Star Wars: Captain Phasma

Star Wars: Captain Phasma
Issue #1 cover (September 2017)
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication date September – October 2017
No. of issues 4
Creative team
Written by Kelly Thompson (#1–4)
Artist(s) Paul Renaud (cover #1–4: pencils, inks, colors)
Penciller(s) Marco Checchetto (#1–4)
Inker(s) Marco Checchetto (#1–4)
Letterer(s) Joe Caramagna (#1)
Clayton Cowles (#2–4)
Colorist(s) Andres Mossa (#1–4)
Editor(s) Jordan White (#1–4)

Star Wars: Captain Phasma is a four-issue Star Wars comic book limited series, set immediately after the events of the 2014 film The Force Awakens. It opens with Captain Phasma in a trash compactor as Starkiller Base is under attack. Phasma had been forced to lower the shields to the base while being held captive by a small Resistance team consisting of Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Finn, the ex-stormtrooper previously known as FN-2187; after the shields were down, the team forced her into a garbage chute. Written by Kelly Thompson and with art by Marco Checchetto, the series was published by Marvel Comics between September 6 and October 18, 2017.

Plot

Captain Phasma pursues loose ends while framing Lieutenant Sol Rivas for lowering the shields to Starkiller Base. Her pursuit takes her to the planet Luprora after she requisitions a TIE Fighter, its pilot, TN-3465, and the astromech droid BB-K8.

Publication

In March 2015, Lucasfilm announced "Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens", a publishing initiative consisting of "at least" 20 novels and comic books from multiple publishers intended to connect the previous films with The Force Awakens and its forthcoming sequels.[1][2] Captain Phasma was announced in April 2017, to be written by Thompson with art by Checchetto.[3] The four-part limited series was published by Marvel Comics between September 6 and October 18, 2017.[4] In issue #3, Phasma mentions the name Siv during a flashback. Siv is a character in the 2017 novel Star Wars: Phasma, written by Delilah S. Dawson.[5]

Reception

Reviewing for IGN, Jesse Schedeen wrote that Thompson's "efficient approach to storytelling, coupled with the gorgeous tag-team combo that is Marco Checchetto and Andres Mossa, makes this a Star Wars comic every Phasma fan should read."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (March 9, 2015). "Star Wars to release 20 books in journey to The Force Awakens". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "'Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Publishing Program Coming Fall 2015" (Press release). StarWars.com. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Brooks, Dan (14 April 2017). "SWCO 2017: Marvel reveals Captain Phasma miniseries bridging The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi – Exclusive". StarWars.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Captain Phasma (2017)". Marvel Comics. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Keithly, Dennis (2017). "Captain Phasma rallies the Lupr'or for an assault in Captain Phasma #3". Retrozap. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Shedeen, Jesse (6 September 2017). "Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Captain Phasma #1 Review". IGN. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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