Star Wars: Hidden Empire is a canon comic book miniseries and crossover event created by Marvel Comics. It was written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Steven Cummings. The series serves as the final entry in a trilogy focusing on the character Qi'ra and the criminal organization Crimson Dawn. The series is scheduled to be published by Marvel Comics in 2022 after the conclusion of the second series in the trilogy, Star Wars: Crimson Reign. In his monthly newsletter for January 2022, Soule stated that the series would run from June to November.[13] The series was, however, not included in solicitations for June;[14] the fifth issue of Crimson Reign later stated the series would begin in October 2022,[15] but the reveal for the series later clarified it would begin in November 2022.[3]
Media[]
| Color code key: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue |
| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidden Empire 1 | November 16, 2022[10] |  Hidden Empire July 4, 2023[16] |
| 2 | Hidden Empire 2 | December 7, 2022[17] | |
| 3 | Hidden Empire 3 | February 8, 2023[18] | |
| 4 | Hidden Empire 4 | March 1, 2023[19] | |
| 5 | Hidden Empire 5 | April 5, 2023[11] |
Crossover[]
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| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue | Story arc |
| Issue | Title | Publication date |
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| Prelude | ||
| R | "Revelations" | November 23, 2022[20] |
| Crossover | ||
| 1 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 26 | November 16, 2022[21] |
| 2 | Bounty Hunters 29 | December 14, 2022[22] |
| 3 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 27 | December 28, 2022[23] |
| 4 | Bounty Hunters 30 | January 18, 2023[24] |
| 5 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 28 | January 25, 2023[25] |
| 6 | Bounty Hunters 31 | February 15, 2023[26] |
| 7 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 29 | February 22, 2023[27] |
| 8 | Bounty Hunters 32 | March 8, 2023[28] |
| 9 | Doctor Aphra (2020) 30 | April 12, 2023[29] |
Trade paperbacks[]
| Doctor Aphra 26-30 |
Bounty Hunters 29-32 |
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| Doctor Aphra Vol. 6 |
Bounty Hunters Vol. 6 |
| August 1, 2023[30] | September 19, 2023[31] |
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12
STAR WARS: REVELATIONS 1 (2022) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #29 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
Hidden Empire Revealed: Charles Soule on Marvel's Next Star Wars Epic – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #26 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #29 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #32 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Hidden Empire (2022) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars: Hidden Empire (2022) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #30 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 All of Marvel's November 2022 comics and covers revealed on Newsarama (archived from the original on August 18, 2022)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and all of Marvel's April 2023 comics and covers revealed on Newsarama (archived from the original on January 19, 2023)
- ↑ This comic takes place between Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places in 3 ABY and 4 ABY respectively.
- ↑ January 2022! by Soule, Charles on Charles Soule's official site (archived from the original on January 16, 2022)
- ↑ Krrsantan Attacks in Han Solo & Chewbacca and More from Marvel's June 2022 Star Wars Comics – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Crimson Reign 5
- ↑ STAR WARS: HIDDEN EMPIRE on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
- ↑ Marvel Comics December solicitations and covers revealed on Newsarama (archived from the original on September 15, 2022)
- ↑ Lady Qi'ra, Darth Vader, the Knights of Ren, and More Come Together on Steven Cummings' Connecting 'Star Wars: Hidden Empire' Variant Covers on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ February 2023 Marvel Comics solicitations: New X-Men series and Dark Web ends on AIPT (archived from the original on October 14, 2022)
- ↑ STAR WARS: REVELATIONS 1 (2022) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #26 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #29 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #27 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #30 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #28 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #31 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #29 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #32 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Marvel Comics full March 2023 new comic books revealed on Newsarama (archived from the original)
- ↑ STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 6 - ASCENDANT on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
- ↑ STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS VOL. 6 - BEDLAM ON BESTINE on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
