Before the Star Wars: The High Republic initiative began its astronomical rise in 2021, its journey started with scribbled drawings on restaurant table coverings and concept art of nameless characters. It would eventually evolve through the work of a veritable Jedi Order of creative minds from around the globe until it took shape as the […]
The Nihil
The Rebel Alliance Looks to the Nihil for Help in Marvel’s Star Wars #29 – Exclusive Preview
The Nihil storm has found a new home inside a sleek antiquities auction on Spira. In StarWars.com’s exclusive preview of Star Wars #29, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Amilyn Holdo don disguises to infiltrate a high-stakes auction in the hopes of winning a Nihil strikeship, a relic of the era of The High Republic. Meanwhile, in […]
The Darker Side: An Exploration of the Occult in Star Wars
Occult fans gather, because Star Wars is making its mark on all things creepy, scary, and unexplainable. Over the past couple of years, occultism — mystical or magical beliefs and phenomena that have no explanation — has been growing exponentially in the galaxy far, far away. From haunted cities and fanatic cults to ominous creatures, […]
From a Certain Point of View: What’s the Best Moment in Star Wars: The High Republic Phase I?
One of the great things about Star Wars is that it inspires endless debates and opinions on a wide array of topics. Best bounty hunter? Most powerful Jedi? Does Salacious Crumb have the best haircut in the saga? In that spirit, StarWars.com presents From a Certain Point of View: a series of point-counterpoints on some of the biggest — and most […]
Starlight Burns in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm #2 – Exclusive Preview
“Who is Marchion Ro?” In Republic Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh’s gut she knows the answer: he is the true leader of the Nihil. In StarWars.com’s preview of Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm #2, Ro basks in his glory as Starlight Beacon meets its end, gloating for all the galaxy to hear. […]
Starlight Falls in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #5 – Exclusive Preview
Some call them the eaters of the Force. And now Marchion Ro, the Eye of the Storm, has control over these mysterious creatures haunting Jedi Master Emerick Caphtor’s nightmares. In StarWars.com’s first look inside Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #5, Dr. Uttersond helps Private Investigator Sian Holt and Caphtor recover evidence […]
The Jedi Rush to Face the Nihil in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #4 – Exclusive Preview
At last, the Jedi have a lead on Dr. Uttersond. But in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #4, the latest intel puts Jedi Master Emerick Caphtor and Private Investigator Sian Holt on a collision course with the Nihil. Trail of Shadows #4, from writer Daniel José Older and artist Dave Wachter, with a […]
Embrace the Tempest in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm #1 – Exclusive Preview
The name Marchion Ro strikes fear into the hearts of many. But what do we really know about the Eye of the Storm and the leader of the Nihil? In Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm #1, we step back into the past to learn about the people of Everon, a temperamental […]
A Jedi Searches His Feelings in Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon – Exclusive Excerpt
Padawan Ram Jomaram has been through a lot, from the Great Disaster to the attack on his homeworld of Valo during the Republic Fair. But instead of being awash in emotions, Ram feels…nothing. A void where a roiling sea of feelings should be, waiting to be brought into balance by the teachings of the Jedi Order. […]
Stellan Gios is On the Case in Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #3 – Exclusive Preview
The black eyes of Marchion Ro betray little emotion, but Dr. Uttersond should be quaking in his lab coat just the same. In Marvel’s Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows #3, Jedi Master Emerick Caphtor and Private Investigator Sian Holt, along with Jedi Council member Stellan Gios, have discovered deception within the Chancellor’s […]