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Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2023

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Free Comic Book Day is always a joyous occasion and a fun reason to go out to your local comic shops and show them love and support, but 2023’s took on a whole new meaning for Star Wars fans, especially The High Republic fans, as a short coda story was released by Dark Horse! The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2023 returns us to the crew we all fell in love with during Phase I of the initiative, exploring their tumultuous time on Starlight Beacon as it falls, so as you can imagine, this is anything but a peaceful return but well-worth a read! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2023” →

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 #3 – Phase II

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Young Padawan Sav Malagán’s secret is out and the Order knows what she’s up to…but with the chase on to discover the Dank Graks dastardly plans, will she stick around, go back, or make a choice no one suspects?! The High Republic Adventures #3 – Phase II doesn’t skip a beat on great characters and great fun once again! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #3 – Phase II” →

Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #4

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Rey and Chewbacca feature in Hyperspace Stories #4, as the pair find their peaceful Life Day celebrations on Kashyyyk interrupted by a bounty hunter. Whimsically written like a rhyming holiday tale, it’s a fine return for the series. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #4” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #2 – Phase II

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The young Sav Malagán is on her first job with the infamous Maz Kanata and her pirate crew, where they find themselves dealing with the Dank Graks and each other’s drama in another entertaining, layered The High Republic Adventures #2 – Phase II! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #2 – Phase II” →

Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #1 – Phase II

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Of the many highlights from the first Phase of The High Republic initiative was the story Daniel José Older cooked up in his IDW comics series, The High Republic Adventures, which centered around Padawans and a smaller scaled story of their connections and struggles throughout the Drengir and Nihil conflicts. Older returns with The High Republic Adventures – Phase II via Dark Horse and the same pedigree is already present, this time introducing us to a younger incarnation of Phase I character Sav Malagán and her own struggles with being part of the Jedi Order. Energetic, engaging, and grounded in Sav’s character development, The High Republic Adventures #1 – Phase II seems to promise, despite the shorter run, something as memorable as the first. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic Adventures #1 – Phase II” →

Canon Comic Review: Tales from the Rancor Pit

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Nothings ever truly gone…or dead, as the return of the annual spookfest for Star Wars comics likes to remind us! From the ashes of IDW’s Vader’s Castle series rises Dark Horse’s Tales from the Rancor Pit, this year’s spooktacular collection of scary all-ages tales from writer Cavan Scott and a variety of artists. While it doesn’t quite scare like those before it, it’s a worthy successor with delightfully chilly stories from across the eras. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Tales from the Rancor Pit” →

Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #3

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Jumping eras once again, Dark Horse’s Hyperspace Stories #3 takes us to the sequel trilogy, where Poe and Finn find far more than they bargained for on a mission for supplies for the Resistance. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #3” →

Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #2

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Luke and Leia go on a mission for the Rebellion and find themselves in trouble, naturally, in another fun issue of Dark Horse’s Hyperspace Stories! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Hyperspace Stories #2” →