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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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Splash Pages is a weekly comic book club discussing pivotable moments in comic book history, you can join the discussion live or on our boards in Facebook or Discord.
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The Ewoks mini-series takes a decidely welcome turn toward Wicket in the second issue, as the story branches off in a new way that we found quite stirring. Comics Discussed This Week: Ewoks #2 (of 4) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: The High Republic Phase III #10 Inquisitors #2 (of 4) News: We're slowly but steadily migrating to…
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The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising mini-series concludes with its fourth and final issue, yet sets up the next four-issue tale -- Republic Under Seige -- quite nicely. So far the only thing that's left us baffled is simply this: Who is that Azanti on the covers of issues 2 and 3? In Ahsoka #5, the fifth episode of the Disney+ show is adapted …
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The High Republic's pirates are back and in business in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11, while in The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #3 (of 4), the Rebel infilatration squad gets a lot closer to Moff Adelhard than perhaps they had intended. Comics Discussed This Week: The High Republic Adventures Phase III…
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No new comics out this week, but plenty of news out of New York Comic Con from Oct. 17-21, including word that Poe Dameron is returning to comics via Dark Horse, Marc Guggenheim and Madibek Musabekov will have a new monthly from Marvel featuring Jedi knights set before the events of The Phantom Menace and plenty of hype about the Battle of Eriadu t…
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We're taking a step back from our usual coverage of Star Wars comics to interview Bryan Reheil, a writer whose three-issue limited series from Scout Comics -- Milk Run -- debuts on Nov. 27. It's a great story, set in Philadelphia, about Zack Morgan who can create a portal that takes him as far back as 10 years in the past, something he uses to buy …
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The now-victorious Rebel Alliance is putting together a team of operatives to try and figure out how to neutralize Moff Adelhard, while Luke Skywalker quests for a key Jedi relic that fans of the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II might be familiar with. Oh, if you're a fan of the Star Wars: Resistance TV show, The Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency R…
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Plenty of tales from The High Republic this week, with Dark Horse's Saber for Hire #4 (of 4), Echoes of Fear #2 (of 4) and Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #1 (of 4), while Marvel released Ahsoka #4 (of 8) and the debut of the four-issue Ewoks mini-series. Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #4 (of 8) (6:17) The High Republic Adventures -- Saber f…
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The post-Original Trilogy era takes root in Marvel's Star Wars comics this week with the launch of the 12-issue The Battle of Jakku maxi-series, a sprawling run that's poised to bridge the gap between the just concluded Star Wars and Darth Vader runs with whatever's due to come out in February, and does so in a dramatic, if not menacing fashion. In…
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Sabine Wren restarts her training with Ahsoka as the search for Thrawn and Ezra continues in the lavishly illustrated third issue of the eight-issue TV show adaptation. Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #3 (of 8) (7:46) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Jango Fett #4 (of 4) News: Based on Dark Horse Comics' January solicits, The …
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Marvel brings the Original Trilogy era run of Star Wars comics to an end in the pages of Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #50, a weighty issue that not only ties up the recent storyline, but sets some key characters up for the future, particularly Sabé, as readers realize just how much of a hold Palpatine still has over Anakin Skywalker. In Dark Horse Comics' …
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The Original Trilogy era of Marvel's Star Wars begins it's two-part ending, with the release of Star Wars (Vol. 3) #50, a sprawling yet tight meditation on what it takes to ensure victory and the lengths that some will consider going to attain it. Writer Charles Soule concludes his 50-issue run -- an accomplishment in its own right -- that sets the…
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This is quite a week for masterful storytelling in Star Wars comics, with The High Republic Adventures Phase III Crash and Burn delivering a juggernaut of a story that meshes splendidly with events in The High Republic Adventures. In Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4), Sith legend and lore mix with The High Republic-era Jedi as mystery deepens in the hunt to…
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Just one Star Wars comic is out this week and it's the very solid adaptation of Star Wars: Ahsoka episode No. 2. Though there's no behind-the-scenes peeks or added detail, the issue is, as adaptations, go, top notch from start to finish. Comics Discussed This Week: Ahsoka #2 (of 8) (6:45) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Star War…
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The Tarkin name looms large in this week's Star Wars comics, with Wilhuff's long-dead ancestors playing a central role in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9 as the Nihil envelope Eriadu. In Star Wars (Vol. 3) #49, Zhara seeks redemption by following her mentor as Leia Organa reaffirms her steadfast resolve to not only see the Rebellion onto …
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The third volume of Darth Vader nears its conclusion with #49 setting the stage for Luke's latest confrontation with Darth Vader as Sith and Jedi and Empire and Rebellion seemingly align for a common goal. Comics Discussed This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #49 (13:28) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #46 The Hi…
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Three new Star Wars comics are out today and we've got them all broken down, page by page, with some piercing analysis. Or do we? Proposals are made in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 from Dark Horse, while in Inquisitors #2, Fifth Brother and Tensu Run square off. Marvel's The HIgh Republic Phase III comes to a temporary end with issue #…
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When a Sith apprentice comes to your tourist-trap town, it's best to give them a wide berth and let them find their balance, while offering them an abundance of peace and quiet. To do otherwise is folly, as Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #4 explains in explicit details. Comics Discussed This Week: Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #4 (of 4) (13:42) St…
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Luke is tested by Sabé in Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 while Vader is tested by the architect of the Schism Imperial as a showdown between father and soon is seemingly stalled. Comics Discussed This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 (16:50) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Mace Windu #3 (of 4) News: Starting in October, Marvel will thre…
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The weight of an entire galaxy brings its crushing weight upon the shoulders of "Princess Senator General Leia Organa of Alderaan" in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #48, yet it's the memories of home -- its people and places -- that offers hope as longtime friends arrive to help alieve the burden, along with a nemesis from the past. Comics Discussed This Week:…
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Rodney Barnes returns to Star Wars comics with his second series this year, adaptating the Ahoska Disney+ TV show. Though it, like the prior Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi adaptations, is a word-for-word telling of the series, the artwork by Steven Cummings, Wayne Faucher and Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by VC's Travis Lanham makes this issue, in…
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Rodney Barnes is back in Star Wars, with free rein to script the Inquisitors story and the result after the first issue is stupendous. The issue also features the return of artist Ramon Rosanas and he has been very much missed. What follows is a look inside the Grand Inquisitor and what is to come, not to mention a plethora of new Jedi. In the penu…
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Ty Yorrick is picking up enough sidekicks to form her own Jedi Order, while Drewen realizes he may have bitten off quite a bit more than he can chew as Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Saber for Hire #3 sets the mini-series up for its conclusion. In Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #3, Maul appears to be questioning not his devotion to th…
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Fights are fought, plans come together and plots are revealed in Jango Fett #4 (of 4), as the mini-series sticks the landing while auguring more tales to come and revealing the first instances of Palpatine's plot to discredit Chancellor Valorum. Comics Discussed This Week: Jango Fett #4 (of 4) (5:29) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This We…
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Nine years to the day we released the first episode of this podcast, we've reached the fabled No. 400 and drill down deep into Marvel's Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #47 as Luke Skywalker feels his father's looming presence and encounters one who knew his parents. Comics Discussed This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #47 (5:29) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unl…
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The trial of Lando Calrissian comes to its conclusion, amid some heartfelt testimony and, dare we say it, potential clues to the next volume of the flagship Star Wars title in issue #47. In The High Republic Phase III #8, seeds are planted for what's likely to be a wildly chaotic conclusion to the 10-issue maxi-series. Comics Discussed This Week: T…
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Four books are out this week, including the return of a character from the Bounty Hunters series in Jango Fett #3, while The High Republic features a double dose of stories -- Saber for Hire #2 and The High Republic Adventures #6 -- and Darth Maul contends with another Palpatine-decreed threat (or is it?) in Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2. Comic…
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Lando reaches a pivotal point in not just his court martial, but his thinking as readers are treated to a new look at the steely determination of Mon Mothma in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #46. Comics Discussed This Week: Star Wars #46 (10:11) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #43 News: Some slight delays for Dark Horse…
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The four-issue Mace Windu mini-series comes to a solid conclusion, with what we hope might be the chance for another outing, given the final page of the issue. Comics Discussed This Week: Mace Windu #4 (of 4) (12:55) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Mace Windu #1 (of 4) Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation #5 (of 6) News: Dark Horse is set …
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In The High Republic Phase III #7, Keeve Trennis comes to a startling realization even as Lourna Dee has ... a heart? In Darth Vader #46, readers are taken to Exegol and it's quite the ride with implications derived from the Sequel Trilogy. We also take a quick run through both of the Star Wars Free Comic Book Day 2024 issues. Comics Discussed This…
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Fittingly time, Marvel's The Phantom Menace Anniversary Special #1 (it's a one-shot) is out this week just ahead of Star Wars Day. It provides a satisfying look at the 1999 film, showing us key parts of the story that were only alluded to in the movie. Greg Pak, Will Sliney, Guru e-FX and VC's Joe Caramagna deliver a solidly entertaining -- and inf…
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Zeen and Lula reach a milestone decision in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5, as the first arc of the comic comes to an end, yet sets up what's likely to be a dynamic run through issues 6-10. In Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), the Sith apprentice contends with an almost Lovecraftian-like horror and inner…
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Ty Yorrick (and Drewen) return in a Phase III-set story from Cavan Scott and Rachael in The High Republic Adventures: Saber for Hire #1 (of 4) that features a charming parallel story featuring Kip and Jom that has, to us, some ominous foreshadowing. In Mace Windu #3 (of 4), we're treated to a side of the Jedi we've not really seen much of: Idealist…
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The adaptation of Thrawn Alliances ends with a cliffhanger and what's surely to be another four-issue mini-series collecting the second half of the Timothy Zahn novel. In Darth Vader #45, Enric Pryde proves his mettle -- and loyalty -- to Vader, despite his fellow Schism Imperial members' bewilderment. Finally, The High Republic travels to Phase II…
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The trial of Lando Calrissian finds the charming con man facing down his past, while plotting his present and future, as he settles comfortably into his new role -- not facade -- as a Rebel in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #45. Comics Discussed This Week: Star Wars (Vol. 3) #45 (14:06) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: Dark Droids #5 (of 5) …
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Crash is back, with Ruu along for the jump in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing one-shot, while the adaptation of Obi-Wan Kenobi concludes its six-issue run. Comics Discussed This Week: Obi-Wan Kenobi #6 (of 6) (27:07) The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing (48:06) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: …
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We open with a remembrance by Jeff of singer/songwriter Michael Knott, an artist who had an outsized influence on him. It's a touching tribute and worth your time. Then we break down the latest Star Wars comics news (8:45) and dive into Thrawn Alliances #3, Star Wars Visions: Takashi Okazaki #1, The High Republic Phase III #5 and last, but not leas…
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The prison-ship break begins in earnest in Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4, an issue filled with several jaw-dropping surprises. In Darth Vader #44, an Imperial survivor of Dark Droids learns how to balance what's right and what's wrong, provided you stay on Vader's good side. Mace Windu #2 (of 4) expands on the titular jedi'…
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Jedi Keeve Trennis and Terec and Ceret have taken matters into their own hands, bringing the captive Lourna Dee with them as they plunge into the Occlusion Zone in a bid to find Sskeer. But does Sskeer even want to be found? The High Republic #4 is laden with surprises and reveals. In Star Wars #44, Lando Calrissian goes on trial for treason and ot…
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Thrawn and Anakin have not only walked into a bar but nearly leveled the joint and either drove everyone out of it or left them supine and not in a good way. Such is Thrawn Alliances #2 (of 4), a rigorously faithful adaptation of the novel. Comics Discussed This Week: Thrawn Alliances #2 (of 4) #43 (4:13) Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited Th…
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A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #3 as Lula recounts her adventures when she didn't know who she was. Everything's gone green in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #43 as Luke Skywalker returns to what may, or may not, be an ancient Sith compound, as he strives to heal a red khyber crystal and, perhaps, le…
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A familiar face returns in the pages of Dark Horse's The High Republic Adventures Phase III #3 as Lula recounts her adventures when she didn't know who she was. In Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #43, the Imperial Schism sets about its work of creating a schism in the empire as the Dark Lord utilizes lessons learned from the Dark Droids event amid befriending…
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Mace Windu gets a second mini-series, with the first issue of four off to a rollicking start as he tracks down someone who has a new type of coaxium -- and the formula to create more -- before the crime syndicates can. Obi-Wan Kenobi #5 zeroes in on Riva's efforts to make Anakin pay for what he did at the temple, as Obi-Wan tries to enlist her help…
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Doctor Aphra concludes its second volume with its 40th issue, but is it truly the end for Doctor Aphra? What will become of those she leaves behind, including Sana Starros and Magna Tolvan, not to mention Just Lucky and Ariole, as well as the murder droids 0-0-0 and BT-1? Comics Discussed This Week: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #40 (4:41) Star Wars Comics…
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The adaptation of Timothy Zahn's 2018 novel, Thrawn: Aliances, begins its four-issue run with an amazingly robust first issue penned by Jody Houser and Zahn, with art by Pat Olliffe and Andrea Di Vito, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg and Letters by Travis Lanham. There's some whipsawing between the present and past and the action and cold logic flows …
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Bounty Hunters ended on Jan. 17 with issue #42. It Marked more than four years of stories in the seedy underbelly of the Star Wars galaxy and all of them were written by Ethan Sacks, from the first preview in Empire Ascendent back in December 2019 to the final issue of the series. We broke down how the series came about, its high (and low) points a…
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More than four years after its presence in the Empire Ascendent one-shot, Bounty Hunters concludes its 42-issue run with a defty-composed goodbye and an ending that may surprise, even shock, members of Valance Nation. Keeve Trennis and Terec and Ceret and take matters into their own hands as they make an unsanctioned move to barrel into Nihil terri…
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Luke locates a recent friend to help him crack the mystery of his red kyber crystal and returns to a Sith lair in Star Wars (Vol. 3) #42. The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 brings the adaptation to a close, with Luke again proving to be the mystery Jedi who felt Grogu in the force. Comics Discussed This Week: The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 (of 4) (1:31) Star…
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Marchion Ro takes center stage in The High Republic -- Shadows of Starlight #4 (of 4), as the charismatic narcissist deals with the ramifications of the Nihil victory and the vexing burden of governance. In Darth Vader #42, the Schism Imperial emerges from the shadows, with an offer for Vader that's underlined by the cogs that keep the Empire runni…
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The Dark Droids event concludes in Dark Droids #5 with an ending that coud portend dire circumstances for the timeline beyond the events of Return of the Jedi. In Star Wars #41, Lando faces a reckoning, setting up a key storyline that will begin with issue #44 in March and making that reference in last week's Revelations one-shot far more salient. …
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A tender side arises in the pages of Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #39 in an ending that made us proclam: "Dammit, Alyssa!" In Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #41, the Dark Droids event coalesces nicely into the foundational character building that Greg Pak has been doing since the first issue. The High Republic Phase III #2 (of 10) sees Keeve Trennis deftly balance …
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