Tag: Timothy Zahn

Star Wars Comics April 2024 Solicitations

Posted on January 25, 2024January 26, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

April’s 2024 Star Wars comics have some potentially memorable moments for readers, be it Mace Windu facing down a squadron of ships with only his lightsaber and the Force, Darth Maul returns to comics for a horror-filled opening issue, while the High Republic era features Ty Yorrick’s particular brand of mercenary fun and what seems to be a haunting look back in time. Forget about the April showers, we have some great April Star Wars comics in 2024 to get you ready for instead with these solicitations below!

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Star Wars Comics March 2024 Solicitations

Posted on December 22, 2023December 23, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

Forgetting the ides of March, how about beware Star Wars’ comics goodness like Jango Fett’s twin blasters, a group of cyborg warriors, a bore worm, the return of a familiar scaly face, and, the worst of all, a courtroom?! 2024 just got a big preview in Revelations (2023) #1 and many of those threads are coming to life in March’s Star Wars comics solicitations, so make sure to check them out below! Update: A few advanced solicitations for April have arrived and big High Republic secrets have been revealed!

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Star Wars Comics February 2024 Solicitations

Posted on November 17, 2023December 18, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

February 2024’s Star Wars comics look a little lite, as Bounty Hunters is over and Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) is suspiciously missing (DON’T DO THIS TO ME!), but what is on offer looks like it’ll pack quite the punch! The Mace Windu miniseries will finally kick off, Luke Skywalker finds himself in a Sith-filled situation, and The High Republic comics look to promise the return of faces once thought lost! This month will also host another batch of Black History Month Variants, which I’ve already covered, so without further ado, head below for Star Wars comics’ February 2024 solicitations!

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Star Wars Comics January 2024 Solicitations

Posted on October 20, 2023January 17, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

January 2024’s Star Wars comics solicitations aren’t interested in your New Year’s resolutions or aspirations, as they have a distinct air of finality to them whether you want them to or not, seeming to promise the era of comics set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi might be winding down. But we should focus on the here and now, as Qui-Gon Jinn would say, and January’s comics have quite the bounty, from the giant, big finale to the Bounty Hunters series (see, things are ending!), a look at Marchion Ro’s victory lap after Starlight Beacon’s fall, another Visions comic to enjoy, and so much more! Head below for January 2024’s Star Wars comic solicitations now!

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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!” →

Artfully Done: The Essential Legends Thrawn Collection: Legendary Adventures Pit Stop

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Chris

On June 15, 2021, now-Random House Worlds released the first wave of what they were calling the Essential Legends Collection. Reasons for the Essential Legends Collection were threefold: it was a way to get Legends novels back on the shelves, and for some, with new versions (trade paperback instead of hardcover or mass market editions) with new audiobooks; it was a way to help new readers navigate the world of the extremely large franchise library; and it’s a way to resell some older books. Most readers who came into the fandom since 2014-2015 would only really only have one consistent way to purchase Legends novels: mass market paperbacks, at the whim of the stores who still sold books. (I know I personally would avoid mass market as much as possible.) With the Essential Legends Collection, new readers can be introduced to stories they might have missed and familiar readers can experience these books in better formats. Specifically, with the upcoming release of Ahsoka, readers may be curious to read more about Thrawn, one of the main antagonists in the show. This article will give a short synopsis of the five books published under the Essential Legends Collection banner, with a short note about the canon books about Thrawn and the Legends novels that have yet to be reprinted under the banner. Continue reading “Artfully Done: The Essential Legends Thrawn Collection: Legendary Adventures Pit Stop” →

Legendary Adventures: Survivor’s Quest

Posted on January 31, 2022August 8, 2023 by Chris

An ambitious project launched by the Republic, Outbound Flight was to discover the universe…until it was destroyed under suspicious developments. But when its remnants return, it might signal something even more dangerous for the New Republic! Check out today’s Legendary Adventures as we read Survivor’s Quest!

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Legendary Adventures: Hand of Thrawn Duology

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Chris

The Empire is on its last legs, but the New Republic faces major challenges when a specter of the past – Grand Admiral Thrawn himself – and clone armies rise against them. Join the Legendary Adventures today as we read the Hand of Thrawn duology!

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Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Lesser Evil

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 by Head Butler Ryan

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Seven months after its second entry, Timothy Zahn’s latest Thrawn-centric trilogy of novels, Thrawn Ascendancy, ends with Lesser Evil. Much like the finale of his last, though loosely connected trilogy of Thrawn novels, Zahn’s Lesser Evil flounders, more concerned with setting up the aforementioned books, once again avoiding character development, punting on answering two trilogies worth of questions, or truly exploring the Chiss’ extensive past, instead continuing Thrawn’s flawless victory status to underwhelming effect across its over expanded page count. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Lesser Evil” →

Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Greater Good

Posted on April 26, 2021November 16, 2021 by Head Butler Ryan

– Slight Spoiler Review –

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good is the second in the latest trilogy bearing the popular Chiss’ name, written again by Timothy Zahn, exploring the Chiss Ascendancy and the area of space called the Chaos they patrol. Like a lot of middle installments in trilogies, Greater Good falls into several ruts, coasting with characters and focusing on plot movement, leaving readers largely where they were at the end of the first book and potentially saving all the important, impactful stuff for the final installment. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: Thrawn Ascendancy – Greater Good” →