Chad Burdette
Your next visit to Black Spire Outpost may feel different after last week’s exciting new updates are coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland.
Beginning on April 29, the Star Wars-themed land will expand its storytelling timeline to incorporate elements of the original film trilogy including characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker as well as new food and merchandise offerings.
Marvel Comics will reveal the official story of the Empire and Rebels’ encounter on Batuu in STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE, a tie-in comic series launching in April.
The five-issue saga will be written by Ethan Sacks, who penned the Galaxy’s Edge tie-in comic series back when the land first opened in 2019, and drawn by artists Jethro Morales and Roi Mercado.
Sacks said about the project:
“We’re returning to Batuu and we’re bringing the biggest stars in the Star Wars galaxy with us. A major new era is dawning at Galaxy’s Edge and consider ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE a Holocron that reveals the secret story behind that experience. It’s going to be epic and Jedi (drawing) Masters Roi Mercado and Jethro are making sure every page looks amazing.”
Check out Phil Noto’s main cover plus the first of Leinil Francis Yu’s character spotlight variant covers that will run on each issue and the first of E.M. Gist’s Mandalorian & Grogu Variant Covers that will be featured on various Star Wars titles this April and May to celebrate the upcoming film
Leinil Francis Yu Character Spotlight Variant Cover:
E.M. Gist’s Mandalorian & Grogu Variant Cover
STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #1 (OF 5)
NEW SECRETS OF GALAXY’S EDGE REVEALED!
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca head to Batuu in search of important intel and stumble upon a dangerous relic – one that puts them on a collision course with the Empire!
- Written by ETHAN SACKS
- Art by JETHRO MORALES & ROI MERCADO
- Cover by PHIL NOTO
- Character Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
- Mandalorian & Grogu Variant Cover by E.M. GIST
Return to the planet Batuu, the setting of Disney Parks’ Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with the new comic saga , STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #1, arriving April 22, 2026, from Marvel Comics
