Marvel has just revealed the next chapter in their epic "Star Wars" comic series. Issue #8 will catch back up with Han, Luke and Leia following the previous exciting issues. In this one Luke, now possessing Obi-Wan Kenobi's journals, makes his way to the bright center of the universe, Coruscant, and the Jedi Temple there, in search of more answers. Back in issue #6 we were left with a big cliffhanger that revealed Han Solo's wife, or at least someone claiming to be his wife. #8 will no doubt give us a continuation of that story. Check out the preview which features the cover(above), a few pages from the issue and two variant covers(below).
Issue #8 will see the debut of art by the series' new artist Stuart Immonen who recently replaced John Cassaday. Immonen is know for his previous work on Marvel's Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man and The New Avengers. He joins regular series writer Jason Aaron on Star Wars. Issue #8 is slated to be released on August 19th!
Source: Comic Book Resources
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According to he book, and new canon, "Tarkin", the Jedi Temple is now the Imperial palace. How do they plan to rectify this in this new comic?
ReplyDeleteThere's far older and ancient temples in the low levels if I mind right.
DeleteI am not impressed with these Marvel comics, seeing as how they can't even follow their own continuity, in their canon the Jedi Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt as Palpatine's palace. and don't even get me started on Han having a wife while trying to get with Leia, Marvel should not handle Star Wars.
ReplyDeleteEver since they had Luke face Vader well before Empire and had Han and Leia pilot an AT-AT with jawas, it's impossible to take the Marvel comics seriously. I think the best comic stories written that tell the tales between A New Hope and Empire were the 'Classic Star Wars' comics done by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson. It was also a happy coincidence that Al Williamson's art style echoed some design aspects of the prequel trilogy as well as the original trilogy which made it feel even more authentic. ...Anyway, I wish the new Marvel series took their cues from those comics instead of trying to follow the typical modern template that demands contrived cliffhangers and shocking reveals... Lucas' limitations he put on the comic writers back then forced them to be more creative I think...
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