Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic) (Star Wars: The High Republic)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace . . . Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic
It is a golden age. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi. With the Jedi at the height of their power, the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their ability to weather any storm But the even brightest light can cast a shadow, and some storms defy any preparation.
When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces, the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system. No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene. The scope of the emergence, however, is enough to push even Jedi to their limit. As the sky breaks open and destruction rains down upon the peaceful alliance they helped to build, the Jedi must trust in the Force to see them through a day in which a single mistake could cost billions of lives.
Even as the Jedi battle valiantly against calamity, something truly deadly grows beyond the boundary of the Republic. The hyperspace disaster is far more sinister than the Jedi could ever suspect. A threat hides in the darkness, far from the light of the age, and harbors a secret that could strike fear into even a Jedi’s heart.
It is a golden age. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi. With the Jedi at the height of their power, the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their ability to weather any storm But the even brightest light can cast a shadow, and some storms defy any preparation.
When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces, the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system. No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene. The scope of the emergence, however, is enough to push even Jedi to their limit. As the sky breaks open and destruction rains down upon the peaceful alliance they helped to build, the Jedi must trust in the Force to see them through a day in which a single mistake could cost billions of lives.
Even as the Jedi battle valiantly against calamity, something truly deadly grows beyond the boundary of the Republic. The hyperspace disaster is far more sinister than the Jedi could ever suspect. A threat hides in the darkness, far from the light of the age, and harbors a secret that could strike fear into even a Jedi’s heart.
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DNFâd at about 70%, waffled between 2 and 3 stars because....eh? I might get back to it eventually, but I realized I was forcing myself to slog through it so I could move on to something else.
The premise interests me but dear god there are just far too many POVs introduced for me get enough of a sense of any of these characters to care about them. And I realize it is not atypical of current SW novels to have multiple, sometimes many, POVs, but my experience has generally been that one or two characters really stand out and get me interested. Didnât find that to be the case here. The characters all feel very simplistic and sort of flat. And I canât tell if itâs because we donât get enough time with any single one of themâbecause we really, really donât, and it showsâor if it wouldnât matter at all because theyâre just not well written. Same goes for the Nihil, who feel extremely Saturday-morning-mustache-twirly cartoony rather than truly threatening. Which is a shame because the initial disaster idea is very cool, and Iâm interested in the way the GFFA operates at this point in its history.
I was just bored and desperate for any single character to invest in, and I wasnât finding enough of anything I was looking for to keep me engaged or excited about where this is going.
The premise interests me but dear god there are just far too many POVs introduced for me get enough of a sense of any of these characters to care about them. And I realize it is not atypical of current SW novels to have multiple, sometimes many, POVs, but my experience has generally been that one or two characters really stand out and get me interested. Didnât find that to be the case here. The characters all feel very simplistic and sort of flat. And I canât tell if itâs because we donât get enough time with any single one of themâbecause we really, really donât, and it showsâor if it wouldnât matter at all because theyâre just not well written. Same goes for the Nihil, who feel extremely Saturday-morning-mustache-twirly cartoony rather than truly threatening. Which is a shame because the initial disaster idea is very cool, and Iâm interested in the way the GFFA operates at this point in its history.
I was just bored and desperate for any single character to invest in, and I wasnât finding enough of anything I was looking for to keep me engaged or excited about where this is going.
I continued my Star Wars reading adventures with LIGHT OF THE JEDI, which is the second book I've now read in this series. (I'm using the chronological list of the Star Wars Canon Audiobook Timeline put out by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing)
LIGHT OF THE JEDI had a strong and exciting start...that quickly turned into boredom. There was an event occurring across the galaxy and author Charles Soule spent the first third of the book taking us through several points of views of characters all over, but never actually fully revealing what was happening. The middle portion of the book felt like filler and when everything culminated at the end, while I did like how it ended and what it would mean going forward, I just didn't mesh with the author's execution.
This book was an overwritten entrance of a new threat to the Republic.
The only character I really took a liking to was a tertiary character named Porter (I think his last name was Ingall..but due to having only the audiobook, I might have that detail wrong.) Porter is an older Jedi who is located at a Jedi Outpost who enjoys cooking - which is probably why I took to him - food isn't just the way to a man's heart, you know! The rest of the cast of characters, I found forgettable. The "bad guy" - oh boy. I don't know if it was the way Marc Thompson narrated him, but that guy felt like a brand new Padawan could huff and puff and blow him over.
Luckily this series has a multitude of authors collaborating to write the story as the bigger picture, so I will continue and hope the next installment is more to my personal liking.
LIGHT OF THE JEDI had a strong and exciting start...that quickly turned into boredom. There was an event occurring across the galaxy and author Charles Soule spent the first third of the book taking us through several points of views of characters all over, but never actually fully revealing what was happening. The middle portion of the book felt like filler and when everything culminated at the end, while I did like how it ended and what it would mean going forward, I just didn't mesh with the author's execution.
This book was an overwritten entrance of a new threat to the Republic.
The only character I really took a liking to was a tertiary character named Porter (I think his last name was Ingall..but due to having only the audiobook, I might have that detail wrong.) Porter is an older Jedi who is located at a Jedi Outpost who enjoys cooking - which is probably why I took to him - food isn't just the way to a man's heart, you know! The rest of the cast of characters, I found forgettable. The "bad guy" - oh boy. I don't know if it was the way Marc Thompson narrated him, but that guy felt like a brand new Padawan could huff and puff and blow him over.
Luckily this series has a multitude of authors collaborating to write the story as the bigger picture, so I will continue and hope the next installment is more to my personal liking.
I’ve read the book from cover to cover and I agree with many who say there is no “there there” however, the story is solid. The characters are notable, and though I did question myself as to why I was reading the book. I never once thought it was not worth my time. Solid read.
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