Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
Eight prequel-era one-shots, alternating a hero and a villain each month, each one a single short story about what its subject believes.
The first third of Marvel’s Age of Star Wars project: eight one-shots and one reprint special published between 5 December 2018 and 13 March 2019, all eight written by Jody Houser with covers by Paolo Rivera.
This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.
The arc breakdown and issue list below are the useful part for now.
Structure
How the run divides, and where a reader can get on and off.
Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala
Heroes
The four hero one-shots, collected as Age of Republic — Heroes.
Darth Maul, Jango Fett, Count Dooku, General Grievous
Villains
The four villain one-shots, collected as Age of Republic — Villains.
Every issue
Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.
| # | Title | Cover date | Writer | Artist | Cover artist | Arc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anakin Skywalker 1 | — | February 6, 2019 | Jody Houser | Wilton Santos, Cory Smith | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Count Dooku 1 | — | February 13, 2019 | Jody Houser | Luke Ross | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Darth Maul 1 | — | December 12, 2018 | Jody Houser | Luke Ross | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| General Grievous 1 | — | March 13, 2019 | Jody Houser | Luke Ross | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Jango Fett 1 | — | January 9, 2019 | Jody Houser | Luke Ross | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi 1 | — | January 2, 2019 | Jody Houser | Wilton Santos, Cory Smith | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Padmé Amidala 1 | — | March 6, 2019 | Jody Houser | Wilton Santos, Cory Smith | Paolo Rivera | — | |
| Qui-Gon Jinn 1 | — | December 5, 2018 | Jody Houser | Cory Smith | Paolo Rivera | — | The first one-shot of the Age of Star Wars project. |
| Special 1 | — | January 16, 2019 | Ethan Sacks, Jody Houser, Marc Guggenheim | Paolo Villanelli, Carlos Gómez, Caspar Wijngaard | Rod Reis | — |
In print
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: Age of Republic — Heroes | TPB | Marvel Comics | 2019 | Star Wars: Age of Republic – Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala #1, plus material from Star Wars: Age of Republic Special #1 | 978-1302917104 |
| Star Wars: Age of Republic — Villains | TPB | Marvel Comics | 2019 | Star Wars: Age of Republic – Darth Maul, Jango Fett, Count Dooku and General Grievous #1, plus material from Star Wars: Age of Republic Special #1 | 978-1302917296 |
| Star Wars: Age of Republic | hardcover | Marvel Comics | 2020 | The complete Star Wars: Age of Republic line | 978-1302917098 |
Dossiers
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
The Jedi who kept being right in ways the Council found inconvenient.
The Order’s most dutiful son, which is exactly the problem the books keep poking at.
Elected at fourteen, obsolete by thirty — the Republic’s conscience, and its most cutting critic.
Killed off in his first film, and rebuilt by twenty-five years of books and television into something better.
The Jedi who resigned on principle and was recruited by the very thing he claimed to be fighting.
