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Canon Novel Review: The Acolyte – The Crystal Crown

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Going viral with catchy hashtags, The Acolyte’s Jecki Lon and Yord Fandar took fandom by storm as they shined bright and far too quick in the show. Instead of reopening the wound, Tessa Gratton’s The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown gives fans more time with the two characters, building them out in ways the show didn’t have the time for, all against an entertaining Hunger Games-esque situation set on an intriguing new planet. Head below for the full review! Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The Acolyte – The Crystal Crown” →

SDCC ’25 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: Bad Batch Returns, Mandalorian Visual Guide And So Much More!

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Lucasfilm’s Publishing Panel at SDCC 2025 contained plenty of previews of upcoming releases and a few announcements, while they focused a good portion on looking back on The High Republic. Head below to see looks at The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic: Volume II, Tales from the Nightlands, and announcements like another Bad Batch comic, The Mandalorian Visual Guide, and more! Continue reading “SDCC ’25 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: Bad Batch Returns, Mandalorian Visual Guide And So Much More!” →

NYCC ’24 Lucasfilm Publishing Panel: High Republic Phase 3 Covers, Jedi Knights Comic, and More!

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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!” →

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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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!” →

Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Temptation of the Force

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When temptation rises, who will succumb? The entire galaxy is faced with individual choices when the Nihil Stormwall hides even darker and more dangerous secrets than initially thought. Read Chris’s review of Temptation of the Force and see how the next chapter in The High Republic reads!

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Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Temptation of the Force

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Tessa Gratton’s The High Republic: Temptation of the Force starts Wave II of The High Republic’s Phase III with plenty of heart, pulse-pounding action, and hair-raising developments in the Republic and Jedi’s struggles against the Nihil, leaving readers as hungry as the Nameless for more! Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Temptation of the Force” →

Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Defy the Storm

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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” →

Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Defy the Storm

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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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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” →

Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Tales of Light and Life

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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” →