With the Star Wars comic license back in Marvel Comics’ hands again, they’re looking to bring out a lot of the works that were created over the last twenty years at Dark Horse as part of their new Epic Collection line. The first volume is being lined up now with The Empire Vol. 1. This collection will include:
- STAR WARS: REPUBLIC 78-80
- STAR WARS: PURGE 1,
- STAR WARS: PURGE — SECONDS TO DIE 1,
- STAR WARS: PURGE — THE HIDDEN BLADE 1,
- STAR WARS: PURGE — THE TYRANT’S FIST 1-2,
- STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND 1-5,
- STAR WARS: DARK TIMES 1-5
“We’re thrilled to be bringing our innovative Epic Collections to a galaxy far, far away,” says Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel. “We’ll be bouncing around to different periods of Star Wars history with each Epic Collection, constructing one huge tapestry, collecting full unbroken runs of all the greatest Star Wars comics from the past 35 years.”
Plot concept: Let the dark times begin! Marvel welcomes Star Wars to the Epic Collection program, with this first volume of a series focusing on the years that follow Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith! After the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic has fallen and Palpatine exerts his ruthless grip on his new Galactic Empire. Now, the few Jedi that remain must decide whether to hold true to their faith, or abandon it completely in the face of a brutal purge — one carried out by the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Rise, Darth Vader!
AUTHOR: JOHN OSTRANDER, RANDY STRADLEY, HADEN BLACKMAN, ALEXANDER FREED
ARTIST: LUKE ROSS , DOUGLAS WHEATLEY, JIM HALL, CHRIS SCALF, MARCO CASTIELLO, ANDREA CHELLA, RICK LEONARDI
