We're nearing the end of the first phase of The High Republic, a massive publishing initiative spanning books and comics (and also a few games). The brand-new era launched in January 2021 and is reaching the end of its first phase a little over a year later. There are three phases in total in the [...]
Today, January 4, 2022, marks the release of the latest adult novel in The High Republic series, which kicks off the final wave of projects for this first phase. The book, "The Fallen Star" by Claudia Gray, is being teased with this ominous statement: "who will survive when the light of the Jedi goes dark?" [...]
Happy New Year! We have turned a page into a new year, 2022, and so whereas yesterday we looked back at what happened in the Star Wars galaxy in 2021, today we're taking a look forward at what is to come in this year. And it's A LOT. In fact, it'll be the biggest year [...]
We got a ton of new Star Wars content in 2021. Though it paled in comparison with what came in 2020 and especially pales in comparison with what is to come in 2022, we are in the midst of an incredible time to be a Star Wars fan. Consider that a "down" year for the [...]
It feels like there are new Star Wars book covers announced all the time, since often titles are getting variant covers in addition to the standard one. Some of them are disappointing, some are fine, and some are great. But a variant cover for the upcoming High Republic novel, The Fallen Star, was recently released, [...]
Late last week, the news broke that Hayden Christensen will be returning to the iconic role of Anakin Skywalker for the upcoming Ahsoka series. Given that the series is set after the events of Return of the Jedi, it seems likely that we may be seeing Anakin's Force ghost talk with his former padawan. Also [...]
A new Star Wars novel was recently released, based off of an episode of Star Wars Visions: Ronin, written by Emma Mieko Candon. The book stars the mysterious former Sith known as "the Ronin," who was the central figure of the episode "The Duel" of Visions. The book expands on that encounter and tells a [...]
StarWars.com today announced some news that has me REALLY excited, as a series of book announcements were made for what is coming in 2022, including a book about Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian as well as another one about Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. In all, four books were announced. Brotherhood, a story about Obi-Wan [...]
The Star Wars and Lucasfilm communities today are mourning the death of Jonathan "J.W." Rinzler, the supremely talented and incredibly influential author behind many behind-the-scenes books. Rinzler died on July 28 after an eleven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 58. Rinzler was a longtime executive editor at Lucasfilm and prolific author, writing many books [...]
The third wave of projects from The High Republic era have been announced! The projects will release in January 2022 and will conclude Phase I of the storytelling initiative. At a panel held for Comic-Con@Home 2021, host Krystina Arielle talked with High Republic authors Cavan Scott, Daniel José Older, Justina Ireland, Charles Soule, and Claudia [...]
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