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One of the most frightening aspects of phase one of the High Republic storytelling was the Nameless, a mysterious species who pose a particular threat to the Jedi. We don't know much about them, but do come to learn gradually more as the stories unfold. The first appearance of this strange species came in The [...]
The High Republic is full of mostly new Jedi that we've never met before, set around 200 years prior to the events of the Skywalker Saga. But there's one especially prominent Jedi active at this time: Grand Master Yoda. At the time of the High Republic, Yoda is one of three Grand Masters of the [...]
The third issue of Charles Soule's Crimson Reign comic miniseries was recently released, and this time the focus is on the Archivist! This five-issue series focuses on Qi'ra's plans and attempts to overthrow Palpatine and Vader, as she lays in motion a grand plan with many different pieces allied to Crimson Dawn. So the first [...]
The second issue of Charles Soule's Crimson Reign miniseries focuses on the two assassins, Ochi and Deathstick, who carry out some missions that fit into Qi'ra's larger plans. The five-issue series is illustrated by Steven Cummings and Victor Olazaba, and both the storytelling and the artwork are superb. Though this second issue wasn't exceptional, it [...]
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Han doesn't have a family and takes the name "Solo" because he is, well, alone. But that doesn't mean he's forgotten where he came from; he's just moved on from it. Because he does remember his father, and he talks about him at times - and we may have [...]
Phase One of the High Republic is over. The massive Star Wars storytelling initiative that launched in January 2021 wrapped up its first of three planned phases recently, and the first phase included a staggering nine books, five comic series spanning 38 combined issues, two manga books, an audio drama, and a few short stories. [...]
There has been a very strange mystery that's lurked in the background of some Star Wars discussion the last few years surrounding the identity of Rothgar Deng - and whether he's actually Dengar. And it seems like we just keep getting more and more hints that they're actually the same person. Let me unpack the [...]
On February 18, Rich Veitch posted on Facebook that his brother, Tom Veitch, had passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 80. A comic book writer for much of his career, Veitch played an instrumental role in the resurgence of Star Wars storytelling in the 1990s, helping to launch the Expanded Universe that is [...]
At the very end of The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 6, Luke Skywalker offers Grogu something very significant, yet unexpected: Yoda's lightsaber. Luke tells Grogu to choose between either the lightsaber, and with it embracing the Jedi path, or the beskar gift from Din Djarin, embracing the Mandalorian foundling path. We don't get to [...]
In The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 2, "The Tribes of Tatooine," it was revealed that the Twins have laid claim of the planet. These twin Hutts were believed by Boba Fett to be preoccupied with the debauchery of Nal Hutta, but instead decided to claim the planet that once was ruled by their cousin, [...]
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