Comics The Last Jedi: Storms of Crait (One-Shot)

Diego Lucas · Sep 15, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will see the debut of the mineral planet Crait, as it becomes a battleground between the Resistance and First Order. And a new story coming from Marvel will reveal major elements of its history.
StarWars.com is excited to announce Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Storms of Crait #1, a special one-shot arriving December 27, written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Star Wars: Join The Resistance) with art by Mike Mayhew (Star Wars, The Star Wars). The comic rewinds to the Galactic Civil War, following Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa as they take up arms on the salt-covered world and search for a new rebel base. Check out Marco Checchetto’s cover below — a striking image of Luke and Leia on Crait.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to tell this story,” said editor Jordan D. White, “tying the new sequel series in more tightly with the original trilogy era, and helping make the galaxy far away a little more fleshed out. The Bens are a great fit for Star Wars, as they showed in Join the Resistance, and Mike has done such great work on both covers and the Obi-Wan issues of the flagship Star Wars title, that we couldn’t be happier to have him back doing art for us.”
Stay tuned to StarWars.com for more on Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Storms of Crait #1!
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http://www.starwars.com/news/luke-and-leia-star-in-star-wars-the-last-jedi-storms-of-crait-1

Todd the Jedi · Sep 15, 2017

Cool beans. I always enjoy Mike Mayhew's art, so that's nice. I wonder if Luke will hear the name Crait and be triggered because it sounds like Krayt.

MrDarth0 · Sep 16, 2017

Really like that cover.

Jedi Ben · Sep 16, 2017

Might break the thou-shalt-not-buy-Marvel-TPBs rule for this one.

Barriss_Coffee · Sep 16, 2017

Apparently L&L were really desperate to escape the bugs on Yavin when they signed up for this episode of House Hunters.

Daneira · Sep 16, 2017

I don't see how this squares with Crait's history in Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

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bsmith7174 · Sep 16, 2017

Jedi Ben said: ↑

Might break the thou-shalt-not-buy-Marvel-TPBs rule for this one.
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It's just a one-shot so my guess is that it will be included in the eventual The Last Jedi comic adaptation tpb. Just a guess though.

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tatooinesandworm · Sep 16, 2017

bsmith7174 said: ↑

It's just a one-shot so my guess is that it will be included in the eventual The Last Jedi comic adaptation tpb. Just a guess though.

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Did that info get published somewhere? I assumed this was a 4 or 5 issue mini. I didn't see One-Shot in the solicitation.

EDIT: Never mind. Just re read the starwars.com article. Sorry for being behind.

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Jedi Ben · Sep 16, 2017

Oh, how disappointing it's a one-shot entirely missed that detail.

Stymi · Sep 17, 2017

That is pretty disappointing. I thought it was a more fleshed out story arc as well. Now it reeks of solicitous movie promotion and tie-in story case grab.

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SilentGuy66 · Sep 17, 2017

When I saw the cover at first I thought "finally a proper post ROTJ Luke and Leia story".... how naïve I was

masterskywalker · Sep 17, 2017

Cover is a amazing, but Marvel Star Wars art hasn't wowed me at all recently. We'll see.

Outsourced · Sep 17, 2017

Daneira said: ↑

I don't see how this squares with Crait's history in Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

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Indeed. Unless they somehow manage to weave the two together.

anakinfansince1983 · Sep 17, 2017

I like that cover as well but they do need to make sure the story meshes with the Crait from Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

vncredleader · Sep 18, 2017

Daneira said: ↑

I don't see how this squares with Crait's history in Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

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Oh yeah that's a good point. Unless

the NEW base thing just means new to them like in that it's the new main base I assume or simply the synopsis was written by someone who did not realize what happened in Leia

redxavier · Sep 18, 2017

I too missed that this was a one-shot (not helped by the #1 numbering). Annuals and one-shots can be good of course, but if it's a great comic I'll be disappointed there's not more of it!

Ancient Whills · Sep 25, 2017

Interview with writers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker.
https://news.marvel.com/comics/75547/star-wars-storm-warning/

Sinrebirth · Sep 25, 2017

Now I wonder if this will be like the C-3PO one shot which was released a year later than planned...

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Shadowrain10 · Sep 26, 2017

This sounds interesting. When I first heard about Crait in Princess of Alderaan, I thought that it was going to be the last appearance until TLJ, but I guess I was wrong.

Ancient Whills · Sep 26, 2017

https://news.marvel.com/comics/75633/star-wars-world-wonders/

Marvel.com: Mike, this is not only a new Star Wars book, but one that connects with the new film this December—how’s it feel to be involved?

Mike Mayhew: I couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity! I’ve done some really awesome Star Wars jobs. I’ve drawn George Lucas’ own words for the seven-issue adaptation of “The Star Wars” that tells the proto-version of what we all know as “Episode IV,” and had early versions of many things from all the future movies. I’ve also drawn Obi-Wan’s adventures on Tatooine with young Luke, which is something I’d always wondered about and never dreamed I’d get to work on. And, recently I got to do a nice run of covers for the main STAR WARS title and got to play with so many of the Star Wars icons like Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2, a Hutt, Stormtroopers, Lando, etc.
But, STORMS OF CRAIT is maybe the most unique opportunity. To have a story that comes out in conjunction with a brand new Star Wars movie, which is a pretty rare occasion, that tells a story connected to the movie, but featuring the original cast? That is a very cool thing to have to wrap your mind around.

Marvel.com: What’s exciting for you to be able to illustrate Luke and Leia at this point in their histories as young Rebels?

Mike Mayhew: Well, for me this is the timeline in Star Wars that I think gets the most people excited. These are the main, original characters in their absolute prime. They still are young, full of energy and excitement, and out to change the universe for the better. For a 48-year-old guy like me who used to play with action figures of these characters when he was eight-years-old, it’s like coming to work and re-living those same fantasies and flights of imagination I had playing with those toys. Again, it’s something I never dreamed I would get to do, especially way back then.

Marvel.com: As you learned about the planet Crait, what really struck you about the environment there as something you couldn’t wait to lay down visually?

Mike Mayhew: Crait is pretty straightforward on the surface: flat, desolate—a lot like Tatooine. But under the surface is this strange, alien red rock. We get to explore that in the Mines of Crait. It’s a really cool visual I haven’t seen before, so it’s what I think is appealing about a lot of designs in Star Wars—familiar, yet with a new twist.

Marvel.com: Will we get to see some new Mayhew Star Wars designs on ships, creatures, etc.?

Mike Mayhew: A couple. There is a new character that intrigues me named Trusk Berinato that our heroes encounter. My favorite characters in Star Wars have a duality, the ones you aren’t sure whether they are good guys or bad guys. Trusk is like that a bit. He reminds me of Lando, or Valorum the Sith Lord from my work on THE STAR WARS.

Marvel.com: What’s he like visually?

Mike Mayhew: I envision him a little like Bruce Dern from the 1970s mixed with a little Matthew McConaughey. I hope he keeps readers on their toes as to whose side he is on; the Rebels, the Empire, or is he out for himself? He has some droids that work in the Mines of Crait that I designed that borrow a bit from the pit droids from the prequels. And there are is some farming equipment I designed that the characters use.
And, though I didn’t design them, we get to have a lot of fun with the new Ski Speeders that have been seen in the “Last Jedi” trailer. I even got the very awesome new Hasbro toy of it just to see how it looked all-around!

Marvel.com: What about for our heroes? Will there be new looks?

Mike Mayhew: I did design a new costume for Leia. I think she always looks best in all white, and I have her in a new action-type costume. And, it has a hood which feels very “Episode IV” to me.

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Jedi Ben · Sep 26, 2017

Sinrebirth said: ↑

Now I wonder if this will be like the C-3PO one shot which was released a year later than planned...
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Everything I heard about that said the problem was to do with LFL sign-off.

lowell · Sep 26, 2017

This might directly take place after the Jedha arc. Perhaps the Alliance's list of potential new bases were wastelands, Jedha being on the top of the list because they must've thought that since the Death Star took out the city, Imperial presence wouldn't be significant there anymore due to no more kyber crystals after destruction. Crait would come next because they would probably think why did they abandon the place in the first place. Hoping Rebels S4 would show the abandonment of Crait but not likely due to being shorter season but still wondering what connections Rebels would have to tie with TLJ, considering Dave Filoni did do something on the movie and visited the set for a few times.