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under two years, but I now can’t imagine the the previous six years writing in the Marvel when I’ve written in the script: “I can
Star Wars universe without them! Universe. Though the Marvel Universe invent a new crime lord here for this role,
Issue #24 has one of my all-time favorite is a place with a large variety of tones, it but if there’s anyone in this area of the
Darth Vader moments, and one that I was still has a characteristic timbre. Star Wars universe you’re using elsewhere,
shocked we were allowed to do. It’s a battle has its own mode, and it’s different. It’s I can use them instead.” Leaning into the
between Darth Vader and his former self, also narrower—which I don’t mean as a interconnectivity was a characteristic
Anakin. Of course, it all takes place in criticism. Our aesthetic goal was always element of the job.
Vader’s head, but the fact that we get to see “We’re not doing a comic adaptation of Also when writing for Marvel I’m less
Vader’s perspective on what went down on Star Wars, but we’re doing Star Wars on likely to stomp around the house, pretending
Mustafar—however skewed that perspective paper.” When looking at my choices when I’m breathing through a ventilator!
may have been—was super cool to do! scripting it’s always through the filter
of “Is this evoking what we see on the What does an artist like Salvador Larroca
Salva, who were your favorite characters screen? Is this Star Wars-y enough?” bring to a panel? Did he find things in your
to draw, other than Vader? In terms of the actual process, it’s writing or storytelling you didn’t notice?
SL: I love Aphra. She is special for me. similar. I work on a script every day until KG: Salva is a monster. My friend Matt
And Cylo of course, because it’s me! it’s done; I then leave it in a drawer for a Fraction and he collaborated on their
bit before polishing it later. The secondary award-winning Iron Man run, so I’d seen
Kieron, what’s your process in scripting stage is when I hand it into Marvel, who Salva’s work extensively before—and also
an issue? What makes writing Star Wars then passes it to Lucasfilm for approval. knew about his blistering speed. That last
different from other Marvel titles like The relationship there also changed attribute is the easiest thing to overlook.
Thor or Iron Man? things, and they’ve been generous with He illustrated the entire Darth Vader
KG: It’s Star Wars. That sounds like I’m ideas and resources. At Marvel, I tend to series, thus ensuring the book’s visual
joking, but that is the key difference, and write in a hermetically sealed way. For consistency. It’s easier to lose yourself in
changes everything. I had spent basically Darth Vader, there have been moments a world like that.
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