The House of Ideas has done it again: Star Wars will officially cross over with Marvel in the five-issue series Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles.
Written by Kevin Smith with art by David Marquez, the news was revealed over at EW, which showed of covers including one of The Avengers and Spider-Man teaming up with Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance, while Doctor Doom, Thanos and Ultron are teaming up with Darth Vader. And somewhere, Patton Oswalt is pissed he didn’t get to do this one.
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the original Star Wars movie, the announcement was light on details, though Lucasfilm and Marvel tease that the events of Star Wars will be happening in Marvel’s main continuity, with the Avengers (and others) seeing the highlights of the original movie happening on earth “after a reality-shattering spell.”
“Back in the early ‘80s, I had a subscription to Marvel’s Star Wars comics. And as fun as it was to follow the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han, I always wished that Spider-Man or Doctor Doom could cross over into their cinematic saga,” Smith said in a prepared statement to EW. “So when the opportunity arose to actually tell that story, nobody had to Force my hand! I’m ecstatic to be writing Hope Assembles for the 50th anniversary of Star Wars! Many thanks to Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm for trusting me to fly the Falcon and the Quinjet!”
The first issue will hit in January, and the miniseries will conclude in May, along with any original ideas anyone has. Those are done now.
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