Star Wars (2015 comic book)

Star Wars
Issue #1 cover (January 2015)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	January 2015 – present
No. of issues	75 + Annuals #1-4 (2015) 47 (2020)
Creative team
Written by	Jason Aaron (2015–2017) Kieron Gillen (2017–2019) Greg Pak (2019) Charles Soule (2020–present)
Artist(s)	John Cassaday (#1–6) Simone Bianchi (#7) Stuart Immonen (#8–12) Mike Deodato (#13–14) Mike Mayhew (#15, #20) Leinil Francis Yu (#16–19) Jorge Molina (#21–25) Salvador Larroca (#26–55) Angel Unzueta (#56–60, #63–67) Andrea Broccardo (#61–62) Phil Noto (#68–75) Jesus Saiz (2020 #1–)
Collected editions
Skywalker Strikes	ISBN 0-7851-9213-1
Showdown on the Smuggler's Moon	ISBN 0-7851-9214-X
Vader Down	ISBN 0-7851-9789-3
Rebel Jail	ISBN 0-7851-9983-7
Last Flight of the Harbinger	ISBN 0-7851-9984-5
Yoda's Secret War	ISBN 1-3029-0265-2
The Screaming Citadel	ISBN 1-3029-0678-X
Out Among the Stars	ISBN 1-3029-0553-8
The Ashes of Jedha	ISBN 1-3029-1052-3
Mutiny at Mon Cala	ISBN 1-3029-1053-1
Hope Dies	ISBN 1-3029-1054-X
The Escape	ISBN 1-3029-1449-9
The Scourging of Shu-Torun	ISBN 1-3029-1450-2
Rebels and Rogues	ISBN 1-3029-1451-0
Rogues and Rebels	ISBN 1-3029-2168-1

Star Wars is an ongoing Star Wars comic series published by Marvel Comics since January 14, 2015. Originally written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday, it is set between the 1977 film Star Wars and its 1980 sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, much like the previous comic published in 2013 by Dark Horse Comics. The series features classic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. It was one of three new Star Wars comics by Marvel announced in July 2014, along with Darth Vader and the limited series Princess Leia.

It marks the return of the Star Wars license to Marvel Comics, and the first instance of the latter publishing the former's material since the original comic book adaptation back in 1977, as well as its adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980-to-1981, before the rights were sold to Dark Horse Comics in 1991-to-2014, until The Walt Disney Company bought out Lucasfilm and its subsidiaries in 2012 (having bought out Marvel Entertainment the year prior) and Dark Horse relinquished the rights back to Marvel in 2015 (but not before publishing their final title with the license, Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir). However, in 2022, Lucasfilm and Marvel would enact a dual distribution deal with both IDW Publishing and Dark Horse Comics to publish new Star Wars comic series again.

In 2017, Aaron stepped down as the comic's writer and was replaced by Kieron Gillen, while the art was taken over by Salvador Larroca. In 2019, Marvel announced that the series will be finished after 75 issues. The series was relaunched with issue #1 on January 1, 2020, continuing the story after the events of The Empire Strikes Back, written by Charles Soule with art by Jesus Saiz.