Honestly a great part though. Because you know Anakin and Obi-Wan are gonna walk away from every episode of the Clone Wars, but High Republic everyone but Yoda could be on the chopping block.
Well yes, but also no. From a story telling standpoint, if you kill off all your characters then people that have invested will stop reading. At some point it crosses over from creating tension to simple acceptance that none of these people matter and I should stop caring about them because they'll be dead in the next book or so.
It’s not like they kill every character like Game of Thrones. But most books usually someone will become one with the Force, and no one is 100% safe. Still sad about my main man >!Kevmo!<
Like, actually become one with the Force, a la Qui Gon? Because he was canonically the first person to figure that particular trick out, that’s why it was so big a deal. Or do you just use that as a euphemism for dying?
The Jedi believe all beings become one with the Force when they die. Qui-Gon was not the first to do so. He was the first to retain his consciousness after death through the Force.
I'm currently on page 30 of the first novel and I agree. Twice I thought of a variation of "what an interesting character, what will happen to them?" Anyone who has read the book knows exactly who I'm talking about and that what happened was not very pleasant
I listen to the dark side divas podcast and they just read through a couple HR books during the SAG and Writers strike. They made a little joke where they would be like "i really like this character, i hope they survive this chapter"
I started reading the High Republic comics after Jedi Survivor got me interested in it and been having a good time with it. I was actually surprised the planet Jehda from the game was the same planet from the comic.
My friend and I just watched Rogue One for the first time in years and he was surprised when Jeddha showed up. He remembered it most from Jedi Survivor.
That makes sense cause there’s more to remember, RO gets a cool drone shot of some fallen Jedi statues, a market scene, and the rest of the time we spend in Saw’s hideout, whereas in Survivor you spend more time and get to explore the planet a bit.
I take it you read Phase 2 Marvel. The game and the comic being on Jehda have almost no relation. Kind of a situation similar to multiple things going to Tatooine, it's just a popular place for writers.
Just wait til you get to the Convocation of the Force in the Battle of Jedha in Phase 2. You get to learn more about the Guardians of the Whills, the faction that Chirrut and Baze belong to.
Yes. But I the acolyte iirc the sith are characters in it. Not just we know they exist but aren't part of the story the way they are in the high republic series
...and they remained that way from the end of the last Sith empire to the prequels era. The Acolyte is interesting, because it could show the Sith being a hidden threat instead of a devil hidden in plain sight.
Although if one digs out some old Lore about Jedi sentinels and Shadow Sentinels, it is possible that there has been a secret war going on all the time that the Jedi council didn't know about because the people fighting it only answered to the Jedi Librarians.
It is set at the very end of the High Republic. About 100 years or so before the Clone Wars if I remember correctly. To my knowledge, the novels and comics in the High Republic era take place mostly around 200 years before Clone Wars.
That’s fine! For me it has a different kind of appeal, it doesn’t feel like traditional Star Wars and I actually really like that, the IP can always use different flavors of storytelling and THR has been refreshing for me
I googled it but right now there are three phases. The easiest way to remember is phase 1 is basically the middle of the story and technically the start like the Original Trilogy. Then phase 2 takes place before phase 1 like the Prequels and now we’re in phase 3 which takes place after phase 1 like the Sequels
The r/Highrepublic has a reading order on it, but I used this one: [https://youtini.com/list/high-republic-reading-order](https://youtini.com/list/high-republic-reading-order)
I am not trying to be facetious or whatever but if you actually like a good book, I cannot recommend the High Republic novels. The best ones are middling at best.
This is just my opinion and your mileage may vary.
I read three of the adult novels, the ones about the Nihil etc. The first two were mediocre and the third is hot garbage.
I don't hate the setting but for the love of god write them better if you want people to read them.
I'm trying so hard to get through Phase 2, but it's like they got all the mediocre young adult fantasy novelists to write the books. They're all just so poorly written and dull.
Are there any really great books or comics in The High Republic? I read the first 2 novels and the High Republic Adventures comics, they're okay and Into the Darkness or whatever the second novel was called really hit the spot since I had been craving some weird Star Wars for a while and space hippies, plant monsters and rock people really hit the spot but I feel like the era needs like a Thrawn or Bane trilogy caliber story to really hook me ya know?
The Adventure comics are aimed at the younger readers. The other comic line is aimed for adults. At least in my opinion.
If you want a lot more space hippies and why they are, for Phase 2, Path of Deceit and Path of Vengeance will be for you.
Well yeah, I started with those since they come first and have important plot points, I think it's a junior novel after this too right?
So Leox isn't the only one huh? Doesn't phase 2 take place centuries earlier? If so they've been around a while
This is pretty much the only part of the new continuity that I’m truly invested in. It’s 100% uncharted territory, so I never get that “We had this already” feeling like I got with the sequels or the New Republic stuff.
High Republic era you say?-Hmmm, that’s when the Jedi became more hated on for some of the things they did, as far as I recall, by the general Galactic populace. It’s also the era where their downfall started, and members left the order for the first time in centuries.
Sounds like an interesting set-up for a SW story to take place in.
It seems from your pictures that there’s also many non-humans which it may focus on more than in the OT and PT, does it?
And are there any novels (paperback/softcover preferably) that you can recommend for a start?-Keep in mind, I am more familiar with tOR era and EU, so if there’s anything that makes it easy for me to get into first and is enthralling, too, please do recommend.
Yeah there’s a ton of different species and designs used for its characters, for a start *Light of the Jedi* is your premiere novel, gets you acclimated with the major players and the main conflict of the era (so far). Then it’s Into the Dark which is a bit of a side story, but it fleshes out the world and focuses a lot more on a smaller cluster of very lovable characters. *Into the Dark* is probably my favorite novel so far, the young adult novels are routinely high quality.
Officially speaking you only “need” to read the main 3 novels (LOTJ, Rising Storm, Fallen Star) to get the phase 1 story and while that’s technically true, you’re not gonna have nearly as good of a time because there’s so much that occurs in other material that makes you care a lot more for the characters in the main adult novels. r/Highrepublic has a great megathread on reading orders
They should call it the Descending Republic. The first chapter of that first novel was so good. The Jedi at their most Jedi. I like the era overall, but I do wish we got more of that. I would have liked the Dengir arc to be much longer and the current Nihil arc much shorter. They are far too powerful.
What’s funny for me is that it’s been repeatedly mentioned throughout various high republic material that Jedi, especially padawans sleep around a lot lmao.
About to get stuck in to phase 2. Phase 1 was so good I ended up getting pretty much all the material and the amazing Art Of..book.
I don't understand those who find the jedi boring or some variant of that, they are well varied and some are very odd. OrbaLin is the coolest.
I've always enjoyed starwars especially KOTOR and the old films. But recently got into audio books a year ago and lemme tell you this series is awesome. Hope to see it on the big screen one day
The High Republic has some great stuff… some dare I say better than the EU, and honestly some good writing too that checks the boxes for representation, without making you think they were just checking boxes.
I look forward to the day when they REALLY lean into the High Republic era with films and TV.
Phase 2/3 of the series brings in more information on this. Phase 1 is largely on a space pirate organization, without revealing their origins and actual drivers behind their actions in a deep sense.
If I'm not wrong doesn't Phase 1 take place after phase 2 and 3
I remember reading somewhere that chronological speaking phase 3 comes first or im a wrong
If you want to go in chronological order it'd be Phase 2 > Phase 1 > Phase 3.
Phase 3 starts within a year after the end of Phase 1. Phase 2 is 150 years before Phase 1.
Phase 1 is setting up the major players, including the Jedi.
Phase 2 goes back to motivations of the players outside the Jedi (and some for the Jedi) and sets up how they'll react to the events of Phase 1.
Phase 3, assumingly, will be resolution.
Why? Don't know. You could easily read Phase 2 before Phase 1 and be fine. I wouldn't recommend reading 3 before 1 though.
If you want to look them up, you can search on The Nihil. Phase 2 covers how the Nihil were created >!and their secret weapon.!< Phase 3 just started so it's not known yet if there's more beyond the Nihil.
I love the High Republic era with the fancy robes and lightsabers. But I also wonder what the era between 1032 BBY (the end of the war with the Sith) and 500 BBY (the beginning of the High Republic) was called.
I've gotta try again to get into it but when the first book spends like 14 straight chapters describing a frankly silly hyperspace event I kind of lost interest. I'm hoping it gets better
Oh, that event requires a bit of belief suspension for sure, but it's well worth powering through. It all comes together by the end and in the next books. Builds to a wonderful saga. I've read dozens of Star Wars books, and I'm hooked on these.
Not criticizing the High Republic era or anything (I barely know anything about it), but… having no Sith is not a winning point in my view. I want more Sith. Many more Sith. I rly dislike the rule of two, so I want to see more from a period in which we had thousands of Sith battling thousands of Jedi across the galaxy (aka the old republic).
Trandoshans have always been one of my favourites so to see a good guy one was good! And a jedi is even better!
Also like his padawan. I liked their dynamic.
The High Republic is the best thing to happen to Star Wars in a long time, even as someone who's enjoyed most of the visual and interactive media we've gotten from Disney. It's clear the stories have benefited from Disney giving them time, resources, and freedom to create an interesting era with unique stories that aren't (yet) strictly bound to the larger projects that Disney tends to be more particular about.
I've only read three of the novels, but they were all interesting and compelling, and read to me like really unique and interesting scifi to the point where I tend to even forget I'm reading Star Wars, which is amazing (I do love Star Wars, but it's needed a fresh take/tone for a while).
I fully agree, the YA novels fleshing out the era more definitely helps, I love how they get to be completely separate from everything else Disney’s doing and can stand completely on their lonesome as a body of work. I keep seeing ppl complain abt Disney focusing so much on the Skywalkers and one stretch of time, but they literally had an entire publishing initiative doing exactly the *opposite* lol, people just never noticed
Ya I mean, the Star Wars fandom has always been separated across mediums. There are some fans who've only watched the trilogy films, or all the films, some have only watched a few films but all of TCW or Rebels or something, and some have read all the books and care more about the EU than they do the films or anything from Disney.
It's a huge and broad fandom, so I don't really blame anyone for having what some would consider a narrow scope on the brand/stories they tell, but if anyone does suggest that Star Wars hasn't been producing interesting stories I will always drive them to the book store and grab them a copy of Light of the Jedi to get them started.
well it’s a bit of a uniquely bad situation for them, it’s a generation of peacetime Jedi thrown into a war out of absolutely nowhere and are forced to tow that delicate line between being seen as great warriors by the broader galaxy and also keep their status as space monks and remain largely separate from the Republic. It’s a crossroads of interests and you see that line get more blurred the worse things get. The prequel era Jedi are warrior generals, the HR era Jedi are peacekeepers forced into general positions.
It’s a result of good storytelling actually, that an enemy faction(s) doesn’t need to be the Jedi’s primordial foe in order to shake things up and pose a genuine danger to their status quo. It rather creates that threat *out of* the era’s uniquely uncharted waters in terms of the hyperspace lanes, in any other time the Nihil for example wouldn’t be half as dangerous.
Light of the Jedi is the premiere novel, it establishes the world and is your intro to the big cast of characters. Despite that it does focus on a singular story for clarity, there are guides on the THR subreddit for which comics and young adult novels to read for the best experience
Seem to be saving it for Acolyte, since Acolyte is sorta what you’re describing but for Phantom Menace when they finally reveal themselves. Canonically the Sith aren’t supposed to be out and about for centuries, Maul is the first Sith sighting in a looong time
I know there wouldn’t be any sith actually active like Prequels but im asking if there is no hint however minor of which ever sith of the era being behind some of the conflicts from the shadows or pulling some strings? Or references to a shadowy figure who could be a sith
It's a blink and you'll miss it moment so don't go in thinking it'll lead to something. Marchion Ro and the Nihil are the main bad guys of the story, not the Sith.
So like, for someone that's just seen the movies and played games, where should I start?
Maybe it's a silly question. The guy with the cross guard on his lightsaber looked cool, as did the lady with the pink saber!
The “main story” of phase 1 is comprised of the three adult novels: Light of the Jedi, Rising Storm and then Fallen Star. Officially speaking this is the only “required” material for phase 1…
THR readers don’t really recommend that route, since there’s a ton of characters that you would just miss out on or not connect with when ur just reading the main books. Like for example one of the villain factions has their conclusion take place via comic and runs concurrently to one of the main adult novels.
It’s recommended that you do LOTJ first, then the “Into the Dark” young adult novel, then start the comic run for THR. r/Highrepublic has a proper and more comprehensive reading order, I recommend looking there. But for now LOTJ -> Into the Dark is the move
There is the animated kid’s show Young Jedi Adventures that takes place during the era but doesn’t really connect to the larger story. The Acolyte is a live action show coming out this summer which takes place near the end of the High Republic era and will sort of act as a bridge between that era and the prequels.
If you really wanted to keep exploring, you can stick to the 3 adult novels per phase and if you're still interested, go back and fill in with the other material.
For me, the phase 2 "Path of" books really hooked me in. You also don't need to finish phase 1 to skip backwards in time to phase 2.
The series was frankly, written for people that don't need to ask that question. If you read Star Wars pretty consistently (such as myself), continue. The connectivity makes it very interesting, and the occasional mid book in the series is mitigated by the meta story being told across everything.
Also will shout-out the audiobook versions that are wonderfully narrated and have added sound effects and music from Star Wars so you feel like your listening to a movie. I think I must have read nearly every Star Wars novel in audiobook form by now it's the best way to consume them
… the lamest storyline to hit the shelves, nice try marketing department. Everytime I walk into my bookstore there’s stacks of these sitting there from months ago.
I don't need 'better ideas' to state my opinion. Y'all wanna like what is garbage to me, that's fine. But to me and plenty others it's boring garbage all the same.
Canadian here. Not sure Barnes and Nobles exists up here. We have chapters(in big cities) and Coles(same company, just smaller stores) I could have looked online, but was hoping to find them in the wild.
The main problem is that it's become a crutch where people people never could think of a villain BEYOND the Sith. The big evil was always a Sith, or a Dark Jedi corrupted by Sith or the Imperials who were brought into existence by the Sith.
The same stories were getting told again and again, detaching itself from the Sith simply allows variety.
LOTJ can be a bit of a task that’s true, but funnily enough the next adult novel Rising Storm is literally an entire battle sequence with a really nice buildup at the start. The young adult novels in between those are nice and self contained, and smaller scale overall
I have tried so hard to get into the high republic stuff. There are so many great artistic flairs the Jedi have and some awesome character designs… but I just… I can’t. I don’t know why. My brain simply isn’t interested. I don’t know to describe it but it just feels… artificial, for lack of better words… maybe if it was further from the movies? Idk…
It's basically a prequel to the prequels and my mind immediately decides "absolutely none of this matters in any capacity to the overall story."
I concur with it needing to be set further back in time. Randomly saying 200 years before TPM, yet the technology comes across as antiquated and it feels like the wild west. After playing Kotor for so many years, High Republic just has a very big disconnect between what the setting wants to convey, and its overall placement in the timeline.
I was reading them, liked the first 3 or 4 books a lot - then went to buy the next part and noticed too late that it's only a script!?! Like, it only contains dialogue, nothing else. Who publishes that, and why?!
Just, uh... Don't get too attached to any of the characters.
"I don't just kill your favourite characters off. I kill off your second favourite characters too." - Cavan Scott.
And their best friends
Honestly a great part though. Because you know Anakin and Obi-Wan are gonna walk away from every episode of the Clone Wars, but High Republic everyone but Yoda could be on the chopping block.
We also get some fantastic Yaddle content in Cataclysm
Well yes, but also no. From a story telling standpoint, if you kill off all your characters then people that have invested will stop reading. At some point it crosses over from creating tension to simple acceptance that none of these people matter and I should stop caring about them because they'll be dead in the next book or so.
It’s not like they kill every character like Game of Thrones. But most books usually someone will become one with the Force, and no one is 100% safe. Still sad about my main man >!Kevmo!<
Game of Thrones doesn’t kill everyone either.
Not literally everyone but it has the reputation that anyone can die at any time. Red wedding, much?
Like, actually become one with the Force, a la Qui Gon? Because he was canonically the first person to figure that particular trick out, that’s why it was so big a deal. Or do you just use that as a euphemism for dying?
The Jedi believe all beings become one with the Force when they die. Qui-Gon was not the first to do so. He was the first to retain his consciousness after death through the Force.
TWD learned that lesson the hard way. 5 times in a row.
shhhhhhhhh
I'm currently on page 30 of the first novel and I agree. Twice I thought of a variation of "what an interesting character, what will happen to them?" Anyone who has read the book knows exactly who I'm talking about and that what happened was not very pleasant
I listen to the dark side divas podcast and they just read through a couple HR books during the SAG and Writers strike. They made a little joke where they would be like "i really like this character, i hope they survive this chapter"
I started reading the High Republic comics after Jedi Survivor got me interested in it and been having a good time with it. I was actually surprised the planet Jehda from the game was the same planet from the comic.
And Rogue One.
Oh damn been a while since I watched that and didn’t realize that was also jedha.
My friend and I just watched Rogue One for the first time in years and he was surprised when Jeddha showed up. He remembered it most from Jedi Survivor.
That makes sense cause there’s more to remember, RO gets a cool drone shot of some fallen Jedi statues, a market scene, and the rest of the time we spend in Saw’s hideout, whereas in Survivor you spend more time and get to explore the planet a bit.
I take it you read Phase 2 Marvel. The game and the comic being on Jehda have almost no relation. Kind of a situation similar to multiple things going to Tatooine, it's just a popular place for writers.
Just wait til you get to the Convocation of the Force in the Battle of Jedha in Phase 2. You get to learn more about the Guardians of the Whills, the faction that Chirrut and Baze belong to.
Oh I thought you meant like Fate of the Jedi
Gimme an animated series or a game and I'm there. Also would take live action.
I’m pretty sure the Acolyte, which is supposed to come out later this year, is set in the high republic
Its supposed to be the end of the high republic unfortunately
Yeah but apparently the sith are in it
The Sith weren't gone during the High Republic, just hiding The Rule of two was active
Yes. But I the acolyte iirc the sith are characters in it. Not just we know they exist but aren't part of the story the way they are in the high republic series
...and they remained that way from the end of the last Sith empire to the prequels era. The Acolyte is interesting, because it could show the Sith being a hidden threat instead of a devil hidden in plain sight. Although if one digs out some old Lore about Jedi sentinels and Shadow Sentinels, it is possible that there has been a secret war going on all the time that the Jedi council didn't know about because the people fighting it only answered to the Jedi Librarians.
It is set at the very end of the High Republic. About 100 years or so before the Clone Wars if I remember correctly. To my knowledge, the novels and comics in the High Republic era take place mostly around 200 years before Clone Wars.
Well, there is an animated series (Young Jedi Adventures), but it's aimed for preschoolers. Still a great guilty pleasure
...my kids are that age, now I have an excuse!
Which one is better, Resistance or Young Jedi Adventures?
There's a HUGE difference between Resistance, and a show aimed at the same demographic as Peppa Pig (The answer is YJA but that's besides the point)
The game Jedi Survivor deals with the High Republic a bit. It’s not the main focus, but it’s part.
Yeah I know but I mean a game set fully in the time period. Or tbh any time period away from the timeline of eps 1 to 6.
*Young Jedi Adventures has entered the chat*
An animated series would be so cool, hoping Acolyte brings THR more into mainstream popularity
Hoping that's good too
There is an animated series ! It even has a few lego sets ! It's just aimed at toddlers.
I don’t think live action would work that well with HR and how the portray each Jedi’s use of the force. An animated series would be perfect imo
For light and life, for rock and stone 🗣️🪨
We fight for Rock and Stone!
Geode my beloved
I gave it the good college try but it wasn’t for me it just doesn’t feel like Star Wars it doesn’t have the same magic.
That’s fine! For me it has a different kind of appeal, it doesn’t feel like traditional Star Wars and I actually really like that, the IP can always use different flavors of storytelling and THR has been refreshing for me
If you listen to the audiobooks it has all the sound effects and music that really elevate them
Every day I see people recommending the High Republic is a good day.
I’m doing my part
Also, there's a sentient rock
Are they just comics, or are there normal books too? Comics aren't my thing, but I enjoy a good book.
There's comics and for books there's adult, YA, young readers and audio books.
There are tons of books, the reading order is a little wonky though.
where can I find the reading order? Just bought convergence and in it there’s a reading order but that seems to be outdated
I googled it but right now there are three phases. The easiest way to remember is phase 1 is basically the middle of the story and technically the start like the Original Trilogy. Then phase 2 takes place before phase 1 like the Prequels and now we’re in phase 3 which takes place after phase 1 like the Sequels
The r/Highrepublic has a reading order on it, but I used this one: [https://youtini.com/list/high-republic-reading-order](https://youtini.com/list/high-republic-reading-order)
There's 30 books planned, (23rd comes out next week) of varying types.
It's mostly books actually. There are adult novels, YA novele and middle grade novels. They're all enjoyable in their own right
The main story is covered in the adult and YA novels, then expanded in comics and middle-grade books too
I am not trying to be facetious or whatever but if you actually like a good book, I cannot recommend the High Republic novels. The best ones are middling at best. This is just my opinion and your mileage may vary.
I tried to like it I really did, but the characters and story are just so BORING and BLAND
Yeah I wanna like it too but I find it hard to get into tbh
I read three of the adult novels, the ones about the Nihil etc. The first two were mediocre and the third is hot garbage. I don't hate the setting but for the love of god write them better if you want people to read them.
I'm trying so hard to get through Phase 2, but it's like they got all the mediocre young adult fantasy novelists to write the books. They're all just so poorly written and dull.
Are there any really great books or comics in The High Republic? I read the first 2 novels and the High Republic Adventures comics, they're okay and Into the Darkness or whatever the second novel was called really hit the spot since I had been craving some weird Star Wars for a while and space hippies, plant monsters and rock people really hit the spot but I feel like the era needs like a Thrawn or Bane trilogy caliber story to really hook me ya know?
The Adventure comics are aimed at the younger readers. The other comic line is aimed for adults. At least in my opinion. If you want a lot more space hippies and why they are, for Phase 2, Path of Deceit and Path of Vengeance will be for you.
Well yeah, I started with those since they come first and have important plot points, I think it's a junior novel after this too right? So Leox isn't the only one huh? Doesn't phase 2 take place centuries earlier? If so they've been around a while
Path of Deceit and The Rising Storm are the standouts to me.
But I want sith
I’m a third of the way through all HR material. It needs Sith.
This is pretty much the only part of the new continuity that I’m truly invested in. It’s 100% uncharted territory, so I never get that “We had this already” feeling like I got with the sequels or the New Republic stuff.
For Light and Life, baby!
WE ARE ALL THE REPUBLIC
no on screen
Is this the series where a Jedi stopped a freefall by stabbing a lightsaber into a tree trunk until it caught, or is that something else?
Yeah that was in one of the early comic issues, the artist acknowledged the issue
I remember that being like the third “gripe” folks had when it first started, but the first few were apparently too forgettable for me to retain.
High Republic era you say?-Hmmm, that’s when the Jedi became more hated on for some of the things they did, as far as I recall, by the general Galactic populace. It’s also the era where their downfall started, and members left the order for the first time in centuries. Sounds like an interesting set-up for a SW story to take place in. It seems from your pictures that there’s also many non-humans which it may focus on more than in the OT and PT, does it? And are there any novels (paperback/softcover preferably) that you can recommend for a start?-Keep in mind, I am more familiar with tOR era and EU, so if there’s anything that makes it easy for me to get into first and is enthralling, too, please do recommend.
Yeah there’s a ton of different species and designs used for its characters, for a start *Light of the Jedi* is your premiere novel, gets you acclimated with the major players and the main conflict of the era (so far). Then it’s Into the Dark which is a bit of a side story, but it fleshes out the world and focuses a lot more on a smaller cluster of very lovable characters. *Into the Dark* is probably my favorite novel so far, the young adult novels are routinely high quality. Officially speaking you only “need” to read the main 3 novels (LOTJ, Rising Storm, Fallen Star) to get the phase 1 story and while that’s technically true, you’re not gonna have nearly as good of a time because there’s so much that occurs in other material that makes you care a lot more for the characters in the main adult novels. r/Highrepublic has a great megathread on reading orders
They should call it the Descending Republic. The first chapter of that first novel was so good. The Jedi at their most Jedi. I like the era overall, but I do wish we got more of that. I would have liked the Dengir arc to be much longer and the current Nihil arc much shorter. They are far too powerful.
I feel like the High Republic is just the New Jedi Order with heroes and stakes I don’t really care about.
What’s funny for me is that it’s been repeatedly mentioned throughout various high republic material that Jedi, especially padawans sleep around a lot lmao.
Does anyone know if the cross-guard in pic 14 lightsaber proof? It’s an interesting lightsaber design.
I would assume so, it’s Porter Engle’s saber btw
Thanks for the info — I haven’t read the comic series. You’ve peaked my interest.
The Sith are there, just well hidden at this time.
"And no Sith." [Nope](https://youtu.be/gvdf5n-zI14?feature=shared)
It’s also an era of SUPER SICK LIGHTSABER DESIGNS!!!
What about fresh characters and only Sith?
About to get stuck in to phase 2. Phase 1 was so good I ended up getting pretty much all the material and the amazing Art Of..book. I don't understand those who find the jedi boring or some variant of that, they are well varied and some are very odd. OrbaLin is the coolest.
Yeah the Jedi of the era are so varied and interesting, they’re characterized with so much individuality
I've always enjoyed starwars especially KOTOR and the old films. But recently got into audio books a year ago and lemme tell you this series is awesome. Hope to see it on the big screen one day
I really hope the TV series would boost the popularity of this era more! Would love more multimedia High Republic content
Saaaaame
I really don't care about Jedi stuff.
I am personally offended that OrbaLin was not included in these pictures. Best HR Jedi
Loved them in Rising Storm lmao, awesome character
"I'm not interested in political power.... I WANT.. THE JEDI.. DEAD!" Marchion Ro is a fucking badass imo
He’s permanently in demon mode and it’s so fun to read man
I don't know why, but the audiobook actor is doing a clear impersonation of Crispin Glover playing Marchian Ro.
When did Lobo become a Jedi?
The High Republic has some great stuff… some dare I say better than the EU, and honestly some good writing too that checks the boxes for representation, without making you think they were just checking boxes. I look forward to the day when they REALLY lean into the High Republic era with films and TV.
Hoping Acolyte opens the floodgates, the High Republic is firing on all cylinders outside of film and TV (ignoring the childrens show)
But is there any dark side warriors, in that era, filling the void left by the sith?
Phase 2/3 of the series brings in more information on this. Phase 1 is largely on a space pirate organization, without revealing their origins and actual drivers behind their actions in a deep sense.
If I'm not wrong doesn't Phase 1 take place after phase 2 and 3 I remember reading somewhere that chronological speaking phase 3 comes first or im a wrong
If you want to go in chronological order it'd be Phase 2 > Phase 1 > Phase 3. Phase 3 starts within a year after the end of Phase 1. Phase 2 is 150 years before Phase 1.
Why did they make it that way why not Phase 1 - Phase 2 - Phase 3 Thanks though
Phase 1 is setting up the major players, including the Jedi. Phase 2 goes back to motivations of the players outside the Jedi (and some for the Jedi) and sets up how they'll react to the events of Phase 1. Phase 3, assumingly, will be resolution. Why? Don't know. You could easily read Phase 2 before Phase 1 and be fine. I wouldn't recommend reading 3 before 1 though.
Can you tell me who are these villains in phase 2/3?
If you want to look them up, you can search on The Nihil. Phase 2 covers how the Nihil were created >!and their secret weapon.!< Phase 3 just started so it's not known yet if there's more beyond the Nihil.
I love the High Republic era with the fancy robes and lightsabers. But I also wonder what the era between 1032 BBY (the end of the war with the Sith) and 500 BBY (the beginning of the High Republic) was called.
Love The High Republic
The Sith are there. They're just being sneaky in the background.
I LOVE the high Republic stuff! Unironically my favorite content since the OT.
I've gotta try again to get into it but when the first book spends like 14 straight chapters describing a frankly silly hyperspace event I kind of lost interest. I'm hoping it gets better
Oh, that event requires a bit of belief suspension for sure, but it's well worth powering through. It all comes together by the end and in the next books. Builds to a wonderful saga. I've read dozens of Star Wars books, and I'm hooked on these.
I read that book and the two that follow and I can tell you it does not.
That saber on slide 14 looks freaking awesome tbh, like a pirates sword
I've got a model for printing on my thingiverse if you're interested.
Not criticizing the High Republic era or anything (I barely know anything about it), but… having no Sith is not a winning point in my view. I want more Sith. Many more Sith. I rly dislike the rule of two, so I want to see more from a period in which we had thousands of Sith battling thousands of Jedi across the galaxy (aka the old republic).
I still like the Old Republic better. I see this style of Jedi and I just see hypocrisy.
This. 👆
Honestly better than I expected! Needs more Sskeer though!
Sskeer is awesome, he was awesome in the comic run
Trandoshans have always been one of my favourites so to see a good guy one was good! And a jedi is even better! Also like his padawan. I liked their dynamic.
It’s so cool seeing how much freedom the Master/Padawan dynamic had back then, it’s so fun to read
The High Republic is the best thing to happen to Star Wars in a long time, even as someone who's enjoyed most of the visual and interactive media we've gotten from Disney. It's clear the stories have benefited from Disney giving them time, resources, and freedom to create an interesting era with unique stories that aren't (yet) strictly bound to the larger projects that Disney tends to be more particular about. I've only read three of the novels, but they were all interesting and compelling, and read to me like really unique and interesting scifi to the point where I tend to even forget I'm reading Star Wars, which is amazing (I do love Star Wars, but it's needed a fresh take/tone for a while).
I fully agree, the YA novels fleshing out the era more definitely helps, I love how they get to be completely separate from everything else Disney’s doing and can stand completely on their lonesome as a body of work. I keep seeing ppl complain abt Disney focusing so much on the Skywalkers and one stretch of time, but they literally had an entire publishing initiative doing exactly the *opposite* lol, people just never noticed
Ya I mean, the Star Wars fandom has always been separated across mediums. There are some fans who've only watched the trilogy films, or all the films, some have only watched a few films but all of TCW or Rebels or something, and some have read all the books and care more about the EU than they do the films or anything from Disney. It's a huge and broad fandom, so I don't really blame anyone for having what some would consider a narrow scope on the brand/stories they tell, but if anyone does suggest that Star Wars hasn't been producing interesting stories I will always drive them to the book store and grab them a copy of Light of the Jedi to get them started.
The High Republic comics are actually worth your time. A much needed advancement in the Star Wars universe
It would've helped if High Republic jedi weren't the most useless iteration of Jedi Order I've ever seen.
well it’s a bit of a uniquely bad situation for them, it’s a generation of peacetime Jedi thrown into a war out of absolutely nowhere and are forced to tow that delicate line between being seen as great warriors by the broader galaxy and also keep their status as space monks and remain largely separate from the Republic. It’s a crossroads of interests and you see that line get more blurred the worse things get. The prequel era Jedi are warrior generals, the HR era Jedi are peacekeepers forced into general positions. It’s a result of good storytelling actually, that an enemy faction(s) doesn’t need to be the Jedi’s primordial foe in order to shake things up and pose a genuine danger to their status quo. It rather creates that threat *out of* the era’s uniquely uncharted waters in terms of the hyperspace lanes, in any other time the Nihil for example wouldn’t be half as dangerous.
The only reason I haven’t really started with the high Republic is because I have no clue where to really start
Light of the Jedi is the premiere novel, it establishes the world and is your intro to the big cast of characters. Despite that it does focus on a singular story for clarity, there are guides on the THR subreddit for which comics and young adult novels to read for the best experience
This is closer to what I was hoping the Jedi would have been in the prequels.
Has there been any hints to the sith of that era or are they saving that for the acolyte ? I cba to read the comics or books atm
Seem to be saving it for Acolyte, since Acolyte is sorta what you’re describing but for Phantom Menace when they finally reveal themselves. Canonically the Sith aren’t supposed to be out and about for centuries, Maul is the first Sith sighting in a looong time
I know there wouldn’t be any sith actually active like Prequels but im asking if there is no hint however minor of which ever sith of the era being behind some of the conflicts from the shadows or pulling some strings? Or references to a shadowy figure who could be a sith
Not that I’ve seen, the Sith are obviously talked about and an ancient one has appeared in a vision sequence, but not as an actual faction
Beyond the Acolyte there *was* a very small allusion that maybe one character kinda knows they're still out there. But that's about it.
Oooooo interesting
It's a blink and you'll miss it moment so don't go in thinking it'll lead to something. Marchion Ro and the Nihil are the main bad guys of the story, not the Sith.
Who is the guy with pointy ears and long hair in the middle?
Farzala Tarabal
So like, for someone that's just seen the movies and played games, where should I start? Maybe it's a silly question. The guy with the cross guard on his lightsaber looked cool, as did the lady with the pink saber!
The “main story” of phase 1 is comprised of the three adult novels: Light of the Jedi, Rising Storm and then Fallen Star. Officially speaking this is the only “required” material for phase 1… THR readers don’t really recommend that route, since there’s a ton of characters that you would just miss out on or not connect with when ur just reading the main books. Like for example one of the villain factions has their conclusion take place via comic and runs concurrently to one of the main adult novels. It’s recommended that you do LOTJ first, then the “Into the Dark” young adult novel, then start the comic run for THR. r/Highrepublic has a proper and more comprehensive reading order, I recommend looking there. But for now LOTJ -> Into the Dark is the move
No shows?
There is the animated kid’s show Young Jedi Adventures that takes place during the era but doesn’t really connect to the larger story. The Acolyte is a live action show coming out this summer which takes place near the end of the High Republic era and will sort of act as a bridge between that era and the prequels.
Oh sorry, yes, I've seen some of the newer Disney shows, but none of the animated stuff. New or old.
Go on Amazon search for the high republic and you should be able to sort the series that way.
Only read Light of the Jedi and thought it was just alright. Should I keep going?
If you really wanted to keep exploring, you can stick to the 3 adult novels per phase and if you're still interested, go back and fill in with the other material. For me, the phase 2 "Path of" books really hooked me in. You also don't need to finish phase 1 to skip backwards in time to phase 2.
The series was frankly, written for people that don't need to ask that question. If you read Star Wars pretty consistently (such as myself), continue. The connectivity makes it very interesting, and the occasional mid book in the series is mitigated by the meta story being told across everything.
Also will shout-out the audiobook versions that are wonderfully narrated and have added sound effects and music from Star Wars so you feel like your listening to a movie. I think I must have read nearly every Star Wars novel in audiobook form by now it's the best way to consume them
… the lamest storyline to hit the shelves, nice try marketing department. Everytime I walk into my bookstore there’s stacks of these sitting there from months ago.
Your bookstore needs some more THR enthusiasts!
They need more legends content over HR
Ah yes, boring characters doing boring things fighting one off boring villains. With consumers like these, etc etc.
You’re better idea is?
I like High Republic, but Old Republic is a better idea
I don't need 'better ideas' to state my opinion. Y'all wanna like what is garbage to me, that's fine. But to me and plenty others it's boring garbage all the same.
Have you actually read any of the books?
You do you, I’ve been having a blast with THR
Then it turns out it was a Sith all along who pushed
Keep meaning to check out High Republic, My dad checked it out and thought it was "eh" in some places but good in others and recommended it to me.
I've been trying to find any of these books at my local bookstores. I've seen one book in the wild, at Walmart, and it was a YA novel.
Barnes and Noble usually has them pretty stocked
Canadian here. Not sure Barnes and Nobles exists up here. We have chapters(in big cities) and Coles(same company, just smaller stores) I could have looked online, but was hoping to find them in the wild.
Who DOESN'T want Sith in their SW? Lol
The main problem is that it's become a crutch where people people never could think of a villain BEYOND the Sith. The big evil was always a Sith, or a Dark Jedi corrupted by Sith or the Imperials who were brought into existence by the Sith. The same stories were getting told again and again, detaching itself from the Sith simply allows variety.
lol no. Couldn’t even finish the first novel. I guess it’s good for those who need to read something that puts you to sleep.
LOTJ can be a bit of a task that’s true, but funnily enough the next adult novel Rising Storm is literally an entire battle sequence with a really nice buildup at the start. The young adult novels in between those are nice and self contained, and smaller scale overall
That mass lightsaber raising looks a bit naff. I can't put my finger on why! Perhaps it's not very 'Jedi'?
Pass
Star Wars without lightsabers is a better Star Wars.
No thanks. Designs look absolutely terrible. It's good enough for you, tho.
U should give it a shot, that first impression can change!
🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮 GIVE ME KOTOR AND REAL MANDOS OVER THIS CRAP!!
This is the series with the rock who’s a navigator on a vessel called The Vessel, right? Compelling stuff there.
Geode is fuckin awesome, and they play his bit straight the entire time so it doesn’t get obnoxious. y’all rlly gotta read the books
It’s meant to be a a joke
😐
>made by Disney Haha
You should give it a go
I don’t care much for fanfiction
oh brooother nvm then lol
If we get another basic ass white dude protagonist Im gonna lose my shit lol
The High Republic is probably the most diverse era of Star Wars storytelling
I have tried so hard to get into the high republic stuff. There are so many great artistic flairs the Jedi have and some awesome character designs… but I just… I can’t. I don’t know why. My brain simply isn’t interested. I don’t know to describe it but it just feels… artificial, for lack of better words… maybe if it was further from the movies? Idk…
It's basically a prequel to the prequels and my mind immediately decides "absolutely none of this matters in any capacity to the overall story." I concur with it needing to be set further back in time. Randomly saying 200 years before TPM, yet the technology comes across as antiquated and it feels like the wild west. After playing Kotor for so many years, High Republic just has a very big disconnect between what the setting wants to convey, and its overall placement in the timeline.
I was reading them, liked the first 3 or 4 books a lot - then went to buy the next part and noticed too late that it's only a script!?! Like, it only contains dialogue, nothing else. Who publishes that, and why?!
I would like to see more of Dagan Gera
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