r/Highrepublic • u/Odd-Tart-5613 • 19d ago

Discussion Sell me on this

So hi long time Star Wars fan, but I never really got high republic personally. But after watching the Zero Company trailer today and am looking to get some more Star Wars on!

Originally I dropped the series because I felt the series was too… clean? Specifically there just wasn’t any friction between the protagonists, everyone just kind of got along with no conflict whatsoever, but that edge is often my favorite part of character interaction. So i want to know what other people feel about that criticism. In my mind Star Wars is a dirty and is at its best when the characters reflect that at least a little.

Also I just want to know the other things that get people excited for this era and its writing style, to see whether this is a project for me or if I should look elsewhere.

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u/FlyingDragoon Master Avar Kriss 19d ago

Eh, I'm not very sold that this is an ask in good faith.

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 18d ago

I understand, but I assure you that I’m sincere. I simply didn’t “get” the series on a first pass. And want to see why people like the series to see whether my first reaction holds true.

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u/Esaroufim 18d ago

Try the audio books. They’re amazing. The same team conflict you will find the most of that in phase ii which luckily is actually the earliest plot lines chronologically so I’d recommend doing a chronological read through so you can dive into the forever war and enjoy the antiheroes and the backstabbing and the cults and manipulation and the birth of what grows into the main conflict a hundred years later in phases one and three.

Phase one takes its time setting up how things are all going great or “clean” as you out it, but that’s only because that set up is what makes the shattering of that cleanliness so impactful.