On the Comlink is a feature in which StarWars.com writers hop on a call (virtual or old fashioned) and discuss a specific Star Wars topic. In this installment to celebrate the release of even more books from Star Wars: The High Republic, Emily Shkoukani, Kelly Knox, Amy Richau, Megan Crouse, and James Floyd talk about how the […]
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Galactic Frights Return This Halloween in IDW’s Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader’s Castle – Exclusive
Books + Comics // JUNE 24, 2021 Get first details on a new series of spooky Star Wars stories…if you dare! Come this fall, Darth Vader will haunt your dreams. IDW Publishing and Lucasfilm’s Halloween tradition of spooky stories will continue this year with Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader’s Castle, a five-issue miniseries from […]
8 Star Wars Characters to Celebrate Pride Month
Star Wars is for everyone, and that means the worlds we explore are inclusive and diverse places to visit. Although there’s still work to be done to create more high-profile stories of people of all gender identities and expressions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and backgrounds in the galaxy far, far away, to celebrate this Pride Month […]
The Fight for Han Solo Heats Up in Marvel’s September 2021 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive
Books + Comics // JUNE 22, 2021 Faces from the past come forward as the epic War of the Bounty Hunters crossover continues. For Han Solo, there’s no escape from the past. Good or bad. Boba Fett has lost his prize — Solo, frozen in carbonite — and is determined to recover his rightful bounty. […]
Darth Vader Takes on IG-88 in Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Vader #13 – Exclusive Preview
Books + Comics // JUNE 16, 2021 It’s machine versus cybernetic man on the battlefield. StarWars.com Team Darth Vader endured the trial. He struck down his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi. He confronted his son with the truth of his identity. Now he’ll fight the bounty hunter droid IG-88 to gain valuable intel. Marvel’s Star Wars: War of […]
Hello There! Revenge of the Sith-Era Obi-Wan Kenobi Comes to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes – Exclusive
Games + Apps // JUNE 7, 2021 EA’s popular mobile game welcomes the legendary Jedi Master. StarWars.com Team This June in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, you’ll have the high ground. StarWars.com is excited to reveal that Obi-Wan Kenobi, as he appeared in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, is on his way to EA’s […]
“We Could Start on the Ice Planet”: Learn How Hoth Came to Be in the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Special – Exclusive Excerpt
Books + Comics // JUNE 1, 2021 Go behind the scenes of Episode V’s frigid world of snow. “That’s it. The rebels are there.” Hoth, the iconic world of snow, ice, and wampas, made its debut in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back as the new home of the Rebel Alliance. The frigid planet would host one […]
Star Wars Inside Intel: The Four Sages of Dwartii
Characters + Histories // MAY 24, 2021 Learn the story behind the mysterious statues decorating the office of Chancellor Palpatine. Star Wars Inside Intel is a StarWars.com feature where Lucasfilm Story Group member Emily Shkoukani, whose job is to know as much about a galaxy far, far away as possible, explores obscure facts about Star […]
It’s a Trap! in Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Vader #12 – Exclusive Preview
Books + Comics // MAY 19, 2021 Plus, find out what happens when time’s up in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #10. StarWars.com Team Darth Vader seems to be made to suffer. It’s his lot in life. In StarWars.com’s exclusive preview of Star Wars: Darth Vader #12 — part of Marvel’s epic crossover War of the Bounty Hunters, […]
The War of the Bounty Hunters Continues in Marvel’s August 2021 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive
Books + Comics // MAY 18, 2021 See all the covers and get first details, plus a sneak peek at Star Wars: The High Republic #8. Han Solo is pretty popular. But not in a way he’d like. Marvel’s War of the Bounty Hunters crossover rages on this summer, as Boba Fett fights the galaxy’s […]