Tag: Charles Soule

NYCC 2023 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: High Republic Phase III Teases, Jango Fett and Mace Windu Comics, And More Revealed!

Posted on October 15, 2023October 23, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

New York Comic Con’s Lucasfilm Publishing panels always have something good in store for fans, but this one had much more than expected! Covering a wide swath of what’s next in comics and novels, the panel dove into some new details for the final Phase of The High Republic era, revealing we can soon hold an official lightsaber from said era, while the comics section was packed with surprising new series focusing on Prequel Trilogy characters, all while making a rather shocking announcement about one series’ end. Big thanks to Friends of the Force who brought it all to us live, plus thanks to the Star Wars site team for hi-res photos of many of the new covers and previews released! Head below for all the details! Continue reading “NYCC 2023 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: High Republic Phase III Teases, Jango Fett and Mace Windu Comics, And More Revealed!” →

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #3

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

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As the Scourge makes a desperate attempt to take over the minds on non-droids by invading Darth Vader’s Castle, Ajax Sigma and his free droids make their attack on the entity, resulting in spooky and unsettling good times in Dark Droids #3! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #3” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #1

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

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Starting in January 2021 with Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi, The High Republic has captivated fans for years now with a large cast of characters, unique era and stakes, tons of representation, and so much more. With Soule’s Shadows of Starlight #1, The High Republic era reaches its third and final Phase, Trials of the Jedi, by beginning to bridge the gap between the first and third Phases with some big surprises and hints at how connected this story really has been. If this is just the opening salvo in comic book form, you can only bet what sort of a wild ride fans, new or old, will be taken on in Phase III. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #1” →

Star Wars Comics December 2023 Solicitations

Posted on September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

As always, December is fresh of end of the year fun, from holidays to ringing in the new year, but it’s also about bringing the family together, ruminating on what will the future hold next year, and ending another year. It’s fitting then Dark Droids comes to its conclusion in Star Wars comics for December 2023, while the next Revelations one-shot peers ahead at what’s to come for 2024 (and beyond)! Learn all about what’s in store, including for plenty of High Republic Phase III goodness, with the December Star Wars comics solicitations below!

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Comic News: Next Revelations One-Shot Announced, More Ronin for Star Wars: Visions Comics

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

I focus a lot on Star Wars’ comics on the Manor, especially thanks to it introducing my favorite character Doctor Aphra, and now more than ever it’s hard not to think about their future. We’ve been in the six months period between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi for three years now and are currently in the middle of its fourth crossover event, so a little fatigue has set in, minus for series set outside said era. The announcement of the Star Wars: Visions one-shots was a fresh injection, as is the news we’ll get more backstory for “The Duel,” but where’s a similar freshness for the main stories? Enter 2023’s Revelations one-shot, which looks to tease what’s ahead for 2024’s comics, featuring everyone from Keeve Trennis of the High Republic era, Mace Windu, Princess Leia, and…Grand Admiral Thrawn?! Head below for the intriguing new cover and look at the newest Visions project! Continue reading “Comic News: Next Revelations One-Shot Announced, More Ronin for Star Wars: Visions Comics” →

Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Chris

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The High Republic is back, and Tales of Light and Life is leading the charge into Phase III by bringing together the past, present, and future of the initiative into one bound volume. And what a volume it is. If you’re a frequent reader here at the Manor, you know I absolutely loved Phase I of THR: I bought every variant of the novels (so, uh, four editions of Light of the Jedi and The Rising Storm; three editions of The Fallen Star, Out of the Shadows, and Midnight Horizon, etc.) and a lot of the comic variants, but Phase II fell rather flat to me. Thankfully, Tales of Light and Life comes in blasters blazing, creating new, exciting possibilities for the initiative and getting me excited again for the future. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life” →

Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #2

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

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After a successful first month of each series telling its own part of the crossover, the Dark Droids miniseries returns for an illuminating second issue, leaving me invested and on edge for what comes next. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Dark Droids #2” →

Canon Comic Review: Star Wars #38 (Vol. 2) – Dark Droids

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

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In Star Wars #38 (Vol. 2), Lando’s quest to save his friend Lobot from cybernetic implants goes haywire quick as the pair stumbles into the Scourge slowly sweeping the galaxy, making for another emotional issue while the horror of the crossover creeps in. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Star Wars #38 (Vol. 2) – Dark Droids” →

Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life

Posted on September 5, 2023January 4, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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With Phase II done and Phase III on its way, the luminous beings behind The High Republic offer up Tales of Light and Life, a well-prepared treat of a dessert, full of complexity, heart, flavor, and all the toppings you’ve come to expect from them, all while melding together layers of Phases for a scrumptious bite of light and life of the era. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life” →

Star Wars Comics November 2023 Solicitations

Posted on August 25, 2023August 28, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

As fall settles in and winter fast approaches, the days grow darker ever quicker here in the Midwest, fitting for the penultimate month of the Dark Droids crossover and the feeling of helplessness most of these issues will hold before our heroes manage to prevail against the droid Scourge. November then could really benefit from some light and life, couldn’t it? Phase III of The High Republic begins in earnest as Marvel’s on-going from Cavan Scott kicks off, alongside more Shadows of Starlight, while letting Peach Momoko set the stage for a series of Star Wars: Visions one-shots all sounds like the perfect remedy to the darkness, no? Glimpse below to see how November 2023’s Star Wars comics solicitations promise a little light amongst the dark!

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