Episode #381 -- Here Comes the Sun

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Doctor Aphra concludes its second volume with its 40th issue, but is it truly the end for Doctor Aphra? What will become of those she leaves behind, including Sana Starros and Magna Tolvan, not to mention Just Lucky and Ariole, as well as the murder droids 0-0-0 and BT-1?
Comics Discussed This Week:

• Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #40 (4:41)

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:

• Dark Droids: D-Squad #2 (of 4)
• Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) #37

News:

• SW Libri sleuthed out an interesting title from Marvel in May: Star Wars Aphra Bounty Hunter. Is it a new title starring the archeologist? Lucasfilm's Michael Siglain said no, noting that when a new series is announced, it would come with a lot of fanfare.
• April solicits from Marvel were released and May from Dark Horse. Full details, including synopses and covers are on the Facebook page. Among the cover variants are several Jedi (and Sith) master and apprentice combinations by Giuseppe Camuncoli.
• Artist John Tyler Christopher will have a new Boba Fett variant for sale on Feb. 8 at his website.

Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:
Feb. 7 _ Mace Windu #1, Obi-Wan Kenobi #5
Feb. 14 _ Darth Vader #43, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #3
Feb. 21 _ Star Wars #43
Feb. 27 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Jedi - The Dark Side 1-5, Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express 1-2, Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan - Last Stand on Ord Mantell 1-3, Jedi Council - Acts of War 1-4 and material from Star Wars (1998) 4-6, Star Wars Tales 1-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 13-14 and 24)
Feb. 28 _ Thrawn Alliances #2
March 5 _ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 7 (Collects 37-41), Dark Droids: D-Squad TPB (Collects 1-4)
March 6 _ Star Wars #44, The High Republic Phase III #4, Thrawn: Alliances #1 (of 4) 2nd Printing
March 13 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4, Darth Vader #44, Mace Windu #2 (of 4)
March 19 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Republic 78-80, Purge, Purge - Seconds to Die, Purge - The Hidden Blade one-shots, Purge - The Tyrant’s Fist 1-2, Darth Vader and the Lost Command 1-5 and Dark Times 1-5)
March 20 _ Jango Fett #1, The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing One-Shot, Star Wars: Visions Takashi Okazaki #1, The High Republic Phase III #5, Thrawn: Alliances #3 (of 4)
March 26 _ Dark Droids TPB (Collects 1-5)
March 27 _ Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation #6 (of 6)
April 3 _ Star Wars #45, The High Republic Phase III #6
April 9 _ Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 8 TPB (Collects 37-41), The Mandalorian Season 2, Part II TPB (Collects 5-8)
April 10 _ The High Republic -- Saber for Hire #1 (of 4)
April 16 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Mara Jade - By the Emperor’s Hand 0-6, Shadows of the Empire - Evolution 1-5, The Jabba Tape, Boba Fett - Twin Engines of Destruction and material from Star Wars Tales 1, 3-5, 10, 14-15, 20 and 22); Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 TPB “Dark Droids” (Collects 35-42)
April 17 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #5
April 23 _ Star Wars by Gillen & Pak Omnibus (Collects Star Wars (2015) 38-75, Star Wars Annual 4, Star Wars: Empire Ascendant 1); Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) Vol. 7 “Dark Droids” TPB (Collects 32-40)
April 24 _ Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4)
April 30 _ Shadows of Starlight TPB (Collecting 1-4)
May 4 _ Young Jedi Adventures (FCBD), Star Wars #1 (FCBD)
May 14 _ Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion, Vol. 2 Omnibus (Collects Star Wars: River of Chaos (1995) 1-4; Star Wars: Empire (2002) 28-40; Star Wars: Rebellion (2006) 1-16; Star Wars: Boba Fett – Overkill (2006) 1; Star Wars: Boba Fett (1997) 1/2; Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1995) 1-4; material from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Rebellion (2006) 0; Star Wars Tales (1999) 3, 15, 17, 21)
May 15 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #6 and Saber for Hire #2 (of 4)
May 21 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Knights of the Old Republic 1-18 and material from Kings of the Old Republic/Rebellion 0)
June 4 _ The High Republic Phase III TPB (Collects 1-4)
June 11 _ Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Star Wars: The Jabba Tape; Heir to the Empire 1-6, Dark Force Rising 1-6, The Last Command 1-6. Dark Empire 1-6, Dark Empire II 1-6), Empire's End 1-2, Boba Fett -- Twin Engines of Destruction, Bounty on Bar-Kooda, When the Fat Lady Swings, Murder Most Foul and Agent of Doom, Star Wars Handbook 3 and material from Star Wars Tales 1, 3-5, 10, 14, 20 and 22); Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation TPB (Collects 1-6); ; Hyperspace Stories Vol. 3 TPB "Light and Shadow" (Collects 9-12)
June 18 _ The High Republic Phase III TPB, Vol. 1 (Collects 1-4, Star Wars: Revelations One-Shot The High Republic Story)
July 16 _ Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi omnibus. (Collects Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Prisoner of Bogan 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force War 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 0-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1-2, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption 1-5, material from Star Wars Tales 23 and Dark Horse Comics 7-9); Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection Star Wars, Vol. 1 (Collects Star Wars (2015) 1-14, Director's Cut: Star Wars Vader Down 1, Darth Vader (2015) 13-15)
July 23 _ Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon OGN
July 30 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Skywalker Strikes (Collects Star Wars (2015) 1-14, 1 Director's Cut, Vader Down 1, Darth Vader 13-15)
Aug. 6 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Story from Revelations (2023)
Sept. 3 _ Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances TPB (Collects 1-4)