Episode #454 -- Relics of a Small Town

Lore from the "Force and Destiny" RPG figures prominently in this week's Star Wars (Vol. 4) #2 as Luke embarks on a search for Jedi relic while Leia and Mon Monthma strive to ensure the fragile New Republic's standing amid a potential gathering storm.

In Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #4 (of 5), the crew strikes a deal with one bounty hunter in a bid to stem another.

The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #5 (of 5) brings readers Lando's stirring speech that helped rouse the galaxy and bring down the First and FInal Orders.

Comics Discussed This Week:

• Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #4 (of 5)
• The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #5 (of 5)
• Star Wars (2025) #2

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:

• NONE

News: 

• The original solicit for Jan. 6's Star Wars (Vol. 4) TPB collecting issues 1-6 has been removed, for now, from PRH, yet over at Amazon and Target, it's now due out either in May or June and is going to collect the series' first 10 issues at a price of $29.95.
• Also missing from PRH are the initially solicited second printings for Star Wars #1. They -- Phil Noto's cover with a gray background and Ken Lashley's nonfoil version of the foil variant -- had been due out June 25. It's still showing up as "on order" in ComicHub (for now).
• Really dug the first episode of the Fire and Water Podcast Network's new Star Wars comics podcast, "From Empire to Jedi." It covers Marvel's Star Wars comics that came out between 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi, which was a rather fertile period for the first-volume run.
• It's our 10th birthday. Yay!

Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:

June 18 _ Doctor Aphra — Chaos Agent #1

June 24 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda’s Secret War (Collects Star Wars 15-30, Annual 1-2); 

June 25 _ Legacy of Vader #5, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #19

July 1 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone TPB (Collects 1-4)

July 2 _ Jedi Knights #5, Codebreaker #2 (of 4)

July 8 _ Ewoks TPB (Collects 1-4)

July 9 _ Legacy of Vader #6

July 15 _ Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 3 (Collects Star Wars: Shadow Stalker (1997) 1, Star Wars: Rebel Heist (2014) 1-4, Star Wars: A Valentine Story (2003) 1, Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1994) 1-2, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) 1-6, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Mini-comic (1996) 1-2, Star Wars: Tales From Mos Eisley (1996) 1, Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters – Scoundrel’s Wages (1999) 1, Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1994) 1-2, Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead (2001) 2, Star Wars: Tag & Bink II (2006) 1, Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars (2000) 1, Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back (2002) 1-4, Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi (2003) 1-4; material from Star Wars Kids (1997) 12; Star Wars Visionaries (2005); Star Wars Tales (1999) 2, 4-8, 10, 12, 15-17, 20)

July 16 _ Star Wars (Vol. 4) #3, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #20, The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #5 (of 5)

July 22 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda’s War (Collects Star Wars 15-30, Annual 1, 2)

July 23 _ Doctor Aphra — Chaos Agent #2

July 30 _ The High Republic — The Finale: The Beacon #1 One-Shot, Tides of Terror #1 (of 4)

Aug. 5 _ Star Wars: Visions Treasury Edition (Collects Visions: Peach Momoko, Visions: Takeshi Okazaki and material from Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1)

Aug. 6 _ Legacy of Vader #7, Codebreaker #3 (of 4)

Aug. 13 _ Jedi Knights #6

Aug. 19 _ The Hig