After a lengthy delay, IDW's Star Wars Adventures #5 is finally out, bringing with a fresh crop of writers (Katie Cook and Casey Gilly), along with artists Cara McGee and Butch Mapa, colorists Britanny Peer and Charlie Kirchoff and letterers Jake M. Wood and Johanna Nattalie.

Combined, both creative teams deliver a pair of separte yet superb stories, with the first focused on Padme and Anakin and the second on Wilhuff Tarkin who, perhaps seeing his younger self, offers career advice to an up and coming officer in the only way he knows how.

In Darth Vader #13, writer Greg Pak, artist Rafelle Ienco, colorist Jason Keith and letter Joe Caramagna provide a tale focused on a newly cowed Sith lord that not only ties into the War of the Bounty Hunters event yet sets the stage for an intriguing power play yet to come.

Upcoming Star Wars comics include:

June 30
_ Doctor Aphra #11
_ The High Republic #6
_ Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi #2 (of 2)

July 7
_ Bounty Hunters #14
_ Star Wars Adventures #6
_ Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Omnibus Vol. 1

July 14
_ Doctor Aphra #12
_ War of the Bounty Hunters #2 (of 5)
_ The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel Adaptation (IDW)

July 21
_ The High Republic Adventures #6
_ Star Wars Adventures #7
_ Darth Vader #14
_ War of the Bounty Hunters — Jabba the Hutt #1 (One-Shot)

July 28
_ Star Wars #15
_ Star Wars Adventures #7
_ The High Republic #7

Aug. 4
_ Star Wars Adventures #8
_ Bounty Hunters #15
_ War of the Bounty Hunters: 4-LOM & Zuckuss #1 (One-Shot)
_ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Marvel Years, Vol. 5 TPB

Aug. 11

_ The High Republic #8
_ War of the Bounty Hunters #3 (of 5)
_ The Monster of Temple Peak #1 (of 4)
_ The High Republic, Vol. 1, “There Is No Fear” TPB
_ Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2), Vol. 2, “The Engine Job” TPB

Aug. 14 (Free Comic Book Day)
_ Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day Issue
_ The High Republic: The Edge of Balance/Guardians of the Whills FCBD Issue

Aug. 18

_ Star Wars Adventures #9

_ Star Wars #16
_ The High Republic Adventures #7

Aug. 25
_ Darth Vader #15

_ Doctor Aphra #13

Sept. 1
_ Star Wars Adventures #10
_ The High Republic Adventures #8
_ Doctor Aphra #14
_ The High Republic #9

Sept. 8
_ The High Republic: Edge of Balance (Manga)
_ The Monster of Temple Peak #2
_ War of the Bounty Hunters #4 (of 5)

Sept. 15
_ Darth Vader #16
_ War of the Bounty Hunters — Boushh #1
_ Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler’s Run TPB

Sept. 22
_ Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #1 (of 5)
_ Bounty Hunters #16

Sept. 29
_ Star Wars #17

_ Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #2 (of 5)
_ Star Wars Adventures (Vol. 2), “The Light & the Dark” TPB

Oct. 20
_ Darth Vader (Vol. 2) Omnibus

Oct. 26
_ Darth Vader (Vol. 3), Vol. 3 TPB (Collects #12-16)

Oct. 27
_ Star Wars Episodes IV-IX Adaptation Box Set (IDW)

Nov. 3

_ Star Wars Legends: Rise of the Sith Omnibus

Nov. 9
_ War of the Bounty Hunters TPB (Collects Alpha #1, War of the Bounty Hunters 1-5)
_ War of the Bounty Hunters Companion TPB (Collects Jabba, IG-88, Boussh, 4-LOM & Zuckuss)

Nov. 10
_ Star Wars Legends Boba Fett: Blood Ties TPB

_ The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 1, TPB

Nov. 16
_ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 3 TPB (Collects #13-18)

Nov. 23

_ Bounty Hunters, Vol. 3, TPB (Collectings #12-17)

Nov. 30
_ Star Wars: The High Republic, Vol. 2, TPB (Collects #6-10)

_ Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2), Vol. 3, TPB (Collects #11-15)

Dec. 7
_ Attack of the Clones Graphic Novel Adaptation from IDW

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