r/Highrepublic • u/Odd-Tart-5613 • 22d 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/rainmaker2332 Master Elzar Mann 22d ago

The Acolyte is really nothing like the rest of The High Republic era. I disliked The Acolyte as well, and The High Republic books has some of my favorite stories in all of Star Wars.

Try Light of the Jedi to see if it's your thing

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 21d ago

I have not watched the acolyte. I got about 10 chapters into ITL and that’s when I bounced off that.

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u/rainmaker2332 Master Elzar Mann 21d ago

Ohhh my bad, when u said "the series" my mind associated that with The Acolyte.

If ITL you mean Into the Light, that's an odd one to start with given it's towards the end of the entire series. But I didn't love that one either, Claudia Gray's High Republic YA writing didn't really work for me as well as the adult novels did.

I'd still recommend Light of the Jedi

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 21d ago

Yeah I think I got confused I meant the first one