Kevin Smith to write Star Wars/Marvel crossover, Hope Assembles
The first-ever ‘STAR WARS’ and ‘MARVEL’ crossover comic book event is releasing in January 2027. • Written by Kevin Smith with art by David Marquez. • The story sees ‘A NEW HOPE’ take place on Earth-616 due to a reality-shattering spell. (via ew.com/star-wars-ma...)
Justin Combustion26But Star Wars was a long, LONG time ago. And not in our galaxy, I think they were far, far away.
The Psychedelic Squirrel15That sounds so stupid But I guess here we are.
DadDiggity9People arguing emphatically & with so much conviction how it doesn’t make sense for completely made-up & totally fictional storyline A to be merged with completely made-up & totally fictional storyline B amazes me to no end. Just don’t buy it. You do you & let other folks have their cake.
asymptoticessence.bsky.social9On the one hand: "Who even asked for this?" On the other hand: Kevin Smith is exactly who I'd want to write this project
mellowcanuck.bsky.social8People can't handle their peas touching their mashed potatoes...you expect them to accept this?
Tim W8I really hope @pattonoswalt.bsky.social is going to get at least credit, if not money for this.
Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿10Tell me you're creatively bankrupt without telling me you're creatively bankrupt.
Saxofesses contre les nazis 💫 🇸🇩9Oh non ! Personne ne veut ça !
ORB DIMENSION SPIRITUAL WARRIOR TURN ∀8Threw up in my mouth a little bit reading this whole post
Astreia7I, too, wrote stories where Luke and Wedge and all the X-wings came to our earth and I had adventures with them I was 10
Gwen F. Jaworski 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️|🇺🇦🇵🇸🇱🇧🇳🇨🇹🇼7I mean… aren’t half of Marvel superheroes supposed to be Star Wars nerds anyway ?
Dantastic6You know, Deadpool blasting Ewoks might not be that bad.
𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖞 𝕱𝖊𝖓6....wow this reeks of desperation
Onda Vital5Aaaaay cómo está doliendo tan poca presencia en el top de ventas mes a mes, eeeeeh
breadedhamster.bsky.social3Sliding a needle into my brain and scrambling it around until I find this interesting.
Retro Cabeza3Os estáis comportando como si Star Wars aún le importara a alguien, y no lleváramos décadas de crossovers locos e innecesarios en los cómics. Lo raro es que no metan también a los Transformers, y Godzilla, y Barbie, Alf, Los Cazafantasmas y el bicho de los backrooms, y no pongo más porque no me cabe
Not to be a power-scaling nerd, but the funniest thing about the Marvel Star Wars crossover is that Moon Knight could kick Darth Vader's ass.
Phil Hester32I immediately regret this post.
Scott S5Unbeatable Squirrel Girl could whip Vader and Palpatine's ass at the same time. It's right there in her name. Though she'd probably just talk them into being better.
SuperStormDroid4Hopefully Thanos is smart enough to keep the Infinity Stones away from Palpatine. Since the crossover is taking place in a 616-adjacent universe, the stones won't have any adverse effects on the wielder. Meaning if Palpatine got the power stone... Game Over.
gwsimmers.bsky.social4That's no Moon Knight, it's a Space Station Knight!
Intisar - This Week in Aurebesh2Squirrel Girl vs. the Emperor. LET'S GOOOO
DevilBoy216 ♾️⚛️♠️2I ask this sincerely, Mr. Hester: Do you think Kevin Smith will do a good job writing this? I know you've adapted his Green Hornet and 6 Million Dollar Man screenplays and worked with him on Green Arrow, all of which was great, so I'm optimistic. Everyone else seems to disagree.
shadrad 🥬 eat more vegetables6That's no moon... that's a FUCK WHAT'S THAT GUY DOING WITH A HELICOPTER
Neil Kleid4Let me write a Jewish Moon Knight / R2-D2 back up story, cowards
Negromemnon3Darth Vader is only the baddest thing moving in his universe and anything with tech below interstellar capabilities. Unless Marvel scaled up the Force to match the Power Cosmic, he’s just another angry cyborg and we’ve got like 10 of those at least.
Bryan "Gazpacho" Carr3The important thing about Moon Knight is Moon Knight don’t give an eff about nothin’ and that’s hard to counter
Grant Goodman2Dr. Doom or Ultron would be running the Empire by the end of the first issue.
‘Star Wars’ and Marvel are officially crossing over for the first time. Kevin Smith will write the five-issue limited series ‘Hope Assembles,’ with artwork by David Marquez. The crossover is described as “exciting, unpredictable, and heartfelt.”
Julian K. Do1Can't wait for the part where Deadpool spoils the "I am your father" twist to Luke early as another quirky "breaking the fourth wall" joke and disrupts the entire timeline.
meribel123.bsky.social1Genuinely over the Marvel and Star Wars universes except for genuinely creative standalones. Loved Rogue One & hoping for more of those type of films. Tired of sequels, prequels, spin offs - the whole nine yards.
dannymartinez.bsky.social1Well, this will definitely be am event.
Syditious1“exciting, unpredictable, and heartfelt.” C'mon!!
Cethan Leahy11Hope is the thing which assembles.
The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🍀 🏳️🌈 Doomsday and Coyote vs. Acme Era8Okay, I am genuinely intrigued to see where this crossover goes, especially seeing how it is written by a fan of both Star Wars and Marvel. I never thought about what a crossover between Marvel and Star Wars would look like, but OH GOD, the possibilities!
Chelli☕🦫🍁🏒🇨🇦💪4Finally nailing their true demographic
Electrichead (The Agony)4I can't wait Captain America and Luke Skywalker to piss themselves and Green Goblin offer to let Vader fuck him in the ass. Keep Kevin Smith the fuck away from comics.
Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)3Man, Kevin Smith is gonna make Jar Jar Binks team up with Black Panther isn’t he? I feel we all deserve this hell.
Steve Kidd3Why are people complaining about this? There’s nothing wrong with doing a crossover like this, especially with a known Star Wars fan like Kevin Smith writing. You people are jerks.
Gold A2What is it about Star Wars that causes such visceral hatred in people? Because the only reason people are angry about this is because it involves Star Wars. I know this because Marvel has done a crap ton of crossovers and no one ever feels the need to bitch.
DisFanA1132What the fuck is up with these replies, do people not want this awesome shit?!?!?
Samhain’d Lad2Googling “does a lightsaber cut through a Hulk”
Chuck🏳️🌈2Professor X just blasting images of padme into Vader’s mind until he kills himself
Still think this should have been the Marvel/Star Wars crossover, but I digress!
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦2I'm picturing Galactus holding the Death Star like an apple after having taking a bite out of it, and exclaiming, "Crunchy on the outside, and chewy in the center!
RiK Mack!2I don't know much about Star Wars, but the Silver Surfer holding two ropes tied to engines could enter a podracing tournament, right?
neilrathberg.bsky.social2Alternate option: Death's Head movie, but if they can't get Transformers and Doctor Who licensing rights, just have him go between Marvel/Star Wars/Indiana Jones/The Muppets.
TotallyNotAnAlienHidingInAFleshSuit1I think it would have made for a fun 90 min popcorn flick.
Ray Aune1Why am I now picturing Cyclops activating his visor only to have two lightsaber blades (one blue, one green) issue from his eye-portals?
...and I looked, and beheld a pale horse 😳 ew.com/star-wars-ma...
eliestav.bsky.social7I’m not saying I want this, but I am surprised it took as long as it did.
SJWJamesBond4I don't know, this looks fun so far.
eliazar3Either Kevin Smith or (obviously) Patton Oswalt was going to do this sooner or later.
rdmacq.bsky.social2Marvel decided to print money. No surprise.
AxeLegend, Fio Abs Truther2Wait I don't see Carol Danvers she literally named her car after Chewbacca this feels wrong don't leave her out...
foreverredknight.bsky.social1I don’t want this. I would have rather they had a crossover with aliens and Predator.
Might as well weigh in on the big crossover news, I may not get it but it *will* sell Plus seeing Vader and Doom side by side is cool
Vinson Loves Comics10To be fair, I'm not a big (non superhero) IP crossover fan in general Never gotten any of them (Godzilla/Aliens/Star Trek/etc), though I'm sure they're fun
Jeremiah Avery8Looks nice, but I won’t be buying it.
Tade Thompson8There's them who say Doom is an ancestor to Vader. Creatively, George might have sort of spied Jack's homework.
Mr. Doctor6I *was* genuinely excited. Not sure how I feel about Kevin Smith at the helm though. Like, you know he's gonna slip a fart joke in there somewhere.
🆁🅸🅲🅷! Comic Fan!5I would’ve been excited about it when I was 10, I hope it sells well for Marvel and the fans who buy it enjoy it but it’s definitely not for me even though I love both franchises.
joey4It's just going to be bullshit in another dimension, it's not even going to matter.
Comrade Bullski23It's like, space militarist fascist, alien-bonded symbiote monarch-god-dude, fallen jedi mass murderer and dark side nexus, universal genocide guy, ruthless dictator omni-genius, genocidal nigh-indestructible robot and then Greedo, some rando with a blaster who just needs some fast cash.
Shane M. Bailey5I agree with my friend @jkparkin.bsky.social in our chat, they should have done this like the DC/Marvel books and made them an anthology book with different creators.
🤖ScottsRobots🤖3Just give me a Vader / Doom roadtrip buddy comedy.
Bon Motts2DOOM would feel as insulted having to pose for this as Billy Joel when he had to play with Elton John on those pianos facing each other
I can’t really articulate why, but Kevin Smith doing a Marvel/Star Wars crossover feels like Tim Burton directing Alice in Wonderland. It’s like something designed in a lab to make sure nothing interesting happens.
Thebazilly2The whole thing will just be "Wow, my favorite stuff is so cool"
Harkonnen Battle Jitney2Remember when he wrote Batman confessing that he pissed himself during that one scene in Year One?
robert j bennett, ceo, results omega14ebert described Burton's Alice as "one big middle-aged sigh" and this sounds similar
Bill Mudron5I look forward to Kevin Smith talking about how he landed this gig on his YouTube podcast, at least. The dude hasn’t made anything good in this century (all of his comics output these days seems to be crossovers no one wants, like Jay & Silent Bob meet Archie?), but he’s still fun to hear dish.
Some mighty Marvel news for the 50th anniversary of A NEW HOPE.... ew.com/star-wars-ma...
Zasstryn6This is a dumb idea
The Dapper DM1Have the comics Earth-616 Heroes seen Star Wars? The MCU also claims 616 and they definitely have!
Andrew Hickey29I look forward to the scene of Luke Skywalker pissing himself. And to issue two never coming out.
Brandon Bird22But how does this fit into the Star Wars Angry Birds universe
Veers Watch21alright so judging by the title and Greedo and Tarkin and Biggs of it all it looks like we’re leaning very ANH so I guess it gets a pass for no Veers but so help me god if we get to ESB era and he’s not there
Eric Geller18Looking forward to seeing how Wookieepedia deals with this one.
Loose Pony14Once every fifty years is just right. ;) Should be a fun Celebration panel, too.
Kate Watson13Oh dear *Lord* no thank you.
Tony, the Comics Daddy12It’s by Kevin Smith so you can expect issues to be released in Jan, Feb, April, 2028 and erm, never, maybe 2030, we’ll see.
🦋🍂Linzy is testing a hypothesis11Look...LOOK. I'm all for a silly good time, but I stg if I hear the same people who cried about "Disney destroyed star wars" for the last decade+ all of a sudden LOVING this, Im gonna lose it.
Adam Frazier9Do I like this? No, not really. Is it the end of the world? Absolutely not. I remember walking into Waldenbooks in the late '90s and seeing STAR TREK / X-MEN: PLANET X on the shelves and thinking, "Oh, that's weird" and then going on with my life.
Charlie Ashby9I will give Marvel & Star Wars credit for waiting 10 years before even attempting such a thing. I remember thinking this would be a “obvious crossover” in 2014. I admire the restraint!
This is my fault, @susanapolo.bsky.social. (When Susana was on Off Panel last, I talked about how thankful I was that Marvel had never done a crossover between Star Wars and Marvel's heroes. WHOOPS.)
Adam P Knave7You just wanted Stiltman Lightsaber legs to happen. We understand, and we forgive.
Neil Kleid2You cracked the seventh seal
Asher Elbein2I think we all knew in our bones that this was inevitably coming at some point
Kim (skmetalle) 😈🙏🤘1It’ll look real nice with David on art duties. When I thought about this mash up, I always saw the Chaste as Jedi & the Hand as Sith. So Daredevil, Elektra, Sam Chung, Shang-Chi & Iron Fist etc. doing Force imbued things (Fighting & Diplomacy) works for me. *Sigh* Definitely need more Blindspot.
It was inevitable Kevin Smith would have been many people’s first choice to write this…20 years ago…but we’ll see 😁 Should be stupid fun which is all this needs to be
anthonyp.bsky.social4Why didn't Patton Oswald get this assignment? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBh...
Spike Prime2I don't hate Kevin Smith like some people do, and honestly I think he's capable of doing fine on this, I get why he's gotten on some peoples' nerves in more recent years... or decades... but eh, I'll give him a shot.
It's Just Jenn 🏳️⚧️1Color me curious, especially since Vader was partially based off of Doctor Doom.
Like, look, I'm a sucker for a crossover, but when you don't have an ongoing Star Wars comic going but you do this? That just tells me Marvel is completely without direction right now. It's a farming house feeding pigs to the Disney machine for future adaptations.
R.E.D. From Boulder Punch9They've completely filled out every second of time that passed between the Original and Prequel Trilogy movies already and they'll burn the company to the ground before making a Sequel oriented Ongoing it's so funny
Couchman3Wait, there's no Star Wars ongoing right now? Why the hell not? Also, Kevin Smith as the writer is... definitely a choice.
Ed Thinks A Lot3Honestly. Like it could be hype. The background is very cool. But based on marvels handling of art I don’t think it’ll live up to the hype of marvel Star Wars crossover