It Finally Happened: Marvel and Star Wars Are Having Their First Crossover

It was astir apt inevitable. Once Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Ltd. were brought nether the aforesaid umbrella, it was lone a substance of clip earlier Disney greenlit a Marvel/Star Wars crossover. That time has present arrived, arsenic Marvel Comics has announced Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles.

As revealed by EW, Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles is simply a five-issue constricted bid that brings unneurotic the heroes and villains of some universes. The bid is written by noted Marvel and Star Wars superfan Kevin Smith, with creation by David Marquez (Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man).

Art by David Marquez. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

The bid looks to unite the modern Marvel characters with the classic, A New Hope-era Star Wars cast. That makes sense, fixed that the bid is designed to instrumentality vantage of the 50th day of Episode IV. Interestingly, the bid is said to instrumentality spot specifically wrong Marvel's mainline Earth-616 continuity, meaning this crossover volition beryllium portion of Marvel's authoritative canon. How that's meant to reconcile with the information that Star Wars exists arsenic a movie franchise wrong the Marvel Universe remains to beryllium seen.

“Back successful the aboriginal ‘80s, I had a subscription to Marvel’s Star Wars comics. And arsenic amusive arsenic it was to travel the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han, I ever wished that Spider-Man oregon Doctor Doom could transverse implicit into their cinematic saga,” Smith told EW. “So erstwhile the accidental arose to really archer that story, cipher had to Force my hand! I’m ecstatic to beryllium penning Hope Assembles for the 50th day of Star Wars! Many acknowledgment to Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm for trusting maine to alert the Falcon and the Quinjet!”

“With Hope Assembles, Kevin Smith has written a existent emotion missive to Star Wars, to Marvel, and to comics successful general,” said Michael Siglain, originative manager astatine Lucasfilm Publishing. “And combined with David Marquez’s unthinkable art, we’ll spot the heroes and villains of Star Wars squad up and conflict with the heroes and villains of Earth-616. Hope Assembles is exciting, unpredictable, and heartfelt. In short, it’s comics astatine its best, and we can’t hold for readers to acquisition some franchises arsenic ne'er before.”

Art by David Marquez. (Image Credit: Marvel/Lucasfilm)

Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles #1 volition beryllium released successful January 2027. You tin preorder a transcript astatine your section comic shop.

In different Star Wars news, Marvel volition soon footwear disconnected Star Wars: The Fall of Kylo Ren, a bid that continues exploring Ben Solo's travel successful betwixt the events of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.

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