Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1, is a one-shot canon comic. The issue was written by Charles Soule and Greg Pak, illustrated by Ibraim Roberson, Ramon Rosanas, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Guru-eFX, and published as a Free Comic Book Day title by Marvel Comics on May 4, 2024.
The Star Wars side of the issue—a story entitled "Return to Echo Base"[4]—was designed to be welcoming for new readers, ensuring anyone could pick up the story without prior context needed,[5] while the Darth Vader side—a story entitled "The Curse"—ties heavily into the ongoing story of that comic series.[6]
Publisher's summary
Are there REBEL survivors stranded on HOTH? LUKE SKYWALKER, LEIA ORGANA, LANDO CALRISSIAN and CHEWBACCA mount a dangerous rescue mission to ECHO BASE! Lightsabers! Blasters! Snowtroopers! All-out action amongst the wreckage of AT-AT walkers, Rebel airspeeders and frozen weapons of mass destruction!
DARTH VADER employes a surprise character from the past to help him find LUKE SKYWALKER. But SABE, [sic] former handmaiden of PADME AMADALA [sic] is also on a quest for the son of Vader. Having worked for him as an IMPERIAL COMANDER, Sabe [sic] has enough resources to cause chaos for anyone who stands in her path. How will this affect the DARK LORD'S plans to remove PALPATINE from power?
Contents
Media
Cover gallery
Collected in
- Star Wars Vol. 8: The Sith and the Skywalker (Return to Echo Base)
- Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 9 – Rise of the Schism Imperial (The Curse)
Sources
Marvel's 2024 Free Comic Book Day Titles Offer the First Taste of 'Blood Hunt,' a Prelude to the X-Men's New Era, & More on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)- This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch: Star Wars on Free Comic Book Day on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- Darth Vader (2020) 46
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
FCBD 2024 STAR WARS #1 (BUNDLES OF 20) on www.freecomicbookday.com (November 17, 2024) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marvel teases first post-Krakoa story and more in Free Comic Book Day 2024 offerings on Adventures In Poor Taste (backup link archived on January 5, 2024)
- ↑ Full Line-Up of Free Comic Book Day 2024 Comic Books Announced on www.freecomicbookday.com (November 16, 2024) (backup link archived on November 16, 2023)
- ↑ "Return to Echo Base" — Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1
- ↑ Charles Soule (@CharlesSoule) on Twitter (post): "Oh yeah. It's designed for new readers. (In response to: "I'm not caught up on your main run (on issue 21) but I got this yesterday and was wondering if I can still read it without major spoilers or missing any important context?")" (backup link)
- ↑ "The Curse" — Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1
External links
- Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars (2024) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars/Darth Vader 1 on the Aurebesh Wiki
- Full Line-Up of Free Comic Book Day 2024 Comic Books Announced on www.freecomicbookday.com (November 16, 2024) (backup link archived on November 16, 2023)
