Tag: The High Republic – Phase II: Quest of the Jedi

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

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In its penultimate issue, The High Republic – Phase II finds danger closer than ever for Vildar Mac, Tey Serrik, and Matty Cathley, where they must find the strength within themselves and the Force…or suffer unknown horrors and see Jedha fall. Find out how it all plays out in our review of The High Republic #9 – Phase II. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #9 – Phase II”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #3

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The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #3 is the horror movie which keeps on giving, as its penultimate issue will readers on the edge of their seats as the stakes have never been higher. Find out all the scary good details in my review! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #3”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #4 – Phase II

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With Maz Kanata still in the hands of the dastardly Dank Graks, Sav Malagán makes a dangerous decision: try to join them to rescue the pirate captain! Will she be able to fool the group, join them, and help put a stop to their plans from the inside? And if she joins them, what secrets will she uncover? Find out what unexpected things Sav gets up to in my review of The High Republic Adventures #4 – Phase II! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #4 – Phase II”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Quest of the Jedi #1

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The High Republic Adventures – Quest of the Jedi #1, written by Claudia Gray with art by Fico Ossio, takes us further back in the overall era than ever before, but what’s hidden in the past might hold big answers for the future. A riveting one-shot, I left this issue wishing for 12 more immediately, as I didn’t want it to end, so fascinating where the characters, world, story, and implications for the initiative’s story thanks to Gray’s writing and Ossio’s brilliant artwork. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – Quest of the Jedi #1”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #2

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With only four issues for its tale, George Mann’s The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #2 wastes no time in ratcheting up the tension and scares as the titular creature stalks its prey throughout the crashed ship everyone’s holed up in. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror #2”

Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Quest for Planet X

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Connecting to the previous Phase II middle grade book with some familiar faces, The High Republic – Quest for Planet X by Tessa Gratton doesn’t just share characters, it also delivers an entertaining and layered story where the characters take precedence over the plot. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Quest for Planet X”

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

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As a Jedi’s life hangs in the balance, Vildar, Matty, and Tey are safely locked in the Enlightenment bar, where letting down the shields could bring them a whole heaping of trouble, so what are they to do? Risk the lives of the innocent with them to help one lone Jedi? And why might it be worth it? Find out in our review of The High Republic #8 – Phase II! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #8 – Phase II”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – The Blade #4

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Can the dynamic duo of Porter Engle and Barash Silvain unravel the complicated situation in front of them or will it test them beyond their limits? The High Republic – The Blade #4 is a fitting finale to all that’s come before, as the characters and their choices push us towards the inevitable, but still saddening conclusion. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – The Blade #4”

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #7 – Phase II

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Revelations abound on what’s really happening in The High Republic – Phase II’s part of the Battle of Jedha, though issue #7’s cliffhanger ending lacks some bite. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic #7 – Phase II”

Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Cataclysm

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Lydia Kang makes her The High Republic debut with the second adult novel and beginning of the end for Phase II, Cataclysm. Picking up after the disastrous events of The Battle of Jedha, the Forever War reignited between Eiram and E’ronoh, Cataclysm sees the Jedi and Republic searching for answers, leading them to a confrontation with the mysterious Path of the Open Hand cult. And what does the disgraced son of one of the Chancellors have to do with it? Many of Phase II’s threads collide in this packed yet eventful novel, where humor, heart, well-written characters, and a dazzling display of this era’s interesting aspects intertwine with a memorable final act. Continue reading “Canon Novel Review: The High Republic – Cataclysm”