I forgot to say I finished Light of the Jedi the other day. A great springboard into this exciting new era.

SPOILERS:

Marchion Ro is already one of the most interesting Star Wars villains for me. I also really took a liking to Loden Greatstorm, so his capture is a massive cliffhanger! I love the master-apprentice relationship between Loden and Bell and Bell being on the front cover of the sequel book The Rising Storm makes me very excited for what’s to come, with Bell hopefully trying his hardest to rescue Loden and being challenged along the way. The final battle in the novel was brilliant - a Republic victory, yet one which leaves them horrified and confused, and apparently not the victory that it seemed at first, either.

I’ve been thinking recently that we need more Star Wars stories that are impeccably planned out, like Rebels. The High Republic project is that pre-planned story. I hear they’ve even got 3 phases planned for it, including The Acolyte in ‘phase 2’, and all the novel and comic writers have worked very closely and seem to be great friends. This is gonna be great.