New Star Wars Comic Explores Beckett's Backstory

Marvel Comics has bring out their latest Star Wars sleeper - in , a one - shot featuring Tobias Beckett , ofSolo : A Star Wars Storyfame . This will also excuse the curious moral force between Beckett and his hat challenger , Enfys Nest .

Solointroduces viewers to Woody Harrelson ’s Beckett , a gang leader who becomes something of a father - figure for the unseasoned Han Solo . In a world of gangsters and crime lords , Beckett volunteer Han a wise man and guide , even as he warns that everyone will betray the young smuggler .

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It seems Beckett ’s backstory will be revealed in an prescribed affiliation - in published by Marvel Comics , Star Wars : Beckett#1 . The film itself left viewers with a bunch of secret about Beckett : How did he get involved with Crimson Dawn ? How did he assemble his crew ? And just what was his connection toAurra Sing ? The one - shot will be write by Gerry Duggan , with artwork by Will Sliney , Edgar Salazar and Marc Laming . It join an telling slate of Star Wars comic free in August , includingStar Wars#52,Darth Vader#19,Darth Vader#20,Star Wars : Doctor Aphra#23,Star war : The Last Jedi Adaptation#5,Star Wars : Lando — bivalent or Nothing#4,Star Wars : Poe Dameron Annual#2 andStar war : Poe Dameron#30 .

Star Wars sports fan have always been fascinated by the galaxy ’s criminal subway . Back when Timothy Zahn set up the old amplify Universe in 1991 , he made a gang of smuggler a fundamental part of his story , and the turn and thugs of the extragalactic nebula became a mainstay in the previous EU ever since . The Expanded Universe was cast from the Star Wars canyon after Disney purchase Lucasfilm , and the smugglers and offense lords of the wandflower have been comparatively unexplored in the new Star Wars canyon up to this point .

Solochanges everything , unveil how Han first got involved with crime lords like Dryden Vos and Jabba the Hutt . Lucasfilm has already confirmed they ’re planning to build on this , with the recent news that the studio is working on aBoba Fettfilm . It for certain would n’t be a surprise to see other link - in comics flesh out the black side of the galaxy , with a focus on felonious brass such as Black Sun and Crimson Dawn . This , hopefully , is just the first such one - shot to be signed off on by the Lucasfilm Story Group .

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Meanwhile , readers can explore other aspects of Han Solo ’s backstory in prescribed tie - in book of account such as Rae Carson’sMost Wantedand Daniel José Older’sLast Shot . These novels focalize in on reference like Han , Qi’ra , Chewbacca , and Lando , adding further contingent to the robust tapestry of the Star Wars Saga .