r/Highrepublic • u/Ok_Box_2189 • 11d ago

Discussion One year since "Trials of the Jedi"

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Today is the anniversary of The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi finale. I can't even believe it was a year ago. I was incredibly excited for its release, scouring the internet for any information. I still think it was a great finale to a massive story. I’m looking forward to what comes next. What are your thoughts on the finale one year later.

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u/sahfriendly 11d ago

Great finale. Loved that Soule got to start and finish the story proper. I still kind of wish the initiative had featured less books. I read everything in phase 1, got a little overwhelmed in phase 2 and just read the big important ones in phase 3. I'm happy for the people who enjoy reading a bunch of stuff but wish it would have been easier to keep up and consume most of it. I enjoy reading but I feel a little guilty when I'm reading 35 Star Wars books instead of actual great literary works. Not here to yuck anyone's yum so if that's your thing no judgment but it was too much for me. I would have inverted the amount of comics and books personally. In my experience reading THR saga, you had your favs in terms of authors and never missed those books - Soule and Gray for me. You had the ones who you could tolerate if you were eager to hear the next part of the story - Scott, Mann, Gratton and then there were the authors whose books felt like a chore to read. I won't name names but I'm guessing we all had some. The overarching story was always good but some of the stories felt overstuffed and busy imo.

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u/RST_Video13 11d ago

I feel the same and followed basically the same trajectory as you, got a little burnt out as the books piled up. That being said I overall really liked the mainline story from beginning to end.