Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #5

The penultimate chapter of Marvel's adaptation of Episode IX arrives with a Phil Noto cover that puts Rey and Kylo Ren front and center, lightsabers drawn, while a towering, pale-eyed Emperor Palpatine looms over them against a backdrop of warships massed in the sky. Flanking them in the foreground are a helmeted Resistance pilot and another ally caught amid the chaos of battle, rounding out a composition that captures the story's enormous stakes. Jody Houser and Will Sliney bring their run toward its close with this 2025 Marvel release — a fitting visual sendoff to one of the saga's most ambitious finales.