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Justina Ireland ends her High Republic journey where it all began, in the pages of a middle grade entry! The High Republic: A Valiant Vow is the initiative’s final middle-grade story and it brings in some new and returning fan-favorites for another fun, intense, and interesting adventure which isn’t afraid to push the age-limit of the medium. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – A Valiant Vow”
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Set in the years prior to the start of the TV show, The Acolyte: Wayseeker from Justina Ireland provides an entertaining ride and timely themes, with enough to satisfy long-time The High Republic readers and fans of the show on multiple fronts, alongside pitch-perfect renditions of Vernestra Rwoh and Indara. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The Acolyte – Wayseeker”
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It’s been quite some time since we got an Annual for any comic and yet The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual 2025 makes the wait more than worth it with some moving, delightful, and educational tales told by a great group of writers and artists, packed with fan favorite characters! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual”
Really beyond the Hyperspace Stories maxiseries, Dark Horse’s comics output has largely been about The High Republic Adventures and its various spin-offs and one-shots, and while there was plenty of news and previews galore of the various storylines (like Alyssa Wong is writing an upcoming one-shot) at this year’s NYCC panel, new, non-THRA content was focused on as well, including a Poe Dameron miniseries! Head below for first looks and all the details! Continue reading “NYCC ’24 Dark Horse Panel: Poe Dameron Miniseries, Alyssa Wong High Republic One-shot, Previews, and More!”
While it didn’t unveil what Marvel’s big Star Wars plans are, the NYCC 2024 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel did feature much anticipated covers for The High Republic’s final wave of stories, new armored Jedi concept art for the era, and a tango-y poster for the upcoming audiobook Tempest Breaker, while there was one big Marvel Comics announcement: the Jedi Knights on-going series! Head below for all the great new artwork and details on the new series! Continue reading “NYCC ’24 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: High Republic Phase 3 Covers, Jedi Knights Comic, and More!”
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!”
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!”
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Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton team up again for The High Republic: Defy the Storm, the final Phase III, Wave I novel, which wonderfully showcases the repercussions and lingering breaking points of the Nihil’s victory after the fall of Starlight Beacon, all while updating us on some Phase I favorites we haven’t seen yet, plus intriguing glimpses of what is yet come in the final Phase! Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Defy the Storm”
The galaxy is reeling from the destruction of Starlight Beacon and the creation of the Nihil Stormwall. But when Avon Starros brings good news to the Jedi, will the Jedi find a new avenue of help in defeating the nefarious Nihil and freeing the galaxy from their tyranny? Read Chris’s review of The High Republic: Defy the Storm!
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The High Republic is back, and Tales of Light and Life is leading the charge into Phase III by bringing together the past, present, and future of the initiative into one bound volume. And what a volume it is. If you’re a frequent reader here at the Manor, you know I absolutely loved Phase I of THR: I bought every variant of the novels (so, uh, four editions of Light of the Jedi and The Rising Storm; three editions of The Fallen Star, Out of the Shadows, and Midnight Horizon, etc.) and a lot of the comic variants, but Phase II fell rather flat to me. Thankfully, Tales of Light and Life comes in blasters blazing, creating new, exciting possibilities for the initiative and getting me excited again for the future. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life”
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