Not yet reviewed
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.
Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
Star Wars: Hidden Empire
The last act of the Qi’ra trilogy: Crimson Dawn’s war on the Sith reaches its end, and the cost of using the Force as a weapon is collected in full.
Five issues from 16 November 2022 to 5 April 2023, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Steven Cummings. It concludes the trilogy begun in War of the Bounty Hunters and continued in Crimson Reign, and was preceded by the Star Wars: Revelations one-shot of November 2022.
Every issue
Issue list — 5 of 5 catalogued
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | November 16, 2022 | Charles Soule | Steven Cummings | — | — | |
| 2 | — | December 7, 2022 | Charles Soule | Steven Cummings | — | — | |
| 3 | — | February 8, 2023 | Charles Soule | Steven Cummings | — | — | |
| 4 | — | March 1, 2023 | Charles Soule | Steven Cummings | — | — | |
| 5 | — | April 5, 2023 | Charles Soule | Steven Cummings | — | — |
In print
Collected editions — 2
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: Hidden Empire | TPB | Marvel Comics | 2023 | Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1-5 | 978-1302948009 |
| Star Wars: Hidden Empire Omnibus | omnibus | Marvel Comics | 2026 | Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1-5; Star Wars (2020) #26-36; Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #27-34; Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #28-32; Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #22-31; Star Wars: Revelations | 978-1302961886 |
- Star Wars: Hidden Empire — 128 pages, published 4 July 2023.
- Star Wars: Hidden Empire Omnibus — 1,000 pages, published 17 February 2026.
Dossiers
Who is in it
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
Qi’ra
Han Solo’s first love, and the only person from his old life who out-climbed him.
Darth Vader
Two characters in one suit, and the publishing programme has spent fifty years arguing about the seam.
Emperor Palpatine
A thousand years of Sith planning, executed by a man whose main weapon was committee procedure.
