The Journey To The Force Awakens Begins With Marvel

<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ve known for quite some time that <em>Star Wars&colon; The Force Awakens<&sol;em> is coming straight for us this December&comma; but what we haven&&num;8217&semi;t known is just what its galaxy is looking like thirty years later&period; Thanks to Disney&&num;8217&semi;s hype-train to the stars&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ll know a ton more&comma; beginning right after <em>Episode VI&colon; Return<&sol;em> <em>of the Jedi<&sol;em>&period; Admit it&colon; you were dying to know why Luke grew a Jedi Master bum-beard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05020654&sol;Star-Wars-Marvel-Event-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-79455 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05020654&sol;Star-Wars-Marvel-Event-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star Wars Marvel Event BagoGames" width&equals;"198" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marvel Comics will be bestowed the honor of debuting the very first Star Wars story set after the destruction of the second Death Star and we mean<em> right<&sol;em> after it&period; Emblazoned on the cover of the very first issue of the multi-issue comics event are the chipper cast of the Rebel Alliance we left behind so many years ago and whose new adventures going forward will now&comma; like <em>Star Wars Rebels <&sol;em>and<em> Star Wars&colon; The Clone Wars<&sol;em>&comma; be fully canon according to the powers that be at Disney and Lucasfilm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We may not know just how long the comic series is or what it&&num;8217&semi;s about&comma; but its title&comma; <em>Shattered&colon; Empire<&sol;em>&comma; will run under the not-so-subtle banner of &&num;8220&semi;The Journey to The Force Awakens&&num;8221&semi; right alongside Disney&&num;8217&semi;s 20 novel promotional campaign for director J&period;J&period; Abram&&num;8217&semi;s sci-fi epic this winter&period; The series is purportedly an easter-egg gallery of fan-service leading all the way up to the film and as of now&comma; all of the novels are still being edited&comma; but are planned to release within the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Star Wars&colon; The Force Awakens<&sol;em> &lpar;we&&num;8217&semi;re still waiting on that <em>Episode VII<&sol;em> part&rpar; is headed to a big-screen near you this <strong>December 18th<&sol;strong>&period; Get cracking&comma; super-fans&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ve got some reading to do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ew&period;com&sol;article&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;09&sol;star-wars-release-20-books-journey-force-awakens&quest;asdf&amp&semi;hootPostID&equals;7ff3f5df92d8226bca4ca0fddcb87c6f">EW<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;io9&period;com&sol;marvels-first-star-wars-comic-event-reveals-what-came-a-1691380066">i09<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;