Star Wars Adventures (2017)

Star Wars Adventures is an anthology comic book series set in the Star Wars canon. The IDW Publishing series features stories from the entirety of Star Wars and is intended for all ages. The first issue was released digitally on July 12, 2017 on StarWars.com and was later released physically as a part of a San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) promotion, while the regular series officially launched on September 6. On January 3, 2018, IDW also published a spinoff weekly miniseries based on the Forces of Destiny animated micro-series. The trade paperback of the Weapon of a Jedi German comics published by Panini Verlag is titled Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi.
==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, which is 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.
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 Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 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 was eventually announced that he would be doing the art for the back-up story of Star Wars Adventures (2017) 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 Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space, a series of novels by Cavan Scott, which feature characters Milo Graf and Lina Graf.
The first volume was originally solicited to be released as a part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. However, that idea was later dropped.
==Media==
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Collected (TPB) issue	Released issue 	Future issue 	
Issue 	Title 	Publication date 	Trade paperback 	Omnibus
0 	Star Wars Adventures Ashcan 	
*July 12, 2017 
*July 20–23, 2017	Vol. 1: Heroes of the GalaxyOctober 31, 2017 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
1 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 1 	September 6, 2017 	Vol. 1: Heroes of the GalaxyOctober 31, 2017 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
2 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 2 	September 20, 2017	Vol. 1: Heroes of the GalaxyOctober 31, 2017 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
3 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 3 	October 18, 2017 	Vol. 2: Unexpected DetourFebruary 27, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
4 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 4 	November 29, 2017 	Vol. 2: Unexpected DetourFebruary 27, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
5 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 5 	December 27, 2017 	Vol. 2: Unexpected DetourFebruary 27, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
6 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 6 	January 17, 2018 	Vol. 3: EndangeredJuly 17, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
7 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 7 	March 7, 2018 	Vol. 3: EndangeredJuly 17, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
8 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 8 	March 28, 2018 	Vol. 3: EndangeredJuly 17, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
FCBD 2018 	Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2018	May 5, 2018 	Vol. 4: Smuggler's BluesDecember 4, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
10 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 10 	May 9, 2018 	Vol. 4: Smuggler's BluesDecember 4, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
11 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 11 	June 6, 2018 	Vol. 4: Smuggler's BluesDecember 4, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
Annual 2018	Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018 	April 18, 2018 	Vol. 4: Smuggler's BluesDecember 4, 2018 	Omnibus, Vol. 1January 28, 2020
9 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 9 	April 18, 2018 	Vol. 5: Mechanical MayhemMarch 12, 2019 	
12 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 12 	July 25, 2018 	Vol. 5: Mechanical MayhemMarch 12, 2019 	
13 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 13 	August 29, 2018 	Vol. 5: Mechanical MayhemMarch 12, 2019 	
14 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 14 	September 26, 2018	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
15 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 15 	October 31, 2018 	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
16 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 16 	December 19, 2018 	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
17 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 17 	January 30, 2019 	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
18 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 18 	February 20, 2019 	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
One-Shot 	Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon 	May 1, 2019 	Vol. 6: Flight of the FalconJuly 16, 2019 	
14 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 14 	September 26, 2018	Vol. 7: Pomp and CircumstanceNovember 12, 2019	
15 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 15 	October 31, 2018 	Vol. 7: Pomp and CircumstanceNovember 12, 2019	
16 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 16 	December 19, 2018 	Vol. 7: Pomp and CircumstanceNovember 12, 2019	
17 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 17 	January 30, 2019 	Vol. 7: Pomp and CircumstanceNovember 12, 2019	
Annual 2018	Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018 	April 18, 2018 	Vol. 7: Pomp and CircumstanceNovember 12, 2019	
18 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 18 	February 20, 2019 	Vol. 8: Defend the Republic!February 18, 2020 	
19 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 19 	March 27, 2019 	Vol. 8: Defend the Republic!February 18, 2020 	
20 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 20 	April 17, 2019 	Vol. 8: Defend the Republic!February 18, 2020 	
FCBD 2019 	Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019	May 4, 2019 	Beware Vader's CastleJanuary 26, 2021 	
21 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 21 	May 8, 2019 	Vol. 9: Fight The Empire!June 16, 2020 	
22 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 22 	June 5, 2019 	Vol. 9: Fight The Empire!June 16, 2020 	
23 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 23 	July 3, 2019 	Vol. 9: Fight The Empire!June 16, 2020 	
Annual 2019	Star Wars Adventures Annual 2019 	August 14, 2019 	 	
24 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 24 	August 21, 2019 	Vol. 10: Driving ForceSeptember 22, 2020 	
25 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 25 	September 11, 2019	Vol. 10: Driving ForceSeptember 22, 2020 	
26 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 26 	September 25, 2019	Vol. 10: Driving ForceSeptember 22, 2020 	
27 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 27 	October 30, 2019 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
28 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 28 	November 27, 2019 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
29 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 29 	December 18, 2019 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
30 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 30 	January 29, 2020 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
31 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 31 	March 18, 2020 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
32 	Star Wars Adventures (2017) 32 	July 15, 2020 	Vol. 11: Rise of the WookieesJanuary 26, 2021 	
 	 	 	 	
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==Notes and references==
==External links==
*Lucasfilm & IDW Reveal Star Wars Adventures Comic Series Art 
*Star Wars Adventures comic series announced at Celebration 
*IDW Is Publishing Its Own All-Ages Star Wars Comic 
*IDW: Neue Details und Cover zu Star Wars Adventures 
*Star Wars Adventures: First Storylines, Creative Teams Revealed 
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