It ’s been two years since Marvel regained the rights to make Star Wars funnies , and since then the publisher has release a gross ton of comic , both on-going and miniseries . need some passport on what ’s out there ? We ’ve ranked them all , from the must - read to the ones you should invalidate like they wereold Jar Jar Binks .
[ A annotation get in : There’sa brand new Darth Maul comicbut since only a single issue has been released , I ’m not include it . The first issuance is pretty intriguing , though , so if you like Maul , retard it out ! Also exclude are two one - guess comedian : Vader Down , a solo tie - in to an result in the Darth Vader and Star Wars series ( although it wasvery good ) , and C-3PO , which recount the story of how the droid sustain his red arm in The Force Awakens ( it wasweirdly okay ! ) .
1) Darth Vader
This comic is without a doubt one of the best Star Wars sagas out there , full stop , and not just from the retentive history of Star Wars comics . Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larocca ’s examination of one of pop culture ’s most legendary villains did n’t just give us a long story of Imperial intrigue and shadowy machinations , but helped revitalise Vader from his popping culture position as the butt of a joke and intoa unfeignedly fearsome , intimidating villain .
It also gave himan amount of sass so powerfulI’m pretty sure he could ’ve topped the total Empire with a epigram if he want . Thenewly announcedfollow - up running , take after the former days after Anakin donned Vader ’s armor , has some huge black leather boots to fill .
2) Lando
This miniseries gave us a side of Lando not really insure yet in the revitalized canyon — his days as a moon curser and scoundrel , during which he fall upon the haul of a life-time . And yet , the comics also handle to touch on some interesting vista of the wider galaxy when it ’s revealed that Lando ’s haul is a spaceship owned by none other than the Emperor himself , and which contain really one of Palpatine ’s private collections of incredibly dangerous items . It ’s forgetful , cherubic , and has a lot of fun backchat between Lando and Lobot that makes you almost long for a buddy bull anthology film for the two of them .
3) Poe Dameron
The only on-going serial publication set in the post - Return of the Jedi humankind , Poe Dameron delivers exactly what it says on the tin : more of The Force Awakens ’ laughably magic 10 - Wing pilot film . Although it ’s not got as much spaceship action as you might desire from a series about Poe , writer Charles Soule totally nails Oscar Isaac ’s performance from The Force Awakens and brings it to a play , activeness - packed spy - vs,-spy story , as Poe crosses paths again and again with the sinister First Order ’s Agent Terax . Plus , with Phil Noto as the on-going artist for the serial , it ’s the most gorgeous Star Wars laughable around .
4) Star Wars
Set between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back , the master Star Wars book follows Luke , Han , and Leia on their adventures , and benefits greatly from the fact that it gets to encounter with the alchemy between all of them . But aside from capital character work , it ’s state the prominent smorgasbord of stories across the Star Wars comics so far , from a tale ofHan Solo ’s mysterious ‘ married woman ’ , to a police squad ofdeathly effective Stormtroopersand even flashback one - off narrative coveringObi - Wan Kenobi ’s expatriate on Tatooine . The current arc revolving around Yoda is a chip deadening , but it ’s still a series worth espouse in general .
5) Kanan
If you like Rebels , this series is a must . Examining Kanan ’s past as a Jedi padawan during fiat 66 and the events straight off after , it provide some essential backstory on the character , and a lot of insight into the way Kanan is the way he is on the show — and so far , it ’s one of the few official stories set in those early twenty-four hours of the acclivity of the Empire .
6) Doctor Aphra
A spinoff of the Darth Vader Quran , Doctor Aphra follows the further adventures of the titular archaeologist first introduced in Vader as she goes off exploring the galaxy and having adventures away from the watchful eyes of the Empire . It does n’t quite hit the highs of its primogenitor , but some of the best aspects of the Vader comic were its digest character like Aphra and her astonishingly fun killer droids BT and Triple-0 . Getting to see more of them beyond the Vader series is well worth the price of price of admission .
7) Han Solo
Although it sustain from a moment of a dim start and a distinct lack of character like Luke and Leia for Han to bounce off of , this miniseries — about Han being part of a deadly ship race across the galaxy while also conducting a secret Rebel deputation — kicks into power train around the half - means mark . When it does , it ’s full of great activity moments depict why Han Solo may swash a circle , he ’s get the skills to back it up . Plus , series writer Marjorie Liu really get to dig cryptic intowhat make Han such a fun character .
8) Chewbacca
Likewise , Chewbacca suffer a little for isolating the wookiee from Han , Luke , Leia and the rest of the Rebellion , forcing him into a new environment with newfangled characters that take a slight time to get used to . you may only really get away with a five - issue miniseries when your star grapheme only communicates in growling and yelp , but Chewbacca still manages to tell a very sweet-flavored lilliputian story about Chewie helping a diminished town struggle back against majestic occupation and controlling gangster . Once again , the fine art is a Phil Noto marijuana cigarette , so it ’s a damn good - look series .
9) Princess Leia
Once again , some of these miniseries in the first place focusing on just one of the main Star Wars hero feel like they ’re miss something for not being able to rely on the chemistry between Leia , Luke , and Han . Leia ’s miniseries give some perceptiveness into how she feels in the wake of the deprivation of her homeworld , and sets up the estimation of Alderaanian society rebuilding and live after the major planet ’s demolition , but does n’t give us much else , unfortunately .
10) Shattered Empire
Although it ’s one of the few canon seed about the country of the galaxy after Return of the Jedi , this miniseries release as part of the “ Journey to The Force Awakens ” is little more than a canonic curio at this period . While it introduced us to fun characters like Poe Dameron ’s parents , the abbreviated story it told was n’t all that exciting . Interesting for seeing what happens jolly much immediately after Return of the Jedi , but otherwise brings small else to the mesa .
11) Obi-Wan & Anakin
Disney ’s reshaping of Star Wars canon has sadly left a raft of the period around the prequel movies left out , with stories largely focusing on the era of the original trilogy and beyond . So when this miniseries about Obi - Wan and Anakin ’s adventures typeset between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones was foretell , there was a lot of intrigue fence in it . Unfortunately , the series was a slog to get through — easy paced , and revolving around a foreign steampunky - world that palpate very out of place in the Star Wars universe . Hopefully we ’ll get more comic in the futurity that tell not bad stories in this currently under - served epoch of the Star Wars timeline .
12) The Force Awakens
This comic adaptation of the movie was unessential when it get out — many month after the moving picture , and even after it was out on Blu - ray and DVD — and it ’s even less all-important now when there ’s so many more interesting cartoon strip in Marvel ’s roster . It ’s like watching the motion picture on tight - forward , as much of the dialog is ripped straight from it , with nothing tweaked or add to make it experience fresher . If you need to read a Star Wars comic , there ’s much better ones out there — and if you want to learn the film , well , it ’s right there .
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