ONGOING SERIES
Script: Cavan Scott
Pencils: Ario Anindito, Georges Jeanty
Inks: Mark Morales & Karl Story
Colours: Annalisa Leoni
Letters: Ariana Maher & Joe Caramagna
Cover art: Phil Noto, Ario Anindito, Georges Jeanty, Peach Momoko, Javier Garron & Marte Gracia
Editors: Mark Paniccia and Tom Groneman
Publisher: Marvel
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.
The book was an instant success with five printings of issue one selling over 200,000 copies. Issue two went to three printings while issues three and eight had two printings each.
Reviews
“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
“This book is in good hands with Cavan Scott and the amazing artistic team.” Comic Crusaders
“Brings light and life to this new era of Star Wars.” But Why Tho?
Issues
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Issue 1 (6 January 2021)
BEFORE THE SKYWALKER SAGA!
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE JEDI! A new era of STAR WARS storytelling begins. It is centuries before the SKYWALKER SAGA. The JEDI are at their height, protecting the galaxy as REPUBLIC pioneers push out into new territories.
As the Frontier prepares for the dedication of majestic STARLIGHT BEACON, PADAWAN KEEVE TRENNIS faces the ultimate choice – will she complete her Jedi Trials or rescue the innocent from disaster? New Jedi! New ships! New evils to fight!
Issue 2 (3 February 2021)
ALL-NEW SERIES CONTINUES! WHO DESTROYED ONE OF THE JEDI’S DEADLIEST ENEMIES?
The NIHIL strike! A ship found adrift in space, the crew brutally slaughtered and cargo stolen.
What terror awaits the THE JEDI OF STARLIGHT BEACON as they explore the wreck?
Newly knighted KEEVE TRENNIS must overcome her insecurity in the face of new teammates, but can she trust her closest ally?
Issue 3 (3 March 2021)
ALL-NEW SERIES CONTINUES! A DARK MYSTERY ONLY THE JEDI CAN UNRAVEL…BUT AT WHAT COST?
A planet stricken by a mysterious blight. One JEDI missing and another driven insane.
What horror lurks in the darkness beneath the rotting crops?
Death is averted, but a terrible union is formed. Can KEEVE TRENNIS protect an innocent life while facing betrayal from within her own order?
Issue 4 (7 April 2021)
ALL-NEW SERIES CONTINUES! THE JEDI TURNED AGAINST EACH OTHER?!
AVAR KRISS and her band of brave JEDI helpless in the clutches of a traitor in their midst.
STARLIGHT BEACON under attack from an insidious foe.
Danger from an age-old enemy. Who is really pulling the strings on the distant planet of SEDRI? Plus: The secret history of the terrifying DRENGIR revealed.TRENNIS protect an innocent life while facing betrayal from within her own order?
Issue 5 (12 May 2021)
ATTACK OF THE HUTTS!
The HIGH REPUBLIC JEDI clash with HUTT forces.
GAMORREANS! NIKTO! BATTLE RANCORS!
STARLIGHT BEACON over-run by a creeping alien horror!
Can VERNESTRA RWOH and her Padawan IMRI CANTAROS find a way to save Starlight’s infected masses?
Plus, KEEVE TRENNIS learns the terrible secret MASTER SSKEER has been carrying for so long. Can she ever trust him again?
Issue 6 (30 June 2021)
THE GALAXY UNITES AGAINST THE DRENGIR.
A frontier in crisis.
The Jedi of Starlight Beacon have joined forces with a feared enemy to face the terror of the unstoppable Drengir Horde.
While Avar Kriss and her new allies fight nightmarish creatures on the lava world of Daivak, can Keeve Trennis save her former master from complete absorption?
And, who or what is the Great Progenitor?
Issue 7 (28 July 2021)
A JEDI FACES THE DARKNESS!
KEEVE TRENNIS has put everything on the line to save her former master, but the scars run deep.
As AVAR KRISS summons a task force to deal with the DRENGIR THREAT, a desperate NIHIL REMNANT attacks a distant outpost.
Can Keeve fight back the shadows long enough to stand for light and life?
Guest-starring ORLA JARENI, Jedi Wayseeker.
Issue 8 (11 August 2021)
THE BATTLE AGAINST THE DRENGIR REACHES ITS THRILLING CLIMAX!
AVAR KRISS has gathered a team of JEDI to take the fight to the DRENGIR deep in WILD SPACE, but KEEVE TRENNIS is nowhere to be seen.
Are other forces at work on the Drengir’s deathworld?
Guest-starring a host of High Republic Jedi! COHMAC VITUS! REATH SILAS! THE STAR HOPPER PADAWANS!
Issue 9 (1 September 2021
A NEW STORY BEGINS THIS ISSUE – THE SHADOW OF THE NIHIL!
Following the terrible events of The Rising Storm, the villainous NIHIL are in retreat, hunted by THE JEDI.
WAYSEEKER KNIGHT ORLA JARENI is attacked by a lone Nihil Stormship in deep space, a Stormship commanded by one of the Jedi’s own.
Which of STARLIGHT BEACON’S number have joined the Nihil Horde? And how far will they turn from the Light?
Issue 10 (20 October 2021)
OUT OF BALANCE, OUT OF TIME!!!
KEEVE TRENNIS and bond-twin TEREC have defected to the villainous NIHIL.
With AVAR KRISS and her former master closing in, Keeve must make a terrible choice. Can she take an innocent life to secure her place within the TEMPEST?
A turning point is reached in the lives of THE JEDI OF STARLIGHT BEACON. The shadow of the Nihil has never loomed larger!
Issue 11 (10 November 2021)
THE HUNT FOR LOURNA DEE CONTINUES!
The NIHIL have unleashed a nameless terror against the Jedi. MARSHAL AVAR KRISS is more determined than ever to bring LOURNA DEE to justice, but does STELLAN GIOS and the JEDI COUNCIL agree?
As KEEVE TRENNIS struggles with what she experienced on the Nihil base, the Jedi prepare for war.
PLUS, the truth about SSKEER is finally revealed - but what does it mean for his future?
Issue 12 (8 December 2021)
THE HUNT FOR LOURNA DEE CONTINUES!
The NIHIL have unleashed a nameless terror against the Jedi. MARSHAL AVAR KRISS is more determined than ever to bring LOURNA DEE to justice, but does STELLAN GIOS and the JEDI COUNCIL agree?
As KEEVE TRENNIS struggles with what she experienced on the Nihil base, the Jedi prepare for war.
PLUS, the truth about SSKEER is finally revealed - but what does it mean for his future?
Issue 13 (19 January 2022)
THE BATTLE FOR NO-SPACE!
Since MARCHION RO attacked the Republic Fair on VALO, everything has been leading to this moment. Now it's THE JEDI's turn to strike the heart of THE NIHIL.
AVAR KRISS VS. LOURNA DEE. JEDI VS. NIHIL. JEDI VS. JEDI.
A line is about to be crossed!
Issue 14 (February 2022)
THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION!
From Hero of Hetzal to...murderer? Can Keeve Trennis stop Marshal Avar Kriss from making a fatal mistake?
Death and danger await the Starlight Jedi as they finally close in on their enemy.
Tying directly into Claudia Gray's Star Wars: The Fallen Star, phase one of Star Wars: The High Republic enters its cataclysmic final wave of stories. Everything is about to change.
Issue 15 (February 2022)
EVERYTHING CHANGES!
Phase one of Star Wars: The High Republic reaches its galaxy-shaking conclusion.
Only one person can save the Jedi from the mysterious monsters that stalk Starlight Beacon.
Who will live and who will die?
Collected Editions
Volume 1 (25 August 2021)
A new era of Star Wars storytelling begins! Journey back to the High Republic – the golden age of the Jedi!
Centuries before the Empire and the Skywalker saga, the Jedi are at their height, protecting the galaxy as Republic pioneers push out into new territories.
But as the frontier prepares for the dedication of the majestic Starlight Beacon, Padawan Keeve Trennis faces the ultimate choice – will she complete her Jedi trials, or rescue the innocent from disaster?
And can she trust her closest ally? Enter a rich and vast world of new Jedi! New worlds! New ships! And new evils to fight – including the terrifying Nihil!
Collects #1 to #5 of the ongoing series
Volume 2 (7 December 2021)
Volume 3 (20 April 2022)
