SYFY Delivers Sneak Peek at Star Wars: Obi-Wan Comic; Five Issue Miniseries Launches May 4th

Star Wars comic fans have been looking forward to Star Wars: Obi-Wan for a while now, a series that promises to shed new light on periods throughout Obi-Wan Kenobi's life that haven't been covered yet in Star Wars canon.



The five-issue miniseries will not only give us a new look at his time spent on the deserts of Tatooine, but will also give us fresh insight into his time as Qui-Gon's padawan, another story set during the Clone Wars and even his time as a youngling. It seems the series will begin with a story set in those formative years, with an adventure set in the Coruscant underworld. All these stories will be told in a flashback style, as 'Old Ben' Kenobi reminisces on moments throughout his life.







Author Christopher Cantwell spoke to syfy.com about what it was like creating this miniseries. It seems that the creative process started by trying to nail down Obi-Wan's defining traits, so that these depictions all felt like the same person at various points in his life:

Issue #2 will tell a story from the early years of Obi-Wan's time as Qui-Gon's apprentice, and might even have a bit of horror sprinkled in:

Cantwell also spoke a little about Obi-Wan in the Clone Wars:

Cantwell also spoke about Ario Anindito, one of the rotating team of artists for Star Wars: Obi-Wan, who did the art for the first issue covering Obi-Wan as a youngling:

Finally, Cantwell spoke about the challenges of working with a team of artists to make all these stories feel thematically consistent:

Star Wars: Obi-Wan debuts on May 4th, with issue 2 arriving in June. It certainly sounds like it's going to be a fascinating read.



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