Question about Rogue One Graphic Novel

[Hawkgirl_70]

I see that Star Wars: Rogue One Graphic Novel Adaptation has been released on the solicits thread.

Question???

Why is IDW publishing that and not Marvel?

https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-star-w...el-adaptation/

All the Hardcover Graphic Novels I've bought so far in the last 2 years have come from Marvel.
Do they not have exclusive rights?

[Conn Seanery]

Marvel actually did do a 6 part Rogue One adaptation series earlier this year.

Also (for an answer on why IDW is publishing some Star Wars stuff): https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-advent...ein-interview/

CBR: Let’s start with the Star Wars Adventures comics. How are your comics different from Marvel’s, and why are these comics with IDW?

Greg Goldstein: The former question is easier to answer in that we are doing the all-ages comics. Marvel has been doing some amazing, great Star Wars comics, some of the best Star Wars comics ever done, and they are really for the more mature Star Wars readers. I don’t mean adult with a capital A, but the storylines are sophisticated, they are PG-13, they are continuing stories, they are longer stories, and Disney/Lucas/Marvel, which is all one happy family, really wanted an all-ages version of Star Wars out there for younger readers.

We have had great success with the all-ages comics, whether it’s My Little Pony or Skylanders or what we’ve done on [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] Adventures, and so forth. We’ve done Disney classic titles with Disney, we have great relationships with all three companies, and already we are working with Marvel on the Star Wars Artist’s Editions and the [minicomics that come with IDW’s Fun Packs]. I don’t like to speak for another company, but Marvel especially wanted to focus on the more mature titles that fit in with the core kinds of superhero stories they tell, and there was room for somebody that has already got a lot of all-ages material, and somebody that they already trust to work in that world.

[Hawkgirl_70]

Marvel actually did do a 6 part Rogue One adaptation series earlier this year.

Also (for an answer on why IDW is publishing some Star Wars stuff): https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-advent...ein-interview/

I guess I missed it. You think it will be a Hardcover eventually?

[Conn Seanery]

Looks like next year sometime (July 10th, if the date sticks).