Lit Books Comics The High Republic (aka "Project Luminous")

Well this sucks, looks like its not going to be an ongoing.

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The little amount of ongoing series in eras beyond the OT era is one of my disappointments in comics of the nu Canon.

 

I think it due to covid, but it hink it'll be many mini series in phases that only cover the most important events rather then full on ongoings.

 

Agreed. They’re probably being realistic about their ability to produce ongoing material until they can more reliably produce it. Though to be honest, I’ve always thought comic publishing is something that happens with little in-person interaction. But I’m fairly ignorant of what it takes to produce a comic beyond what I’ve read in interviews here and there.

On a slightly different topic, what do others think the broad storyline might be for the High Republic? Its codename, if it was more than just that, hints that we could possibly be getting more exploration of the Force. I’m hopeful, perhaps foolishly so, that the creatures seen in Iain McCaig’s concepts, which we suspect are called the nameless, might have something to do with that.

I would be disappointed if they just ended up being a rathtar-like monster, with nothing else to add to the story. Even if they were rakghoul-like, which were more interesting because of their ties to the Force, that would still only make it a creature feature. They don’t beed to be Force gods or anything, but I do hope some of these stories start going to new places.

 

The High Republic comes out in phases, so there's probably going to be another six-issue comic for Phase 2.

I think the issue is more printing them and getting them to the stores and then people going into the stores and buying them, which all require more interaction than making the comic itself.

 

Here's the release date list so far.

1/5 - Light of the Jedi, A Test of Courage, the Great Jedi Rescue
1/6 - The High Republic #1
2/2 - Into the Dark
Some unspecified date in February - The High Republic Adventures #1
7/6 - High Republic Adult Novel 2

 

What I'm wondering is what following the series is going to be like. Will the adult, YA, and junior series essentially be three separate story lines or is it going to be mainly the adult series and everything else is a side story? I had assumed that it would be the former, but the comic being a mini series (at least initially,) has me questioning that.

 

I think it's going to be one big story told through many different perspectives.

 

But will you have to read everything in order to understand what's going on, or can you just read the adult level series and still understand things? Because if the latter were true the reading levels would have to be self contained to a degree.

 

As I recall they've said the stories are largely stand-alone, but obviously reading them all gives you a bigger picture of events. I reckon you could probably just read Light of the Jedi for the "main" story.

 

Well, let's see, we've the writer who does the script, penciler does the first imagery, then inking, then lettering and colouring - not sure which is first, along with editorial involved throughout then there's:

Challenging in normal times, far more so now.

This is the big claim, it's not the first big story to do so but so far? No story has pulled off total accessibility while allowing the consumer to pick 'n' mix the pieces of it. One big Doctor Who story doing similar is Time Lord Victorious, which is multimedia but has said you can just go with what pieces you like. It's just started.

 

Was the comic ever explicitly stated to be an ongoing or did we all just assume so? It doesn't seem to be in the original announcement.

 

Michael Siglain, last week, said both comic series are ongoings.

 

https://www.starwars.com/news/inside-star-wars-the-high-republic-meet-the-villains

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In an exclusive series, StarWars.com is pulling back the curtain on Star Wars: The High Republic, a publishing epic set centuries prior to the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, with insights from creators, new details, and never-before-seen concept art. Arriving January 2021, the story will be explored through multiple voices and span adult and young adult novels, children’s books, and comics from a variety of publishers. In this installment, StarWars.com gets a first look at some of the starring villains.

Halloween season is a time to celebrate all things creepy. Monsters and bogeymen and the unknown. The things that frighten us.

So it seemed like a perfect time to ask: What could possibly send chills down the spine of the galaxy’s protectors — during the peak of the Jedi Order — in Star Wars: The High Republic?

“One of the north stars for this initiative is to answer the question, ‘What scares the Jedi?’ Which is a really fun but extraordinarily challenging question to answer,” Lucasfilm Publishing creative director Michael Siglain tells StarWars.com. “All five authors, as well as the Story Group and Publishing teams, had thoughts on what would scare them — and why — but everyone agreed that had to be something new.”

And that “something new” would be frightening in any galaxy. Meet “the Drengir”: unsettling, amorphous beings, chock full of tentacles and teeth. In other words, pure Star Wars nightmare fuel.

“As the Jedi struggle to deal with the aftermath of the Great Disaster, a new creeping terror rises from the ground beneath their feet. The Drengir are sentient plant-life who are looking to reap a terrible harvest across the galactic frontier,” says Cavan Scott, writer of Marvel’s upcoming The High Republic series. “The seed for the vegetation-based villains came from a sketch by [legendary Star Wars concept artist] Iain McCaig in the early days of The High Republic’s development. Iain had been sketching monsters and there was one creature that was covered in vines and creepers. It sparked off the inspiration for what became the Drengir and I quickly fired off a document outlining what could be their culture and background to the rest of the group, drawing on research I’d been reading about how real-world plants thrive and communicate with each other.”

Scott, who is no stranger to mixing Star Wars and horror thanks to his terrifying tales in the Vader’s Castle comics, has particularly enjoyed giving life to these new adversaries.

“It’s been great to see the Drengir’s threat grow throughout the initiative,” says Scott. “They are one of my new favorite Star Wars monsters to write. They are sinister, unstoppable and, as we’ll find out, inescapably linked to the fate of one of our High Republic Jedi…”

But the Drengir aren’t the only danger to the Jedi and the galaxy.

“The Nihil are brutal, savage marauders, based in the Outer Rim,” says Charles Soule, writer of the novel Light of the Jedi. “They’re the stuff of nightmares, able to appear anywhere almost at will. They use bizarre, intimidating tactics — chemical weapons, poison — anything that might kill you, they’ll use.”

Unlike the monstrous Drengir, the Nihil plan and plot and have a power structure. Which might just make them even more terrifying in the end. “The Nihil are organized into three main divisions called Tempests, each with its own captain who wields total control,” says Soule. “They are frightening in a way that feels great for Star Wars, in part because their ‘code,’ if you can call it that, is so simple: the Nihil take what they want. If you stand in their way, they will kill you and everyone you love. But even chaos agents can have goals…and the Nihil’s plans run directly through both the Republic and the Jedi Order.”

One of the faces of the Nihil is Marchion Ro, who promises to be a great addition to the Star Wars tapestry of villains we love to hate.

“Marchion Ro holds an important post within the greater Nihil organization — he is the Eye of the Nihil, as was his father before him. He doesn’t give the orders — that’s up to the Tempest Runners — but in a very real way, everything revolves around him,” says Soule. “The things that make the Nihil more than just a bunch of Outer Rim raiders all come from Marchion. He is also, in every sense, a bad guy. And it’s been fantastic building someone around which to focus the darker elements of our High Republic story.”

“The Nihil are truly unlike any villain we’ve seen in Star Wars before,” adds Daniel José Older, writer of IDW Publishing’s The High Republic Adventures series. “I am really excited to go deep behind enemy lines in the IDW ongoing series and give readers a chance to learn about the inner workings of one of the most vicious, unyielding, and chaotic groups the galaxy has ever known.”

Get a first look at these Star Wars: The High Republic villains below.

The Drengir



The Nihil



Marchion Ro

 

Marchion Ro reminds me of the Crimson Corsair.

 

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I don't care what the publicity materials say, the Drengir are the only protagonists I recognize from now on.

 

Killer underground wildlife?

TREMORS: Star Wars Edition

 

I wonder how the Drengir spread beyond there home planet.

1. They have organic ships that are hyperdrive capable.

2. They have smaller man sized forms that can fit into and steal other species ships.

3. Similar to the Flood, they can infect people and access memories, giving them information to fly space ships.

The 3rd option would really had to the horror nature of these Drengir.

I want to see some Nihil vs Drengir conflict, could lead to a temporary team up between some Nihil and Jedi.

I wonder if the Drengir are all going to be painted as an evil force and no exceptions, or like the Vong there are some exceptions.

 

I love Audrey III's design. "I'm just a mean green mother from outer space, and I'm bad!"

Now I'm reminded of the Ergesh. Shambling haystack friends!

 

Today I learned... (spoiler for Dark Legends)

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...the Drengir have already appeared in a story - "A Bitter Harvest," included in the Target-exclusive edition of "Dark Legends."