If you thought that Disney would be taking their Star Wars license lightly, you’d be wrong. Very wrong. With nine months to go until the release of The Force Awakens, Disney is looking to fill the gap that occurs between Return of the Jedi and the new films with a series of books and novels under the banner, ‘Journey to Star Wars The Force Awakens’. Think about it, with the elimination of the known Expanded Universe there are a ton of unanswered stories of what happened to our favorite heroes and villains after the defeat of the Empire.
Well get ready for at least twenty books to be released this year, ranging from young adult books, novels, and comics. Today we got our first look at the next comic on Marvel’s slate of an already successful venture. There have been three series released already (Star Wars, Darth Vader, & Leia) with a fourth on its way next month (Kanan). Look for Shattered Empire #1 to hit comic shops this fall. As you can see, all of our favorite rebels are all ‘yub-yubbing’ it up in the promo below.
Looks like this will retell the classic ‘clean-up’ of the galaxy that Dark Empire originally covered. It will be interesting to see what route they take with this series. Looking forward to it!
Also be on the look out for the following books and comics (along with many, MANY more):
- Aftermath
- Star Wars: Journey to the Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy
- Moving Target
- The Weapon of a Jedi
- Lost Stars
- Smuggler’s Run
As I’ve said over and over again, it’s a very exciting time to be a fan of Star Wars. Disney is ready to create a fun and vast new galaxy for our favorite Rebels and Imperials to do battle in. From what they have done so far with the comics and TV show, I am getting more and more excited to see what we have in store from that Galaxy far, far away!
