Comics From A Galaxy Far, Far Away… Previewing This Week’s New ‘Star Wars’ Comics

by Olly MacNamee

Three new titles out this coming Wednesday 8th November including a new number one for Star Wars: The High Republic. All three previewed below:

Star Wars: Darth Vader #40

Written by Greg Pak
Art by Raffaele Ienco

SCOURGE OF CORUSCANT! – A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN!
What greater prize could the DROID SCOURGE imagine than CORUSCANT, an ecumenopolis filled with millions of droids? And what greater TERROR could the people of Coruscant imagine than a horde of scourged droids… …led by LORD VADER himself?

Cover by Leinil Yu

Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #2

Written by Charles Soule
Art by Cresta, Marika

More SECRETS are revealed from the “MISSING YEAR” following the fall of STARLIGHT BEACON! ELZAR MANN and AVAR KRISS, star-crossed JEDI MASTERS, attempt to navigate a galaxy that seems determined to keep them apart… What is the STORMWALL, and what danger does it pose to THE REPUBLIC and THE JEDI ORDER?

Cover by Phil Noto

Star Wars: The High Republic #1

Written by Cavan Scott
Art by Ario Anindito 

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC RETURNS FOR ITS EXPLOSIVE PHASE III!
A year after the destruction of STARLIGHT BEACON, MARCHION RO and THE NIHIL stand victorious! The galaxy is in turmoil: The once mighty JEDI are outclassed, the REPUBLIC is on its knees. On the edges of the galactic frontier, JEDI MASTER KEEVE TRENNIS leads a desperate assault against an invading force! The odds are stacked against her, but a Jedi always clings to hope. THE FORCE is with her…right? Not so fast!

Cover by Phil Noto