STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER Comic Book Series Will Fill In Some Big Gaps In Kylo Ren's Story

STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER Comic Book Series Will Fill In Some Big Gaps In Kylo Ren's Story

It's been a long time coming, but a new Marvel Comics series will fill in some of the gaps between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker by shifting the focus to Kylo Ren's connection to Darth Vader...

By JoshWilding - Oct 25, 2024 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

Star Wars: The Force Awakens left fans with many unanswered questions, and filmmaker Rian Johnson's decision to turn many of J.J. Abrams' ideas on their head caused a lot of problems.

Abrams' attempt to course correct The Last Jedi with The Rise of Skywalker - Rey's parents went from somebodies to nobodies to...Emperor Palpatine?! - also didn't stick the landing.

The closest we've come to filling in the gaps between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, meanwhile, are Disney+ TV shows like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. Even then, they're sticking closer to Episode VI than Episode VII

Well, as we first reported on SFFGazette.com, we'll finally learn more about some of the gaps in Kylo Ren's past (and how Darth Vader connects to his transformation into Supreme Leader) with a new Star Wars: Legacy of Vader comic book from Marvel. 

Written by Charles Soule, who previously penned Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren and Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith, the story begins with a journey to Mustafar, where Ren will descend into Vader’s castle. Later issues promise to take Kylo to the familiar sands of Tatooine as he tries to unlock the secrets of his family's past.

"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," Soule tells StarWars.com. "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."

The comic will beet between the events of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, revisiting Kylo's connection to his maternal grandfather, Darth Vader, and promises to better explore 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," Soule adds.

"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."

Check out the cover and some interior artwork for Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #1 below. 

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Darth Vader’s shadow extends into the rise of the First Order!

- The reign of Supreme Leader Kylo Ren begins!
- Kylo’s dark obsession leads him to Mustafar!
- What secrets does Fortress Vader hold for the young tyrant?
- And what face from the past will guide him on his quest?

STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER #1
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art by LUKE ROSS
Cover by DERRICK CHEW
On Sale 2/5/25

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BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 10/25/2024, 4:58 AM
Such a shit character 😅
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/25/2024, 6:53 AM
@TheClungerine -

You got that right Napolean.
NodrickStripson
NodrickStripson - 10/25/2024, 5:27 AM
If this was really that great it would’ve been made into a movie.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 10/25/2024, 5:52 AM
Kinda want to read this. I loved kylo as a character but he was so underdeveloped.
IronSpider101
IronSpider101 - 10/25/2024, 6:35 AM
Cool concept for a character, but he never has an ounce of dimension. That's the real problem with the sequel trilogy. As bad as you can ding the performances in the prequel trilogy, each character was memorable and had a well established personal stake in the story. The only one of the new characters that gets any dimension is Poe, and it's unfortunately because they make him a complete asshole in TLJ.

I bet people wouldn't even be as bothered by what Luke did in TLJ if we actually knew anything about Kylo/Ben prior to all of this. Luke acting out of character is made worse by the fact that we don't ever even get to see the side of Ben that was causing him, Han and Leia worry.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 10/25/2024, 6:58 AM

Oh well. A comic is easy to ignore.

I prefer to avoid something that might give me flashbacks to that horrible legacy destroying soul crushing last trilogy.

But that's just me.

Right after one of you time travelers goes back and bumps off baby Hitler, could you please stop on the way back to get rid of baby JJ Abrams? Thank you.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/25/2024, 7:35 AM
Marvel go back to past movie characters make comic out of them they run out of ideas but late should have happened after movie not years later after movie
LilJimmy
LilJimmy - 10/25/2024, 9:08 AM
The films ended after Episode 6.
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 10/25/2024, 12:47 PM
I once love that hoodie kylo ren in the force awakens. It was actually great design IMO. i remember anticipating about him in 2015. i wish we had him in his helmet on for the rest of the trilogy.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 10/27/2024, 4:47 AM
@Gabimaru - He wore the helmet again in Rise of Skywalker.

So technically we've had him with this look for 2/3's of the sequel trilogy. Can't complain.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 10/25/2024, 8:27 PM
As long as they don't do anything retarded like putting Luke, Han and Leia in a panel together.

Nobody wanted to see that shit.

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