Star Wars (2025) 3

Star Wars 3
Attribution information
Writer	Alex Segura
Penciller	Phil Noto
Inker	Phil Noto
Letterer	Clayton Cowles
Colorist	Phil Noto
Cover artist	Phil Noto
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	July 16, 2025
Chronological information
Timeline	c. 6 ABY
Series	Star Wars (2025)
Issue number	3
Preceded by	(2025) 2
Followed by	(2025) 4

Star Wars 3 is the third issue of the 2025 canon comic book series Star Wars. The issue was written by Alex Segura, illustrated by Phil Noto, and published by Marvel Comics on July 16, 2025.

Publisher's summary

RETURN TO CLOUD CITY! HAN SOLO, BEILERT VALANCE and LANDO CALRISSIAN must help an old friend. Witness the long friendship of HAN, CHEWIE and LANDO in exciting flashbacks to bygone eras! And a mysterious figure from the past re-emerges using a new model CLOUD CAR!

Opening crawl

COMPLICATIONS
After investigating a raid on New Republic supplies, LUKE SKYWALKER, RYNN ZENAT, and their squadron tracked down the pirates responsible to the edges of the Fenril sector, only to be ambushed. When Luke located the pirate's crashed ship, the wounded scoundrel revealed that he was part of a Nagai rebellion and instructed Luke to travel to the planet Gadrilam. There, Luke was to find a rare artifact known as the Crown of Verity that would help reveal the truth of what is happening to the Nagai people. After battling a brutal group of evil Nagai traitors, Luke learned about a man named GARLEV, who is leading the group of resistance fighters….

Media

Cover gallery

Final cover by Phil Noto

Reveal cover by Phil Noto

The Force Awakens 10th Anniversary variant cover by Chris Sprouse

Action Figure variant cover by John Tyler Christopher

Solicit Action Figure variant cover by John Tyler Christopher

Variant cover by Carlo Pagulayan

Virgin variant cover by Carlo Pagulayan

Variant cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Solicit variant cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Collected in

• Star Wars: New Republic

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

BB-8 (Variant cover only) Landonis Balthazar Calrissian Chewbacca (In flashback(s)) Preeti Delmin (Appears in hologram) Finch Bib Fortuna (Mentioned only) Garlev (First appearance) Schnil Hakoon (First mentioned) Kariss (First appearance) (Appears in hologram) Marntiv (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Mika (First appearance) (Appears in hologram) Leia Organa (Mentioned only) R2-D2 Rey (Variant cover only) Sandrin (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Luke Skywalker Han Solo Tuula (First appearance) (Appears in hologram) Unidentified assassin (First appearance) Unidentified helmeted Nagai (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Unidentified Nagai (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Unidentified Nagai pirate (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Undientified New Republic captain Darth Vader (Variant cover only) Beilert Valance Venk (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Rynn Zenat

Organisms

Mynock (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Plant (In flashback(s)) Tree (In flashback(s))

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid R5 series astromech droid Bartender droid Battle droid B-series battle droid B1-series battle droid Medical droid 2-1B surgical droid

Events

Imperial Era (In flashback(s)) New Republic Era Crisis on Cloud City (First appearance) Garlev's funeral (First appearance) Mission to Gadrilam (Indirect mention only) Raid on New Republic supplies (Mentioned only) Skirmish at a gas giant

Locations

Ahch-To (Variant cover only) Temple Island (Variant cover only) Saddle (Variant cover only) Fenril sector Loradil (First appearance) Gadrilam (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Moraysian sector (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Outer Rim Territories Anoat sector Bespin system Bespin Cloud City East Two-Eleven (First appearance) Karimenen (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Data nest (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Southern Reaches (Mentioned only) Suboreen (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Alliance officer (In carbonite) (In flashback(s)) Assassin Bartender Bespin Wing Guard Calrissian family Chewbacca's family (In flashback(s)) Galactic Empire (In flashback(s)) Imperial Military (In flashback(s)) Imperial Army (In flashback(s)) Stormtrooper Corps (In flashback(s)) Stormtrooper (In flashback(s)) Jabba's criminal empire (Mentioned only) (First identified as Fortuna's crew) Jedi Order Jedi Jedi Knight Jedi Master (Mentioned only) Karimenen thugs (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nagai rebellion (First identified as Nagai rebellion) New Republic New Republic Defense Force New Republic Defense Fleet New Republic Starfighter Corps New Republic pilot Squadron 77 New Republic officer Officer Captain General (Mentioned only) Pilot Pirate (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Pyke Syndicate (Mentioned only) Skywalker family Smuggler Solo family Spice Runners of Kijimi (Mentioned only) Spicerunner (Mentioned only) Thief Valance family Zantarrk Gang (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Dianoga (Mentioned only) Duros Human Corellian Moraysian (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Nagai Nikto Kadas'sa'Nikto Ugnaught (In flashback(s)) Wookiee (In flashback(s))

Vehicles and vessels

Cloud car Unidentified cloud car model (First appearance) Starship Corvette CR-series CR90 corvette Necrim's Wake (First identified as Necrim's Wake) Freighter Light freighter YT-series YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon YT-2400 light freighter (In flashback(s)) Garlev's YT-2400 light freighter (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Starfighter X-wing starfighter T-series X-wing line T-65 X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Red Five

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Flight helmet K-22995 light flight helmet Stormtrooper armor (In flashback(s)) Blaster Blaster pistol Heavy blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Han's heavy blaster pistol Blaster rifle E-5 blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle (In flashback(s)) Lando Calrissian's SE-14r light repeating blasters (Variant cover only) Palm blaster Bowcaster (Variant cover only) Chewbacca's bowcaster (Variant cover only) Carbon-freezing chamber (In flashback(s)) Computer Comlink Cybernetics Droid Headset Hologram Holoprojector Lightsaber (Variant cover only) Skywalker lightsaber (Variant cover only) Melee weapon (Variant cover only) Staff (Variant cover only) Quarterstaff (Variant cover only) Rey's quarterstaff (Variant cover only)

Miscellanea

Ace Bespinite Carbonite (In flashback(s)) Hansicle (In flashback(s)) City Clothing Bandolier (In flashback(s)) Chewbacca's bandolier (In flashback(s)) Cape Flak vest Flight suit Goggles (In flashback(s)) Holster Crown (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Cyborg Death Desert Distress signal Entry ramp Eye Eye patch Fire Foodstuff Force artifact (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Jedi artifact (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Crown of Verity (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Force-sensitive Funeral Heart (Mentioned only) Infirmary Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive) (In flashback(s)) "Mudscuffer" (In flashback(s)) Shyriiwook (In flashback(s)) Laser Life Zone Money (Mentioned only) Planet Gas giant Rebel Alliance starbird Sector Spice (Mentioned only) Squadron Synthflesh Time Second Standard day Standard decade Standard month Standard year Youngling (In flashback(s))

Sources

• Star Wars Celebration - DAY 1 Replay on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (livestream no longer available)
• 'Star Wars: The High Republic - The Finale' and More Marvel 'Star Wars' Titles Revealed At Star Wars Celebration on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

External links

• Star Wars (2025) #3 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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