Category: Novel News

Publishing News: Obi-Wan & Anakin Audiobook Released, Bad Batch Comic Miniseries & High Republic Adventures Annual Announced!

Posted on September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Sometimes, it’s just one of those days: an audiobook original for Audible gets shadow dropped by Disney Lucasfilm Press, while Dark Horse announces both a Bad Batch focused miniseries for January 2025 (via Star Wars News Net), and The High Republic Adventures Annual Phase III. Audible’s Padawan’s Pride follows a young Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the early days of their training (and I’ve already listened to some of it), Clone Force 99 rides again in Hyperspace Stories – The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents, set during the Clone Wars, and the THRA Annual bring 5 stories of light and life during the era’s third Phase. Head below for all the details! Continue reading “Publishing News: Obi-Wan & Anakin Audiobook Released, Bad Batch Comic Miniseries & High Republic Adventures Annual Announced!” →

Novel News: Reign of the Empire Trilogy Announced, Alexander Freed’s The Mask of Fear Begins February 2025

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Despite SDCC and a recent publishing-focused panel barely in the rearview, io9 has the exclusive reveal of the next big Star Wars novel trilogy: Reign of the Empire! Beginning with Alexander Freed’s Reign of the Empire – The Mask of Fear on February 25, 2025, the trilogy is set to chart a course of the Rebellion’s rise in the 20 years between the prequel and original trilogies, with the subsequent releases coming from authors Rebecca Roanhorse and Fran Wilde! Check out the full cover and more details below! Continue reading “Novel News: Reign of the Empire Trilogy Announced, Alexander Freed’s The Mask of Fear Begins February 2025” →

SDCC 2024 Publishing Panel: The Acolyte Tie-in Books, Kelnacca in High Republic Phase III, Star Wars: Outlaws Featurette, and More!

Posted on July 26, 2024July 29, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

While fans at home missed out on Patton Oswalt’s hosting of Lucasfilm’s publishing-focused SDCC panel, there was still plenty of excitement to be had over the new reveals, from two The Acolyte tie-in novels, one featuring Vernestra Rwoh and Master Indara, the next Volume of The Art of The High Republic, Marvel’s Fear of the Jedi comic to close out The High Republic initiative, and Star Wars: Outlaws’ Art of book, and more! Continue reading “SDCC 2024 Publishing Panel: The Acolyte Tie-in Books, Kelnacca in High Republic Phase III, Star Wars: Outlaws Featurette, and More!” →

High Republic News: Tears of the Nameless and Beware the Nameless Covers Revealed

Posted on April 11, 2024April 16, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

While the comics continue their part of Phase III: Trials of the Jedi for The High Republic era, the first Wave of novels are done and Wave II is on its way starting in June with Temptation of the Force. Joining the second wave are the usual young adult and middle grade entries, Tears of the Nameless and Beware the Nameless respectively, and we finally had their covers revealed! Head below to meet some new characters and get a full look at their great covers! Continue reading “High Republic News: Tears of the Nameless and Beware the Nameless Covers Revealed” →

High Republic News: Next Audiobook, Tempest Breaker, Out December 3

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Every Phase of The High Republic gets an audiobook original and Phase III: Trial of the Jedi’s is finally revealed: Tempest Breaker, written by Cavan Scott and featuring a full cast again! By the title and cover alone, Scott returns to the dastardly Lourna Dee again, but this time she’s joined by…friends? Who are Jedi?! What is going on here?! Reading Scott’s current The High Republic – Phase III run for Marvel will offer the biggest hints on how we get to this point, but there’s no doubts Tempest Breaker will be quite the story if it stars Lourna Dee and Jedi Masters Keeve Trennis and Avar Kriss! Check out more details below from the interview with Scott, but The High Republic – Tempest Breaker is out December 3, with the script book a few months later (unfortunately). Continue reading “High Republic News: Next Audiobook, Tempest Breaker, Out December 3” →

Book News: High Republic’s Edge of Balance Vol. 3 Cover & The Living Force’s Map, First Excerpt Revealed

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Sometimes, it’s the simple things which build up excitement for a book, one usually being the cover, another being an excerpt, and lastly a special poster or something like that. With this week’s news, we get a great cover and additional details on the upcoming The High Republic – The Edge of Balance Vol. 3, while with April’s The Living Force novel…WE GET A MAP!!! Which, I get might not sound that exciting, but given how prevalent maps used to be in Star Wars novels, it’s a welcomed return! And hey, there’s a great new poster and the novel’s first excerpt too! Head below to see it all! Continue reading “Book News: High Republic’s Edge of Balance Vol. 3 Cover & The Living Force’s Map, First Excerpt Revealed” →

High Republic News: Temptation of the Force Cover & Blurb Revealed

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

After artist Grant Griffin’s moody Phase III opening cover for The Eye of Darkness, he returns with a moody in whole different way cover for the second and penultimate adult novel of the Phase: June 11’s Temptation of the Force! Dropping this cover, which sees Elzar Mann and Avar Kriss sharing a rather intimate look now they’ve been reunited, as well as the blurb, which only doubles down on their growing feelings, on Valentine’s Day was a wonderfully calculated move; we see what you’re doing! Head below for the full angsty cover and to hear some teases of what’s to come in June with Tessa Gratton’s Temptation of the Force! Continue reading “High Republic News: Temptation of the Force Cover & Blurb Revealed” →

High Republic News: Saber for Hire Announced, Nameless Concept Art, and More!

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

With the third and final Phase of The High Republic era just getting started, we’re slowly coming to understand the scope and scale of where the story may all go. While we might know all the novel names for Phase III, it’s clear stories still remain to be announced and we got our first new one: Dark Horse’s The High Republic Adventures: Saber for Hire, starting April 10!! Jedi turned monster hunter Ty Yorrick is back in a starring role, with writer Cavan Scott and artist Rachael Stott returning to show us her next adventure, where we’ll see her face new challenges behind the Nihil’s Stormwall, including trying to be a Master! Elsewhere in High Republic news, we got our first synopsis for the upcoming young-adult novel Tears of the Nameless, while new concept art was released of said scary creatures recently! Head below for the full cover reveal for Saber for Hire, more details, a glimpse at the Nameless, and more! Continue reading “High Republic News: Saber for Hire Announced, Nameless Concept Art, and More!” →

Novel News: Mace Windu Stars in The Glass Abyss, Out October! (UPDATED)

Posted on December 8, 2023April 3, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

2024 might just be the year of the Prequel Trilogy when it comes to publishing! Alongside the upcoming The Living Force novel, and Jango Fett and Mace Windu comic miniseries, comes the announcement of a…Mace Windu novel?! That’s right, Steven Barnes returns to the galaxy far, far away for Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss, out ~~August 6, 2024~~ October 15, 2024, where Mace finds himself on a mission from Qui-Gon Jinn, delivered posthumously, to help a planet in the Outer Rim in desperate need, but he’ll find himself on the edge of the Jedi code in the process. Head below for the full description and the GORGEOUS cover by Oliver Barrett! Continue reading “Novel News: Mace Windu Stars in The Glass Abyss, Out October! (UPDATED)” →

Prepare for High Republic Phase III with New Concept Art, New Characters! (UPDATED)

Posted on November 11, 2023November 16, 2023 by Head Butler Ryan

As Phase III of The High Republic really begins in earnest this month, the official site’s slowly been showing off concept art we all hoped we’d see after spying the little folder on Lucasfilm Publishing creative director Michael Siglain’s laptop at NYCC 2023. Since it’s been a year after Starlight Beacon fell, many of our favorites have gone through a lot and have updated looks to match, while there also introductions to new characters, like the younglings at the core of January’s Escape from Valo. Head below for all the new concept art and details! Continue reading “Prepare for High Republic Phase III with New Concept Art, New Characters! (UPDATED)” →