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Moments
of Destiny
We interview Carrie
Beck and actress
Cat Taber on the
new animated show,
Forces of Destiny.






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Launchpad War! Making Plans
The latest happenings in the Star Wars A guide to some of the most decisive Looking at the creation of the
galaxy, including updates on the battles in galactic history, from ground groundbreaking graphic displays used in
Untitled Han Solo movie. offensives to space battles. A New Hope and Return of the Jedi .
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Rebels on the Racing Circuit Spirit of ’77 Behind the Scenes
Lucasfilm and Renault celebrate 40 years Looking back at the year A New Hope at ANOVOS

of success on screen and the racetrack. debuted and the cultural factors that Discover the costume company that’s
helped it become such a phenomenon! helping fans get into character.
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The Journey to Star Wars: The Last Battlefront 2: Inferno Squad Plastic Fantastic
Jedi starts here with a great offering An exciting excerpt from Christie LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker
of new Star Wars titles! Golden’s new Empire-led novel. Adventures returns for a second hilarious
and action-packed season.
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Comics Roundup How Cassian Met K-2SO 82
Marvel’s Star Wars returns to an We meet the artist and writer behind Master and Commander
unexpected location and we fi nd out the brilliant new Cassian and K-2S0 Mace Windu—the coolest Jedi in the
about Maul’s fi rst mission. comic from Marvel. galaxy—gets his own Marvel comic series.




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Going Solo






Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard is taking charge of the Untitled Han Solo movie


ouble Oscar-Award winning Glover as Lando Calrissian, Woody blockbusting films based on
D director Ron Howard Harrelson as the mysterious Beckett, Dan Brown’s “Robert Langdon” novels,
Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, and
including The Da Vinci Code (2003).
stepped on board the
Millennium Falcon in June Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke in an His resumé is so impressive, it can be
to take the helm on the upcoming unknown role. easy to forget that Howard started out as
movie about the younger Han Solo. As a director, Howard is best known an actor. He came to fame as a child,
Howard’s appointment as director for bringing the true story of Apollo 13 playing Opie Taylor in eight seasons of
was officially announced just days after to the big screen in 1995, and for The Andy Griffi th Show from 1960 to

the project’s original directing team, making mathematician John Nash a 1968. His big-screen breakthrough came
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, household name with his 2001 biopic, A with American Graffi ti in 1973, which
stepped away from the project in Beautiful Mind. The latter film won Best led to him becoming friends with the

a mutual agreement with Lucasfi lm. Picture and the Best Director award for film’s writer/director, George Lucas.

“I’m beyond grateful to add my voice Howard at the Oscars, a feat Howard The following year he won another
to the Star Wars universe after being repeated with another true story, the long-running TV role, as Ritchie
a fan since 5/25/77,” Howard tweeted. political drama Frost/Nixon, in 2008. Cunningham in Happy Days (1974–
“I hope to honor the great work already Howard is no stranger to sci-fi and 1984), before making the move into
done and help deliver on the promise fantasy movies, having also directed directing. More recently, he served as
of a Han Solo fi lm.” Splash (1984), and Cocoon (1985). the narrator on the cult comedy
The as-yet-untitled picture stars His action credentials are also Arrested Development (2003–2013), on
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Donald impeccable, taking in all three of the which he was also executive producer.



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WILLOW (1988)
The Untitled Han Solo
movie isn’t the fi rst time
that Ron Howard has
worked on a George
Lucas-related sci-fi
and fantasy project. He
directed 1988’s Willow,
which was written by
Lucas and Bob Dolman.
It starred Return of the
Jedi ’s Warwick Davis in
the role of heroic dwarf
Willow Ufgood, alongside
the likes of Val Kilmer
and Joanne Whalley.
Lucas conceived of the
fantasy epic about the
aspiring sorceror trying to
protect a baby from the
forces of evil in 1972, and
approached Howard to
direct it in 1985, while he
was working on Cocoon.
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Lucasfilm strongly supports this
skills strategy. In 2015, the company
pioneered a pilot program with the
BFI, creating on-the-job learning
opportunities in various departments,
including visual effects, sound, camera,
and editorial. The program placed
13 BFI Film Academy alumni as paid
trainees on The Last Jedi, and more
than doubled that number on the
Untitled Han Solo movie, where 28 paid
trainees were placed in various craft and
technical roles. Specifi cally designed
to address under-representation in the
workforce, the Lucasfilm program has

focused on inclusion while becoming an
Lucasfi lm Supports exemplar in industry-led youth training.
Future Film Skills has identifi ed
multiple skills gaps across the
BFI Action Plan motion-picture sector and stresses
that tackling the lack of inclusion in
the screen industries is a vital key to
enabling growth and competitiveness.
Complementing Future Film Skills, the
British Film Institute launches the Future Film Skills program BFI 2022 five-year plan sets out a goal

that all producers active in the U.K.
recent report commissioned more into this dynamic industry will voluntarily adopt the BFI Diversity
A by the British Film Institute where there is a genuine need for more Standards, which focus on disability,
gender, race, age, and sexual orientation,
has revealed that, over the
skilled workers—from hairdressers to
next five years, the U.K.’s accountants, software developers to and seek to ensure that people from lower

film industry will offer some 30,000 model makers,” said BFI CEO Amanda socioeconomic groups are represented.

job opportunities, with the need for an Nevill in a statement. “This initiative is meaningful for
estimated 10,000 new entrants in the “They also need to learn and develop both Lucasfilm and the fi lm industry

motion-picture business. To address these their skills from the best, so we call at large,” says Lucasfi lm President
opportunities, the BFI has launched upon everyone in the industry to help Kathleen Kennedy. “Diversity is just as
Future Film Skills—An Action Plan, a us make this a reality. This is not a ‘nice important behind the scenes as it is on
scheme that Lucasfilm is supporting. to have’ but an ‘urgent must’ if we are the screen. More points of view, more

“We are on the cusp of a huge to achieve the growth potential for U.K. perspectives, and more voices will only

opportunity to bring thousands film that is in front of us.” make fi lms better.”
Make that Williams also

“Doctor” Williams the music for
composed
Jurassic Park.
Top university salutes the legendary maestro

arvard University honored Williams’ most memorable themes,
H composer John Williams in performed by the Harvard Din & Tonics
jazz a cappella group.
May, presenting the man

who defined the sound of As well as composing the music
Star Wars with an honorary doctorate for all eight Star Wars saga episodes
in music. to date, Williams is also responsible
The degree was presented during for the famous themes from Jaws
the commencement ceremonies for (1975), Superman (1978), E.T. the Extra
Harvard’s class of 2017, and was Terrestrial (1982), and the Harry Potter
marked by a vocal medley of some of and Indiana Jones movies.



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Hülkenberg
and Palmer
Rebels on the Racing Circuit Wars themed
raced in Star
suits!
Lucas and Renault celebrate 40 years of on-screen and on-track achievements


ifelong racing afi cionado Jolyon Palmer, the drivers of Renault’s released, so the two brands are linked
L George Lucas was a special latest impressive racer, the R.S.17. by this shared heritage. The Star Wars
franchise is a global phenomenon with
guest of Renault Sport Racing
“Nineteen seventy-seven was an
at the Formula 1 Grand exciting year for both Renault and tremendous reach, while Renault has
Prix de Monaco 2017 in Monte Carlo Star Wars,” said Renault Sport Racing one of the most impressive records in
during May. The Star Wars creator was managing director, Cyril Abiteboul. “For Formula One history with 12 world
joined by stormtroopers and R2-D2 to Renault, we made our debut at [U.K. champion titles and 170 wins.”
mark the 40th anniversary of both grand prix circuit] Silverstone when the Despite Lucas’ presence, the Force
Star Wars and Renault Sport Racing. revolutionary turbo-charged R.S.01 took was not with Palmer or Hülkenberg on
During his time in Monte Carlo, the track. This was just two months Monte Carlo’s famous street circuit, as
Lucas met with Nico Hülkenberg and after the iconic fi rst Star Wars movie was they placed 11th and 20th, respectively.



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Better than
Experience
what it’s like
to be a Jedi in S quid Lake
virtual reality!
New York Philharmonic
performs Star Wars


ho needs the Mon
W Calamari ballet or
Coruscant’s Galaxies
Opera House when you
have the New York Philharmonic?
This fall, the symphony orchestra
will accompany A New Hope
through The Force Awakens on the
big-screen with live performances
of John Williams’ famous scores!
Your Jedi Trials Begin The Star Wars Film Concert Series
runs from September 15 through
October 7 at David Geffen Hall
in New York City. For more
ILMxLAB’s Trials on Tatooine is now available for download information, visit nyphil.org

mmersive-entertainment available for download through Steam
I laboratory ILMxLAB, which and VivePort for use with the HTC Vive
combines the talents of
VR headset.

Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Set after Return of the Jedi, Trials on
Magic, and Skywalker Sound, has been Tatooine places you in the fi rst-person
hard at work experimenting with the role of a Jedi in training. Your adventure
ways stories are told and experienced. begins with the arrival of Han Solo in
While most of xLAB’s efforts remain the Millennium Falcon with R2-D2, as
secret, one of its first publicly revealed you must face off against Imperial forces

projects was 2016’s virtual-reality in the arid deserts of Luke Skywalker’s
experience Trials on Tatooine. home planet, Tatooine.
Previously only playable at special
events and various IMAX VR Experience Download it now at:
centers, in July 2016 Trials was made store.steampowered.com


From Paris to Hyp erspace



Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain opens at Disneyland Paris

o celebrate Star Wars’ 40th show, Jedi training sessions, and
T anniversary—as well as the music from DJ Elliot, as well as full
official launch of Star Wars

access to the Disneyland and Walt
Hyperspace Disney Studios Parks.
Mountain at the park— Attendees who opted
LEGO JAKKU TAKE TWO!
Disneyland Paris held for the premium
Last issue, we reported on The Force
two special evening Awakens area coming to LEGOLAND “Hyperspace” package
events in May. The Star California, featuring more than were also among

Wars Night festivities half-a-million LEGO bricks in its the first to ride
re-creation of the planet Jakku. Since
included character Hyperspace Mountain
then, it has also been announced that
meet-and-greets, the attraction will be duplicated at before it opened to
a special effects light LEGOLAND Florida in 2018, too! the general public.
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Timeline

Fact meets Space Fantasy Important dates
in Star Wars
history.
New web series will blend real world science and Star Wars
1949
cience and Star Wars is a the series is an IBM presentation, and January 14: The Empire Strikes
S forthcoming web series that will feature IBM researchers alongside Back screenwriter Lawrence
Kasdan is born.
other scientists and guest stars.
will explore, explain, and
demonstrate the parallels Set to be available exclusively on
1954
between Star Wars’ science fantasy and Facebook, Science and Star Wars is
March 1: Untitled Han Solo movie


scientific breakthroughs here on Earth. one of the first fruits of the new
director Ron Howard is born.
Fronted by Anthony Carboni, the Disney Digital Network marketing
co-host of The Star Wars Show on initiative, designed to connect 1975
StarWars.com, and produced by that advertisers with Disney’s one billion July 13: Rogue One: A Star Wars
show’s writer-producer, Scott Bromley, social media followers. Story director Gareth Edwards
is born.
1982
May 21: George Lucas hires audio
scientist Tomlinson Holman to
improve film audio, leading to the
creation of THX.
1989
March 5: Jake Lloyd (Anakin
Skywalker) is born.
1991
May 1: Heir to the Empire by
Timothy Zahn is published.
1992
April 10: Daisy Ridley (Rey)
is born.
2002
March 26: Jedi Knight II: Jedi
Outcast is released on various
Winning and Helping videogame platforms.

2003
November 7: Star Wars: Clone
Force For Change raises millions in a month Wars airs for the first time.
2015:
his year’s Star Wars: Force upcoming Han Solo movie and January 14: Star Wars #1 is
T for Change 40th anniversary a chance to appear in the fi lm; tickets published by Marvel Comics.
fundraising campaign has
to the star-studded premiere of
raised more than $3.4 million The Last Jedi; and the grand prize:
for UNICEF and Starlight Children’s all three of those epic experiences!
Foundation, providing much-needed During the campaign, a bonus
support for children around the world. prize was also added—lunch with Luke
The campaign ran from April 11 Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. Tom
to May 11 and saw more than 66,000 R. from Orlando, Florida, shared a meal
people in more than 160 countries take with the Jedi Master.
part to raise money, and to be in with Though the anniversary campaign
a chance of winning a once-in-a- is now complete, the work of
lifetime Star Wars experience. Force for Change goes on. Help support
Prizes included a trip to Skywalker this good cause at the link below.
Ranch for a tour of the Lucasfi lm
Archives, and a private screening of Visit ForceForChange.com to learn
A New Hope; a trip to the set of the more today!



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Mixtap e Madness



“Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars” is a tribute to 40 glorious years


he Cinefamily, a Los Angeles- madness. They’ll blow your mind, bring decades of Star Wars fandemonium to
T based movie theater and all- a smile to your face, renew or destroy create what is nevertheless a heartfelt
your faith in humanity, may or may not
around cinema-appreciation
salute to Star Wars’ seismic impact on
society with a particular be hazardous to your health—and just pop-culture.
penchant for the weird and wonderful, might change your life.” The mixtape was given multiple
paid tribute to the 40th anniversary For Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars, screenings at the Cinefamily’s home in
of Star Wars in unique fashion, by Cinefamily scoured the darkest corners L.A.’s historic Silent Movie Theatre, but
unveiling the “Star Wars Nothing But of the galaxy and the most wretched for everyone who missed that show,
Star Wars Mixtape” in May. hives of scum and villainy, leaving you can see the insanity fi rsthand on
As the Cinefamily itself explains, no web page unturned as it culled the the Cinefamily TV YouTube channel.
“Mixtapes are our signature: long- most mesmerizing, head-scratching, But be warned: it’s like fl ying through
form video montages of found-footage and hilarious clips from the past four hyperspace without a starship!




From Her

Universe to Ours



New designs for rebels, bounty
hunters, and Imperials alike


er Universe’s galaxy of Star Wars-
H inspired offerings continues to grow, as the
fangirl fashion and lifestyle brand has introduced
an array of pieces for a host of occasions, from a day
at the podraces to a reception with the Empire’s top brass.

Go to www.heruniverse.com to find the latest products,
including the black and white Force varsity v-neck T-shirt
with its “May the Force be with you” legend; a chibi Boba Fett
baseball cap in black with embroidered chibi-style bounty
hunter; the oversized BB-8 boyfriend cardigan; and an Imperial
women’s open jacket, complete with Imperial emblems on
each shoulder and faux-leather inserts.





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The Mint also
Money, money, money produces Luke,
Leia and
C-3PO coins.

Star Wars fans and currency collectors alike will treasure this new coin…

mperial credits and wupiupi Officially licensed by Disney, the with only 10,000 of the coins being

I are all well and good, but rectangular coin features an intricately minted, making it a true rarity.
engraved and fully-colored replica of
The release follows hot on the heels
here on Earth we prefer good
old silver and gold. Still, the Empire’s poster, while the other side of the New Zealand Mint’s sold out
New Zealand Mint is clearly looking carries Ian Rank-Broadley’s effi gy of Star Wars 40th Anniversary coin.
to the Star Wars galaxy for inspiration. Queen Elizabeth II.

They have produced a stunning new Presented in a durable perspex To find out how you can get your
coin inspired by the movie poster for display holder, the 1oz 99.9% proof hands on one of these beautiful Empire
The Empire Strikes Back. silver coin is an instant collectable, mementos, head to www.nzmint.com.



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Book Club




Starting September 1—Force Friday II—get ready for
The Last Jedi with these exciting new books!












































An Art Book That Will Peeking Under
Have You in Creases the Helmet

Make models of your favorite starships using The history of Captain Phasma will be
just paper in Star Wars Kirigami revealed in Delilah S. Dawson’s novel


Everyone has heard of origami—the Japanese art of She may have only appeared in a handful of scenes in
paper-folding. But do you know about kirigami? This The Force Awakens, but the mysterious Captain Phasma
variation on the technique involves both folding and certainly made an impression. The sight of the elite First
cutting paper to make beautiful 3D artwork. Order warrior resplendent in her shining chrome armor

Some time ago, artist Marc Hagan-Guirey (AKA Paper is one of the defining images from that fi lm.
Dandy) turned his hand-and-craft knife to create Star Still, two years on, we know very little about who she is
Wars-themed pieces, and has now published a fascinating or where she came from. All that is about to change with
new book. Star Wars Kirigami contains 15 tutorials to help the publication of Phasma in October—the new novel by
you make various starships, including Imperial Star Delilah S. Dawson, which reveals more about the chrome-

Destroyers, X-wing fighters, and the Millennium Falcon. But armored captain’s life and the secret she has spent years
don’t worry if you’re completely new to kirigami. The book zealously guarding. We’ll be seeing Phasma on screen
is aimed at everyone from complete beginners to seasoned again with the release of The Last Jedi. Until then, this new

experts, making it a fine introduction to the craft. Star Wars novel, releasing in September, is an essential dive into the
Kirigami is out in September from Chronicle Books. past of the character that may also inform her future.



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Star Wars Leia: Princess The Legends of
Made Easy of Alderaan Luke Skywalker
Chances are, you’re already We’ve seen Leia Organa as With Luke Skywalker returning
a fan of the saga. But what a senator, covertly helping to cinema screens in The Last
about your friends and family? the Rebel Alliance. We’ve Jedi, this new middle-grade
We all know someone who witnessed her as a fi erce rebel, novel from Ken Liu explores the
either hasn’t seen the movies leading the assault on the legends that surround the most
(weird, huh?), or likes them, second Death Star’s shield famous Jedi of them all.
but their knowledge isn’t as generator. And, in The Force The Legends of Luke
deep as they’d like it to be. Now Awakens, we were reunited Skywalker, to be released this
wouldn’t it be great if there with her, now a cunning General October from Disney Lucasfi lm
was a book written with those in the Resistance. Press, is Liu’s fi rst Star Wars

people in mind? But before all that she was fiction, but the author has

Star Wars Made Easy is a princess on Alderaan. That established a firm fan following
exactly that. Not only does it period of her life has remained thanks to his acclaimed fantasy
offer simple, clear explanations unexplored until now in this novels The Grace of Kings and
of each movie, it makes an new novel by Claudia Grey. The Wall of Storms. Liu has
ideal refresher volume, and the Having demonstrated a keen already established his Star
perfect bedside companion for understanding of the older Leia Wars fan creds with the short
novices wanting to understand in 2015’s Bloodline, Gray turns story, “Paper Menagerie,”
everything from the epic scope her attention to the 16-year- which references the saga. The
of the saga to its quotes and old girl taking steps toward book also includes six original
in-jokes. The book is available leadership. Out in September illustrations by comic-book
in September from DK. from Disney Lucasfi lm Press. artist J. G. Jones.







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Star Wars:

Super Graphic


The trivia buff’s guide to the galaxy!























































Subtitled A Visual Guide to the Galaxy, different galactic currencies (yes, Star Wars Super Graphic is the
this lavish book of infographics finally you can discover how many follow up to Leong’s Super Graphic,

presents a wealth of Star Wars facts, credits a wupiupi is worth!); the which presented comic-book stats in
statistics, and trivia. Created by graphic heights of various different heroes a similar format. In his day job, Leong
design guru Tim Leong, the book and villains (including the likes of works as Entertainment Weekly’s
conveys a wealth of minutia using Salacious B. Crumb as well as fan Creative Director, and has previously
devices such as organisational charts, favourites like Darth Vader and Kylo worked for Wired and Fortune.
venn diagrams, graphs and more to Ren); and you can discover which Both light-hearted and serious, Star
easily get the information across. characters talk about the Force the Wars Super Graphic is a guide to many
Just a few of the topics covered in most frequently—and whether it’s aspects of galactic lore, some of which
the book include an organizational light side or dark side characters who you may never have even considered!

chart of the Empire; a guide to are the most fixated on it. It’s out now from Chronicle Books.


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Episodes
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ce
or
e
F
h
The Force Doth
Do
T
h
t
Awaken: Star Wars
Part the Seventh
Hark! The Shakespearian saga
doth continue once more!
Since 2013, author Ian Doescher has been
combining his dual loves for the works of
William Shakespeare and Star Wars by
adapting the entire movie saga into iambic
pentameter. Now, Doescher begins his
adaptation of the sequel trilogy with William
Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken: Star
Wars Part the Seventh.
As the Resistance clashes with the First
Order, heroes Rey, Finn, and Poe are pulled
into a galaxy-wide drama, and the knave Kylo
Ren continues his treachery most foul.
Complete with Elizabethan verse,
Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical
stage directions, the 176-page hardcover
volume, coming out in early October by Quirk
Books, is certain to delight fans of Star Wars
and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike. Woodcut-
style illustrations by Nicolas Delort further set
the stage for the period parlance.



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Comics Roundup




Marvel’s latest Star Wars comics return to a familiar
location and look back to Maul’s fi rst mission...

. .
Authors
and
Artists

Kieron Gillen, the new
writer on Star Wars,
began his career with
the indie hit
Phonogram and the
breakout smash The
Wicked + The Divine
for Image. Artist
Salvador Larroca
honed his style on
titles such as The
Invincible Iron Man
before working with
Gillen on Darth Vader.
Darth Maul ’s
Cullen Bunn has a
knack for writing
lethal protagonists, as
evidenced by his work
on Deadpool Kills the
Marvel Universe.
Brazilian artist, Luke
Ross, has worked in
comics since the
1990s, with credits
including Hercules
and Star Wars: The
Force Awakens.
Return to Jedha



A new writer takes Star Wars to the ruins of Jedha, plus Darth Maul makes new enemies...


Thanks to Rogue One we now know archaeologist Dr. Aphra. “My aim’s Decades before the Death Star was
that Alderaan wasn’t, in fact, the fi rst simple,” he told StarWars.com. “Do constructed, a young Sith was on his
planet to feel the heat of the Death what Salva and I did with Darth Vader, first mission against the Jedi. The

Star’s mighty superlaser. The Holy but for Leia, Luke, and Han. As in, chart 112-page Star Wars: Darth Maul
City on Jedha was annihilated by the rise and fall of the Rebellion reprints the fi ve-issue Darth Maul
the Empire as a first test of the battle between A New Hope and The Empire limited series by writer Cullen Bunn

station’s weaponry. And now Marvel’s Strikes Back, how it changes them all and artist Luke Ross, with a cover by
Star Wars comic is returning to the and how it changes the universe.” Rod Reis. Taking place before The
ruins of the planet to see what has Star Wars has been an interstellar Phantom Menace, Maul fi nds himself
become of it! success from issue #1, driven for its unexpectedly needing to rescue a Jedi

The story arc, which begins in #38, first 37 issues by Jason Aaron’s Padawan, with bounty hunters like

is the first penned by the title’s regular perfectly-pitched scripts. Artist Cad Bane and Aurra Sing close behind.
new writer, Kieron Gillen—a name that Salvador Larroca will continue to draw Also included is writer/artist Chris
will be familiar to fans as the author of the comic. Star Wars #38, with a Eliopoulos’ short comic “Probe Droid
the first volume of Marvel’s Darth cover by David Marquez, is published Problem,” which reveals what became

Vader, as well as the creator of rogue in November by Marvel. of Maul’s droids in the Tatooine desert.


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AUGUST
Star Wars: Rogue One
Adaptation #5 (of 6)
Writer Jody Houser
Artist Emilio Laiso
Cover Artist Phil Noto

Darth Vader #4
Writer Charles Soule
Artist Giuseppe Camuncoli
Cover Artist Giuseppe Camuncoli

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #11
Writer Kieron Gillen
Artist Kev Walker
Cover Artist Kamome Shirahama
Star Wars: Rogue One: Cassian &
K-2SO Annual #1
Writer Duane Swierczynski
Artist Fernando Blanco
Cover Artist Julian Totino
Tedesco

Star Wars #34 & #35
Writer Jason Aaron
Artist Salvador Larroca
Cover Artist Mike Mayhew
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #18
Writer Charles Soule
Artist Angel Unzueta
Cover Artist Phil Noto
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra
Annual #1
Writer Kieron Gillen
Artist Marc Laming
Your chance to give Cover Artist David Nakayama

Vader a makeover Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic:
Mace Windu #1 (of 5)
Writer Matt Owens
Artist Denys Cowan
Color the Dark Lord any way you like Cover Artist Jesus Saiz


Not only is the new wave of “adult In this 60-page interactive gallery,
coloring books” a creative and it’s all about Vader. The fallen Jedi
therapeutic way to relax, it has also Master stars in exciting scenes and
provided a fresh perspective on strikes dynamic poses in these
popular art. detailed tableaus, featuring guest
The one-shot Color Your Own Star characters like Boba Fett, Jabba the
Wars: Darth Vader features crisp Hutt, and Doctor Aphra.
black-and-white line work from some Color Your Own Star Wars: Darth
of the best comic artists in the Vader is out in September. Don’t worry
business, including Salvador Larroca, if you don’t have enough black pencils
John Cassaday, Mike Deodato, Jr., and though—in this comic, the Sith Lord
a cover image by Adi Granov. can be any color you choose!



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WAR!








The Star Wars saga is defined by epic battles between the forces of good

and evil. To coincide with the publication of Star Wars: On the Front

Lines, Insider looks at ten of the key conflicts in a galaxy far, far away, and
talks to the author behind the lavish new book.


W ORDS: JONATHAN WILKINS



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The Battle
of Geonosis


The first shots of the

Clone Wars were fi red
after Count Dooku
engineered the collision
of the Separatists’
droid army and the
Jedi with their newly
commissioned clones.

Key Moment: As a
squad of Jedi faces
defeat, Yoda arrives
with an army of clone
troopers. Little do the
Jedi realize that
deploying them means
they have lost the war
before it is begun.





















The Battle
of Naboo


Outmatched by the vast
droid armies of the
Trade Federation,
Naboo’s Gungan natives
put up a spirited defence
in a conflict designed to

set the scene for the
subsequent Clone Wars.

Key Moment: The army
of B1 battle droids is
unpacked from the Multi
Troop Transport (MTT).
As droid after droid is
placed on the battlefi eld,
a seemingly unstoppable
army is unveiled.



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The Battle of Hoth

The rebels are on the back foot on the
planet Hoth, as the Empire strikes back
after their defeat at Yavin. Their
ingenuity stalls the oncoming AT-ATs,

but they are forced to flee the icy world.

Key Moment: It’s all over for the rebels
the moment General Veers gets close
enough to attack their main generator.
With nothing to power its energy shield,
the rebel base is a sitting duck.




The Battle of
Scarif


Fomented by a small
group on the ground but
joined by an impressive
and organized fl eet in
space, this is the battle
that cemented the
Rebellion as a genuine
threat to the Empire.

Key moment: The bravery
of many unknown soldiers
is on show as the rebels on
the Profundity succeed in
getting the plans away
from Darth Vader and onto
Leia’s ship, the Tantive IV.



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DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES

Dan Wallace tells us how he minimized so the tone resembles pop into my mind; he’s always good about the decision, but at
approached telling these stirring a real history book. The most struck me as something of a fi shy least I’d be alive to regret it.
war stories... obvious places where this comes Winston Churchill.
Dan Wallace: We started working to the fore are in the special How early on in the process
on this before The Force Awakens sections, like “Tales of Valor” Are there parallels between did you see the art and did
came out. The intent was always depicting a soldier’s sacrifi ce. the saga and real-world it inspire you to do anything
to create a beautifully illustrated commanders and battles? differently in the book?
book that resembled those Rogue One has been described I don’t like to get too deep into Sketches kept coming in while
volumes you might read about as the fi rst Star Wars war fi lm. Is real-world analogies when it I worked on it, which gave me
the Civil War. Once we had that a fair observation? comes to Star Wars, but certainly confi dence that we were going
decided on which battles to cover, I’d agree that Rogue One is more the role of underdog guerrilla down the right path. I strongly
it was a matter of waiting for the of a war fi lm than the others, and forces battling a technologically feel that this is an art book fi rst
new movies to get fi nalized so we it’s also closest in tone to the superior enemy has been well and foremost.
could put the pieces in place. “front lines” concept. There’s documented. This is a common
almost no mention of Luke threat from the Ewoks on Endor Who is the most underrated
You’ve gone in-universe on this Skywalker in the book except in to Saw Gerrera’s insurgents. battlefi eld participant?
book. What sort of challenges his role as a pilot at the Battle of Captain Tarpals in The Phantom
did that present? Yavin and the Battle of Hoth Which army would you most Menace. He had a smart read
The tone of the book is written like to have on your side? of the battlefi eld. He might not
as if it’s being recorded by an Who do you think are the great The Empire! They have the have been successful keeping Jar
in-universe historian, though military leaders across the saga? numbers, the training, and the Jar Binks on task, but it was
that voice is intentionally kept Admiral Ackbar is the fi rst one to fi repower. I’m not sure I’d feel a heroic effort nonetheless!




The Battle of Christophsis


The planet Christophsis was invaded by
Separatist battle droids in the early days
of the Clone Wars. It was subsequently
liberated by clone troopers and their Jedi
generals in a major battle.

Key moment: General Obi-Wan Kenobi
shows tactical guile by pretending to
surrender to the separatists, buying time
for Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and
their clones to regroup.
The Battle of
Coruscant


The Clone Wars reached
the doorstep of the
Galactic Senate as
battle raged high above
the planet Coruscant.
Chancellor Palpatine
himself is seized by the
Separatists, and then
rescued by the Jedi.
Key moment: The
rescue of Chancellor
Palpatine by Obi-Wan
Kenobi and Anakin
Skywalker is a brave
gambit, but comes at a
devastating price as
Anakin kills Count
Dooku in cold blood.



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REAL-LIFE
HEROES

Numerous war veterans
have worked on the
Star Wars movies, both
in front of the camera
and behind it.

Iconic Star Wars concept artist Ralph
McQuarrie served in the U.S. Army
during the Korean War (1950–1953)
and was lucky to survive being shot
in the head.
Gary Kurtz, producer of A New
Hope and The Empire Strikes Back,
served in the U.S. Marine Corps from
1966 to 1969, during the height of
the Vietnam War (1955–1975).
Peter Cushing (Governor Tarkin)
joined Britain’s morale-boosting
ENSA (Entertainments National
Service Association) in 1942, after The Landing at Point Rain
being turned down for active service
in World War II owing to a childhood
sporting injury.
Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Key moment: Anakin’s run

During World War II, the late Sir Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ki-Adi- across the battlefield is an act
Christopher Lee (Count Dooku) Mundi led a landing party of of peerless bravery. Geonosian
served in Britain’s Home Guard as a clone troopers in this daring gun emplacements rain down
youth volunteer before joining the

Royal Air Force (RAF) and serving as assault on a separatist droid heavy fire upon him, but he
an intelligence offi cer, achieving the factory on the planet Geonosis. heads straight for them!
rank of fl ight lieutenant.
Gil Taylor, the cinematographer on
A New Hope, served throughout
World War II as an offi cer in the Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. His The Battle
work included fi lming aerial footage of Yavin
of bomb damage caused by the RAF.
Alan Hume, director of photography The struggle to
on Return of the Jedi, served in
Britain’s Royal Navy during World stop the Empire
War II, as part the Fleet Air Arm’s from destroying
photographic unit. the rebel base
on Yavin 4 was a
Irvin Kershner, director of The
Empire Strikes Back, was stationed celebrated victory
in the U.K. during World War II. He for the rebels. It
served for three years with the U.S. saw a fleet of small

Eighth Air Force, becoming a fl ight

engineer on B-24 bombers. starfighters take on
the Death Star—
Bob Anderson, the fencing and win!
instructor on the original trilogy who
also performed stunt work as Darth
Vader, joined Britain’s Royal Marines Key moment: Han
before the outbreak of World War Solo’s change of
II and served in the Mediterranean heart sees the
during the confl ict.
Millennium Falcon
Sir Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) join the fray out of
served in the Royal Navy Volunteer nowhere, catching
Reserve during World War II. He was
commissioned as an offi cer in 1942 Darth Vader off
and commanded a landing craft as guard and giving
part of the Allied invasion of Sicily Luke the chance he
in 1943.
needs to destroy
the Death Star.


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The Battle
of Endor


The battle that finally brought down the

Empire was a daring, two-pronged attack.
Lando Calrissian led the aerial assault on
the second Death Star, while Han Solo
targeted its shield generator on the forest
moon of Endor.

Key moment: It looks like the end for the
rebels when the Emperor reveals that they
have been drawn into a trap. Though its

outer hull remains unfinished, the Death
Star II’s weapons are fully operational!


























The Battle of
Starkiller Base

Thirty years after
Endor, Han Solo
again enabled a full-
on assault against
a superweapon by
leading a ground
attack on its shields.
Only this time it was
the Resistance against
the First Order.
Key moment: With
Han’s work done,
Resistance pilot Poe
Dameron slows his
X-wing just enough to

fire on and destroy the Star Wars: On the
vulnerable oscillator Front Lines
that will compromise Out Now
Starkiller Base.



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FORCES OF DESTINY












Moments






- of -


Destiny










What makes a hero? Is it simply destiny, or must
holders of that title acquire certain qualities before
they can be worthy of it? Star Wars Forces of
Destiny is a new animated micro-series that explores
character-building moments for different heroines
spanning all eras of the saga. Insider spoke to two of
its key players to find out more...



W ORDS B Y TR I C IA B ARR


hen Star Wars It’s also notable for an all-star
Forces of Destiny cast that includes Daisy Ridley
W made its debut (Rey), Felicity Jones (Jyn), Lupita
at Star Wars
Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Ashley
Celebration in Eckstein (Ahsoka), Catherine Taber
April this year, (Padmé) and Tiya Sircar (Sabine)—
two things in particular stood out not to mention a certain John
about the new animated series. Boyega voicing Finn.
Firstly, it was remarkably female- The project announcement at
led. Secondly, it was remarkably StarWars.com says the Lucasfi lm
good. While each episode is just Animation initiative “will remain
three minutes long, the scale and true to the Star Wars canon,
ambition on display are fully in showing how choices both big and
keeping with everything you small ultimately shape the destinies
would expect from a Lucasfi lm of beloved characters.” The show
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July, ahead of a TV special that is
planned for the Disney Channel
this fall.

Lucasfilm boss Kathleen
Kennedy has described the series
as being “for anyone who has been
inspired by Leia’s heroism, Rey’s
courage, or Ahsoka’s tenacity,”
and as a way to explore “the small 03
moments and everyday decisions
that shape who these characters
are.” Alongside the animated
adventures, there will also be
Forces of Destiny books, and a cool
new range of 11-inch adventure

figures squarely aimed at the girl’s
roleplay market.
All in all, while it’s recognizably
Star Wars, it is also a departure for
the franchise. To find out what

forces shaped the series, Insider sat

down with Lucasfilm vice president
of animation development and
story-group member Carrie Beck,



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“...Forces of destiny is an opportunity
to see the smaller moments that very

much make up who these women are...”


04
as well as stalwart Star Wars voice changed my perspective greatly
actor Catherine Taber, who is about what that team was working
reprising the role of Padmé in the on and creating. The amount of
new show. love and craftsmanship that the

folks at Lucasfilm Animation were
CARRIE BECK bringing to their work was really
impressive to me.
Star Wars Insider: What forces of
destiny led you to work on this Forces of Destiny has been
new show? described as a way to highlight
Carrie Beck: It’s been a long character moments. What is
path to this point. Animation a “character moment” and
is actually pretty recent to me, how does it differ from other
and something I started working storytelling forms?

on here at Lucasfilm. Before that, For me, “a character moment”
I was working in feature fi lm is really about what we can focus
development for many years. on in under three minutes. As
I worked on movies, TV pilots, we started to think about making
and some other things before shorter content, we really had to
I ended up at the Sundance think about what it is that makes
Institute managing the New something Star Wars. So much

Frontiers Story Lab, which was of it is defined by the arc of the
all about the intersection of new Hero’s Journey: the ascensions and
media and storytelling. calls to action, all the things that
When the opportunity at are steps along the way. But it’s

Lucasfilm came up, I jumped not just those big moments that
at the chance to get back into make a hero. As well as the iconic 05
development to work with moments of sensing your destiny
Kathy Kennedy and [Lucasfi lm as you stare out at the twin suns,
vice president of development] it also has a lot do with your
Kiri Hart as part of the story values and how you live your life.
group. Very early on I met Dave So if a movie or the arc of
Filoni, and we started work on a season of a show like Rebels is changes of heart can have long-
Star Wars Rebels. Everything else about the major steps in character term implications.
evolved from there, taking the growth—that journey the heroes We can’t go as far as, say, Luke’s
storytelling skills I had learned take from selfi shness decision to redeem his father—we
in those previous jobs and driving to selfl essness—then 01 We’ll find out much simply don’t have the time to tell

it forward at Lucasfi lm. Forces of Destiny is an more about Rey those stories—but we can fi nd
and BB-8 (left).
opportunity to see the some of the DNA that defi nes
Did working on Rebels change smaller moments that 02 The series will our characters. To showcase their
your opinion of animation? still very much make up expand on iconic traits, their behaviors, and the
moments (left).
Well, my appreciation for what who these women are opportunities they take that speak

[Rebels executive producer] and define what their 03 There will be plenty to the person inside.
Dave Filoni and the team did values are. of action as well as
insights (left).
certainly grew exponentially, but Maybe the stakes are How does Forces of Destiny

I’ve always been a huge fan of not so elevated—perhaps 04 The series explores fit into the wider world of
Ahsoka and
animation. I spent most of my it’s about helping your Star Wars storytelling?
Padmé’s close
youth watching animated movies friend out of a bind—but friendship. There are a couple of different
and loving cartoons. But coming they are still moments ways. There’s the overt way, which
05 Of course, the

to Lucasfilm, getting to know the that resonate. Sometimes is that the choice of characters
Imperial forces are

team, and working with Dave even small decisions and never far behind... reflects a lot of who you’re going
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to be seeing on TV and in fi lm.
But also—and this is one of things
that makes Forces of Destiny a real
opportunity—we’re telling stories

that fill in the gaps that you simply
can’t cover when you’re focusing
on those big beats. If the movies
and TV shows present the big rocks
in a character’s path, we get to be
some of the pebbles. That helps
paint a fuller, bigger picture of what
these characters might be doing in
the time that was previously off-
screen. For example, with Jyn, we
know where her tale ends. But this
is a great opportunity to see some
of the moments that really make
her who she is. Jen brought her writing talent to now, given where we are on the
the table as we sat down together timeline, we’re not getting as
You’ve assembled an impressive and started to develop these stories. much Padmé out there. For that
team for this show, including reason, I wanted to get her into a
writer Jennifer Muro and director Forces of Destiny has its own line lot of these shorts, and it’s great
Brad Rau. How did you assemble of female-focused “adventure” to see her getting to have more
such a stellar line-up? figures. Gareth Edwards and adventures—and with Ahsoka,

When we build a team, we look Dave Filoni have both talked too! It’s wonderful being able
within Lucasfilm and beyond it. about how playing with action to keep that character present


What’s really important about figures inspired their careers. and integrated within the larger
our process is that it’s really Is there a similar hope with tapestry of Star Wars.
collaborative, and it’s important Forces of Destiny? These pieces run the gamut

that those of us on the Lucasfi lm We definitely want to reach all the from all of these eras. What’s so
side put forward a really strong people who want to play Star Wars. exciting about Forces of Destiny is
point of view around the types of There shouldn’t be any boundaries that it provides an opportunity for
stories that we want to tell. to that. Play is such an important kids who may not know anything
In something like Forces of Destiny, part of being immersed in and from these different eras to come
we’re playing within existing expressing your love for in and sample a piece of it, and
storytelling and there needs to something. That should be to get invested in those timelines.
06 Leia, R2-D2 and
be those of us that have a larger Chewbacca face available to everybody. You get it all. Even Ewoks!
perspective around what’s going the “Beasts of
Echo Base.”
on in each platform in this giant Among all the returning What other team-ups
galaxy of Star Wars. Those are 07 Anakin and Yoda characters, one that fans should we look out for?
people like Dave Filoni, [Story unite with Ahsoka seem especially excited by There’s Ketsu with Sabine, and
(see right).
Group creative executive] Leland is Padmé. What can we Leia with Sabine. Oh, and Hera and
Chee, and me. 08 Leia and Chewie expect from her return? Sabine! We get to have so much
share a moment
But we also want to round out One of the wonderful interaction between these various
of friendship
the group with people like Brad and (see right). things about The Clone women. It’s really fun to be able to
Jen. Brad was a guest director on Wars on TV was that highlight these relationships, and
09 Sabine and Leia
the second season of Rebels and we you got to see so much to see them working together and
face a familiar foe
have a long relationship with him. (see right). more of Padmé. Right solving problems.

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Will we also be seeing some
male favorites joining in these
new adventures?
Absolutely. These shorts
take the point of view of the
female characters, but they are
still working with their male
counterparts. It’s really important
to us that we represent the whole
of Star Wars, so you’re going to
hear John Boyega voicing Finn,
and there will be appearances from
Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda, and
Anakin, too. If it makes sense for
a character to appear in Forces of
Destiny, they will do so, regardless
of gender.

Is Matt Lanter from The Clone
Wars going to be returning as the was like putting on your favorite
voice of Anakin? shoes. It was very familiar and very
Yes, Matt is back as Anakin! It’s comfortable, especially since we
really fun how we’re able to bring have Dave Filoni working with us.
in the actors that played these It felt like coming home.

parts on film and TV and get them
working together. It’s really a great You were a fan before you were
experience for me, and I think part of the cast. Are you excited
for them, too. They can reprise to be part of a show that aims to
these roles and lean into those old inspire a new generation of fans?
relationships. You get so much I’m excited for my nieces, but they
dedication working on Star Wars are already huge fans. My parents
and it means so much to all the get Star Wars Insider and other
people involved, so it’s really nice magazines if I’m interviewed, and
to have opportunities to bring the girls pick them up. That led to
everybody together. them watching the show Aunt Cat
was in, and then the movies. It’s
CATHERINE not that I made them watch any of
TABER it, but I probably would have tried, 08
if they hadn’t already!
Star Wars Insider: What’s it like For me, it’s hard to remember
to come back to Padmé? a time when I wasn’t a fan. I’ve
Catherine Taber: I was super always loved Star Wars. When
excited to get the call telling me I started working in voice acting,
that Padmé was going to be part Mission Vao from the Knights of
of Forces of Destiny. Going back the Old Republic videogame was



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my second audition and my fi rst realize! I did two voices on to be a part of that, but I wasn’t
job. Now, having been involved The Force Awakens: a hangar offi cer sure if I would be identifi able. So
with The Clone Wars, Rebels, and and the Starkiller Base weapons I was sitting there next to James
Forces of Destiny, it feels really cool technician. The second one is the Arnold Taylor [Obi-Wan Kenobi
to be part of this ongoing thing one that people notice most often, in The Clone Wars], and the line
that bridges generations. and which is recognizable as me. happened and James looked at
It was so funny because I was me and said, “That was you!” And
You didn’t mention that you also watching the movie at a cast and I was like, “That was me!” It makes
provided voices on the big screen crew screening here in L.A. and me laugh because it sounds like

in The Force Awakens! it was the first time I had seen it. Padmé is charging the weapon.
That’s true, but most people don’t I was so excited to have gotten That kind of Easter egg stuff is
fun and I love being a part of it.
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Forces of Destiny is all about
what makes a hero. What do
you think are Padmé’s most
heroic traits?
She has diplomacy, which these
days is really a lost virtue. There’s
so much anger and animosity,
it seems like everyone is just yelling
at one another. I love that the fi rst
thing she does is try to understand
the situation and the other person’s
side. But I also love that, when that
doesn’t work, she’s also willing
to get in there and fight a battle.

To quote another trilogy that
I love, there are some things worth
fighting for. That’s something

that Padmé really knows, and
friendships are right up there as one
of those things. What I love about
this new series is you really get to
see how important friendships are.






“There’s also a
great friendship

between Padmé

and ahsoka, so
it kind of feels
like getting the

old gang back

together!”
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I can’t think of a better message
at this point in time. Some things

are worth fighting for, and your
friends are probably at the top of
the list.
Which of Padmé’s friendships
will Forces of Destiny explore?
There are some Padmé and Anakin
moments, which make me very
happy, because I love seeing them
together. There’s also a great
friendship between Padmé and
Ahsoka, so it’s kind of like getting
the old gang back together! I’m
excited for fans because I know
they miss that from The Clone
Wars. We’re all excited to be giving
them a little taste of that again.

Is there a part of you that is like,
or tries to be like, Padmé?
She is pretty close to me in the
sense that I like the idea of being
a lady, but I also like the idea of
getting in there and fi ghting when
necessary. So she’s pretty true to
me in that sense. She likes to keep
things positive, but when the time
comes, she’s willing to get her
hands dirty. That’s pretty easy for 13
me to step into.

Do you think Forces of Destiny get so caught up that we 10 Ahsoka Tano The animation style of this series
will remind people that little acts forget about those human faces a haywire is so lovely. Padmé and Leia, who is
droid in “The
of kindness are just as important moments. That’s what Padawan Path.” voiced by Shelby Young, all of the
and heroic as the grander I love about Forces of (See left.) characters, I love the way they look.
conquests we often associate with Destiny. It’s about those It’s the kind of artwork that I would
11 Stormtroopers
Star Wars? little moments of human confiscate a child’s want to have framed and in my
I do, and I’m so glad you said that. contact and the differences loth cat (see left). house. That’s another thing that’s
It is exactly what I was saying they make. I’m really cool. It’s another version of Star
12 Discover more
before: it seems like we’re in such hopeful, especially for our about Jyn’s life in Wars that’s unique and creative,
a time of heightened anxiety and younger generation, and a “The Stranger.” but still has the same type of stories
heightened anger, and a lot of show like Forces of Destiny 13 Ahsoka must and characters that we love.
people are stressed and unhappy. reminds us that being protect Padmé
from an assassin.
One of the best ways to change a good friend and having Are you going to get a Forces
the world is day-to-day, when you courage goes a long way. of Destiny Padmé action fi gure?
interact with other human beings. Not just in making your life better, Are you kidding me? Am I going to
With social media and but in making the whole world a get one? I’m going to get as many
everything being in our faces, we better place for everyone to live in. as I can fi nd!



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SW B Star Wars Begins

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far too
lacking in outer space adventure, one movie
changed the face of entertainment forever...

W ORDS B Y SIMON HUGO


t’s hard to imagine a world
without Star Wars. For many
of us, that’s because we
Iweren’t born when the fi rst
movie came out. For others, it’s
more to do with the fact that Star
Wars has come to infl uence every
part of popular culture in the past
40 years. So what was it like in that
strange time called 1977, when
the pre-Star Wars world collided
with a whole new galaxy of
excitement and adventure? Come
A with us now on a journey back to
the beginnings of the Star Wars
NEW phenomenon—and don’t forget
HOPE your Early Bird Certifi cate!
A New Hope














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Troubled Times 01
In 1977, the United States was
a country coming to terms with
itself. Since the 1960s, the civil
rights movement, women’s
liberation groups, and bohemian
counter-culture had overturned a
lot of long-standing assumptions
about American life, while the
unpopular Vietnam War and the
Watergate scandal had rocked
public trust in authority fi gures. Hope and change
Though President Nixon had Hope was not entirely lacking in
resigned in 1974 and the war in 1977, of course. A new president—
Vietnam had ended in 1975, recent former peanut farmer Jimmy

history still loomed large in popular Carter—came into office in January,
culture. On TV, 1977 was the year promising the fresh perspective
of Nixon’s famous interviews of a Washington outsider, and
with David Frost, as well as the displaying a down-home sensibility
continuation of Korean War drama far removed from his predecessors.
M*A*S*H, which drew numerous The dawn of microprocessor
parallels with Vietnam. At the technology brought new
49th Academy Awards in March computing and gaming power into
1977, Oscar wins and nominations homes, in the form of the Apple
went to Watergate drama All The II computer and the Atari VCS
President’s Men and paranoiac console. Futuristic technology also
dramas Logan’s Run, Network, and revived public interest in space
Taxi Driver—each an exploration of travel as the NASA Space Shuttle

a man who could take no more in a Enterprise made its first test fl ights.
faulty society. But there was one thing more
As people wrestled with than any other that combined all
these heavy subjects and their of those possibilities, from farmboy
implications in day-to-day life, it’s authenticity to cutting-edge tech
fair to say they were in need of and outer space adventure. And
some light relief. To put it another that was a fi lm called Star Wars.
way, they needed some new hope.
Overnight success
Star Wars opened on fewer than
40 screens across the U.S. on
Wednesday May 25, 1977. It had no
current star names (Alec Guinness
and Peter Cushing having both
made their names in the 1940s and
’50s), and was not based on a pre-
existing novel or story, unlike all
the biggest hits preceding it, from
Gone With The Wind (1939) to The
Exorcist (1973) and Jaws (1975).
Despite these inauspicious
beginnings, word of mouth about

01 Drinkers of Coca-Cola the film (and a preemptive tour
could collect tokens and of sci-fi conventions by Lucasfi lm

exchange them for these
gorgeous posters. marketing man, Charles Lippincott)
made it an instant hit, with George
02 The Star Wars Sketchbook Lucas himself encountering a long
offered a glimpse at Joe
Johnston’s drawings. line of people waiting to see the
movie at Mann’s Chinese Theatre
03 The Story of Star Wars
record allowed fans to in Hollywood on day one. By
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than 1,000 screens nationwide, and items would not have been on the radar of Burger Chef. If you turned on your
received an unprecedented second most moviegoers. radio, you’d be left in no doubt that

opening at the illustrious Mann’s, Instead, the first item of Star Wars the sound of ’77 was “Star Wars
attended by thousands of fans. merchandise that most people would have Theme/Cantina Band,” a disco
encountered was a full-color souvenir program reworking of John Williams’ music
Early adopters sold at theaters, featuring 18 pages of facts and by musician/producer Meco, which
All of this had been achieved with photos from the film. But within a few weeks spent two weeks at the top of the

little in the way of marketing of Star Wars’ May release, you didn’t need to go Billboard charts in October.
and merchandise, but it is an into, or even near, a theater to feel the Force of On newsstands, TIME magazine
oft-repeated myth that Star Wars’ this movie phenomenon. declared Star Wars the “movie
surprise hit status meant that there of the year” before the month
were no tie-in products to capitalize A galaxy of goods of May was out, People profi led
on this success. By the time of the If you went out for groceries in the second half of “the talented folks who gave us
movie’s release, the novelization 1977, you’d be hard pressed to avoid promotions the summer’s box offi ce sizzler”,
Star Wars: From the Adventures of for R2-D2 pendants on Nestlé Crunch bars, Star and Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie
Luke Skywalker had been available Wars trading cards in Wonderbread, and frisbees followed in the footsteps of the
for six months and was newly from Pine-Sol cleaner that featured characters Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Michael

reissued, and the first two issues such as C-3PO. You’d almost certainly see Jackson by appearing on the cover
of Marvel’s Star Wars comic had someone wearing a “DARTH VADAR LIVES” (sic) of Rolling Stone. Back on TV—in
gone on sale. This meant hardcore T-shirt, and you might even see Vader himself between the Star Wars themed

sci-fi fans (who were assumed to be appearing at your local mall. ads—local news shows turned their
the film’s primary audience) had If you stayed home and switched on your TV, attention to the continuing queues

a handle on the characters and you’d likely see commercials with R2-D2 and to see the movie, and the growing
themes from the outset, but these C-3PO picking up free Star Wars posters from fashion to see it multiple times.
Event television
“If you went out for groceries in the Thanks to this blitz of licensed
second half of 1977, you’d be hard pressed marketing and organic media
to avoid Star Wars promotions...” coverage, by the fall of ’77, it was
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“When the market-leading Mego Corporation

turned down the chance to produce Star Wars

figures, the licence was snapped up by Kenner...”


what Star Wars was, even if you hadn’t seen it. in Friday night primetime on a Bith) not only promoted Star
And whenever blanket Star Wars mania seemed major network, the show justifi ed Wars beyond its existing fanbase,
in danger of becoming background noise, a its existence with genuine insights but also showed its willingness to
tentpole event would come along to revitalize about the Star Wars phenomenon, laugh at itself, in keeping with the
interest all over again. but also served as an extra-long refreshingly optimistic spirit of the
The first of these was The Making of Star advertisement for the movie. actual movie.

Wars, a one-hour documentary shown on ABC Later on in September, Lucasfi lm
on September 16, 1977. In an age of DVD extras, licensed the use of Star Wars Ready for action
this kind of glimpse characters and costumes to Donny Yet for all this exposure, there
04 Marvel Comics’ behind the scenes has & Marie (a wholesome variety show was one thing missing from the
adaptation proved
to be a big seller, become commonplace, fronted by pop stars Donny and Star Wars cultural coup. Kids up
even before the but in 1977 it was a Marie Osmond), and toward the and down the United States had
movie was released!
rare accolade for a end of the year, extended the same snapped up the comics, the Topps

05 Just a few of the film to be granted a deal to the far edgier Richard Pryor trading cards, the Halloween
magazines that whole documentary, Show. TV appearances such as these costumes, and more—with demand
caught Star Wars
fever in 1977, helping and a rare privilege for (which featured disco-dancing often far outstripping supply. But as
to create a legend. fascinated fans. Shown stormtroopers and a boozehound Christmas 1977 approached, there
was one thing not even the fastest,
most well-connected kid could buy:
Star Wars action fi gures.
05
When the market-leading Mego
Corporation turned down the
chance to produce Star Wars fi gures
in 1976, the license was snapped up
by its smaller competitor Kenner,
which was not prepared for the
massive demand. With no chance
of supplying stores with enough
stock for the Christmas rush,
Kenner instead chose not to rush
release any figures at all, but instead

to sell an “Early Bird Certifi cate”
to parents, which children could
unwrap on Christmas Day.
Possibly the strangest item of
Star Wars merchandise from 1977,
the Early Bird Certifi cate Package
was, in effect, an empty box. On
the one hand, it proves a cynical
viewpoint that, at the height of
Star Wars mania, you could sell
anything with the movie’s name
on it, but on the other hand, it’s an
example of the ingenious ways in

which Lucasfilm and its partners
responded to the unprecedented
demand for tie-in goods.
Instead of total disappointment
for thousands of children come
Christmas Day, the Early Bird

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SEVEN
SENSATIONS
FOR ’77

Star Wars wasn’t the
only smash hit of 1977.
These now-familiar
cultural artifacts all
made their debut in
that year, too.
1 / ROOTS
An unfl inching dramatization of
African-American history from
enslavement to the late 20th
century, this landmark miniseries
remains one of the most-watched
TV shows in American history.
2 / THE SHINING
Stephen King’s fi rst hardback
bestseller established the author
as one of U.S. publishing’s biggest
names. In 1980, Stanley Kubrick
adapted the book into one of the
greatest horror fi lms of all time.

3 / CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE
THIRD KIND
With state-of-the-art special effects
and a John Williams soundtrack,
Steven Spielberg’s tale of aliens
contacting Earth set itself apart
from Star Wars with its everyday
setting and everyman characters.
4 / RUMOURS
Only a handful of albums have sold
more than 40 million copies, and 06
three of those date from 1977:
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Meat
Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell, and the and the promise of four (four!) Star Wars action marketed, and 06 This rare
Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

figures by mail in 1978, before the rest of the experienced. pre-production
poster helped
5 / THE COMPLETE general public. For all its needs-must origins, in Nowadays, build early hype
BOOK OF RUNNING a way, the Early Bird box was the perfect end to audiences carry for the new
Written by exercise evangelist Jim the Star Wars phenomenon in 1977—because fi lms with space fantasy.
Fixx, this million-selling manual can

be seen as kick-starting the keep- it spoke confidently of the continuation of Star them on their
fi t boom of the 1980s, as well as Wars mania in 1978. smartphones, and can call them
much of today’s health-conscious, up on demand. Star Wars was
self-help culture. Just the beginning ahead of its time in offering its
6 / SATURDAY NIGHT Where other pop-cultural crazes had burned own version of that experience,
FEVER brightly only to prove short-lived, artifacts with endless ways to take the fi lm

The movie that made disco such as the Early Bird Certificate proved that home with them.
mainstream and inspired millions of Star Wars was not only going to burn even No matter what else was going
medallion-wearing movers is also
a complex critique of cultural and brighter, but for even longer. In fact, before on in the U.S.A. in 1977, you were
class barriers that still stands up to Star Wars, being short-lived was almost the never short of a Star Wars moment
scrutiny today. point of pop culture, but in the space of one to take you far, far away from the
year, everything had changed. stresses of this galaxy. And with
7 / SLIME
A must-have for school kids, Slime No one could have guessed in 1977 that Star constant reminders of that story
was viscous, bright green goo sold Wars would remain a multimedia megabrand full of heroes, humor, and hope
in miniature trashcans. It remains four decades later, but no one could have for the future, it was possible to
intermittently popular.
been in any doubt, either, that something believe there was hope for us all in
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Battlefront II:


Inferno Squad






B Y CHR I S TIE GOLDEN
AR T B Y TW O DO T S AND SIMON MYERS


e’ve seen the Star Wars
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story told many time from
AR T B Y SIMON MYERS
Wthe point of view of the
Rebellion. What’s rarer, is to see it
through the eyes of the enemy: the
dreaded Imperial forces...
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad,
the prequel to the hotly-anticipated
new videogame, does just that.
It picks up shortly after the end of
Rogue One, but this time, however,
we’re following the adventures of
an elite military unit dedicated
to wiping out the enemies of the
Emperor. In this exciting extract from
Christie Golden’s new novel, we see
a classic Star Wars scene retold...






















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FICTION




he fi rm control she’d had, she’d fought for and been tipped. The superlaser was again
of one’s obtained despite him. employed at the Battle of Scarif, this
emotions was She’d been primed for the military time wiping out an entire region and
an unspoken academy while barely more than a several rebel ships trapped under Scarif’s
criterion for child, studying at the Future Imperial shield along with it. Emperor Palpatine
those who Leaders Military Preparatory School on had dissolved the Imperial Senate. His
would serve the her homeworld of Vardos, located in the right hand, the mysterious caped and
Empire. One Jinata system, where she had, literally, helmeted Darth Vader, had intercepted
did not gloat, or cheer, or weep, or rage, been bloodied. There, and afterward at and imprisoned secret rebel and now
although cold fury was, upon occasion, the Imperial Academy on Coruscant, former senator Princess Leia Organa.
deemed an appropriate reaction to Iden had graduated top of her class, The Death Star’s director, Grand Moff
particular circumstances. with honors. Wilhuff Tarkin, had used the princess’s
Senior Lieutenant Iden Versio had All that felt like a mere prelude to this home planet of Alderaan to demonstrate
been familiar with this stipulation since moment. For the last several months, the true breadth of the power of the now
she was old enough to understand the Iden had been part of a small, elite TIE fully operational battle station.

concept. Even so, now, at this hour of fighter unit aboard what was arguably As nearly all on the Death Star had
the Empire’s unequivocal and absolute the pinnacle of Imperial design— been ordered to do, with their own
triumph, the young woman raced the massive space station known as eyes or on a screen, Iden had stood and
across the gleaming black surface of the the Death Star. And she was rather watched. By their treasonous actions,
Death Star’s corridors with her helmet unprofessionally excited. the rebels on Alderaan had brought
cradled in one arm, trying and failing Even as she tried to rein in her destruction not only on themselves, but
to smother a grin. enthusiasm, she could sense that others on the innocents they always seemed
Today, of all days, why shouldn’t hastening to their own TIE fi ghters so keen to protect. She couldn’t get the
she smile, at least when no one shared it. They betrayed themselves image out of her head: a planet, a world,
was watching? with the surging tattoo of booted gone in the span of a few seconds. As,
When her orders had come to serve footfalls, their upright positions, even soon, would be virtually all the Empire’s


“FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, IDEN HAD BEEN
PART OF A SMALL, ELITE TIE FIGHTER UNIT ABOARD
THE SPACE STATION KNOWN AS THE DEATH STAR.”


on the space station—which a scant few the brightness in their eyes. enemies. In a very, very short time, the
hours ago had reduced an entire planet It wasn’t new, this happy tension. galaxy would receive an implacable and
into rocky chunks of glorious rebel Iden had seen it bubbling under the thorough understanding of just how
rubble—Iden had endured resentful, surface after the first test of the station’s useless resistance would be. And then—

sidelong glances followed by murmurs capabilities, when the Death Star’s Then, there would be order, and this
pitched exactly too softly for her to superlaser had targeted and obliterated ill-thought-out, chaotic “Rebellion”
catch. But Iden didn’t need to hear the Jedha City. The Empire had landed a would subside. All the extensive hours
words. She knew what the others were one-two punch in a handful of seconds. of labor, all the credits and brainpower
saying about her. It was nothing more It had destroyed not only the rebel spent on controlling and dominating
than a variant on what had always been terrorist Saw Gerrera and his group of various unruly worlds could, at last, be
said about her. extremists known as the partisans, but turned to helping them.

She’s too young for this position. She also the ancient Temple of the Kyber, There would, finally, be peace.
couldn’t have earned it on her own. held sacred by those who secretly hoped The event would be shocking, yes.
She got it because of her father. for the return of the disgraced and But it had to be, and it was all for the
The self-righteous mutterers would defeated Jedi. Jedha City represented the greater good. Once everyone was

have been startled to discover the degree first real demonstration of the station’s under the auspices of the Empire,
to which their assumptions were wrong. power, but that fact was known only to they would understand.
Inspector General Garrick Versio those who served on the Death Star. And that glorious moment was almost
might well be one of the highest- For now. To the rest of the galaxy, here. Tarkin had located the rebel base
ranking members of the powerful and what had happened at Jedha was a tragic on one of Yavin’s moons. The base—and
secretive Imperial Security Bureau, but mining accident. the moon—were but a few moments
Iden had gotten nothing out of the Things had happened with shocking from oblivion.
joyless task of being his daughter. Every speed after that, as if some galactic Some of the rebels, though, were not
honor, every grade, every opportunity balance had suddenly, drastically, going to go quietly.





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These few had taken to space and anyone else in her squadron. Iden liked “Attention, pilots,” came the voice of
were presently mounting a humorously that everything was compact and her commander, Kela Neerik, in Iden’s
feeble attack on the gigantic space immediately to hand—fl ight ear, and for a brief, beautiful instant
station. The thirty Y- and X-wing controls, viewscreen, targeting Iden thought her squad commander

fighters the rebels had mustered were systems, equipment for tracking and was going to explain what was going
small enough to dodge the station’s being tracked. on. But all Neerik said was, “Death Star
defensive turbolaser turrets, zipping Iden listened to the familiar beeps of is now six minutes out from target.”

about like flies. And, like fl ies, this the tracking equipment as it targeted Iden bit her lip, wondering if she
nominal, futile defense would be and locked onto one of the X-wings. should speak up. Don’t. Don’t, she
casually swatted down by Iden and the She swung her vessel back and forth told herself, but the words had a life
other pilots in ship-to-ship combat, as with easy familiarity as the enemy of their own. Before she realized it, out
per orders from Lord Vader. ship frantically jigged and jagged in a they had come.
Within the span of seven minutes, commendable, but ultimately useless, “Respectfully, Commander, with only
Yavin’s moon and all the rebels it effort to evade her. six minutes until the entire moon’s
had succored would be nothing more She pressed her thumbs down. Green destruction, why are we out here? Surely
than floating debris. On this day, the lasers sliced through the X-wing, and thirty one-person ships won’t be able to

Rebellion would be no more. then only pieces and a flaring sheet of do anything resembling damage to the

Iden’s heartbeat thudded in her ears fl ame remained. Death Star in that amount of time.”
as she all but jumped down the ladder A quick count on her screen told “Lieutenant Versio”—Neerik’s voice
into her fighter, sealing her fl ight suit Iden that her fellow pilots were also was as cold as space—“don’t assume


and pulling on her helmet. Slender efficiently culling the herd of rebels. your father’s position gives you special
but strong gloved fi ngers flew over the She frowned slightly at the tiny, ship- privileges. We are here because Lord

consoles, her gaze fl itting over shaped blips on her screen. Some of Vader ordered us to be here. Perhaps
the stats as she went through the them were veering off from the group, you’d like to put your question to

preflight checklist. The hatch lowered, going deeper in toward the Death Star, him personally when we return to the
hummed shut, and she was encased while others seemed to be trying to station? I’m sure he’d be delighted to
“THE TRICK WAS TO KILL THE ENEMY FIRST
—SOMETHING IDEN WAS BETTER AT THAN
ANYONE ELSE IN HER SQUADRON.”


in its black metal belly. A few seconds draw the TIE fighters away from the explain his military strategy to you.”

later she was swirling in cold, airless station. Iden’s gaze flickered to another Iden felt a cold knot in her stomach

darkness, where the distinctive scream ship, a Y-wing—one of those enemy at the thought of a “personal”
of her vessel was silent. vessels that always looked to her like a conversation with Lord Vader. She’d
Here they came, now, mostly the skeletal bird of prey—and she went in never met him, thankfully, but she had
X-wings—the Rebellion’s answer to pursuit, rolling smoothly and coming heard too many chilling rumors.

TIE fighters. They were impressive up on its side. More streaks of green in “No, Commander, that won’t
little single-occupant vessels, and they the star-spattered blackness, and then be necessary.”
skimmed along close to the surface of it, too, was gone. “I thought not. Do your duty,
the station, a few of them misjudging Her gaze now lingered on the Lieutenant Versio.”
the distance and slamming into more suicidal of the enemy fi ghters, Iden frowned, then let it go. She did
the walls around the trenches that watching as they dropped into the not need to understand the rebels; she
crisscrossed the Death Star’s surface. trenches. As far as Iden knew, no one needed only to destroy them.
Suicide, Iden thought, even as she in her six-pilot squadron had been As if they sensed her renewed resolve,
knew the term was just as often applied told why the rebels had adopted this the rebel pilots suddenly upped their
to those who flew TIE fi ghters. You peculiar tactic of flying through the game. There was a brief flash at the



either loved the small starfi ghters or trenches. Iden had grown up with corner of Iden’s vision, and when she
you hated them. A TIE fi ghter was nearly everything—from what it was turned to look, she realized with sick
fast and distinctive, with its laser her father actually did for the Empire surprise that the debris hurtling off in
cannons quite deadly, but it was more to what her mother was designing that all directions was black.
vulnerable to attack than other vessels day, even what was for dinner that Iden didn’t know who had just died.

as it wasn’t equipped with defl ector night—being on a need-to-know basis. TIE fighters were so uniform as to be
shields. The trick was to kill the enemy She had grown accustomed to the practically indistinguishable from one

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to think of their ships in the warm, So yes. Vader was head and shoulders gargantuan size making the rebel ship
fuzzy way the rebels were reported to above the rest of them—literally and look like the toys she’d been allowed
do. A ship was a ship was a ship. And figuratively. But it wasn’t Vader’s friends to play with as a child. The Y-wing was

Iden understood that, as far as most in who were dying in this battle, and making for Yavin as fast as it could,
the Empire were concerned, a pilot was Iden burned to be the one to make swerving erratically enough that Iden
a pilot was a pilot: as expendable and the rebels pay. frowned as she tried to get a lock on it.

interchangeable as the ships they fl ew. With a huffing sigh that she was A sudden scalding brightness fi lled
We all serve at the pleasure of the certain was audible, she swerved from her vision.
Emperor, her father had drilled into tailing the X-wing, frowning as red Temporarily blinded, Iden hurtled
her since she was old enough to laserfire came perilously close to her wildly, her TIE fighter tumbling out



comprehend what an emperor was. fighter’s fragile wings. That was on her; of control. As her vision returned,
None of us is indispensable. Iden had she hadn’t been focusing. she realized debris was coming at her
certainly seen Imperial ships shot down She corrected that oversight as intensely as if she had suddenly
before. This was war, and she was a immediately, zooming away from the materialized inside an asteroid fi eld.
soldier. But indispensable be damned. station toward a pair of Y-wings that Her focus, always powerful, narrowed
The half smile she’d been wearing was, successfully, attempting to get her to laserlike precision as she frantically
during most of the combat vanished, attention. Any other time, Iden would dodged and swerved, maneuvering
and Iden pressed her lips together have enjoyed toying with them—they around the biggest pieces and wishing
angrily. She veered, perhaps a touch were decent pilots, although the ones with all her being that TIE fi ghters
too violently, to the right and targeted in the X-wings were superior—but right had shields.
another X-wing. In mere seconds it now she was too irritated to do so. Iden pivoted and tumbled, breathing
exploded into a yellow-orange fi reball. She targeted the closest Y-wing, the mercifully still-fl owing oxygen
“Gotcha, you—” she muttered. locked onto it, and blew it to pieces. deeply and rhythmically. But she knew
“No commentary, Versio,” warned Watching the fragments of the in her heart it was just a matter of time.
Neerik, her voice rising a little; more starfighter hurtling wildly was some There was too much debris, some of it

hot than cold, now. “We will be having small compensation for the deaths of the size of a standard escape pod, some

“SHE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND
TARGETED ANOTHER X-WING. IN MERE
SECONDS IT EXPLODED INTO A FIREBALL.”



the honor of Lord Vader joining us her fellow pilots. of it as small as her clenched fist, and she
momentarily. He and his pilots will be “Death Star is two minutes to was right in the thick of it. The smaller
focusing on the hostiles navigating the target. Be aware of your distance from pieces were pelting her TIE fi ghter
meridian trench. All remaining units are the planet.” already. Sooner or later, one of the big
ordered to redirect their attacks to the Ah, so that was why Neerik was chunks would hit her, and both Senior
rebel ships on the magnetic perimeter.” giving the countdown. Iden had to Lieutenant Iden Versio and her ship
Iden almost shouted a protest, but give the pilot of the other Y-wing credit would be nothing more than smears on
stopped herself just in time. For some for courage, albeit of the foolish kind; what was left of Yavin’s moon.
reason still unknown to the squadron, the ship was now racing away from Somehow, she’d wandered too
this perplexing tactic by the rebel pilots the Death Star at top speed. Were they close to the Death Star’s target and had
was clearly of great concern. Lord Vader heading back to Yavin’s moon, nobly gotten caught up in the chaotic sweep
wouldn’t trouble himself with appearing choosing to die with their base, or were of its destruction—exactly what her
personally to take care of it otherwise. they just trying to evade her? commander had been warning
Almost everything Iden knew about Not happening, Iden thought, and her against.
Darth Vader was pure speculation. The continued her pursuit. She got the But how was that possible?
exception was a single revelation on vessel in her sights and fired. She didn’t “Mayday, mayday,” Iden shouted,

the part of her father, in one of those slow as the ship exploded, but simply unable to keep her voice calm as she
rare moments when he was feeling less pulled back and looped up and over the desperately dipped and dived to avoid

taciturn than usual with his only child. fireball and debris, snug in her crash disaster. “This is TIE Sigma Three
“Lord Vader has great power,” Versio webbing, and smoothly dipped the TIE requesting assistance. Repeat, this is TIE

had said. “His instincts and his refl exes fighter in front of the second Y-wing for Sigma Three requesting assistance, do
are uncanny. And . . . there are certain the perfect shot. you copy, over?”
abilities he possesses that our Emperor The pale moon-shape of the Death Silence. Absolute, cold, terrifying silence.

finds to be of tremendous value.” Star loomed behind the vessel, its The inevitable occurred at last.




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Something struck the TIE fi ghter, fortunately, served not only to damage
hard. The ship shuddered, tumbled the wing but also to push her toward
off in a different direction, but did not the moon, and without the pull of the
explode. A piece of one of the sleek, Death Star to counter it, the gravity

fragile wings flashed across Iden’s fi eld of Yavin’s small satellite was greedy.
of vision and she realized that control She couldn’t direct her trajectory, but
of the vessel was out of her hands. she could manage it. Iden went on the
Others would panic, or weep, or rail. offensive—a preferred tactic—but this
But Iden had been raised to never, ever time not against a rebel vessel. This
quit, and now, at this moment, she was time, her enemy was the debris that
grateful for her father’s implacability. hurtled toward her.
The ship was careening and, as she She spun toward the moon’s
could do nothing to stop it, she took a surface, targeting anything in her path
few seconds to observe. and blasting it into rubble. This sort
The prospect of her own violent and, of thing was second nature, so she
possibly, painful and prolonged death let part of her mind deal with how
was something that held little fear for to manage the process of reentry, a
her. But what she saw in those seconds controlled crash, and ejection.
struck terror down to her bones. There would then be avoiding
It was the blue-green moon of Yavin. capture, stealing a vessel, and
And it was completely intact. absconding with it, presuming she
Not. Possible! landed on Yavin’s moon in one piece.
She thought of the dreadful silence There it was again, that frisson of
on the comm. And now that she bestial, primitive panic, closing her
knew, now that she had wrapped her throat. Iden swallowed hard even
brain around something that was as cold sweat dewed her body—


“WHAT SHE SAW IN THOSE SECONDS
STRUCK TERROR DOWN TO HER
BONES. IT WAS YAVIN. INTACT.”


not supposed to happen, that no one —beneath the uniform of an
had ever imagined could happen, she Imperial offi cer—
recognized some of the pieces that she —beneath the helm of a TIE fi ghter
was trying so desperately to evade. pilot—
They were of Imperial construction. —and again took a deep, calming

Imperial. breath. The oxygen was finite, but it
Pieces of the greatest battle was better to use it now to help her
station that— focus than later as she panicked.
A single short, harsh, disbelieving Iden was, as far as she knew, the sole
gasp racked her slender frame. Then survivor out of over a million victims
Iden Versio clenched her teeth against of this act of rebel terrorism. She had
a second outburst. Pressed her lips to survive, if only to honor those who
together to seal it inside her. hadn’t. Who hadn’t chased the foe in
She was a Versio, and Versios did an impulsive act that ought to have
not panic. been a mistake, but instead had gifted
The destruction of the Death Star was her with a chance to live.
the brutal and irrevocable truth that the She would find a way back to

impossible was now possible. Which Imperial space ready to continue the

meant she could survive this. fight against the Rebel Alliance for as
And she was going to. long as it took to eliminate every last
Iden clawed her way back to control one of the bastards.
and assessed the situation with a bright, Her jaw set and her eyes narrowed
sharp, almost violent clarity. with determination, Iden Versio braced
The impact of the debris strike had, herself for a bumpy landing.





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