Dark Horse continues The High Republic Adventures miniseries highlighting monsters. The Monster of Temple Peak followed saber-for-hire Ty Yorrick as she investigated a monster terrorizing a town on Loreth and, naturally, discovered that things were not what they seemed. During the four issues, we learned more about her troubled history with the Jedi and what led her to leave.

George Mann gets four issues to do very little with his Phase Two characters—instead, The Nameless Terror services side plots in Quest for the Hidden City and Path of Vengeance. 

**Mild spoilers for The Nameless Terror, Quest for the Hidden City and Path of Vengeance**

The Story

Ty Yorrick and KL-03 are on their way to another job when the droid mentions stories about the Nameless floating around the galaxy. The situation reminds Ty of the rhyme she heard while still in the Jedi Order as a Youngling (the same that Emerick mentions in Trail of Shadows) and a story that her Master, Cibaba, learned from his Master, Coron. 

Padawan Coron serves on a Pathfinder team with his Master, Sula Badani, who are on their way to Dalna during the events of Path of Vengeance. Also on the ship are Masters Xinith Tarl and Master Rok Buran, who recently lost his Padawan on Gloam (Quest for the Hidden City). 

Suddenly, a ship emerges from hyperspace, and when the team tries to communicate with the ship, it starts firing. Left with no choice but to defend themselves, the Pathfinders fire, inadvertently sending everyone crashing on a nearby planet. Unbeknown to all, a familiar-looking egg from the attacking ship hatches.

Not knowing where they are with Master Xinith severely injured, the group has to work with their enemies (The Path of the Open Hand) to find a way off the planet and survive the Nameless Terror.

Each issue intercuts periodically to The High Republic Phase One and Three with Ty and an eager listener KL before returning to the primary story that feels more suited to a one-shot versus stretched over four issues. The decision to include narration from Ty is likely to tie this miniseries to Monster of Temple Peak as Ty was a fleeting character in Phase One, having the most to do in Rising Storm, which is referenced in issue #1. But, other than her Master’s, Master, the reasoning for Ty to be involved in service to the story seems weak and almost unnecessary. 

The situational horror involving the Nameless and Jedi also works for the younger audience intended, but hopefully, with Yoda’s insights in Phase Three, the Jedi can start fighting back.

However, the biggest issue with The Nameless Terror is that it is the most supplementary material and relies on the reader’s familiarity with other High Republic material versus The Blade or Monster of Temple Peak, which each worked as standalone, character-driven narratives. 

The Characters

Almost unnecessary because we do get some development that could affect Ty’s whereabouts in Phase Three. Out of Ty and KL, we get the most character insight from the droid. KL’s interest in the story is not just for entertainment; he uses the tale to try and better Ty’s life by reconnecting her with traditions from her time in the Jedi Order.

However, the Pathfinder team gets most of the time on the page. Phase Two has been at its best when focusing on non-Jedi characters, which continues with The Nameless Terror. And this series does the best thus far in highlighting the different strengths that members of a Pathfinder team bring. When the Nameless disorients Sula and Xinith, the pilot, Pako, and Ambar, the medic, must step up. Pako uses his mechanical skills to incapacitate the Nameless and buy the team more time while the medic, Ambar and her droid help Master Xinith recover. 

We get more of Rok’s mindsight after the events of Quest for the Hidden City and see him return to his old self throughout this series, working with Coron to track and distract the Nameless. As for The Path— we do not get much from them other than minor antagonists, except for Geth near the end, who appears to be changing his tune on the Jedi.

Most of the time, these characters feel like the most reductive Star Wars tropes. 

1. A Jedi Master (Sula)

2. Their Padawan (Coron)

3. And another Jedi Master (Rok) who lost a Padawan but is working well with other Jedi Master’s Padawan

With all three, the ending is entirely predictable. This Phase has introduced so many Jedi with poor character development solely to be expendable. 

Canon Contribution

A Bith Jedi is on the board in canon. (technically, Xinith has already appeared briefly in The Battle of Jedha but is given more to do here). Let’s hope Master Xinith Tarl walked so future Bith Jedi can run.

The primary purpose of this miniseries is to establish what happened to the Bonecrusher (Geth’s ship) when it disappeared after leaving Planet X in Path of Vengeance. Why is it important? Aside from having many Nameless eggs lost in space, one of the crew members, Geth, is the father of Mari San Tekka. So with Geth’s fate now revealed, we can assume he reconnected with Shea, and both no longer considered the Jedi their enemy (the San Tekka family are on friendlier terms with the Jedi during the events of Phase One and Phase Three).

Then there is the possibility of a bunch of Nameless living on an unknown planet somewhere in the Outer Rim. 

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Like everything else in Phase Two, we will wait and see how The Nameless Terror factors into Phase Three, including Ty Yorrick’s next adventure.