‘Ahsoka’ Disney Plus Series Coming to Comics This July
A new Disney Plus series is getting a Marvel comic adaptation! Coming this July, the team behind The Mandalorian’s adaptation is bringing last year’s Ahsoka to a new medium. StarWars.com announced the series with a look at the covers and the creative team behind it.
Rodney Barnes returns to write the 8-issue series with Georges Jeanty and Steven Cummings sharing illustrating duties. As was the case with The Mandalorian and with the ongoing Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries, each issue will focus on a single episode of the series.
Check out the covers and issue #1 synopsis below:
Star Wars: Ahsoka #1 (of 8)
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Steven Cummings
Cover by David Nakayama
After the fall of THE EMPIRE, Jedi Master AHSOKA TANO stalks the galaxy for GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN!
A valuable prisoner escapes New Republic custody; a search for answers reunites two old friends. The villainous MORGAN ELSBETH returns along with two new mysterious Force-users, BAYLAN SKOLL and his apprentice, SHIN HATI.
The announcement of an Ahsoka series inevitably leads one to wonder if The Mandalorian season 3 or The Book of Boba Fett will get the same treatment from Marvel, but time will tell.
Everyone’s mileage varies on these types of comics, but there’s a place for them. In the case of Ahsoka, covers and issues that feature new characters such as live-action Sabine, Baylan Skoll, and Shin Hati are sure to garner attention. While we’re on that subject, this will not be the first comic appearance for those particular dark siders. Baylan and Shin will be featured on a “Master and Apprentice” variant cover for Darth Vader #45 this April. So while you wait for Ahsoka, keep your eyes peeled for that. You can read more about those to-be-revealed covers in our April preview here.
Marvel currently has several Star Wars adaptations currently running. Obi-Wan Kenobi’s fifth issue will hit shelves this month as will the second issue of Thrawn: Alliances, the adaptation of Timothy Zahn’s novel of the same name. You can read our review for the debut issue of that miniseries here.
Nate uses his love for Star Wars and movies in general as a way to cope with the pain of being a Minnesota sports fan. When he's not at the theater, you can usually find Nate reading a comic, listening to an audiobook, or playing a Mario video game for the 1,000th time.
