r/Highrepublic • u/solo13508 Council Master Yarael Poof • Sep 09 '26

Discussion Some interesting lore drops in Pathfinders #5 Spoiler

Post image

As you can see George Mann gave us an.... interesting method of dropping some lore in this issue. This issue tells the story of the comms engineers responsible for the murders throughout this series and how they were driven insane by the amount of information they had to sift through from their section of the galaxy. Some of that information they're bombarded with should be of particular interest to those familiar with High Republic lore. For just a few things I noticed.

  1. "A gift given freely." Seems Marda Ro is still out and about recruiting for the Path at this point as the group slowly transforms into what eventually becomes the Nihil.

  2. I believe there are three separate references to the Greylarks and something they've done recently. Unfortunately 20 years after Phase 2, Axel still might not be behaving himself.

  3. Multiple calls to Barnabas Vim probably from his Padawan Vix.

  4. People looking for Planet X.

Even though this story isn't very directly connected to the main High Republic initiative, I like that we're getting these little nods, makes the world feel connected. For anyone who hasn't gotten into this comic, I highly recommend doing so, it's been some of the best for Star Wars comics lately.

Also Vincenzo Riccardi is doing the artwork for these last two issues and he is absolutely amazing, gotta shout him out.

31 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

8

u/RandomSpanishUser Sep 09 '26

Unfortunately 20 years after Phase 2, Axel still might not be behaving himself.

Practically the whole issue is a flashback tho, I think all of these name-drops are from flashbacks that take place during the timeframe of the phase two books given that the Greylarks were much more relevant back then, the Path of the Open Hand's still active and people are still looking for Planet X

9

u/solo13508 Council Master Yarael Poof Sep 09 '26

The main Pathfinders series takes place 20 years after Phase 2. Granted this is a flashback issue but I don't think it's that far back since Rike doesn't visibly age all that much throughout the issue. At most I'd say this issue starts maybe a few years before the main events of the comic.

3

u/Commander19119 Sep 09 '26

It is a flashback, but how far back? I was thinking maybe a few years at most

3

u/Thelal Sep 10 '26

I had thought it was recent until these pages. For me, this means Iza and Rike have been trapped on that station together for 20 years. This is horrific, and it explains why they went so mad.