CBR can exclusively reveal Georges Jeanty's variant cover for Marvel's Star Wars: The High Republic #8.

Written by Cavan Scott with art by Ario Anindito, the issue will see Avar Kriss and her team of Jedi battling the deadly Drengir. As for Jeanty's variant cover, it sees Keeve Trennis prepared to do battle with one of the massive beasts singlehandedly.

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Georges Jeanty's variant cover for Star Wars: The High Republic #8

The Drengir, first mentioned in Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #2, is a species of carnivorous plant-like beings with massive tentacles. Their first proper appearance was in 2020's Dark Legends and they've played a prominent role in the High Republic comics and novels.

The High Republic takes place 200 years before the Skywalker saga, in the golden age of the Republic. Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott and Charles Soule are all attached to the project, which crosses between Disney-Lucasfilm Press, IDW Publishing and Marvel Comics. The interconnected story begins when a massive hyperspace disaster sends space debris hurtling toward inhabited worlds, forcing the Jedi to step up and protect the Republic. In doing so, they encounter the villainous Nihil, a group of space marauders who may have a connection to the inciting incident.

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STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #8

  • CAVAN SCOTT (W) • ARIO ANINDITO (A) • Cover by PHIL NOTO
  • Variant Cover by ARIO ANINDITO
  • Variant Cover by GEORGES JEANTY
  • THE BATTLE AGAINST THE DRENGIR REACHES ITS THRILLING CLIMAX!
  • AVAR KRISS has gathered a team of JEDI to take the fight to the DRENGIR deep in WILD SPACE, but KEEVE TRENNIS is nowhere to be seen.
  • Are other forces at work on the Drengir’s deathworld?
  • Guest-starring a host of High Republic Jedi! COHMAC VITUS! REATH SILAS! THE STAR HOPPER PADAWANS!
  • 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
  • Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2021 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Star Wars: The High Republic #8, by Cavan Scott and Ario Anindito, goes on sale Aug. 11 from Marvel Comics.

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Source: Marvel