Marvel was back at it this week with Star Wars: The High Republic # 6 (Phase III), and boy was it interesting. I love me some Tey Sirrek!

There was a lot of talk during Phase II that a lot of people didn’t quite see how it was connecting to the main story being told beginning in Phase I with the Nihil. I think, with what we’ve gotten so far in Phase III, we can see the connections clear as day now. Everyone just needed to give the creators time to do their magic.

This book picks up right where the last one left off: the jungles of Kindosorn. Ceret and Terec are holding Tey Sirrek at lightsaber point, questioning why he has an ancient Sith artifact and a lightsaber – Vildar Mac’s lightsaber.

Then, we get a fantastic flashback to after the end of Phase II and get the long-awaited confirmation that, yes, Tey and Vildar were in love.

The children of the storm mentioned in the book are creepy and potentially devastating. Force sensitives being kidnapped and manipulated via surgeries is a terrifying visual for Star Wars. The mystery here is being done very well.

I want to praise Jim Tower, Laura Braga, and Jim Campbell in this book. The art and the colors are just gorgeous. This book is beautiful.

You can pick up this comic here.

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Comic: Star Wars: The High Republic # 6 (Phase III)

Publisher: Marvel

Writer: Cavan Scott

Artists: Jime Towe, Laura Braga

Colorist: Jim Campbell

Letterer: VC’s Ariana Maher

Cover Artist: Phil Noto