Whereas it could not have gotten a lot love upon launch, after a decade, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is lastly getting some much-needed love from Disney. With the film’s tenth anniversary creeping up, it is by no means been a greater time to revisit the characters of Rogue One.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Returns With 5 New Comics
As revealed in a press launch, Marvel Comics is celebrating the legacy of Rogue One with a set of 5 comics. Every is devoted to a particular member of Rogue One’s forged and can flesh out a few of their background with new tales.
To this point, Marvel has confirmed Rogue One comics for Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, Noticed Gerrera, Chirrut & Baze, and Darth Vader. The comics will launch month-to-month beginning in Could, and have an all-star roster of gifted comedian creators engaged on them.
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Title |
Artistic Crew |
Launch Date |
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Cassian Andor |
Benjamin Percy & Luke Ross |
5/6/2026 |
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Jyn Erso |
Ethan Sacks & Ramon Rosanas |
6/3/2026 |
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Noticed Gerrera |
Marc Bernardin & Gabriel Guzman |
7/2026 |
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Chirrut & Baze |
Stephanie Phillips & Kieran McKeown |
8/2026 |
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Dearth Vader |
Chris Condon & Luke Ross |
9/2026 |
On condition that season 2 of Andor lately ended, followers are little question wanting to see extra adventures with Cassian.
What shall be extra attention-grabbing, nevertheless, would be the books detailing different characters. Jyn, Chirrut, and Baze specifically have not made too many appearances in Star Wars media exterior of Rogue One, so it will likely be attention-grabbing to see what the brand new comics do with them.
Rogue One’s New Comics Can Assist Additional Rehabilitate The Divisive Star Wars Movie
Given the extreme essential and industrial success of Andor, there’s a temptation to return and forged Rogue One as a film that was just a bit too forward of its time.
Sadly, even with the backstory established by Andor including to Rogue One, the movie simply does not maintain up fairly in addition to followers would hope. The pacing continues to be uneven, there are loads of missed story alternatives, and there’s a bit an excessive amount of fan service.
Star Wars’ Subsequent TV Present Will Be Every little thing Rogue One Followers Have All the time Dreamed Of
Almost a decade after the discharge of Rogue One, followers of the Star Wars franchise’s first standalone film are about to get every part they’ve wished.
Nonetheless, as Andor undeniably proved, the characters and ideas created by Rogue One have life in them and are price exploring additional.
Followers can solely hope that Star Wars takes be aware of Andor’s success and makes use of that to tell the way it portrays Rogue One characters sooner or later. In the event that they do, then the Rogue One sequence of prequels might rank among the many greatest Star Wars comics revealed in Marvel historical past.
- Launch Date
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December 16, 2016
- Runtime
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133 Minutes
- Director
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Gareth Edwards
- Writers
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Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy
- Producers
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Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Tony To, Allison Shearmur
