In 2018, Marvel adapted the events of author Timothy Zahn's ' novel in a limited series. The character had been introduced by Zahn's "Heir to the Empire" trilogy in the early 1990s, now part of the "Legends" line, and was re-introduced in the new canon in "Star Wars Rebels". Adaptations of both ' and "" were released, and the timeframe of "Solo" was explored further in the "Beckett" one-shot and in limited series featuring young Lando ("Double or Nothing") and Han's time in the Empire ("Imperial Cadet"). Marvel announced in October 2018 that a five-issue, Wendig penned miniseries, "Star Wars: Shadow of Vader", would be released starting in January 2019. The series would be an anthology told from the perspectives of those who had encountered Darth Vader. After three issues had been written, Wendig was removed from the miniseries (and future projects) by Marvel over concerns of his use of social media, and ultimately the miniseries was cancelled. In December 2018, a new miniseries with a similar premise, "Star Wars: Vader – Dark Visions", was announced to be written by Dennis Hopeless with art from Paolo Villanelli and Brian Level and was launched in March 2019.