Marvel publiera en décembre le numéro spécial Empire Ascendant, qui mettra un terme à la « première phase » de comics Star Wars de l’éditeur.

Empire Ascendant proposera 4 histoires avec les principaux personnages de la Saga des Etoiles : Luke, Leia et Han (par Greg Pak), Dark Vador (par Charles Soule), Dr Aphra (par Simon Spurrier)…ainsi que Valance le Chasseur (par Ethan Sacks).

Les séries Star Wars de Marvel devraient être relancées en 2020, pour reprendre à partir de la période qui suit L’Empire contre-attaque, mais il n’y a pas d’autres détails pour le moment. On devrait en savoir plus au prochain New-York Comic Con…

STAR WARS: EMPIRE ASCENDANT #1

CHARLES SOULE, GREG PAK, SIMON SPURRIER, ETHAN SACKS (W)

LUKE ROSS, ROLAND BOSCHI, MORE (A)

COVER BY RICCARDO FEDERICI

Star Wars Greatest Moments Variant Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN

ACTION FIGURE

VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

VARIANT COVER BY PATCH ZIRCHER

VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

DESTINED FOR HOTH!

Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa and smuggler Han Solo have have struck blow after winning blow against the Empire. The Rebels are digging in their defenses on the remote ice world of Hoth but how long will they truly be safe from their many enemies?

Darth Vader will stop at nothing to crush the rebels but his efforts to locate their new base have been in vain. Will the dark side of the Force guide him to the missing rebels and to young Skywalker or mire the dark lord in the conflicts of his past?

Despite a life riddled with treachery and destruction, Doctor Aphra has found a family (of sorts). Former Imperial inspector Magna Tolvan and Aphra’s young ward Vulaada will have to face the struggles of a life of rebellion…while Aphra reckons with her legacy.

Former Imperial loyalist turned cyborg bounty hunter BEILERT VALANCE is taking on a dangerous new mission. And the lives of the entire Rebellion–including his old buddy HAN SOLO’s – are at stake should he fail!

56 pages, $5.99.