Star Wars Current Books Ending in September - New Era Coming!

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

Energon is the king right now, that's how you reintroduce a brand... it's so much better than anything the big 2 are doing. Indies are so fresh right now, Ghost Machine... the big 2 put out their same characters for the past 8000 years

[@WeirdScienceComics]

Yep - i have a video i need to edit talking about my favorite books are all indie

[@hopduncan7905]

Geiger, Rook, Red Coat, and the Energon Universe are my tops with Spawn and a few other indies.

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

​@@hopduncan7905same here, though it's Energon Universe only

[@BROWNMIST44]

DC and Marvel are dropping the ball big time with current stuff. I just started reading The New Frontier the other day and that is a work of art compared to what’s being churned out now. The writing is just something else.

[@streetfighteringrid2446]

With the expanded universe Luke successfully rebuild the Jedi Order and it had new villains Yuuzhan Vong Dark Krayt . Cade Skywalker Ania Solo.

[@Bar-Lord]

I collected the Marvel Star Wars books when they debuted in 2015, but the explosion of titles too me out of it. Add to that the constant disappointment in most of the output, and I don’t know that I can justify keeping anything but the keys around,

[@jabezcreed]

The problem with "Star Wars" as a franchise is that it's perpetually fascinated with how things came to be in the present. It's always looking backwards or looking at the insignificant. For example, the MCU went forward, but it sucks when we stop to tell the secret history of Captain Marvel you never knew.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i can agree with that

[@crosshair9907]

The only event I really liked was War of the bounty hunters, the rest was either too short or not necessary. The comics need to go to new eras and write stories where they don't have work around a film or already established lore, so they can just focus on the story itself.

[@nuke7138]

Don't the Star Wars books always sell a lot less once Darth Vader is eliminated from them?

[@thegrizzmd7193]

I don’t know what dark droids is but I can only hope that it is as silly as it sounds 😂

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i wish it was - tried to be edgy

[@mladenkulic446]

It's not, it's a very bland event.

[@tehmuffinman346]

I hope the next era consists of new Legends comics!

[@michaeldobos7813]

If marvel takes up post RotJ that would be fantastic! We'd finally get to see Luke's other Jedi students who learned alongside Ben Solo and are then never heard of again. As long as we don't see Ray "Skywalker" (bullshit), I'll be looking forward to it.

[@darthstryk7169]

I'm assuming they're going to do the New Republic because that's what comes after but I also think it's time to start doing the Old Republic. I want to see Revan.

[@Kevin.kevin_kevin]

Charles Soule is one of my fav writers because of his indie shroud college stuff, hell to pay and the bloody dozen I'm unfamiliar with his Darth Vader stuff though

[@WeirdScienceComics]

I liked his swamp thing enough, but I am not a huge fan overall

[@matthewgaudet4064]

I'm not a Disney Star Wars fan I haven't collected or read them. Dark Horse comics I did read and buy, infrequently. Because we used to have a news store and don't anymore, I used to get them from TFAW, but stopped after Dark Horse lost the license. The reprints of the pre Disney stuff is decent i guess. Omnibus editions.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

The thing about doing sequel trilogy books or post-Rise of Skywalker is... billions upon billions of people are DEAD. The entire infrastructure of the galaxy seems to have been eliminated. We have scattered heroes and villains across the galaxy, but is there even a way to rebuild? There's nothing but ashes.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

but we get to see Leia have the "I made an awful mistake moment as she buried in tons of political paper work!

[@benny2755]

Its just too much.... spread to thin within the star wars universe. Money grab I'm experiencing with reading these books. If they only concentrated on certain time period. Ty for the vid.

[@streetfighteringrid2446]

Me I wish Dark Horse Comics still had Star Wars. Star Wars Legacy is amazing. I think if Dark Horse still had Star Wars they would go more into the far future with new characters.

[@rubenballesteros-so2zi]

Dark Horse currently is producing Star Wars comics set during the High Republic. Secondary characters though.

[@streetfighteringrid2446]

@@rubenballesteros-so2zi Dark Horse Comics had Star Wars Dawn Of The Jedi February 1 2012 it's about how it all started with The Jedi and The Sith but thanks to Disney it's non canon now.

[@rubenballesteros-so2zi]

@@streetfighteringrid2446 But they still are writing new comics. Just not in the Dawn of the Jedi era.

[@epcarter6]

Really hope they move out of the OT era and more so into the sequel trilogy era. I love Shadow of the sith and hope more post ROTJ content is released

[@lukeorloki]

Man I don't I hate anyone enough to tell them to read modern Marvel Star Comics. I guess if they don't mind going to an LCS each month they could give the next Star Wars run a try. The 2015 Star Wars and Darth Vader runs were good but it's a charley foxtrot to find because the marketing idiots at Marvel keep rebooting and it's a nightmare to find the right issue. I would recommend the High Republic comics because they at least have a different color banner for each new phase's run. Otherwise I'd recommend some TPB Epic Collections of the Dark Horse or original Marvel run. Marvel Unlimited might be okay to read the modern books online. I haven't tried it since I prefer the actual book and the old EU books. Comics can be fun but getting them to read is often an unnecessary pain in the butt. I'd recommend most people to start with Manga unless they have a specific character or run of interest that is only available in comics. I'll skip the new Star Wars run since it will be after RotJ and I don't really vibe with the sequels stuff enough to spend and time and money on it. I'm hoping they will do a dawn of the Jedi book eventually after they finish with the High Republic.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

I hated the high republic stuff personally - i do like the dark horse stuff and i am 100% digital so i love the marvel unlimited stff

[@doommega]

this is interesting cause i felt something was missing with marvel having control of this

[@WeirdScienceComics]

100%

[@aaronrankin1092]

Did they ever do a comic series on the clone wars? That’s my favorite era/event in Star Wars

[@WeirdScienceComics]

Dark Horse has 9 volumes of Clone Wars stuff

[@regishel]

I'd read Star Wars comics written by the guy from Bounty Hunters. I also wouldn't main more adaptions of good books or good games, or between good games, like I would love to read what happened between Fallen Order and Survivor🤷‍♀️ I wanted to love the Kenobi comic but it wasn't good, issue one with the flashback to Kenobi as a kid was very interesting and I had hoped the next stories would play into that, but I really didn't like those at all, way to much uninteresting text. If it wasn't for that, I would have wished for another Kenobi comic😮‍💨

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i was the same with you with the Kenobi comic!

[@adamfrey4920]

Good, I can quit in September. Marvel ended its original run at 108 issues, which was an obvious point where sales and interest didn't justify continuing the series. Why not learn from that? You CAN give a franchise a break and let it simmer.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

it seems like it will be a bit before the new books start up again - but probably only a month or two

[@DeadpoolNegative]

Actually, sales for Star Wars were still pretty solid around the time of cancellation In 1986; Lucasfilm were tightening the screws on content and taking too long to approve plots, forcing the use of many fill in issues, to the point where marvel quietly canceled the book.

[@PhilPhenom]

So disney imo hasnt done a good job with star wars, but what I would say the books are great still. My issue is that theres too many books to collect.

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

I was a huge fan of the original Star Wars comics, but eventually I "outgrew" SW after Jedi and entered junior high. Liking Star Wars was not cool wiith the older kids. It was viewed as baby stuff. After Jedi ended, there was no point in collecting the comics anymore, so I stopped all together. I didn't collect anything SW related again for over 10 years before I started picking up some of the Dark Horse comics. The Disney buy-out ended that. The new Darth Vader issues looked good, but I never bothered to pick them up because of adult obligations.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

all of my friends were Star Wars fans and people at my school were still bragging about how many times they saw Jedi, though at that point I had become more of an Indiana Jones fan myself

[@mladenkulic446]

I'm happy that it's ending, it started to feel like they draged the stories after certain point, especially the main title Star Wars. They should have ended it after Hidden Empire event.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

100% It started really getting to the point that I kept thinking "how the hell did all this stuff happen before Jedi???"

[@valiantparagonvideos2383]

I used to love Star Wars and had I been reading at the time I would have picked up the Star Wars stuff. But prior to the new Ultimate I didn't go in the shop if I wasn't buying ASM. I made a quick exception to get Renew Your Vows but outside of that I wasn't getting anything. Now though Disney has ground out my love of Star Wars. The only thing at this point I'm even looking forward to is Andor season 2.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i never even watched Andor!

[@valiantparagonvideos2383]

@@WeirdScienceComics It takes a few episodes to get going but then it's like the best Star Wars thing since Return of the Jedi. Even with my love of Star Wars snuffed out it's just a great show. Totally worth your time.

[@Jeffrey519]

I love Star Wars but dropped the books well before Dark Droids. Droids are one of my favorite things In SW so I decided to come back but dropped the books again halfway through the event. It's a Charles Soule thing. You hit the nail on the head with his writing for me, Jim. It's just boring. Not bad but no sense of urgency. I'm a big Daredevil fan and his run on that bored me too. So I'm excited about this announcement and looking to jump back on. I wouldn't mind a mini series tied to Return of the Jedi but I hope we're beyond that time for the ongoing. It will be interesting to see what they do for the second book without Vader. Whoever writes this having Han Solo back in play will help.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i would like a quick mini with ROTJ and then off to new stuff!

[@WeirdScienceComics]

and it will be awesome to get Han!

[@FearMonarch]

Star wars was never my bag, i needed to have deadpan shipmates on a big floating nerd castle for my scifi However I do have something to add past a comment for the algorithm and to wind you up, did you ever read Eight Billion Genies? It was from Charles Soule and Ryan Brown, pretty slick lil indie

[@WeirdScienceComics]

it bored the shit out of me! LOL

[@FearMonarch]

@@WeirdScienceComics aww whaaat 😂 ok but those first couple issues had some cool ideas at least right? (the second half does lose the thread a bit for me as well)

[@edg4441]

Jim, all I can say is don't get too optimistic about these issues. We'll have to use the fake MJ's motto about disappointment," If you expect disappointment, then you can never really get disappointed." Don't believe the hype. Disney/WB/Marvel/DC Comics/BBC/Netflix/Amazon, etc.. don't care what fans want, especially Straight White Males. As long as Disney's stock sells at $101 per share, their agenda, platform, and pushing the message will continue, no matter how many fans walk away and KZbin channels criticize their quality, content, and storylines. As the Who sang in the early '70s, "Won't Get Fooled Again." Great video and great content and coverage of the upcoming books.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i have a very short leash!!!

[@edg4441]

@@WeirdScienceComics You probably read this comic long ago, but Dark Horse Comics made a mini-series called "Union". It's the mini-series where Mara Jade married Luke Skywalker. The "EU" is still canon to me, not the sequel trilogy or any of the garbage TV shows Lucasfilm continues to produce. If the "Acolyte" is this bad, who knows how bad "The Skelton Crew" will be later this year. Jeez!

[@andrewgonzalez2356]

The Star Wars line should be very limited. I’m not sure how many big lines are ongoing right now, but it’s too much (or at least it seems like there is). Of the content I’ve read, very little was quality. If I were managing the Star Wars comics portfolio, it’d be 3 lines (different eras that span the universe timeline) and one never-ending line (sort of like an Action Comic or Tec comic, except it’s all about Star Wars adventures). None of it to be touched by Charles Soule.

[@GiovanniAlckmimRusso]

If I'm not mistaken Luke ended being the one who ended the droids attack. I barely read it, I'm not a fan of the crossovers. I think we'll likely see post Return of the Jedi. It's the most logical path to follow and they'll be able to tell plenty of stuff

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i like the idea of telling some new stories!

[@Fullmetal737]

More good news Jim? My goodness. Will both Spider-Man and Star Wars comics come out of the great darkness this year? I’m still buying both Star Wars and Darth Vader, but the last 4 or 5 Star Wars I’ve just flipped though, Darth Vader I’m reading but they are all lacking. I need some Dark Horse Star Wars comics energy please. Give us those epic 5 issue Darth Vader adventures again, like Ghost Prison.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

i have been flipping through myself, hoping something will catch my eye (spoiler - nothing has!)

[@nuke7138]

Are you watching The Acolyte? I am not. It sounds really bad, though.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

Nope - haven't watched any star wars since season two of Mandalorian

[@DesignTWO]

So what you're saying is that Star Wars comics are about to get super gay.

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

Rank 'em! 1. Empire 2. New Hope/Rogue One Tied 3. Jedi 4. Force Awakens / Phantom Menace tied. 5. ROTS. 6. AotC. 7. E9 8. E8

[@generalkenobi066]

1. Empire Strikes Back 2. A New Hope 3. Revenge of the Sith 4. Return of the Jedi 5. Phantom Manace 6. Attack of the Clones 7. Force Awakens 8. Rise of the Skywalker 9. The Last Jedi

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

@@generalkenobi066 Where do you put Rogue One?

[@generalkenobi066]

@@BigMoneyGripMCV Oh I liked it, Andor is awsome too, probably right behind Return Of The Jedi However, Solo would be maybe better tham Force Awakens at 8 Liked the actor playing Han tho

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

@@generalkenobi066 Solo was a fun movie

[@DrDetfink]

The Star Wars books are hit/miss. I liked Vader Down because you got to see the Rebels really try/fail to take down Vader who crash landed on a planet by himself. Fun. Simple. Dr. Aphra character was ok. Playing off Vader had some fun moments. That’s it. Luke gets a pee color light saber was dumb. Sorry. Dark Droids Event was the Skynet story in the Star Wars universe. It’s a stretch but fine. Stopped caring after 5-6 issues.,

[@WeirdScienceComics]

Luke's lightsaber was an easter egg from the original action figure so i thought it was actually pretty cool

[@RaikenXion]

Good! they've just over-saturated things with this current era starwars stuff. We need more new, original stories but that can't truly happen until they move away from the sequel trilogy era. I hope the Rey movie bombs.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

The current books had nothing to do at all with the sequel trilogy

[@RaikenXion]

@@WeirdScienceComics I mean things like the Vader comics

[@WeirdScienceComics]

@@RaikenXion those were setting up Return of the Jedi - the next round of stuff will stRt setting up sequel stuff T some point

[@atigerforever1]

I'm joking here,now...But the NEW Era they start ...will begin just before The Acolyte. At least ,I'm hoping I'm joking here.😅

[@WeirdScienceComics]

tying into Acolyte would be going backward - timeline and storytelling!

[@natemachado9113]

Nothing new here. They do a run, close out the volume, and then move on to a new volume. Did this twice while I was running the NEC Brockton store. I am not sure why, unless the sales just get to a point where they need the bump in sales with a new volume of stories. They could easily shift the eras in the series without starting over. It is very obvious they don't want to get near a 100 issues on any series they do. Dr Aphra can go away like 5 years ago as its the worst selling of the titles they do and its the least interesting as it usually has a 3rd rate writer on it. But there are always Star Wars stories to tell so not like they are going to stop any time soon. I'd like to get a Star Wars story out of John Byrne just to see what he would do with it. Now there is a topic for a podcast discussion.

[@WeirdScienceComics]

this is a whole new creative team thing

[@natemachado9113]

@@WeirdScienceComics I know. But it's still the same marketing as before. Do "X" many issues and re-kick to the next volume. In some way its a format that works for them, and I assume keeps everything profitable. However at the same time it can grate on the fans. Someone reading Star Wars now says "Why do I need a new series when I am buying the series as it is?" Just because its a new creative team doesn't mean its justified in the sales and marketing to re-kick the series again. Hells bells I would LOVE to see a series hit 100 again just to showcase it can be done and is not a drag on the audience or a hinderance to pulling in new readers. Damn where is my mic for this rant?!

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

Dark Droids?! Lol?

[@sirg-had8821]

More trash to ignore

[@regishel]

You should have stayed on Bounty Hunters, that was a great comic.