Star Wars: The Sith and the Skywalker

"Sculpting Luke's journey from Empire to Jedi was always a big part of the job on this book, and this story was key."
―Charles Soule[4]

Star Wars: The Sith and the Skywalker is the ninth story arc in the 2020 comic series Star Wars by Charles Soule,[5] who described the story as critical to Luke Skywalker's growth between the events of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[4] Set after series' eighth story arc, the Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover event,[6] and following up on events set up by Star Wars issue 35,[7] The Sith and the Skywalker begins with the events of Star Wars 42[5] and ends with the subsequent issue 43.[8]

Media

Issues

Color code key:
Collected (TPB) issue Released issue Future issue
Issue Title Publication date Trade paperback
42 "Sith Rising" January 10, 2024[1] StarWars-Vol-8-The-Sith-and-the-Skywalker-Final-Cover
Vol. 8:
The Sith and the Skywalker
September 3, 2024[9]
43 "A Sith in the Mind's Eye" February 21, 2024[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars (2020) #42 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars (2020) #43 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  3. ↑ The events of Star Wars 43 take place after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 TwitterLogo Charles Soule (@CharlesSoule) on Twitter (post): "Very happy to see how well Star Wars #43 is landing for people. Sculpting Luke's journey from Empire to Jedi was always a big part of the job on this book, and this story was key." (backup link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars (2020) 42
  6. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 41
  7. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 35
  8. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 43
  9. ↑ PenguinRandomHouseComicsRetail STAR WARS VOL. 8: THE SITH AND THE SKYWALKER on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)

External links

Star Wars (2020)
The Destiny Path: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
The Will of Tarkin: 7 · 8
Operation Starlight: 9 · 10 · 11 · 12
War of the Bounty Hunters: 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18
Crimson Reign: 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24
Stand-alones: 25
The Path to Victory: 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30
Quests of the Force: 31 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36
Dark Droids: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
The Sith and the Skywalker: 42 · 43
The Trial of Lando Calrissian: 44 · 45 · 46 · 47
The Path of Light: 48 · 49 · 50
Trade paperbacks
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