The Star Wars movies may be over, but the franchise is far from. We previewed the television projects - two upcoming shows, an animated one set during the Clone Wars and a live-action one set between the two trilogies - a couple of months ago (and we’ll be providing an update on their status in the near future), but these won’t be the only new stories to reach us from that galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars Expanded Universe (comprised of the Star Wars lore in books, comics, video games etc.) is set to make the most daunting move yet, pushing forward the adventures to a point they’ve never been before: a hundred years in the future!
This June, Dark Horse Comics will start a new comic series entitled Star Wars Legacy, set 100 years after the events in Return of the Jedi, and featuring a new Empire, new Sith - and a new Skywalker! Dark Horse conjured up the following ad to promote the imminent series:
On their website, Dark Horse introduces Star Wars Legacy with the following text: More than a hundred years have passed since the events in Return of the Jedi and the days of the New Jedi Order. There is a new evil gripping the galaxy, shattering a resurgent Empire and seeking to destroy the last of the Jedi. Even as their power is failing, the Jedi hold to one final hope: the last remaining heir to the Skywalker legacy. The following two previews offer a glimpse at what appears to be a female Sith warrior from the same race as The Phantom Menace’s Darth Maul along with two other Sith, and at the new Skywalker: Cade is a direct descendant of Anakin and Luke Skywalker who has turned his back on his Jedi legacy, prefering a life among smugglers and bounty hunters instead. Having dropped his Skywalker name, no one around him is aware of his lineage and his aptitude in the ways of the force.
The stories will be written by John Ostrander, with Jan Duursema and Sean Cooke providing the illustrations. Ostrander and Duursema are a successful team who have previously collaborated on many of the Star Wars: Republic and Star Wars: Clone Wars comics. Sean Cooke is entirely new to Star Wars comics. Six pages (in black and white, without text) from Star Wars Legacy have appeared online already, offering looks at Cade Skywalker and a couple of the new Sith - here’s a preview (go to SithClan to view them all):
A special preview issue (#0) of Star Wars Legacy introducing the new time setting and the main characters of the series will be available from May 17 for $0.25. Issue #1 (full color, 32 pages) is scheduled for June 7 at the price of $2.99. The official description reads: The Jedi Temple is attacked, an Emperor is betrayed, and the Sith are born anew! A lot can happen in a hundred years, but all of the above happens just in this first issue! Not since Luke Skywalker first stepped aboard the Millennium Falcon has the galaxy seemed like such a vast, exciting, dangerous place!
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