Episode #354 -- You Want it Darker

After months of hype, the Dark Droids crossover event kicks off with a remarkly well-paced and genuinely disturbing (it's a compliment) Dark Droids #1 by Charle Soule, Luke Ross, Alex Sinclair and VC's Travis Lanham. It's a robust start to the five-month event.

Hyperspace Stories #7 by Michael Moreci, Andrea Mutti, Gigi Baldassini, Vallerio Alloro and Comicraft's Tyler Smith and Jimmy Betancourt features the series' totem and gives readers a look at a Boba Fett in the process of maturing.

Yoda #10 concludes the maxi-series in an exhilarating conclusion that offers up a few cross-media surprises (TV and books!) in a coda by Cavan Scott, Ibraim Roberson, Neeraj Menon and VC's Joe Caramagna for the long-lived Jedi master who's borne a heavy burden since enabling the Galactic Republic's descent into dictatorship and the destruction of the order he was so dedicated to.

Comics Discussed This Week:

• Hyperspace Stories #7 (08:23))
• Dark Droids #1 (18:08)
• Yoda #10 (41:17)

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:

• Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4)

News:

• New Printings for Star Wars Legends Epic Collections Rise of the Sith (Vol. 1), The Empire (Vol. 1), The New Republic (Vol. 1) and The Old Republic (Vol. 1) are due in 2024
• The third and final TPB of Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories from Dark Horse Comics will collect issues 9-12 and is due out, per the publisher, on April 17. It, like volumes one and two, will be in the normal comic-book sized trim.
  
  Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:
  
  Aug. 9 _ Star Wars #37, Max Rebo #1
  
  Aug. 16 _ Darth Vader #37, The Mandalorian Season 2 #1 (2nd Printing), Dark Droids #1 (2nd Printing)
  
  Aug. 22 _ The High Republic Phase II, Vol. 2, "Battle for the Force" TPB (Collects 6-10)
  
  Aug. 23 _ Doctor Aphra #35
  
  Aug. 29 _ Doctor Aphra Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Doctor Aphra, Vol. 2, 1-25); The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase One (Collects 1-13, Galactic Bake-Off one-shot and Free Comic Book Day 2021 issues published by IDW, along with 2023's Free Comic Book Day issue)
  
  Aug. 30 _ Bounty Hunters #37, The Mandalorian Season 2 #3, Hyperspace Stories #8 (of 12)
  
  Sept. 5 _ The High Republic Adventures (Vol. 2) Vol. 1 TPB (Collects #1-4)
  
  Sept. 6 _ Dark Droids #2 (of 5), Star Wars #38
  
  Sept. 12 _ Sana Starros TPB (Collects #1-5)
  
  Sept. 13 _ Darth Vader #38, Obi-Wan Kenobi #1 (of 6)
  
  Sept. 19 _ Bounty Hunters, Vol. 6, "Bedlam on Bestine" TPB (Collects 29-34), The Nameless Terror TPB (Collects 1-4)
  
  Sept. 20 _ Dark Droids: D-Squad #1 (of 4), Bounty Hunters #38
  
  Sept. 26 _ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 6, "Quests of the Force" TPB (Collects 31-36); Tales From the Death Star HC Graphic Novel
  
  Sept. 27 _ Hyperspace Stories #9 (of 12), Doctor Aphra #36, The Mandalorian Season 2 #4 (of 8) Oct. 4 _ Bounty Hunters #39, Darth Vader #39, Shadows of Starlight #1 (of 4), Marvel Trick or Read The High Republic: Attack of the Hutts #1 (Reprints The High Republic (Vol. 1) #5)
  
  Oct. 10 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Monster of Temple Peak and Other Stories (Collects Monster of Temple Peak 1-4 and The High Republic Adventures Annual), Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 7, “Unbound Force” TPB (Collects 33-36, Darth Vader (Vol. 1) #3)Oct. 11 _ Dark Droids #3 (of 5), The Mandalorian Season 2 #5 (of 8)
  
  Oct. 17 _ The High Republic Phase One Omnibus (Collects The High Republic (Vol. 1) 1-15, Eye of the Storm 1-2 and Trail of Shadows 1-5) Oct. 18 _ Star Wars #39, Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 (of 6)
  
  Oct. 25 _ D-Squad #2 (of 4), Doctor Aphra #37, Hyperspace Stories #10 (of 12)
  
  Oct. 31 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Dark Times --...