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The Knights of Ren are back, and they're preparing to infiltrate Darth Vader's Castle on Mustafar! That's the premise of Crimson Reign #4, written by Charles Soule, which is the fourth of five issues in the mini-series detailing Qi'ra's plan to strike against the Sith as she leads Crimson Dawn in the period in-between The [...]
For Light and Life! We are all the Republic! On Thursday afternoon at Star Wars Celebration, the authors and executives behind the massive The High Republic publishing initiative took to the stage to reflect on phase one of the project as well as look forward to phase two, subtitled "Quest of the Jedi," which begins [...]
The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series will see the iconic Jedi Master face off against his former pupil, the formidable Sith Lord Darth Vader, but he will also face off with plenty of other villains who wield red lightsabers. These villains, glimpsed in the trailers for the show, are making their live-action debuts, meaning that they [...]
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 [...]
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