It's a pair of powerful stories as both Marvel and IDW Publishing's Star Wars comics deliver potent writing that ties into ongoing events in Star Wars: Rebels and builds a bridge to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Writers Kieron Gillen and Devin Grayson have penned separate yet equally weighted missives on on what it means to lead and be led in the pages of Star Wars #42 and Star Wars: Forces of Destiny -- Hera.

In news, checkout the interviews that action-figure variant cover artist John Tyler Christopher did with Wookiee Radio and listen to Marvel editor Heather Antos on the new Steele Wars podcast episode that was recorded live in New York.

We also broke down the top-selling Star Wars comics for 2017, with some notable surprises as to what was in demand and what wasn't.

The new Star Wars comics out this week include:
_ Star Wars: Poe Dameron #23
_ Star Wars: Forces of Destiny -- Ahsoka & Padme
_ A Star Wars Comic: Allies