4/30/2024 0 Comments Star wars the high republic reviewPhase I of The High Republic introduced some of the most memorable characters that Star Wars publishing has ever seen, and their adventures launched a publishing initiative that has all but taken over the Star Wars book community ever since. What is the Path of the Open Hand? How do these events tie into the larger narrative of Phase I? What is The Mother’s grand plan?īut, perhaps the most important question has been: why did we jump back in time in the first place? If anything, I am most interested to see how and when these characters pop back up in the overall High Republic narrative.Phase II of The High Republic has been filled with questions. Towards the end he becomes somewhat of an afterthought, almost as if his role in the story was changed considerably at one point. I honestly felt that a character named Xylan Graf, for example, was somewhat underused after being a huge focus of the story in the first act. The “main characters” are all plotted well, and the important ones move forward with just a handful being left in the tracks a bit. It seems Imri is some sort of adept at empathy and sensing emotions, not unlike Councilor Troi from Star Trek, and allusion I make to annoy any fans that might get upset by such a comparison. We also see the young Padawan Imri begin to mature in his relationship with the force in a way that is quite different than most Jedi. With Phase two of The High Republic focusing on an “age of exploration”, I wonder if this was not planting the seeds for that storyline. We get a decent amount of information on the history of The Galaxy’s reliance on hyperspace – discussing some of the background and interesting tidbits about a so-called “Hyperspace Rush” that happened some 100 or so years before this book. That said, there’s some interesting stuff here, making this book somewhat important for the overall plot of The High Republic. In fact, the more the merrier, I’m all for inclusion here and welcome different experiences for characters. This angsty love story occupies the bulk of the second and third acts of the book, and much in the same way I have avoided books such as The Twilight Saga, it was not really for me.īefore anyone gets mad at me – I’ve seen folks online whining that the story was between two female characters which, to me, makes no difference. Much of this book basically sets the entire war between The Republic and The Nihil aside and concentrates on inter-personal relationships and a romance story between a young shipping guild member, Sylvestri Yarrow, and her ex-girlfriend Jordanna Sparkburn, a notable member of the San Tekka Clan. I say “for better or for worse” because I am definitely not the target audience for this, but I won’t dogpile it because it is very much a book written for the “young adult” market. But why? What is so important about an empty patch of space? The answer will lead Vernestra to a new understanding of her abilities, and take Syl back to the past…and to truths that will finally come out of the shadows.” Vernestra Rwoh She and her Padawan Imri Cantaros arrive at the capital along with Jedi Master Cohmac Vitus and his Padawan, Reath Silas―and are asked to assist with the property dispute on the frontier. Meanwhile, Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh has been summoned to Coruscant, but with no idea of why or by whom. Tangled up in familial politics is the last place Syl wants to be, but the promise of a big payoff is enough to keep her interested… She heads to the galactic capital of Coruscant for help, but gets sidetracked when she’s drawn into a squabble between two of the Republic’s most powerful families over a patch of space on the frontier. She’s been doing her best to keep the family cargo business going after her mom’s death, but between mounting debt and increasing attacks by the Nihil on unsuspecting ships, Syl is in danger of losing all she has left of her mother. “Sylvestri Yarrow is on a streak of bad luck with no end of sight. A handful of new characters are peppered in for a book that, for better or worse, is quite different than its predecessors in just about every way. The pair has their relationship fleshed out a bit more than what we saw in the previous book, which was a “middle grade” adventure, thus lacking the depth of a more detailed story. I have found the story of Vernestra pretty engaging, and generally like everything I’ve read her in so far. The author, Justina Ireland, continues the story of Vernestra Rwoh, a character that she created, alongside her new Padawan Imri Cantaros. Star Wars – The High Republic – Out of the Shadows is an interesting book due to basically bridging the plots and main characters found in both Test of Courageand Into the Dark, two previous installments in this series.
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