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The galaxy’s most dangerous outpost has new stories to tell. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #1 launches a bold new chapter in Marvel’s Star Wars comics line — set in and around Black Spire Outpost on the remote planet Batuu, the lawless frontier world at the edge of the galaxy that serves as the setting for Disney’s immersive Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park lands. Echoes of the Empire brings the shadows of the fallen Galactic Empire back to Batuu — where remnants, relics, and loyalists linger long after the Emperor’s defeat, and where the line between Resistance, First Order, and pure survival is never as clear as anyone would like. Issue #1 is the debut of a series that promises to expand the Galaxy’s Edge mythology in ways that will reward both comics readers and theme park devotees alike.
Whether you’re a Star Wars comics completist, a Galaxy’s Edge enthusiast who wants to explore Batuu beyond the park, or a Marvel reader who gravitates toward the most richly world-built corners of the Star Wars universe, Echoes of the Empire #1 is the debut you don’t want to miss.
🌟 Fun Fact: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — the immersive theme park land that inspired this comic series — opened at Disneyland in May 2019 and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in August 2019, and was the largest single-themed land expansion in Disney Parks history at the time of its opening, featuring the fully operational Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction and the groundbreaking Rise of the Resistance ride, which remains one of the most technologically ambitious theme park attractions ever built.
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