Star Wars: Legacy

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Star Wars: Legacy

Cover of issue 0
Cover Art by Jan Duursema
Publication information
Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Format Ongoing series
Genre
    Publication date June 2006 – August 2010
    Number of issues 50
    Creative team
    Writer(s) John Ostrander
    Jan Duursema
    Penciller(s) Jan Duursema
    Inker(s) Dan Parsons
    Letterer(s) Michael David Thomas
    Colorist(s) Brad Anderson
    Collected editions
    Broken ISBN 1-59307-716-5

    Star Wars: Legacy is an American comic book series set in the Star Wars universe. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, is written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, and illustrated by Duursema and others, with inks by Dan Parsons and color by Brad Anderson. Issue #0, which cost $.25 and introduced the setting and major characters, was released on June 7, 2006.

    In the comic series Star Wars: Legacy, Darth Krayt is the new dark lord of the Sith. It has been 125 years since the fall of the old empire, and Darth Krayt wants the Sith return to power. The Dark lord kills a double of the emperor Roan Fel and claims the throne. As most troops fall to the new Dark lord, some troops stay loyal and defend the true emperor Roan Fel.

    Publication history

    Star Wars: Legacy is a series that ran from an issue #0 in June 2006 until #50 in August 2010.

    Dark Horse Comics is finishing the Star Wars: Legacy story with a six-issue limited series dealing with the return of Darth Krayt titled Star Wars: Legacy War.[1]

    Plot synopsis

    Star Wars: Legacy is set over 126 years after the film Return of the Jedi. The comics feature Cade Skywalker, a descendant of Luke Skywalker, who was trained as a Jedi but has abandoned the order. He apprenticed himself to the pirate Rav and lives among bounty hunters, smugglers, and pirates. Cade has also dropped his last name. The series begins with an attack on the Jedi Temple and the overthrow of the Galactic Alliance by the One Sith order.

    After a great and furious struggle, Cade and his friends manage to kill the evil Sith emperor, Darth Krayt. However, even without their leader, the Sith remain a powerful danger.

    Issues

    Key:
    Collected (TPB) issue Released issue Future issue
    IssueTitlePublication dateTrade paperbackTPB pub date
    0Star Wars Legacy 0June 7, 2006
    0½Star Wars Legacy 0½January 2, 2008
    BrokenBroken
    Broken Hardcover
    30th Anniversary Collection Volume 12: Legacy    		May 9, 2007
    1Broken, Part 1June 21, 2006
    2Broken, Part 2July 12, 2006
    3Broken, Part 3September 13, 2006
    5Broken, Part 4November 1, 2006
    6Broken, Part 5November 29, 2006
    7Broken, Part 6January 10, 2007
    8AlliesFebruary 14, 2007ShardsMarch 19, 2008
    4NoobOctober 11, 2006
    Trust Issues
    9Trust Issues, Part 1March 7, 2007
    10Trust Issues, Part 2March 28, 2007
    13Ready to DieJune 13, 2007
    Ghosts
    11Ghosts, Part 1May 9, 2007
    12Ghosts, Part 2May 23, 2007
    Claws of the Dragon Claws of the DragonJune 25, 2008
    14Claws of the Dragon, Part 1July 11, 2007
    15Claws of the Dragon, Part 2August 8, 2007
    16Claws of the Dragon, Part 3September 12, 2007
    17Claws of the Dragon, Part 4October 31, 2007
    18Claws of the Dragon, Part 5January 2, 2008
    19Claws of the Dragon, Part 6February 6, 2008
    IndomitableAllianceDecember 24, 2008
    20Indomitable, Part 1February 27, 2008
    21Indomitable, Part 2March 12, 2008
    22The Wrath of the DragonApril 23, 2008
    27Into the CoreAugust 27, 2008
    LoyaltiesThe Hidden TempleFebruary 25, 2009
    23Loyalties, Part 1May 7, 2008
    24Loyalties, Part 2May 21, 2008
    The Hidden Temple
    25The Hidden Temple, Part 1June 18, 2008
    26The Hidden Temple, Part 2July 23, 2008
    Vector Vector, Vol. 2May 20, 2009
    28Vector, Part 9September 24, 2008
    29Vector, Part 10October 29, 2008
    30Vector, Part 11November 26, 2008
    31Vector, Part 12December 24, 2008
    Fight Another Day StormsNovember 25, 2009
    32Fight Another Day, Part 1January 28, 2009
    33Fight Another Day, Part 2February 25, 2009
    Storms
    34Storms, Part 1March 25, 2009
    35Storms, Part 2April 29, 2009
    36RenegadeMay 27, 2009
    Tatooine TatooineFebruary 10, 2010
    37Tatooine, Part 1June 24, 2009
    38Tatooine, Part 2July 29, 2009
    39Tatooine, Part 3August 26, 2009
    40Tatooine, Part 4September 30, 2009
    41Rogue's EndOctober 28, 2009
    42Divided LoyaltiesNovember 25, 2009MonsterJuly 21, 2010
    Monster
    43Monster, Part 1December 23, 2009
    44Monster, Part 2January 27, 2010
    45Monster, Part 3February 24, 2010
    46Monster, Part 4March 31, 2010
    ExtremesExtremesJanuary 5, 2011
    47The Fate of DacApril 28, 2010
    48Extremes, Part 1May 26, 2010
    49Extremes, Part 2June 30, 2010
    50Extremes, Part 3August 12, 2010

    Collected editions

    The series is being collected into trade paperbacks:

    Continuation

    A sequel, or second volume, to the series, which shares the same name as the original, has recently been announced.[2] Written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, penciled by Hardman,[3] colored by Rachelle Rosenberg,[4] and published by Dark Horse Comics, it will star Ania Solo, a descendant of Han and Leia Organa Solo. The first issue will be released in March 2013,[4] and it will then continue as a monthly, ongoing series.[5]

    Plot summary

    The second iteration of Star Wars: Legacy will star Ania Solo, a descendant of Han and Leia Organa Solo. It will take place in the aftermath of Star Wars: Legacy—War,[4] a comic miniseries which was set in the year 138 ABY.[6] As the series begins, Solo will be running a junkyard on a backwater, Outer Rim planet and living a life far removed from Emperors and royalty.[2] However, the first issue will see her come into possession of a lightsaber and an Imperial communications droid, and discover that she has been targeted for death,[4] thus being launched into an adventure unlike any she has seen before. The backwater world will serve as a microcosm for greater galactic affairs, and the story will eventually expand outward from it, showing the reader what is happening in the highest levels of galactic government.[2]

    The first issue will open with a "giant lightsaber duel,"[7] and it will additionally feature the Imperial Knight Yalta Val—an agent of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate—running into trouble in the Outer Rim. Also within the pages will be the Mon Calamari refugee Sauk, a friend of Solo's who works at an ice mining facility and gets pulled into the adventure by Solo.[2] In the second issue, Solo will be pursued both by local police and by an Imperial Knight determined to kill in order to get the lightsaber back. She will be aided by formidable friends she has made as a black market salvage dealer.[8] The series will also feature Sith, and may eventually include an appearance by Cade Skywalker, the protagonist of the previous incarnation of Star Wars: Legacy.[2]

    Development

    In August 2010, the fiftieth and final issue of the comic series Star Wars: Legacy was published by Dark Horse Comics.[9] The six-issue miniseries Star Wars: Legacy—War followed; published from December 2010 to May 2011, it allowed authors John Ostrander and Jan Duursema an opportunity to wrap up the story they had been telling.[6][10] On December 3, 2012, Comic Book Resources announced that a new incarnation of Legacy was coming in 2013, written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, and additionally penciled by Hardman.[3] Dark Horse's Vice President of Publishing Randy Stradley soon after indicated that the project had been in the works for a number of months.[11]

    Bechko and Hardman have both indicated via their Twitter feeds how excited they are to be working on the project.[12][13][14] They have both been Star Wars fans since the release of the original Star Wars film in 1977, which they cite as a major influence on their work.[2] Dark Horse letterer Michael Heisler has praised their work and asserted that they "know what they're doing."[15] Hardman has stated that he and Bechko will be "honoring and building on" the work done by Ostrander and Duursema in the original Legacy,[16] but they have also stated that the series will be accessible to fans unfamiliar with Ostrander and Duursema's work.[2]

    The idea of a female protagonist did not originate with Hardman and Bechko, but after it was pitched to them, it played a significant role in drawing them to the project. Bechko has described Ania Solo as a character who "doesn't take a lot of guff," but who is nevertheless not a traditional badass female. Hardman asserts that she has the potential to be "an inspiring but very down-to-Earth human sort of character, as well." Rather than write a genealogy textbook, the two aim to tell a big adventure story that will eventually answer fans' questions about Solo's lineage.[2]

    Joining Bechko and Hardman will be Rachelle Rosenberg as a colorist and Dave Wilkins as a cover artist. The first issue, Prisoner of the Floating World, Part 1, will be released on March 20, 2013,[4] and it will then continue as a monthly, ongoing series,[5] with the second issue released on April 24.[8] Neither Bechko nor Hardman are worried about the implications that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII will have on the Expanded Universe—their goal is to tell an exciting story that will work "no matter what", and they are reassured by the likelihood of Episode VII taking place decades before Legacy.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Exclusive: "Star Wars: Legacy" Series to Continue in "Star Wars: Legacy—War", MTV, August 5, 2010
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Jeffrey Renaud. "EXCLUSIVE: Hardman and Bechko Resurrect "Star Wars: Legacy"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Phegley, Kiel (December 3, 2012). "Exclusive: "Star Wars: Legacy" Returns In 2013". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved December 3, 2012. 
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Dark Horse Comics Solicitations for March, 2013". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-12. 
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Randy Stradley (December 3, 2012). "Legacy returns...". Dark Horse Message Boards. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 2012-12-04. 
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Legacy—War 6
    7. ↑ status/275687715465469952 on Twitter
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Star Wars: Legacy—Prisoner of the Floating World #2". Dark Horse Comics. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
    9. ↑ Star Wars: Legacy 50: Extremes, Part 3
    10. ↑ Star Wars: Legacy—War 1
    11. ↑ "Jedi Council Forums: LEGACY is back! (Randy Stradley)". 
    12. ↑ status/275662875018792960 on Twitter
    13. ↑ status/275668252443680768 on Twitter
    14. ↑ status/275666005819260928 on Twitter
    15. ↑ Michael Heisler (December 12, 2012). "Legacy returns...". Dark Horse Message Boards. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 2012-12-12. 
    16. ↑ "Jedi Council Forums: LEGACY is back! (Gabriel Hardman, 12/3/2012)". 

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