Episode 408 -- Put the Message in the Box

Three new Star Wars comics are out today and we've got them all broken down, page by page, with some piercing analysis. Or do we? Proposals are made in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 from Dark Horse, while in Inquisitors #2, Fifth Brother and Tensu Run square off. Marvel's The HIgh Republic Phase III comes to a temporary end with issue #10, but it returns in February, picking up where this one concludes.

Comics Discussed This Week:

• The High Republic Adventures Phase III #8 (5:35)
• Inquisitors #2 (of 4) (16:20)
• The High Republic Phase III #10 (of 10) (29:24)

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:

• The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special One-Shot

News: 

• Marvel to release Star Wars Legends The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 3 on June 17.
• Check the Facebook page or Twitter feed for a peek at unlettered but fully illustrated pages from Sept. 4's The Acolyte -- Kelnacca one shot.
• Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda's Secret War is due out June 22. It collects Star Wars (Vol. 1) 15-30 and annuals 1 and 2.
• Darth Maul: Black, White & Red will get a treasury edition release on May 6.
• Ewoks TPB, collecting the four-issue mini-series, is due out April 25.
• Near Mint Condition brings word that Crimson Reign will be collected in an omnibus that's due out in April. It'll collect the five-issue mini-series, Star Wars 19-25, Bounty Hunters 18-24, Darth Vader 18-24 and Doctor Aphra 16-21. We figure that Hidden Empire will get a similar treatment.
• The new printing of Marvel's Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Omnibus Vol. 1 is due out March 18.

Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:

Aug. 13 _ The High Republic: The Edge of Balance Vol. 3


Aug. 14 _ Darth Vader #49

Aug. 20 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Story from Revelations (2023)


Aug. 21 _ Star Wars #49, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #9, Ahsoka #1 (2nd Printing)

Aug. 27 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-5)

Aug. 28 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III — Crash and Burn One-Shot, Ahsoka #2 (of 8)


Sept. 3 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Vol. 6; Star Wars, Vol. 8 “The Sith and the Skywalker” TPB (Collects 42-45, material from Revelations (2023) #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars)

Sept. 4 _ The Acolyte — Kelnacca #1, Echoes of Fear #1 (of 4)

Sept. 10 _ Darth Vader, Vol. 9 “Rise of the Schism Imperial” TPB (Collects 42-45, The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special and material from Revelations (2023) #1)

Sept. 11 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #10, Star Wars #50, Inquisitors #3 (of 4)


Sept. 17 _ Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances TPB (Collects 1-4)


Sept. 18 _ Darth Vader #50
, Saber for Hire #4 (of 4)

Sept. 25 _ Ahsoka #3

Oct. 2 _ The Battle of Jakku: Insurgency Rising #1 (of 4), Inquisitors #4 (of 4)

Oct. 8 _ Star Wars: Vader's Castle The Deluxe Library Collection (Collects Tales From Vader's Castle, Return to Vader's Castle, Shadow of Vader's Castle, Ghosts of Vader's Castle and 2019 FCBD Issue story "Droid Hunters”)

Oct. 9 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone #1 (of 4), Ewoks #1 (of 4), Ahsoka #4 (of 8), Echoes of Fear #2 (of 4)

Oct. 16 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11, Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #2

Oct. 29 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic, Vol. 8

Oct. 30 — Echoes of Fear #3 (of 4), Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #3

Nov. 6 _ Battle of Jakku -- Insurgency Rising #4

Nov. 12 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years — Droids & Ewoks; Star Wars: The High Republic Phase II —...