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: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Lucas decided the movies would work best as a trilogy. In the final act of the trilogy's final episode, "Return of the Jedi", Vader is ultimately redeemed through an act of sacrifice for Luke. This was in 1983, more than six years since the release of "Star Wars". Lucas admitted to being "burned out" and announced he would take a break from working on the saga. Throughout the 1980s, George Lucas remarked he had no desire to return to "Star Wars" and had unofficially canceled his sequel trilogy by the time of "Return of the Jedi". Because Lucas had developed