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Star wars high republic book series3/14/2024 ![]() I will never not love large groups of Jedi working together for the common good, and this arc has that in spades. So although a vague protagonist is not a great starting point, there is a lot more to like in this series. That being said, I will reiterate that I love Sskeer, and their team dynamic is very satisfying. Perhaps it's the sheer amount of new characters across The High Republic, and that most of them are Jedi, but Keeve does not stand out all that much to me outside her relationship with her former Master. I feel as though after this many issues, I ought to have a clearer idea who Keeve is as a character. where does that leave Keeve? I have to admit that while I like her well enough, apart from cursing some, I don't have a very strong idea what kind of person she is other than a younger Jedi Knight. One of the most compelling characters in the whole publishing initiative, the Trandoshan Jedi seems to drive the lion's share of the plot. And in the following issues, I've really loved Keeve's bond with Sskeer. I thought the first issue of High Republic started strong, with headstrong Padawan Keeve Trennis abandoning her Jedi Trials in order to help others. It's much more stylized art, and while that isn't quite as big a detriment here as it was in Buffy, where many of the characters were meant to mirror real life actors, it just feels off compared to the clean portraits I'd grown used to (and loved!) from Anindito.īut the art is hardly a dealbreaker- indeed, it only really feels notably different in the human faces, and many of the characters here are not human to start with! Jeanty's style is a relatively stark contrast to Anindito's the latter maintains a relatively close resemblance to life-like human faces, while Jeanty. They're all written by series writer Cavan Scott, and while the third issue is drawn by Ario Anindito, who did the preceding issues and at least the next two after this, Georges Jeanty, whom I remember from Dark Horse Comics' Buffy: Season Eight, stepped in to pencil the first two issues here. 1, with an infested Sskeer and a very worried Keeve Trennis recuperating on Starlight Beacon, while Avar Kriss maintains a very uneasy alliance with the Hutts to combat the (literally!) growing threat of the Drengir. 2 - Heart of the Drengir continues where we left off in Vol. Marvel's Star Wars: The High Republic Vol. Maybe there is hope for the overall event after all. I haven't been able to say that a lot with this series so this collection did accomplish something more than other offerings. I liked this collection and it did entice me that I want to read the next collection. There were some issues and pages where I loved the artwork. The second half deals with the Nihil and what I feel like is more of a threat to the galaxy. As for the story I liked the second half more than the first half and I am really curious to where it is going. In fact, I am starting to have a nice connection with the main character. I don't have as much as that problem with these comic collections including this one. ![]() ![]() The problem for me has been the connection to the characters. I have read many of the different offerings for this overall arc and I haven't been the biggest fan. In this one, we still follow Keeve Trennis and other Jedi as they continue their battle with the Drengir and the Nihil. This collection is part of the multimedia series that includes novels, comic books, and audiobooks. With a dollop of serendipity Trennis then actually goes on a deep undercover mission in the second unrelated story (warning: it features a graphic and somewhat disturbing scene of an anthropomorphic rabbit-like creature being burned alive AND then shot to pieces by the villain), disguised as a flinty space pirate. ![]() At one moment in the first tale she politely badgers a Jedi Master named Maru to jump into the fray to assist her cohorts, sounding very much like an eager rookie cop asking a crusty but avuncular veteran sergeant to be able to hit the streets to make that very first arrest. Much better - which was consistent with the initial volume - was the starring role of young Jedi Knight Keeve Trennis, who again narrates the two storylines. against an adversary who was about as threatening as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors - it seemed to run on just a little too long, although (believe it or not) a few out-of-left-field sex jokes made me chuckle. Although an action-heavy storyline - including an indelible two-page spread of dozens of light saber-wielding Jedi Knights jumping into battle. ![]() 2) picks up and continues immediately from where the previous volume concluded, which I'm not sure was an altogether good thing. "When Jedi come together, we do incredible things." - protagonist Keeve Trennis, Jedi Knight ![]()
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