Marvel has released their comic solicitations for August 2018. Here is the Star Wars rundown.
Darth Vader #19
Writer: Charles Soule
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Artists: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Elia Bonetti
Variant Cover: Rod Reis (Galactic Icon Variant)
“FORTRESS VADER” BEGINS! A JEDI makes a desperate deal. THE INQUISITORS’ mission evolves. DARTH VADER discovers a theft.
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Darth Vader #20
Writer: Charles Soule
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Artists: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Elia Bonetti
“FORTRESS VADER,” PART TWO! A thief faces the consequences for their crime. EMPEROR PALPATINE rewards DARTH VADER with three gifts. A thing, a choice and a voice.
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 22, 2018
Doctor Aphra #23
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Kev Walker
Cover Artist: Ashley Witter
Variant Cover: Rod Reis (Galactic Icon Variant)
GOOD NEWS: THE IMPERIALS HAVE ABANDONED ACCRESKER JAIL. BAD NEWS: FIRST THEY SHOT IT AT A REBEL PLANET. For unscrupulous inmate DOCTOR APHRA, accompanied by former flame SANA STARROS and current flame INSPECTOR TOLVAN…(NB: Awkward.)…chances to escape are dwindling fast. Good thing Aphra’s not distracted by an expensive relic, right? Oh, dear.
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 22, 2018
Lando — Double or Nothing #4 (of 5)
Writer: Rodney Barnes
Artist: Paolo Villanelli
Cover Artist: Scott Forbes
Variant Cover: David Nakayama
THE GALAXY’S MOST DEBONAIR ROGUE! Having been freed from BATALLA and his warrior clan, LANDO now faces a host of new obstacles. Will he get past the STORMTROOPERS, find RYTHUS and get the arms to him and his people? Is all of this possible while wearing a cape? Will his mustache start a grooming trend? All will be answered in this issue!
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 29, 2018
Poe Dameron #30
Writer: Charles Soule
Artist: Angel Unzueta
Cover Artist: Phil Noto
“AWAKENINGS,” PART FIVE. BLACK SQUADRON had its own mission during the events of THE LAST JEDI, a desperate trek across the galaxy to find aid for THE RESISTANCE, all without the help of their fearless leader, POE DAMERON. This is the beginning of the end.
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Poe Dameron Annual #2
Writer: Jody Houser
Artist: Andrea Broccardo
Cover Artist: Rod Reis
Variant Cover: Declan Shalvey
CAN POE DAMERON OUTMANEUVER ONE OF THE GALAXY’S GREATEST PILOTS? Rebellions may be built on built on hope, but they need more than that to survive. LEIA sends BLACK SQUADRON on a new mission, one that will raise important funds for THE RESISTANCE. Can a group of pilots really do the work of smugglers and scoundrels?
Details: 40 pages, Rated T, $4.99
Release Date: August 29, 2018
Star Wars: Beckett #1
Writer: Gerry Guggan
Artists: Will Sliney, Edgar Salazar and Marc Laming
Cover Artist: John Tyler Christopher
Variant Cover: Terry Dodson
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DEADLY! TOBIAS BECKETT taught HAN SOLO everything he knows about surviving hoodlum-filled cantinas and backwater worlds. But who is this career outlaw and why is ENFYS NEST— one of the galaxy’s most dangerous and brutal marauders — so dead set on taking him down once and for all? Find out in this original tale of a man who has gamed star system after star system, but at a cost that no heist can make up for.
Details: 40 pages, one shot, Rated T, $4.99
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Star Wars #52
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Salvador Larroca
Cover Artist: David Marquez
Variant Covers: John Tyler Christopher (Action Figure Variant), and Rod Reis (Galactic Icon Variant)
“HOPE DIES,” PART THREE. The MILLENNIUM FALCON versus the whole IMPERIAL FLEET? No problem. A certain TIE ADVANCED STARFIGHTER piloted by a certain SITH LORD? Problem. Big problem. No human can save the day. But maybe a droid can…
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 1, 2018
The Last Jedi Adaptation #5 (of 6)
Writer: Gary Whitta
Artist: Michael Walsh
Cover Artist: Paolo Rivera
Variant Cover: David Lopez
REY CONFRONTS SNOKE AS THE RESISTANCE FACES EXTINCTION! KYLO REN brings REY before the SUPREME LEADER — but who will turn? ADMIRAL HOLDO reveals a stunning plan to save the RESISTANCE! Plus! The return of CAPTAIN PHASMA as FINN and ROSE are betrayed!
Details: 32 pages, Rated T, $3.99
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Darth Vader — Dark Lord of the Sith Vol. 3 – The Burning Seas TPB
Writer: Charles Soule
Penciller: Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Artists: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Elia Bonetti
As the Empire’s grip tightens on the galaxy, the stirrings of a rebellion begin in the Mon Cala system. The fearsome Darth Vader knows order must be maintained at all costs — and this time the job of snuffing out hope falls to Vader, his Inquisitors…and Wilhuff Tarkin! Bringing Mon Cala to heel means finding the surviving Jedi that foment this unrest. No tolerance for rebellion can be afforded. But how far will Vader go to complete his mission? When the Dark Lord of the Sith and his Inquisitors finally track down their targets, a resistance will crumble and the seas will weep. And when the time comes for Tarkin to repay a long-standing debt to Vader, settling what is owed will require every last bit of his cunning — and will cost more than he ever imagined! Collecting DARTH VADER (2017) #13-18 and Darth Vader Annual #2.
Details: 176 pages, Rated T, $19.99
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Vol. 1 TPB
Writers: Haden Blackman, Tim Truman, John Ostrander and Rob Williams
Pencillers: Ramon Bachs, Rob Pereira, Rick Leonardi, Al Rio, Tom Lyle, John Nadeau, Brandon Badeaux and more
Cover Artist: Ramon Bachs
Delve deep into the dark past of Jango Fett! Find out how he became a Mandalorian warrior — and battled his way through war and slavery to become the bounty hunter who caught Count Dooku’s eye! Meanwhile, Ki-Adi-Mundi seeks a wayward Jedi on the backward world of Tatooine, and Jabba the Hutt will help — for a price! But Tusken Raiders and a vicious krayt dragon may mean the end of his mission! And as half of the Jedi Council heads to the planet of Malastare on a mission of peace, a phantom menace looms in the shadows! Plus: Mace Windu braves the Smuggler’s Moon! And what is Jedi Darca Nyl’s deadly secret? Collecting STAR WARS: JANGO FETT — OPEN SEASONS #1-4, STAR WARS (1998) #7-18 and material from STAR WARS TALES #8 and #21-24.
Details: 480 pages, Rated T, $39.99
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Thrawn TPB
Writer: Jody Houser
Artist: Luke Ross
Cover Artist: Paul Renaud
He’s one of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of Star Wars! Now, discover how Grand Admiral Thrawn became one of the most feared military tacticians in a galaxy far, far away. Jody Houser and Luke Ross adapt Timothy Zahn’s New York Times best-selling novel about Thrawn’s rise through the Imperial ranks! Meet young Lieutenant Thrawn, who graduated the Imperial Academy with the highest marks possible. He’s been assigned his own personal assistant, Ensign Eli Vanto, and is ascending quickly — but that doesn’t mean everyone in the Imperial Navy wants him to succeed. And Thrawn isn’t the Empire’s only rising star — so is Arihnda Pryce. The two rivals’ paths will cross, and tensions will run high, when they discover a dark secret within the Empire. Collecting STAR WARS: THRAWN #1-6.
Details: 144 pages, Rated T, $17.99
Release Date: September 12, 2018