The future of ‘Star Wars’ publishing includes Leia, Luv and Jar Jar Binks

At New York Comic Con today, Lucasfilm lifted the lid on a bunch of films New books and comics Coming from a galaxy far, far away, including an all-new story Rey and Leah It is set during the height of the sequel trilogy era.

legacywritten by Madeleine Rowe, will bring together a young Jedi and a descendant of the Skywalker family in a story set shortly after the events of… The last jediWhile the duo goes on a mission to repair Ray’s damaged lightsaber. Regretting the death of Luke Skywalker and the seemingly final embrace of the Dark Side by Kylo Ren, the new master and apprentice find themselves headed to the planet Tython and an ancient Jedi temple for answers to the way forward – and are forced to go through a trial by fire when the First Order is hot in their path and intends to extinguish the Jedi’s light from The galaxy once and for all.

but legacy It wasn’t the only new announcement at the panel. star wars You will receive her first novel explicitly marketed as a love story: Eyes like stars. It will be penned by Ashley Poston, but nothing else has been revealed about the new YA book, due out in the summer of 2026, outside of a year and a half in advance. The force awakens.

Other featured book announcements included a new look at The Art of Star Wars: Andorwhich has received a newly updated cover (scheduled for release in May 2026), as well as a series of The Mandalorian– Activity books for children with specific themes, such as sticker and coloring books, in addition to a rhyming board book called You’re my little Grogu!

On the comics front, Marvel has given us the first look at the covers for the upcoming issues in its ongoing series Jedi Knights and Vader’s legacy series, but it made a surprising new announcement: a comedic take on Jar Jar Binks that will bring together the manic Gunjan and Ahmed Best. last big star wars a personalityJedi Master Killeran Peak. It was co-written by Best himself alongside Jedi KnightsMarc Guggenheim’s indie comic will be released on February 11, 2026.

Elsewhere in the comics, it links to the upcoming release of Star Wars: Visions“Volume ThreeViz Media has announced its latest product Visions manga, Tsukumo. Created by the creative team behind the smash hit Ultraman The manga (which was the source material for Netflix animated series), Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, the manga will follow a new masked Jedi in the wake of Order 66 as he follows two droids to the mysterious “Droid Paradise” while being pursued by the rising Empire. It is scheduled to hit shelves on July 14, 2026.

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