Category: Novel News

Publishing News: Obi-Wan Comic in May, Hunters Tie-in Novel Announced

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2022 will rain “Hello there” from the sky, as yet another Obi-Wan Kenobi related piece of content has been announced: Obi-Wan, a 5-issue miniseries starting in May, which will cover different periods of his life, written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Ario Anindito (The High Republic). Also announced today was a tie-in novel to the upcoming mobile/Switch arena game Star Wars: Hunters, starring the game’s mysterious Rieve and written by Mark Oshiro. Both sound rather stellar so head below for more details and full covers! Continue reading “Publishing News: Obi-Wan Comic in May, Hunters Tie-in Novel Announced” →

High Republic Anniversary Special News: Phase 2 Starts October 2022, Set 150 Years Prior, New Authors Join, and More!!

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I honestly can’t believe it’s been an entire year since The High Republic launched, it feels like it’s been with us for that much longer, and I’ve grown to love it as some of my favorite Star Wars of all time. As of January 4, the beginning of the end of its first Phase, Light of the Jedi, kicked off with The Fallen Star, a novel by Claudia Gray that both Chris and myself reviewed already! To commemorate the launch of the novel and the one year anniversary, a special The High Republic Show livestream aired today, talking about what to expect in the final wave of Phase I’s content and teasing what’s to come in Phase II: Quest of the Jedi. There are some surprising and exciting reveals about Phase II: it’s set 150 years before Phase I’s start, 4 new authors join the luminous team, it begins in October 2022, and so much more! Head below for all the details! Continue reading “High Republic Anniversary Special News: Phase 2 Starts October 2022, Set 150 Years Prior, New Authors Join, and More!!” →

High Republic News: High Republic Show Anniversary Special, Midnight Horizon Excerpt

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A quick little news drop for The High Republic fans this week! First, The High Republic Show’s January 4, 2022 livesteam, airing 12:00pm CST, is titled The High Republic Anniversary Special, hosted as always by Krystina Arielle, with appearances from Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule, “…as well as special guests, new reveals, and the first intel on Phase II.” I’m anxious about what will happen at the end of Phase I but I’m chomping at the hydrospanner for Phase II details! Elswhere, Midnight Horizon, Older’s YA novel out February 1, 2022, had its first excerpt, finding Ram Jamoram at an emotional void I hope he can get through! And lastly, we have to remind fans about the on-going turmoil over Star Wars Eclipse, with stellar articles from both Dork Side of the Force and io9 regarding the movement against it, which got the hashtag “BlackoutStarWarsEclipse” trending on Twitter Friday. Make sure to return to the Manor in January for the details on upcoming High Republic content and the reviews for Phase 1’s finale!

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Marvel Announces Han Solo & Chewbacca On-going Comic for March 2022, Stories of Jedi & Sith Cover

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We’ve had a Chewbacca miniseries in 2015 and a Han Solo one in 2016, so to quote the famous meme/gif: why not both?! Marvel announced today a new on-going comic starring the close-knit pair, Han Solo & Chewbacca, set to release in March 2022, which will be written by Marc Guggenheim, with art by David Messina. Set a few years prior to A New Hope, the comic will follow the smugglers’ chaotic lifestyle leading up to their fateful meeting with a young moister farmer, exploring jobs they took with Jabba the Hutt and more. Read below for more details from the interview with Guggenheim, which helped turned me from a shrug to cautiously optimistic about this. Plus, see the full cover for upcoming anthology Stories of Jedi & Sith! Continue reading “Marvel Announces Han Solo & Chewbacca On-going Comic for March 2022, Stories of Jedi & Sith Cover” →

The High Republic Wave III Excerpts Hit: The Fallen Star, Mission to Disaster

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The High Republic’s first Phase, Light of the Jedi, comes to a close starting this January with the release of its Wave III material. It all begins with Claudia Gray’s The Fallen Star, the third adult novel, out January 4, followed by Daniel José Older’s Midnight Horizon on February 1, and Justina Ireland’s Mission to Disaster on March 1 (delayed from January). The Fallen Star’s first excerpt dropped this week, catching fans up with Bell Zettifar after the death of Loden Greatstorm in The Rising Storm, while the second excerpt from Mission to Disaster sees what scientific invention Avon Starros is up to, though Ireland revealed its delay to Feb 1. Head below for the Wave III opening crawl special editions for most of the books like Out of Print’s The Fallen Star, and more! Continue reading “The High Republic Wave III Excerpts Hit: The Fallen Star, Mission to Disaster” →

Dark Horse Returns to Star Wars Comics Spring 2022; Brotherhood Cover Revealed

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Nearly 8 years after losing the Star Wars license to Marvel, itself the original publisher of Star Wars comics decades before, Dark Horse Comics (DHC or DH) will return to offer up all-ages content, replacing IDW in Spring 2022. In the announcement, DHC founder and CEO revealed they’ll initially “…focus on stories featuring the High Republic,” but expect all eras to have content eventually, across on-going series, anthologies, one-shots, and specials. As for when in 2022, I’d expect we’ll see their content start in April, maybe May at the latest, as IDW’s current series are all solicited out until March. We’ll have more as they announce it, like what series, authors, and artists to expect, but for now head below to see the writing was on the wall for some type of announcement like this since September, plus see the final cover for the upcoming Obi-Wan and Anakin novel, Brotherhood! Continue reading “Dark Horse Returns to Star Wars Comics Spring 2022; Brotherhood Cover Revealed” →

High Republic Show 6 & News Round-up: New Concept Art, Mission to Disaster Excerpt, Halcyon Backstory, & More!

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Another The High Republic Show, another overload of charisma from host Krystina Arielle, who brings us some interviews with the editors behind different parts of the publishing initiative, the same confusion as the rest of us over showing Starlight Beacon’s potential destruction in January just after the show got a beautiful model of it, and tons of character concept art! Beyond the show, we’re also covering some recent reveals, like an excerpt from Justina Ireland’s upcoming Mission to Disaster for Phase I Wave III and how the Halcyon aka the Star Wars interactive hotel will make its way into the era as well. Head below for all the above and more! Continue reading “High Republic Show 6 & News Round-up: New Concept Art, Mission to Disaster Excerpt, Halcyon Backstory, & More!” →

Book News: Shadow of the Sith, Brotherhood, and More Novels Bring Essential Stories to 2022

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With The High Republic books and comics dominating the publishing landscape of Star Wars, we were due for some news about books across other parts of the Saga, but I did not expect what just dropped today! For starters, fans eager to see more of Luke Skywalker post-Return of the Jedi get a meal of a novel, Shadow of the Sith, which explores his mission with Lando Calrissian trying to find Exegol and all the backstory that comes with it, Brotherhood focuses on Obi-Wan & Anakin in the earliest days of the Clone Wars and that business on Cato Neimoidia, Stories of Jedi & Sith brings 10 authors together to tell new tales about the Force-users, and Padawan gives Obi-Wan fans more goodness to enjoy in 2022 with a story set early in his Padawan years with Qui-Gon Jinn. How about that feast of Star Wars books?! Head below for more details on each of these exciting new releases! Continue reading “Book News: Shadow of the Sith, Brotherhood, and More Novels Bring Essential Stories to 2022” →

The High Republic Show 5: Wave III Covers Revealed, The High Republic Adventures Annual Announced, and More!

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Arriving a bit unexpectedly, but totally welcomed is another entry in The High Republic Show, hosted by Krystina Arielle, who we are so damn lucky to have as a host of these wonderful videos! Episode 5 might not reveal any new details on the previously announced Wave III content for Phase 1: Light of the Jedi, but it does reveal covers for the upcoming titles, announces The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021, has a great chat with authors Justina Ireland and Cavan Scott plus Executive Editor Jen Heddle, and shows off a fan-made model of Starlight Beacon! Continue reading “The High Republic Show 5: Wave III Covers Revealed, The High Republic Adventures Annual Announced, and More!” →

The High Republic Show 4: Tempest Runner Cast, Jedi Council Art Revealed, and More!

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After an eventful and news filled SDCC panel the previous week, Krystina Arielle steers The High Republic Show’s fourth installment to focus more on the story, characters, and authors’ thoughts, which was an extremely welcomed change of pace from the usual focus of revealing new content. So head below to hear what the luminous five think you should look out for in the stories to come, see the full Jedi council of the era, some preview pages of upcoming content, and of course check out the exceptional cast of the upcoming audiobook, Tempest Runner! Continue reading “The High Republic Show 4: Tempest Runner Cast, Jedi Council Art Revealed, and More!” →