Episode #328 -- Be Still My Beating Heart

Only love can, and will, break your heart, as Valance learns in the pages of Bounty Hunters #31 with his hope for a quiet life with Jyala brutally erased. It's T'onga who steps up to carry him away in a bid to find some sort of peace, be it inner or outer, though it's clear than an inferno is brewing.

In Star Wars #31, Amilyn Holdo gives new meaning to "the Holdo Maneuver," as she, Luke, Leia, Lando, Chewie and Lobot find themselves mystified yet intrigued by the No-Space locale and the history of a long-dead Jedi from The High Republic Era.

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Comics out today and broken down on this week's episode:
_ Bounty Hunters #31 (12:23)
_ Star Wars (Vol. 3) #31 (25:19)

Star Wars Comics on Marvel Unlimited This Week:
_ The High Republic (Vol. 2) #2 (of 10)

News:
_ Lando #1 is the latest one-shot, coming in May, from Marvel as part of its celebration of Return of the Jedi's 40th anniversary. It will join the already announced Jabba's Palace and Ewoks one-shots, along with the as-yet announced Emperor Palpatine, Stormtroopers and Smugglers one-shots. All six issues will be collected in a TPB due out Oct. 31 called Star Wars: Scoundrels, Rebels and The Empire.
_ Look out for The Mandalorian 2, a likely eight-issue maxi-series adapting season two of the Disney+ television series, later this year, probably in May or June. It'll feature the same creative team as the just-concluded The Mandalorian adaptation.
_ The Blade TPB, collecting the four-issue mini-series, appears set for release on June 27.
_ All 10 issues of the Yoda maxi-series will be collected in one trade-paperback and is due for release Oct. 31.
_ Artist Elsa Charretier's art for Star Wars -- Forces of Destiny characters can be found on coffee mugs for sale at Disneyland Paris.

Upcoming Star Wars comics, TPBs and omnibus editions:

Feb. 22 _ Doctor Aphra #29, Yoda #4 (of 10), The Nameless Terror #1 (of 4)

March 1 _ The Blade #3 (of 4), Star Wars #32, Hidden Empire #4 (of 5), Han Solo & Chewbacca #10 (of 10), The Mandalorian #8 (of 8), Hyperspace Stories #4 (of 12)

March 8 _ Bounty Hunters #32, Sana Starros #2 (of 5), The High Republic #6 (of 10), Hyperspace Stories #5 (of 12)

March 14 _ Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 1. (Collects Star Wars: Empire 7, 14, 16; Vader's Quest 1-4, Star Wars (2013) 1-20, Star Wars Kids 1-11, 12 (A Story) and 13-20 and Star Wars 3-D 1-3); Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 5, TPB (Collects Star Wars: Knight Errant 1-5, Knight Errant -- Deluge 1-5, Knight Errant -- Escape 1-5, Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith 1-6 and material from Star Wars Tales #16)

March 15 _ Hyperspace Stories #6 (of 12), Yoda #5 (of 10), The High Republic Adventures #3 (of 8), The Blade #2 (2nd Printing)

March 22 _ Darth Vader #32, The High Republic Adventures #4 (of 8)

March 29 _ The Blade #4 (of 4), Jabba’s Palace #1 One-Shot, The High Republic Adventures -- Quest of the Jedi #1 One-Shot, The High Republic #7 (of 10)

April 5 _ Star Wars #33, Hidden Empire #5 (of 5), The High Republic Adventures #5 (of 8)

April 12 _ Doctor Aphra #30, Bounty Hunters #33, Ewoks #1 One-Shot, The High Republic #8 (of 10), Hyperspace Stories #7 (of 12)

April 19 _ Sana Starros #3 (of 5), Yoda #6 (of 10), The Nameless Terror #2 (of 4), The High Republic Adventures #6 (of 8)

April 26 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), Darth Vader #33, Doctor Aphra #31

May 2 _ The High Republic (Vol. 2) "Balance of the Force" TPB (Collects #1-5); The Mandalorian "Season One, Part II" TPB (Collecting #5-8)

May 3 _ Star Wars #34, Lando #1, Yoda #7 (10), The Nameless Terror #3 (of 4)

May 6 _ The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day Issue

May 9 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 6 (Collects Star Wars (Vol. 1) #89-107 and #108)

May 10 _ Darth Vader #34, The High Republic #9 (of 10)

May 16 _ Star Wars (Vol. 3) Vol. 5 "The Path to Victory" TPB (Collects #26-30)

May 17 _ Bounty Hunters #34, The Nameless Terror #4 (of 4), Hyperspace Stories #8 (of 12)

May 23 _ The Edge of Balance -- Precedent

May 24 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #2 (of 4), The High Republic #10 (of 10)

May 31 _ Doctor Aphra #32, Sana Starros #4 (of 5), The High Republic Adventures #7 (of 8)

June 7 _ Han Solo & Chewbacca Vol. 2 "The Crystal Run, Part Two" TPB (Collects #6-10)

June 20 _ Doctor Aphra Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Doctor Aphra, Vol. 2, #1-25), Star Wars -- Hyperspace Stories "Rebels and Resistance" TPB (Collects #1-4)

June 27 _ The Blade TPB (Collects #1-4), Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 6 "Return of the Handmaidens" TPB (Collects #28-32)

July 5 _ Hidden Empire TPB (Collects #1-5)

July 11 _ StarWars Legends Epic Collection: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 3 (Collects Dark Lords of the Sith #1-6, The Sith War #1-6, Redemption #1-5 and material from Star Wars Tales #23 and Dark Horse Comics #7-9)

July 18 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Dark Times -- Fire Carrier 1-5, Dark Times -- A Spark Remains 1-5, Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin 1-5, Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows 1-5, Droids Special #1, Droids (1994) 1-6, Droids (1995) 1-8, Star Wars: The Protocol Offensive, plus material from Star Wars Visionaries, Star Wars Tales 11-12, 15 and 20, Dark Horse Presents Annual ’99 and Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1)
Aug. 15 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase (Collects 1-13, Galactic Bake-Off one-shot and Free Comic Book Day 2021 issues published by IDW, along with 2023's Free Comic Book Day issue)

Aug. 29 _ The Nameless Terror TPB (Collects #1-4)

Sept. 5 _ Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Star Wars: The Jabba Tape; Heir to the Empire #1-6, Dark Force Rising 1-6, The Last Command 1-6. Dark Empire 1-6, Dark Empire II 1-6), Empire's End 1-2, Boba Fett -- Twin Engines of Destruction, Bounty on Bar-Kooda, When the Fat Lady Swings, Murder Most Foul and Agent of Doom, Star Wars Handbook #3 and material from Star Wars Tales 1, 3-5, 10, 14, 20 and 22); The High Republic Adventures (Vol. 2) Vol. 1 TPB (Collects #1-4); Tales From the Death Star HC Graphic Novel; Hyperspace Stories Vol. 2 "Scum and Villainy" TPB (Collects #5-8)

Oct. 31 _ Star Wars: Scoundrels, Rebels and The Empire TPB (Collects the Jabba's Palace, Ewoks, Lando, Emperor Palpatine, Stormtroopers and Smugglers one-shots); Yoda TPB (Collects Yoda #1-10)