Episode #373 -- Now and Then

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The mystery is revealed in the 12th and final issue of Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories, with a heartwarming tale about a Rebel engineer set among the events of the Battle of Endor that brings the series to a solidly satisfying close.
In The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight #3, Bell and Burryaga deal with the fallout of the Nihil operating unchecked while the bulk of the Jedi Order remains safely behind the walls of their Coruscant temple. The final pages see the capture of a Jedi grandmaster, one referred to in The High Republic Adventures Phase III #1.
Bounty Hunters #41 (dammit, Ethan!) provides a fulfilling conclusion for most the book's characters, with just enough doors left open for more adventures down the road as the series barrels toward its January conclusion. (Also, tooka cats. So many tooka cats.)

Comics Discussed This Week:

• Hyperspace Stories #12 (of 12) (09:50)
• Shadows of Starlight #3 (of 4) (29:55)
• Bounty Hunters #41 (57:44)

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:

• Dark Droids #2 (of 5)
• Star Wars (Vol. 3) #38

News:

• Cavan Scott and Rachael Stott are reuniting for another Ty Yorrick adventer set during Phase III of The High Republic. Dark Horse will publish the four-issue The High Republic Adventures: Saber for Hire starting April 10.
• Star Wars: Visions -- Takashi Okazaki #1 is now set for release on Feb. 21 and not Jan. 17.
  Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:
  Dec. 20 _ Star Wars: Revelations (2023), Darth Vader #41, Doctor Aphra #39, The High Republic Phase III #2
  Dec. 27 _ Dark Droids #5 (of 5), The Mandalorian Season 2 #7 (of 8)
  2024
  Jan. 3 _ Darth Vader #42, Shadows of Starlight #4 (of 4), Darth Vader -- Black, White & Red Treasury Edition (Collects 1-4)
  Jan. 10 _ Star Wars #42, The Mandalorian Season 2 #8 (of 8)
  Jan. 16 _ Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Vol. 2, "Scum and Villainy" TPB (Collects 5-8)
  Jan. 17 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #2, Bounty Hunters #42, Obi-Wan Kenobi #4 (of 6), The High Republic Phase III #3
  Jan. 23 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed, Vol. 4 (Collects The Bounty Hunters - Aurra Sing 1; Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones 1-3; Free Comic Book Day 2002: Star Wars 1; Star Wars: Republic 46-48; Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 1-4; Star Wars: Hasbro/Toys ‘R’ Us Exclusive 1-4 and material from Dark Horse Extra 44-47; Star Wars Tales 2, 7, 14, 18, 20, 24)
  Jan. 24 _ Thrawn Alliances #1
  Jan. 31 _ Doctor Aphra #40
  Feb. 7 _ Mace Windu #1, Obi-Wan Kenobi #5
  Feb. 14 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #3, Darth Vader #43
  Feb. 21 _ Star Wars #43, The High Republic Phase III #4, Star Wars Visions Takashi Okazaki #1
  Feb. 27 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Jedi - The Dark Side 1-5, Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express 1-2, Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan - Last Stand on Ord Mantell 1-3, Jedi Council - Acts of War 1-4 and material from Star Wars (1998) 4-6, Star Wars Tales 1-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 13-14 and 24)
  Feb. 28 _ Thrawn Alliances #2
  March 5 _ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 7 (Collects 37-41), Dark Droids: D-Squad TPB (Collects 1-4)
  March 13 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #4
  March 19 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Republic 78-80, Purge, Purge - Seconds to Die, Purge - The Hidden Blade one-shots, Purge - The Tyrant’s Fist 1-2, Darth Vader and the Lost Command 1-5 and Dark Times 1-5)
  March 20 _ Jango Fett #1, The High Republic Adventures -- Crash Landing One-Shot
  March 26 _ Dark Droids TPB (Collects 1-5)
  April 9 _ Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 8 TPB (Collects 37-41), The Mandalorian Season 2, Part II TPB (Collects 5-8)
  April 10 _ The High Republic -- Saber for Hire #1 (of 4)
  April 16 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Mara Jade - By the Emperor’s Hand 0-6, Shadows of the Empire - Evolution 1-5, The Jabba Tape, Boba Fett - Twin Engines of Destruction and material from Star Wars Tales 1, 3-5, 10, 14-15, 20 and 22); Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 TPB “Dark Droids” (Collects 35-41)
  April 23 _ Star Wars by Gillen & Pak Omnibus (Collects Star Wars (2015) 38-75, Star Wars Annual 4, Star Wars: Empire Ascendant 1); Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) Vol. 7 “Dark Droids” TPB (Collects 32-40)
  April 30 _ The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight TPB (Collects 1-4)
  May 4 _ Young Jedi Adventures (FCBD), Star Wars #1 (FCBD)
  May 14 _ Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion, Vol. 2 Omnibus (Collects Star Wars: River of Chaos (1995) 1-4; Star Wars: Empire (2002) 28-40; Star Wars: Rebellion (2006) 1-16; Star Wars: Boba Fett – Overkill (2006) 1; Star Wars: Boba Fett (1997) 1/2; Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1995) 1-4; material from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Rebellion (2006) 0; Star Wars Tales (1999) 3, 15, 17, 21)
  May 21 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 1 NEW PRINTING (Collects Knights of the Old Republic 1-18 and material from Kings of the Old Republic/Rebellion 0)
  June 4 _ The High Republic Phase III TPB (Collects 1-4
  June 11 _ Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Star Wars: The Jabba Tape; Heir to the Empire 1-6, Dark Force Rising 1-6, The Last Command 1-6. Dark Empire 1-6, Dark Empire II 1-6), Empire's End 1-2, Boba Fett -- Twin Engines of Destruction, Bounty on Bar-Kooda, When the Fat Lady Swings, Murder Most Foul and Agent of Doom, Star Wars Handbook 3 and material from Star Wars Tales 1, 3-5, 10, 14, 20 and 22); Obi-Wan Kenobi Adaptation TPB (Collects 1-6); Hyperspace Stories Vol. 3 TPB "Light and Shadow" (Collects 9-12)
  June 18 _ The High Republic Phase III, Vol. 1, TPB (Collects 1-4)
  July 23 _ Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon; Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi omnibus. (Collects Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Prisoner of Bogan 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force War 1-5, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 0-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi 1-5, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1-2, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War 1-6, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption 1-5, material from Star Wars Tales 23 and Dark Horse Comics 7-9); Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection Star Wars, Vol. 1 (Collects Star Wars (2015) 1-14, Director's Cut: Star Wars Vader Down 1, Darth Vader (2015) 13-15)
  Aug. 6 _ Mace Windu TPB (Collects 1-4, Revelations (2023) Story)