Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 88: Defeat Of The Drengir & The Two Nihil Jedi (The High Republic #6-10)

THE DRENGIR ARE DEFEATED, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NIHIL!? This ep of SWCIC continues The High Republic comics; this time volume 2 which takes place during & just after The Rising Storm, but shows what happened to the Drengir during The Republic Fair! In a bit more detail, the story continues to follow Keeve Trennis, Sskeer & Avar Kriss battling the Drengir & The Great Progenitor; Skeer struggles with his force connection, Keeve struggles being a newly-knighted Jedi and Avar goes against the council’s wishes. Plus two Jedi join the Nihil and are faced with killing Myarga The Hutt in cold blood – this plus much more is discussed in this ep of SWCIC, including details surrounding the mysterious Darth Krall…

These High Republic comics are set in 231BBY, in the first phase & second wave of the High Republic; all after Light Of The Jedi - issues 6-8 are during The Rising Storm and issues 9-10 are after.

The High Republic issue 6 was released 30th June 2021, issue 10 was released 20th October 2021 and the trade paperback collection was released 7th December 2021.

Cavan Scott is the writer of these comics, with Georges Jeanty as penciller on issues 6, 7 & 10 and Ario Anindito on issues 8 & 9.  Inkers were; Karl Story on issues 6, 7 & 10, Victor Olazaba on 9 & 10, Mark Morales on 8 & 9 and then Sean Parsons & Marc Deering also inked issue 9. Colour artists were Annalisa Leoni for issues 6, 7 & 8, Rachelle Rosenberg on 9 and Carlos Lopez on 10.

Mike tackled the first volume of High Republic comics (by Cavan Scott) in episode 84 of SWCIC and the first volume of HR Adventures comics (by Daniel José Older) in episode 86 of SWCIC.

Mike’s High Republic book reviews are found on Comics In Motion’s feed and on Mike’s YouTube: Light Of The Jedi was released March 13th 2021, A Test Of Courage: August 14th 2021, Into The Dark: October 2nd 2021 and The Rising Storm was released November 13th 2021. Race To Crashpoint Tower was out February 6th 2022 and Out Of The Shadows will be released later in 2022.

Last week’s SWCIC (episode 87) was about The Monster Of Temple Peak; Mike provides a brief bio on Ty Yorrick and what Tholothians (Ty’s species) are, before he delves into the plot of the four issues. As well as the plot, Mike provides information on various species (including Gundarks, Segredos & more), various planets and other connections to the rest of the SW universe – this episode is a must-listen for any fans of The High Republic book The Rising Storm!

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