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Shortly after finishing up work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was contacted by editor Gunther Nickel of Panini Germany with an offer to adapt Weapon of a Jedi, a younger readers novel by Jason Fry. As a life-long Star Wars fan, I jumped at the chance to write a Luke Skywalker adventure!
By now, I had plenty of experience writing comics for children, but this was my first adaptation of existing material. After a thorough read of Fry’s novel, aiming to preserve as much of the action and dialogue as possible, the challenge was to visualize the more talkative or thoughtful passages in a way the artist could make look exciting on the page. Once my proposed breakdown was signed off by Lucasfilm (whose story editors were a pleasure to work with), I was partnered with artist Ruairí Coleman and colourist Chris O’Halloran. I was then asked to adapt a second book, the Han Solo adventure Smuggler’s Run by Greg Rucka, this time with artist Ingo Römling. Both projects got an overwhelmingly positive response from the German fan community. Shortly after completion on Smuggler’s Run, I was invited to pitch original stories for the German Star Wars Rebels comic - based on my favourite Star Wars spin-off! Again, editor Gunther Nickel and the Lucasfilm story editors are amazing. The only tricky bit about writing original Star Wars stories is handing the lore, specifically which characters are doing what at which point during the TV show. Thankfully, working on TMNT had taught me to make copious notes on the source-show, along with detailed character notes that took account of things like speech patterns, the characters’ motivations and attitudes, and so on. 
Panel from Star Wars Rebels: A Trooper's Worth. Art by Cosmo White. Click to enlarge...
Cover to the French edition of 'Weapon of a Jedi', published by Delcourt. Click to enlarge...
Panel from Smuggler's Run. Art by Ingo Römling. Click to enlarge...
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Cover for the German collected edition of Weapon of a Jedi. Cover art by Ruairi Coleman.
Page from Smuggler's Run, with art by Ingo Römling and adapted from the novel by Greg Rucka. Click to enlarge...
BIBLIOGRAPHYWeapon of a JediFour 18-page episodes, adapted from the novel by Jason Fry, with art and letters by Ruairí Coleman and colours by Chris O'Halloran, in Star Wars magazine #19-22, April-November 2017. Published by Panini Germany. Collected as Star Wars: L'arme du Jedi, June 2018, Delcourt.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Smuggler's RunFour 18-page episodes, adapted from the novel by Greg Rucka, with art, colours and letters by Ingo Römling, in Das Star Wars Universum magazine #1-4, January-March 2018. Published by Panini Germany. Collected as Star Wars: La Cavale du contrebandier, February 2019, Delcourt, and Star Wars Abenteuer: Im Auftrag der Rebellion, June 2020, Panini Germany.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Rebels: A Trooper's WorthTwelve-page one-shot, with art, colours and letters by Cosmo White, in Star Wars Animation #1, February 2018. Published by Panini Germany. Reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2019, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Rebels: Divide and ConquerTwelve-page one-shot, with art, colours and letters by Ruairi Coleman, in Star Wars Animation #2, April 2018. Published by Panini Germany. Reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 20, No. 10, October 2019, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Rebels: The Beast WithinTwelve-page one-shot, with art, colours and letters by Bob Molesworth, in Star Wars Animation #3, June 2018. Published by Panini Germany. Reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2019, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Rebels: Crossing the LineTwelve-page one-shot, with art, colours and letters by Ingo Romling, in Star Wars Animation #3, October 2018, Panini Germany; reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 20, No. 12, December 2019, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Resistance: The RecruitTwo 12-page episodes, with art and letters by Ingo Romling and colours by Cosmo White, in Star Wars Resistance Animation #1-2, May and July 2019, Panini Germany; reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, January-February 2020, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Resistance: The Triple DarkTwelve-page adaptation, with art and letters by Bob Molesworth, in Star Wars Resistance Animation #3, September 2019, Panini Germany; reprinted in K-Zone, Vol. 21, No. 3, March 2020, Pacific Magazines, Australia.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Resistance: Fuel for the FireTwelve-page adaptation, with art and letters by Cosmo White, in Star Wars Resistance Animation #4, November 2019, Panini Germany.
SYNOPSIS TO COME... Star Wars Resistance: The High TowerTwelve-page adaptation, with art and letters by Cosmo White, in Star Wars Fun & Action #1, April 2020, Panini Germany.
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