‘Star Wars’ at New York Comic Con: Complete Summary Led by ‘The High Republic’
New announcements and reveals from Star Wars at New York Comic Con! The Lucasfilm Publishing team brought book and comic news from across the Star Wars galaxy.
The event began with news from the High Republic as Phase 2 gets underway, and even included a small look into Phase 3, which will officially start in November 2023. In non-High Republic reveals, we got a sneak peek into a brand-new Inquisitor novel plus a Sana Starros comic miniseries.
Starting things off with the High Republic panel, we got an updated look at the cover to Claudia Gray’s upcoming one-shot, Quest of the Jedi, from Dark Horse. The 30-page issue releases in February 2023.
Also coming next year is the second batch of Phase 2 novels. April 2023 will see Cataclysm by Lydia Kang (From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back) and Quest for Planet X by Tessa Gratton (Path of Deceit). May 2023 marks the conclusion to Phase 2 with Cavan Scott’s Path of Vengeance. The panel gave a look at all three covers.
Cataclysm’s cover features Axel Greylark, who will first appear in Convergence. Axel is the son of Chancellor Kyong Greylark. Quest for Planet X‘s cover reveals that the junior novel will return readers to Batuu, the home of Galaxy’s Edge.
Path of Deceit introduced Marda Ro, who will return in Path of Vengeance. The cover sees the character gazing into some form of cave. Along the walls are creatures — which readers are quickly learning more about — called the Nameless. Also of note is the symbol on the ground, which so happens to be the symbol of the Nihil.
Up next from the panel were some new reveals. Coming in May 2023 is the next chapter in High Republic manga. Daniel José Older returns with Tomio Ogata to write The Edge of Balance: Precedent.
Next is our first look into (but not quite) Phase 3. As mentioned earlier, the final chapter in the High Republic publishing initiative will begin in November 2023 and is titled “Trials of the Jedi.” Before that, though, we have an upcoming young adult anthology featuring every High Republic author involved with the novels and comics. The collection of stories will connect to every phase of the High Republic and is set for release in July 2023.
On the non-High Republic side of things, Lucasfilm Publishing announced Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade by Delilah S. Dawson. Coming sometime in 2023, Dawson (Phasma, Black Spire) tells the story of Iskat, an Order 66 survivor who was turned to the ranks of the Inquisitorius. The character can be seen in Charles Soule’s Darth Vader comic, in case you want to go hunting for some of the basic beats of her story.
Next up is the announcement of an original Star Wars: Visions manga from VIZ Media. From the Ultraman team of writer Eiichi Shimizu and illustrator Tomohiro Shimoguchi, Lucasfilm Publishing creative director Michael Siglain described the manga as “really, really special.” No release date was given.
A Visions original manga!!! Siglain said nothing else but I need it!!!!! Says it’s “really really special”. pic.twitter.com/TZxAQFh650
— Bria LaVorgna @ NYCC (@chaosbria) October 9, 2022
Marvel has a new miniseries in the works from Justina Ireland, which will star Sana Starros. The character has been a mainstay in the comics after being introduced to some controversy, when she revealed herself as Han Solo’s wife way back at the beginning of Marvel’s first Star Wars run in the Disney era. Sana Starros #1 will be in stores in February 2023.
The last thing to discuss today is the upcoming Star Wars Timelines book from DK Publishing — an ambitious tome that will chronicle all of Star Wars history from the movies, books, comics, and more. It releases on February 7, 2023. Author Kristin Baver was on hand to reveal the level of detail that is going into the book. Here is the spread that was shown:
There was more from the Marvel team on what they have coming up, so head over to StarWars.com for more. There’s also a breakdown from the High Republic panel worth checking out for what wasn’t covered here.
Nate uses his love for Star Wars and movies in general as a way to cope with the pain of being a Minnesota sports fan. When he's not at the theater, you can usually find Nate reading a comic, listening to an audiobook, or playing a Mario video game for the 1,000th time.
