Marvel brings Phase 3 of its Star Wars: The High Republic comic to an end with new series Fear of the Jedi, featuring The Acolyte's Wookiee Jedi Master

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The series will answer the question: What scares the Jedi?

Art for Star Wars: The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi #1
(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

TV audiences have only just had their first taste of Star Wars' High Republic era with the first season of The Acolyte, but Marvel has been running comics set in that time period for the last four years. In a panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con on Thursday, however, the publisher announced that it is bringing the current phase of the series to an end.

Star Wars: The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi #1 is the first issue of a new ongoing comic that will wrap up Phase III of The High Republic by answering a long-standing question: what scares the Jedi? It's written by regular Star Wars comics scribe Cavan Scott, and drawn by Doctor Aphra artist Marika Cresta. Notably, the series will feature Jedi Master Kelnacca, the Wookiee Force user who featured prominently in The Acolyte. 

Here's Phil Noto's main cover for the first issue.

Cover art for Star Wars: The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi #1

(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

"The galaxy-spanning finale of the High Republic begins here!" reads Marvel's synopsis for the new series. "As fighting within the Nihil Occlusion Zone intensifies, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis is set upon a path that will change her life forever. Guest-starring The Acolyte's Wookiee Jedi Master, Kelnacca, alongside fan-favorite characters from Star Wars: The High Republic novels, audio dramas and comics!"

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Covers for Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising
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Marvel clearly has endings on its mind at the moment. In October, the publisher will also launch Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising, a new limited series set after Return of the Jedi. The four-issue run, written by Alex Segura and drawn by Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raffaele, and Jethro Morales, is the first of three planned series that will tell the full story of the final battle of the Galactic Civil War and will feature big-name heroes like Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, as well as new characters. 

It will also reveal "key insights behind the aftermath of the Battle of Endor and the Empire's demise, including the Emperor's secret contingency plans, and introduce the shocking power-hungry threats that emerged during this time of uncertainty!"

Star Wars: Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising #1 will be published fortnightly starting on October 2. Star Wars: The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi #1 will be published in February 2025, with a precise date still TBC.

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Will Salmon is the Comics Editor for GamesRadar/Newsarama. He has been writing about comics, film, TV, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he has previously launched scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for over a decade. He sometimes feels very old, like Guy Pearce in Prometheus. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places and he runs the micro-label Modern Aviation, which puts out experimental music on cassette tape.

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