Lit Comics Marvel Star Wars: General News & Trades Discussion Thread

Sigh.... I want to switch jobs with Heather Antos right now, must really be amazing to read comics all the time.

 

Well, when you've the finished product in your hands? Sure.

Getting it to that point however.....

 

Sounds fun to us simply because we are just reading it at our leizure. However being a part of an actual publishing company where it is your job to work on this stuff it can very quickly turn into a very tedious experience where you are concentrating not on simply enjoying the story but instead looking out for grammar errors, continuity problems...etc....etc....

Similar to the idea of working on video games. Working on video games on the surface sounds like an awful fun profession. Until you start thinking about everything that goes into making a video game.

 

I don't know what you mean, I enjoy looking out for grammar errors and continuity problems.

 

Editing can actually be a fun and constructive process especially if you work with someone who knows their stuff.

 

So there's a TPB coming out in November for an as of yet unnancounced comic series with ties to The Last Jedi.

https://jedi-bibliothek.de/2017/03/marvel-episode-viii-begleitcomic-darth-vader-sammelband/

Maybe this classified series is the one Heather was referring to?

 

Yeah if is a four part series like Shattered Empire was and it is released weekly than it would get finished about the same time TLJ is released. Probably end up being something along the lines of Chewie flying back to the Resistence base and telling Leia about Han and potentially set up a bit of the politics that we may see in VIII.

 

The price implies five issues. So probably a miniseries. That seems a little late for Darth Maul and I don't see why they would classify it. It's probably whatever will be presumably announced at Celebration and is being worked on by Heather Antos.

 

The Maul series will end around June/July and then we got the Rogue One comic adaption after that which will end about October. So November would be the time a new unnanounced mini would premiere.

 

That's a trade paperback being published in November so all issues will be out by October.

 

Ahh. Gotchya.

Cool. That means it will premier shortly after Celebration than most likely

 

It'll be an easy hit to do 5 issues before then with double-shipping.

 

June 2017 solicitations (9 comics in 1 month!):


Star Wars: Droids Unplugged #1
CHRIS ELIOPOULOS (W) • CHRIS ELIOPOULOS (A/C)
Variant Cover by MIKE ALLRED
• Collecting three stories featuring everyone’s favorite droids!
• What adventures did the probe droids in The Phantom Menace get into when Darth Maul wasn’t looking?
• Luke’s got a mission for R2-D2! But can the astromech complete it in time?
• And all BB-8 wants is to help…two Resistance soldiers fall in love!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$3.99
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DARTH VADER #1 & 2
Charles Soule (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
ISSUE 1 - HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
ISSUE 1 - VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV
ISSUE 1 - YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ISSUE 1 - ERA VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
ISSUE 1 - ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
ISSUE 1 - BLANK AND MOVIE VARIANT COVERS ALSO AVAILABLE
ISSUE 2 - VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO
The most fearsome villain of all time returns with an all-new series! When Anakin Skywalker fell, both to the pull of the dark side and to the blade of Obi-Wan Kenobi, he rose back up, more machine than man. Having lost everything that was once dear to him, the former chosen one must take his first steps into a darker world…as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith! Join Vader as he learns a new way — the way of Darth Sidious and his newly formed Empire…the way of the dark side.
ISSUE #1 - 48 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
ISSUE #2 - 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STAR WARS #32
JASON AARON (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by JEN BARTEL
Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
“THE SCREAMING CITADEL” – Part 4
• The Queen’s influence is spreading…
• Our only hope lies in the kindness of scoundrels.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #8
KIERON GILLEN (W) • ANDREA BROCCARDO (A)
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
“THE SCREAMING CITADEL” — PART 5
• Jedi! Symbiotes! Rebels! Murderbots! Smugglers! Archaeologists! This one has it all!
• But can any survive the horrors of the Screaming Citadel?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STAR WARS: POE DAMERON ANNUAL #1
ROBERT THOMPSON (W) • NICOLE VIRELLA (A)
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant Cover by Mahmud Asrar
• Poe Dameron has never been one to follow the rules.
• So when he disobeys a direct order from General Leia Organa and gets stranded in First Order space…
• …with no ship and little oxygen…
• …how will he survive?
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
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STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #16
Charles Soule (W) • ANGEL UNZUETA (A)
Cover by PHIL NOTO
Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by Elizabeth Torque
• Who is Malarus and what does she want?
• Meanwhile, the Resistance is running dangerously low on supplies.
• Poe and Black Squadron are on the case!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION #3 (of 6)
JODY HOUSER (W) • PAOLO VILLANELLI (A)
Cover by PHIL NOTO
Concept Variant Cover by DUNCAN FEGREDO
• Jyn Erso continues her quest with Cassian Andor to help the Rebellion fight the Galactic Empire.
• The team has located Jyn’s father, Galen Erso – a Death Star scientist!
• But the evil Director Krennic gets their first…and he’s out for blood!
• The Star Wars story continues!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL #5 (of 5)
CULLEN BUNN (W) • LUKE ROSS (A)
Cover by RAFAEL PINTO ALBUQUERQUE
Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Variant Cover by TERRY DODSON
Variant Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
Funko Variant Cover by DIEGO OLORTEGUI
Star Wars 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
• Darth Maul has kidnapped Jedi Padawan Eldra Katiss…
• …and he’s out for blood.
• But she’s not going down without a fight.
• Duel!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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collecting the small add on comics - interesting.

Also does anyone know when Star Wars Annual 2 will be collected in a TPB?

 

Do you think that woman on the cover of Poe Dameron #16 is an older Alecia Beck from Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure?

 

Wouldn't be Noto's first time illustrating her... but there is a pretty large scar missing on the Poe Cover, so maybe not?

 

It is interesting how they are drawing Aphra on these covers. Likely it is just the artists style (as I believe it is the same artist that did Shattered Empire) but she definitely does look a lot different than how they are presently drawing Aphra on the covers of the issues released already.

 

I thought she was confirmed dead in Shattered Empire? Or was that another character?

 

No, she was (badly) impersonated by Shara Bey in Shattered Empire, and was called out for it. Seems they didn't know they were impersonating someone with a cybernetic eye, and that was kind of a big tell.

 

It think the woman on the cover could be Phasma without the helmet. Kinda look like her actress and well it looks like she will appear in the next Issue. But I would be suprised when they would show her before TLJ.

At the end I think the other lady from the Han Comic is more realisic.

 

I would assume it's a new character, honestly.

 

It's possible that's Phasma without the helmet. And I don't think it's an issue if they show her in a comic before TLJ, as unless Phasma is non-human, then we can safely guess what she looks like.

 

It's not like it is a big deal showing us Phasma's real face without the helmet prior to TLJ. Anybody who watches Game of Thrones would have a good idea what she will look like anyways. Maneurisms might be a little different but it will be the same face.

 

Um, I think you are right.

I just read the short summary for the issue, something I didn't do when I made my previous comment. The summary mentions this: Who is Malarus and what does she want?

So there we have it, Malarus, not Phasama or Alecia Beck.