- "For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker
Star Wars: Jedi Knights is a canon 2025 ongoing comic book series written by Marc Guggenheim and illustrated by Madibek Musabekov and Luis Guerrero. The series takes place before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, with each issue following two different Jedi on a different mission with an overarching threat that binds the stories together. The first issue was published by Marvel Comics on March 5, 2025.[1] The series was first pitched by Guggenheim in May 2024[6] and officially announced on October 18, 2024.[1]
Media[]
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|---|---|---|
| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue |
| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jedi Knights 1 | March 5, 2025[3] |  Jedi Knights Vol. 1 November 4, 2025[7] |
| 2 | Jedi Knights 2 | April 9, 2025[8] | |
| 3 | Jedi Knights 3 | May 14, 2025[9] | |
| 4 | Jedi Knights 4 | TBA[6] | |
| 5 | Jedi Knights 5 | July 2, 2025[10] | |
| FCBD | Untitled Jedi Knights story | May 3, 2025[11] | |
| 6 | Jedi Knights 6 | August 6, 2025[10] | |
| 7 | Jedi Knights 7 | September 10, 2025[10] | |
| 8 | Jedi Knights 8 | TBA[12] | |
| 9 | Jedi Knights 9 | TBA[12] | |
| 10 | Jedi Knights 10 | TBA[12] |
Sources[]
NYCC 2024: New 'Star Wars: Jedi Knights' Comic Series Announced at New York Comic Con on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)- NYCC 2024: New Cover Art for Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Light and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- This Week! in Star Wars NYCC Star Wars Reveals | This Week! in Star Wars on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- New Star Wars Women's History Month Variant Covers Spotlight Iconic Heroes of the Galaxy Far, Far Away on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 230
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
NYCC 2024: New 'Star Wars: Jedi Knights' Comic Series Announced at New York Comic Con on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑
Mark Paniccia (@markpaniccia) on Twitter (post): "You can't go wrong with Rahzzah's covers. He's brilliant. And the interiors by illustrator @madibek_art and color artist Luis Guerrero will blow your mind. This is gonna be a great comic! We'll tease out pages in the weeks to come!" (backup link) (In response to: "Star Wars: Jedi Knights series from Marvel announced. Cool art!")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #1 on Penguin Random House Comics (backup link archived on )
- ↑ NYCC 2024: New 'Star Wars: Jedi Knights' Comic Series Announced at New York Comic Con on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link) establishes the events of Star Wars: Jedi Knights take place prior to the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 32 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 YEAR IN REVIEW '24 by Marc Guggenheim on marcguggenheim.substack.com (backup link archived on December 29, 2024)
- ↑ {STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS VOL. 1 on Penguin Random House Comics (backup link archived on )
- ↑ Full Marvel Comics April 2025 solicitations: Godzilla rises and Spider-Man gets new on aiptcomics.com (backup link archived on January 23, 2025)
- ↑ Full Marvel Comics May 2025 solicitations: Doom reigns and Godzilla strikes on aiptcomics.com (backup link archived on )
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 V by Marc Guggenheim on marcguggenheim.substack.com (backup link archived on February 15, 2025)
- ↑ Marvel Reveals 2025 Free Comic Book Day Titles Starring the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and More on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 The FUTURE of Star Wars Comics - An Interview With Charles Soule, Marc Guggenheim, and Alex Segura on the Star Wars Explained YouTube channel (backup link)
