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Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 16 | Comic Review

We head back to Eriadu with the request of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 16.

The Nihil assault in Eriadu continues, but the Jedi and their pirate friends do their best to help defend the citizens of the Tarkin home world.

I was pretty upfront that the arc leading into this final battle wasn’t my favorite of THRA, all I’m glad that these last few books have turned things around for me.

You can pick up the comic here.

The Nihil Stormwall is DOWN!

The Nihil Stormwall has been an all-encompassing presence in Phase III, and it would appear, with the Republic showing up at the end, that it has finally been destroyed/deactivated.

I’m not sure about everyone’s feelings on the Stormwall, but I’ve enjoyed it as a storytelling device to force the Jedi and Republic into dangerous situations and give the Nihil some “home territory”. Sure, the stuff with the path engines and “no space” has pretty much died, but there had to be a trade-off.

I’m interested to see in the upcoming novels the moment that the Stormwall comes down and how it pairs time-wise with this book.

That’s Keeve Trennis and company on that ship, right?

Based on the previews for this final wave of Phase III across all media, I’m pretty sure that Keeve Trennis and Sskeer (among others) are on that Republic cruiser that showed up at the end.

As I keep saying in my reviews of the Marvel High Republic book, what here breaks Keeve and causes her to leave the Order?

I like the focus on other characters, but I really miss Lula and Zeen.

I love Farzala Tarabel. He’s an awesome character. I love Qort, too. They’re two awesome fellas. However, the little cameo at the end of the book made me realize how much I miss Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala.

I’m assuming, at least based on the cover for next week’s book, that they will slowly be coming back into the forefront in the final four issues, so I won’t complain. I just miss them.

Comic: Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 16

Publisher: Dark Horse

Writer: Daniel Jose Older

Artists: Tony Bruno

Colorist: Michael Atiyeh

Letterer: Comicraft’s Tyler Smith, Jimmy Betancourt

Cover Artist: Harvey Tolibao, Kevin Tolibao

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 15 | Comic Review

I’ve been loving The High Republic Adventures line from Dark Horse from day one, so it’s no surprise that Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 15 was a home run for me.

The Battle of Eriadu kicked off in # 14, and it’s in full swing here. We’ve seen Qort get shot (though, he’s alive for now!), and we know there’s now a traitor in the Jedi/Republic side. But, they’re only a traitor, because the Warden kidnapped a family member.

You can pick up the comic here.

I’m really digging what’s going on with Farzala.

Farzala is the one of the original kids that were part of The High Republic Adventures that hasn’t really had any of the main focus so far in the series. I’m so glad that he’s getting his time to shine now, because he’s such a cool character.

These visions that he’s having are spooky. At this point, I really have no idea what these visions are signaling. I’m excited.

I didn’t love the art in this one.

Normally, I don’t have any complaints about the artwork in The High Republic Adventures, but something about this book just didn’t work for me.

This book incorporated so many people.

One of my favorite things about this book was how many different characters got to feature. It was really fun to see so many different people that were seen throughout the first two phases show up to help Eriadu.

Comic: Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III # 15

Publisher: Dark Horse

Writer: Daniel Jose Older

Artists: Tony Bruno

Colorist: Michael Atiyeh

Letterer: Comicraft’s Tyler Smith, Jimmy Betancourt

Cover Artist: Harvey Tolibao, Kevin Tolibao

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: The Wedding Spectacular | Comic Review

For the longest time, I wondered if we were going to see the wedding of Zeen Mrala and Lula Talisola, and they delivered on that promise in Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: The Wedding Spectacular.

We’ve been building toward this wedding for several years now. I didn’t quite know if we were going to see it after Lula woke with amnesia at the beginning of Phase III, but credit to Daniel Jose Older for bringing it around organically.

The majority of the characters that we met in The High Republic Adventures showed up for the wedding, and the Tarkins agreed to enter the fight against the Nihil.

You can pick up the comic here.

For Light and Life Wife!

The relationship between Zeen and Lula has been one of the highlights of the entire High Republic Era. While we still have several books left of The High Republic Adventures, It’s hard for me to imagine that these two characters won’t get their happy ending after all.

The Tarkins have finally chosen a side.

The Tarkins joining the side of the Republic/Jedi against the Nihil will very likely be the tipping point that they need to defeat the Warden and his army.

I’ve always loved the bits of the High Republic that tie back to the Skywalker Saga characters that we know and love or love to hate.

Only the Battle of Eriadu remains for the main line of High Republic Adventures.

I am really excited to see what’s going to happen in the Battle of Eriadu. The buildup has been so well done, and all of our characters have been slowly moving into place through the various series in The High Republic Adventures.

It is going to be epic.

Comic: Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: The Wedding Spectacular

Publisher: Dark Horse

Writer: Daniel Jose Older

Artists: Harvey Tolibao, Caio Filipe, Andy Duggan, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Toni Bruno, Megan Huang, Nick Brokenshire, Elisa Romboli

Colorist: Michael Atiyeh, Vladimir Popov, Dan Jackson, Nicola Righi

Letterer: Comicraft’s Tyler Smith, Jimmy Betancourt

Cover Artist: Cherriielle, Priscilla Bampoh, Akinobu Hara