To celebrate Pride Month this June, Marvel Comics will release a special lineup of Star Wars covers.
The seven cover variants spotlight LGBTQ+ characters in the Star Wars universe. Check out the list of featured characters and each of their covers below.
- Cinta Kaz & Vel Sartha, the pair of brave rebel operatives, make their leap to comic books for the first time ever. The characters debuted in last year’s original Disney+ series, Andor.
- Doctor Aphra, the breakout Marvel Comics icon who is currently headlining her second solo series!
- Domina Tagge, head of the powerful Tagge family with a vicious vendetta against Doctor Aphra that’s currently playing out in the pages of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
- Just Lucky, a highly-skilled assassin who at times finds himself aligned both with and against Doctor Aphra in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
- Kantam Sy, a young Jedi during the High Republic era and a determined padawan of Jedi Master Yoda.
- Magna Tolvan, a former high-ranking officer in the Galactic Empire who has since switched sides and found romance with Aphra.
- Sana Starros, the no-nonsense smuggler has a past with both Han Solo and Doctor Aphra, and is currently starring in her very first solo series, Star Wars: Sana Starros.
Each cover in the Star Wars Pride collection was also created by an LGBTQ+ artist.
“As a gay kid obsessed with Star Wars — I’m old enough to have seen the first movie in theaters when it came out back in ‘77 — I could never have dreamed that not only would I be able make artwork for the universe itself as a working adult, but that I would be drawing LGBTQIA+ Star Wars characters to celebrate Pride!” artist Phil Jimenez told StarWars.com. “The very idea would have blown my seven-year-old mind. What an extraordinary opportunity and a real gift to be a part of expanding the Star Wars universe in a really vital way.”
The Star Wars Pride collection from Marvel Comics will go on sale this June. Check with your local comic shop for more info on grabbing your copies.
