Check out the covers and learn more about STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC and STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – THE BLADE, launching later this year
New York, NY— May 26, 2022 — Earlier today at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, fans got an exciting look at what’s to come in Phase II of Star Wars: The High Republic. The highly-acclaimed publishing initiative will begin an all-new era of interconnected stories told across novels, children’s books, and of course, comics! Marvel Comics’ Star Wars: The High Republic sagas will return this fall with a new ongoing STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC comic series and a new limited series titled STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – THE BLADE.
Launching in October, STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #1 will see writer Cavan Scott and artist Ario Anindito reunite after their mega successful run on volume 1. Set 150 years before Phase 1, Phase II of Star Wars: The High Republic will center around Jedha, a planet rich in its connection to the Force and the focus of every major faith in the galaxy. The new flagship STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC comic series will introduce Jedi Vildar Mac, who arrives as Jedha’s fragile peace begins to crumble and a nameless terror arrives…
Author of STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC: LIGHT OF THE JEDI and one of the chief architects behind the STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC storytelling initiative, writer Charles Soule will team up with artistMarco Castiello on STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – THE BLADE #1. The four-issue limited series will explore the mysterious backstory of Porter Engle, the Jedi-turned-cook also known as the Blade of Bardotta.
Check out the covers now and stay tuned for more Marvel Comics news from Star WarsCelebration Anaheim!
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #1
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art and Cover by ARIO ANINDITO
On Sale October 2022
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – THE BLADE #1
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art by MARCO CASTIELLO
Cover by GUISEPPE CAMUNCOLI & FRANK MARTIN
On Sale November 2022