The shattered empire miniseries starred his rebel alliance parents, awing pilot shara bey and soldier kes dameron, in the aftermath of return of the jedi, plus hinted at poes childhood on the. Picking up at the end of the battle of endor in return of the jedi, this miniseries centers around rebel awing pilot shara bey and her husband, commando sergeant kes dameron that is, poe damerons parents, and the rebel alliance. Shara bey is a wonderful inclusion in to the star wars mythos, and one hopes that well continue to follow her adventures long after shattered empire reaches its conclusion. Marco checchetto continues to knock it out of the park and deliver amazing action that defines the way space battles should look in comics. The books, movies, and tv shows that make up the star wars universe. The force awakens is shara bey, a rebel pilot whom readers. Shara bey may be a pilot you never met before, but her emotions, her concerns, what she does, what she believes, are real. This is a page dedicated to comic books, comic book movies, pop culture news and other stuff that i find interesting. Catch up with poe dameron, the 999 happy haunts, tank girl, doctor strange, and the clones of orphan black amongst others in this months comic book corner. Journey to the force awakens shattered empirethe first phrase usually used to describe shara bey is poe damerons mother. Star wars comics you should read after the mandalorian. In the image gallery below, rebel pilot shara bey frantically leads a battle against a squadron of tie fighters and an atat wreaking havoc across cawa city. The comic leaves shara largely underused, but nails the characterization of skywalker. The rest is composed of novels, comic books, games, an animated series, and films all of which widen our understanding of the characters and events contained within these six episodic movies.
The story sees skywalker give one of the trees to his pilot, shara bey, who in turn plants it outside her home. Shattered empire is a fourissue star wars comic book limited series. Pilot shara bey and soldier kes dameron join the original trilogy heroes in mopping up whats left of the empire on endorand find some strange, forcesensitive trees. Poe is an xwing fighter pilot for the resistance who inadvertently brings renegade stormtrooper finn john boyega and jakku scavenger rey daisy ridley into battle against the sinister first order. While im not thrilled with the ship theyve introduced them with, im hoping that this means we will soon get some new ywings pilots, as. Its at this time that shara bey and kes dameron send a message to their infant son, poe. Poes mother is shara bey, an awing pilot who adventures with leia organa. Luke and shara bey are able to rescue and escape with the. For the first time in the new star wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of star wars episode vi return of the jedi. Starting at the rebels celebration after the battle of endor, shara bey and kes dameron join luke, han, and leia in the effort to mop up the remaining imperials and recover a forcestrong tree. Star wars fans learn that shara bey and kes dameron helped to build echo. Art for the series was provided by marco checchetto, angel unzueta, and emilio laiso. What does the comic book prequel reveal about the new. Poes mother is shara bey, an awing pilot who adventures with leia organa, and his.
Read shattered empire, a series about shara bey topnotch rebel pilot, and also. Shara bey might sound familiar to comic book fans as she was the main character of the first marvel story set in continuity after the events of return of the jedi. Please add me to your list of favorite sellers and visit often. Our regular heroes take center stage, but this pair makes important contributions to the success of the various missions and in many ways this is their story. A big focus of the series is the pilot shara bey, who is poes mom. A oneshot from greg pak and marc leming, star wars. But when one of your best friends can name drop obscure characters from new canon and politely corrects your spelling of said characters names and writes jedi poetry, you tend to. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. The book kicks off during the battle of endor and focuses on shara bey and her. Bey fights on endor, before being chosen to protect leia in.
The force awakens, who are members of the rebel alliance. Shara bey shattered empire, 2015 completed rebel angel. Two veterans of the battle of endor they served under. Still, everything id seen coming out of the new extended canon in print mediaboth books and comics impressed me. Top ten ladies of the star wars comics the fandomentals.
Shara bey and kes dameron may be married, but since hes a ground soldier, and shes a pilot, they never fight together. It features the parents of resistance xwing fighter pilot poe dameron from the 2015 film star wars. Published by marvel comics, the series focuses on the events prior to the film star wars. The last jedi, the comics latest arc has seen poe, just really getting to know rey, recount his exploits during the force awakens to. The comic has luke and shara retrieve something that the emperor had stolen from the jedi temple. I will try to update this page as much as possible with the junk i find interesting. Shattered empire is a four issue limited series serving as a prequel to the force awakens written by greg rucka, illustrated by marco chechetto, angel unzueta, and emilio laiso beginning right during the events of the battle of endor, it is the tale of green squadron pilot shara bey and sergeant kes dameron, a married couple hoping to settle down to properly raise their. Shattered empire is a fourissue star wars comic book limited series, set immediately after the events of the 1983 film return of the jedi. Shara bey was a pilot for the rebel alliance and the mother to resistance pilot poe dameron. We follow shara bey, the mother of the force awakens hero poe dameron, as she assists the rebel alliance in taking down the remnants of the empire. The modern era of star wars comic books began in january of 2015. Age of rebellion boba fett is one of the few comics focused on the legendary bounty hunter that are considered to be part of the official star wars canon.
Discussion bug reporting deletecombine pages artist showoff offtopic contests battles fanfic rpg comic book. This was done to make room for new stories, as disney announced that the star wars comics would return to marvel comics. Rucka, a multiple eisner winner, has written batman, superman, wolverine. The assumption is that this item will play a role in the upcoming film, but we are left to guess as to its meaning based on this comic. This month the geekmoms have been reading a marvelous mixture of comic originals, and tvfilmtheme park franchise books. Im a great fan of checchettos art and this volume of star wars new comics. Have comic book fans just met the parents of oscar isaacs character. As pointed out in a report from film, the main characters in the comic book prequel are lieutenant shara bey and her husband sergeant kes dameron. Books and comic books finally getting into the game. The main characters are shara bey and kes dameron, a married couple who are part of the rebel alliance. Shattered empire, a marvel comic series set in the star wars universe written by greg rucka and illustrated by marco checchetto, picks up right after return of the jedi left off. Shara bey, the mother of the character of poe dameron from star wars. At the end of the comic, shara and her husband plant one of. Bey flew with green squadron in the battle for endor.
Charles soule bringt shara bey zuruck jedibibliothek. The empire ascendant comic book goes into detail about luke. A complete guide to the new star wars canon before the. Shara is an awing fighter pilot who helps clear the way for luke skywalker to escape the exploding second death star during the battle of endor.
Shera is the twin sister of heman, and the rebel protector of the planet etheria. If i can convey that successfully then well have a good story. The journey to the force awakens comic book miniseries shattered empire revealed some of poe damerons backstory through the story of his rebel alliance parents, a. Marvel and disney have been releasing a steady supply of comics, novels, and other stories, since last winter, to fill in the gaps between star wars movies and the void left by the decanonization of the old expanded universe. The shattered empire miniseries fills us in on damerons family history, as the plot follows shara bey and kes dameon, poes parents.
Shattered empire, a marvel comic series set in the star wars. Shara bey was a pilot with the rebel alliance in the comic series shattered empire. Poe dameron is a comic book series written by charles soule and drawn by phil noto that focuses on the resistance pilot poe dameron. Poe dameron is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. Poe damerons backstory already started by way of comic books, as his mother shara bey was the star of star wars. Writer greg rucka punisher, wolverine, gotham central and artist marco checchetto avengers world, punisher take us past the destruction of the second death star and into the chaos of a shattered empire. After a few pages of dialogue we discover these two are spoiler alert. Luke and poes connection revealed in new star wars comic. As a huge fan of the new and canon books and comic books, i was so excited to see shara bey poes mom and star of shattered empire comic books and norra wexley temmin snap wexleys mom and star of the aftermath books. The comics told through the eyes of rebel lieutenant shara bey.
Set in the immediate hours following the end of star wars. It follows shara bey of the green squadron, who escapes the destruction of death star ii, spends a. Fett was the first mandalorian in the star wars galaxy fans were introduced to in the empire strikes back, hired by darth vader to capture han solo. Together with her friends she protects her world from the evil hordes under hordaks command. The end of the fourissue shattered empire comic book miniseries seems to confirm this. Shara bey was a human female pilot who served in the alliance to restore the. The force awakens in an intriguing way, but its not all that defines her. The story centers on awing pilot lieutenant shara bey as she assists in the attack on the second death star, then goes down to the forest. It all started innocently enough with the star wars. Episode vii the force awakens, first appeared in the 2015 marvel comic book miniseries star wars. Going along on these missions are two young shara bey, an expert pilot awing, and kes dameron, one of the commandos who assisted in the destruction of the endor shield generator.
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