Dark Horse Comics produced more than 100 different Star Wars titles. It helped define the Old Republic era by adapting novels, and also helped define what used to be called the Expanded Universe. The publisher has been given the go-ahead to make Star Wars comics again.
These will be all-ages comics as opposed to the series targeted to teenagers and up, which includes Star Wars, Darth Vader, and Doctor Aphra. Dark Horse is taking over all-ages comics because of recent rumors that IDW might be losing control of the license, which would certainly explain why Dark Horse is now taking over all-ages comics. According to StarWars.com, the publisher's founder Mike Richardson sounds excited and not just because the company is going to make loads of money:
Dark Horse has a long history of publishing Star Wars comics and graphic novels. I have been a fan of Star Wars since I saw the original film 19 times. I am thrilled that Dark Horse will once again bring new stories to life from this incredible galaxy and I am not exaggerating when I say we can't wait to bring these new adventures to fans of every age.
The difference between Dark Horse's old titles and what it makes next is that Disney has declared everything to be in-canon when it rebooted the Star Wars universe's continuity ahead of the release of The Force Awakens 2015. The only Dark Horse Star Wars comic that made it to the new canon was a tie-in to the Clone Wars TV series called Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir.
The Dawn of the Jedi series, which was set 25,000 years in the franchise's past, and Legacy, which is 130 years after the original trilogy, are both from Dark Horse. The Star Wars, a 1974 draft of A New Hope, had Annikin Starkiller as the hero. The Infinities series told alternate versions of the original trilogy movies, like if the hero had frozen to death on Hoth.
Dark Horse will be publishing Star Wars comics in the spring of next year, focusing on stories from the High Republic era.
Wondering where our feed went? The new one can be picked up here.
