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A review by brenticus
Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I think I bought this book when it first came out, excited for a new era of Star Wars to be explored, and then, as I do, I kind of kept putting off reading it. That was a mistake.
This is a brilliant introduction to an era of Star Wars that is really foreign to the stuff we've seen before. Where technology isn't quite what we're used to, the factions of the galaxy aren't quite how they look later, even the conflicts are simply not like anything I've seen elsewhere in all my reading and watching of Star Wars. This really set up the High Republic as an era of peace, and it highlights just how fragile that peace is.
My initial excitement for the High Republic feels validated with this. This book isn't simply a story set on Star Wars planets with Star Wars characters and hand-wavy Star Wars technology and magic. It's an examination of what that universe looked like hundreds of years before we're used to it, and it shows something that is truly interesting to see.
This is a brilliant introduction to an era of Star Wars that is really foreign to the stuff we've seen before. Where technology isn't quite what we're used to, the factions of the galaxy aren't quite how they look later, even the conflicts are simply not like anything I've seen elsewhere in all my reading and watching of Star Wars. This really set up the High Republic as an era of peace, and it highlights just how fragile that peace is.
My initial excitement for the High Republic feels validated with this. This book isn't simply a story set on Star Wars planets with Star Wars characters and hand-wavy Star Wars technology and magic. It's an examination of what that universe looked like hundreds of years before we're used to it, and it shows something that is truly interesting to see.