Star Wars' Doctor Aphra, the infamous archaeologist, has been hired to go after an ancient artifact that proves the power of the High Republic's Nihil

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Star Wars:Doctor Aphra #6

The High Republic era is fast approaching forStar Warsfans, revealing an all-new time period set 200 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga. However, Marvel has already begun to tease the new era in their various comics, especially their ongoingDoctor Aphraseries from Alyssa Wong. The series has revealed new artifacts and elements of history from the High Republic, but the latest issue may have revealed its biggest tease yet, showing fans that the villains from the High Republic known as the Nihil might have been even more dangerous than the Empire.

In the first arc of Wong'sDoctor Aphra, the infamous archaeologist formed a crew to go after the legendary Rings of Vaale, said to grant their wielder immortality, fortune, and power. These valuable and rare artifacts were reported to have originated from the High Republic era, and Aphra's crew even manages to locate the ring in the abandoned Lost City of Vaale, uncovering symbols and iconography from the High Republic as well. However, the rich and powerful Ronen Tagge sought the rings for himself, leading to a confrontation between his forces and Aphra's crew. While the conclusion of this arc ended with Aphra besting Ronen, it did put her in the crosshairs of Ronen's Aunt Domina, the matriarch of the powerful Tagge family.

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Domina Tagge hires bounty hunters to bring Aphra to her ship inStar Wars: Doctor Aphra #6from Wong with art by Ray-Anthony Height and Robert Gill. However, it's remarkably not to seek revenge on Aphra for defeating her nephew. Instead, she actually hires Aphra to infiltrate a rival tech company that claims to have discovered an ancient path engine, a device designed by the villains of the High Republic.

From what's been teased so far, the High Republic will have been enjoying a period of peace and prosperity until the emergence of High Republic villains known as the Nihil. The Nihil will somehow be responsible for the Great Disaster, an event that involves the wreckage of ships coming out of lightspeed with highly destructive and deadly force, obliterating worlds in their wake. According to Domina is this issue, the Nihil path engine holds the key to a long-lost method of an even faster form of lightspeed, which in the grand scheme would not work in Lady Domina's favor. Faster lightspeed travel would completely change not just the galactic economy, but the current Galactic Civil War as well, neither of which would bode well for the Tagge Family.

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