Overview
- Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Publishing formally unveiled the limited five‑issue series this week as Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles, with promotional artwork showing Original Trilogy characters alongside Marvel figures.
- The book is written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by David Marquez, and the series is scheduled to run monthly from January through May 2027.
- Publishers describe a narrative device they call a 'reality‑shattering spell' that causes Marvel heroes to witness the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and possibly change what happens.
- The announced roster pairs Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Darth Vader with Marvel names such as Spider‑Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine and Doctor Doom.
- The crossover is billed as part of A New Hope’s 50th‑anniversary slate alongside a Welsh redub and a Philadelphia exhibition, and publishers have not clarified whether the comics will alter film or Marvel continuity.