New The Last Jedi Comic Adaptation by Gary Whitta With New Material is Coming This May!
Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta is set to write the comic adaptation for The Last Jedi. Whitta announced today that he’s going to be working with Michael Walsh and Mike Spicer on the project that’s set to release this May and is said to feature new material about the story.
Here’s what Whitta shared on Twitter:
Very very excited to be adapting @rianjohnson’s THE LAST JEDI for Marvel Comics with @Mister_Walsh and @SpicerColor! Check out the #1 cover by @DeadlyMike! Thanks @HeatherAntos 🤓 pic.twitter.com/iK9Wbp0H9N
— Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) February 2, 2018
Also Michael Walsh announced on his Twitter that the comic adaptation will have “added scenes” and other scenes will be told from a new perspective.
Excited to announce I’ll be drawing the adaptation of #StarWars #TheLastJedi for #MarvelComics . We’ll be adding scenes and telling others from a new perspective. https://t.co/dObXjJQHtj pic.twitter.com/DluBbAUMyP
— Michael Walsh (@Mister_Walsh) February 2, 2018
It’ll be interesting to see what these additional scenes will be. If I had to guess, I’d say we’ll see the additional scenes described in the book: Rey’s third challenge/lesson, Han’s funeral, and probably some more stuff on Canto Bight.
Also one of the variant covers for the new series has been revealed, which was executed by Joe Quesada.
The Force Awakens and Rogue One both had six issue adaptations, and it is expected that The Last Jedi series will be no different. The series is expected to come out in May.
Source: Inside the Magic and THR
I f***ing love that image of Rey on her speeder. That makes me hope they go back to Jakku in IV so she can find her speeder and get that shot.
The concept art on the bottom of the article with Luke looks like something straight out of an old WEG RPG book.
It does. Fantastic!
I wish Gary Whitta had written the actual film, The Last Jedi.
Was going to write the very same thing….
Was going to write the very same thing….
Thank god he got sidelined to this gig.
I always think Star Wars works best when it’s a collaboration and the writer doesn’t direct as well or has help with the writing. George had huge help on the OT. TFA had JJ & Lawrence Kasdan.
I always think Star Wars works best when it’s a collaboration and the writer doesn’t direct as well or has help with the writing. George had huge help on the OT. TFA had JJ & Lawrence Kasdan.
Michael Walsh and Mike Spicer are terrible artists.
Their art is scratchy, child-like and looks rushed. Another Terrible choice by Marvel / Disney / Lucasfilm yet again.
The art will be just as bad as Marvel’s The Force Awakens comic adaptation.
I thought the Rogue One adaptation was ropey too. I miss the exquisite craftmanship of Al Williamson or dynamic styling of Howard Chaykin on their works from the Original trilogy.
I find the recent adaptations very tired with often lazy artwork, compensated for by over-garish, and over-rendered computer colouring.
This art is better than it was in the 70s and don’t act like it is.
odd question I know, but wander how much interest and revenue this particular media brings in??
Comic books or comics of movie adaptations? Comics seem to be doing well. But I’ve never had much interest in comic adaptations or novelizations of movies.
Except for the Marvel ROTJ adaptations my folks got me in 1983. I wore those things out.
The adaptations are the question for me. I could certainly see the excitement would be there back with ROTJ. I remember Star Wars in newspaper comics as a kid! I loved it! I just can’t see it having the same appeal nowadays. Would like to see the sales on this type of media for SW.
Why do the Porgs look so fuzzy and out of focus in the top art image?
Because the effect they are going for is that the “camera” is focused on Rey/Luke.
God, I hate it when comic art tries to emulate photography or video. It’s bad enough nowadays in some comics when they superimpose sky or sea instead of actually drawing them, but seeing comic art emulate ‘camera blur’ annoys me no end.
Really? How could they make that cover without asking you what you hate
Try not to be obnoxious.
it´s a plothole
the same idiots that organized themselves to attack TLJ at tomatometer, ( — Only organized idiots would give one star and same opinion in avalanche –) were going to attack “black panter”, but facebbok was fast. http://variety.com/2018/film/news/black-panther-rotten-tomatoes-facebook-1202685658/
debunked by Rotten looooong ago, my friend 🙂
Yeah… sure they debunked it. I mean, who would’ve thought a company wouldn’t admit their system being fundamentally wrong and completely unreliable?
the front page is a lie – it suggest Luke takes the sabre and begin….no no no, be honest, it has to be the moment two seconds after, to tell the customers what to expect 🙂
Hope that new material means more porgs….
Wow. Rey looks unintentionally hot on her speeder.
For someone with one leg much longer than the other!
What???
If you look at the image her hips are straight on the speeder, even taking into account the bend of her left leg the right leg extends much further down than it should as if her hips were angled to her right.
Linear perspective!
have you guys seen the hidden rebel symbol in the cliff? I truly love the cover.