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Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #5 – Phase III

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Over a year since Starlight Beacon’s fall, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis has finally found her old Master, Sskeer, but will she be able to break through the monster he’s become? And can the Koboti bond twins overcome a threat in the forest and the ones inside their minds? And what surprising familiar face reappears to help? Witness artist Ario Anindito’s final contribution to the series with a script by Cavan Scott that’ll shock, awe, and bring readers tears in The High Republic #5 – Phase III! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #5 – Phase III”

Star Wars Comics May 2024 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics May 2024 Solicitations

May is a rather joyous around the Manor and in Star Wars fandom overall, as the always growing celebrations of May the Fourth provide much to enjoy! This year it falls on Free Comic Book Day and there are two special FCBD issues to enjoy then, while that same weekend The Phantom Menace returns to theaters to celebrate 25 years! The comics are joining in on the film’s anniversary with a special one-shot and a series of anniversary covers, plus other prequel-set stories including Maul-centric chaos, but fans of all eras will have plenty to look forward to with plenty of big The High Republic moments and the Rebellion trying to rescue Mon Mothma (?!), to name a few things. Check out what May 2024’s Star Wars Comics Solicitations to see what they all have in store!

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Canon Comic Review: Revelations (2023) #1

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Another year, another set of revelations! Revelations (2023) #1 does what its predecessor did, teasing the future of Marvel’s Star Wars comics output, but unlike last year’s entry, it offers little stories introducing us to new and intriguing characters or series to come in 2024. Does it manage to do a better job than last year’s with the new format? Find out in our review! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Revelations (2023) #1”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #2

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Charles Soule’s next entry in Shadows of Starlight, which is filling in the year between Phase I and Phase III of The High Republic, takes an emotional turn as it focuses on the fallout of Stellan Gios’ death on his closest friends, Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #2”

Star Wars Comics December 2023 Solicitations

Star Wars Comics December 2023 Solicitations

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

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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 Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #2

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Two new stories join Jason Aaron’s recurring tale in Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #2, one with a creepy story and another with good art and an important message, though my feeling the series hasn’t made itself entirely distinct from being just more Vader remain. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #2”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #7 – Phase II

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Revelations abound on what’s really happening in The High Republic – Phase II’s part of the Battle of Jedha, though issue #7’s cliffhanger ending lacks some bite. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #7 – Phase II”

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) “Fortune and Fate” Arc {Issues #1-5}

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Doctor Aphra returned earlier this year with a brand new creative team to start the latest volume, but the pandemic caused quite the gulf between the initial launch of the issue (with an early May the 4th digital release!) and the rest of the opening arc, “Fortune and Fate.” Once comic releases returned, the following issues made the wait way more than worth it, as writer Alyssa Wong, with artist Marika Cresta and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg (a series staple), proved more than fit to bring the latest chaotic adventures of everyone’s favorite rogue archaeologist to life! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) “Fortune and Fate” Arc {Issues #1-5}”

Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #5 (Vol. 2)

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Doctor Aphra #5 wraps up “Fortune and Fate” in a chaotic but neat bow and sets the stage for what’s to come in memorable fashion. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Doctor Aphra #5 (Vol. 2)”