NEWS WATCH: Marvel Comics Celebrates PRIDE MONTH with a Series of STAR WARS Variant Covers

By Chad Burdette

on May 20, 2022

Yesterday on StarWars.com, Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm announced that they have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month with a new collection of stunning STAR WARS PRIDE variant covers. Debuting on all of Marvel’s STAR WARS titles starting in June, these variant covers showcase LGBTQIA+ characters from throughout the Star Wars galaxy and were created by an incredible lineup of LGBTQIA+ talent.

“For me it’s one of the greatest honors and pleasures to highlight the wonderful diversity of characters in comics,” artist Javier Garrón told StarWars.com. “Maybe we come to stories because it’s sci-fi, or action, or thriller, or whatever, really. But if we stay in them, if those stories stick with us, it is because of the characters.”

Each cover will feature a special Pride version of the series’ title along with the official Star Wars Pride logo.

On Sale June 15, 2022:

STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #24

T’onga, a former bounty hunter currently being pulled back into action in the STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS comic series and her wife, Losha

STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #24 PRIDE VARIANT COVER by JAN BAZALDUA – 75960609602202431

On Sale June 22, 2022:

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #2

Fellow archaeologist and self-proclaimed “arch-nemesis” of Doctor Aphra, Kho Phon Farrus

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #2 PRIDE VARIANT COVER by DEREK CHARM – 75960620396300231

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #24

Sabé, Saché and Yané, former handmaidens of Padmé Amidala who currently play a pivotal role in the STAR WARS: DARTH VADER comic series

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #24 PRIDE VARIANT COVER by KEI ZAMA – 75960609601502431

On Sale July 6, 2022:

STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN #1

Vi Moradi, the Resistance spy who can often be found by guests visiting Black Spire Outpost at Batuu

STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN #1 PRIDE VARIANT COVER by PHIL JIMENEZ – 75960609986300181

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On Sale July 20, 2022

STAR WARS #25

Resistance Commander Larma D’Acy, known for her appearances in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, and her wife, Resistance Pilot Wrobie Tyce