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Hello there! Padawan J here, the resident Star Wars expert from the ODPH! And this week I’m going to be reviewing the 13th issue of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures from Daniel Jose Older & Dark Horse Comics!
We see the planet Valo is falling into the clutches of the Nihil, and Padawan Ram Jomaram is doing everything he can to combat a nefarious Warlord from taking over. Now, he’s blown up the local comms tower to prevent any reinforcements from being called. Before it’s gone, he tried to rally the locals to fight back. Will anyone listen? Or is it too late? Let’s jump into it!
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #13 by Daniel Jose Older (writer), Caio Filipe (Illustrator), Michael Atiyeh (Color Art), Comicraft’s Tyler Smith & Jimmy Betancourt (letterer’s), Harvey Tolibao & Kevin Tolibao (cover art) is an action-packed issue from start to finish. To go along with that there’s a VERY SURPRISING cameo that takes place in the issue.
The story soon focuses on Jedi Knight Farzala Tarabal, Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram & pirate troublemaker Zyle Keem as they continue their ongoing battle with the Nihil on Valo. Next the focus is on The Warden, and his plans. He’s found out that communications are down and he’s going to teach them a lesson and attack the city directly.
Our heroes do get an assist from some friends of Zyle Keem in the form of more pirates! And there’s actually TWO surprises with the backup. One of the people assisting is Maz Kanata, and the other Dexter Jettster also shows up surprisingly to assist. I had no idea that he was alive during this time period.
FINAL POINT: We see the issue ends on a bit of cliffhanger, and it’s going to be interesting to see where things go from here. We do know that The High Republic will be coming to an end at some point in the near future. Thereby you would have to figure that there’s going to be a climactic battle taking place across all of the books & comics.
Is this is going to be the start of that? Or perhaps it could be the start of the prelude to the final battle. You can be sure that it’s going to be an action packed journey! And one that you won’t want to miss.
SCORE: 8.0 out of 10
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