New STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER Comic Book Will Explore More of Kylo Ren's Story
“Show me again, the power of the darkness, and I will let nothing stand in our way…”
Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm have announced a new comic book series titled Star Wars: Legacy of Vader, and it will continue to explore Kylo Ren, because I guess there are fans out there who are still interested in that villain.
The story “begins with a journey to Mustafar, where Ren will descend into Vader’s castle. Later issues will take Kylo to the familiar sands of Tatooine as he tries to unlock the secrets of his family’s past.”
The comic will be written by Charles Soule (Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren and Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith).
Soule said in an interview with StarWars.com: “When fans talk to me about my Star Wars work, two of my Marvel comic runs come up more than almost anything else: my 2017 run on Darth Vader with Giuseppe Camuncoli and my 2019 series The Rise of Kylo Ren with Will Sliney.
“I think both of those worked so well in part because they were set in parts of the Star Wars timeline full of unanswered questions about characters the audience really loves. This new series is not just a combination of those two books, but also a chance to explore an extremely rich section of the timeline that's almost entirely open: Kylo Ren's time as Supreme Leader of the First Order.
“Set between the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Legacy of Vader revisits Kylo’s enduring connection to his maternal grandfather, the Empire’s enforcer Darth Vader, and further explores how the events of Vader’s past guide Kylo’s choices as he leads the First Order.”
“Kylo is truly lost at this particular moment. In a very short span of time, he's faced two of his most significant mentors in combat (one of whom is his uncle), killed his own father, almost killed his mother, stolen control of a galaxy-level military that he has no idea how he'll use, and of course, found a deep connection with another Force-user named Rey.
“All of that is swirling around in his emotional matrix, making him deeply unstable, angry, frustrated... dangerous. He's looking for any form of guidance he can get — even if he won't admit it — and so he turns to just about the only thing he's got left, the legacy of his grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Vader.”
You can check out a preview of the comic below featuring art by Luke Ross, who worked on Star Wars: Darth Vader and War of the Bounty Hunters. I’ve also included cover art by Derrick Chew and a variant cover by Annie Wu.
