I'll see myself out now.
Jokes aside, The High Republic and Project Hail Mary are some of my favorite books from this decade so far and as I was watching some online reactions to the Hail Mary movie this similarity occurred to me lol. Geode and Rocky even both have their own nerd friends associated with them being Reath Silas and Ryland Grace.
Daki implied he's been around for a bit, I like to think he was a menace of a Jedi Knight during the High Republic era, so I comm'd this piece of a younger Daki! Check the artist's page on insta https://www.instagram.com/byrne_the_artyrannus
Ignore that he's using his left hand over the usual right shhhh
Going to start collecting phase 2 here soon too. Has been harder to hunt down locally compared to phase 1.
Thought I'd share an interactive booklist I made with the full completionist order of recommended HR books - as described in the mega-thread (minus the two audible originals):
https://wordsea.io/booklist/gbQdfcKUzlO8RZmV7KmF
P.S. On a mission to create a larger interactive starwars reading list library, so if anyone wants to join in, let me know!
Claudia Gray & Charles Soule
Introducing my Longbeam, ”The Korviol”
It’s about 90% done. Still need to add trim and clean up a few parts but it’s ready to launch for my first annual May the Fourth party
Spoilers, obviously, so if you are like me and still catching up with THR years later, use caution.
Claudia knew what she was doing to us with this one. >!I always assumed Starlight was doomed. That's not the shock. But my two favorite characters from this phase took just devastating blows here. Stellan is dead?! I definitely wasn't prepared for this. I just assumed the golden trio were all surviving into Phase III. Maybe that was naive, but even if I was picking one of them to eat it in Phase I, it would have been Elzar, not Stellan.!<
>!And speaking of Elzar ... my boy is not doing well. Elzar is my overall favorite character across both Phases II and I so far (I read in chronological order, not release order). All the hope I had for his turnaround this book seems completely reset, but I guess he could still climb back. My sense is that he's still destined for a redemption arc here, despite the fake out. But it could really go either way at this point, especially once Avar finds out what he did.!<
Anyway, Happy May the 4th, gang! This is my ninth Star Wars novel finished in 2026, 12th if you count graphic novels and all but two of that count are from the High Republic.
EDIT: Spoiler tag added
I found this on Amazon! I have been using it for a reference book as I read High Republic novels
Both characters in their prime.
Composite Versions.
1v1.
All Feats and facts from the lore, books, movies, games etc apply.
Standard equipment according to the lore.
Battle to the death.
I wish I loved The Acolyte: Crystal Crown more. It has everything I think would make a good Star Wars book: backstory on characters I've seen before, new worlds, and an opportunity to see the ripple effects of the High Republic before we see the collapse of the Republic and Jedi order. The person to tie this present up, Ms. Tessa Gratton, is the same person that has given in my opinion some of the best descriptions of the force in the High Republic.
I thought I would like this one more than Wayseeker, but I think I may like Wayseeker more.
As nerd who likes to view Star Wars through different lenses such as history, religion, politics, I was hoping we could see some of that in this novel.
That's what I loved about the High Republic, those different aspects weren't always present, but the stakes for each were always there.
I don't feel any stakes in this book, or maybe they aren't clear yet? I'm about 30% through.
Given their clear devotion to one another and strong moral compasses (despite everything they went through), I feel like they’d be able to set a good example for whatever children they might have had, though they would have certainly had to leave the Jedi Order if they wanted to make that a reality. I also imagine that they’d name their firstborn in honour of Stellan as a way to honour him.
Rogue One -- Jyn Erson #1, Shadow of Maul #4 (of 5) and Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire #3 (of 5), which are all due out in June.
I just started reading the high republic and it’s so great. Both the world and the factions are greatly explored. It’s really looking to be a 9.2 out of 10 book.
The one thing I need the high republic to do is focus on the characters.
Like none of them are bad it’s just that the only one who has had any growth so far has been bell with learning to float.
And I really do like all of the characters but I just really hope that the following books challenge/change the characters.
But I know that the point of the first book is introduce you to the era and the characters and villains. I just hope that we get to dive deeper in the characters in future books