In Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone # 2, we head right back into the search for who discovered the Republic EX droids.
In Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone # 1, we learned that at least two of the Republic EX droids bypassed the Nihil Stormwall and landed on Eriadu. In this issue, we discovered that former Jedi Ruu and Driggit Parse both track down the droid at the same time.
When we first met Driggit, she was on Valo choosing to abandon her Jedi friends in favor of the Nihil. Now, it seems as though she’s realizing the folly of her ways even if she didn’t trust the Republic to help long-term
You can pick up the comic here.
Driggit’s arc is finally coming to where I thought it would.
I have to admit that I was a little shocked that Driggit willingly joined the Nihil in Escape from Valo, abandoning her Jedi friends that she had made. Now that her redemption arc is starting, her story is coming to where I thought it would.
She was an interesting character from the beginning since we didn’t normally see Jedi with many non-Jedi friends. Then, when she essentially turned on Gavi, Kildo, and Tep Tep to join the Nihil (even if she thought she was protecting her planet and people), she didn’t seem to show a lot of remorse for the betrayal.
Now, even though she admits that she expects the Republic (and the Jedi) to eventually abandon the area in favor of the Core Works through Middle Rim, she’s turning to them for help with all the information that she had. Is it too late? Will she be able to survive among the Nihil ranks until then?
I still really love this concept.
This is such a smart feature for a comic miniseries. The concept allows for a few authors of The High Republic to add to the main story of how the characters that we’ve been following get to the final wave of Phase III without cluttering up the main story.
We need more Ruu.
Ruu is such an interesting character, and I hope we get a lot more one day. He has left the Jedi Order but is determined to help them in this war with the Nihil/Nameless, because the Jedi still mean and do good.
What does the future hold for this Force sensitive non-Jedi?
Comic: Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone # 2
Publisher: Dark Horse
Writer: Alyssa Wong
Artists: Valeria Favoccia
Colorist: Michael Atiyeh
Letterer: Comicraft’s Tyler Smith, Jimmy Betancourt
Cover Artist: Jake Bartok
