Episode #404 -- A Song for Jeffrey

Rodney Barnes returns to Star Wars comics with his second series this year, adaptating the Ahoska Disney+ TV show. Though it, like the prior Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptations, is a word-for-word telling of the series, the artwork by Steven Cummings, Wayne Faucher and Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by VC's Travis Lanham makes this issue, indeed this eight-issue mini-series, worth having.Zeen and Lula come to a momentous decision, albeit independently of one another, in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 by Daniel José Older, Harvey Tolibao, Le Beau Underwood and Elisabetta D'Amico, Michael Atiyeh and Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jimmy Betancourt. Readers are also treated to a new member of the Tarkin (yes, that Tarkin) family as Krix Kamerat takes a major gamble.Comics Discussed This Week:Ahsoka #1 (5:39)The High Republic Adventures Phase III #7 (10:28)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars (Vol. 3) #48News: In his latest LegalDispatch (subscribe here: https://marcguggenheim.substack.com), Marc Guggenheim says he's working on "a script for a new Star Wars comic ..." but adds it's not the Rik Duel gang, though they will have their day, eventually.In his latest newsletter, Charles Soule says Star Wars (Vol. 3) #50, due out Sept. 11, is structured "like its own graphic novel" and broken into chapters. He also be doing more Star Wars after the issue and the "Trials of the Jedi" novel.Dark Horse Comics' The High Republic Adventures -- Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4) is now due out Sept. 4 instead of Aug. 21.There are early peeks at Inquisitors #2 and #3 on the Facebook page.Ahsoka #1 and Inquisitors #1 are getting 2nd printings due out Aug. 21.Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:July 16 _ Star Wars Legends: The Thrawn Trilogy TPBJuly 17 _ Star Wars #48July 24 _ Darth Vader #48July 30 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Skywalker Strikes (Collects Star Wars (2015) 1-14, 1 Director's Cut, Vader Down 1, Darth Vader 13-15); Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi omnibus. (Collects Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Prisoner of Bogan 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force War 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 0-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1-2, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption 1-5, material from Star Wars Tales 23 and Dark Horse Comics 7-9)July 31 _ Darth Maul: Black, White and Red #4 (of 4)Aug. 7 _ Inquisitors #2 (of 4), The High Republic Phase III #10, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 Aug. 13 _ The High Republic: The Edge of Balance Vol. 3Aug. 14 _ Darth Vader #49Aug. 20 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Story from Revelations (2023)
Aug. 21 _ Star Wars #49, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9, Saber for Hire #4 (of 4), Ahsoka #1 (2nd Printing), Inquisitors #1 (2nd Printing)Aug. 27 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-5)Aug. 28 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III — Crash and Burn One-Shot, Ahsoka #2 (of 8)Sept. 3 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Vol. 6; Star Wars, Vol. 8 “The Sith and the Skywalker” TPB (Collects 42-45, material from Revelations (2023) #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars)Sept. 4 _ The Acolyte — Kelnacca #1, Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4)Sept. 10 _ Darth Vader, Vol. 9 “Rise of the Schism Imperial” TPB (Collects 42-45, The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special and material from Revelations (2023) #1)Sept. 11 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #10, Star Wars #50, Inquisitors #3 (of 4)Sept. 17 _ Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances TPB (Collects 1-4)Sept. 18 _ Darth Vader #50Sept. 25 _ The High Republic Adventures — Echoes of Fear #2 (of 4), Ahsoka #3Oct. 8 _ Star Wars: Vader's Castle The Deluxe Library Collection (Collects Tales From Vader's Castle, Return to Vader's Castle, Shadow of Vader's Castle, Ghosts of Vader's Castle and 2019 FCBD Issue story "Droid Hunters”)Oct. 9 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #1 (of 4)Oct. 16 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11Oct. 24 _ Age of Resistance: Kylo Ren #1 (Trick or Read Reprint)Oct. 29 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic, Vol. 8Oct. 30 _ Echoes of Fear #3 (of 4)Nov. 12 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years — Droids & Ewoks; Star Wars: The High Republic Phase II — Quest of the Jedi OmnibusNov. 19 _ The High Republic Phase III Vol. 2, “The Hunted” TPB (Collects 5-8, Star Wars: The Acolyte #1)Nov. 26 _ Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: Shadows and Secrets (Collects 1-12, Director’s Cut 1, Darth Vader Annual 1)Dec. 3 _ Star Wars Vol. 9 TPB “The Path of Light” (Collects 46-50)Dec. 10 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 3 (Collects Jabba the Hutt - The Gaar Suppoon Hit 1, Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi 1,Jabba the Hutt - The Dynasty Trap 1, Jabba the Hutt - Betrayal1, Free Comic Book Day 2012: Star Wars, Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire 1-4, Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse 1-5, Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets 1-5, The Force Unleashed,  The Force Unleashed II, Star Wars: Blood Ties 1-4, Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead 1-4, Star Wars: Empire 1-4; material from Star Wars Tales 7, 11, 15-16, 18-20; A Decade of Dark Horse 2); Darth Vader: Black, White  Red TPB (Collects 1-4),Dec. 17 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Vol. 2 New Printing (Collects Dark Times 6-17, Dark Times - Blue Harvest 0 and Out of the Wilderness 1-5)Dec. 31 _ Darth Vader (Vol. 3) TPB (Collects 46-50, Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars #1 Darth Vader Story)Jan. 7 _ Saber for Hire TPB (Collects 1-4)Jan. 21 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III TPB Vol. 2 (Collects 6-10)
Jan. 28 _ Jango Fett TPB (Collects 1-4, Revelations (2023) story)Feb. 18 _ Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon original graphic novelMarch 4 _ Star Wars: Inquisitors TPB (Collects 1-4)April 8 _ The High Republic: Edge of Balance: PremonitionApril 22 _ The High Republic -- Edge of Balance (Vol. 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.