The High Republic began as a golden age for the Republic and Jedi Order alike, a celebration of concepts and experimentation, an age of growth and peace in contrast to something the Star Wars galaxy had seen in centuries. But then it’s Star Wars, and a darkish tide rising put brief work to that. And now, issues are solely going to get darker for Republic and Jedi heroes alike.

Just revealed as a part of Lucasfilm publishing’s Star Wars: The High Republic panel at San Diego Comic-Con @ Home 2021, the third wave of novels and comics in Star Wars’ newest exploration within the galaxy far, distant is teasing some dire instances forward. After the temporary respite earned for the Jedi and Nihil chief Marchion Ro within the aftermath of the latest Cavan Scott novel The Rising Storm—which noticed the Nihil’s forces descend on Republic Chancellor Lina Soh’s much-vaunted “spirit of unity” Republic Fair on the planet Valo, slaughtering their option to an intergalactic risk the Jedi and Republic should now reckon with—the third wave of High Republic releases goes to see each side shore up for the battle to come back.

“I had my maps out on the wall like I was about to find a serial killer,” Rising Storm writer Cavan Scott joked about making ready the novel through the panel, hosted by The Star Wars The High Republic Show’s Krystina Arielle. “[It had] all of the major characters—where they were at the end of Light of the Jedi, or the other books, or the comics, where they need to be at the beginning of the Republic Fair, but also where they need to be at the end. And that’s how I start all of these projects, because you have to then weave those lives in and out of each other, and get them from that point. And then obviously, this being a Star Wars book, you want to put your characters, especially the most beloved characters, through the worst possible time.”

Introduced beneath the ominous banner “The Light of the Jedi goes Dark…”, the third wave of books and comics will conclude “phase one” of Lucasfilm’s plans for The High Republic. In books, Claudia Gray will lead the cost with the following essential grownup novel within the sequence from Del Rey, The Fallen Star, choosing up within the wake of the earth-shattering occasions in The Rising Storm. She’ll be joined by two Disney/Lucasfilm press novels from The High Republic Adventures’ Daniel José Older and Out of the Shadows’ Justina Ireland, who will write the YA novel Midnight Horizon—described as “a chaotic mess in the best possible way”—and the Middle Grade novel Mission to Disaster—likewise, “not ominous at all”—respectively.

Light of the Jedi novelist Charles Soule, in the meantime, will return to his Star Wars roots at Marvel Comics, penning a two-issue restricted sequence that can positively have High Republic followers speaking: The Eye of the Storm, which, because the title suggests, will dive deep into the again story of the Nihil’s unpredictable and enigmatic chief, Marchion Ro. “He’s not the boss, he’s subservient to the Tempest Runners [of the Nihil], but over the course of Light of the Jedi he shows that he’s the one who’s been in control all the time, he takes control of the Nihil and gives them this higher purpose,” Soule mentioned of The High Republic’s mysterious, preeminent villain. “He wants to unleash the storm of the Nihil on the entire galaxy. He has a very complicated backstory, much of which has not yet been revealed, but he’s absolutely terrifying. He’s charming in a way—you’ll meet him and he’ll talk to you, and maybe you’ll have a good time and he’ll buy you a space beer, but then you know the minute you leave the room, his face goes blank. It’s all just a mask. Most Star Wars bad guys wear masks, Marchion Ro does too, but that’s his entire personality.”

The subsequent wave of Star Wars: The High Republic begins in January 2022.

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