Ash Reviews

Ain’t no bake off like a High Republic bakeoff, because a High Republic bakeoff tells a story. The High Republic Adventures Bakeoff one-shot is probably one of the most wholesome things I have ever read in my life. Daniel Jos é Older completely sold me on the Kantam/Torban ship that I didn’t really see the hype for until I read this and was like, ‘oh, they really are a cute duo’. Maybe I had the beginnings of those thoughts with the Rumble Race, but we can’t be 100% certain. I just think that the way that Kantam was drawn looking at Torban… there is something there. We know Daniel Jos é Older likes feeding the Queer fans of Star Wars with his delightful works, so why can’t… Kantuckets (?) be canon too? Anyway, in addition to the one-shot, High Republic Twitter had its own little bakeoff, hosted by my lovely friend and Books and Beacons co-host, Lil, and that was such a fun day, seeing what everyone was baking in the hype. The story in this one-shot alone is a full five stars, but

 In the second issue of Crimson Reign, Charles Soule, once again, blows one’s socks off. Simply wow. At first, my main thought is that I would have liked to see more of Qi’ra, fighting, plotting, etc., but then I realized that she was fighting in this issue, just in a different way. She’s fighting by using the strengths of those close to her to make her stronger. It was great having Ochi of Bestoon pull off a job on Coruscant, and Steven Cummings did an amazing job of making me tense up seeing the Imperial Palace, the former Jedi Temple, in Palpatine’s image. That one really hurt and gave me a moment to pause. Just wow. Although, it does make sense that Palpatine would take the former Jedi Temple as his seat of power, it was built atop a Sith shrine after all, and is a location of stronger power than even that of the Galactic/Imperial Senate. This issue really sold for me just how well Qi’ra knows those who are loyal to her and what they are capable of, what makes them want to figh

Lesbian Chadra-Fan, check. Emerick and Sian lounging in her home while she plays music in her jammies for him, check. More Cuetoo, check. Sian in a sexy flight suit while she holds Emerick’s lightsaber, check. What more could a fan of The High Republic want from Trail of Shadows , issue 4 by Daniel Jos é Older delivers all of this, and more, in the stunning penultimate issue of the miniseries. All I ask for from Trail of Shadows is that I see Emerick and Sian being awesome, and DJO always takes that and delivers extra. Like the other issues thus far, issue four was a solid five stars for me because how could it not be. I’m constantly saying, every time someone brings up this miniseries, “ Trail of Shadows , my beloved”.   How much money have I spent getting all of the variant covers and then pre-ordering the Trade paperback? I’m pleading the fifth, and I’m not even an American. After having left Sian and Emerick on Starlight, hugging each other, it was really nice to see that