February 19th, 20190103Amid rumors of a relaunching and renumbering of the main Star Wars title later this year, Jeff and Matt discuss the pros and cons of such a move and whether it would have any significant effect on Marvel's existing titles and their sales. Then there's Star Wars (Vol. 1) #108, the one shot due at the end of May that will serve as a sequel...
January 8th, 20190115Last week's Star Wars comics this week were profound wildy adventurous, providing readers with a delicate yet forceful examination of the father-and-son relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in Jody Houser's deftly written Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Obi-Wan Kenobi one shot. In the third issue of the five-issue Star...
December 18th, 2018074A trifecta of Star Wars comics from Marvel's provided an assortent of achievements, and setbacks, for some characters and concepts, yet still advanced the medium of comics as one that is hand-in-glove to television and the cinema, too.The Star Wars: Age of Republic -- Darth Maul one shot was a master class in how this series is...
November 13th, 2018078Heavy hearts as we mark the passing of Stan Lee, who co-created some of Marvel's most enduring characters and, thankfully, reconsidered his position against adapting a yet-to-be released sci-fi film that was to be called Star Wars by Marvel (thank you, Roy Thomas, for convincing him otherwise!).We remember Lee for the visionary that...
August 21st, 2018048From the backstory of Solo: A Star Wars Story's mercurial Tobias Beckett to Charles Soule holding nothing back in the penultimate issue of Poe Dameron, this past week's Marvel Star Wars comics delivered action, daring and an ominous undertone of dread.Join Matt Moore and Jeff McGee as they parse the multilayered intricacies of the...
July 24th, 2018066The woes of Poe are compounded by Black Squadron's inability to rally allies to the cause in this, their most desperate hour in the pages of Poe Dameron #29, while Han Solo proves his mettle, skill and pluck as the best pilot in the Galaxy in Star Wars #51 in what portends to be a head-to-head duel with Darth Vader.Finally, in the...
June 26th, 2018059It's as if thousands of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.Well, not so much silenced as they learned that Marvel's Star Wars: Poe Dameron will end its run in September with issue 31, bringing the title that debuted in April 2016 to its conclusion.As fate would have it, Poe Dameron #28 is the topic du jour of...
June 19th, 20180198Just more than two-and-half years years after it debuted in the aftermath of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Marvel's Star Wars: Poe Dameron series will conclude in September with issue #31, drawing to an end, for now, the tales and adventures of its namesake pilot and his fabled Black Squadron.Marvel revealed what Comics With Kenobi...
May 22nd, 2018058Salutations, celebrations, true love can't wait and gravity-skipping bananas (not to scale) dominate this episode with just Star Wars: Poe Dameron 27 at the center of our discussion.We're also dropping recommendations for books and comics to read ahead of this week's Solo: A Star Wars Story and ruminating on sweet home Chicago, the...
April 24th, 2018173We're building the bridges when it comes to Star Wars movies, comics and books, too, speaking with writer Cavan Scott and delving deep into a new story arc in Marvel's superb Poe Dameron series.From The Force Awakens to The Last Jedi in the pages of Poe Dameron #26 to news that the monthly Star Wars flagship title will begin to cross...
