To celebrate a comic book milestone, Marvel's Star Wars series is treating readers to a blast from the past, present and future in one issue.
In the June 2022 solicitations for Marvel Comics, the publisher revealed the cover and synopsis for Star Wars #25, which will feature a lineup of fan-favorite heroes and villains from across time in the galaxy far, far away. These characters include Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, the Grand Inquisitor and Seventh Sister from Star Wars Rebels and Darth Vader. The solicitation for the issue promises that all three of the Star Wars trilogies set in "The Skywalker Saga" will be explored, though whether any other familiar faces will appear remains to be seen.
STAR WARS #25
- CHARLES SOULE (W) • RAMON ROSANAS, GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, WILL SLINEY
- & PHIL NOTO (A) • Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
- Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
- VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI • VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
- VARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVEN • VARIANT COVER BY ALEX MALEEV
- VARIANT COVER BY WILL SLINEY • CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SPROUSE
- LUCASFILM PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
- A Celebration across the Galaxy for STAR WARS’ 25th issue!
- With stories set from the Prequel to the Sequel eras, experience new tales of OBI-WAN & ANAKIN, DARTH VADER, POE DAMERON and KYLO REN. Join Charles Soule, along with his previous artistic collaborators, for this era-spanning celebration!
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
- Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Alongside Star Wars #25, Marvel provided a brief look at other comic covers for the month of June. Out of the ongoing Star Wars titles, Darth Vader #24, Doctor Aphra #22 and Bounty Hunters #24 will all drop in June. Additionally, Star Wars: The Halcyon Legacy -- which provides a backstory for the locale of Walt Disney World's Galactic Starcruiser hotel -- will drop its final issue during the month.
Another notable mention of what's to come is Han Solo & Chewbacca #4. Following his live-action debut in The Book of Boba Fett, the Wookie bounty hunter Black Krrsantan will return to comics in the upcoming issue. Meanwhile, the second issue of the Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries will release following the television series' debut on Disney+. Another live-action series will be retold when The Mandalorian #1 releases, officially bring the iconic bounty hunter into comic form as the series' first season is retold.
Star Wars' next live-action project is the aforementioned Obi-Wan Kenobi series, which dropped its first trailer earlier this month. The show will see actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reprise their roles as Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, respectively, as well as adapt Star Wars' Inquisitors for the first time in live-action. Confirmed Inquisitors for the series include both Rebels' Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) and Fifth Brother (Sung Kang), as well a new Inquisitor, the Third Sister (Moses Ingram).
Star Wars #25 is written by Charles Soule with art by Ramon Rosanas, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Will Sliney and Phil Noto. Main cover art was done by Carlo Pagulayan, with variant covers contributed to by various artists. The issue goes on sale June 1 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel