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Star Wars (2025-) #7
REVOLUTION! HAN, LUKE and VALANCE are caught in the crossfire as the NAGAI uprising takes hold! A betrayal shakes the power structure of an entire sector! And a NEW REPUBLIC hero is stranded with nowhere to turn!
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Published November 12, 2025
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Alex Segura
274 books571 followersAlex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which The New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful” and The L.A. Times called it “a magnetic read.”
Secret Identity received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist, was listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Booklist, LitReactor, Gizmodo, BOLO Books, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel, was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Hardcover, the Lefty and Barry Awards for Best Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, and won the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category.
His upcoming work includes the YA superhero adventure Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, the follow-up to Secret Identity, Alter Ego, and the sci-fi/espionage thriller, Dark Space (with Rob Hart). Alex is also the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the Anthony Award-nominated Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, and a number of comic books – including The Mysterious Micro-Face (in partnership with NPR), The Black Ghost, The Archies, The Dusk, The Awakened, Mara Llave – Keeper of Time, Blood Oath, stories featuring Marvel heroes the Avengers, Sunspot, White Tiger, Spider-Man and DC’s Superman, Sinestro, and The Question, to name a few.
His short story, “90 Miles” was included in The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories for 2021 and won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story. Another short story,“Red Zone,” won the 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story.
Alex is also the co-creator of the Lethal Lit podcast, named one of the best fiction podcasts of 2018 by The New York Times.
A Miami native, he lives in New York with his wife and children.
Secret Identity received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist, was listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Booklist, LitReactor, Gizmodo, BOLO Books, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel, was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Hardcover, the Lefty and Barry Awards for Best Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, and won the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category.
His upcoming work includes the YA superhero adventure Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, the follow-up to Secret Identity, Alter Ego, and the sci-fi/espionage thriller, Dark Space (with Rob Hart). Alex is also the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the Anthony Award-nominated Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, and a number of comic books – including The Mysterious Micro-Face (in partnership with NPR), The Black Ghost, The Archies, The Dusk, The Awakened, Mara Llave – Keeper of Time, Blood Oath, stories featuring Marvel heroes the Avengers, Sunspot, White Tiger, Spider-Man and DC’s Superman, Sinestro, and The Question, to name a few.
His short story, “90 Miles” was included in The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories for 2021 and won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story. Another short story,“Red Zone,” won the 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story.
Alex is also the co-creator of the Lethal Lit podcast, named one of the best fiction podcasts of 2018 by The New York Times.
A Miami native, he lives in New York with his wife and children.
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December 6, 2025
3.5/5 stars
The art team has changed!
It was initially a little jarring, and at first brought to mind the days when Salvador Larroca was responsible for some of the worst facial expressions in Kieron Gillen's Darth Vader comic and his main Star Wars run. But my first impression was wrong. There are some good shots, like Reyna Oskure, haunting Kezrim Almovar from the shadows, but nothing as yet on the scale of the Jedi Knights comic series.
As for the story, the Nagai insurrection building since Issue #2 has finally begun, and Luke, Han, Rynn and Valance are caught in the middle. Luke and the new Nagai leader Jesrit reunite and they are clearly delighted to see each other again. While #7 doesn't linger on it too long, it is a cathartic moment for Luke, who still carryies the guilt from failing the Nagai in #2. Luke and Jesrit clasping hands (which I imagine might spawn at least some talk about shipping, which I'm not necessarily against) was an excellent shot, especially as it comes after they have fought through Zantarrk stormtroopers to reach each other.
There are so many things to love in #7, many that have been building since #1, that it should have been the best so far. But it isn't. Alex Segura is an excellent writer and he has brought great highs to my Star Wars, both in this ongoing series and with Battle of Jakku before. But he also has some bad habits that drag his writing down. So far, there haven't been any major ones in Star Wars. Even in #7, the issue starts off energetically, jumping into the thick of the action while also including personal moments like Luke and Jesrit's reunion. It's hard not to get swept up. Even one thing that Segura has clearly been building towards but which landed a bit like a dud was fast-paced enough that I didn't really notice. New Republic agent Bastion (who Leia activated to thwart the actions of the Fenril Consortium last time) is another in a line of spies Segura has tried to turn into main characters and just haven't landed. He even has time for a throwback to her mentor from Battle of Jakku, the late Calder Behrens, who I never gave a second thought too while he was alive, and even less now that he's dead. In Battle of Jakku, another agent was introduced, given an exposition heavy introduction, then unceremoniously killed. At least, Bastion is a competent agent who accomplishes her mission easily, but I'm struggling to invest in this character when there are so many others who could have taken the role instead: what about Rynn Zenat's perpetually absent (dare I say, pointless) girlfriend? A better candidate, who has so far been squandered by this series, could have been Kith Alaytia (who, after all, was also a spy)? What about Rynn herself? Bastion's arc isn't bad, far from it. But it feels like Segura is once more introducing a 'spy' character' I'm just never going to feel invested in.
But Bastion's arc is better than the two other big moments which #7 simply makes a hash of.
The first is the confirmation of a theory lingering from #3: who the Zantarrk Gang stormtroopers really are? But the reveal is done so fast that it has little emotional value. The script feels forced to explain the reasons for it in a quick, 'let's-get-it-done' way with none of the subtext Segura usually manages. So much more could have been done with that, , but it just wasn't. Segura is often amazing at setup, but the payoff usually leaves a lot to be desired.
But the confrontation with Prime Minister Kezrim Almovar stops everything dead. Where the rest of the issue was fast-paced and exciting, this interaction falls headlong into the 'tell, don't show' trap. What follows is a very boring verbal confrontation, with lots of exposition, regrets and explanations. None of the rawness we saw in Battle of Jakku when Luke confronted Governor Adelhard. Since #1, Almovar has been built up as a genuine villain, an independentist leader who wants to keep her sector separate from the New Republic, but who always seemed to be hiding behind pretexts because she was spoiling for a fight. This was a perfect opportunity to ask a genuinely interesting question: is it best to work together, even at the risk of losing something in the process? Or should we go it alone? In the age of Brexit and when the entire post-WWII world order is being challenged, asking such questions is more important than ever. But we get none of that: instead, Almovar is portrayed as a misguided leader fallen into a bad situation, a stereotyope made boring because it's been done so many times before (not least in #4 with Tusvein Shoirin) and Segura fails to bring anything new to it. I'd been waiting for this confrontation for a while, but it failed to live up to my expectations.
This is Segura's Star Wars's first stumble. Hopefully, next issue, we'll get back to the quality I've come to expect from him.
The art team has changed!
It was initially a little jarring, and at first brought to mind the days when Salvador Larroca was responsible for some of the worst facial expressions in Kieron Gillen's Darth Vader comic and his main Star Wars run. But my first impression was wrong. There are some good shots, like Reyna Oskure, haunting Kezrim Almovar from the shadows, but nothing as yet on the scale of the Jedi Knights comic series.
As for the story, the Nagai insurrection building since Issue #2 has finally begun, and Luke, Han, Rynn and Valance are caught in the middle. Luke and the new Nagai leader Jesrit reunite and they are clearly delighted to see each other again. While #7 doesn't linger on it too long, it is a cathartic moment for Luke, who still carryies the guilt from failing the Nagai in #2. Luke and Jesrit clasping hands (which I imagine might spawn at least some talk about shipping, which I'm not necessarily against) was an excellent shot, especially as it comes after they have fought through Zantarrk stormtroopers to reach each other.
There are so many things to love in #7, many that have been building since #1, that it should have been the best so far. But it isn't. Alex Segura is an excellent writer and he has brought great highs to my Star Wars, both in this ongoing series and with Battle of Jakku before. But he also has some bad habits that drag his writing down. So far, there haven't been any major ones in Star Wars. Even in #7, the issue starts off energetically, jumping into the thick of the action while also including personal moments like Luke and Jesrit's reunion. It's hard not to get swept up. Even one thing that Segura has clearly been building towards but which landed a bit like a dud was fast-paced enough that I didn't really notice. New Republic agent Bastion (who Leia activated to thwart the actions of the Fenril Consortium last time) is another in a line of spies Segura has tried to turn into main characters and just haven't landed. He even has time for a throwback to her mentor from Battle of Jakku, the late Calder Behrens, who I never gave a second thought too while he was alive, and even less now that he's dead. In Battle of Jakku, another agent was introduced, given an exposition heavy introduction, then unceremoniously killed. At least, Bastion is a competent agent who accomplishes her mission easily, but I'm struggling to invest in this character when there are so many others who could have taken the role instead: what about Rynn Zenat's perpetually absent (dare I say, pointless) girlfriend? A better candidate, who has so far been squandered by this series, could have been Kith Alaytia (who, after all, was also a spy)? What about Rynn herself? Bastion's arc isn't bad, far from it. But it feels like Segura is once more introducing a 'spy' character' I'm just never going to feel invested in.
But Bastion's arc is better than the two other big moments which #7 simply makes a hash of.
The first is the confirmation of a theory lingering from #3: who the Zantarrk Gang stormtroopers really are? But the reveal is done so fast that it has little emotional value. The script feels forced to explain the reasons for it in a quick, 'let's-get-it-done' way with none of the subtext Segura usually manages. So much more could have been done with that, , but it just wasn't. Segura is often amazing at setup, but the payoff usually leaves a lot to be desired.
But the confrontation with Prime Minister Kezrim Almovar stops everything dead. Where the rest of the issue was fast-paced and exciting, this interaction falls headlong into the 'tell, don't show' trap. What follows is a very boring verbal confrontation, with lots of exposition, regrets and explanations. None of the rawness we saw in Battle of Jakku when Luke confronted Governor Adelhard. Since #1, Almovar has been built up as a genuine villain, an independentist leader who wants to keep her sector separate from the New Republic, but who always seemed to be hiding behind pretexts because she was spoiling for a fight. This was a perfect opportunity to ask a genuinely interesting question: is it best to work together, even at the risk of losing something in the process? Or should we go it alone? In the age of Brexit and when the entire post-WWII world order is being challenged, asking such questions is more important than ever. But we get none of that: instead, Almovar is portrayed as a misguided leader fallen into a bad situation, a stereotyope made boring because it's been done so many times before (not least in #4 with Tusvein Shoirin) and Segura fails to bring anything new to it. I'd been waiting for this confrontation for a while, but it failed to live up to my expectations.
This is Segura's Star Wars's first stumble. Hopefully, next issue, we'll get back to the quality I've come to expect from him.
December 28, 2025
Some of the art could use some work. So much blank space.
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