Cover: Derrick Chew

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #7

Oct 2025 · Marvel · 3.99 USD

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“Reign of Kylo Ren, Part 7”

About this Issue

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #7 stands as a structurally distinctive chapter in Charles Soule's ongoing excavation of the gap between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker — a stretch of the Star Wars timeline that had, until this series, been almost entirely uncharted in canon comics. The issue functions as a near-standalone biography of Grandea, a newly created Theelin Jedi Knight who survived Order 66 by honing her Force mind-trick abilities to an extraordinary degree, eventually deceiving even Inquisitors and Force-resistant species like Toydarians and Hutts. By threading Clone Wars-era flashbacks through a present-day confrontation with Kylo Ren on the snow-covered planet Lahtee, the issue draws a deliberate thematic parallel between two Force users who each abandoned the Jedi path under different compulsions — one out of survival and clarity, the other out of rage and self-deception. Grandea's full debut here also marks the first in-comic appearance of several previously established Inquisitorius figures (the Ninth Sister / Masana Tide and the Thirteenth Sister / Iskat Akaris) in an active hunt sequence that enriches the continuity of the Dark Lord of the Sith-era established in Soule's own earlier Darth Vader (2017) run.

writer Charles Soule · artist, inker Luke Ross · colorist Nolan Woodard · letterer VC's Joe Caramagna · cover Derrick Chew

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History

Legacy of Vader was first teased by Charles Soule at New York Comic-Con 2024 and formally announced at StarWars.com on October 24, 2024, with the series launching February 5, 2025. Soule has framed the ongoing as a thematic sequel to both his 2017 Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith run with artist Giuseppe Camuncoli and his 2019 miniseries The Rise of Kylo Ren with Will Sliney, describing it publicly as a chance to explore a timeline 'almost entirely open.' Editor Mark Paniccia, who has shepherded Marvel's Star Wars line for years, oversaw the book. Soule himself noted on Bluesky on January 30, 2025 — well before publication — that he had just 'broken' the story for issue seven, describing Kylo Ren as a character driven equally by self-hatred and self-love. Issue #7 was published August 6, 2025, with Luke Ross and colorist Nolan Woodard handling interiors, cover art by Derrick Chew, and a variant cover by Karen S. Darboe.

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Published August 6, 2025 by Marvel Comics; written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Luke Ross, colored by Nolan Woodard, lettered by VC's Joe Caramagna, with a main cover by Derrick Chew.
The issue features the full in-story debut of Grandea, a Theelin Jedi Knight and Order 66 survivor first mentioned/glimpsed in issue #6 (July 2025); Wookieepedia and League of Comic Geeks credit #6 as her first appearance, with #7 providing her complete origin in flashback.
The story is set on the planet Lahtee (Mid Rim) in 34 ABY — the year between Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi and Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker — as confirmed by Wookieepedia's timeline notes.
Grandea's defining Force power is an ultra-refined Jedi mind trick capable of overcoming species previously considered resistant to it, including Toydarians and Hutts — an expansion of established Star Wars Force lore.
A Clone Wars-era flashback depicts Darth Vader dispatching the Ninth Sister (Masana Tide) and the Thirteenth Sister (Iskat Akaris) to hunt Grandea on Daiyu; the Thirteenth Sister severs Grandea's right leg, but Grandea deceives both Inquisitors into believing they killed her — connecting the story directly to Soule's own 2017 Darth Vader comic continuity.
The moral and psychological contrast between Grandea — who consciously left the Jedi Order and found peace — and Kylo Ren — who cannot escape his own past — forms the thematic core of the issue, functioning as a standalone character study within the larger ongoing arc.
Soule publicly noted on Bluesky (January 30, 2025) that he had just finished breaking the story for issue #7 months before its publication, characterizing Kylo Ren as a uniquely rich character driven by simultaneous self-hatred and self-love.
The issue ships with at least two covers: a main by Derrick Chew and a variant by Karen S. Darboe; a separate Chris Sprouse variant is also listed by Marvel for the same issue number.