Crimson Reign 1

Crimson Reign 1
Attribution information
Writer	Charles Soule
Penciller	Steven Cummings
Inker	Steven Cummings
Letterer	Travis Lanham
Colorist	Guru-eFX
Cover artist	Leinil Francis Yu
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	December 8, 2021
Pages	32
Chronological information
Timeline	3 ABY or 4 ABY
Series	Star Wars: Crimson Reign
Issue number	1 of 5
Followed by	Crimson Reign 2

Crimson Reign 1 is the first issue of the canon comic miniseries Star Wars: Crimson Reign. The issue was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Steven Cummings and Guru-eFX, and published by Marvel Comics on December 8, 2021. The issue contains the story Part 1: "The Orphans".

Publisher's summary

AFTER THE DAWN… COMES THE REIGN! The story that began with WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS continues here, in the second installment of a trilogy that will reshape the history of the Star Wars Galaxy during the Age of Rebellion. Featuring the return of beloved characters, shocking twists, epic feats of the Force and a story that will reach from Star Wars' darkest underworld all the way to the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, Crimson Reign is a Star Wars saga like no other!

Continuity

• One panel erroneously states that the Black Sun smash-processing lab was located on Lothal.
• The issue depicts Deathstick as a human, even though she is actually a Dathomirian Zabrak.

Media

Cover gallery

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Announcement cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Solicitation cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Textless cover

Variant cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Variant cover by Steven Cummings

Connecting variant cover by Ario Anindito & Edgar Delgado

Knights of Ren variant cover by Rahzzah

Syndicate variant cover by Khoi Pham

Variant cover by Tyler Kirkham

Variant cover by Paolo Villanelli

Variant cover by Marco Turini

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Mas Amedda The Archivist Bazzra Bokku (Indirect mention only) Cadeliah (Indirect mention only) Cardo Bhada Cha (Appears as a corpse) (In flashback(s)) Chanath Cha Ramat Cha (Appears as a corpse) (In flashback(s)) Deathstick Fyodor Gyuti Kani (Indirect mention only) Ladybright (First identified as Ladybright) Margo Marinda (First identified as Marinda) Marlo (Indirect mention only) Massif Maul (In flashback(s)) Meeka (Indirect mention only) Sistros Nevet (Statuette only) Ochi Leia Organa (Mentioned only) Qi'ra Ren Sear (First identified as Sear) Darth Sidious Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Toren Trinia Unidentified Falleen (First appearance) Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Imara Vex Vicrul Dryden Vos (In flashback(s)) Xizor (Mentioned only) Yoda (On screen)

Creatures

Bird (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series Service droid

Events

Battle of Naboo (Indirect mention only) Imperial Era Assassination attempts on Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Assassination of the Emperor's Royal Guard (Indirect mention only) Battle of Panisia (Indirect mention only) Battle over Jekara (Indirect mention only) Great Jedi Purge (Indirect mention only) Heist at Fortress Vader (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Mission to Exegol (Indirect mention only) Mission to Tatooine (Indirect mention only) Showdown on Savareen (In flashback(s)) Syndicate War (First appearance) Attack on the Black Sun smash-processing lab (First appearance) Jedi-Sith War (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Bestoon (Mentioned only) Castell Lair of Papa Toren (First identified as lair of Papa Toren) Core Worlds Corellia (Mentioned only) Corusca sector Coruscant subsector Coruscant system Coruscant Imperial City Federal District Imperial Palace Temple Spire Emperor's throne room Exegol (Mentioned only) Hutt Space (Indirect mention only) Inner Rim Territories (In flashback(s)) Cabarria (In flashback(s)) Jekara (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Dathomir (In flashback(s)) Nightsister lair (In flashback(s)) Lothal (Erroneous mention) Mustafar (Appears in hologram) Gahenn Plains (Appears in hologram) Fortress Vader (Appears in hologram) Oba Diah High fortress of the Pyke Syndicate (First appearance) Raioballo sector Dantooine system Dantooine Black Sun smash-processing lab (First appearance) Savareen sector (In flashback(s)) Savareen system (In flashback(s)) Savareen (In flashback(s)) Tatooine (Mentioned only) Jabba's Palace (Indirect mention only) Wazta sector (In flashback(s)) Lotho Minor system (In flashback(s)) Lotho Minor (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Advisor Alliance to Restore the Republic (Mentioned only) Archivist Assassin Master Assassin Black Sun Bounty hunter Chas Crime lord Crimson Dawn Lieutenant (In flashback(s)) Four Sages of Dwartii (Statuette only) Galactic Empire Emperor's adviser Emperor's Royal Guard Galactic Emperor Grand Vizier Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Hutt Clan Grand Hutt Council (Mentioned only) Jedi Order (On screen) Grand Master (On screen) Jedi (On screen) Jedi Master (On screen) Knights of Ren Lord Maul's family (In flashback(s)) Nightsisters (Indirect mention only) Orphans Palpatine family Philosopher (Statuette only) Pilot Prince (Mentioned only) Pyke Syndicate Scientist (Mentioned only) Scrumrat (Mentioned only) Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice (In flashback(s)) Sith assassin Sith Lord Sith Master Skywalker family (In flashback(s)) Thief (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Chagrian Falleen Human Corellian Naboo Hutt (Appears as a corpse) Imroosian Pyke Quarren Rodian Sullustan Toydarian Twi'lek Weequay Ximpi Yoda's species (On screen) Zabrak Dathomirian Iridonian

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft Speeder Landspeeder Starship Executor (Indirect mention only) Frigate Darkpath (First appearance) Siroto (First appearance) Transport Oubliette-class transport Night Buzzard Vermillion Yacht Minstrel-class space yacht Nau'ur-class yacht (In flashback(s)) First Light (In flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Vader's armor (In flashback(s)) Blaster Blaster carbine DC-15A blaster carbine Blaster pistol Blaster rifle Sniper rifle Percussive cannon JND-41 percussive cannon Code cylinder Computer Cybernetics Mechno-arm (In flashback(s)) Droid Flamethrower Force pike Holobook Holocron The Archivist's holocron (First appearance) Hologram Holotable Lightsaber Double-bladed spinning lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Ninth Sister's lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Ren Shoto lightsaber (On screen) Yoda's lightsaber (On screen) Sith lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Double-bladed lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Melee weapon Ax Knife Dagger Sith assassin blade Blade of Ochi of Bestoon Officer's disk Personal energy shield Shadowfeed (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Atmosphere Book Capital City Ecumenopolis Clothing Cape Goggles Imperial military uniforms Imperial kepi Rank insignia plaque Robe Jedi robes (On screen) Zeyd cloth Credit (Mentioned only) Crystal (Mentioned only) Kyber crystal (Mentioned only) Cyborg Death Dream (Mentioned only) Entry ramp Factory (Mentioned only) Fire Flagship Foodstuff Alcohol The Force Dark side of the Force (In flashback(s)) Force power (In flashback(s)) Force lightning (In flashback(s)) Force-sensitive Light side of the Force Fortress Galaxy The galaxy Gravity well (Mentioned only) Hangar Heart (Mentioned only) Hyperspace (Mentioned only) Laboratory Language Galactic Basic Standard Writing (On screen) Aurebesh (On screen) Lekku Lethorn Library Lightsaber combat Lightsaber duel Lightspeed (Mentioned only) Map (Mentioned only) Mountain (Appears in hologram) Near-human Obsidian (Appears in hologram) Orbit Parent (In flashback(s)) Planet Prison (Mentioned only) Prisoner (Mentioned only) Reptomammal Rule of Two (Indirect mention only) Screaming Key (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Sector Sith artifact (Mentioned only) Smash (Mentioned only) Spice (Mentioned only) Staff Speaker's staff Tattoo (In flashback(s)) Throne Time Second Standard century Standard decade Standard hour Standard year

Collections

• Star Wars: Crimson Reign (TPB)

Sources

• Qi'ra's Story Continues in Crimson Reign, and More in Marvel's December 2021 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Underworld Takes On the Empire in Marvel's Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" – Star Wars Insider 206

External links

• Star Wars: Crimson Reign (2021) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
• Exclusive First Details on Star Wars: Crimson Reign - A New Comic Series Focused on Solo's Qi'ra. IGN. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021.
• November 2021 Marvel Comics revealed. Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021.
• Star Wars: Crimson Reign (2021-) #1 (of 5) on the official comiXology website (backup link)

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