Hello there and good day every Wookiee! Today I want to take a look at everything Star Wars related that is set to release next week, January 31st, 2024. As well as all Star Wars comics with a final order cutoff next Monday, January 28th!
Since Star Wars: Visions – Takashi Okazaki #1 got pushed back again, by nearly a full month, all the way to March 20th – this week is lighter than normal. One comic and one collected edition.
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Let’s get into it.
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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #40 (2020) by Alyssa Wong and Minkyu Jung – This is the final issue of Alyssa Wong’s Star Wars: Doctor Aphra run that kicked off all the back in 2020. And it’s the 2nd series finale of a Doctor Aphra titled comic series. Aphra has been around since 2016. She’s easily the biggest comic created (in comics first) since Marvel took over with the Disney acquisition. She’s a staple for Star Wars comic fans. I don’t know if this issue will be a key and a future high-dollar book. Chances are it won’t be. But it will be important for lore as it will wrap up years of continuous storytelling.
But if you are worried that Doctor Aphra will die, I have good news…
Aphra lives! But was it really ever in doubt? Aphra isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. This was also teased in Star Wars: Revelations #1 (2023) which came out in December 2023. There’s a short story called “Tall Tales” in that comic book that introduces a new Bounty Hunter named Raslin Grace who plans on hunting Aphra.
The new comic will be called something along the lines of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Bounty Hunter based on the listing. It will likely have Aphra and Raslin as the main characters in it and Alyssa Wong and David Baldeon as the main creative team behind it. They wrote the short story in Star Wars: Revelations #1 so it just makes sense.
You can already pre-order them here.
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection – The Menace Revealed Vol. 04 – This epic collection is being produced by Marvel Comics but it collects a bunch of Clone Wars era comics from the o.g. Dark Horse days. You can see everything included in it below in the publisher description.
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FOC: Here’s everything with a Final Order Cutoff for retailers this Monday, January 28th.
- Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances #2
- Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak Vol 8 TPB
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season Two Part Two TPB
- Star Wars Insider Presents the Mandalorian Collection
Check out everything new coming up (including all variants) below and get your pre-orders in over at TFAW or here over The Comic Corner.
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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Vol. 4
Format: Epic Collection Trade Paperback
From: Marvel Comics
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(W) Tim Truman, Various (A) Tim Truman, Various (CA) Tsuneo Sanda
Attack of the clones! As the Separatist Crisis flares, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are assigned as bodyguards to a senator under threat. Can they protect him from assassination? Bounty hunter Aurra Sing targets a fallen Jedi, but does she still have what it takes to come out on top? Pirate captain Nym, on the run from the Trade Federation, is sent to track down fellow pirate Sol Sixxa – but first, he must determine who the real enemy is! Plus: The comics adaptation of Attack of the Clones, young Boba Fett’s first mission, Obi-Wan teaches Anakin a lesson in humility and more!
Collecting STAR WARS: THE BOUNTY HUNTERS – AURRA SING, STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER – CROSSBONES #1-3, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2002: STAR WARS, STAR WARS: REPUBLIC #46-48, STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES #1-4 and STAR WARS: HASBRO/TOYS ‘R’ US EXCLUSIVE #1-4 – plus material from DARK HORSE EXTRA #44-47; and STAR WARS TALES #2, #7, #14, #18, #20 and #24.
Rated T
In Shops: Jan 24, 2024
SRP: $44.99
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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #40
(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Minkyu Jung (CA) Josemaria Casanovas
NIGHT AS DAY! The TAGGE FLEET burns. The GALAXY reels. DOCTOR APHRA is alone. But as she explores an ancient ruin on a desolate planet, Aphra may find the answers she’s been hunting for her entire life. Is this the end for DOCTOR APHRA?!
On sale Jan 31, 2024 | 32 Pages | 75960609724104011
Final order cutoff: Dec 18, 2023
SRP: $4.99
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, the best bet is to order it before FOC. Final Order Cut Off is Monday 1/28/24 this week.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Collection
Format: Star Wars Reference Book
From: Titan Comics
A special souvenir hardcover collection themed around the Mandalorians throughout the Star Wars galaxy, to include movies, television and more.
Prepare for an exciting look at the Mandalorians throughout Star Wars, from Jango and Boba Fett to Din Djarin and Bo-Katan Kryze. This deluxe edition provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of popular Mandalorian characters from film, television, and more with revealing interview material from the creators of The Mandalorian, Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, as well as actors Pedro Pascal (Din Djarin), Temuera Morrison (Jango/ older Boba Fett), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), Emily Swallow (The Armorer), Daniel Logan (young Boba Fett from the prequel trilogy), and Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett from the original trilogy). Also included are indispensable episode guides for The Book of Boba Fett and all three seasons of The Mandalorian.
Lavishly illustrated with concept art, photography, and more, this special edition is the ideal companion for fans who want to get to know the warriors of Mandalore.
On sale Feb 20, 2024 | 144 Pages | 978-1-78773-999-4
SRP: $24.99
Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak TPB Vol. 8 Dark Droids
Format: Trade Paperback
From: Marvel Comics
(W) Greg Pak (A) Raffaele Ienco (CA) Leinil Yu
Curse of the Jedi – a DARK DROIDS tie-in! Killer droids have taken over Darth Vader’s flagship! Will the lessons of Jedi Masters Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan save the man who was once Anakin Skywalker from the corruption of the Scourge – or make him a tool for its galactic conquest? To survive a war on two fronts – against a horde of Scourged and the forces of the Empire itself – Vader must reclaim his control over the Force by exploring his deepest hatred. But who does the Dark Lord of the Sith hate more than anyone else in the galaxy? As terror comes to Coruscant, will Darth Vader be taken over by the Scourge – or the other way around? Brace yourself for a shocking twist that digs deep into Vader’s very identity – and future!
Collecting STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #37-41.
On sale Apr 09, 2024 | 112 Pages | 9781302954758
SRP: $19.99
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Star Wars The Mandalorian Season Two Part Two Trade Paperback
Format: Trade Paperback
From: Marvel Comics
(W) Rodney Barnes (A) Georges Jeanty (CA) Stephen Cummings
Continuing the official adaptation of the smash-hit Disney+ series! The Mandalorian’s quest to deliver the Child into the hands of a Jedi who can train him in the Force is beset by new dangers – beginning on a world ruled by a cruel magistrate who has made a powerful enemy! On a journey to an ancient site, Din Djarin meets Boba Fett – but will they prove to be enemies or allies? And what exactly is Fett looking for? Then in order to make a dangerous move against the Empire, the Mandalorian needs the help of an old enemy – but soon they will be forced into a daring rescue! Plus: The deadly Fennec Shand returns! The Mandalorian learns the Child’s name! And a surprising face changes Grogu’s destiny! Guest-starring Ahsoka Tano!
Collecting STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 #5-8.
Rated T
On sale Apr 09, 2024 | 136 Pages | 9781302952327
SRP: $17.99
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Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances #2 (of 4)
USBN: 5960609358800211
(W) Jody Houser, Timothy Zahn (A) Andrea Di Vito, Pat Olliffe (CA) Rod Reis
THE ADAPTATION OF THRAWN: ALLIANCES CONTINUES! As THRAWN and DARTH VADER carve their way through the galaxy, get a glimpse of their early partnership as THRAWN and ANAKIN are on the hunt for PADMÉ! JODY HOUSER and original THRAWN: ALLIANCES novelist TIMOTHY ZAHN continue to plot the course of Thrawn’s rise with PAT OLLIFFE and ANDREA DI VITO!
SRP: $4.99
32 pgs
Variants
- Reis Cover A
- Rahzzah Variant
- Lashley Black History Month Variant
- Yu 1:25 Variant
