Star Wars comics series debuted on April 6, 2016. A six-issue of "The Force Awakens" by Chuck Wendig began publication in June 2016. A new and ongoing Marvel "Darth Vader" comic began in June 2017 from writer Charles Soule and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli. In mid-2014, Marvel stated that it would publish collected volumes of past "Star Wars" comics, beginning with Volume 1 of "Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years" in January 2015, and Volume 1 of "Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire" in April 2015, which reprinted Dark Horse's "Star Wars" comics. In September 2017, IDW Publishing debuted "Star Wars Adventures", an
Star Wars prequel trilogy Star Wars prequel trilogy The "Star Wars" prequel trilogy is a set of three prequel films in the "Star Wars" franchise, an American space opera created by George Lucas. Like the original trilogy, it was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The trilogy consists of "" (1999), "" (2002), and "" (2005). The first two films received mixed reviews, while the third was somewhat more well received. According to producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films. In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had the