Tag: Cavan Scott

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!” →

Canon Comic Review: The Acolyte – Kelnacca #1

Posted on September 6, 2024September 11, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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Jedi Master Kelnacca might be a Wookiee of few growls, and in Cavan Scott and Marika Cresta’s The Acolyte: Kelnacca #1 he might not speak much either, but we do get a satisfying and emotional glimpse of what he was like as a Master. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The Acolyte – Kelnacca #1” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #10 – Phase III

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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Is Lourna Dee dead? Did Sskeer really betray his former apprentice and her Jedi friends? What is Baron Boolan doing to him if he did? All the lingering threads come to a head in issue #10, The High Republic – Phase III’s finale, a packed, exciting entry which comes with a feeling of too little, too late even despite the promise of more. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #10 – Phase III” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #9 – Phase III

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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With Baron Boolan’s ship going down and all our heroes, and the villains, still on it, who will make it off alive? And if they do, will it be with who we want them to be with? Find out in my review of the emotional, packed penultimate issue of the series, The High Republic #9 – Phase III! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #9 – Phase III” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #3

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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In The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #3, Ty Yorrick’s ship and squire are on the lam, so avoiding the situation on Temerancé any further is impossible for the monster hunter, leading her into an even more dangerous situation as the Nihil double their efforts to steal more children, including bringing in a potentially familiar face! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #3” →

Star Wars Comics September 2024 Solicitations

Posted on June 22, 2024September 3, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

In the early 2000/2010’s, September always felt big in Star Wars, be it the release of video games, the films on DVD in new cuts, or the premiere of a new season of The Clone Wars, so it only seems fitting the latest era of comics comes to a giant-sized end during said month with issue #50 for Star Wars (Vol. 2) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3). There is an The Acolyte tie-in and another issue of the Inquisitor-focused miniseries from Marvel to enjoy as well, while Dark Horse continues to deliver more High Republic content than fans can hope, so see what’s all in store in September’s 2024 Star Wars comic solicitations!

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Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #8 – Phase III

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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An unlikely group behind the Stormwall is all that stands between the Nihil’s notorious Baron Boolan and his latest catch, but is one member too much of a rogue for things to go well? Find out in my review of The High Republic #8 – Phase III! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #8 – Phase III” →

Comic News: Kelnacca Headlines The Acolyte Tie-in Comic, Out September!

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Chewbacca has delighted fans for decades, his fierce loyalty and huggable appearance making him an easy favorite, brought to life first by Peter Mayhew and later Joonas Suotamo. Legends stories had Wookiee Jedi and lately canon has brought in the emphatic, also fan-favorite Burryaga in The High Republic, and now we’ll get our first live-action lightsaber wielding Wookiee Jedi in The Acolyte: Kelnacca! To celebrate the character, and tie The High Republic era to The Acolyte, which takes place towards its final years, io9 has revealed Marvel has a special one-shot comic all about Kelnacca coming in September, written by THR mastermind Cavan Scott with art from Marika Cresta! More details below! Continue reading “Comic News: Kelnacca Headlines The Acolyte Tie-in Comic, Out September!” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #2

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

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In The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #2, Ty Yorrick does her best to track down the Nihil and the children they stole, while her apprentice Drewen, bristling at her treatment, looks to do something drastic. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire #2” →

Star Wars Comics August 2024 Solicitations

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Head Butler Ryan

Our look at the August 2024 Star Wars comics have arrived, with the solicitations feeling a little light, and getting even lighter, as one series comes to a close. The end for The High Republic – Phase III is coming, though it doesn’t look like it could be the happiest of endings given Nihil mad scientist Baron Boolan has Sskeer in his grasps! Elsewhere, the two main Marvel series, Star Wars (Vol. 2) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3) sound like they’re building towards some big endings for stories as the era looks to wrap up sooner than later, while Dark Horse has some intriguing options for The High Republic fans with plenty of Phase III stories (and is that a Sith?!?). So head below for the August 2024 Star Wars comic solicitations now to hear all about them!

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