Star Wars: Mace Windu is Getting His Own Marvel Comics Series

Kofi Outlaw

11/09/2017 05:49 pm EST

The Star Wars universe continues to expand, via a new Mace Windu comic book series from Marvel.

Star Wars News broke the announcement, revealing the following details about the series to fans:

It's Called Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic - Mace Windu
It's a 5 issue miniseries
It will be released in August
It will be written by Matt Owens and drawn by Denys Cowan
The Cover Art (which you can View In the Gallery below) is by Jesus Siaz; variants will be done by Russell Dauterman, Rahzzah and Javier Rodriguez.
The book will chronicle Mace Windu battling in early days of The Clone Wars

Mace Windu

Check out the official SYNOPSIS from Marvel:

For over a thousand generations, the Jedi have been the peacekeepers of the galaxy…but now, at the dawn of the Clone Wars, they find themselves in a new role: generals in the Army of the Republic. As Mace Windu, one of the Jedi's greatest warriors, leads a small unit of Jedi into battle shortly after the war begins, the Jedi must make peace with their new role, or be lost to the violence around them!

In addition to this series, Marvel also has a new Darth Vader series, which follows his early days after becoming a cyborg Sith Lord.

MORE: The New Darth Vader Comic

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A recent international leaflet for the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi promises:

"The Most Shocking Truth In Star Wars History Will Soon Be Revealed!

A new generation's tale of the struggles of light and dark, virtue and evil has begun with the death of Han Solo. In a Galaxy where First Order and the Resistance are fighting against each other in a war, the heroine, Rey, had the Force awaken within her.

What will happen to the galaxy when Rey and the only remaining Jedi knight, Luke Skywalker, meet? Kylo Ren has fallen to the Dark Side of the Force and killed his father, Han Solo. As a successor of his grandfather, Darth Vader, and a high ranking enforcer in the First Order, where will his ambition lead him to?

Furthermore, Kylo Ren's mother, the leader of the Resistance, Leia, Poe, Finn, and BB-8, will embark on a new mission! The story has finally begun and it will lead to a mysterious climax!

December 15. Be ready for the shocking truth surpassing the previous stories!"

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, from writer/director Rian Johnson, is in post-production now for a December 15, 2017, release. The film follows-up and continues the story of the next generation of the saga as Rey, Poe, Finn, and Kylo Ren find their place in the galaxy and follow the legacy of Luke Skywalker, Leia, and Han Solo. Daisy Ridley returns to star as Rey, with other returning stars John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Mayhew, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Lupita Nyong'o Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa. Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern join the cast in as-yet-unrevealed roles.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is slated for release on December 15, 2017. Han Solo: A Star Wars Story hits on May 25, 2018, while Star Wars: Episode IX has a release date of May 24, 2019.

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