![]() When I say it's the most "disney," I'm not talking about, like, princesses and musical numbers, but rather the creeping conservatism that lurks just under the surface of pretty much every disney product. The issues created by it being a Multi-Phase Multimedia Experience aside, it's probably the most "Disney" that Disney Star Wars has gotten. My opinion is lukewarm enough, though, that I'd say get them from your library if that's an option. Overall, I'd recommend them if you're jonesing for Star Wars to read, over the other available recently released options. We also get a decent variety of interesting characters among the leads. The setting is a slightly more wild and woolly galaxy than we're used to, and I think the choice of antagonists is good for novelty - they haven't fallen back on using Sith or dark Force adepts as enemies, and yet that doesn't result in the Jedi being able to solve problems very easily. The released full-length novels fall nominally into an adult line and a YA line, but that's largely down to the protagonists rather than depth or narrative complexity. ![]() I think the ultimate plan is to conclude the project overall with a final arc picking up after The Fallen Star. Referenced "Phase 1" and this refers to the fact that there's one arc running from Light of the Jedi to The Fallen Star, and what's currently releasing is a sort of prequel era to that arc. They're also not really standalone - each one tells a self-contained story well enough, but is a definite chapter of the whole. I think the best description I have of them is that I like the overall story being told, and I continue to follow them where I've stopped looking at books from the movie eras - but none of the individual books are standout novels. ![]() And crazy jedi shit? Lots of that - these are very jedi focused stories so we get a lot of jedi with their personal interpretations of jedi philosophy and their own skill sets and they get to pull off some amazing crazy shit with them. Space crime? Yup, the main bad guys are a pirate group and there is a surprising amount of detail about how they operate, plus some other space crime groups like the Hutts play smaller but memorable roles. The Battle of Kur in Light of the Jedi is one of favorite space battles in a star wars novel. Looking at your likes, I think there is a good chance you will enjoy it. Personally, I absolutely love that, but I am aware from discussions around Game of Thrones that some people don't like it. I also feel the need to point out that the big three novels of phase 1, and several of the other books, have rotating viewpoint characters rather than a single protagonist. At least the ones I have read, which admittedly isn't all of them, and honestly I think I prefer the comics part of the High Republic but the books cover the big events that the comics reference so I imagine one might be a bit confused if they just read the comics. Can someone here help me thread the needle on the High Republic Star Wars books? I know there have been some pretty bad books over the years, and I've missed most of the new Star Wars books outside of Alphabet Squadron (because I really loved Rogue Squadron). Are the books any good? Should I check them out? If so, which ones? I love space battles, crazy Jedi shit (I played the Old Republic MMO and loved the bonkers Force shit there, if that helps) and space crime. So lots of Jedi, a Republic that at least can pretend its functional and so on. And read the KJA thread we've got here, and gosh I could use some good Star Wars reads! So what I know about the High Republic stuff is that its before the Original Trilogy and Clone Wars era but after the crazy KOTOR era. And watched the new Mandalorian season trailer. I recently started the new season of Bad Batch. There is a lot of fond memories for me in those books. Everything from Thrawn to Rogue Squadron to Young Jedi.
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