Kylo Ren’s Again to Let the Previous Die in Star Wars’ New Comedian

It’s been nearly 5 years since Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren pale away within the closing moments of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Since then, Disney and Lucasfilm have been cautious to keep away from doing much of anything set within the Sequel Trilogy’s aftermath (or in its basic timeframe), however the two corporations should assume now’s the best time to offer ol’ Ben Solo an ongoing comedian.

Written by Charles Soule (Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren) and drawn by Luke Ross (Star Wars: Conflict of the Bounty Hunters), the Legacy of Vader collection will decide up with Ren after the occasions of The Final Jedi. Trying to end what his grandpa began, the story will begin with Ren exploring the remnants of Vader’s castle on Mustafar, and he’ll later trek via the tough, coarse sands of Tatooine. If that weren’t attention-grabbing sufficient, we’ll additionally get to see how properly Kylo did because the First Order’s Supreme Chief after he went and sliced Snoke in half.

Soule defined this new e book will proceed to shine a light-weight on unknown a part of Kylo Ren’s life, significantly for the reason that occasions of the primary two films are nonetheless in his thoughts. “[He’s] actually misplaced at this specific second,” stated Soule. “[All of that] is swirling round in his emotional matrix, making him deeply unstable, offended, and harmful. He’s searching for any type of steering he can get — even when he received’t admit it — and so he turns to only about the one factor he’s received left, the legacy of his grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Vader.” Deeper perception may even be supplied on Vader himself, although Soule was mum on what to anticipate on that entrance.

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader begins on February 5, 2025, and you may see preview pages under.

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