase 2
CHARLES SOULE (W) • MARCO CASTIELLO (A) • Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
The situation on the planet Gansevor has worsened, and Jedi Masters PORTER ENGLE and BARASH SILVAIN find themselves embroiled in a conflict with no clear solution. Certainty must be found and a side chosen…but new enemies have arrived, and time is running out.
In Shops: February 22nd 2022
Variants:
Star Wars Hidden Empire 4 | March 01 2023
CHARLES SOULE (W) • STEVEN CUMMINGS (A)
Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
THE ENDGAME GAMBIT APPROACHES! The final moves of Lady Qi’ra’s great game have begun. The Sith have been summoned, and the Fermata Cage will open… For Qi’ra, it’s all or nothing.
In Shops: March 01 2023
Variants
- Siqueira Cover A
- Shalvey Battle Variant
- Cummings Connecting Variant
- Peach Momoko Women’s History Month Variant
- Lopez 1:25 Travel Variant
- Patch Zircher Exclusive
- Lee Exclusive (Pre-sale starts 2/22 at 2pm EST)
Star Wars #32 – Mar 01, 2023
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(W) Charles Soule (A) Madibek Musabekov (CA) Stephen Segovia
THE FORCE IS BROKEN? The efforts of Lady Qi’ra and Crimson Dawn to destroy the Sith have sent deep ripples running through the Force, disrupting Luke Skywalker’s connection to the deep powers of the galaxy.
How far will he go to find what he has lost?
In Shops: Mar 01, 2023
SRP: $3.99
Variants:
- Segovia Cover A
- JTC Action Figure Variant
- Womens History Month Variant
- ROTJ Anniversary Variant
- Ross 1:25 Variant
Star Wars Mandalorian #8 Comics
RODNEY BARNES (W) • GEORGES JEANTY (A)
Cover by SARA PICHELLI
Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
Variant Cover by TERRY DODSON
REDEMPTION!
- The Mandalorian and his allies come to know their true enemy, who already knows much about them.
In shops: March 1, 2023
- Pichelli Cover A
- Concept Art Variant
- Manhanini Black History Month Variant
- Asrar 1:25 Variant
- Dodson 1:50 Variant
- Tyler Kirkham Exclusive
Han Solo and Chewbacca #10
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(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) David Messina (CA) Phil Noto
THE KEYS TO THE NEXT STAR WARS EVENT BEGIN HERE!
Khel Tanna is after Han Solo and Chewbacca! Marshal Buck Vancto is after Han Solo and Chewbacca! Corbus is after Han Sol – well, you get the idea! What does the urn hold that unlocks the future of the Star Wars galaxy? This can’t-miss issue leads into the STAR WARS event of 2023!
In Shops: Mar 01, 2023
SRP: $3.99
Variants:
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #4
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(W) Amanda Deibert (A) Lucas Marengon
On Kashyyyk, it’s a time of celebration, but is anywhere safe from the Dark Side?
In need of a break from her duties to the Resistance, Rey accepts Chewbacca’s invitation to journey to his home planet for the annual Life Day celebration. But unknown to either of them, this party has a crasher; a vicious bounty hunter dispatched by the First Order!
There’s blasters and battles and Wookiees galore, in Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #4!
In Shops: Mar 01, 2023
SRP: $3.99
Variants:
Star Wars Comic Book FOC Deadlines
For those who aren’t familiar, FOC, or Final Order Cut Off, is when publishers and distributors require retailers to get their orders in. Printers then print according to that number (sometimes with overages). So, if you want to absolutely guarantee you get a book, best bet is to order it before FOC. Final Order Cut Off is Monday 2/27/23 this week.
Let’s dive in…
Star Wars: The High Republic – The Blade #4 (of 4)
CHARLES SOULE (W) • MARCO CASTIELLO & JETHRO MORALES (A)
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Variant Cover by KEN LASHLEY
Variant Cover by MIKE MCKONE
- To save the innocent, to save his sister, to save himself…Jedi Master Porter Engle must embark on one of the most epic instances of lightsaber combat ever recorded in the Chronicles.
- It will change him, and Barash, forever.
In Shops: March 29, 2023
Variants
- Camuncoli Cover A
- Momoko Women’s History Month Variant
- Black History Month Variant
- Lashley 1:25 Variant
- McKone Variant
Star Wars The High Republic 7 | Phase II
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(W) Cavan Scott (A) Andrea Broccardo (CA) Yanick Paquette
THE SIEGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT! Vildar, Tey and Matty are forced into a corner, with enemies closing in all around. But what is the secret of the hidden Jedi vault?
And who will die in the freezing Jedha desert?
Rated T
In Shops: Mar 29, 2023
SRP: $3.99
Variants
- Paquette Cover A
- Villanelli Variant
- Zircher 1:25 Variant
Star Wars The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror #2 | Phase 2
Format: 4-part mini-series
(W) George Mann (A) Eduardo Mello (CA) Ornella Savarese
After the attack by the Path of the Open Hand, the Jedi mission to Dalna recuperate aboard the crashed spaceship. But they are far from alone.
Stalked by both Path disciples and a Nameless evil, the trapped Jedi knights enact a desperate plan to escape. But how will the defenders of the Republic fare against a monster that feeds off of the Force itself?
In Shops: April 19, 2023
Variants:
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Jabba’s Palace #1
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(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Alessandro Miracolo (CA) Ryan Brown
WHO IS PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW JABBA THE HUTT?
Jabba’s palace is one of many places to find the vilest of scum and villainy relaxing, wet their whistles and indulge their vices…who would ever want that to end?
Well, SOMEONE has Jabba in their sights! Beginning a series of One-Shots spotlighting the RETURN OF THE JEDI era, Marc Guggenheim (HAN SOLO & CHEWBACCA) and Alessandro Miracolo (OBI-WAN) bring you a tale of Jabba’s Palace you won’t soon forget!
In Shops: Mar 29, 2023
SRP: $4.99
Variants
- Brown Cover A
- Garbett Connecting Variant
- Momoko Women’s History Month Variant
- Maleev 1:25 Variant
- TFAW (coming soon)
- eBay
- Brown 1:100 Virgin Variant
