Star Wars' Upgraded High Republic Villains Are Truly Horrific

monition ! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars : The High Republic # 8

Summary

Star Warshas just darkly upgraded theHigh Republic Era’smost grievous villain . As mystic as they are dangerous to Force medium like the Jedi , the Force - eating predators known as the Nameless are under the influence of Marchion Ro and his Nihil marauders . However , Marvel Comics’High Republicseries has confirmed that one of Ro ’s raw ministers is severe at body of work making the Nameless even more horrifying .

The Nihil have evolve quite a bit since their debut in Charles Soule ’s novelLight of the Jedi . Their powerfulness has grow exponentially , and they ’re far more unionised than ever before . This includes Marchion Ro ’s new ministers such as the Ithorian Baron Boolan . Serving as Ro ’s Minster of Advancement , the Baron ’s labs are revealed in the newHigh Republic # 8from Cavan Scott and Jim Towe , containing a Nameless that ’s somehow even more terrific than the creatures already were with their ability to paralyze even the inviolable Jedi with fear - fill up hallucination while draining their living - force , reducing them to nothing more than calcified stubble .

With the labs having been discovered by Jedi Master Keeve Trennis , her fellow rogue Jedi , quasi - straighten out Nihil Tempest Runner Lourna Dee , and their new ally Tey Sirrek in this new government issue , the team is shocked to find a fully dissected Nameless suspended in a containment whole , one that ’s somehow still alert thanks to Boolan ’s distressful experimentations . Likewise , the sub before long find themselves set on by more of Boolan ’s experiment .

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Baron Boolan Is One Of The Nihil’s Most Dangerous New Leaders

The Minister of Advancement

Jedi Master Trennis and company came to Boolan ’s science lab to save a new Force - sensible girl who ’d been captured by the Baron ’s agents . This resulted in a face - to - cheek showdown with both the Baron himself and several of his dark experiments . To that final stage , Keeve and her fellow heroes quickly study that Baron is responsible for many of the Nihil ’s darkest agent and initiation , including the Children of the Storm .

As Marchion Ro ’s Minister of Advancement , Baron Boolan has two principal undertaking . The first is to make the Nameless even easier for the Nihil to control while also making them stronger , something he ’s seemingly achieved through a variety of cybernetic upgrades . The other is to create more shaver of the Storm , a new sect of the Nihil who ’ve prove themselves to be some of the most capable hunters and warriors among the marauders ' ranks .

Boolan’s Dark Force Experiments Explained

The Nameless and Children of the Storm

The Nameless are one of the Nihil ’s dependable weapons that ’s successfully been keep the bulk of the Jedi Order at baysince the marauders used the Force - eater to destroyStarlight Beacon . The exception has largely been Keeve and her fellow Jedi who defied the will of the High Council to save any Jedi who ’d become trap within the Nihl ’s walled - off sphere of outer space know as the Occlusion Zone , including Keeve ’s old original Sskeer . As such , it makes sense that Marchion Ro would want Boolan to make the Nameless as brawny as possible .

However , the Children of the Storm is Boolan ’s other important project . Horrifically , the Children of the Storm are confirmed to be military force - sensitives who ’ve been captured , experimented on , and afterward brainwash into dish out both Boolan and the Nihil . As such , Boolan would have done terrible matter to the young Yacombe girl his " Children " recently captured had the Jedi not arrived in metre to save her in this newfangled effect ofThe High Republic .

Star Wars : The High Republic # 8is available now from Marvel Comics .