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February was an interesting month. While it only had a handful of comics, each week kicked off a new series. March continues these ongoing miniseries along with adding new books, comics, and trade paperbacks. And there's a little bit of Star Wars Legends peppered in as well! Let's get to it.

Here are all the new Star Wars books and comics for March 2025.

March 4, 2025

Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon by George Mann, Andrea Mutti, and Michael Cho (Graphic Novel)

March 5, 2025

Jedi Knights #1 by Marc Guggenheim, Madibek Musabekov, and Rahzzah (Comic Book)

March 11, 2025

Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition written by Simon Beecroft, Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, James Luceno, Kristin Lund, and Emily Shkoukani with illustrations and maps by Richard Chasemore, Maxim Degtyarev, Hans Jenssen, Sofian Moumene, John Mullaney, and Kemp Remillard (Reference Book)

March 12, 2025

Legacy of Vader #2 by Charles Soule, Luke Ross, and Derrick Chew (Comic Book)

March 19, 2025

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The smaller month with big titles continues as the next big series kicking off in February is here! There might only be a handful of books this month, but each week has a new series starting, making it quite the eventful time. Today, we see the return of Clone Force 99 as well as the Battle of Eriadu heat up in The High Republic. Let's get started!

This Week in Star Wars Comics is The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1 and The High Republic Adventures #15!

Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1

The Bad Batch is back for a new mission. Set during the Clone Wars, the group must find a Separatist agent wrecking havoc around Coruscant. Chasing the thief, the Batch head out on a whirlwind adventure. We also know from a recent announcement that this miniseries will see the return of Asajj Ventress, setting up the events of Season 3 of the show.

Buckle up because this is the biggest week in December. With multiple entries from The High Republic, many of them from Daniel José Older (who should get a well-deserved nap!), and peeks into the ongoing miniseries, there is a lot to get to!

This Week in Star Wars Comics, we have The High Republic Wedding Spectacular, Ewoks, Ahsoka, and more!

The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular

The wedding of Zeen Mrala and Lula Talisola is by far the highlight of the week. After years of storytelling, these two women are finally tying the knot in a mega issue for the ages. It's been confirmed that multiple fan-favorite characters from The High Republic Adventures series will show up for the event. This issue is not one to be missed!

The High Republic Adventures Phase III - The Wedding Spectacular is written by Daniel José Older, and the...

2024 is coming to an end. That doesn't mean that it's a quiet month for Star Wars books and comics. There is still an ongoing comic book event with The Battle of Jakku maxiseries. The book side of the month is a bit quieter, but the major new edition from The High Republic is still crashing in the first week.

Here are all the new Star Wars books and comics for December 2024

December 3, 2024

The High Republic: Tempest Breaker by Cavan Scott and Katerina Belikova (Audio drama)

Someone Who Loves You by Beth Revis and Sophie Li (Young Reader Picture Book)

Star Wars Vol. 9: The Path of Light by Charles Soule (Trade Paperback)

December 4, 2024

Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege #3 by Alex Segura, Stefano Raffaele, and Alex Sinclair (Comic Book)

December 11, 2024

Battle of Jakku — Republic Under Siege #4 by Alex Segura and Stefano Raffaele (Comic Book)

December 17, 2024

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol.

We've reached the mid-September. The weather is starting to change. Pumpkin spice flavors are rolling out. The leaves are turning colors. The Sith Lords are duking it out on Exegol. You know, just September things.

A second mainline series comes to an end this month, so let's dive into another edition of This Week in Star Wars Comics!

Darth Vader #50

The final issue of the 2020 run of Darth Vader caps off with issue #50. All the players are here as Vader has accumulated a grand amount of power to take on Emperor Palpatine. The fates of the series' players from Ochi of Bestoon, Sabe, Sly Moore, and more will be revealed. There is also a story about Sith Leia, as reported via Marvel.com, that's illustrated by Luke Ross. This is not one to miss! Greg Pak wrote Darth Vader #50, and along with Ross, it's illustrated by Raffaele Ienco, Paul Fry, and Adam Gorham.

Dexter Jettster from Star Wars had a centuries-long pirate past before becoming close friends with Maz Kanata and the Jedi. The High Republic era reveals Dex's adventurous backstory, making his friendship with Obi-Wan Kenobi more meaningful. Dex's connection to Maz Kanata and the Jedi showcases the depth of storytelling in redefining beloved Star Wars characters.

In the Star Wars galaxy, it seems that everyone has a complex backstory but the fan-favorite Dexter Jettster has a backstory that a lot of viewers have seemed to miss. First introduced in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Dexter Jettster served as Obi-Wan Kenobi's informant and longtime friend, whom Obi-Wan goes to for advice. Owning a diner in the 'CoCo Town' neighborhood of the Galactic Republic's capital planet of Coruscant, Dexter was always a unique and appreciated character - whose lore has spread to a surprising place.

Starting in 2021, The High...

Warning: contains a preview for Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #5!A new preview of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #5 issues a challenge to the Jedi, questioning whether they actually stick to the famous principles of their Order. Considering how ingrained these ideas have become, it's surprising how something as core to the Jedi identity as lightsabers could betray them.

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #5 has the creative team of Daniel José Older, Toni Bruno, and Michael Atiyeh. The story has been following Savina "Sav" Malagán, a Jedi Padawan who is torn between the Jedi Order and her life among pirates with Maz Kanata. As a result, she has been undercover and struggling to figure out who she will be. Nonetheless, she is currently trying to save the Republic while allied with Maz. However, the teachings she is learning seem to conflict with reality, as seen in a...

Spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1 ahead!As Mace Windu has proven, only the coolest Jedi get to wield a purple lightsaber in Star Wars, but now the High Republic era has introduced another Jedi worthy of carrying one.

Things were much different in the galaxy during the High Republic era, which is set centuries before the prequel trilogy. The Jedi Order was thriving and in full swing, protecting the galaxy as well as exploring it. However, just because it did a good job recruiting and training young Force-sensitive kids, doesn't mean those kids would stop from being mischievous. Padawan Sav Malagan felt such an urge to strike out on her own that she snuck out of her quarters to hang out at Maz Kanata's castle.

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In Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1 by Daniel José Older,...

Warning: this post contains a Preview for Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #2!Screen Rant is excited to share a new preview of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #2, kicking off a pirate war between Maz Kanata's crew and her rivals hundreds of years before her debut in The Force Awakens. Having been the Pirate Queen of Takodana as far back as the High Republic era (if not earlier), this new series has revealed that Maz won her fortress and authority on Takodana after conning a Geonosian known as Arkik Von out of the score. However, it looks as though Arkik is looking for some major payback against Maz and her crew, which includes an undercover Jedi Padawan seeking a pirate's life of adventure.

In the first issue of The High Republic Adventures, Jedi Padawan Sav Malagán sneaks out of the Jedi Temple on Takodana to enjoy the night-life at Maz's castle,...

Warning! Spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1 ahead!Maz Kanata has been one of the more mysterious characters to have been introduced into Star Wars lore in recent years, but a new comic might be breaking down some of that mystery.

Maz Kanata was first introduced in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, where she owns a castle that was essentially a stand-in for Mos Eisley's cantina. She came off as a very wise and experienced individual with a very non-intimidating physical presence. However, the importance of her character exploded when she revealed that she somehow had Anakin Skywalker's old lightsaber. She even gave it to Rey, thus triggering the movie's climactic final battle in the woods of Starkiller Base.

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More about Maz Kanata's past has now been revealed in Star Wars: The High...

This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic #1.Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones introduced viewers to Dexter Jettster, an old friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi - who has apparently been helping Jedi for centuries. Star Wars has always been a transmedia franchise - the first tie-in novel, Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye, was published back in 1978, before the release of The Empire Strikes Back. It's no surprise, then, that Star Wars is giving Obi-Wan Kenobi's prequel era informant - the four-armed Besalisk named Dexter Jettster - a backstory.

Kiersten White's novel Padawan reccently revealed the first meeting between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Dex. They first crossed paths when Obi-Wan was just a Padawan, when Dex was participating in a mining mission on the living world of Lenahra. Though neither realized it at the time, the whole mining program was actually a...