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Episode #406 -- Harden My Heart

Episode #406 -- Harden My Heart

Update: 2024-07-24
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Luke is tested by Sabé in Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 while Vader is tested by the architect of the Schism Imperial as a showdown between father and soon is seemingly stalled.

Comics Discussed This Week:
  • Darth Vader (Vol. 3) #48 (16:50 )
Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:
  • Mace Windu #3 (of 4)
News: 
  • Starting in October, Marvel will three separate four-issue mini-series that centers around the battle of Jakku, with each series -- Insurgency Rising (1-4), Republic Under Siege (1-4) and Last Stand (1-4) -- coming out almost weekly through the end of December. It starts Oct. 2.
  • Marvel will launch a four-issue Star Wars: Ewoks mini-series Oct. 9 by Steve Orlando, Álvaro López & Laura Braga. It's set after the events of the Return of the Jedi and promises not a caravan of courage but a caravan of carnage.
  • The SDCC Lucasfilm panel is set for July 25 at 4:15-5:15 p.m. Pacific daylight time at SDCC. Guests include Justina Ireland, Tessa Gratton and Cavan Scott, so far, and it will be moderated by Patton Oswalt. Later that same day, per SDCC, from 5:45-6:45 p.m., there is a The High Republic authors signing event featuring Ireland, Scott, Gratton, Alyssa Wong, Zoraida Córdova.
  • If you're headed to SDCC this month, know now that Dark Horse Comics will feature Star Wars comics creators Cecil Castellucci, Cavan Scott, George Mann, Harvey Tolibao and Fico Ossio at its booth (#2615) on Friday, July 26 from 5-5:50 p.m. Pacific time for signings.
  • The 2nd printings for Inquisitors #1 have been canceled.

Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:

July 30 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Skywalker Strikes (Collects Star Wars (2015) 1-14, 1 Director's Cut, Vader Down 1, Darth Vader 13-15); Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi omnibus. (Collects Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Prisoner of Bogan 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force War 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 0-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1-2, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption 1-5, material from Star Wars Tales 23 and Dark Horse Comics 7-9)

July 31 _ Darth Maul: Black, White and Red #4 (of 4)

Aug. 7 _ Inquisitors #2 (of 4), The High Republic Phase III #10, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8

Aug. 13 _ The High Republic: The Edge of Balance Vol. 3


Aug. 14 _ Darth Vader #49

Aug. 20 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Story from Revelations (2023)


Aug. 21 _ Star Wars #49, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9, Ahsoka #1 (2nd Printing)

Aug. 27 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-5)

Aug. 28 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III — Crash and Burn One-Shot, Ahsoka #2 (of 8)


Sept. 3 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Vol. 6; Star Wars, Vol. 8 “The Sith and the Skywalker” TPB (Collects 42-45, material from Revelations (2023) #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars)

Sept. 4 _ The Acolyte — Kelnacca #1, Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4)

Sept. 10 _ Darth Vader, Vol. 9 “Rise of the Schism Imperial” TPB (Collects 42-45, The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special and material from Revelations (2023) #1)

Sept. 11 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #10, Star Wars #50, Inquisitors #3 (of 4)


Sept. 17 _ Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances TPB (Collects 1-4)


Sept. 18 _ Darth Vader #50
, Saber for Hire #4 (of 4)

Sept. 25 _ Ahsoka #3

Oct. 2 _ The Battle of Jakku: Insurgency Rising #1 (of 4), Inquisitors #4 (of 4)

Oct. 8 _ Star Wars: Vader's Castle The Deluxe Library Collection (Collects Tales From Vader's Castle, Return to Vader's Castle, Shadow of Vader's Castle, Ghosts of Vader's Castle and 2019 FCBD Issue story "Droid Hunters”)

Oct. 9 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #1 (of 4), Ewoks #1 (of 4), Ahsoka #4 (of 8), Echoes of Fear #2 (of 4)

Oct. 16 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11, Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #2

Oct. 29 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic, Vol. 8

Oct. 30 — Echoes of Fear #3 (of 4), Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #3

Nov. 6 _ Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #4

Nov. 12 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years — Droids & Ewoks; Star Wars: The High Republic Phase II — Quest of the Jedi Omnibus; The Prequel Trilogy Graphic Novel

Nov. 13 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #2, Echoes of Fear #3 (of 4), The HIgh Republic Adventures Phase III #12

Nov. 19 _ The High Republic Phase III Vol. 2, “The Hunted” TPB (Collects 5-8, Star Wars: The Acolyte #1)

Nov. 26 _ Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: Shadows and Secrets (Collects 1-12, Director’s Cut 1, Darth Vader Annual 1)

Dec. 3 _ Star Wars Vol. 9 TPB “The Path of Light” (Collects 46-50)

Dec. 10 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 3 (Collects Jabba the Hutt - The Gaar Suppoon Hit 1, Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi 1,Jabba the Hutt - The Dynasty Trap 1, Jabba the Hutt - Betrayal1, Free Comic Book Day 2012: Star Wars, Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire 1-4, Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse 1-5, Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets 1-5, The Force Unleashed, The Force Unleashed II, Star Wars: Blood Ties 1-4, Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead 1-4, Star Wars: Empire 1-4; material from Star Wars Tales 7, 11, 15-16, 18-20; A Decade of Dark Horse 2); Darth Vader: Black, White Red TPB (Collects 1-4),

Dec. 17 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Vol. 2 New Printing (Collects Dark Times 6-17, Dark Times - Blue Harvest 0 and Out of the Wilderness 1-5)

Dec. 31 _ Darth Vader (Vol. 3) TPB (Collects 46-50, Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars #1 Darth Vader Story)

Jan. 7 _ Saber for Hire TPB (Collects 1-4)

Jan. 21 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III TPB Vol. 2 (Collects 6-10)


Jan. 28 _ Jango Fett TPB (Collects 1-4, Revelations (2023) story)

Feb. 18 _ Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon original graphic novel

March 4 _ Star Wars: Inquisitors TPB (Collects 1-4)


April 8 _ The High Republic: Edge of Balance: Premonition, The Battle of Jakku TPB (Collects Insurgency Rising 1-4, Republic Under Seige 1-4 and Last Stand 1-4)

April 22 _ The High Republic -- Edge of Balance (Vol. 4)
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Episode #406 -- Harden My Heart

Episode #406 -- Harden My Heart

Jeff McGee and Matt Moore