Star Wars Horror Comics: A Halloween Reading List
Haunted castles, zombie droids, ghosts on Hoth: the Star Wars comics that go full horror, from IDW's Vader's Castle to Marvel's Dark Droids.
WE LOVE SPOOKY STAR WARS! There are some GREAT comics that blue the lines between Star Wars and pure horror. We are going to take this spooky season and go through our favorites.
Get scary
- Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star - hoopla
- Star Wars Adventures: Vader’s Castle - hoopla
- Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel - hoopla
- Star Wars: Dark Droids
- Star Wars Tales #17 (Legends)
Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands - hoopla
Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands (Dark Horse · #1-3 · from September 3, 2025 · Cavan Scott · canon). A shadowy entity called the “Nightlander” haunts three generations of heroes, and each issue is a different era:
- #1 (26 BBY, art by Soo Lee): Anakin Skywalker and his Twi’lek friend Daesha.
- #2 (the Rebellion era): Luke Skywalker, tormented after his defeat on Cloud City.
- #3 (35 ABY): Leia, Rey, Chewie and Finn.
Who’s in it: Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Chewbacca, Finn.
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Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star - hoopla
Star Wars: Tales from the Death Star (Dark Horse · graphic novel, October 17, 2023 · Cavan Scott · canon). Five short stories spread across the Death Star’s life, tied together by a wrap-around story on Endor’s moon of Kef Bir. They include two monsters loose on the decks, a ghost squadron and the last moments of Grand Moff Tarkin.
Who’s in it: Grand Moff Tarkin.
Dark Horse also collected this one, Tales from the Nightlands #1-3 and Tales from the Rancor Pit in the Galactic Tales of Terror Library Edition (hardcover, September 22, 2026), if you want all of it in one book.
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Star Wars Adventures: Vader’s Castle - hoopla
Vader’s Castle (IDW · Star Wars Adventures line · canon-adjacent · all-ages · Cavan Scott). The books run from 1 BBY to 4 ABY, and a new one landed each Halloween from 2018 to 2021. The anthology framing is set in Vader’s castle on Mustafar, and the stories inside feature Hera Syndulla and the Ghost crew, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Count Dooku, Darth Maul and Jaxxon.
- Tales from Vader’s Castle · 2018 · 5 issues
- Return to Vader’s Castle · 2019 · 5 issues
- Shadow of Vader’s Castle · 2020 · one-shot
- Ghosts of Vader’s Castle · 2021 · 5 issues. Zombie droids, mountain-sized Wookiees and a “Vault of the Living Brains.”
Who’s in it: Hera Syndulla, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Count Dooku, Darth Maul.
Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel - hoopla
The Screaming Citadel (Marvel · 2017 · five parts · Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron · canon). A queen with hypnotic powers sits at the center of it. It crosses between series, so read it in this order:
- The Screaming Citadel #1
- Star Wars (2015) #31
- Doctor Aphra (2016) #7
- Star Wars #32
- Doctor Aphra #8
Who’s in it: Luke Skywalker.
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Star Wars: Dark Droids
Dark Droids (Marvel · 2023 · #1-5 · Charles Soule, art by Luke Ross · canon). The Scourge corrupts droids and cyborgs across the galaxy.
Dark Droids: D-Squad (Marvel · #1-4 · Marc Guggenheim · canon) is the spin-off. R2-D2 assembles a droid team that includes IG-88, 4-LOM and BT-1, with a Chopper cameo in #1.
Star Wars Tales #17 (Legends)
Star Wars Tales #17 (Dark Horse · October 1, 2003 · Legends). A horror-themed anthology issue, so it has no place in the canon timeline. In “Ghosts of Hoth,” Chewbacca meets spectral settlers at Echo Base. Han Solo fights a zombie horde, and Luke battles a ghostly Darth Maul.
Who’s in it: Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Darth Maul.
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