Comics The High Republic by Cavan Scott (Marvel comic book series)

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Seems like making padawans nearly fall to their death was part of the regular curriculum in this era.

 

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Even Snoke does it!

 

So - has Geode, err, done anything yet?
This character is definitely coming off as a bit of a strange... addition.

 

Geode hasn't rocked into the comics.

Say I have a question that issue 3 raised. How CLOSE is that planet to the beacon? It seems like it is right next to it.

 

Have you read Into the Dark?

 

I'm loving it.

 

Is there a single person who's actually read Into the Dark that has a problem with Geode?

 

Not to my knowledge.

But hey gotta get them hate clicks right.

 

Read issue 4, the series is coming together really nicely. Hoping that Sskeer survives this act as he's starting to feel like a pretty compelling character. Nice to see Vernestra and Imri are going to have a part in this story too.

I think this series has done a good job introducing the Drengir, although it did leave me with some questions.

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This issue claims that one of the Drengir imprsioned on Amaxine station from Into the Dark was in fact the first of the Drengir: The Great Progenitor. There was nothing about that in Into the Dark, so I assume it will be expanded on later? I thought most of the Drengir on Amaxine were killed, so it seems a bit weird for this Great Progenitor to be killed off like that.

Eh, I felt like Geode was a good joke that went on too long.

 

Oooooooh.

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Is this the first reference to the Sith we've gotten in High Republic media? I love love love this kind of offhand reference to an ancient conflict.

 

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The Sith are mentioned in Into The Dark.

 

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also Light of the Jedi. Though I think primarily just in reference to the Sith lightspear that Jora Malli got her saber crystal from

IG: @jedisufism

 

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The Sith as mentioned in Into The Dark are pretty interesting and would seem to be pre-Rule of Two. I do hope that thread gets picked up and the backstory elaborated on in some way.

 

Also.....

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They are mentioned when Jora is talking to the Council about whether or not the Jedi should intervene against the Nihil, mentioned how the Jedi engaged in combat against the Sith last great war.

Onto this issue.....

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Its nice seeing more of the Sith relationship to the Drengir explored. Interesting how we now know they used to have an alliance with the Drengir. I do hope we get Old Republic era content that deals with the Drengir and Sith (also did Old Republic Jedi fight Drengir?). I wonder which generation of Sith broke the truce and put the Drengir to sleep. Long before Darth Bane? Or was it during the final generation of many Sith? If it was, Darth Bane could have fought the Drengir. It seems that when the Sith put to sleep the "First Ones", it caused the rest of the Drengir across the galaxy to go dormant. Onto Sskeer, I bet his Drengir arm is going to have future negative consequences. Nice seeing the introduction to the Hutt Cartel, now we have a 3rd enemy for this era.

Speaking of a certain group of people.........I knew they would show up because it was revealed in spoilers not yet in the comics (so don't look if you want to be surprised).........

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The Drengir are going to kill an important Hutt (which maybe they already caused the spark, because it was revealed the true demise of the Hutt corpse found, was because of the Drengir) which is going to spark a war that deals with the Hutts, which the Jedi are going to get involved in

 

Qort is peak Star Wars character design. Sorry to anyone who may disagree, I'm just saying the facts here

 

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Oooh this is issue was good.

I was glad to see Sskeer was just using a ruse, and is back to normal except for the addition nice, very viny arm.

Also in the sith section i think i saw exegol, was that just me.?

Anyway, great issue, and the battle with the Hutts will be spectacular.

 

Read the first two issues and enjoying it. I like the references to the first novel, enjoying the characters especially Sskeer.

 

Yeah he is really interesting.

The connections are well done, you get more if you know them but they don't make it strange if you haven't. At least in my view.

 

Issue #6 solicit.
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic-next-wave

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THE HIGH REPUBLIC #6

Publisher: Marvel
Format: 13+ Comic Book Series
Author: Cavan Scott
Artist: Pencils by Georges Jeanty
Cover Artist: Phil Noto
On-Sale Date: June 2, 2021

HEART OF THE DRENGIR!

• New story arc!
• The REPUBLIC FRONTIER in crisis! The JEDI of STARLIGHT BEACON join forces with their most feared enemy to face the terror of the unstoppable DRENGIR horde.
• AVAR KRISS and her new allies fight nightmarish creatures on a harsh lava world. Can young Jedi KEEVE TRENNIS save her former master from the darkness?
• Also who or what is the GREAT PROGENITOR?!

 

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The Sith stuff here makes a lot more sense out of the Into The Dark references -- I still think the "stasis statues" are a kind of odd Sith tactic, but if it was a ruse of betrayal at the end of a sundered alliance, that tracks better. I'm not entirely clear on Sskeer's long game here -- was he starting to be influenced by the Drengir long-distance before starting his ruse, and why exactly did he keep it to himself? I'm assuming I'm just not remembering some details from previous issues. Regardless I'm still enjoying the book and the art and the core group are rapidly starting to feel like "old favorites".

I'm also starting to feel like, across the series, the main connectivity wobbliness at first was a lack of having nailed down certain universal particulars of the baddies, Nihil and Drengir alike, who tended to vary from depiction to depiction, but that really seems to be stabilizing quickly (the Nihil in the new High Republic Adventures track with their other appearances a lot better than in the earlier issues).

 

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic-5-exclusive-preview

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