On Wednesday, March 25th, Dark Horse Comics is releasing STAR WARS: The High Republic Adventures – Pathfinders #1 (of 6) – written by George Mann, the author of fan-favorite Star Wars titles The High Republic Adventures: Echoes of Fear and Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon!
Return to the High Republic! Set 20 years after the end of Phase II, when Republic Pathfinders explored the furthest, and most dangerous, reaches of the galaxy!
Here’s a look at the cover, storyline, and preview pages for this week’s
new release from Dark Horse Comics on New Comic Book Day…
STAR WARS: The High Republic Adventures – Pathfinders #1 (of 6)
“A New Path” Part One of SIx
Script by George Mann
Pencils by Partha Pratim
Inks by Jagdish Kumar
Colors by Michael Atiyeh
Letters by Comicraft‘s Tyler Smith & Bobby Bradford
Covers & Cover Artists:
Jake Bartok (Cover A)
Genres: Media Tie-In · Science-Fiction · Star Wars
Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries
Age range: 8+
SRP: $4.99
Publication Date: March 25, 2026
Twenty years after Phase II of the High Republic, a brand-new team of Republic Pathfinders is dispatched to a distant corner of the galaxy to investigate the strange death of a Jedi Master! But as the team wades into a web of mystery, they discover not everything about this mission is as it seems. Can the team save the day and solve the Jedi’s mysterious demise?
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