Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade is a comic miniseries featuring Jedi Porter Engle published as part of Phase II of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project. The series was written by Charles Soule and the first issue was published by Marvel Comics on December 28, 2022. Set around 382 BBY, it focuses on the involvement of Jedi Masters Porter Engle and Barash Silvain in the attack on Firevale, a conflict that occurred on the planet Gansevor.

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Media

Issues

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Collected (TPB) issue Released issue Future issue
Issue Title Publication date Trade paperback Omnibus
1 Part I December 28, 2022[6] TheHighRepublic-The-Blade-Final-Cover
The High Republic - The Blade
June 27, 2023[9]
The-High-Republic-Phase-II-Omnibus-Final-Cover
The High Republic Phase II –
Quest of the Jedi Omnibus

November, 2024
2 Part II January 25, 2023[10]
3 Part III March 1, 2023[11]
4 Part IV March 29, 2023[7]

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 StarWars.com 10 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Anniversary Special on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marvel-TemplateLogo Marvel Comics Enters Phase II of 'Star Wars: High Republic' with Two New Series on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade (2022) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade (2022) #2 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  5. The High Republic — The Blade 1
  6. 6.0 6.1 PenguinRandomHouseComicsRetail STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - THE BLADE 1 on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 PenguinRandomHouseComicsRetail STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - THE BLADE 4 on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
  8. The first issue of Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade is set "a century and a half" before the fall of Starlight Beacon, dated to 230 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines, and the second issue takes place after the ceasefire of the Eiram and E'ronoh War, dated to 382 BBY by Timelines. Furthermore, Porter Engle is dispatched to the siege of Bardotta in the fourth issue, and SWYT-Logo Jedi Master Porter Engle: Characters of Star Wars the High Republic on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) states that the siege earned him the nickname "Blade of Bardotta," an event dated to 382 BBY by Timelines. Therefore, The Blade series is set in 382 BBY.
  9. PenguinRandomHouse-Logo STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – THE BLADE on Penguin Random House's official website (original link is obsolete)
  10. PenguinRandomHouseComicsRetail STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC - THE BLADE 2 on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
  11. Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade (2022) #3 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)