Episode #225 -- In Spite of Ourselves

It's a rare treat to get a one-and-done story in any comic these days, yet that's exactly what we have in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars (Vol. 3) #12, as Leia Organa and Kes Dameron recount to each other how they fell in love with Shara Bey and Han Solo.

It's a well-paced issue that lets Charles Soule revisit, in a sense, the ties between Poe Dameron and Gen. Organa in his Poe Dameron series, while also adding more background to the relationship between Poe's parents. It concludes nicely, setting the stage for the next chapter in the "Operation Starlight Arc."

In news, we discuss recently announced plans for omnibus collections featuring Darth Vader (Vol. 2) as well as the Legends-era Rise of the Sith that collects several mini-series and stories published by Dark Horse Comics.

Upcoming Star Wars comics include:

March 17
_ Bounty Hunters #10
_ Star Wars Adventures #4
_ The High Republic #1 (4th Printing)

March 24

_ Doctor Aphra #8

March 31

_ Star Wars Adventures #5
_ The High Republic #2 (3rd Printing)
_ The High Republic #3 (2nd Printing)

April 7
_ The High Republic #4

_ The High Republic Adventures #3
_ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 2, “Operation Starlight” TPB

April 14

_ Bounty Hunters #11

April 21
_ Doctor Aphra #9

April 28
_ Darth Vader #11
_ The Empire Strikes Back — The 40th Anniversary Covers by Chris Sprouse #1

May 5

_ War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1
_ War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 (Director’s Cut)

_ The High Republic Adventures #4
_ Guardian of the Whills: The Manga


May 12

_ Star Wars #13
_ The High Republic #5

May 19

_ Bounty Hunters #12

May 26

_ Darth Vader #12
_ Doctor Aphra #10
_ Star Wars Adventures: Weapon of a Jedi (1 of 2)
_ Star Wars Adventures #9
_ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 4

June
_ War of the Bounty Hunters #1

June 9
_ Bounty Hunters, Vol. 2, “Target Valance” TPB

June 23

_ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2), “The Light & the Dark” TPB
_ Darth Vader (Vol. 3), Vol. 2, “Into the Fire” TPB

July 7
_ Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Omnibus Vol. 1
_ The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel Adaptation from IDW

Dec. 7
_ Attack of the Clones Graphic Novel Adaptation (IDW)


Announced But as Yet Unscheduled Comics

_ The Mandalorian titles from Marvel & IDW

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