10 Insane Star Wars Comics That Changed Everything

5. Star Wars - Jason Aaron, John Cassaday Et Al.

As Marvel's flagship title based on a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars had to get it right. And for the most part, it did. Jason Aaron and John Cassaday kicked the series off in 2015 and the title is still going strong 76 issues later, albeit with a fluctuating creative team. (Charles Soule, guilty as charged, is now presiding over the current run.)

Like most other Star Wars series from 2015, Aaron's comic was set in the gap between Episodes IV and V. That particular timeframe allowed Marvel's creators to really branch out and show just how the Rebel Alliance found themselves on the back-foot after the destruction of the first Death Star, and eventually at Hoth. In doing so, they included some pretty big revelations, including how Luke and Vader had a brief duel years before their clash in Cloud City, and even what Obi-Wan Kenobi got up to while exiled on Tatooine.

It's possible to argue that the main Star Wars run over-explained the interlude between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, but the majority of the material does add to the films - particularly in how it further develops the relationship between Han, Leia and Luke.