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Star Warshas introduce a new superweapon that makes the Death Star look tame . Superweapons have always been part ofStar Wars , and the Sith in particular are obsessed with them . " Long ago , in forgotten times , when the Sith and Jedi fought for control of the galaxy , weapons there were , of unimaginable great power , " Master Yoda observed inStar Wars : The Clone Wars . He never guess that a new age of superweapons was about to begin .
Star Warsis extend beyond the Skywalker saga , abuse back into the past in books and funnies as well as on the belittled - screen . Star Wars : The High Republicis set roughly 200 years beforeStar war : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , at a time when the Jedi believed the Sith to be extinct . This does not mean the Jedi are uncontested , though ; rather , they are opposed by pirates known as the Nihil , who have weaponizedForce predatorsknown as the Nameless against the Jedi . But the Nameless seem to have triggered something far worse .
The future of the Star Wars galaxy lies in the past times - in the High Republic Era , have in book , comics , game , audiobooks , and Disney+ TV appearance .
The Blight Is Destroying Entire Worlds
The High Republic’s Greatest Threat
To understand the Blight , you first have to sympathise the Nameless . These ferocious creature literally consume the Force within a person , transforming them into a lifeless , calcifying husk . The mere presence of a Nameless twist and distorts the Force , subjecting Jedi to fearful vision that they struggle to fight down past . But the apparent destruction , or consumption , of the Force seems to be having an burden on a cosmic graduated table .
Entire planet have begun to calcify , transforming into crumbling stone and eventually collapsing - an effect know as the Blight . This event appears to operate like a virus , in that anything that touches a portion of the Blight becomes pretend by it . Tessa Gratton’sTemptation of the Forcereveals that a Jedi can press back against the Blight by feeding it with the Force , but it is relentless and insatiable , meaning the Jedi can never check .
There are still many mysteries about the Blight . It appears to uprise on reality that were antecedently affected by a race of creatures hump as the Drengir , monstrous carnivorous flora - beings who partake a hive mind . The precise connection between the Blight and the Drengir is unsung - but enough is certain for the Nihil to weaponize it .
The Nihil Have Turned The Blight Into The Most Dangerous Superweapon Ever
Now nothing and no-one is safe - not even Coruscant
TheHigh Republic ’s greatest villain is Marchion Ro , drawing card of the Nihil , and he has already visualise out enough about the Blight to weaponize it . He has discover an ancient artifact grant him to resist the Blight , and he ’s used that to transport chunks of affected material across the stars . Now , he can spread the Blight to any planet he wishes - and , disturbingly , enticement of the Forceends with him traveling to Coruscant itself .
The Blight has become the most unsafe superweaponStar Warshas ever seen . It ’s as destructive as the Death Star , wiping out entire planets , but it ’s even bad because it is so gradual in effect . The Blight can be disperse with easiness , but by sprinkling junk in the air . This is a superweapon so ferocious even Palpatine would have flinched for it , because he essay to control the Force rather than destroy it . It remains to be encounter how the champion ofStar Warscan peradventure blockade it .
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