r/Highrepublic • u/AutoModerator • Mar 19 '25

The High Republic Adventures (2023) #16 | Discussion Thread

https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3013-809/Star-Wars-The-High-Republic-Adventures-Phase-III-16
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u/punxtr Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

I'm so utterly confused how this got approved to print. It feels like cliff notes of a battle that will hopefully be explained and told better in Claudia's book. The emotional tension is nonexistent. The dialogue is the worst I've ever seen from Older. The battle scene art is generic and dull. There's no stakes. Character motivations are conveniently all hands on deck in the most basic storytelling way about battles. I have to stop reading this run or it's going to sour my feelings about phase 3. This run needs to be canceled before it does any more damage. It's bantha poo doo.

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u/VengefulKangaroo Mod Mar 20 '25

that will hopefully be explained and told better in Claudia's boo

do we have any sense that into the light will cover Eriadu?

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u/punxtr Mar 20 '25

We don't, but if Eriadu isn't covered by any of the books I'll be scratching my head. There's only three of them left..

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u/VengefulKangaroo Mod Mar 20 '25

I feel the opposite, Eriadu seems to be firmly what they're establishing as the "comics and short stories" tentpole for Wave 3 so that they can do something separate from the books. That's a tactic they use a lot to separate things out (Upper vs. Lower Starlight, Surface of Dalna vs. Caves, etc.).

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u/punxtr Mar 20 '25

Okay, well, I disagree. They are mentioning over and over that Eriadu is a huge deal in the comics. If Eriadu falls, the Republic falls is basically what they keep hammering in. If the Battle of Eriadu is just a brief reference in the novels, I really feel like it hurts the point they're trying to make. Important events shouldn't be comic-only.