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Star Wars Splash Page

Jeff McGee and Matt Moore

Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week"s comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.

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Episode #449 -- Ruina Imperii

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2025/05/07

It's a new era of Star Wars and Star Wars comic storytelling as Marvel debuts Star Wars (Vol. 4) #1 featuring the Original Trilogy characters in the aftermath of the Return of the Jedi and the Battle of Jakku maxi-series that focuses on the New Republic attempting to rebuild and restore the galaxy. But where there's hope, despair cannot be far behind.In Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #3 (of 5), Task Force 99 and Aurra Sing realize who's behind the mask and it's a devious foe in

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75:38

Episode #448 -- The Stand

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2025/04/30

A lot of Star Wars comics out this week from Marvel and Dark Horse, with the Battle of Eriadu taking center stage in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #17, The Battle of Eriadu one-shot and Fear of the Jedi #3 (of 5).Meanwhile, the Sequel trilogy gets its due with the first issue of Dark Horse's Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker, a four-issue mini-series centered on Poe Dameron, while Marvel's long-delayed but now publishing adaptation of 2019's The Rise of Skywalker barrels through its third

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Episode #447 -- Gonna Fly Now

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2025/04/27

Star Wars: Beyond Victory #1, a Star Wars Celebration Japan exclusive, serves as a prequel for the upcoming MetaQuest Star Wars: Beyond Victory -- A Mixed-Reality Playset.The one-shot, written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Steven Cummings, Will Sliney, Shogo Aoki, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC's Joe Caramagna, sets up the story of Volo Bolus, a podracer with an eye toward the prize and who draws the attention of now-disgraced racer Sebulba (yep, the one from The Phantom Menace).What follows is a

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Episode #446 -- Tokyo Radio

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2025/04/23

Star Wars Celebration Japan has come and gone and since there's no new Star Wars comics this week, we break down the key comics news that was made the semiannual event celebrating all thing Star Wars.One thing that was notable was convention-exclusive Star Wars: Beyond Victory #1 by Ethan Sacks, Steven Cummings, Will Sliney and Shogo Aoki, with a cover by Phil Noto. The one-shot was only available at the ILM/Meta booth at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. It serves as prequel story to the Meta Quest

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Episode #445 -- Lonely Boy

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2025/04/16

Kyio Ren in chains! A hutt triumphant! Or is it the opposite? Marvel's Legacy of Vader #3 continues the quest for clarity by the Supreme Leader of the First Order, but will it lead to only more confusion?Comics Discussed This Week:Legacy of Vader #3Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #2 (of 4)News: Star Wars Celebration Japan starts this week. Our predictions? Lots of books and comics. What sort of comics? Definitely something related to

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17:38

Episode #444 -- I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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2025/04/09

Atha Prime makes his debut in Marvel's Star Wars: Jedi Knights #2 as Yoda and Vetna Mooncrest explore a world that isn't what it seems, harboring a secret that could engulf the galaxy.Comics Discussed This Week:Jedi Knights #2Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars: Ahsoka #7 (of 8)News: Due out Jan. 6, 2026, is the volume one of the Star Wars (2025) series from Marvel collecting issues 1-6.Also due out Jan. 6? The four-issue Darth Maul: Black, White & Red mini-series, but

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37:27

Episode #443 -- Knock 'em Dead Kid

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2025/04/02

The Bad Batch continues the pursuit of its mysterious subject, one whom we learn -- if actions are any indication -- is a person not to be trifled with in the least. Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5) is a funny and action-laden installment that propels the five-issue mini-series ever onward and upward.Comics Discussed This Week:Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars: The

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Episode #442 -- Red Wine Supernova

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2025/03/26

It's all starting to converge for The High Republic as Keeve, Sskeer and the others take care of business on Naboo and head with great haste to Eriadu to help out the team there as The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #2 (of 5) meshes with the story in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures.In The Rise of Skywalker #2 (of 5), we get a deeper look into what's driving Kylo Ren and Rey as they clash with each other, with Chewie a casualty (or is he?)Comics Discussed This Week:The Rise of Skywalker

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32:21

Episode #441 -- Seen and Not Seen

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2025/03/19

Farazala Tarabal is carrying the weight of the Jedi and his own disturbing visions about the future upon his shoulders as the Battle of Eriadu increases in intensity and the Nihil put everything they have into play to eradicate the Tarkins, Jedi, resistance and more in the pages of Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #16.Comics Discussed This Week:The High Republic Adventures Phase III #16Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Star Wars: The Battle of

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34:09

Episode #440 -- Running in the Family

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2025/03/12

Kylo Ren reflects on his horrible, awful, no-good, pained childhood in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #2, one that features loving family, loving friends, everything he ever wanted and more as he strives to one-up the miserable existence of his grandfather, Anakin. Plus he encounters Gardulla the Hutt and finally gets a long-overdue comeuppance.The first Rec Room seems to have been a success. Or, rather, no one complained about it. So we've got another one this episode, with Jeff

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Episode #439 -- My Dark Disquiet

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2025/03/05

Marvel's Star Wars: Jedi Knights debuts and it's a case where the hype wasn't wrong. The series captures the Jedi Order before the events of the prequel trilogy, sporting a case of familiar faces, some new ones and a fair amount of intrigue. It's a superb debut and is going to be a fun read month in and month out.Dark Horse's long delayed first Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon original graphic novel has arrived and the creative team has weaved a truly unique story that melds flashbacks, callbacks to The

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24:04

Episode #438 -- Rise Above

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2025/02/26

It's been five years or so, but Marvel's adaptation of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker finally sees the light of day in an adaptation that, if the first issue is any indication, features extended and deleted scenes from the film. Scuppered by the pandemic and thought lost, we're not sure why it's finally being released, but we're wholly supportive of the move and managed to glean some intriguing tidbits.Comics Discussed This Week:The Rise of Skywalker adapation #1 (of 5)Star Wars Comics New to

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Episode #437 -- Into the Void

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2025/02/20

Marvel's The High Republic phase III returns with the first issue of Fear of the Jedi and it's a doozy. An expansive story that sets the stage for some intriguing developments through its five-issue run and, much to our joy, editor's notes throughout that refer not to just previous Marvel Comics, but those Dark Horse and even the books!The Ahsoka adaptation concludes with the eighth and final issue of the mini-series in a lavishly illustrated story that sees Ezra return home and Ahsoka and Sabine

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Episode #436 -- We Sing in Time

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2025/02/12

It's a Dark Horse kind of day as we break down the debut of the five-issue Hyperspace Stories -- The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents series, which hurls itself into immediate Clone Wars-era action and intrigue, with sparkling dialogue and fluid and flowing visuals.In The High Republic Adventures Phase III #15, Farzala fights for light and life, yet can't shake the feeling that the conflict with the Nihil on Eriadu could end quite badly for he and his comrades.Comics Discussed This Week:Hyperspace Stories --

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Episode #435 -- Haven't Got Time for the Pain

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2025/02/05

The first of Marvel's 2025 ongoing series debuts with Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #1, a book detailing how Kylo Ren (aka Ben Solo) grapples with being the First Order's supreme leader while still grappling with the self-loathing and resentment toward just about anyone and everyone. The series is set after the events of The Last Jedi and promises a layered examination of the complex character. Demand appears solid, given Marvel's announced a second printing for the issue, due out March 19.Comics

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Episode #434 -- Six Weeks

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2025/01/29

All the comics are out today. Ever.OK, not all of them, but there are six books out today, including four from Dark Horse Comics -- The High Republic Adventures Phase III #14, The HIgh Republic Adventures 2025 Annual, Echoes of Fear #4 (of 4) and Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #4 (of 4). Each book is key, with stories that pitch forward phase III of the The High Republic.From Marvel, Ewoks #4 (of 4) wraps up its love letter to not just Ewoks as creatures, but the cartoon, the television films

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Episode #433 -- Burial Ground

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2025/01/22

The battle endures and, ultimately, ends, but it takes awhile as Marvel's Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #4 (of 4) sets the stage for the New Republic later this year. Comics Discussed This Week:The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #4 (of 4)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:_ The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #2 (of 4)News: Alex Segura will write and Phil Noto illustrate Star Wars (Vol. 4) #1, which debuts on May 7 and is set in the New Republic era.Check out the

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Episode #432 -- The Last Splash

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2025/01/15

The battle begins, at least, in Marvel's Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #3 (of 4) as the rebels and imperials strive for their own last stand and Adelhard strikes. But not is all as it seems and a last-page reveal sets up a wild ending in the fourth and final issue of the maxi-series.Comics Discussed This Week:The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #3 (of 4)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Ahsoka #4 (of 8)Ewoks #1 (of 4)News: Dark Horse set to publish Star Wars: The High

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Episode #431 -- Where Were You Hiding? (When the...

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2025/01/08

Desperation and determination take hold in the pages of Marvel's Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #2 (of 4) as the rebels and imperials strive for their own last stand, while Moff Adelhard is poised to throw a spanner in the works ahead of the confrontation on Jakku.Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Echoes of Fear #4 (of 4) is supposed to be out today. The publisher even confirmed to us that it would be, yet we're doubtful, so we're holding off on a review of the issue until

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Episode #430 -- In the Year 2525

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2025/01/01

Sabine catches Ezra up with everything that's gone down since he vanished, while Hera faces the bureaucratic bumbling of the New Republic. Ahsoka emerges, Gandalf-like, to pursue her quest, in Star Wars: Ahsoka #7 (of 8). Comics Discussed This Week:Ahsoka #7 (of 8)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:Ahsoka #3 (of 8)News: Marvel will publish a new printing of a facsimile edition of 1977's Star Wars #1, along with a foil variant and a variant cover by Jerry Ordway. It's due out April

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