Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire (2026) #5 is the climactic final issue of Marvel’s five-issue canon miniseries, released on August 19, 2026.
Publisher’s summary: “THE BIGGEST MYSTERY OF BATUU IS REVEALED! LUKE SKYWALKER and PRINCESS LEIA have returned to BATUU to complete a mission, but a heroic act will put them face-to-face with a creature not seen for millennia! The secret of the mysterious relic is revealed in the process…and BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST will never be the same! No fans of STAR WARS and the DISNEY PARKS will want to miss the climactic final issue!”
The issue is titled “The Living Ghosts” in its opening crawl. It continues the series’ framing device: Rey seeks information about a mysterious Force-related relic from Oga Garra on Batuu during the Resistance era (around 34 ABY). Oga recounts events involving Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa returning to Batuu years after their earlier encounter with Darth Vader (post-Return of the Jedi flashbacks).
Series Context
This miniseries serves as an in-universe tie-in to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at the Disney Parks, providing backstory for Original Trilogy characters appearing at Black Spire Outpost on Batuu. Earlier issues cover Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca’s mission during the Galactic Civil War (between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi), a confrontation involving Vader, and later post-Empire events with Han and Chewie.
