Star Wars: The High Republic #2 pg. 4

A year has passed since the destruction of the Starlight Beacon station by the nefarious Marchion Ro and his Nihil marauders.

The Nihil have established an Occlusion Zone in the Outer Rim, stranding hundreds of worlds behind their Stormwall. Communications are blocked, and ships that enter are lost to the void or destroyed by the Nihil.

The Republic is helpless against this sinister threat, and the brave and wise Jedi Knights remain fearful of Ro's fabled nameless creatures, which the Jedi have learned are very real, and very deadly...