If you’ve ever played heavy rain or Detroit become human its gonna play like those games since its the same developer
I totally understand and appreciate that. I’ll never poop on someone for their Fandom or the corners corners the Fandom that they do or don’t lilike.
For me when it comes to High Republic I think it has to do with the lack of familiarity with the characters as well as with the way the characters are delivered. At one point in time no one knew Aphra from a hole in the wall but she was immediately liked.
Like you said, reading the novels and having that much more knowledge of the era and characters helps but also shouldn’t be required. The comics should stand on their own. That kind of thing is my major gripe with Phasma. She could have been so damn cool but Disney did next to nothing with her, and when people asked WTF Disney’s response was “buy the book and the comics.”
Wondered if any of the HR experts here know what the print run was on the Panini Italian #1 with the Dell’otto cover? I’ve tried searching for it, but can’t find anything - seem like there are a surprising number of copies available, even for a foreign edition? But presumably Italian editions wouldn’t be printed that high…?
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I will celebrate your version of life day from now on!
Yes, there is both an Italian version and also a French version that contains multiple issues of High Republic. I’m also curious on the print run and which of these versions is rarer.
Unless the publishers release the print numbers, it’s always going to be a question never answered.
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As far as I know:
High Republic #1 French variant - hard cover, reprints HR #1 and #2 - print run 500
Star Wars #71 - German variant - reprints HR #1 - print run 999
High Republic #1 Italian variant - reprints HR #1 - print run generally unknown.
I’m just a little confused by the Italian one as you would think the print run would be low (Italian language) but there seem to be loads of copies around.
Bit difficult to figure out what the winner is here. French version is lowest print run (presumably) but hard cover, later print; so maybe the German version? But then that’s actually a different comic, reprinting HR #1, so maybe the Italian version?
The covers are all pretty, so I guess at the right price you can’t really go wrong…
Sorry to bring this up again, appreciate you guys may have gone over all this a while ago!
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That’s what they tell you to say it’s usually “limited” but by no means an actual print run accurate number. Always take them with a grain of salt.
If you’re going to base the most desirable based on what you think is the lowest print run issue, you’ve already lost in my opinion. Are you buying the product or you buying the “warranty” on the side of the box? I buy what I like, let the rest sort out if they become more valuable based on actual organic demand. Print runs don’t matter when there’s an actual organic demand involved.
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I pretty much found the same info as @filmboyuk
I could not find any listing on ebay with print run info, no graded slabs provide any info of PR, and all the stores didn’t have anything listed as far as print run #'s who are selling the book for $35-$49.
French-500 pr, comes with a signed print
German-999 pr
Italian- Over 250,000 sold?
I did find this on the Panini website, look at the bottom and the price
Quite right, I wasn’t precise in my language. “Limited to” indeed, more of an approximate indication (hopefully, at least) than a precise number.
So, the Italian version was an incentive. You had to order a certain number of the regular Noto cover to be eligible. The word got out about the variant (who knows who did that 
) and people began contacting Italian retailers and buy speculative lots for US resale. Technically, due to copyright and trademark regional licensing agreements, Panini can’t distribute outside of Europe.
After that, a group of comic stores got together and ordered a German language version ( including 7ate9 comics). That was 999 copies.
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The reference to 250,000 is how many copies sold before Panini reprinted it. That was on the solicit since before they took a single Dell’Otto order.
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Interesting, thanks for the information. So was the Italian version a global incentive, or just for Italian retailers?
Hadn’t realised that the German version was more of a store exclusive, but that would explain why it’s also available at Sad Lemon (part of the same group of comic stores as 7ate9).
I just ordered the Star Wars High Republic HC Novel Rising Storm with my TFAW credit I got for in-stock stuff from their warehouse shenanigans. 
There’s also a softcover that shaves off a few bucks too… Star Wars High Republic SC Novel Rising Storm
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It wasn’t a global exclusive. It was exclusive to Panini Italia (the Italian arm of Panini). Panini Italia has distribution rights throughout Europe (Germany, France, Spain, etc.). Panini is not permitted to ship to the U.S. or the the U.K. Marvel distributes through Diamond (maybe PRH now) in the UK.
You’ll find various language comics in different European countries. i.e., Italian in Germany, German in France, etc. etc, but the bulk of distribution is in the country of origin.
I would imagine what those stores did was find a German retail partner to order the exclusive from Panini. Then they bulk shipped them from that retailer stateside.
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TFAW is showing a restock of 1 copy of their exclusive for High Republic Annual exclusive. Not sure if it’s still in stock or just a glitch.
Star Wars High Republic Adventures Annual 2021 #1 (Jon Lam TFAW Exclusive Variant)
Im the opposite of most on here. I think the IDW series is unreadable. So bad. The Marvel series has gotten better over time and is pretty decent now.
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dont forget the idw exclusive cover for article
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