Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic) Book Reviews

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Identity politics... Identity politics once again ruin could have been a great story. Wouldn’t waste your time with this one.

OK Story. OK story. Very juvenile. Great if your 12 and love anything STAR WARS related.

Kinda dumb…. I read a lot of Star Wars. I wanted this to be Star Wars… it’s kinda not. Mostly boring. New Thrawn trilogy is better.

Very good. This is my 2nd time reading this book and I enjoyed it a lot more. I did use a guide with some characters to help me keep them all in line and am very excited for the next book.

Quick paced read. Charles Soule has kicked off the High Republic with an excellent novel full of new characters, worlds, and adventures. A beautifully written story that I look forward to seeing where it goes from here.

Brilliant!!. Although there is a very divided fan base towards today’s Star Wars, it take a real fan to embrace all the stories that are brought to life for our entertainment. It surely takes courage to branch out into an area which will surely take a lot of critique. With that said, I found this novel to be brilliant, refreshing and intuitive. I felt especially connected to all characters based off of their introductions along with the escalation of the story. I cannot wait to read the additions to this story.

Fun intro to a new chapter. I thought this was a thoroughly enjoyable, fun, and entertaining adventure story. Checked off a number of boxes for Star Wars fans. I think it also does a very serviceable job of introducing this new storytelling initiative, set in the High Republic era, while not being too heavy on the exposition and keeping the plot and action moving along at a good clip. At the same time, I’m definitely looking forward to future stories that will be told in this era, and there are some very interesting ideas and characters that are introduced but not entirely fleshed out in this first chapter—which is part of the job of a launch title. I’d highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a fun read. My appetite for future stories is whetted, and I can’t wait to see where the stories lead!

Loved it!. I thought it was a great read.

So good I’ve read it twice. Charles Soule kicks off the High Republic with a top notch story. I absolutely loved this book, so much so that I’ve read it twice already. The audiobook is great at well. Marc Thompson is a ridiculously talented voice artist. If you’re looking for where to start when it comes to The High Republic, look no further. Yes, there are a lot of names and characters, but once you get the swing of it, this book gets grooving. It feels incredibly cinematic. I wish they would turn this into a movie.

Great read. Loved it. Couldn’t put it down.

Painfully Sterile. I really wanted to like this, but this story just has zero heart. With all of the terrible things going on, you just aren’t drawn in to care. Throwaway characters repeatedly meet their demise within pages of introduction, and you get half-way through the book, with no idea who the main characters are. Reading this along side Justina Ireland’s A Test of Courage, which is infinitely better, even though it is aimed at a younger demographic.

Not well written. A long drawn out story of one event, repetitious and boring. There are better written stories that don’t harp on one thing; constant drivel. Skip over this boring story.

Phenomenal. Absolutely fantastic! As a fan of the previous legends content I was nervous about the new canon, but this book recaptures the mystic nature of the Jedi and their wonder. I found myself unable to put it down. Chapter after chapter only leads to a drive to understand the intricacies of all that’s happening in the wider scheme. The events felt real and the descriptions make you feel like you can touch what’s happening. I absolutely recommend it!

Love this series. This series is awesome so far

RIP Starwars. This is sad...can we get people who actually know and like Star Wars to make content?

me like lightsaber. me like lightsaber

First Star Wars book I've ever read that really felt like a movie!. I wasn't sure what to expect coming into this book. What I got was something that truly felt like a Star Wars movie in literary form. I know, there are novelizations of all of the Star Wars films—but those _better give me that movie feeling; they're adapted from screenplays, after all. This, though ... I could see the movie in my mind's eye—not just a splinter of it, but the whole thing!—and this book barely pauses to let you catch your breath. There are characters I can't wait to read more about—mostly Jedi—and I must say, the ending left me pounding my chair-arm in frustration at having to wait Yoda-knows-how-long for the sequel! ... There's another book in the series, but it's by a different author, so I'm not expecting many of the same characters to be involved. In any event, Lucasfilm has definitely won me over with this new Star Wars era. We are all the Republic!

Amazing. I love Star Wars and reading Star Wars books too. I normally enjoy ones with more action than suspense but this book was just amazing. So suspenseful and so many different story arcs that it kept things interesting and when things changed perspectives it was always so much fun. Almost all the characters had good stories and the book just keeps going and going and going. I loved it 100/10

A great book. A good Star Wars book. An original idea

Star Wars. I like flow of the story!

Disappointing. Honestly I’m not sure what I expected… I’ve heard good and bad about this book, but it ended up being a disappointment on both fronts. The story itself just feels bland, and the prose is a little on the juvenile side. The dialogue was passable at best, but it was also stilted and lacked personality. Every Jedi character feels completely interchangeable and most characters felt underdeveloped. And lastly the plot of the story was unremarkable with bland world building. Ultimately I’d say this book was pretty bland, but it’s not the worst thing I’ve read. I doubt I’ll even remember most of it a month from now. It’s disappointing to see this lack of quality from something like Star Wars…

Very good. It’s a very good starwars book

Fantastic introduction to a new era of Star Wars lore. Lots to unpack here. Several likable and believable characters. Respect for existing Star Wars lore. An interesting villain group that still needs some more exploration of their motives. The story itself is nice, even though part I is the best part of the book. If you like Star Wars, though, there’s a lot for you here. I’m still a bit confused by the timeline in Part II, there are several events that feel impossible to have happened in parallel. Overall though, a great read. Highly recommended if you plan on getting into the High Republic era material.

The Light Ahead. Exciting start to a new era of Star Wars.

Interesting, and exciting!. I found the story to be very reminiscent of 9/11 and it tackled something new in Star Wars. It’s a personal preference for some but I enjoyed how the book switched narratives, felt like a Star Wars movie. Would love to see this adapted into a film or show! Already have the second book ready :)

Written poorly. Clearly not well written and either over and not a clear audience in mind when written. Reads painfully basic in prose.

Now this is Star Wars. Amazing. Now this is Star Wars. Fully immersed in this this time and place within a Galaxy Far Far Away during this event. Can’t wait for the next book.

Excellent start to a new storyline. I really enjoyed this book. I would highly recommend it. I especially liked the multi media portion of this project because I can go online and see what these characters look like. I don’t have the best imagination so this definitely helps.

Great Star Wars read. This was a well-paced introduction to a new time in the Star Wars universe. The reveals feel earned and with an appropriate amount of Deus ex machina for Star Wars through luck and The Force. It’s interesting to meet the new characters and especially to see the Jedi Order at a height of capability we haven’t previously seen. It’s fascinating to think about what we might get to read or see that will bridge this time to the time of the The Phantom Menace and the movies.

Great story but too choppy. I really loved this story and the start of new Cannon but the close of the story was too chopped up. I understand building suspense but there were too many chapter breaks picking up another story line. It felt like the frustration you get watching a good TV movie with too many commercials breaking up the pace. That all being said, I'm excited for where the series will go next!

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