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Star Wars Adventures
Two short stories an issue, drawn in flat cartoon colour, ranging freely across the whole saga and pitched at readers who are meeting these characters for the first time.
IDW’s all-ages anthology ran 32 issues from September 2017 to July 2020. Cavan Scott and Derek Charm set its house style: short, bright, self-contained, and canon.
Every issue
Issue list — 37 of 32 catalogued
Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.
| # | Title | Cover date | Writer | Artist | Cover artist | Arc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Star Wars Adventures Ashcan | July 12, 2017 | Landry Q. Walker | Derek Charm | — | — | A 12-page preview released digitally on StarWars.com and handed out at San Diego Comic-Con two months before the series proper began. Numbered 0 in the omnibus. The first Star Wars Adventures comic published. |
| 1 | — | September 6, 2017 | Cavan Scott | Derek Charm, Jon Sommariva | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Better the Devil You Know, Part I”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Stop, Thief!" |
| 2 | — | September 20, 2017 | Cavan Scott, Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet | Derek Charm, Elsa Charretier | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Better the Devil You Know, Part II”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Flat Mountain of Yavin" |
| 3 | — | October 18, 2017 | Landry Q. Walker, Alan Tudyk, Shannon Denton | Eric Jones, Arianna Florean | Eric Jones | — | Lead story: “Pest Control”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Adventures in Wookiee-Sitting" |
| 4 | — | November 29, 2017 | Landry Q. Walker, Ben Acker, Ben Blacker | Eric Jones, Annie Wu | Eric Jones | — | Lead story: “The Trouble at Tibrin”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Mattis Makes a Stand" |
| 5 | — | December 27, 2017 | Landry Q. Walker, Delilah S. Dawson | Eric Jones, Arianna Florean | Eric Jones | — | Lead story: “The Trouble at Tibrin, Part II”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Best Pet" |
| 6 | — | January 17, 2018 | Delilah S. Dawson, Shaun Manning | Derek Charm, Chad Thomas | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Rose Knows”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Podracer’s Rescue" |
| 7 | — | March 7, 2018 | Sholly Fisch, Paul Crilley | Sean Galloway, Philip Murphy | Sean Galloway | — | Lead story: “Endangered, Part 1”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Look Before You Leap" |
| 8 | — | March 28, 2018 | Sholly Fisch, Otis Frampton | Jamal Peppers, Otis Frampton | Sean Galloway | — | Lead story: “Endangered, Part 2”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Gonk!" |
| 9 | — | April 18, 2018 | John Barber, Nick Brokenshire | Chad Thomas, Nick Brokenshire | Chad Thomas | — | Lead story: “Trouble Again”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "IG-88 vs. the Gatto Gang" |
| 10 | — | May 9, 2018 | Cavan Scott, Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet | Derek Charm, Elsa Charretier | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Powered Down, Part 1”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Family Affair, Part 1" |
| 11 | — | June 6, 2018 | Cavan Scott, Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet | Derek Charm, Elsa Charretier | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Powered Down, Part 2”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Family Affair, Part 2" |
| 12 | — | July 25, 2018 | Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet, Scott Peterson | Elsa Charretier, Alain Mauricet | Elsa Charretier | — | Lead story: “Intermission, Part I”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "A Small Push" |
| 13 | — | August 29, 2018 | Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet, Nick Brokenshire | Elsa Charretier, Nick Brokenshire | Elsa Charretier | — | Lead story: “Intermission, Part II”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Blue Brothers" |
| 14 | — | September 26, 2018 | John Barber, Michael Moreci | Mauricet, Arianna Florean | Mauricet | — | Lead story: “Chewie’s Day Off”. Back-up: Flight of the Falcon, Part 1: Spy Games |
| 15 | — | October 31, 2018 | James Gilarte, Michael Moreci | Mauricet, Arianna Florean | Mauricet | — | Lead story: “An Unlikely Friendship”. Back-up: Flight of the Falcon, Part 2: The Planet of Misfit Droids |
| 16 | — | December 19, 2018 | Kevin Burke, Chris "Doc" Wyatt, Michael Moreci | Arianna Florean, Valentina Pinto | Valentina Pinto | — | Lead story: “All Aces Battle Royale”. Back-up: Flight of the Falcon, Part 3: Home Again |
| 17 | — | January 30, 2019 | Kevin Burke, Chris "Doc" Wyatt, Michael Moreci | Arianna Florean, Valentina Pinto | Valentina Pinto | — | Lead story: “Sector 7-E”. Back-up: Flight of the Falcon, Part 4: Lady and the Tramp |
| 18 | — | February 20, 2019 | Delilah S. Dawson, Michael Moreci | Derek Charm, Arianna Florean | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Raiders of the Lost Gundark”. Back-up: Flight of the Falcon, Part 5: Grand Theft Falcon |
| 19 | — | March 27, 2019 | Nick Brokenshire, Cavan Scott | Nick Brokenshire, Mauricet | Mauricet | — | Lead story: “Roger Roger”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Big March" |
| 20 | — | April 17, 2019 | George Mann, Cavan Scott | Derek Charm, Valentina Pinto | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Hide and Seek”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Journey" |
| 21 | — | May 8, 2019 | Cavan Scott, Shane McCarthy | Derek Charm, Nicoletta Baldari | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Swoop Racers”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "The Heist" |
| 22 | — | June 5, 2019 | Pierrick Colinet, Elsa Charretier, Jon Waterhouse | Elsa Charretier, Tony Fleecs | Elsa Charretier | — | Lead story: “A Matter of Perception”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "A Tauntaun Tail" |
| 23 | — | July 3, 2019 | Ian Flynn, Arie Kaplan | Tony Fleecs, Drew Moss | Tony Fleecs | — | Lead story: “A Race for Answers”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Majordomo, Major Problems" |
| 24 | — | August 21, 2019 | Ian Flynn, Shaun Harris | Megan Levens, Manuel Bracchi | Megan Levens | — | Lead story: “Kidnapped!”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Win/Lose" |
| 25 | — | September 11, 2019 | Delilah S. Dawson | Margaux Saltel | Margaux Saltel | — | Lead story: “The Right Wrong Turn”. |
| 26 | — | September 25, 2019 | Cavan Scott, Adam Christopher | Derek Charm, Megan Levens | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Life Lessons”. Back-up: Tales from Wild Space: "Alone in the Dark" |
| 27 | — | October 30, 2019 | John Barber, Michael Moreci | Derek Charm, Tony Fleecs | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Ghosts of Kashyyyk, Part 1”. Back-up: Secret Agent Droids, Part 1 |
| 28 | — | November 27, 2019 | John Barber, Michael Moreci | Derek Charm, Tony Fleecs | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Ghosts of Kashyyyk, Part 2”. Back-up: Secret Agent Droids, Part 2 |
| 29 | — | December 18, 2019 | John Barber, Michael Moreci | Derek Charm, Tony Fleecs | Derek Charm | — | Lead story: “Ghosts of Kashyyyk, Part 3”. Back-up: Secret Agent Droids, Part 3 |
| 30 | — | January 29, 2020 | Michael Moreci, Cavan Scott | Arianna Florean, Mario del Pennino, David M. Buisan | Arianna Florean | — | Lead story: “Loyalty Test”. Back-up: The Lost Stories, Part 1 |
| 31 | — | March 18, 2020 | Michael Moreci, Cavan Scott | Arianna Florean, David M. Buisan | Arianna Florean | — | Lead story: “Squad Goals”. Back-up: The Lost Stories, Part 2 |
| 32 | — | July 15, 2020 | Michael Moreci, Cavan Scott | Arianna Florean, Mario del Pennino, David M. Buisan | Arianna Florean | — | Lead story: “The Battle for Horizon Base”. Back-up: The Lost Stories, Part 3 |
| Annual 2018 | — | April 18, 2018 | John Jackson Miller, Cavan Scott | Jon Sommariva, Mauricet | Jon Sommariva | — | A 49-page annual pairing “Mind Your Manners” with “The Lost Eggs of Livorno”. |
| FCBD 2018 | — | May 5, 2018 | Cavan Scott | Derek Charm | Derek Charm | — | The 2018 Free Comic Book Day issue, 13 pages by the series’ founding creative team. Free Comic Book Day giveaway; collected in Star Wars Adventures, Volume 4. |
| Annual 2019 | — | August 14, 2019 | Cavan Scott, Pierrick Colinet, Elsa Charretier | Mauricet, Margaux Saltel | Stan Sakai, Thomas Deer | — | A 52-page annual containing “Hare-Brained Heist” and “So Much More”. Cover by Stan Sakai, the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. |
| FCBD 2019 | Droid Hunters | May 4, 2019 | Cavan Scott | Derek Charm | Derek Charm | — | The 2019 Free Comic Book Day issue, 25 pages. Free Comic Book Day giveaway; also collected with the Vader’s Castle miniseries in Beware Vader’s Castle. |
In print
Collected editions — 14
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 1: Heroes of the Galaxy | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2017 | Star Wars Adventures Ashcan and Star Wars Adventures (2017) #1-2 | 9781684052059 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 2: Unexpected Detour | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2018 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #3-5 | 9781684051694 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 3: Endangered | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2018 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #6-8 | 9781684052493 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 4: Smuggler’s Blues | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2018 | Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2018, Star Wars Adventures (2017) #10-11 and “The Lost Eggs of Livorno” from Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018 | 9781684053445 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 5: Mechanical Mayhem | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2019 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #9 and #12-13 | 9781684054220 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 6: Flight of the Falcon | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2019 | The “Flight of the Falcon” serial from Star Wars Adventures (2017) #14-18 and the Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon one-shot | 9781684054992 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 7: Pomp and Circumstance | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2019 | “Mind Your Manners” from Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018 and the lead stories from Star Wars Adventures (2017) #14-17 | 9781684055692 |
| Star Wars Adventures Omnibus, Volume 1 | omnibus | IDW Publishing | 2020 | Star Wars Adventures Ashcan, Star Wars Adventures (2017) #1-8 and #10-11, Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2018 and Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018 | 9781684053285 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 10: Driving Force | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2020 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #24-26 | 9781684057153 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 8: Defend the Republic! | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2020 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #18-20 | 9781684056194 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 9: Fight The Empire! | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2020 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #21-23 | 9781684056743 |
| Star Wars Adventures, Volume 11: Rise of the Wookiees | TPB | IDW Publishing | 2021 | Star Wars Adventures (2017) #27-32 | 9781684057368 |
| Star Wars Adventures: Beware Vader's Castle | hardcover | IDW Publishing | 2021 | Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle #1-5, Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1-5 and Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 | 9781684057573 |
| Star Wars: Vader's Castle – The Deluxe Library Collection | hardcover | Dark Horse Comics | 2024 | All four Vader's Castle miniseries — Tales from, Return to, Shadow of and Ghosts of Vader's Castle — together with the Free Comic Book Day 2019 story “Droid Hunters” | 9781506747187 |
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 1: Heroes of the Galaxy — 80 pages. Published 31 October 2017.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 2: Unexpected Detour — 80 pages. Published 27 February 2018.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 3: Endangered — 80 pages. Published 17 July 2018 after an original 19 June solicitation.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 4: Smuggler’s Blues — 80 pages. Published 4 December 2018.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 5: Mechanical Mayhem — 80 pages. Published 12 March 2019.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 6: Flight of the Falcon — 80 pages. Published 16 July 2019.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 7: Pomp and Circumstance — 80 pages. Published 12 November 2019.
- Star Wars Adventures Omnibus, Volume 1 — 304 pages, published 28 January 2020. Note the gap: issue 9 is not in it.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 10: Driving Force — 80 pages. Published 13 October 2020.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 8: Defend the Republic! — 80 pages. Published 11 February 2020.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 9: Fight The Empire! — 80 pages. Published 23 June 2020.
- Star Wars Adventures, Volume 11: Rise of the Wookiees — 144 pages. Published 26 January 2021, closing out the first series.
- Star Wars Adventures: Beware Vader's Castle — 232 pages, published 26 January 2021.
- Star Wars: Vader's Castle – The Deluxe Library Collection — 424 pages, published 8 October 2024 — Dark Horse reissuing a line IDW originally published, after the licence moved.
Dossiers
Who is in it
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
Luke Skywalker
The farm boy the whole shelf is built around — and the character the two continuities disagree about most.
Rey
A scavenger who chose her own surname — and the newest character with the whole saga resting on her.
