Rogue One Comic Book Spin-offs We Want to Read

With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story being such a plot-driven movie, there’s plenty of opportunity for comic books to fill in the backstory of its ensemble cast of characters.

Marvel Comics, holder of the Star Wars comic license, has been churning out both ongoing Star Wars comics and mini-series featuring specific characters like Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. The ragtag Rogue One team is practically tailor-made for the mini-series treatment, just enough time to flesh out where they came from and learn about who they really are when they’re not trying to save the galaxy from a planet-killing weapon.

While at first Marvel only set the comics between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, they’ve now taken to exploring different time frames throughout the various Episodes. The mini-series Obi-Wan and Anakin follows the Master/Padawan duo between the events of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, whereas Shattered Empire picks up in the closing moments of Return of the Jedi and introduces us to Poe Dameron’s parents. These Rogue One comics would mostly take place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

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