Unfortunately, thing's don't go quite so smoothly for her, as disaster strikes the planet and its inhabitants. We're also introduced to a number of new characters, the main one being Jedi Padawan Keeve Trennis, a young woman who has travelled to a remote planet with her master, the Trandoshan Jedi Sskeer, to perform her trial in order to prove herself ready to become a fully fledged Jedi Knight. The station will act as a beacon to those in this distant part of the galaxy, and will hope to bring the light of the High Republic to these remote systems. This first issue introduces new readers to the Stalight Beacon, a huge space station built by the Republic in the outer rim of the galaxy in the wake of The Great Disaster. As well as Light of the Jedi, a new prose novel by Charles Soule, readers also get to step into this new era in comics too, with Star Wars: The high Republic #1, written by Cavan Scott. The High Republic has been coming for a while now, teased with some amazing artwork and brief glimpses of the story, this new age for the Star Wars universe has been one of the more anticipated parts of the franchise for a while now, and this month it finally arrives. So, the first comic I picked this year I wanted it to be special in some way and, I figured, this one is a great choice for that.Īlso, it's funny that last year's first comic was also a Star Wars comic. I'm planning to drown myself in The High Republic era for as long as I can and that includes this comic.Ĭomics make my reading life so much better and enjoyable. It did feel a little young-ish but nothing too bad. It was a nice, short piece of pretty art and action. “There’s always hope, Kanrii, sometimes you just have to work for it.” I do want to see quite a bit more about this story and what is going to happen in the future. I particularly liked the way it set up the stage for some things to come in the future The High Republic books/comics and how interconnected it all is. One that manages to add a bit of uniqueness to the situation. There is little not to like with this trusted and proved formula. Plenty of action, some feelings, and perilous danger for a group of vulnerable beings. It's just so unique and different that I can't help myself. For light and life.”įirst of all, The High Republic era has me down-right obsessed right now and I've found that I do like pretty much anything written in that time period. “Brings light and life to this new era of Star Wars.“Whenever you feel alone… whenever darkness closes in… hear our signal and know that the Force is with you. “This book is in good hands with Cavan Scott and the amazing artistic team.” Comic Crusaders “ Star Wars: The High Republic #1 feels like a more vibrant and exciting version of the “galaxy far, far away” than we are used to seeing.” Newsarama Issue two went to three printings while issues three and eight had two printings each. The book was an instant success with five printings of issue one selling over 200,000 copies. Originally planned to launch August 2020, the Marvel High Republic comic was put back to January 2021 with the other High Republic launch books due to the pandemic. Cover art: Phil Noto, Ario Anindito, Georges Jeanty, Peach Momoko, Javier Garron & Marte Gracia
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