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If you’re like me and you’ve been loving all things The High Republic, then you’ll be very
pleased to learn about some of the exciting new books, comics, and stories that LucasFilm
publishing is set to release in the very near future about this golden era of the Star Wars.
During a recent San Diego Comic Con panel, Claudia Gray, Cavan Scott, Justina Ireland, Charles Soule,
and Daniel José Older talked about their books and comics that are currently out or are going
to be released relatively soon in the current wave of Phase 1 of The High Republic, which is wave 2.
They also shared some teasers and tidbits about their upcoming High Republic projects
that will be released in wave 3 for the era. Let’s talk about some of the projects that
were revealed for Wave 3 of Phase 1 of The High Republic,
But first, a quick recap, LucasFilm publishing has mapped out 3 phases for The High Republic.
Phase 1, which will run from 2021 to some time in 2022, which is called Light of the Jedi,
Phase 2 which is called Quest of the Jedi, and Phase 3 which is called Trial of the Jedi,
and each Phase will have different waves of comics and books that will be released under said Phase.
We're currently in Wave 2 of Phase 1, which includes, Cavan Scott’s adult novel The Rising
Storm, his audio novel, Tempest Runner, and his High Republic comic Series, Star Wars Insider
#203, Daniel José Older’s middle grade novel, Race to Crashpoint Tower, his High Republic Adventures
comic series, and his comic book miniseries Trail of Shadows, Justina Ireland’s Out of the Shadows
as well as her and Shima Shinya’s The Edge of Balance manga, and lastly George Mann’s
8×8 Storybook, Showdown at the Fair Whooooo, With that out of the way,
let’s talk about the new High Republic stories that are going to be released in January 2022.
One of the first stories of Wave 3 that we’ll get is Justina Irelan’s middle grade novel
Mission to Disaster, which will be released on January 4th, 2022.
Aside from the release date, there wasn’t a ton of info dropped on the novel other than
the Jedi and Nihil will continue to fight. I’m such a fan of Justina Ireland’s. I’m
currently reading Out of the Shadows, which I’m thoroughly enjoying, and A Test of Courage was
a bunch of fun, so Mission to Disaster is a novel I’m definitely looking forward to.
Following Mission to Disaster, the next High Republic release is Claudia Gray’s adult novel,
The Fallen Star, which will be released on January 18, 2022.
At this time, there’s not a ton of details that have been released about the novel aside from
it’ll be a sequel to The Rising Storm, where the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour.
Claudia Gray’s High Republic novel, Into the Dark, was absolutely fantastic.
That novel is a young adult novel, so I’m very excited that she’ll be
writing an adult novel this time around. She’s written several great star wars novels,
such as Master & Apprentice, Bloodline, and Lost Stars, so I’m really looking forward to
diving into another one of her novels. Next up we’ve got Eye of the Storm
from my homeboy Charles Soule. Eye of the Storm is a comic book
miniseries, featuring two 30-page issues that will be released sometime in January.
Soule did provide some details on the comic book series, promising to expand on the “very
complicated backstory” of the Eye of the Nihil, Marchion Ro, which sounds so dope.
Marchion Ro has been one of the most intriguing characters we’ve gotten
in the hIGH Republic and I’m clamoring to learn more about him, so I’ll be anxiously
awaiting the release of Eye of the Storm. Charles Soule is such a fantastic author,
so it’ll be really awesome to see what he has planned for Marchion Ro.
The last novel that was announced is the young adult novel Midnight
Horizon written by Daniel José Older. Details for this novel were also scarce,
but we do know that the novel will be released on February 1,
2022, and Daniel José Older stated that the story “is a chaotic mess in the best possible way.”
As with all of the authors discussed so far, I’m a big fan of Daniel José Older. He has
completely exceeded my expectations with his High Republic Adventures comic, and his novel Last Shot
is seriously so good and so much fun, so I’m definitely looking forward to Midnight Horizon.
Now, this is just the first batch of stories that have been announced for the 3rd wave
of Phase 1 of The High Republic and I wouldn’t be shocked if we soon start to hear more about
other releases that will also come out in Wave 3. Either way, I’m super excited to dive into each
of these new stories and can’t wait to see wave 3 has in store for The High Republic.
But what’s your thoughts? Which are you excited for the next
wave of Phase 1 of The High Republic? Let us know down in the comments.
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