Comics Marvel to acquire Star Wars comics/graphic novels license in 2015

How can I put this? Ah yes.....

I don't see you liking what Marvel will likely do in 2015, given their current tendencies because neat they're not!

To give but 2 examples: Renumbering? Done frequently and often. Title changes? Also done frequently.

 

Both are pretty terrible in this respect.

 

I stopped reading Marvel comics (Avengers, X-Men, etc) around 1982 and back then they pretty much were 1-?. I only re-started reading comics after Dark Horse took over the Star Wars line sometime I think in 1996. And I've only read Star Wars comics since then...no Avengers, etc. So the only folks to get on my nerve are Dark Horse at this point. LOL.

 

well yes but dc have rebooted and so it's easy to follow for new readers like me.

 

Man, they were consistently the best Star Wars stories out there.....

 

That really doesn't mean anything in this particular respect though!

 

You guys might be right, Marvel could mess it up completely in the title changes and renumbering, but hopefully they don't make the same mistake as Dark Horse by treating comics like Legacy, Dark Times and Invasion as a seasonal comic or mini-series or whatever you want to call it. I'm at least willing to give them a chance and honestly I don't think we're going to see the ridiculous storylines of the comics from 1-107. I own every one of those, and still enjoy them eventhough are a bit ridiculous at times. Comics were really different back then, I'm pretty sure Marvel will learn from what Dark Horse has done right.

 

All I'm saying is that those things you've said you really didn't like DHC doing - title changes and renumbering - you will likely find Marvel do, but to an even greater degree. There's a very clear pattern in Marvel's activity for the last few years in this respect.

If you also want a clear idea of when which stories happen in chronological terms, well, I wouldn't hold your breath on that either.

 

I'm mixed on this. I'll be open to anything new sure, but apart from the fact that Marvel's original run on it was rather weird and lackluster, they've now got a REALLY tall order to fill after the smashing successes of Dark Horse.

I guess some leeway must be given since this is still decades later and they may do a good job, but I think some amount of worry is in order.

Oh well, as long as they don't do anything monumentally stupid, like having Joe Quesada making Han and Leia have a deal with the ghost of Palpatine to erase their marriage, I think it'll be fine.

 

Well one thing is for sure, if like what I read on one of the first few pages is correct, and they totally reboot the EU, then that would make it easier for me to adjust to the changes. I don't read anything else but Star Wars so I'm willing to change my habits as long as it's totally fresh and they are consistent with how they are handling their titles. I don't know anything about DC and Marvel comics short of the films since the 80's so I can only go by what I'm being told..but all I ask is they be consistent in whatever they do. And complete reboot of the EU...I think I'm okay with. I can treat everything else as an alternate universe at this point. I had to do that with Tales eventhough many of those stories were quite good.

 

Sad news. Hopefully we will see some of the writers / artists like JJM, John Ostrander, and Jan Duursema continue to do SW comics, if Disney / Marvel have any brains.

 

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=92398 Here talks on how marvel may continue the old comic book and new adventures of Star wars too. But I could be wrong its just me speculating!

 

I understand what whey were doing with Legacy, but I think the vol 2 of legacy really should have been renamed or given a sub-title or something...but I'm more so saying in general I don't like that they had plans on bringing it back and just stopped publication altogether. Just keep it going and advance the timeline but just don't stop cold turkey.

 

Oh oh oh does that mean we'll get lots and lots and lots of crossover titles that no-one will ever be able to read in the right order? Vector to the nth degree? Pretty please?

 

More than likely.

 

Oh, god, I hope so!

I'll still get what looks like the excellent THE STAR WARS on iBooks when that comes out this summer to go along with The Making of Star Wars, but otherwise I'm looking forward to getting in on the ground floor with Marvel.

And so it's back to where it started from. This is so great. And it feels right (I'm of the generation that read the Marvel Star Wars comics back in '77 when I was seven-years-old).

 

This news should be of no surprise to everyone. I knew the day would come where I'd officially have to deal with it, and that day is today (not to mention the impending closure and doom of the rest of the EU).

Not that it matters, nor will it every matter, but I don't like this. You'll me heavily missed, Dark Horse.

 

...who are you talking to?

 

To all who said this wasn't going to happen for this reason or that, as it seems.

 

Hmm, been a strange couple of years on comics:

DC greatly reduced their appeal for me with the New 52
Marvel did the same with AvX
Top Cow did similar with Artifacts
And now DHC lose SW to Marvel, so guess what that means in terms of buying?

The amount of stuff I'm buying is way, way down!