Category: Novel News

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

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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!

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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)

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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)

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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)” →

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

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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!” →

Novel News: The Living Force by John Jackson Miller Announced for 2024

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As The High Republic gears up to take over publishing again for its final Phase in October, much of the Star Wars books future looks to be headed to the era’s past…until the latest novel announcement. While it’s also in the past, it’s far more immediate: The Living Force, out April 9, 2024, takes the Jedi Council of the Prequel Era on a road trip, featuring the return of the legendary author John Jackson Miller! If you’re still hooting and hollering, we’re on the same page, and don’t really need to know more, but there are a few more details below!

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From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi Character Cards Revealed!

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The moment fans have been waiting for ahead of From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi’s release on August 29 is here…the character cards have been revealed! Over an hour and half, the details for all 40 stories in this trilogy finale dripped through on Twitter (no, it’s not named anything else), and it’s always a joy to see fans react to each new release, be it favorites getting their time to shine, stories they guessed, or big surprises, and today’s character cards were no different. Head below to see my Top 10 most anticipated and some general thoughts on the rest. Continue reading “From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi Character Cards Revealed!” →

SDCC ’23 Publishing Panel: The High Republic Phase III Covers, Dark Droids Glimpses, and More!

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This year’s Lucasfilm Publishing Panel at SDCC had some little tastes of other publications on their way or recently released, but a big focus was the upcoming third and final Phase of The High Republic, revealing new covers full of theory-inducing images fans will be ruminating over until it begins in the fall. Head below for all the new covers and additional images from upcoming works like the Dark Droids Marvel comics crossover and Rebellion focused visual guide! Continue reading “SDCC ’23 Publishing Panel: The High Republic Phase III Covers, Dark Droids Glimpses, and More!” →

High Republic Show: Burryaga Lives, The Eye of Darkness Cover Revealed

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After much hype and circumstance, the latest The High Republic Show finally arrives with the promise of revealing Burryaga’s fate. It was a foregone conclusion they wouldn’t center a big hype train on revealing his fate only for him to be dead, but it was still very reassuring when host Krystina Arielle brought the good word: Burry Lives!! We’ll find out how in Tales of Light and Life (out September 5, available at SDCC early, and ebook releasing July 25), likely via Charles Soule’s story called “All Jedi Walk Their Own Path,” which we already knew would center on Bell Zettifar’s tireless search for his friend. Beyond the good news, we got a reveal of the cover for The Eye of Darkness, George Mann’s opening novel to Phase III, as well as a promise of at least one reveal at the SDCC Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on July 21! This was a short one, a little disappointingly so, but it’s awesome to have Arielle and the Show back. Head below for The Eye of Darkness’ cover! Continue reading “High Republic Show: Burryaga Lives, The Eye of Darkness Cover Revealed” →

Publishing Panels Round Up: Dark Horse Has Jaxxon, High Republic Adventures Phase III, Lucasfilm Shows More FaCPOV – Return of the Jedi, Wookiee Reference Book, And More! (SWCA 2023)

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Day Three of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 had two different publishing focused panels, starting with a full one just for Dark Horse‘s contributions and later one for Lucasfilm Publishing‘s own works, though both were a little light on announcements. Dark Horse focused on Jaxxon, as their upcoming Annual stars the hare-brained scoundrel (and writer Cavan Scott promised there will be more), and some upcoming The High Republic Adventures teases for Phase II and Phase III. Lucasfilm Publishing spent time revealing new pages from upcoming reference titles, announcing a new one all about Wookiees (!!), and of course more The High Republic content as well. Head below for the sneak peaks! Continue reading “Publishing Panels Round Up: Dark Horse Has Jaxxon, High Republic Adventures Phase III, Lucasfilm Shows More FaCPOV – Return of the Jedi, Wookiee Reference Book, And More! (SWCA 2023)” →