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"Obi-Wan returns in the official adaptation of the hit series! When agents of the Empire pose a new threat, Obi-Wan Kenobi emerges after years of hiding. Years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan is tasked with keeping both of the Skywalker children safe from a distance - until young Leia Organa finds herself held in a ransom plot! Can Obi-Wan save Princess Leia without the Empire realizing he's alive? As he searches for allies, he must face his greatest failure: Darth Vader!--
About the author
Jody Houser decided she wanted to be a writer when she was 8 years old. She earned her MFA in creative writing at Emerson College in Boston, where she completed her master’s thesis in screenwriting and was a winner of the Rod Parker Fellowship for Playwriting. She is the creator behind the web comic Cupcake POW! and has contributed to numerous comics anthologies including Womanthology: Heroic and Womanthology: Space for IDW, CMYK: Magenta for Vertigo and Avengers: No More Bullying for Marvel. Her early Marvel credits include The Cavalry: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary one-shot, as well as the James Patterson adaptations Max Ride: Ultimate Flight and Max Ride: Final Flight. She told tales of the alternate-universe Parker family in Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows and explored the galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Rogue One Adaptation and Star Wars: Thrawn.
Working for the Marvel UK imprint led Spanish artist Salvador Larroca to a regular gig on Ghost Rider. He graduated to Fantastic Four, alongside one of his favorite writers, Chris Claremont. From 2000 to 2006, Larroca depicted Marvel’s mutants across Uncanny X-Men, X-Men and X-Treme X-Men. Following a stint on Amazing Spider-Man, Larroca brought his maturing style to a lengthy run on Invincible Iron Man and the X-Men: No More Humans original graphic novel. Upon the return of Star Wars to Marvel, Larroca turned to the dark side with Darth Vader before taking on the flagship Star Wars title.
Summary
Obi-Wan returns in the official adaptation of the hit series! When agents of the Empire pose a new threat, Obi-Wan Kenobi emerges after years of hiding. Years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan is tasked with keeping both of the Skywalker children safe from a distance - until young Leia Organa finds herself held in a ransom plot! Can Obi-Wan save Princess Leia without the Empire realizing he's alive? As he searches for allies, he must face his greatest failure: Darth Vader! Collecting STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI (2023) #1-6.
