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Marvel is entering December this Wednesday with the debut of Doctor Aphra #1. We’re also getting a flurry of reprint collections, with The Force Awakens adaptation and the complete run of Kanan in hardcover, plus Poe Dameron volume 1 and the newly-recolored A New Hope in trade.
As announced Wednesday, Kieron Gillen’s successor series to Darth Vader will be Doctor Aphra. Aphra, introduced in Darth Vader #3, was Marvel’s first original canon character and has developed something of a following throughout the series. (And yes, “she’d be cast as an Asian actress,” Gillen says.) There’s a great deal of storytelling freedom to be had with an original character in the original trilogy era, and plenty to do with the concept of archaeology in a setting like the GFFA. (For instance… Jedha?)
StarWars.com has an interview with Gillen, while Marvel introduces series artist Kev Walker. Doctor Aphra #1 is expected to land on December 7.