What is up, EveryWookiee! It is DrunkWooky back with some extremely exciting news!
I am proud to exclusively announce TFAW’s exclusive Star Wars High Republic Adventures Annual #1 variant by Jon Lam!
The TFAW Exclusive Star Wars High Republic Adventures Annual #1 variant by Jon Lam will be available for pre-order tomorrow (11/19/2021) at 2 pm Pacific Time. Prices will be $14.99 for raw copies, and $49.99 for CBCS 9.8 graded copies! High Republic Adventures Annual #1 releases 12/15/2021! No links yet today, but you can keep your eyes peeled on TFAW to grab a pre-order here!
This cover features the first comic cover appearance of Bell Zettifar and his Charhound, Ember! The edition size on this cover will be extremely limited to 700 copies! Check out Jon Lam’s amazing work on the cover below!
The fine folks at TFAW asked to pick my brain on who I’d like to see on an exclusive TFAW High Republic Adventures Annual #1 variant cover and I immediately said Jedi Padawan Bell Zettifar and his Charhound, Ember! Next thing you know, Jon Lam was off to the races producing some amazing art and now here we are!
Bell Zettifar first appeared in Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi novel, then played a major role in Cavan Scott’s The Rising Storm novel. Bell made his first comic cameo appearance in Daniel Jose Older’s Trail of Shadows #1:
Official solicit:
(W) Claudia Gray, Charles Soule, Justina Ireland, Daniel Jose Older, Cavan Scott (A) Various (CA) Stefano Simone Join all five High Republic authors, together in one book for the FIRST TIME EVER, as they each explore different corners of the galaxy during the height of the Galactic Republic. From daring Jedi, to the always adventurous Geode, and nefarious Nihil, The High Republic Adventures Annual has it all! In Shops: Dec 15, 2021SRP: $7.99
2 comments
Thanks for the heads-up on this variant from TFAW.
Question: Are you sure Bell’s first cameo appearance is Trail of Shadows #1 and not High Republic #1 in the panel of the Jedi raising their lightsabers on Starlight Beacon on page 19? (This would make High Republic #1 2nd Print his first cover appearance, since the cover of that book is this panel.) The notes from the High Republic #1 Digital Behind the Scenes Exclusive for page 19 note: “Story Group have suggested including Bell, Porter Engle, Indeera, Elzar, and Stellan if we can fit them in.”
Left to right you can see Sskeer, Stellan, half of Porter, Avar, Keeve, Yoda, someone who looks like Elzar, someone who looks like Bell, and someone who looks like Indeera.
I remember reading that note in the digital behind-the-scenes edition as well. If it’s the person I think you’re referring to, I don’t think it’s Bell, though. I don’t see his green lightsaber held up by any of those characters in that area of the picture. I think that’s why I dismissed it in the past. I could be wrong and we may never get a definitive answer from the creators involved.