Star Wars: The High Republic Omnibus, Phase II: Quest of the Jedi

Star Wars: The High Republic (Marvel Comics) #Phase II Omnibus

by Cavan Scott, Charles Soule, Ario Anindito (Illustrator)

One hundred and fifty years before the fall of Starlight, another beacon burns bright in the galaxy. Jedha. The Pilgrim Moon. The Kyber Heart. But tensions are rising in the holy city, and dark days are to come. Jedi Vildar Mac arrives just as Jedha's fragile peace begins to crumble. With one Jedi lying dead in an ancient shrine, another takes up the murderer's trail. Who is using ancient Force powers on the holy city's streets? Why are sacred relics going missing? And why do all roads lead to the Temple of the Whills? Plus: Witness the birth of a Jedi legend! Porter Engle is perhaps the most skilled lightsaber wielder in the High Republic - a guardian of peace and justice, traveling the galaxy with his sister and fellow Jedi Knight, Barash Silvain! Collecting STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC (2022) #1-10 and STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - THE BLADE #1-4.

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Science Fiction, Fantasy

360 pages, Hardcover

Published November 12, 2024

About the author

is a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar.

Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.

Reviews

[Declan O'Keeffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little short for an omnibus, only 14 issues.

It is not my favourite phase of the High Republic, but the art is exceptional, and the story is very supplemental to the rest of the phase, which bridges gaps and sets up answers building towards the end of the era of story telling.

I don't own the omnibus itself, because I already have the trades and didn't want to splurge. I used this more so I didn't have to add too many books to my reading challenge.

But this is a great collection of comics and is sure to be an excellent tome for any Star Wars omni collector.

[Josh Allenby · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Havent got the omnibus but ive read all the comics within this phase now and although these comics snd phase as a whole were not on the level of phase 1 there is still sooooo many epic and stunning moments and fun characters to enjoy specifically vildar mac i literally love that dude hes so cool!

[Sam Rintoul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I wasn’t a massive fan of the phase 2 books this comic series I really enjoyed. The main line series involving Jedi Vildar Mac on Jedha was cool, however The Blade featuring the legend Porter Engle was some of the best high republic content I’ve read. He is literally him

[Joshua]

High Republic Phase II. Who even knows? The Blade is an all-time Star Wars comic though. Anyway, find out more on my podcast I suppose.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than expected, not familiar with the characters but the stories feel very Star Wars in nature. Pleasant and well drawn adventures

[Jazmin Castro · Rating 4 out of 5]

best THR comics i’ve read until now🙂‍↕️

[Don Bennie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Does not flow well with the other stories. Very jumpy. Does not add much.

[MerlinTheWZD · Rating 5 out of 5]

also awesome

[Zettifar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay lets be clear the Herald is a D**k

Vidlar, Matty and Tey make a really solid mix of characters for this comic and story. With the reader getting a good amount of back story around Tey and Vildar's past and how that is influencing their choices during the events of this comic.

One of the side story lines i've enjoyed about phase 2 and this omnibus really doubles down on this is the exploring of different groups/religions on the force and how they all interpret its meaning and using it.

The high republic always does such a great job rewarding readers for reading more of the high republic without making anything outside the adult books as required reading , Quest of the jedi is another fantastic example of that and the rewards in this addition i found is much greater then usual with all the smaller phase 2 characters and stories going on.

Quest of the jedi i found is a good part b to the battle of jedha book and that's fantastic!!