Charles Soule

Since he began writing in a galaxy far, far away with 2015’s Lando miniseries for Marvel Comics, Soule has written some of the most monumental, galaxy-altering, jaw-dropping stories to hit the shelves.

“I think the easiest way to distill the way I approach telling a Star Wars story is to not approach it as fiction,” Charles Soule said in an interview with What the Force. “I approach every opportunity I have to write a Star Wars story I write as part of an overarching history, or mythology. . . I try to make sure everything I write feel like it is part of the history of the Roman Empire, or World War II, or things that actually happened. Because, the way I grew up, Star Wars was real to me, as real as any historical narrative you could name. I have a responsibility to make this feel as epic and as notable and as real as anything that I experienced with Star Wars. The stories that meant so much to me, this should mean as much to anybody else.”

And his stories have done exactly that.

With his first full-length prose Star Wars novel, The High Republic: Light of the Jedi, Soule began the entire High Republic era and changed the course of Star Wars history forever! He has also cemented his legacy as one of the greatest Star Wars writers of all time with his work for Marvel Comics over the years—writing cataclysmic titles like The Rise of Kylo Ren, Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith, Poe Dameron, and the mainline Star Wars comic beginning in 2020. His work brings tremendous gravitas and gut wrenching tragedy in a way that is virtually unparalleled in tie-in fiction.

His understanding of Star Wars as a tragic mythology certainly comes through on the page as he steps out on limbs that make us say “Can he do that?!” time and time again.