Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising #1!
Marvel’sStar Warscomics aregiving fans the Han and Leia wedding scene they’ve waited for, as the franchise makes its long-heralded jump to the post-Return of the Jeditimeline. The years following the Original Trilogy remain a wide-open frontier for exciting adventures in the Disney canon, and there are few more perfect story moments to inaugurate anew era ofStar Warscomicsthan Han and Leia’s marriage ceremony.
Comicbook.com released a previewforStar Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising#1 – written by Alex Segura, with art by Leonard Kirk and Stefano Raffaele–which teases the scope and the importance of the upcoming miniseries, which will reveal previous unknown details about the infamous final battle of the Galactic Civil War. As the preview suggests,The Battle of Jakkuwill also further one of thedefinitive elements ofStar Warscanon: Han and Leia’s love story.
For fans of the franchise, this is a thrilling next step for the couple – even if it is destined to end in tragedy.
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Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising#1 – Written By Alex Segura; Art By Leonard Kirk & Stefano Raffaele
Disney’sStar Warsseems to be dispensing with any will-they-won’t-they tension for the galactic power couple, instead opting to solidify their union in the immediate wake of the Battle of Endor.
The Battle of Jakkulaunches the MarvelStar Warscomics into an era not yet charted by the Disney canon. The preview for the first issue includes a page withwhat appears to be Han and Leia’s nuptials, featuring Luke, Chewbaca, C-3PO, R2D2, and several friends within the Rebellion’s chosen family are all in attendancein the middle of the Ewok forest for the long-awaited wedding, capped off by a kiss that makes it official. This is just one of several exciting developments the preview hints at, but for long-time fans ofStar Wars, it is certainly the most significant.
In theoriginalStar Warscanon, the relationship between Leia and Han was a somewhat protracted, drama-filled affair; Disney’sStar Warsseems to be dispensing with any will-they-won’t-they tension for the galactic power couple, instead opting to solidify their union in the immediate wake of the Battle of Endor. In the franchise’sLegendstimeline, it took a full four more years before their marriage was official. While major divergences between the canons is always cause for some debate, most fans are likely to react positively to this decision.
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Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising#1 – Available July 07, 2025
The wedding of Han and Leia is an exciting way to commence that project, and it promises to be just the start when it comes to whatStar Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Risinghas in store.
Star Wars' original Han/Leia wedding was in itself not free of fan controversy at the time, andnow Marvel Comics has the opportunity to give the couple a fresh start leading into the post-ROTJrun of comics. It also suggests that more timeline compression is to come, as the plan for the Disney canon seems to be to wrap up the Galactic Civil War more quickly thantheLegendscanon, leaving room for new threats and new storylines in the interim before the advent of the Sequel Trilogy.
In any case, Marvel’s handling ofStar Warshas been one of thehighlights of the Disney era, and fans should be eager for the publisher to begin telling stories in the aftermath of the battle of Endor. The wedding of Han and Leia is an exciting way to commence that project, and it promises to be just the start when it comes to whatStar Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Risinghas in store, making this an unequivocal can’t-miss, must-read story forStar Warsfans.
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Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising#1will be available August 24, 2025 from Marvel Comics.
