WHAT DID YODA DO BEFORE THE HIGH REPUBLIC AND HOW WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DOOKU BEFORE THE PHANTOM MENACE? For ep 131, Mike delves the first 6 issues, which contain 2 story arcs; the first set during the High Republic era where he goes to the planet Turrak to help Scalvi natives, while the second is set before The Phantom Menace, where Yoda asks Dooku to help train some initiates, but when a Wookiee has a vision about a Trandoshian initiate, tensions rise, especially with Yoda & Dooku’s conflicting views on such matters. Mike gives information on Dooku, Dagobah, Coruscant and more!

Yoda 1 was released Nov 23rd 2022, issue 6 was released April 19th 2023 and the trade paperback collection is due for release late 2023. Yoda issues 1-3 were written by Cavan Scott, with Nico Leon as artist and Dono Sanchéz-Almara as colour artist. Issues 4-6 were written by Jody Houser with artist Luke Ross and Nolan Woodard as colour artist.

For more Yoda content, check out ep 33 of SWCIC for the Yoda’s Secret War arc, or check ep 47 for a short story of Yoda on Dagobah. You can also check ep 86 to hear why Yoda isn’t present for most of phase 1 of The High Republic. For the Age Of Resistance story where Kylo Ren goes to the dark side cave on Dagobah, check ep 52 and to hear more about Dooku’s backstory, check episode 26.

Previously was another High Republic book review, with Lydia Kang’s Cataclysm from Phase 2, Wave 2 where tensions raise even higher with E’ronoh & Eiram, while Axel Greylark is in prison! In this sequel to Convergence, the tensions between E’ronoh & Eiram worsen as The Path Of The Open Hand become more aggressive, all while Axel Greylark is imprisoned, leading to the devastating Night Of Sorrow – Mike provides his spoiler-free thoughts, before providing plot and character information!

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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro

01:13 What To Expect

01:37 Timeline & Other Yoda Content

03:49 Personnel

04:33 Yoda’s Species

05:30 The Crawl For Yoda

05:48 Issue 1 Plot: For Light & Life

17:04 Issue 2

21:33 Issue 3

25:33 Issue 4: Students Of The Force

34:52 Issue 5

39:17 Issue 6

43:01 Yoda Vol 2 Preview

45:13 Coming Up

46:25 Support

49:18 Comics On Trial Indiana Jones 4

50:17 Outro