This Month’s Highly Anticipated Firefly Announcement Could Recreate a Major Star Wars Problem

Fox cancelled the show Firefly after only 11 of its 14 episodes aired, leaving the story unfinished. But the Firefly world didn’t end there. Starting in 2005, Dark Horse Comics released official comics that continued the story, with one series directly connecting the TV show to the movie Serenity. In 2018, Titan Books began publishing authorized Firefly novels, with Joss Whedon overseeing the project. Later that year, Boom! Studios took over the comics license and launched a new series meant to continue the story from both the TV show and the earlier Dark Horse comics. Unfortunately, Boom! Studios didn’t always follow the storylines established by Dark Horse. This means the new animated series is entering a franchise where what’s considered official story material is already inconsistent – a problem Star Wars faced before and addressed with a divisive choice.








