Save the date! Guests from across the galaxy are arriving on Eriadu to witness Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala, the young freedom fighters who are championing the resistance against the Nihil, join hands in marriage. Friends and family from throughout the High Republic will be joining in the celebration of light, life, and love. You won’t want to miss it, so RSVP soon! Just know that the dress code calls for ball gowns as well as blaster rifles because war could break out at any moment! • Featuring a slate of all-star artists, including Harvey Tolibao, Cherriielle, 5healthMONO, Priscilla Bampoh, and more! • An iconic High Republic Adventures moment years in the making—you won’t want to miss it!
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.
This comic is beautiful—perhaps one of the most gorgeous of the entire THR line—it’s a great showcase of many artists and the great work they do. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t share my belief that this probably should have just been an issue of the main Adventures run, and it feels like a cash grab for it to be a standalone issue.
The print quality on the physical edition is superb, better than even the collection books of the THR short series like “Shadows of Starlight.”
Who is this for? Fans of the “Adventures” line for sure, but if you read THR stories more generally and skip the younger audience stuff regularly this is probably skippable too. As THR comes to a close, more and more stuff feels necessary for full enjoyment, which I felt wasn’t true in phase I. This is not one of those “necessary” things, despite its beauty.
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.
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.