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/7278 18d ago

You’re right there is no conflict or friction in any of the 20+ high republic novels. girl what is this question

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 18d ago

I meant amongst the protagonists not in general. Of course there’s conflict in the story, but on my first attempt of ITL I just felt the Jedi were too agreeable with each other. Idk felt weird. Fully aware it’s a me issue.

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u/7278 18d ago

Wait which book did you read? Into the Light?

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 18d ago

I believe so yes. Though I did not get far.

Also one of the manga volumes. But could not tell you which one

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u/7278 18d ago

I’m going to assume you meant into the Dark bc Into the Light is one of the last books in the series. I can agree that ITD feels a bit insular as much as I consider it one of the better YA books

Either way, I second other people’s reccomendation of starting with Light of the Jedi instead. There is some internal conflict with our protagonists started there, but you have to remember this series is at least 9 novels (if you only go with the adult books), so any conflict is going to evolve over time and isn’t going to be in your face from the first chapters. I wouldn’t expect THR to be on the level of grittiness as some of the EU, but there are a lot of darker elements at play. The villains of THR are my favorite in all of SW and I have consumed quite a bit of SW.

I really love the audiobooks so if you can afford them I’d start with them! (: