Official Star Wars Crossover Drops Marvel Icons Into The Historic Space Opera

Image via Lucasfilm Published Oct 21, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT Sam Fang primarily covers news for CBR, with over a decade of experience writing about entertainment and pop culture and degrees in both journalism and art. Sign in to your CBR account Marvel and Star Wars are unleashing an exciting new crossover that drops Earth's heroes into Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope in a historic first-of-its-kind event. A new preview of the story just dropped, showing the two universes colliding. Star Wars / Marvel: Hope Assembles will be a six-issue series from pop culture icon Kevin Smith and acclaimed artist David Marquez, and the first preview of the story sees Marvel's heroes joining in on the action as the events of the original Star Wars film begin to unfold on Earth-616. In the artwork, Iron Man can be seen greeting the Star Wars characters with his signature humor, saying, "May the Force Be With You. I'm looking for a princess. A Disney Princess, come to think of it." Star Wars / Marvel: Hope Assembles #1 goes on sale January 13, 2027. "Take me to your leader," Iron Man quips as the Star Wars characters prepare to unleash fire upon him. "I'm one of the good guys," he fires back as The Fan...