The second wave of The High Republic books are underway, headlined by the brilliant and devastating novel The Rising Storm, written by Cavan Scott, that serves as the headliner to this wave of storytelling. That book tells of the Republic Fair, hosted on Valo and meant to serve as a display of the Republic's resolve, [...]
The next wave of books from The High Republic era were recently released, and I've just got to say... WOW. The most prominent novel of the group is The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott, and that's the one we'll be looking at today (we'll get to the others soon as well). And though there are [...]
So much of Star Wars storytelling throughout the years has happened in books. That has continued with the new canon, with plenty of fantastic content already released and more on the way, but we also shouldn't ignore that there were plenty of great stories told in Legends material as well. And soon, you'll be able [...]
Wave one of The High Republic era of Star Wars storytelling began earlier this year, and the catalyst for these stories was the Great Hyperspace Disaster. So with wave two coming soon, what's going to be the main storytelling impetus? I figured that the entirety of phase one (which stretches into next year) would mainly [...]
On Tuesday, Kristin Baver's biography of the Skywalkers and the Star Wars saga, Skywalker: A Family at War, was released. I'm only a few chapters into it, but so far it's great - and others who are further along have pointed out something very interesting. At one point, Baver writes this about Obi-Wan Kenobi communing [...]
This is not an April Fool's joke: Del Rey announced that the third novel in Timothy Zahn's current Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy will be releasing later this year! That means that the final two books in the trilogy will both release this year, which is unexpected and awesome! The first book, Chaos Rising, was released September [...]
On Monday, Del Rey announced that a brand new original novel will be released, inspired by one of the tales of the new Star Wars: Visions series! The book will be written by Emma Mieko Candon and entitled Ronin, releasing on October 12: https://twitter.com/DelReyStarWars/status/1373998785572052996 In a follow-up tweet, Del Rey clarified that the novel will [...]
Last summer, three new books connected to The Mandalorian were announced. The first, Phil Szostak's The Art of The Mandalorian (Season One), was released in December. It appears that the other two never will be. Today, DK Books provided us this update on Pablo Hidalgo's The Mandalorian: The Ultimate Visual Guide: https://twitter.com/dkpublishing/status/1369332166308417536 At the same [...]
An exciting new Star Wars book is coming later this year, as The Secrets of the Sith will release on August 3, 2021! Written by Marc Sumerak and illustrated by Sergio Gomez Silvan, this book will take readers on a journey through Sith lore and characters, narrated by Darth Sidious himself, Emperor Sheev Palpatine! This [...]
So much of Star Wars is about trilogies, and that is certainly true of E.K. Johnston's novels about Padmé Amidala. It was announced yesterday that Johnston is returning to write the beloved character in the book Queen's Hope, which will release on November 2, 2021. This will complete her Padmé trilogy, coming after Queen's Shadow [...]
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