Star Wars: Invasion is a comic book series written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Colin Wilson. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the series is set in the New Jedi Order era and depicts the events of the Yuuzhan Vong War. Just like another ongoing series by Dark Horse—Star Wars: Legacy—it tied in with the New Jedi Order novels by Del Rey while still remaining accessible to new readers. It launched with two online-only preview issues on StarWars.com in May and June 2009. The first printed issue was published on July 1, 2009.[1] It was published monthly in five-issue story arcs alternating with Dark Times. The last issue was released in November of 2011,[4] with no further issues planned.[5]
Story
The series covers the story of the Yuuzhan Vong War by focusing on the Galfridian family, the royal family from the peaceful world of Artorias, one of the first to fall under the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, which resulted in its entire population being evacuated, enslaved, or killed. A young man named Finn Galfridian is set on the Jedi path by Luke Skywalker, while things for his sister Kaye Galfridian and the rest of the family "don't go so well." Many characters from The New Jedi Order series, such as Luke Skywalker, Jaina Solo and Jacen Solo are also featured in the series.[1]
Refugees and Rescues take place between the novels Vector Prime and Onslaught, and Revelations takes place between Onslaught and Ruin.
Conception
Colin Wilson, who had previously drawn Star Wars comics for Dark Horse, was working with Australian writer Tom Taylor on a comic-book adaptation of his play The Example and suggested that Wilson contact Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley. Taylor was quickly accepted into the Dark Horse creative team and worked for some time on an unidentified Star Wars project which eventually got canceled before going on to Invasion. The series was first announced by Dark Horse Comics on February 7, 2009 during the New York Comic Con. The addition of another monthly series to an already significant number of Star Wars comic-book series was possible due to the success of the Star Wars: Vector crossover published by Dark Horse in 2008.[1]
Main characters
Issues
| Color code key: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue | Story arc |
| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback | Epic Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugees |  Volume 1—Refugees April 28, 2010 |
 The New Republic Vol. 8 October 29, 2024 | ||
| 0 | Refugees, Prologue | October 14, 2009 | ||
| 1 | Refugees, Part 1 | July 1, 2009 | ||
| 2 | Refugees, Part 2 | August 5, 2009 | ||
| 3 | Refugees, Part 3 | September 2, 2009 | ||
| 4 | Refugees, Part 4 | October 7, 2009 | ||
| 5 | Refugees, Part 5 | November 4, 2009 | ||
| Rescues |  Volume 2—Rescues April 27, 2011 | |||
| 6 | Rescues, Part 1 | May 26, 2010 | ||
| 7 | Rescues, Part 2 | June 30, 2010 | ||
| 8 | Rescues, Part 3 | July 28, 2010 | ||
| 9 | Rescues, Part 4 | September 29, 2010 | ||
| 10 | Rescues, Part 5 | October 27, 2010 | ||
| 11 | Rescues, Part 6 | December 22, 2010 | ||
| Revelations |  Volume 3—Revelations April 25, 2012 | |||
| 12 | Revelations, Part 1 | July 13, 2011 | ||
| 13 | Revelations, Part 2 | August 10, 2011 | ||
| 14 | Revelations, Part 3 | September 14, 2011 | ||
| 15 | Revelations, Part 4 | October 12, 2011 | ||
| 16 | Revelations, Part 5 | November 16, 2011 | ||
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Interview with writer Tom Taylor
- ↑
Star Wars: Invasion #1 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Invasion—Revelations #5 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Dark Horse Prepares the Star Wars Universe for an Invasion
- ↑ ForceCast.net podcast with Randy Stradley
