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Audiobook Original The High Republic: Tempest Breaker Coming in December!

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Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Breaker, a new audiobook original written by Cavan Scott. Coming December 3 from Random House Audio (with physical and eBook editions of the script following in spring 2025), the tale finds the Jedi joining forces with marauder Lourna Dee of the Nihil. The audiobook original will feature a full cast in style of classic audio dramas, similar to past releases The Battle of Jedha, Doctor Aphra, and Scott’s own Dooku: Jedi Lost and Tempest Runner, the latter also starring Lourna. You can get a first look at the cover below.

Dee, a Twi’lek descendant of Ryloth nobility, left her family behind to join the Nihil, rising to the rank of Tempest Runner and becoming one of Nihil leader Marchion Ro’s top lieutenants. Violent and unpredictable, Dee has been a thorn in the side of the Jedi, even attempting to assassinate the Chancellor; but recently, Dee and the Jedi have come to something of an understanding, especially as Lourna’s relationship with Ro has soured. It all leads to Tempest Breaker!

StarWars.com has even more on this including an interview with author Cavan Scott, on their website!

First Look at the Cover for Manga Star Wars Book ‘The Edge of Balance’

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Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3 Cover

This summer, Daniel José Older and Shima Shinya will join forces for the third installment of the Star Wars: The High Republic manga series by VIZ, The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3. With art by Mizuki Sakakibara, the illustrated story is part of Phase III of Star Wars: The High Republic, reuniting fans with Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi who remains in defiance on Banchii, one year after the fall of Starlight Beacon.

The cover art featuring Jedi Master Arkoff the Wookiee proudly standing guard with green lightsaber ignited was revealed today on StarWars.com. According to artist Sakakibara, “I envisioned the covers of Edge of Balance to represent the four seasons. Volume 1 (Lily) was autumn, Volume 2 (Keerin) was summer, so this time it will be Arkoff in the winter. The Jedi are facing a tough time, but after winter comes spring.”

Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3 Cover

Co-writers Shima Shinya and Daniel José Older are equally excited for Arkoff’s cover debut. “I’m so excited for people to see this stunning cover, which perfectly captures the thrill and power of the story we’ve been working so hard on,” Older says.

The official site also has some amazing concept art for the book on display as well. If you are into Manga Star Wars, then I highly recommend going over there to check it out.

The full description for the book can be read below:

The destruction of Starlight Beacon also destroys the peace once protected by the great Jedi of the High Republic Era. In the year since Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi defied the Council’s order to return to Coruscant, the Nihil continued to storm through the galaxy, advancing in from the Outer Rim and expanding their territory. Despite the encroaching Stormwall, Lily stands her ground and reestablishes Banchii’s Jedi Temple. Banchii is not to be abandoned and its long-held secrets begin to unfurl as Jedi Master Arkoff returns to connect the pieces to a mystery long buried.

Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3 arrives August 13, and is available for pre-order now.

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New Star Wars Humble Bundle Includes Loads of Content!

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Today, Humble Bundle launched a brand new book bundle, titled,  “Star Wars: Legends, Myths, and The High Republic.”

Available now through June 29, Discover tales of legendary Jedi heroes, Dark Side masters, and the galaxy’s most wretched hives of scum and villainy in this library of novels and fiction for Star Wars fans of all ages! Explore an era when the Jedi Order was at its prime in books from the best-selling High Republic series (Into the Dark). Read about the adventures of Padmé Amidala (Queen’s Peril), the rise and fall of Darth Vader, and the journeys of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Pick up a treasury of 40 thrilling Star Wars stories.

Additionally, each purchase of this bundle helps support First Book, a nonprofit supporting teachers and students in the USA’s highest-need communities with books and educational resources.

Books include Into theDark, Queen’s Peril, A Test of Courage, A Crash of Fate, Out of the Shadows, Midnight Horizon, Queen’s Hope, The Desperate Mission, Myths & Fables, Race to Crashpoint Tower, Dark Legends, The Wrath of Darth Maul, The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader, Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Life Day Treasury, Mission to Disaster, Firefight, Trapped, Uprising, The School of Fear, The Shadow Trap, The Moment of Truth, The Changing of the Guard, The False Peace, The Final Showdown, Hunted, New Threat, Pursuit, The Life of Luke Skywalker, Lives & Adventures, Maze of Deception, Crossfire, The Master of Disguise, The Dangerous Games, The Trail of the Jedi, Renegade, Hostage, The Fight to Survive, The Way of the Apprentice, Target and The High Republic Free Digital Sampler.

The titles in this bundle are available through Kobo.com. To access the content, create or log in to your Kobo.com account.

There are a total of 41 items in this bundle for as little as $18. You do not want to miss out on these, especially if you haven’t experienced (read) them yet!

Watch the New Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Trailer

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Lucasfilm, Disney+, and Disney Junior have revealed the official trailer for the upcoming animated series, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. Master Yoda himself narrates the trailer, which introducing our heroes: younglings Kai, Lys, and (the impossibly cute) Nubs, along with their pilot pal Nash. “Heroes, you were born to be,” Yoda says, and it definitely looks to be the case. Check out the trailer above!

On May the 4th, their first adventure begins Check out the new trailer for Young Jedi Adventures — an original series coming to Disney+ and Disney Junior.

Set 200 years before “The Phantom Menace,” during the High Republic era, the animated series follows Jedi younglings as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way.

Produced by Lucasfilm for Disney+ and Disney Junior, Young Jedi Adventures is executive produced by Lucasfilm’s James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, and Josh Rimes. Michael Olson (Puppy Dog Pals) is showrunner and executive producer; Elliot M. Bour (Elena of Avalor) is supervising director and co-producer; Jeannine Hodson (Puppy Dog Pals) is producer; and Lamont Magee (Black Lightning) is consulting producer.

The Cover for ‘Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence’ Novel Revealed

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The first adult novel from phase two of Star Wars: The High Republic is on the horizon, and we finally get a look at the cover for that book, Convergence by Zoraida Córdova. You can expect to read this one November 15, 2022. The book had an original release date of October 4th, but looks to have been pushed back for some reason.

Keep in mind that this isn’t the actual beginning of phase two. Before we get to that point we will get Path of Deceit (October 4th, 2022), Marvel’s The High Republic (October 2022), Quest for the Hidden City (November 1st, 2022), Marvel’s The Blade (November 2022), and Dark Horse’s The Nameless Terror (November 2022).

Phase two is getting close though! Take a look at the cover of Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence below to satiate your appetite until the official start of phase two with Path of Deceit in October.

Star Wars: Convergence (The High Republic) Cover

You can currently pre-order the upcoming book from Amazon.

Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence Synopsis:

The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi.

It is an age of exploration. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars.

On the close orbiting planets of Eiram and E’ronoh, the growing pains of a galaxy with limited resources but unlimited ambition are felt keenly. Their hatred for each other has fueled half a decade of escalating conflict and now threatens to consume surrounding systems. The last hope for peace emerges when heirs from the two planets’ royal families plan to marry.

Before lasting peace can be established, an assassination attempt targeting the couple tilts Eiram and E’ronoh back into all-out war. To save both worlds, Jedi Knight Gella Nattai volunteers to uncover the culprit, while Chancellor Kyong appoints her son, Axel Greylark, to represent the Republic’s interests in the investigation.

But Axel’s deep distrust of the Jedi sparks against Gella’s faith in the Force. She’s never met such a puffed-up, privileged party boy, and he’s never met a more self-serious, relentless do-gooder. The more they work to untangle the shadowy web of the investigation, the more complicated the conspiracy appears to be. With accusations flying and potential enemies in every shadow, the pair will have to work together to have any hope of bringing the truth to light and saving both worlds.

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Mystery Star Wars Series Starts Pre-Production

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Star Wars: The High Republic Art by Phil Noto

We have been hearing some incoming chatter coming across our various Imperial spies around the Outer Rim. Normally we would not disseminate this information to the denizens of the New Republic because we are unsure of the accuracy of the transmissions. However, we want to make sure that all information is on the table, so that you are not caught unaware in the galactic wilds! Remember to take everything below with a nice big helping of salt!

Some fantastic new rumors are coming out about the mystery Star Wars show set for Disney+. As you may remember, we have covered the mystery production titled ‘Grammar Rodeo‘ here before. What we think we know is that this is a show based on the High Republic era of Star Wars, focused on a group of Padawan’s with a “Stranger Things” type feel to the show. Discussing Film who revealed that Jon Favreau was onboard as a producer for the series, and that Spider-Man: No Way Home director, Jon Watts, was in talks to direct episodes of the mystery series.

Rumor site Bespin Bulletin has new info (and they seem to be right on the money with most of the rumors) concerning the production schedule for the show.

The series is just a few short months away from the start of filming, but I’ve been informed and can now exclusively reveal that the show has been in pre-production for a small number of weeks at a studio in Culver City, California where sets are being prepared ahead of the June start. The series is also due to film at Manhattan Beach Studios where The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, all filmed primarily for their respective series, and houses a volume.

Hopefully since pre-production has started, that we will get some sort of confirmation or tease about the upcoming show at Star Wars Celebration in May. Until then, keep your eyes and ears on alert here, for more information as it becomes available.

Marvel Reveals Star Wars: The High Republic #15 Preview

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Marvel has released a 7-page Star Wars: The High Republic #15 preview. Check out a short synopsis and several pages from the book that hits stores in March!

Keeve Trennis encounters a legion of nameless foes that threaten to drain her of life. Luckily, her former Master Sskeer is nearby…

Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Writer: Cavan Scott
Art: Ario Anindito, Mark Morales, Victor Olazaba
Colors: Carlos Lopez
Letters: Ariana Maher
Cover Artists: Phil Noto
Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 02, 2022

Star Wars: The High Republic #15 Preview

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Is the Rumored ‘High Republic’ Show Animated?

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We have been hearing some incoming chatter coming across our various Imperial spies around the Outer Rim. Normally we would not disseminate this information to the denizens of the New Republic because we are unsure of the accuracy of the transmissions. However, we want to make sure that all information is on the table, so that you are not caught unaware in the galactic wilds! Remember to take everything below with a nice big helping of salt!

There have been many rumors floating about the web concerning a mysterious upcoming ‘Tales of the Jedi’ type show for Disney Plus. Putting all the puzzle pieces together, we can deduce that it is going to start filming in June under the working title Grammar Rodeo. Then came confirmation from another source that Grammar Rodeo would be based on the High Republic era of Star Wars. Then a rumor popped up about Jon Watts in talks to direct one or more episodes of a mysterious new Disney+ Star Wars series (rumored to be Grammar Rodeo.).

Finally this bit of rumor mill material popped up from Jordan Maison on Twitter. Jordan is the EIC at Cinelinx and has a few contacts around the industry. He tweeted an image of Icon Creative Studio featuring Monster’s Inc characters and then replied to that same tweet with the High Republic logo.

Could this cryptic tweet mean that he has information that the rumored High Republic show will be an animated outing for Disney Plus? We think we know that Grammar Rodeo is a High Republic show, so could this be one and the same?

Star Wars Celebration 2022 is just around the corner and this may very well be an upcoming announcement during the event. It seems Lucasfilm is keeping their cards close to the vest for now concerning all of their upcoming plans. Star Wars Celebration is intended to be their “San Diego Comic-Con” type of event for the franchise so expect big news to come out of the convention when it hits.

Until then, leave your comments concerning what you think any of this means. Am I grasping at straws? Let me know!

RUMOR – High Republic Show Coming?

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We have been hearing some incoming chatter coming across our various Imperial spies around the Outer Rim. Normally we would not disseminate this information to the denizens of the New Republic because we are unsure of the accuracy of the transmissions. However, we want to make sure that all information is on the table, so that you are not caught unaware in the galactic wilds! Remember to talk everything below with a nice big helping of salt!

Last week we shared a report about filming updates for various Star Wars related Disney Plus shows. One of them was a show that will film under the name “Grammar Rodeo”. In that article I speculated that it was most likely a Yoda based show given the production name. Now new information is pointing towards a show based on the High Republic era of Star Wars. This does not mean Yoda will not be involved, because he is still a Jedi Council member at this point in his life. (The High Republic takes place approximately 200 years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.)

The folks over at LRM, have a “source” inside Lucasfilm that has given them a little more information. This information lines up with the previous report of production timeline updates.

There’s a Star Wars series filming around May-December in Manhattan Beach. It’s the High Republic series. Working title is Grammar Radio. (Ok, they got slightly mixed up between rodeo and radio)

LRMOnline

Today was the first time I ever visited this site, but they claim to have a great track record with Star Wars leaks. I will leave it up to you to decide whether or not to believe this one. It also plays into the importance that Lucasfilm is putting on this era of Star Wars.

The information does tend to line up with all the other chatter running around the Internet about this particular mysterious series. What do you think? Is it High Republic related? If it is, are you going to be watching? Sound off in the comment section below!

New High Republic Reference Book Coming Soon

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Star Wars: The High Republic Art by Phil Noto

A brand new Star Wars: High Republic reference book is set to debut in October according to a new Amazon listing. Star Wars: The High Republic: An Illustrated Archive, by Cole Horton will be published by Insight Editions in October. You can check out the details of the book below, although a cover for it has not been released yet.

Set hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga, this book is the ultimate in-universe guide to the Jedi Knights of Star Wars: The High Republic, providing fascinating insight into a time of valiant heroes, terrifying monsters, and daring exploration. Featuring stunning original illustrations and exclusive new revelations, this striking book is an essential collectible that will transport you to the galaxy’s gilded age.

THE ULTIMATE IN-UNIVERSE JEDI GUIDE: Learn about the Jedi of the High Republic, with detailed profiles of heroes such as Avar Kriss, Bell Zettifar, Stellan Gios, Keeve Trennis, Burryaga, Yoda, and more.

STUNNING ILLUSTRATIONS: Seefan-favorite characters, creatures, vehicles, and locations come to life through amazing illustrations and never-before-seen artwork.

LEARN THE SECRETS OF THE HIGH REPUBLIC: Uncover the mysteries of the Force and learn about the technology of the Jedi Order, including its starfighters and the unique lightsaber designs of this incredible era.

COMPLETE YOUR STAR WARS COLLECTION: This book joins Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith, and Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy in Insight Editions’ library of fan-favorite Star Wars titles.

About Star Wars: The High Republic:

Star Wars: The High Republic is a multimedia project consisting of various stories from the Star Wars franchise set during the “High Republic” sub-era of the Age of Republic, roughly 200 years before the Star Wars films and 800 years after the fall of the “Old Republic”.