Marvel Comics has announced Star Wars: The Fall of Kylo Ren, a five-issue series following the Supreme Leader of the First Order shortly before the events of the sequel trilogy finale The Rise of Skywalker. The book will reunite writer Charles Soule and artist Will Sliney, who created Marvel’s 2019 origin story The Rise of Kylo Ren, and act as a conclusion to Soule and Luke Ross‘s 2025 series Legacy of Vader, which also followed Kylo Ren after The Last Jedi.
The official synopsis reads, “Kylo Ren returns from devastation, wielding total fury! As Generals Hux and Pryde tear the First Order apart with treacherous ambition, Kylo cuts through their schemes with merciless clarity. His wrath forges unity through fear and unleashes a Supreme Leader neither general can escape… nor survive disappointing. A pivotal turning point for Kylo, Hux and Pryde and essential reading for every Star Wars fan.”
Soule states, “The story of Kylo Ren (and Ben Solo, of course) always felt huge to me. It was clear that a great deal was out there to explore beyond the moments provided by the films, and it’s been such a pleasure — and a challenge — to deliver new tales for one of the most prominent villains in Star Wars. I’m thrilled I get to do it one more time, and even more so that I get to reunite with the incredible Will Sliney, who kicked things off with me on The Rise of Kylo Ren all those years ago. First the Rise, then the Reign, and now the Fall… it just feels right.”
Sliney adds, “This is the one book I have been dying to get back on. Ever since Charles and I worked on The Rise of Kylo Ren, we knew we were a part of something special. To be honest, I’ve never experienced a fan group so excited for the story when we worked on Rise, and quietly behind the scenes, Charles and I had been talking about The Fall of Kylo Ren for a long, long time. The story we got to tell in Rise is such a key part in the story of Ben Solo. Fall is the same. I’m thrilled to be back drawing it, I can’t wait until this gets out into people’s hands.”
Issue #1 will be released on August 12, with a main cover by Phil Noto, and variants by him and Ross (which you can check out below). Ren’s grandfather himself, Darth Vader, will take center stage later this year, in an eponymous tenth anniversary Rogue One special by Chris Condon and Ross, this September, while Soule will also explore another film villain’s history with Mark Buckingham in Fantastic Four: First Foes – Shalla-Bal (out July 1).
