The Starbird Files

Welcome to a new style of review for comics, let me know what you think. In Issues 7 through 9 of the Marvel High Republic series by Cavan Scott we get the end of the first arc and the start of the second, with the focus switching from the Drengir to the Nihil, and Keeve Trennis tested further still. Issue 7 Writer: Cavan Scott    Art: P. Noto, G. Jeanty, K. Story, A. Leoni After the events of issue 6 I expected that we would be going to the Drengir home world in this chapter, and 7 really seems to slow the pace of the story down. Instead we focus on Keeve who is suffering from the after effects of her connection to the Drengir. When she meditates she has visions of them and a Sith - Darth Krall, which begs the question why? Could he have something to do with the creation of the    Drengir or their defeat? Could he be one of the lost twenty? It’s certainly a mystery that is not answered at this moment in time. Keeve is fighting the Nihil on Chortose, an agricultural ...

IDW Star Wars The High Republic Adventures: The Monster Of Temple Peak #1 Written By Cavan Scott Art By Rachel Stott, Vita Efremova, Nicola Righi I was excited to get my hands on this new limited run comic from Cavan Scott, set before the events of The Rising Storm, the central character is Ty Yorrick, Saber-For-Hire. Ty was one of favorite new characters from wave two of the books so the chance to get to know her better was something I was really looking forward to, and Cavan did not disappoint. She has been hired to capture a prize Gundark, but her old training comes out when it threatens an alien child and she kills it, although she is now a mercenary, Ty still retains her Jedi instinct to protect. There are also flashbacks to her days as a padawan in the order, her cocky friend Klias Teradine leading her astray, and we meet her teacher Master Cibaba. She takes another job, from a group of settlers on the planet Loreth whose livestock have been attacked by a Gretalax. The client, La...

  Writer: Cavan Scott               Art: G. Jeanty, K. Story, A. Leoni, J. Caramagna I’m starting to feel like a broken record but once again I have to gush over Phil Noto’s cover art for the sixth issue in the Marvel High Republic run, Avar Kriss riding a Rancor into battle feels iconic already, and together with the Bad Batch, Rancor fans have been fed well lately! The story of this issue takes place after a period of time has elapsed and across two fronts. The first aboard Starlight Beacon, where Sskeer is being treated for his Drengir infestation, kept in a stasis field which prevents the parasitic plants from spreading while Keeve refuses to leave his side. The second location see’s Avar still working with the Hutts fighting the Drengir on the planet of Daivak, the monsters have spread and infested hundreds of worlds during the time jump. When Avar commands all Jedi on Starlight to come to their aid, Keeve decides to take decisive action and ...

  Writer: Cavan Scott               Art: A. Anindito, M. Morales, A. Leoni, A. Maher First off I want to shout out that cover. Phil Noto has been doing stellar work throughout this run but he outdid himself with this cover, even if Keeve holding a prone Sskeer with a BLACK header did give me anxiety. Cavan Scott has made an art form out of torturing us, and Sskeer over the course of 5 issues of the High Republic comic series. I’ve been interested in the character ever since that first concept art was revealed and this series has made him one of my favorites of the era, but so far there has been nothing but pain for Sskeer! The trandoshan continues to wrestle with the control of the Drengir, Keeve seems to be the only one who can break through to the real Sskeer. So it is particularly impactful when he reveals to her that his connection to the force has been fading since the start of the story. Sskeer instructs Keeve to perform a “Mind ...