Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker #4
Cornered by the Banshee of Bestine, Poe and BB-8 have only one way to escape with the code breaker and their lives.
The Resistance pilot must improvise for a last-ditch dog fight against his nemesis.
What follows is a feat of flying that will take all of Poe’s knowledge, skill, and dumb luck to survive!
Don’t miss the high-octane conclusion to this miniseries!
Writer: Ethan Sacks
Penciller: Marc Yarza
Inker: Jose Marzan Jr
Colorist: Nicola Righi
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover artist: Diego Galindo
Editor: Spencer Cushing
Publication date: October 15 2025
We arrive the the fourth and final issue of Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker, and kick off above the Museum of the Battle over Bothawui as First Order TIE pilots Major Vonreg and the iconic Banshee of Bestine have a disagreement, with the Banshee wanting to strafe the station, but Vonreg to instead storm the station to capture the Codebreaker, as per his orders. However, with the Banshee now in charge of the mission, the attack on the station begins, and we cut to inside where BB-8, Poe Dameron and the codebreaker herself Cheka are dodging the rapidly crumbling museum as familiar vessels suspended in the rafters begin to fall around them. As Poe pulls her to safety, Cheka begins to cry, certain that she’ll be taken back and plugged back into the computers, but Poe tells her that he and BB-8 are determined to make sure that doesn’t happen.
The tour guide battle droid reminds them that they need a hero right now, and that promts Poe to remind them the purpose of the museum they stand in, which is a tribute to those who never give up and find a way, and so he turns to the Battle Droid known as GUY-D and asks for help. We cut back to the fighters around the museum and see Vonreg goading Poe, how he took out his X-wing and grounded him, asking him what he will do next. He gets a reply from the station, and a Z-95 Headhunter screams out of the station with Poe and BB-8 aboard, the astromech complaining at the lack of room. Taking out fighters, the Banshee realises it’s a plot and turns their weapons on the station, while Vonreg chases Poe on the antiquated fighter, hot on his tail until the Banshee flies down in front of him, blocking his shot, reminding them to focus on the station.
Suddenly the station erupts into flames and Poe gets on the comm to tell them the Codebreaker was aboard and is now dead, meaning neither the First Order or the Resistance gets her skills. At this, Major Vonreg reminds the Banshee of his failure, to be told that Dameron is to be the Banshee’s kill, not Vonregs. With the Banshee hot on their tail it takes everything Poe has to avoid a killshot, as well as BB-8 being inventive while Poe scraps the hull of the ship, scuffing up debris at the Banshee, giving Poe a momnent to get the advantage and as the Banshee calls for help from Vonreg, he is destroyed.
However, their celebratory moment is cut short as a Star Destroyer drops out of hyperspace, quickly followed by a Resistance cruiser and Snap Wexley, who buzzes the First Order vessel, unnerving them enough to realise they’re outnumbered and leap to hyperspace themselves. Shortly afterwards Poe is with General Organa who asks what happened to the Codebreaker, and we flashback to the what happened where we see the truth; how GUY-D took Cheka away from the station in a museum starship just before the First Order destroyed the station. We finish with Leia letting Poe know how sad she is that the young codebreaker didn’t make it but, in a moment that heavily hints that Leia knows exactly what has happened, she says she’s glad that the girl is in a better place.
An enhjoyable and satisfying end to this fun four-part series from Ethan Sacks that gives us some very welcome sequel triligy era action in the year of The Force Awakens 10th anniversary, and while it’s not going to rock the foundations of what we know of the era or the characters, that’s absolutely fine. Sometimes, it’s just fun to be with our heroes, following them through adventures and missions just to spend some time with them as they build their legends and make their names. Sacks is a writer very much on the upwards trajectory right now, so let’s hope he has plenty more GFFA adventures in him as his writing and characterisations always hits the mark
