{"id":791426,"date":"2026-02-27T00:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/791426\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:56:14","slug":"three-new-variants-announced-for-star-wars-insider-final-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/791426\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New Variants Announced for &#8216;Star Wars Insider&#8217; Final Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 215th and final issue of Star Wars Insider will be getting three variant covers, all celebrating the publication\u2019s 38-year run.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The magazine, which started as The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine in 1987 and later debuted with the Insider label in 1994, has been a long-standing part of the Star Wars community. Through its almost-40-year run, the magazine has provided behind-the-scenes exclusives, short story tie-ins, teasers for upcoming projects, and looks back at some of the most beloved Star Wars projects. In addition to the newsstand variant, which is yet to be revealed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lunardistribution.com\/home\/search?term=STAR+WARS+INSIDER+%23237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lunar Distribution<\/a> has three variant covers listed for this final issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first, which retails for $9.99, features vintage artwork of Vader, Luke, Chewbacca, C-3P0 and R2-D2 in front of a sunset-esk gradient.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_1jpg.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-D3yYDYgq\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-178803 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars Insider Cover B, via Lunar Distribution\" width=\"450\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next issue, retailing for $19.99, is a foil of Han Solo trapped in carbonite.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-D3yYDYgq\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-178802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_2.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars Insider Cover C, via Lunar Distribution\" width=\"450\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The third and final variant features C-3PO holding a white birthday cake with pink candles, standing next to R2-D2. This variant is the fan club foil and has a retail price of $19.99.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-D3yYDYgq\" data-imagelightbox=\"2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-178801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/swi237_3.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars Insider Cover D, via Lunar Distribution\" width=\"450\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Issue #237 will feature an exclusive interview with Kathleen Kennedy,\u00a0 who left her post as Lucasfilm President at the beginning of the year, a preview of the SFX used in the upcoming movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, interviews with Andor editor John Gilroy and Ahsoka Season 2 creature shop artist Neal Scanlan, and \u201cexclusive Star Wars short fiction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final issue of Star Wars Insider drops on May 6th, 2026. Back issues will be available \u201cwhile supplies last\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starwarsnewsnet.com\/author\/sunnycollins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2025-04-02-at-12.40.47\u202fPM-e1743612543240-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunny has been a Star Wars fan since The Force Awakens released in 2015. She graduated with a bachlor&#8217;s degree in Journalism in 2021. When she&#8217;s not talking about a galaxy far far away, she enjoys reading, crafting, and cheering on her favorite sports teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 215th and final issue of Star Wars Insider will be getting three variant covers, all celebrating the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,64337,3943,4242,230141,16,15],"class_list":["post-791426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-insider","tag-movies","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-insider","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116139877311356053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}