Featuring exclusive concept art character and costume sketches and vehicle and creature
designs by Lucasfilm Publishing and its partners this official companion to Star Wars: The
High Republic (Phase One) offers fans a definitive behind-the-scenes look at an ambitious new
era of Star Wars storytelling The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic takes fans behind the
scenes of Phase I of Lucasfilm Publishing’s massive crossover event. Collecting the very best
concept art of the new characters worlds ships and creatures of The High Republic—designed
jointly by the Lucasfilm Visualists and a team of legendary comic book and Star Wars artists
including Phil Noto Iain McCaig and Ryan Church among many others—and presented alongside
development materials and interviews with High Republic architects Claudia Gray (Star Wars The
High Republic: Into the Dark) Justina Ireland (Star Wars The High Republic: A Test of Courage)
Daniel José Older (Star Wars The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower) Cavan Scott (Marvel
Comics’s The High Republic) and Charles Soule (Star Wars The High Republic: Light of the Jedi)
The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic is an essential guide to the creation design and
realization of a new era of Star Wars storytelling. The High Republic Phase I: Light of the
Jedi finds the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic at the height of their respective powers
but following the events of The Great Disaster ” the Jedi led by Jedi Knights Avar Kriss
Loden Greatstorm Keeve Trennis and Stellan Gios and joined by a diverse group of Padawans and
Jedi Masters are confronted by the looming threat of the Nihil—a marauding group of Outer Rim
anarchists who stand opposed to all the Galactic Republic represents. In The Art of Star Wars:
The High Republic readers will discover the origins of the fan-favorite new characters taking
on this threat as well as exciting new starfighter and creature designs beautifully rendered
environments and detailed views of Starlight Beacon—the shining symbol of hope in the
Republic. The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic is the only book to explore all facets of the
design and artistic direction of a story that spans comic books novels and young adult books
taking Star Wars fans of all ages on a deep dive into the development of the New York Times
bestselling series.
