Marvel and Star Wars to Meet For the First Time

Rebel Alliance ... assemble?For the first time, Marvel and Star Wars are joining forces for a crossover comic book series. The companies just announced that they will merge for Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles, a five-part series that will debut next year in honor of the 50th anniversary of the original Star Wars film.The all-star series has an all-star creative team, too. It’s being written by Clerks director Kevin Smith and illustrated by Uncanny X-Mens David Marquez.The first wave of preview art features the combined forces of Marvel and Star Wars, like Darth Vader teaming up with Doctor Doom, and Han Solo standing side by side with Wolverine.READ MORE: Every Star Wars Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestOf course, Marvel and Star Wars have a relationship dating back to the very first film. Marvel launched the first Star Wars comic in 1977; it lasted for 107 issues and ended in 1986. (The company also adapted The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi to comics as well.) After Marvel lost the Star Wars license. Dark Horse published comics based on the property for many years. But after Disney acquired Lucasfilm, Star Wars books returned to Marvel, where they have been published ...