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Announced today. Coming in spring LOW RED MOON, a Star Wars Outlaws prequel novel by Mike Chen, is coming to a bookstore near you on Feb. 3. Available for preorder wherever books are sold. Cover reveal coming soon.

26.07.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I finished Trials of the Jedi, and have a lot of thoughts that need time to settle.

But there is one thought that is very easy to state:

I am glad that we got #TheHighRepublic.

24.07.2025 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kevmo Zink and his master Zallah Macri, prior to the events of The High Republic: Path of Deceit by @tessagratton ! A photo study painting by me !

22.07.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Star Wars book with two Jedi on the cover with lightsabers illuminated, vernestra Rowe in the foreground with her purple lightsaber, and indara in the background with her green lightsaber

Star Wars book with two Jedi on the cover with lightsabers illuminated, vernestra Rowe in the foreground with her purple lightsaber, and indara in the background with her green lightsaber

Just finished Wayseeker, and it's amazing. Action packed adventure with Vernestra and Indara!! So good!! Be the light, and Let the Force be with you

23.07.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Snubbed in the acting categories because some of the performances in this show are literally incredible. Like Genevieve O'Reilly not getting at least a nomination is INSANE

16.07.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A full body shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of dense bushes, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center

A full body shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of dense bushes, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center

A knee-up shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of dense bushes, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center. My left hand is raised in a grasping motion, revealing blue-grey finger tips with long sharp black nails, a fingerless leather glove, and a leather vambrace trimmed in the same fur as the cape.

A knee-up shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of dense bushes, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center. My left hand is raised in a grasping motion, revealing blue-grey finger tips with long sharp black nails, a fingerless leather glove, and a leather vambrace trimmed in the same fur as the cape.

A knee-up shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of a grey wooden wall, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center. My left hand is raised in a grasping motion, revealing blue-grey finger tips with long sharp black nails, a fingerless leather glove, and a leather vambrace trimmed in the same fur as the cape. My right hand is held out to my side, pushing back the edge of my cape and revealing the matching glove and bracer. Small glimpses of my upper arms under the cape show blue-grey sleeves with light grey tattoo patterns

A knee-up shot of me in my mostly-finished Marchion Ro costume. I am standing straight up in front of a grey wooden wall, wearing black cargo pants with hexagonal silver knee pads, mid-calf brown boots, a layered brown belt with a chrome buckle and two large square pouches, and a red shirt with vertical pin tucks around my entire torso and a wasit cape of the same red linen extending from the belt to just above the knees. Over all this is a segmented golden armor plate covering my upper chest and long red cape covering my arms with a tan faux fur mantle over the shoulders and silver chains hanging around the back. On my head is an elaborate red and silver helmet with black rubber hoses looping around to imply an air filtration system, wide sweeping fins protruding from the left and right sides, and a glowing red lens in the middle of the face with the dark outline of a hurricane at its center. My left hand is raised in a grasping motion, revealing blue-grey finger tips with long sharp black nails, a fingerless leather glove, and a leather vambrace trimmed in the same fur as the cape. My right hand is held out to my side, pushing back the edge of my cape and revealing the matching glove and bracer. Small glimpses of my upper arms under the cape show blue-grey sleeves with light grey tattoo patterns

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14.07.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's the first Beaumont Kin Day!

A year ago today 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' was published in the UK (and on the 7th in the US) and readers got the chance to discover just how important Beaumont was to the book he had 'written'.

It was a secret we'd carefully guarded.

04.07.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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โ€œItโ€™s an older code, sir. But it checks out.โ€

RIP Kenneth Colley (aka Admiral Piett) ๐Ÿค

03.07.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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It's been such a consistently great story with the most wonderful and diverse set of characters and I'll miss it so much.

02.07.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's also so weird to think that that's basically #TheHighRepublic, at least in it's current form, over. It's been such a huge part of my fandom since Light of the Jedi first appeared on my doorstep back when I was doing online school during lockdown. Now I'm nearly done with my degree.

02.07.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just finished Trials of the Jedi! I really like it, although a did have a few minor problems with it, but overall it's still easily a 4/5 for me. Here's my review (some minor spoilers):

02.07.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello there,
I'm starting a new series with the heroes of the Clone Wars!
So here's the first one with Aayla Secura!
#starwars #clonewars #heroes

30.06.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ITS HERE and it is so beautiful and I literally cannot wait to read it! To think that it has been five years since Light of the Jedi kicked off THR and now we're here at the end (or the end of the beginning) after so many amazing stories!

28.06.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trials of the Jedi on its way! I don't know whether to be scared or excited, but the one thing I do know is that I cannot believe how lucky we've been as fans to get such an amazing series so far

26.06.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just finished Into the Light and I enjoyed it way more than I thought it would! I'd seen quite a lot of people on here not really liking it and not totally sure I understand why

23.06.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A chibi Bell Zettifar!

He is one of my favorites. He's amazing in phase I, phase III... Well, he's fine, I think.

Anyway, I like his first hairstyle more.

#StarWars
#TheHighRepublic
#THR

22.06.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The next generation of Jedi Knightsโ€ฆ

Drew some of the Ya cast of the book to celebrate #TrialsOfTheJedi releasing today! These books have been indescribably important to me since day one. I canโ€™t believe the end is finally here, what an incredible ride itโ€™s been :]
#ThrHighRepubic

17.06.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today Trials of the Jedi, the last book of Phase III, written by Charles Soule, was released!!

17.06.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann pose heroically, lightsabers ready and dressed in their luminous armor as marchion ro looms in the background.

Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann pose heroically, lightsabers ready and dressed in their luminous armor as marchion ro looms in the background.

Happy release day to Trials of the Jedi!!!

I loved doing fan art throughout the Phase 1 and 2 releases and although I spent most of Phase 3 doing official art, I couldnโ€™t let it come to an end without doing one last illustration.

17.06.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 341    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Uni done for the year (finally) time to go back to doing nothing but thinking about Star Wars again

18.06.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ™โ€โ™€๏ธ #Andor

22.05.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 249    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh Acolyte, I miss you

22.05.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Not that this needs to be said, but yeah โ€” masterful. Absolutely stellar. Outside of a couple personal bumps here and there, and some โ€œreality of the formatโ€ things, #Andor S2 was an incredible feat of storytelling & filmmaking. A righteous epic poem. Beautiful, thoughtful, and deliciously complex.

14.05.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is the greatest franchise ever made.

13.05.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Diego Luna and Genevieve Oโ€™Reilly delivered the greatest performances of their careers in these episodes. Theyโ€™re both operating on another level.

07.05.2025 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.โ€

This will live rent-free in my mind forever. #Andor

07.05.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
A digital fanart illustration of Kor and Yana from Star Warsโ€™ High Republic series. Kor, a yellow-green Nautolan is embracing her Evereni girlfriend Yana Ro in her arms.

A digital fanart illustration of Kor and Yana from Star Warsโ€™ High Republic series. Kor, a yellow-green Nautolan is embracing her Evereni girlfriend Yana Ro in her arms.

Back on my phase 2 delusions ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉถ #starwarsfanart #thehighrepublic

05.05.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Elizabeth Dulau as Kleya Marki

Elizabeth Dulau as Kleya Marki

Genevieve Oโ€™Reilly as Senator Mon Mothma

Genevieve Oโ€™Reilly as Senator Mon Mothma

Adria Arjona as Bix Caleen

Adria Arjona as Bix Caleen

Faye Marsay as Vel Sartha and Varada Sethu as Cinta Kaz

Faye Marsay as Vel Sartha and Varada Sethu as Cinta Kaz

Andor shows the sacrifices women made for the Rebellion and what they give up for even a chance at peace. Mon, Vel, Cinta, Kleya, and Bix all gave everything in their own way.

Every week hits harder because of these incredible actors!

Thereโ€™s still hope, and theyโ€™re the reason why. ๐Ÿ–ค

04.05.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back to Star Wars Outlaws again. It's so wonderful!

04.05.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy May the 4th !!! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Sadly, I can only share older art from the past 2 years, have a lot on my plate atm. I hope you habe a wonderful and Star Wars heavy day. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

04.05.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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