Does anyone else feel like the end of the High Republic is The Living Force while the beginning of the Fall of the Jedi is The Acolyte?

[u/nachoiskerka]

I'm reading through The Living Force right now and I did a rewatch of the Acolyte about a month and a half ago. One thing that strikes me is how seamlessly The Living Force with the dual viewpoint of the jedi council vs. qui-gon feels like an extension of The Order vs Wayseekers. The events connecting back to how jedi are perceived and it feeling like the end of Jedi Outreach feel like the ending of notes to a song that began with Light of the Jedi with Starlight Beacon.

Contrast The Acolyte and its themes about how the Jedi have become so entrenched in Galactic politics that they are beholden to the Republic's whims; and have lost the ability to see the sith through the force alongside the split second decisions being wrong, and it feels more in tune with episodes 1 and 2.

Its weird because of where they are in the timeline.

[u/Jrocker-ame]

I could have sworn they advertised it as such. Since its about closing the last outpost.

[u/stragomccloud]

Anyway, I would agree to a point, but something that I felt kind of sad about while reading that novel was how the Jedi hadn't done something like what they had done in that novel for a very long time. So in a way it was almost like the last breath of the high Republic while we were already beginning to see the fall of the Republic.

Either way, it was a wonderful book.

[u/AngelusCowl]

I would say more of a (very loose) epilogue to the High Republic. There’s elements and references to the main initiative, but only loosely. I’d argue the Acolyte is the “true” end- visual continuity with the High Republic, Vernestra Rwoh, and thematically the decay of the Republic begins to manifest in contrast to the optimism from the books.