Star Wars Adventures ( IDW ) Star Wars Adventures is an ongoing anthology comic book series set in the " Star Wars " canon . The IDW Publishing series , of which the first issue came out on July 12 , 2017 on StarWars . com and will be released physically as a part of promotion , while the series will officially start on September 6 , features stories from the entirety of " Star Wars " and is intended for all ages . On January 3 , 2018 , IDW published the of a on the " " animated micro - series . The trade paperback of the German comics published by Panini will be titled . Development . In early 2016 , IDW Publishing presented the idea for a comic book series aimed at younger audiences to Lucasfilm . Artists like Derek Charm and George Caltsoudas were commissioned by IDW to create art for their pitch . The series was announced on April 14 , 2017 at Celebration Orlando during the publishing panel as a new IDW ongoing comic book series that would tell stories from across the saga . A day later , in an interview with The Star Wars Show , IDW Publishing chief creative officer Chris Ryall talked more about the series . He revealed the fact that the book will have rotating creative teams and that each issue will feature a lead story about popular characters from the films and back - up stories with lesser known or fan - favorite characters , including the ones from the TV series , hosted by Maz Kanata as the narrator , though other characters , such as C - 3PO were considered too . Ryall also said that some of the back - up stories will not be entirely canon . On June 6 , 2017 , Ryall conducted an interview with the podcast " Comics with Kenobi " , where he spoke about the series . He said that a lot of people messaged him soon after the announcement about them wanting to do this their entire life . This allowed Ryall to make a large creative pool , from which he could pull from in the future . It was explained that while Marvel Comics still has the " Star Wars " comics license , they don ' t have any books aimed at beginner readers , that ' s where " Star Wars Adventures " would come in . Ryall also suggested that the usage of Maz Kanata as the back - up story storyteller might have been dropped by this point . Then , on June 14 , 2017 , IDW released their upcoming comics catalogue , which included the release information on the first and second issue of the series , excluding the SDCC Ashcan . Lead stories in both issues would be about Rey ' s adventures on Jakku prior to " " , while issue 2 particularly would star Unkar Plutt . Issue 1 ' s back - up story would be a " comical tale of clone catastrophe , " though the story would ultimately be about Obi - Wan Kenobi . Chad Thomas did a few try - out character designs , including Han Solo , Chewbacca , Yoda and Kylo Ren , around this time to get to work on the series . It would eventually be announced that he would be doing the art for the back - up story of " Star Wars Adventures 6 " . The character of Maz Kanata as the storyteller of the stories featured in the back - ups of each comic was eventually replaced by the adventurer Emil Graf , a new character created for the series . These stories are titled " Tales from Wild Space " , after " " , a series of novels by Cavan Scott , which feature characters Milo Graf and Lina Graf . The was originally solicited to be released as a part of the . However , that idea was later dropped .