Lit Comics Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories (12-issue anthology series from Dark Horse)

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories is a twelve-issue, all-ages anthology series from Dark Horse Comics. The first issue arrives this week, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

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Covers released so far:

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Preview pages for issue #1, via Dark Horse:

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RIP Senator Yarua, who - absolutely true story - I just incorporated into my SW RPG campaign (set in the canon continuity in 2 BBY) as a pivotal NPC. Serves me right for grabbing an obscure background character for my own use and assuming canon wouldn't immediately kill him off.

Also, what happened to C-3PO? He's with Padme and the others at the beginning of the issue, then disappears entirely from the proceedings. He's not on Staggec, as Anakin and Obi-Wan investigate the area without finding him, but we don't see him later aboard the Separatist ship either. Presumably he's just being uncharacteristically quiet and standing off-panel during Padme and Anakin's rescue of Padme's funny-hat squad, but I thought it was worth noting.

 

Good news for UK digital readers - although it looked like this was not going to be released digitally in the UK, it has been

 

Dark Horse?

 

You must have only read SW comics.

Though Dark Horse have had a rough few years.

 

Preview pages for issue #2, via Dark Horse:

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Preview pages for issue #3, via Dark Horse:

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And solicits for issues #4, 5, and 6:

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Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #4
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!

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #5
From the darkest days of the Clone Wars, comes a tale of evil and intrigue.

Dispatched by the nefarious Count Dooku, the Sith assassin Asajj Ventress stalks her prey from the Outer Rim all the way to the tranquil world of Naboo. But just what is her target? And can even the Jedi stand in her way?

Take a walk on the Dark Side, in Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #5!

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #6
Long before his infamous run-in with Han Solo, Greedo was a rookie crook trying to rise through the ranks of Jabba the Hutt's gangster organization. But his young ambitions are quickly derailed when a big deal goes south, and Greedo is set up to take the fall by Jabba's latest romantic companion. Can Greedo make it out alive, or will he find himself the latest offering to Jabba's pet Rancor!

Even long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, crime doesn't pay, in Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #6!

 

Is Life Day annual in canon? It was every three years in Legends.

 

That preview had Glymphids! I love when they use the obscure pod race species.

 

It becomes annual after the Imperial Era, once it's been embraced by the wider galactic community.

 

Interesting, maybe because it's been adopted by species with shorter lifespans?

 

Why has issue 4 been delayed?

 

Probably the usual suspects:

Creative team illness
Missed printing slot

 

I wonder when this story takes place relative to "Ghosts of Kashyyyk" in the IDW series.

 

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I wonder if Viveen's father died during the "droid attack on the wookiees" in ROTS. Also, where's Malla? Did she die? Also, also, I wouldn't blame Lumpy if he partially blamed Rey for Life Day almost being ruined. Of course, he wouldn't mention it out of respect for his father.

 

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Viiveenn's father is Senator Yarua, who died in Hyperspace Stories 1.

 

Man this 12 issue anthology feels like a 36 issue long delay. I didn't like issue 5 and quite frankly the delay for me isn't justifying this comic at all. But that is just me.