Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi is a trade paperback considered canon, compiling the two-part comic book miniseries of the same name. IDW Publishing released this title on January 11, 2022.
Contained within this middle-grade graphic novel is a previously untold part of Luke Skywalker's evolution from an ordinary orphan into a Jedi Knight. The story takes place in the timeline between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back!
Despite the Rebel Alliance's success in destroying the Empire's fearsome Death Star, the Imperial starfleet relentlessly pursues the rebels throughout the vast galaxy. Luke Skywalker now aims to aid the Rebellion as an X-wing fighter pilot. However, as he soars through the skies with the pilots of Red Squadron, Luke begins to sense the Force awakening within him. Consequently, this former farm boy turned fighter pilot starts to believe that his true destiny may lie on a different, more profound path.
Notably, this middle-grade Star Wars adventure offers hints of events that will unfold later in Episode VII: The Force Awakens!
- ISBN 9781684058747 ; January 11 , 2022 ; US paperback; published by IDW Publishing [1]