Reviews

Star Wars: The High Republic, Vol. 1: There Is No Fear by Cavan Scott

treythethird's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

big_lew's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

emarie_books's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

carroq's review

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

sayre_94's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Years before the Phantom Menace. We are introduced to a Padawan named Keeve. She is participating in a trial to become a Jedi Knight, put in place by her Master Sskeer. However, the trial goes awry. The trial is revealed to be a test from the Jedi Council. One which Keeve passes. Master Sskeer is experiencing very bad PTSD from his prior fight in which he lost his arm. He is tempted by the dark side. This leads them to a planet overrun with Drengir, a moss like creature strong in the dark side. Sskeer snaps out of the trance, only to realize this is all a plan for the Hutt cartel to take over Drengir. Sskeer sacrifices himself to take out the Drengir. 

avarchiss's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

stacie_w_books's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I dont read comics often but I’m dabbling as part of the High Republic series and this was really good. 

jenny_librarian's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

Finally I’ll get to see what’s happening with Avar and the Drengir!!

I really liked this first volume. The multi-media release of THR allows for some great deep dive into different characters despite the sheer number of those introduced. Cavan Scott does a great job tackling trauma with Skeer.

And Avar 🥰 I love her! Great to see glimpses of Vernestra and Imri too! Definitely a great way to start this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death

benriddiough's review

2.75

This comic is entertaining and fun. I disliked Sskeer's arc - his mistreatment from Avar Kriss and his mysterious motives made me dislike both the characters. 
Ceret and Terec are cool concepts, but not explored too well. The drengir make cool villains, and the inclusion of the hutts worked quite well. 

breakfastgrey's review

1.0

(Series review)

Well, that was dreadful. The beginning wasn’t too horrible, but by the end there was nothing nice I could say about this series. No part of it works: the plot lacks focus, the characters are two dimensional, the art fairly awful.