Beilert Valance returns in a book that's conceivably about Darth Vader but is, in fact, the bounty hunter book we've been craving since 2015. Such is the breadth of Star Wars: Target Vader #1.Meanwhile, FN-2187's past is given more backstory in a story that sows the seeds of his personal rebellion as Star Wars: Age of Resistance -- Finn #1 leads readers into the Sequel Trilogy era.There's also news about this fall's Star Wars Adventures 2019 annual and so much more.This week's Star Wars comics out this week, July 10:_ Star Wars #68_ Age of Resistance -- Captain Phasma #1

Just two Star Wars comics this week, but both had plenty of material to make our discussion rather lively, what with the Rogue One, Doctor Aphra and The Clone Wars references, not to mention the smart dialogue, expansive art, lustrous colors and tight lettering and editing.We're also taking time out to offer a hearty and hale thank you and farewell to artist Angel Unzueta, whose work on last month's Star Wars #67 culminated a stretch illustrating comics in a galaxy far, far away that surpassed more than 600 pages, including a superb run on Poe Dameron, along with pages in Star Wars: Shattered Empire and, of course, Star Wars.As for news, there's Jody Houser's hopes for writing Q'ira, more developments in Project Luminous and so much more.This week's Star Wars comics out this week, July 3:_ Star Wars Adventures #23_ Star Wars: Target Vader #1_ Age of Resistance -- Finn #1_ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips, Vol. 2

Farewells, hellos, sudden plot twists, long-lost lore and sudden death. This past week's Star Wars comics left no stone unturned when it came to whipsawing readers emotionally and so much more.From the final goodbye to writer Kieron Gillen as he leaves Star Wars after 30-odd issues (along with Darth Vader and Doctor Aphra, too) to the unexpected loss in TIE Fighter #3 (oh, Lyttan and Zin, we hardly knew ye) to the realization and resentment of true love in Doctor Aphra #33, these comics did not disappoint in the least.We want to thank Sarah Hendrica Bickerton, too. Her response to one of our tweets Sunday night about Doctor Aphra #33 was so compelling we felt it had to be shared, verbatim, with the listeners.As for news, the rapid sellout of four-day passes for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim left us agog. We also break down the September solitics from Marvel and IDW Publishing, cheering the return of some familiar faces both within the comics and those who create them.This week's Star Wars comics out this week, June 26:_ Star Wars #67, featuring a gorgeous Leia Organa cover Bill Sienkiewicz_ Galaxy's Edge #3_ Age of Rebellion -- Darth Vader #1_ Doctor Aphra Vol. 5, collecting the "Worst Among Equals" arc, including issues #26-31 and Annual #2

The Young Padawans convene anew to discuss the various stories found within the pages of Star Wars Adventures #20 and #21. Some intense conversation, featuring an array of viewpoints from the rather young to the young at heart.

Combine mortal terror with a mild hallucinogen and what you get is Vader -- Dark Visions #5, the final issue in a mini series that came about through a long and winding process, with some supreme successes, a lot of controversy on and off the pages and and some truly amazing visuals that left us reeling in all the right ways.In news, we're eager to check out Jedi: Fallen Order -- Dark Temple this September, while John Tyler Christopher fans can buy a new Jedi Master Yoda variant from the artist's website.This week's Star Wars comics, out June 19, include:_ Star Wars #67_ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #33_ Star Wars: TIE Fighter #3Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

We enjoyed a rather telling story of what may have been for Luke Skywalker and the efforts that Emperor Palpatine made to try and lure the son of Vader to the Dark Side. Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Luke Skywalker #1 made us think while, at the same time, riveting us with its space-borne action and fighting.We also had a great conversation with artist Stephen Mooney, whose work on Vader -- Dark Visions #4 was technically acute yet emotionally evocative at the same time. Listen in as he discusses his style, his influences and why's glad his Marvel Comics debut came on a Star Wars title.We discuss the potential for a five-issue mini series that may, or may not, tie in to the just announced Jedi: Fallen Order video game and celebrate the return of Star Wars comics to the top 20, thanks to the success of Galaxy's Edge #1.This week's Star Wars comics, out June 12, include:_ Star Wars: Vader -- Dark Visions #5_ Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Boba Fett #1 (Second printing)_ Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Han Solo #1 (Second printing)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Just two issues but so much to talk about, thanks to not just Vader -- Dark Visions #4, but Marvel's return to legends and lore with Star Wars #108, a sprawling, ambitious and immensely satisfying nod to the original 1977-86 run of Marvel's first volume of Star Wars.The over-sized issue is so immense that we asked Mark Paniccia, who oversees Marvel's Star Wars comics, to join us and discuss how the issue came about, what it took to shepherd the story to fruition and so much more.There's also news about Age of Rebellion second printings and more.This week's Star Wars comics, out June 5, include:_ Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Luke Skywalker #1_ Star Wars Adventures #22_ Star Wars -- Solo: A Star Wars Story Trade Paperback (Collects the seven-issue mini series)_ Star Wars Adventures -- Destroyer Down Digest (Collects the three-issue mini series)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The Young Padawans have returned, along with Amy and Matt, to talk about the developments in Star Wars Adventures #18 and #19. Believe you, me, there is much to be said about these stories, too, with Emily and Micah weighing in what they liked most about the not one, two or three, but four stories.

A double-dose of Jabba, of sorts, as we examine the implications for the Sequel trilogy in the pages of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #2, including a now-familiar axe that was seen in the latest images from The Rise of Skywalker.Then we travel back to the Original Trilogy with Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Jabba the Hutt, which sports an intriguing story about how truly good it is to be Jabba.As for news, we discuss the upcoming Princess Leia-Amilyn Holdo story in August's Star Wars Adventures #25 and the slight delay in the final issue of A Star Wars Comic.This week's Star Wars comics, out May 29, include:_ Star Wars (Vol. 1) #108_ Vader -- Dark Visions #4Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

After a too-long hiatus, the Young Padawans have returned. Emily, Micah, Amy and Matt gather to discuss the Star Wars Resistance-inspired tales in Star Wars Adventures #16 and #17, along with the superb backup "Flight of the Falcon," as it continues its multi-issue way around the Star Wars Saga.

Much to discuss this episode, given Marvel released three Star Wars comics on May 15 -- TIE Fighter #2, Star Wars #66 and Age of Rebellion -- Lando Calrissian #1 -- that featured some solid storytelling, lush visuals and, of course, cliffhangers galore!This week's Star Wars comics, out May 22, include:_ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #2_ Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Jabba #1_ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Years #3 (collects Star Wars: River of Chaos #1-4, Star Wars: Empire #28-40 and Star Wars 3-D #1-3)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

A new arc begins in Doctor Aphra #32 and Boba Fett's laconic gunslinger image is burnished in the pages of Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Boba Fett #1 as Jeff and Matt talk about last week's Star Wars comics this week.In news, we break down April's sales figures for Marvel and IDW's Star Wars titles, and ponder Charles Soule's latest (cryptic) tweet about a Star Wars project he's working on that's not the fabled Project Luminous effort.This week's Star Wars comics, out May 15, include:_ Star Wars #66_ TIE Fighter #2_ Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Lando Calrissian #1_ Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet (Trade paperback collecting issues #1-5, along with the Star Wars: Beckett one shot)_ Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Heroes (Trade paperback collecting the Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn one shots, along with portions of Age of Republic -- Special #1)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook. Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

We're remembering Peter Mayhew, discussing Han Solo's struggles when it comes to duty now for the future and if extreme violence is allowable to topple evil as we engage in a robust conversation about Star Wars #65 and Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Han Solo #1.Joining us this week is writer Ken Lowery whose fan-made, head-canon comic, Rebel: A Rogue One Story, gives readers an entertaining Jyn Erso story about the lengths she's willing to go to protect a child from the Empire.As for news, we'll be getting a four-issue, weekly mini series from Marvel in October under the Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker aegis called Allegiance by Ethan Sacks and Luke Ross, while the Wookiees of Kashyyyk will defend their planet against the First Order, along with a backup tale about R2-D2, C-3PO and BB-8, in the pages of Star Wars Adventures #27-29 in stories by Michael Moreci, Derek Charm, Tony Fleecs and John Barber.This week's Star Wars comics, out May 8, include:Doctor Aphra #32Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Boba Fett #1Star Wars Adventures #21Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Villains (Trade paperback collecting the Count Dooku, Darth Maul, General Grievous and Jango Fett one shots, along with portions of Age of Republic -- Special)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

From Doctor Aphra #31 to Galaxy's Edge #1 to Vader -- Dark Visions #3, we're intrinsically focused on which Star Wars comics thrilled us, left us reeling and disturbed us.To help unpack the discourse about Vader -- Dark Visions #3, Amy Wishman Nalan joins us to talk about the book in all its scope and why it struck a chord among readers. (To see some of the Daaé Leíra art and fix-it fiction mentioned, start here and here and here.)On the news front, we chatted about the March "sales" figures for Marvel and IDW's Star Wars comics as well as Avengers: Endgame (no spoilers, naturally).This week's Star Wars comics, out May 1, include:Star Wars #65Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Han Solo #1Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon One ShotStar Wars Original Marvel Years #50 Facsimile EditionStay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Two comics yet four stories -- five if you count the excerpt of Alphabet Squadron -- and numerous new characters along with some familiar faces, too, in the pages of Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Special and the start of the new TIE Fighter mini series.This week's episode sparks a lively debate about how serious a Star Wars story should be and whether the Saga as a whole glosses over the loss of life that is the conflict between the Empire and Rebellion.This week's Star Wars comics, out April 24, include:Star Wars: Vader -- Dark Visions #3Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #1Doctor Aphra #31Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Empire, Vol. 5 (Collects 1994's Star Wars: Droids #1-6 and Special, 1995's Star Wars: Droids #1-8, Star Wars: The Protocol Offensive #1 and material from Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1 and Star Wars Tales #16 and #20)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

We're through Star Wars Celebration Chicago and into the start of the Age of Rebellion Star Wars comics, with the first two issues focusing on Princess Leia and Grand Moff Tarkin. Join us as we discuss news from Celebration, including the new Target Vader mini series featuring Valance the Hunter, as well as plot synopses of this summer's Age of Resistance maxi from Tom Taylor, along with the "official" reveal that Greg Pak and Phil Noto are taking over the flagship Star Wars monthly.This week's Star Wars comics, out April 17, include:Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Special #1Star Wars: TIE Fighter #1Star WarsAdventures #20Tales From Vader's Castle Digest (Collects issues #1-5)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

We've got a great conversation with artist Will Sliney, whose tenure on the just-completed Solo: A Star Wars Story adaptation allowed him to flex not just his creativity, but his love for Star Wars, which is fitting, given issue #7 is among the two issues we're discussing this episode.The second title, Star Wars #64, was a thrilling ride, setting the line for when devotion becomes fanaticism, then moving it.This week's Star Wars comics, out April 10, include:Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Princess Leia #1Star Wars: Age of Rebellion -- Grand Moff Tarkin #1Star Wars, Vol. 10, "The Escape" (Collects issues #56-61)Tales From Vader's Castle Box Set (Collects issues #1-5)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Be warned, spoilers abound for Star Wars comics to come, including the flagship Star Wars monthly post-Kieron Gillen and the upcoming Star Wars -- Age of Resistance maxi series. They're in the news section of the show, so proceed with some trepidation.Once you've done that, stay for the vibrant discussion about Doctor Aphra #30 and the absolutely mindblowing Star Wars: Vader -- Dark Visions #2. You'll be glad you did.This week's Star Wars comics, out April 3, include:Star Wars #64Solo: A Star Wars Story #7Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The tension is building in Star Wars #63 while Solo: A Star Wars Story adaptation #6 offers some new material, along with some stunning art, as we discuss the two comics in this week's episode.We also break down Star Wars comics plans for next month's Star Wars Celebration Chicago, including Charles Soule's admonition that no one miss the Lucasfilm Publishing writer's roundtable on Monday, April 15. (He was quite adamant that you not miss it.)This week's Star Wars comics, out March 27, include:Doctor Aphra #30Vader: Dark Visions #2Star Wars Adventures #19Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaption Graphic Novel (IDW Publishing)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

It's a pair of endings as we come to the end of Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet, along with the last installment in the Star Wars: Age of Republic titles, and neither did so meekly, but rather with deft writing, dynamic illustrations and lingering thoughts.The ending of Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #5 sets the stage for a pair of new characters, whose stories we think will come back around sooner than later, while in Age of Republic -- General Grievous, a notorious villain is given a better foundation that will impact future viewings of Revenge of the Sith for years to come.In news, we weigh in on the facsimile edition of Star Wars #50 (Vol. 1), as well as the impending start to the Greg Pak-written Star Wars: Age of Rebellion one shots and look ahead to the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and what it may portend for Marvel and IDW Star Wars comics.This week's Star Wars comics, out March 20, include:Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #6Star Wars #63Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic Vol. 3 (collecting Knights of the Old Republic 38-50, Knights of the Old Republic -- War 1-5 and parts of Star Wars Tales #24)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Three Star Wars comics from different eras of the Saga, each of one solidly executed and featuring some stellar character development, glimpses into stories already told and a rethinking of long-held perceptions of others, too.This week's podcast is focused on Age of Republic -- Padme Amidala #1, Star Wars #62 and Vader: Dark Visions #1 and the conversation is frantic and encompassing.Also drawing our interest is a new 16-page "fan made" comic, Rebel: A Rogue One Story that features a story about Jyn Erso from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Written by Ken Lowery, drawn by Gavin Guidry, colored by Addison Duke, lettered by Micah Myers and featuring a "Jyn-up" by Shawn McGuan, it's an intriguing tale. We'll have a review soon.This week's Star Wars comics, out March 13, include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- General Grievous #1 (One shot)Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #5 (of five)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Just a single issue this episode, but it's got enough story beats, action and verve to fill up an entire story, but that's not surprising, given how deliciously weird and wild Star Wars: Doctor Aphra has been since the character's introduction in the pages of Darth Vader, Vol. 1.As such, Doctor Aphra #29 is inarguably the best issue so far of this story arc, and we'll explain our reasoning behind our assertion. Agree? Disagree? That's OK because like this stellar comics series, it's the different approaches that make it standout with such zest. As for news, we weigh in the utter balderdash that is Marvel Comics going the way of the dodo and, also, a personal message, too.This week's Star Wars comics, out March 6, include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Padme Amidala #1 (One shot)Star Wars: Vader -- Dark Visions #1 (of five)Star Wars #62Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Just a single issue to delve into in this week's episode, but there's enough material in Solo: A Star Wars Story adaptation #5 to generate some significant discussion about the role adaptations play in the wider Star Wars comics segment.In comics news, we're excited about word that Elsa Charretier and Pierrick Colinet's Star Wars Adventures #22, out in May, will feature a Princess Leia, R2-D2 and C-3PO story set after The Empire Strikes Back as they search for Han Solo. Then there's IDW's announcement that Walter Simonson, a comics legend, will get the Artist's Edition treatment for his work on Marvel's first Star Wars series.We're also talking news of Cavan Scott's third anniversary writing Star Wars material, Kieron Gillen handing in his last script for the flagship series -- issue #67 -- and artist John Tyler Christopher's latest action-figure variant exclusive, available for order Feb. 28, featuring Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.This week's Star Wars comics, out Feb. 27, include:Doctor Aphra #29The Star Wars, Vol. 2, omnibus, collecting issues #1-37, the Vader Down one shot, Darth Vader, Vol. 1, #13-15, The Screaming Citadel one shot, Doctor Aphra #7-8 and Star Wars Annual #1.Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Amid rumors of relaunching and renumbering the main Star Wars title later this year, Jeff and Matt discuss the pros and cons of such a move and whether it would have any significant effect on Marvel's existing titles and their sales.Then there's Star Wars (Vol. 1) #108, the one shot due at the end of May that will serve as a sequel to Vol. 1's Star Wars (Vol. 1) #50.Looking farther afield, there's a conversation about what titles may be announced at Star Wars Celebration Chicago.As for comics, it's a battle of Trix vs. Frosted Flakes (Jaxxon vs. Jak'zin) in the stellarly written and illustrated Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Count Dooku, while Han finds his confidence is contagious in the penultimate issue of Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #4.This week's Star Wars comics, out Feb. 20, include:Star Wars Adventures #18Star Wars: Solo -- A Star Wars Story Adaptation #5Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

A reflection on doing what's right, even when you're told it's wrong, leads our discussion of Marvel Star Wars comics Age of Republic -- Anakin Skywalker #1, along with knowing when to forgive, but not forget, in Star Wars #61.There are no easy answers to the questions both issues presented, but that's part of what makes such contextual storytelling so dynamic.This week's Star Wars comics, out Feb. 13, include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Count Dooku #1Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #4Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The Star Wars comics this week -- Doctor Aphra #28 and Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #4 -- are emotionally draining yet exhilarating, too, whipsawing readers through a range of despair, elation and betrayal.Why? Great writing enmeshed with superb illustrating to tell these stories.We're also discussing the latest news about Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and wondering what the announced IDW all-ages Galaxy's Edge comic may be about, as well as the rundown of the podcast stage at April's Star Wars Celebration in Chicago (lots of familiar faces in that crowd!).This week's Star Wars comics, out Feb. 6, include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Anakin Skywalker #1Star Wars #61Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Plenty of discussion about not just Star Wars #60, but A Star Wars Comic #18, too. We're discussing the ongoing Flight of the Falcon story, too, joined by novelist and comics writer Michael Moreci to talk about his contribution to the cross-format story that's been appearing in the pages of Star Wars Adventures.Be sure to check out the fan-made anthologies Moreci had a hand in creating, too. (Volumes One and Two)As for news, we lament the recently announced decision by Jim Mello and Alex Ray to bring A Star Wars Comic to an end with issue #19, cheer GLAAD's nomination of Doctor Aphra as an outstanding comic of 2018 and talk about April's True Believer line of Star Wars comics from Marvel.This week's Star Wars comics, out Jan. 30, include:Doctor Aphra #28Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #4Star Wars Adventures #17Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith Vol. IV Trade Paperback(Collecting issues #19-25)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Three stories for $5 as Marvel's Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Special debuts, offering up new insights to characters from Mace WIndu, Asajj Ventress and, yes Captain Rex and Jar Jar Binks, too.There's also news to discuss, including the new TIE Fighter and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge five-issue mini series that start in April, as well as the 2018 and December sales rankings, too.This week's Star Wars comics, out Jan. 23, include:Star Wars #60A Star Wars Comic #18 (Out Jan. 25)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

From the satisfying conclusion to IDW Publishing's third and final issue of Star Wars Adventures -- Destroyer Down #3 to the in-depth father-and-son dynamic in Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Jango Fett #1 to a somewhat unexpected, yet utterly satisfying, return of an Imperial villian in Star Wars #59, Jeff and Matt are impressed, to a point, with the comics released on Jan. 9 from Marvel and IDW.Besides the comics discussion, we're also waxing rhapsodic on when and how the monthly Star Wars title should tackle events between those seen in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (Bothans, everybody, Bothans.), as well as saying goodbye, prematurely, to writer Kieron Gillen's run.This week's Star Wars comics, out Jan. 16, include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Special #1Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Qui-Gon Jinn Adventures -- Destroyer Down #1 (Second Printing)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Last week's Star Wars comics this week were profound wildy adventurous, providing readers with a delicate yet forceful examination of the father-and-son relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in Jody Houser's deftly written Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Obi-Wan Kenobi one shot. In the third issue of the five-issue Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet, Robbie Thompson scripted an endearing story about building camaraderie and never losing sight of those you've left behind.Join us for our discussion and let us know what you think about these two tales.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars #59Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Jango Fett #1Star Wars Adventures -- Destroyer Down #3Star Wars: Doctor Aphra -- The Catastrophe Con Trade paperbackStay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

It's our end-of-the-year blowout spectacular special with a less-than-loquacious Jeff comparing and contrasting with Matt what was great about Star Wars comics in 2018 (Doctor Aphra, Poe Dameron and Tales From Vader's Castle), what wasn't so great (questionable editorial decisions) and what was just plain forgettable (looking right at you, DJ: Most Wanted).This year is a fresh start and we're optimistic about what it will bring to Star Wars in all its media iterations. We're grateful you spent 2018 with us and hope you'll do the same in 2019.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Obi-Wan Kenobi #1Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #3Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The last issue of Darth Vader Vol. 2 was cinematic in its scope, detailed in its delivery and yielded far more questions than answers through the course of its Star Wars homages from the first to final page. In short, it began as it started: Expansive mythology for not just the Sith lord, but Anakin Skywalker, too.As for Solo: A Star Wars Story #3? This issue offered up some compelling details about Qi'ra, Dryden Vos and Crimson Dawn, as readers familiar with the film found new material to wrap their heads around.This week's Star Wars comics include:None this week.Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

A trifecta of Star Wars comics from Marvel's provided an assortent of achievements, and setbacks, for some characters and concepts, yet still advanced the medium of comics as one that is hand-in-glove to television and the cinema, too.The Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Darth Maul one shot was a master class in how this series is focusing on a specific character and expanding our knowledge but, more importantly, advancing a prequel trilogy-era villain's story.In Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #2, we're quite satisfied with how this book is building on what was just a casual mention in the Solo: A Star Wars Story film, adding some detailed resonance that's important in the Han Solo mythology.Meanwhile, in Doctor Aphra #27, Simon Spurrier (we don't call him Si anymore) is having far too much fun with the character, the series and Star Wars, all to our benefit.This week's Star Wars comics include:Darth Vader #25Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #3Star Wars Adventures #16Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Marvel's ambitious, 27-issue Age of... maxi series begins its run with a potent yet divisive first issue, Age of Republic -- Qui-Gon Jinn, while in Star Wars #58, readers are enveloped with some seriously solid character development that has us rethinking our long-conceived notions about Han, Leia and Luke.From IDW comes the second issue of the three-part Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down reprint that proves, again, an all-ages comics can have a real resonance.In news, we break down November's Star Wars comics sales ranks, welcome Chris Ryall back to IDW Publishing and offer up some film recommendations.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Darth MaulHan Solo -- Imperial Cadet #2Doctor Aphra #27Star Wars Vol. 9, collecting the "Hope Dies" arc (#50-55 and Annual 4)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The Young Padawans -- Emily and Micah -- band together again to read and discuss the latest Star Wars Adventures comics from IDW Publishing. Joined by Matt and Amy, this episode puts issues #14 and #15 in the spotlight with stories about finding a missing Falcon, making a new friend and how old friends began as new friends.It's a rollicking good time as the quartet talks about the twists and turns in both comic books, featuring stories that focus on Han Solo and Chewbacca, Poe Dameron and BB-8, as well as the beginning of "The Flight of the Falcon" series of tales that show why the Millennium Falcon has always been the most elusive prize in all of Star Wars.The next issue of Star Wars Adventures #16 is due out Dec. 19.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Darth MaulHan Solo -- Imperial Cadet #2Doctor Aphra #27Star Wars Vol. 9, collecting the "Hope Dies" arc (issues 50-55 and Annual 4)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Just one issue this week, but it's left a searing impression on Jeff and Matt.Darth Vader #24 is setting up the series' conclusion with an unusual vista that may change the reality and perception of Darth Vader and, by extension, Anakin Skywalker, too, with consequences that could potentially resonate down the Star Wars timeline.A little far out mysticism anybody? This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #2Star Wars #58Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Qui-Gon Jinn One ShotPoe Dameron Vol. 5 (collecting issues #26-31)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Well this episode is certainly ab-solutely ab-tastic and utterly f(ab)ulous without being at all pec-uliar.It's a double dose of Han Solo without a shirt as we discuss the second part of "The Escape" in Star Wars #57 and discuss the budding feelings of ... er ... attachment between Princess Leia, while in the pages of Solo: A Star Wars Story #2, we're treated to the beginning bonds of friendship between Han and Chewbacca, though we lament the lack of Enfys Nest character development.In news, there's discussion of upcoming projects from writer Charles Soule as well talk of potential holiday gift-giving ideas, too, courtesy of Coffee With Kenobi's team of writers and editors.This week's Star Wars comics include:Darth Vader #24Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Fresh of the heels of being deemed too obscure for the Star Wars Celebration podcast stage (Q: Who reads Star Wars comics anyway?A: About 200,000 do, every month.), we're looking at last week's Star Wars comics this week, including a rather stirring start of a new story arc in Doctor Aphra #26 and a thoroughly entertaining chapter of "Fortress Vader" in Darth Vader #23 that deftly blends subtle humor with a deeper lesson on the notion of maintaining balance in the force.There's also news and views, given Marvel's decision to scupper -- not cancel -- Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Shadow of Vader five-issue mini series; A Star Wars Comic's decision to postpone its November release until December; the passing of Stan Lee and John Tyler Christopher's Yavin Princess Leia action-figure variant cover for Star Wars #58.This week's Star Wars comics include:Solo: A Star Wars Story #2Star Wars #57Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Heavy hearts as we mark the passing of Stan Lee, who co-created some of Marvel's most enduring characters and, thankfully, reconsidered his position against adapting a yet-to-be released sci-fi film that was to be called Star Wars by Marvel (thank you, Roy Thomas, for convincing him otherwise!).We remember Lee for the visionary that he was and will never forget him.In this episode we tackle three comics -- two from Marvel and one from IDW -- and come away with some salient observations about character building, what makes an artist great and how a writer makes a story sing. The issues include Star Wars #56, the first issue of the five-issue Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet and Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #1 (of three). Each has its some strong moments that left us wanting more.As for news, October wasn't kind to Star Wars comics, with justtwo titles finishing in the top 100 -- you read that right -- as sales continue sauntering vaguely lower. We also talked about the latest John Tyler Christopher exclusive, an action-figure cover variant that features Princess Leia in her award-ceremony togs that can only be acquired through John's web site.This week's Star Wars comics include:Doctor Aphra #26Darth Vader #22Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Five weeks after it began, the frightful final issue of Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #5 provides a resonant endsong to the mini series, keeping the suspense and chills on a steady course from start to finish.We're quite happy with how this weekly experiment played out and impressed how it not only kept its all-ages appeal, but managed to deliver enough frights for all readers. We were also pleased to see how it tied in to the events of Marvel's ongoing Darth Vader series, too.In keeping with our goal of letting listeners, and readers of Star Wars comics, hear from the creators, we're joined by Per Hedman, whose Star Wars-inspired homage to Gary Larsen's The Far Side -- The Far Dark Side -- has been making readers laugh, pause, think and, yes, puzzle, for awhile now. Join us as he talks about what inspired the strip, how he creates it and about his love for Star Wars, too.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars #56Star Wars: Han Solo -- Imperial Cadet #1Star Wars Adventures -- Destroyer Down #1Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 4, Smuggler's Blues (Collects Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2018 and #10-11)Star Wars: Lando: Double or Nothing Trade (Collects the five-issue mini series)Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation Trade Paperback (Collects the six-issue mini series)Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Readers are treated to what is arguably the first true Greek tragedy of modern Star Wars comics in the pages of Marvel's Doctor Aphra #25, a deftly executed -- in more ways than one -- conclusion to "The Catastrophe Con" story arc that left us agog because of the impact of the story.In the pages of IDW Publishing's Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #4, its Ewoks who are given a weighty gravitas in a story that's one part monster epic and another part sheer terror.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars Adventures #15Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #5Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

Art is murderously misunderstood as readers, finally, get some details as to the origin of Lord Momin, the Sith Lord whose helm was introduced way back in the pages of the first Lando mini series, in the pages of Darth Vader #22, while the horror is sublime in the pages of IDW's Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #3.Speaking of Star Wars Adventures, we sat down with writer James Gilarte to talk abou this first-ever Star Wars comics writing credit.He wrote the lead story next week's Star Wars Adventures #15, a tale that features not just Poe Dameron and BB-8, but a brand-new character that we think fans will find themselves growing fond of throught the story and beyond.It's an ambitious and well-crafted story that fits the purview of the title in every possible way and, once you read it, you'll see why we're hoping he's coming back for more stories.All that along with news, details about the coming week's Star Wars comics and so much more in a galaxy far, far away.This week's Star Wars comics include:Doctor Aphra #25Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #4Darth Vader (Vol. 2) Hardcover collecting issues #1-#12Star Wars Reads 2018 sampler issueStay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

The Padawans have gathered again to talk about issues #12 and #13 of Star Wars Adventures.There's much to be learned in the stories, be it the dangers of revisionist history to knowing one's self worth.Emily, Micah, Amy and Matt bring talk about how Anakin and Padme, Mace Windu (he can be nice, you know) and more instill the message of the Star Wars Saga and that is hope.Join us as kids of all ages discuss the only Star Wars all-ages comics titles.

It was a quiet week in Star Wars comics until it wasn't.Jeff McGee and Matt Moore discuss Chuck Wendig's reveal that he's been "fired" by Marvel, the implications it may have and the reactions it's drawn. Also discussed? The solid and deft debut of Robbie Thompson and Will Sliney's first issue of the Solo: A Star Wars Story adaptation seven-issue mini series, for one. Then there's the genuinely creepy stories found the in the first two issues of the five-issue IDW Publishing Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle written by Cavan Scott and illustrated by Derek Charm and a rotating cast of artists.This week's Star Wars comics include:Darth Vader #22Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #3Star Wars Epic CollectionThe New Republic Vol. 4 (Collects the Dark Horse-published Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1-6, Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, #1-6 and Star Wars: The Last Command #1-6)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi, Resistance Reactions and Rebels Reactions.

This week's episode is about endings, both in the comics and beyond the comics, too. Star Wars #55 brings an end to Kieron Gillen's destructive and damaging -- to the Rebel Alliance -- "Hope Dies" arc, leaving Han, Luke and Leia partnered with Sana Starros as the Rebellions strives to survive, not flourish. The issue also marks the end of Salvador Larroca's run as artist on the series, too.We also talk about the conclusion of Poe Dameron with writer Charles Soule who, at NYCC, announced that his second volume of Darth Vader is coming to its end with issue #25.This week's Star Wars comics include:Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #1Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #2Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi and Rebels Reactions.

The adventures of Black Squadron concludes its run in the pages of Star Wars: Poe Dameron #31 in an inspiring, almost poetic manner, while the mysteries of the force prove to much to ignore as a former employer comes calling in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #24.In A Star Wars Comic #17, Jim Mello and Alex Ray proffer a compelling story of duty, honor and sacrifice, but ask if it's forced, and not embraced, is it the same?This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars #55 (The concluding episode to the "Hope Dies" arc) and Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #1Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi and Rebels Reactions.

There's a crisis in continuity, again, as Star Wars #54 kills off a familiar Rogue One face, while the Falcon is taken to Vandor for a new reason in Lando: Double or Nothing #5, the final issue of the mini series.We're also joined by Peabody Award-winning writer Rodney Barnes to talk about what went into making the second Lando mini series so memorable, the challenges of writing a Star Wars comic and his love of the Saga writ large.This week's Star Wars comics include:Poe Dameron #31 (The concluding issue)Doctor Aphra #24Star Wars Adventures #14A Star Wars Comic #17Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi and Rebels Reactions.

In the last issue of The Last Jedi Adaptation #6 there's a redemption that plays out so well, it should have been in the film it was adapting.In the pages of Darth Vader #21, there's an image of Anakin so horrifying that you'll need to pour bleach on your brain.We're also beginning a new segment: A letters page. Ben Lewitt joins Jeff and Matt to talk about character representation in the pages of Doctor Aphra Annual #2. It's an intriguing discussion.This week's Star Wars comics include:Star Wars #54Lando: Double or Nothing #5Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Hardcover (Collects Issues 1-8, The Screaming Citadel #1 and Star Wars #31-32)Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Trade Paperback (Collects Star Wars: Jango Fett -- Open Seasons #1-4, Star Wars (1998) #7-18 and material from Star Wars Tales #8, #21-24)Stay in touch and up to date by following us on Twitter and Facebook.Like what you hear? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and review. Subscribe to all of the Coffee With Kenobi network podcasts, including Lattes With Leia, Legends Library, Looking for Lucasfilm, Coffee With Kenobi and Rebels Reactions.