The perennially reliable Bleeding Cool have posted tonight that they understand IDW – the middle-grade comics publishers who’ve printed Star Wars titles since 2015 and currently have Star Wars Adventures and Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures in their portfolio – will be losing their GFFA titles sometime in the near future.
IDW has been publishing an all-ages Star Wars comic book line for a number of years, just as Disney-owned Marvel Comics has been publishing a Star Wars comics line aimed at older audiences. Some have asked why Marvel Comics simply doesn’t do both, but the current system has suited folks for a long time, and Disney/LucasFilm licenses comics rights to a number of other publishers as well. And recently the IDW and Marvel titles collaborated in the joint-continuity publishing line The High Republic. But Bleeding Cool had learned that this is coming to an end.
Disney has withdrawn the license from IDW. But won’t be handing it to Marvel Comics, they have other plans. Maybe Scholastic? That’s just a Force-inspired guess given the current direction of trade. IDW did not return inquiries about this story, though they did comment regarding the Marvel Action line. It is not clear when the final IDW titles will be publiched, but another guess would state early next year.
As yet nothing is confirmed, and if true it would be terribly sad as IDW have done a sterling job with their Star Wars titles. More news as we get it.
