Star Wars: The Lucas Draft

In a universe where Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are completely separate characters, Han Solo is a rough around the edges green alien and R2-D2 talks albeit still as sassy as ever. As if a window letting us peek into an alternate reality, the ultimate Star Wars “What If?” Not only gives amazing perspective on the evolution of the trilogy from one screenplay it also offeres an insight into George Lucas that offers the greatest clarity into the evolution of his vision of the Star Wars Saga from original release to the many, many special editions and the prequel films.

Image Comics

Black Science, Pretty Deadly, Velvet, Sex Criminals, Manhattan Projects, Manifest Destiny, Fatale, Saga, Walking Dead, Invincible. Do I really need to go on? The coming of age for a company known for over a decade as the guys who made Spawn has got one smash hit after another giving creators free reign to tell their stories how they want.

Telltale Games

Walking Dead and Fables: The Wolf Among Us. These Point and click adventures rose to the top in the gaming world. With season 2 of the Walking Dead out now; wether a gamer or just fan of these two franchises Telltale has pushed the envelope of interactive storytelling with they’re fan favorite series like Monkey Island and other licensed properties like Back to the Future and Jurassic park.

Marvel Announcing Netflix Partnership

Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones all in their own Netflix original mini-series produced by Disney and wait friends it gets better. Once these series are finished these four heroes will join forces for a Defenders series on Netflix. Looks like the house of mouse is taking good care of the characters beloved by so many.

Batkid

Last but certainly not least the most heartwarming story of the year comes from Miles Scott aged 5 with the help of the Make A Wish foundation, got to live a day many have dreamed. Turning San Francisco into Gotham city for a day the pint sized hero, with a little help from the CapedCrusader himself saved the day and gave us the hero we deserved.

Sebastian Gordils
Sebastian@ComicImpact.com