Lucasfilm Publishing used its Friday panel at San Diego Comic-Con — "Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away," featuring authors Ahmed Best and Kristin Baver — to lay out its slate through spring 2027.
The organizing principle is a date: A New Hope opened on May 25, 1977, which makes May 2027 the franchise's 50th anniversary. Several of these titles are built around it.
Novels
Star Wars: Edge of the Abyss — September 15, Random House Worlds, by Rebecca Roanhorse. The sequel to The Mask of Fear, set one year before the first season of Andor. Mon Mothma and Bail Organa watch their influence drain away in the Senate while Saw Gerrera and Anto Kreegyr bargain to survive, and an ISB agent works to sabotage a student group on Ghorman from the inside. For anyone who watched Andor and wanted more of that register, this is the one.
Star Wars: Thrawn — Deluxe Edition Box Set — October 27, Random House Worlds, by Timothy Zahn. A slipcased reissue with a Star Destroyer cutout, sprayed edges and illustrated endpapers rather than new material.
Star Wars: Twin Crossroads — April 6, 2027, Random House Worlds, by Beth Revis. Luke and Leia train together on Ajan Kloss after Return of the Jedi, then take a covert New Republic mission into Coruscant and the Imperial palace that was once the Jedi Temple. The pitch is the twins reckoning with Anakin and Padmé as parents rather than as legend.
Comics and graphic novels
Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch — Rogue Agents TPB — November 3, Dark Horse. Written by Michael Moreci, penciled by Reese Hannigan, inked by Elisabetta D'Amico, colored by Michael Atiyeh. A Clone Wars-era follow-up to Ghost Agents, collecting issues #1–4.
Tales from the Outer Rim, Vol. 1 – The Legend of Beggar's Canyon — January 26, 2027, Papercutz. Written by Greg Pak, art by Brent Schoonover. A young Luke and Biggs Darklighter on Tatooine, before any of it.
A New Hope – Triple Take — May 2027, Mad Cave Studios, by sibling writers Chas! Pangburn and Kim Shearer. The original film retold three times over — Luke remembers a mythic journey, Leia remembers the dangerous reality of rebellion, and Han mostly remembers how heroic he was. Four artists handle the differing accounts. It is the most interesting formal idea on the list.
Art and reference
Star Wars Icons: Vader — October 20, Insight Editions, written by Anthony Breznican with a foreword by Hayden Christensen. Worth noting, since some coverage has listed Christensen as a co-author: he wrote the foreword.
Star Wars Star Pilots: A History of Space Combat — October 6, DK, by Chris Kempshall, framed as Wedge Antilles's own account of the Galactic Civil War from the cockpit.
The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — November 3, Abrams, by Phillip Szostak with a foreword by Doug Chiang. The companion to the first Star Wars theatrical release in seven years, starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White.
Star Wars: A Celebration — April 6, 2027, DK. The designated 50th anniversary volume, covering the films, the merchandise, the expansion into books and games, and the fandom itself.
Star Wars: Knits for Younglings — January 5, 2027, Insight Editions, by Tanis Gray. Baby Grogu hats, R2-D2 sweaters, Ewok hoodies.
And one from a different galaxy
The panel closed with something outside Star Wars entirely: Indiana Jones and the Sword of Pandemonium, a five-issue Marvel limited series from Jason Aaron and Aaron Kuder, set directly after Raiders of the Lost Ark and starting in December 2026.
Aaron and Kuder on Indiana Jones is the kind of creator pairing that gets a book bought on the names alone, and picking up immediately after Raiders is the correct instinct — it is the only stretch of that character's timeline with no baggage attached to it.
