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[DarthJoker45]

A new look at a younger Yoda from IDW's upcoming High Republic comic series. I have to say that I really like the artwork for this one.

YODA RETURNS WITH ANOTHER LESSON IN IDW'S STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES

THE ALL-AGES COMIC EXPLORES THE NEW ERA OF THE HIGH REPUBLIC BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY AND STARWARS.COM HAS A PREVIEW OF ITS FIRST ISSUE!

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1In Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, the Jedi have long maintained galactic peace... but the coming of a powerful new adversary called the Nihil threatens to end it all.

Beginning in February, you can experience the new IDW comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures from writer Daniel José Older. The story that unfolds will feature a group of Master Yoda's young Padawan trainees who must protect the Republic while learning the lessons that will one day lead them to become powerful Jedi in their own right.



Older, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Last Shot, will join artist Harvey Tolibao and colorist Rebecca Nalty for a tale of the Republic's glory days that — while aimed at middle grade readers — provides a unique perspective to pivotal moments in Star Wars canon that fans of all ages can enjoy.

"I'm so very excited to be able to tell this epic story of Padawans as the galaxy changes dramatically around them and danger lurks around every corner," says Older. "Working on The High Republic has been a dream come true and getting to watch this world come to life through the brilliant art of Harvey Tolibao is one of the highlights of my career. I can't wait for the fans to see what we're cooking up."

"Star Wars has always been a part of my life, and was my first huge project back when my career started with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic in 2006," adds Tolibao. "It's awesome being part of the High Republic team, working alongside amazing writer Daniel, editors Elizabeth Brei and Riley Farmer, and Lucasfilm."

"It's a thrill for us to get to participate in the storytelling of this bold new era of Star Wars lore," notes editor Elizabeth Brei. "Daniel, Harvey, and Rebecca are building an incredible chapter of the story that is truly essential reading for the High Republic initiative."

Check out the first few inked and lettered pages below then pick up a copy when Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1 goes on sale in February 2021 with two cover variants by Tolibao and Yael Nathan.









Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1, written by Daniel José Older with art by Harvey Tolibao and colorist Rebecca Nalty arrives in February 2021 at your local comic shop.

Source: https://www.starwars.com/news/idw-star-wars-the-high-republic-adventures-announce

[Nightmare Asylum]

https://twitter.com/StarWars_Direct/status/1329827926855069702

For that rumored Boba series that is apparently going to be a sort of interlude between seasons two and three of The Mandalorian.



Also, thinking about the implications of the big reveal of today's Mando episode:

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At this stage in the narrative, much closer to RotJ than TFA, I just find it more interesting that there would be competing Imperial warlords (with Gideon, seemingly, being the most prominent among them to the best of our knowledge) that are all off doing their own thing. The First/Final Order stuff may be running in the background with Palpatine, sure, but at this stage in the game, and until the show states otherwise, I just see no reason to believe that Gideon is explicitly part of (or even aware of) Palpatine's plans right now.

Gideon is almost certainly going to die at the end of this series, and once that happens and his Imperial remnant is squashed, there will undoubtedly be a bunch of books and comics that connect the strings between his experiments and Palpatine's, between his remnant and the First/Final Order, etc. But I genuinely don't see any of that coming to light in The Mandalorian proper.

The Dark troopers, with their artificially generated Force sensitivity drawn from the Child's blood due to its high "M-Count" is going to be a sort of corruption and perversion of the Force. As in Lucas' films, the Jedi are able to transcend death and retain themselves by becoming one with the Force. The Sith twist and corrput that in their attempt to manipulate the Force and bend it to their whim, and that is their downfall; they cling to the physical, tangible world and are unwilling to let go. The Mandalorian, through Gideon's experiments, is going to explore that to some degree. Gideon, of course, isn't a Force user, but it now seems like he is fixated on it much like he is fixated on Mandalorian culture and their relics despite not being Mandalorian. And his Dark Troopers, a twisted monstrosity of midi-chlorians and, if I'm not mistaken, Beskar (the way the light hit them in that final shot, they seemed to have the same reflective properties as Din's armor), are going to enter the story next week as this horrific counterpoint to both Din and Ahsoka. A corruption of the Mandalorian creed that Din believes in, and a perversion of the Force on a physical level, in contrast Ahsoka's more nuanced, metaphysical current state that she now exists in now in which she is totally at peace with the Force.

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Ludwig Goransson's score from the first four episodes is now online:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nk1cACYCWskEf8LlHITvCA9gMUaBskQ-Y

[Immortan Jonesy]

Also, thinking about the implications of the big reveal of today's Mando episode:

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At this stage in the narrative, much closer to RotJ than TFA, I just find it more interesting that there would be competing Imperial warlords (with Gideon, seemingly, being the most prominent among them to the best of our knowledge) that are all off doing their own thing. The First/Final Order stuff may be running in the background with Palpatine, sure, but at this stage in the game, and until the show states otherwise, I just see no reason to believe that Gideon is explicitly part of (or even aware of) Palpatine's plans right now.

Gideon is almost certainly going to die at the end of this series, and once that happens and his Imperial remnant is squashed, there will undoubtedly be a bunch of books and comics that connect the strings between his experiments and Palpatine's, between his remnant and the First/Final Order, etc. But I genuinely don't see any of that coming to light in The Mandalorian proper.

The Dark troopers, with their artificially generated Force sensitivity drawn from the Child's blood due to its high "M-Count" is going to be a sort of corruption and perversion of the Force. As in Lucas' films, the Jedi are able to transcend death and retain themselves by becoming one with the Force. The Sith twist and corrput that in their attempt to manipulate the Force and bend it to their whim, and that is their downfall; they cling to the physical, tangible world and are unwilling to let go. The Mandalorian, through Gideon's experiments, is going to explore that to some degree. Gideon, of course, isn't a Force user, but it now seems like he is fixated on it much like he is fixated on Mandalorian culture and their relics despite not being Mandalorian. And his Dark Troopers, a twisted monstrosity of midi-chlorians and, if I'm not mistaken, Beskar (the way the light hit them in that final shot, they seemed to have the same reflective properties as Din's armor), are going to enter the story next week as this horrific counterpoint to both Din and Ahsoka. A corruption of the Mandalorian creed that Din believes in, and a perversion of the Force on a physical level, in contrast Ahsoka's more nuanced, metaphysical current state that she now exists in now in which she is totally at peace with the Force.

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Mandalorian shows us how big this universe is. I think I changed my mind and would prefer Gideon with his own agenda disconnected from the sequel trilogy. Palpatine doing it all makes the universe smaller.

By the way, why does Gideon want Baby Yoda? He wants to create force-sensitive abominations

[Nightmare Asylum]

Also, thinking about the implications of the big reveal of today's Mando episode:

Spoiler

At this stage in the narrative, much closer to RotJ than TFA, I just find it more interesting that there would be competing Imperial warlords (with Gideon, seemingly, being the most prominent among them to the best of our knowledge) that are all off doing their own thing. The First/Final Order stuff may be running in the background with Palpatine, sure, but at this stage in the game, and until the show states otherwise, I just see no reason to believe that Gideon is explicitly part of (or even aware of) Palpatine's plans right now.

Gideon is almost certainly going to die at the end of this series, and once that happens and his Imperial remnant is squashed, there will undoubtedly be a bunch of books and comics that connect the strings between his experiments and Palpatine's, between his remnant and the First/Final Order, etc. But I genuinely don't see any of that coming to light in The Mandalorian proper.

The Dark troopers, with their artificially generated Force sensitivity drawn from the Child's blood due to its high "M-Count" is going to be a sort of corruption and perversion of the Force. As in Lucas' films, the Jedi are able to transcend death and retain themselves by becoming one with the Force. The Sith twist and corrput that in their attempt to manipulate the Force and bend it to their whim, and that is their downfall; they cling to the physical, tangible world and are unwilling to let go. The Mandalorian, through Gideon's experiments, is going to explore that to some degree. Gideon, of course, isn't a Force user, but it now seems like he is fixated on it much like he is fixated on Mandalorian culture and their relics despite not being Mandalorian. And his Dark Troopers, a twisted monstrosity of midi-chlorians and, if I'm not mistaken, Beskar (the way the light hit them in that final shot, they seemed to have the same reflective properties as Din's armor), are going to enter the story next week as this horrific counterpoint to both Din and Ahsoka. A corruption of the Mandalorian creed that Din believes in, and a perversion of the Force on a physical level, in contrast Ahsoka's more nuanced, metaphysical current state that she now exists in now in which she is totally at peace with the Force.

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Mandalorian shows us how big this universe is. I think I changed my mind and would prefer Gideon with his own agenda disconnected from the sequel trilogy. Palpatine doing it all makes the universe smaller.

By the way, why does Gideon want Baby Yoda? He wants to create force-sensitive abominations

That's what I'm getting from the Alien: Resurrection scene here. I could be wrong in my analysis, but it seems to me that the experiments with the Child's blood, and the

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Dark Troopers at the end

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are part of the same project.

I guess we'll find out for sure next week, though!



Bo-Katan is apparently returning next year in Star Wars: The Bad Batch:

https://www.cinelinx.com/movie-news/tv/star-wars-the-bad-batch-will-include-a-familiar-face-exclusive/

[Local Trouble]

This is starting to remind me of Thrawn's machinations from the old EU.  Also...

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I wonder how extensive Gideon's assets are that he can simply shrug off losses like that base and all those troops.  If he's traveling around on an Arquitens-class light cruiser then he may not even have a single ISD in his fleet.

I also wish the stormtroopers weren't such incompetent buffoons.  By all means, let them die in the base explosion, but they should at least be able to hold their own in a firefight without getting mowed down so damn easily and therefore seem like a credible threat.

Didn't the body in the lab look like it had Snoke's scarred head?

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This one episode had the most OT-porn of anything since Rogue One.

[Nightmare Asylum]

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Didn't the body in the lab look like it had Snoke's scarred head?

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A lot of people do seem to be suggesting early Snokes being cloned in those vats, but I honestly don't see that. It seems more likely to me that the failed clones are failed versions of the Dark Troopers, and the Troopers that Gideon has at the end of the episode are prototypes that he's going to roll out against Ahsoka and Mando next week when he attempts to get his hands on the Child – which will, in turn, help Gideon create more of these Dark Troopers.

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[Local Trouble]

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Didn't the science officer say something about the failed subjects being volunteers?  That doesn't sound like they were clones to me.

Maybe the tanks were occupied by inferior donor strandcasts with lower "M-counts" than Baby Yoda and were therefore responsible for the failed dark troopers. 

Keep in mind: it's now canon that Rey's father was a completely non-Force sensitive (but otherwise normal) strandcast of Palpatine and we're only a few years away from her birth.

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I am enjoying this Star Wars show and that's not something I thought I'd ever say.

[Xiggz456]

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Didn't the science officer say something about the failed subjects being volunteers?  That doesn't sound like they were clones to me.

Maybe the tanks were occupied by inferior donor strandcasts with lower "M-counts" than Baby Yoda and were therefore responsible for the failed dark troopers. 

Keep in mind: it's now canon that Rey's father was a completely non-Force sensitive (but otherwise normal) strandcast of Palpatine and we're only a few years away from her birth.

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I definitely thought it was

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Failed Snoke attempts.

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[Nightmare Asylum]

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Didn't catch this at first but there's a memorial statue up for IG-11 in the center of the town on Navarro. Cute.

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[Local Trouble]

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FWIW, I transcribed the science officer's report:

Replicated the results of the subsequent trials, which also resulted in catastrophic failure.  There were promising effects for an entire fortnight, but then, sadly, the body rejected the blood.  I highly doubt we'll find a donor with a higher M-count, though.  I recommend that we suspend all experimentation.  I fear that the volunteer will meet the same regrettable fate if we proceed with the transfusion.  Unfortunately, we have exhausted our initial supply of blood.  The Child is small, and I was only able to harvest a limited amount without killing him.  If these experiments are to continue as requested, we would again require access to the donor.  I will not disappoint you again, Moff Gideon.

Still not sure what to make of the bodies in the tanks though.  Are they the dead recipients of Baby Yoda's blood or failed attempts at creating alternative donors?

I'm also not convinced that the dark troopers have anything to do with them.  Gideon already has quite a few and they didn't look like failed experiments to me.

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[Immortan Jonesy]

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FWIW, I transcribed the science officer's report:

Replicated the results of the subsequent trials, which also resulted in catastrophic failure.  There were promising effects for an entire fortnight, but then, sadly, the body rejected the blood.  I highly doubt we'll find a donor with a higher M-count, though.  I recommend that we suspend all experimentation.  I fear that the volunteer will meet the same regrettable fate if we proceed with the transfusion.  Unfortunately, we have exhausted our initial supply of blood.  The Child is small, and I was only able to harvest a limited amount without killing him.  If these experiments are to continue as requested, we would again require access to the donor.  I will not disappoint you again, Moff Gideon.

Still not sure what to make of the bodies in the tanks though.  Are they the dead recipients of Baby Yoda's blood or failed attempts at creating alternative donors?

I'm also not convinced that the dark troopers have anything to do with them.  Gideon already has quite a few and they didn't look like failed experiments to me.

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I don't necessarily like this

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but what if they are failed clones of Palpatine. And there is already a "successful" clone, which is dying anyway and needs blood from a force-sencitive being with a large number of midichlorians.

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This one episode had the most OT-porn of anything since Rogue One.

It was pure love for  Star Wars (1977).



Edit: If you put Star Wars 1977 in google, Darth Vader's character is Anakin 

[Local Trouble]

I don't necessarily like this

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but what if they are failed clones of Palpatine. And there is already a "successful" clone, which is dying anyway and needs blood from a force-sencitive being with a large number of midichlorians.

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Per the Wookieepedia:

The Sith Eternal strove to prevent their master from dying again, and resorted to the science of gene splicing in hopes of building a more suitable vessel for his dark essence. Their experiments led to the creation of various artificial genetic constructs, known as strandcasts, such as Supreme Leader Snoke as well as the Emperor's cloned son, who sired a natural-born Force-sensitive daughter called Rey. None of their endeavors succeeded in producing a viable host for Sidious' soul, however, and he was forced to rely on life support machinery in order to survive.

So you may be on to something.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Stepping away from the experiments for a moment, one thing that I am very excited to see play out next episode is...

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A temporary detour in style from the American Western/Japanese Samurai flavor that has dominated the series into something that is almost certainly going to have a more European Fantasy style. Filoni has been very open about his love for Tolkien and it seems to have been an explicit influence on Rebels and, in particular, Ahsoka's arc in that series.

A conversation between Ahsoka and Din on their philosophies and outlooks has the potential to be something truly fascinating, as does an unspoken bond through the Force between Ahsoka and the Child. All of this until, of course, Gideon shows up to ruin their day.

I'm sure Ahsoka is going to insist that the Child stays with Din rather than with her. Din and the Child have a lot they can learn from one another (it is a very symbiotic relationship, as Lucas would call it), and Ahsoka, seeing through the Jedi doctrines of old, would recognize better than anyone that there should be more than just the rigid Jedi training structue of the Prequel era at play in helping to mold the next generation of Force users.

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[Kradan]

https://youtu.be/tHoRl5rAs8U