Kylo Ren’s Back to Let the Past Die in Star Wars’ New Comic

It’s been nearly 5 years since Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren light 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 a lot of something set within the Sequel Trilogy’s aftermath (or in its normal timeframe), however the two firms should assume now’s the proper time to present ol’ Ben Solo an ongoing comedian.

Written by Charles Soule (Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren) and drawn by Luke Ross (Star Wars: Battle of the Bounty Hunters), the Legacy of Vader sequence will choose up with Ren after the occasions of The Final Jedi. Seeking to end what his grandpa began, the story will begin with Ren exploring the remnants of Vader’s fort on Mustafar, and he’ll later trek by 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 ebook will proceed to shine a lightweight on unknown a part of Kylo Ren’s life, notably for the reason that occasions of the primary two motion pictures are nonetheless in his thoughts. “[He’s] really misplaced at this explicit second,” mentioned Soule. “[All of that] is swirling round in his emotional matrix, making him deeply unstable, indignant, 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 simply about the one factor he’s received left, the legacy of his grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Vader.” Deeper perception may even be offered 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 beneath.

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