Overview
- Entertainment Weekly exclusively revealed the crossover, which Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm confirmed on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, as a five‑issue limited series called Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles.
- Kevin Smith is the writer and David Marquez the artist for the miniseries, a creative pairing announced by the publishers and shown in the first released cover art.
- The story’s logline says the events of A New Hope will unfold on Earth‑616 after a “reality‑shattering spell,” bringing Original Trilogy figures such as Luke Skywalker, Leia and Han into direct contact with Marvel heroes and villains.
- Marvel published a roster of participating characters that includes Captain America, Spider‑Man, Black Widow, Hulk, Doctor Doom, Thanos and Ultron facing Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and Darth Vader, though plot details and continuity implications remain unspecified.
- The series will run monthly from January through May 2027 to coincide with Star Wars’ 50th anniversary, and publishers frame Hope Assembles as the first official in‑universe meeting of the two franchises after years of internal discussion following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm.