Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9

by Daniel José Older, Michael Atiyeh (colorist), Toni Bruno (artist)

Zeen, Lula, and their team are looking for allies to join the battle against the dastardly Nihil. Their search leads them to an audience with the Founding Families of Eriadu. But Marchion Ro’s accomplices in the capital city won’t make things easy! The perfect accompaniment to Star Young Jedi Adventures and the upcoming Star The Acolyte!

Genres: Star Wars, Comics

Kindle Edition

Published August 21, 2024

About the author

Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher (Scholastic), the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series (Penguin), and the upcoming Middle Grade sci-fi adventure Flood City (Scholastic). He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, the Mythopoeic Award, the Locus Award, the Andre Norton Award, and yes, the World Fantasy Award. Shadowshaper was named one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his decade-long career as an NYC paramedic and hear his music at http://danieljoseolder.net/, on youtube and @djolder on twitter.

Reviews

[Saimi Korhonen · Rating 3 out of 5]

“All we ask is that you stand with us, as we have with you, in resisting the Nihil domination here and across the galaxy!”

3,5/5!

The Nihil have claimed Eriadu and made it a part of their Occlusion Zone. The Jedi, accompanied by their ally Sevran Tarkin, attempt to talk sense into the Tarkin family's rulers and find a way to fight the Nihil threat.

This issue was mostly okay. It had some fun stuff, like Lula and Zeen being a cute engaged couple, Lula roasting Emerick about how Sian is clearly his girlfriend no matter how hard he claims otherwise and Sevran being so utterly fed up with her stupid family, but mostly it felt like a prelude or a prologue, not a story on its own.

I'm also not super interested in Eriadu's politics or the Tarkin family – to be honest, when I began this issue I did not even remember who Sevran was or when she was introduced – so naturally all the drama with her uncle being a dick and trying to convince people of his agenda in slightly shady ways didn't hit me all that hard. I am all for SW having political storylines, but this specific instance of it is just not - at least thus far - my cup of tea.

I am still excited to see what's coming next, because overall I do love this series and I am ready storylines that might be, in my opinion, on the weaker side, because I love the main characters so much. I will read anything with Lula, Zeen, Qort and Farzala in it. Those kids have been at the center of my THR experience from the very beginning and they mean so much to me.

[MerlinTheWZD · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ja geinig. Leuk, politiek enzo

[Candice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really loved the art style of this issue and can’t wait to see Zeen & Lula’s wedding in a few months 🥹

[Myles Gerber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting politics and also I really like Emerick please give me more of him.

[F. W. · Rating 3 out of 5]

chaos bro 😭😭 BUT THE TARKINS??? I didnt know the family line would be in this comic. Thats so fun 🎉🎉