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Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance

The manga arm of The High Republic, following a Jedi on a frontier settlement world where the Nihil raids have already started.

Six volumes from Viz Media between 7 September 2021 and 22 April 2025 — four numbered volumes plus the standalone Precedent and Premonition. Written by Shima Shinya with Justina Ireland and then Daniel José Older, with art principally by Mizuki Sakakibara.

Publisher
Viz Media
Published
September 7, 2021 – April 22, 2025, six volumes (dates below are English-language release dates)
Issues
6 volumes
Format
Manga
Continuity
Current canon
Writers
Shima Shinya, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Tomio Ogata
Artists
Mizuki Sakakibara, Nezu Usugumo, Tomio Ogata, Haining
Cover artists
Mizuki Sakakibara, Tomio Ogata, Haining

Not yet reviewed

This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.

The arc breakdown and issue list below are the useful part for now.

Structure

Story arcs

How the run divides, and where a reader can get on and off.

  1. Vols. 1–4

    The Edge of Balance

    Shima Shinya and Justina Ireland open it; Daniel José Older carries volumes 2–4.

  2. Precedent, Premonition

    Standalone volumes

    Two self-contained instalments sitting between the numbered volumes.

Every issue

Issue list — 6 of 6 catalogued

Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.

Issue list: number, title, cover date, credits, story arc and notes
# TitleCover date WriterArtistCover artist ArcNotes
Vol. 1The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 1September 7, 2021Shima Shinya, Justina IrelandMizuki Sakakibara, Nezu UsugumoAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.
Vol. 2The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 2February 22, 2022Shima Shinya, Daniel José OlderMizuki SakakibaraAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.
Vol. 3The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 3August 13, 2024Shima Shinya, Daniel José OlderMizuki SakakibaraAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.
Vol. 4The High Republic: The Edge of Balance, Vol. 4April 22, 2025Shima Shinya, Daniel José OlderMizuki SakakibaraAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.
PrecedentThe High Republic: The Edge of Balance: PrecedentMay 23, 2023Daniel José Older, Tomio OgataTomio OgataAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.
PremonitionThe High Republic: The Edge of Balance: PremonitionApril 8, 2025Daniel José OlderHainingAn instalment of the High Republic manga line.

In print

Collected editions

No collected edition of this run has been catalogued here yet.