Star Wars to end with issue 75, gets spinoff with One-shot Empire Ascendant

Here’s a look at the cover for Star Wars: Empire Ascendant # 1 which will be part of the end of Marvel’s current Star Wars book.

Star Wars: Empire Ascendant #1 finds the Rebel Alliance — Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo among them — building up Echo Base on the ice planet of Hoth while Darth Vader tries to locate the headquarters in vain. In addition to acting as an epilogue to the Star Wars flagship comic run, which followed the continuing adventures of our heroes after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, the special one-shot will also address the fates of Doctor Aphra and Beilert Valancer Wars: Empire Ascendant #1 finds the Rebel Alliance — Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo among them — building up Echo Base on the ice planet of Hoth while Darth Vader tries to locate the headquarters in vain. In addition to acting as an epilogue to the Star Wars flagship comic run, which followed the continuing adventures of our heroes after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, the special one-shot will also address the fates of Doctor Aphra and Beilert Valance.

So yeah. It looks like the long running monthly will be ending on a high note with this one shot and will also make good with their word that the story will be set between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, which is also why the last story arc is called as such.

Empire Ascendant comes to store December 2019.