Star wars high republic comic5/1/2024 ![]() The return of great characters, great concepts and incredible art makes this issue a welcome return to the era of The High Republic. Finally, Keeve learns the Hutt assassin is actually the former Nihil commander and fan favorite Lourna Dee. The space battle closes with the arrival of the Ataraxia ship, now in Nihil hands. The battle is made more complex by the presence of a Nameless which brings out doubts and fears within the Jedi before bringing Terec’s ship crashing down and turning Santar to stone. Jim Campbell is perfect on colors, with every lightsaber, every character, every creature filled with color and texture. What we do have planetside is spectacular. The space scenes are also not quite as strong as the others. It is always nice to have a bit more of the stars in a Star Wars story. The only issue with the battle is that the space portion is not given much room before the Jedi arrive on the planet for combat. ![]() The creatures, the characters, the action and the personalities all shine though across every panel. The battle allows artist Ario Anindito along with Jim Towe and inker Mark Morales to remind us just how amazing their are. Disney first announced its The High Republic publishing initiative for the 'Star Wars' expanded universe back in February 2020.This campaign was conceived as an interconnected lineup of books. The hostile negotiations are disrupted by the arrival of the Jedi. The Nihil envoy Affanar arrives to meet the Hutt Skarabda, his steward Masakane and their mysterious assassin. Elzar sends the team to disrupt a meeting between the Nihil and the Hutt on Ballum. The book nicely builds up the smaller callbacks and plot points as it moves along quickly. The ship’s name is also a nice callback to another dead character. Commander Velko and Santar are also present on their ship named The Gios. We do get some new team members to replace the many who were lost. Terec and Ceret are also recovering from their own encounter with those monstrous beings who can turn Jedi frozen with fear and into stone. Hopefully the emphasis on this loss means there is some chance Sskeer could return from his encounter against the Nameless. Keeve is still really from the loss of her mentor Sskeer. We see the scars of the losses on each character, even though we have moved forward by a year. There is an energy returning to fan favorites like Keeve Trennis and Elzar Mann. Returning back to the period following the destruction of the Starlight Beacon and the rise of Marchion Ro and his Nihil gives the story stakes and excitement. The High Republic had an incredibly odd structure with phase 1 and 3 being obviously related but phase 2 being a prequel with an entirely different tone. Star Wars The High Republic comic is back for Phase 3 and within these pages it brings us right back into grand story-telling. Cavan Scott just knows how to draw in readers and pairing him with characters we have learned to love over the past three years is a gift. ![]() It has been a long time since Star Wars comics have been this good.
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