Light of the Jedi
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- Author：Charles Soule
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Ryan Lawler
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Highly Recommended。 Easily the best Star Wars novel since the Star Wars EU books were booted from being canonical。 No prior knowledge required。As the first piece of media in a grand plan to explore the High Republic era， Light of the Jedi was required to do a lot of heavy lifting by setting the stage for future books， comics， games， TV shows and more。 It does this very effectively， while also delivering a strong narrative about a ship destroyed in hyperspace with pieces of the ship dropping out Highly Recommended。 Easily the best Star Wars novel since the Star Wars EU books were booted from being canonical。 No prior knowledge required。As the first piece of media in a grand plan to explore the High Republic era， Light of the Jedi was required to do a lot of heavy lifting by setting the stage for future books， comics， games， TV shows and more。 It does this very effectively， while also delivering a strong narrative about a ship destroyed in hyperspace with pieces of the ship dropping out of hyperspace at random， colliding with planets to cause enormous devastation。 It really showcases what the Jedi at the height of their powers were capable of。Charles Soule and the rest of the contributors to The High Republic have the advantage of being set so far away from anything remotely Skywalker， and thus advantage has been grabbed with both hands。 。。。more
Peter
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This was an incredibly interesting book， and was written extremely well， but I did not think it was 100% the greatest book ever。 I also think I read this book at a little bit too young an age。 Still， it was a good book， and was worth the read。 I felt though， that it was frustrating that if you didn't read this book， you couldn't fully understand any other story in the mega-series。 Still a good book， and I learned a whole new vocabulary of words。 This was an incredibly interesting book， and was written extremely well， but I did not think it was 100% the greatest book ever。 I also think I read this book at a little bit too young an age。 Still， it was a good book， and was worth the read。 I felt though， that it was frustrating that if you didn't read this book， you couldn't fully understand any other story in the mega-series。 Still a good book， and I learned a whole new vocabulary of words。 。。。more
Nicole
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*4。5
Enrique
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Very exciting first part。 Interesting set up for future stories， but the highlight is the first part （of three） and the cool ways some Jedi use the Force （I’m mainly thinking of Avar Kriss）。
JD Vion
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Well written。 I enjoyed this one。
Melissa
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 In general， this was exceptional， but， the narrative darted between so many characters and strings that it was hard to feel connected to any one particular character; it felt more like a set-up book for things to come， rushing to make introductions and lay background。
Ronson Brown
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Genuine waste of time。 There are about 200 characters， none of them matter， and you get about 5 minutes with each of them。 I quit at about the 50% mark because a plot had really yet to develop。 There was literally no motivating factor to read this。 This was my first ever Star Wars novel and I don't think I'll try another。 I expected a 6 and got a 3。 Shame， really。 Genuine waste of time。 There are about 200 characters， none of them matter， and you get about 5 minutes with each of them。 I quit at about the 50% mark because a plot had really yet to develop。 There was literally no motivating factor to read this。 This was my first ever Star Wars novel and I don't think I'll try another。 I expected a 6 and got a 3。 Shame， really。 。。。more
Daryl Weir
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Strong start， and a strong ending， but the pacing in the middle was a little ropey and I found myself losing interest。 As a result it took me a long time to finish this。 Overall though， it was fun to read a new era of Star Wars， and I'll probably keep following The High Republic: the ending hooked me good。 Strong start， and a strong ending， but the pacing in the middle was a little ropey and I found myself losing interest。 As a result it took me a long time to finish this。 Overall though， it was fun to read a new era of Star Wars， and I'll probably keep following The High Republic: the ending hooked me good。 。。。more
Charcoal
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This book felt more like a few short stories that involved the same characters and locations。 It didn't seem like a novel to me。 There was a theme， but no real overarching plot。 This book felt more like a few short stories that involved the same characters and locations。 It didn't seem like a novel to me。 There was a theme， but no real overarching plot。 。。。more
Lucas Melo
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O livro até q é interessante e introduz vários conceitos bacaninhas sobre como era esse período do apogeu da República e da ordem Jedi。O começo do livro é bem empolgante， é bem diferente daquilo q vc espera numa aventura de SW， o autor então vai apresentando ao leitor esses conceitos mencionados acima deixando o leitor na expectativa por como q a história irá se desenvolver。 Ocorre q， infelizmente， na maioria dos casos， não passa disso。A abordagem desses tópicos （assim como boa parte dos persona O livro até q é interessante e introduz vários conceitos bacaninhas sobre como era esse período do apogeu da República e da ordem Jedi。O começo do livro é bem empolgante， é bem diferente daquilo q vc espera numa aventura de SW， o autor então vai apresentando ao leitor esses conceitos mencionados acima deixando o leitor na expectativa por como q a história irá se desenvolver。 Ocorre q， infelizmente， na maioria dos casos， não passa disso。A abordagem desses tópicos （assim como boa parte dos personagens） é muito superficial e isso se soma a personagens e situações q vão se tornando cada vez mais caricatas e bobas。A parte final do livro é até meio difícil de ler por conta disso， tbm surgem umas incoerências com aquilo q o próprio livro estabeleceu。Em resumo， embora seja legalzinho ele é muito bobinho。*Pra os entusiastas do legends tbm há margem pra q a era da Velha República seja canonizada（heh）， mas não tem nada sólido ainda， apenas uma menção por alto a alguns eventos q ocorreram no legends。** Ele fica referenciando lugares e personagens mais conhecidos da franquia de uma maneira meio não natural tbm， parece q ele tem medo q a pessoa esqueça q é um livro de SW。 。。。more
Angie Van Boening
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3。5 stars。 The last third really picked up momentum。 The character development is lacking。 I don’t feel invested in any of the characters， but I’m just interested enough to read the next in the series。
Amyrah
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Listened to this on audible。 👍 Pretty good！
Helene
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I wanted to finish it， but I can’t keep reading a novel where there are no characters。 And by characters I mean character journeys， internal plot， and all that jazz that makes them interesting。 And the so called villains reminded me off bad and outdated caricatures of Biff from Back to the future。 Sure I get that they are villains from the way they behave， but they have NO inner motives whatsoever。
Alex
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2。5Light Of the Jedi es una historia que ocurre dentro del universo de Star Wars y que por lo mismo， posee elementos que la vuelven un relato épico。 Posee un inicio lleno de acción y un ritmo acelerado， pero que con el pasar de las páginas disminuye consistentemente -al igual que su calidad-。 Pues todo el potencial que surge en el principio， desaparece durante gran parte del desarrollo del libro。Sin embargo， si hay algo que destaca en este universo， son sus personajes。 Esta no es la excepción， p 2。5Light Of the Jedi es una historia que ocurre dentro del universo de Star Wars y que por lo mismo， posee elementos que la vuelven un relato épico。 Posee un inicio lleno de acción y un ritmo acelerado， pero que con el pasar de las páginas disminuye consistentemente -al igual que su calidad-。 Pues todo el potencial que surge en el principio， desaparece durante gran parte del desarrollo del libro。Sin embargo， si hay algo que destaca en este universo， son sus personajes。 Esta no es la excepción， pues se presenta un grupo de nuevos héroes y villanos。 Los cuales mueven y hacen que esta historia sea mucho mejor。 A pesar de que en un principio puede ser algo caótico pues se incorporan muchos de estos al mismo tiempo。De la misma forma， uno de los personajes más interesantes pareciera ser el antagonista。 Que como individuo llama mucho la atención， pero que al grupo al que este pertenece es bastante deficiente。 Pues el móvil de estos pareciera ser "somos malos， simplemente porque somos malos"。 Lo cual le quita profundidad al relato en general。 En resumen， una historia entretenida a ratos， que invita a profundizar más en el universo de Star Wars。 。。。more
Chuk
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I loved Charles Soule's other books and was curious to see what he would do with Star Wars。 Turned out pretty great， lots of Jedi powers and action scenes， the High Republic pulling together in times of disaster， and setting up for a sequel。 The first section is pretty long but views a lot of small bits of a solar system wide disaster， and several of the Jedi characters are interesting。 I am still not going to track down all the other Star Wars books but I'm glad I read this one。 I loved Charles Soule's other books and was curious to see what he would do with Star Wars。 Turned out pretty great， lots of Jedi powers and action scenes， the High Republic pulling together in times of disaster， and setting up for a sequel。 The first section is pretty long but views a lot of small bits of a solar system wide disaster， and several of the Jedi characters are interesting。 I am still not going to track down all the other Star Wars books but I'm glad I read this one。 。。。more
Robert Slocum
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Too many characters for my liking。 But a good star wars setting
Mara
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DNF auf Seite 237。 Dieses Buch war so furchtbar langweilig。
Kevin Smith
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Phenomenal start to the High Republic Era。 Loved the new characters， factions and political setup of the Republic。 It really feels like a different period and doesn't use prior star wars lore as a crutch。 Utilizes some items as appropriate but really arrives to build a unique story。 Can't wait to read the next novel in the series！ Phenomenal start to the High Republic Era。 Loved the new characters， factions and political setup of the Republic。 It really feels like a different period and doesn't use prior star wars lore as a crutch。 Utilizes some items as appropriate but really arrives to build a unique story。 Can't wait to read the next novel in the series！ 。。。more
Alvaro Hu
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Though this book felt amateur/fan-fictiony， had some pretty poor pacing， and a few too many characters and plot points that were nothing but set up for future books and comics （and it was obvious）， I'm still a little intrigued to see where this new era of Star Wars goes。 So at least it wasn't bad enough to turn me completely off of the franchise like certain other pieces of media 😳 Though this book felt amateur/fan-fictiony， had some pretty poor pacing， and a few too many characters and plot points that were nothing but set up for future books and comics （and it was obvious）， I'm still a little intrigued to see where this new era of Star Wars goes。 So at least it wasn't bad enough to turn me completely off of the franchise like certain other pieces of media 😳 。。。more
Benedek
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I had a hard time picking a rating， but in the end I settled for three stars because it was fine。 I liked the characters but didn't love any of them。 I found the plot interesting but not engrossing。 There were a few things that bothered me， but not enough to make me stop reading。Probably the thing that bugged me the most is how fast the ships in Light of the Jedi were。 Starships in Star Wars have always seemed to follow the general rules of WWII airplanes （which their dogfights were based on）， w I had a hard time picking a rating， but in the end I settled for three stars because it was fine。 I liked the characters but didn't love any of them。 I found the plot interesting but not engrossing。 There were a few things that bothered me， but not enough to make me stop reading。Probably the thing that bugged me the most is how fast the ships in Light of the Jedi were。 Starships in Star Wars have always seemed to follow the general rules of WWII airplanes （which their dogfights were based on）， with maximum speeds based on their role， so bombers are slow while fighters are fast。 When Luke goes into the Death Star trench at "full throttle，" we assume that's as fast as his X-Wing can go， and he seems to be moving about as fast as a fast airplane。 In Light of the Jedi， there are starships which accelerate to catch bits of debris flying at nearly lightspeed。 I can't believe I'm doing this， but the maximum speed of a P-51 Mustang， one of the fastest planes in WWII， was 440 mph。 The speed of light is 670，616，629 mph。 That's about 1。5 million times as fast。 That's a lot。My impression of the various Jedi characters is that they are all pretty much。。。 Jedi。 Brave， good， nice。 They each have a different mental impression of the Force， which was at least something to set them apart。 Also， one of them is kind of a rebel who likes using the Force in interesting ways， which was memorable as a character trait。 I remembered a lot of the others as "Wookiee Jedi，" "Duros Jedi，" etc。The other thing that didn't really work for me was how the book skipped around between characters and story arcs。 I wonder if it might have worked better if it had been arranged as an anthology instead， with each character's story told separately。 They might have started with Avar Kriss's story， since it follows most of the main events， and then gone back and given the other characters' experiences， filling in extra details and expanding on what we know。 When we got to the Nihil， it would have come as a revelation after they had been mysterious up to that point。Spoilers about the Nihil。。。（view spoiler）[Hmm， the Nihil。 I like the idea of a space biker gang or space Vikings， since it's a Star Wars villain concept that's not like either the Empire or the Sith。 The author seems to be very careful about walking a fine line with them， where they always have to seem like a threat， but not such an overwhelming threat that they no longer work as characters。 There are enough Nihil to take on local navies， but not so many that they can take on the whole Republic。 They have Paths which allow them to travel in unpredictable ways， but their number of Paths is limited， and their supply will run out when Mari San Tekka eventually dies。 And at first I was wondering how they had engineered the Emergences to target so many populated systems， even going so far as to launch a cannister of liquid Tibanna at the sun （which could have apparently destroyed the whole system）。。。 and then we find out that they didn't engineer the Emergences at all， and it was just。。。 bad luck， I guess， that they kept wiping out people？ （hide spoiler）]I read it because I was curious about the High Republic， and so far， I'm still somewhat curious about what comes next， but not yet sold on this new era。 。。。more
Greggory Delman
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 After taking a break from reading Star Wars books for 20 years I thought it was time to give it a try with a new series that was a big push。 I was excited to see Jedi in their prime but this was just a disappointment。 There was no flow to this story， awkward narrative decisions， and an emphasis on tell not show。 The first section is an action packed sequence that is meant to set up the characters that we will be getting to know however it’s domes so disjointedly that it was hard to get invested After taking a break from reading Star Wars books for 20 years I thought it was time to give it a try with a new series that was a big push。 I was excited to see Jedi in their prime but this was just a disappointment。 There was no flow to this story， awkward narrative decisions， and an emphasis on tell not show。 The first section is an action packed sequence that is meant to set up the characters that we will be getting to know however it’s domes so disjointedly that it was hard to get invested in anyone。 It just was a series of events that happened。 The emotional stakes were meant to be high but without investment on my behalf it just was kind of silly。 That being said the first section was arguably the most invested I was in the story。 The mystery of what happened is the bulk of the second section and this was so uninteresting。 There was a through line of chapters telling the story of three Jedi trying to save a family from being kidnapped。 But the interspersed chapters telling the rest of the story had not temporal connection to these events。 Why？Because having the chapter woven “added tension” to the kidnapping。 Otherwise it would have been as dull as everything else。 It didn’t make sense for any reason。 And how many times were the Jedi required to chase people？ Why？ A few chapters earlier a they were able to move giant space debris hurdling towards planets。 What the force can’t pull a little girl closer？ Three Jedi can’t work together to make a horse drawn cart either stop or come towards them？The twist with the Eye taking control over the Nihil was whatever。 It didn’t work for me。 The character arch that was forced on after the fact seemed like a stretch and an attempt at showing cunning where there wasn’t any indication earlier。 Why？ Why wasn’t that a different character who stole the mask and then impersonated the Eye？ Something just different and more interesting would have been nice。 This book was just something to sell。 Maybe an excuse to add more food to the menu if Galaxy’s Edge。 This wasn’t a piece of fiction that needed to be told。 It was just blah。 Which made the obvious set ups at the last few chapters a shame。 I am going on another twenty year hiatus for now。 。。。more
Sophia Castillo
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Read about 100 pages and wasn't interested at all， decided it wasn't worth finishing。Way too many characters， and none of them were remotely relatable or captivating。 Didn't care if the characters lived or died （view spoiler）[ and that's not a theoretical statement --the first several chapters all ended with all the just-introduced characters dying （hide spoiler）]。 Writing style was altogether listless and dull。 Prosaic dialogue --no good one-liners， no witty comebacks， just factual statements， Read about 100 pages and wasn't interested at all， decided it wasn't worth finishing。Way too many characters， and none of them were remotely relatable or captivating。 Didn't care if the characters lived or died （view spoiler）[ and that's not a theoretical statement --the first several chapters all ended with all the just-introduced characters dying （hide spoiler）]。 Writing style was altogether listless and dull。 Prosaic dialogue --no good one-liners， no witty comebacks， just factual statements， tired exchanges， and some cringe-worthy attempts at jokes。 If you're into Michael Bay movies， maybe you'd enjoy the plot （view spoiler）[ 。。。everything blows up for unspecified reasons （hide spoiler）]。 It's a Goldilocks book in the worst possible way --not bad enough to be funny， and not good enough to be enjoyable。 。。。more
Brian
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Loved the plot and pacing of the book。 My one gripe was the number of characters to follow。
Francine Rodriguez
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Too many characters！ I abandoned the book at page 78。
Nick Butler
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I ended up fairly enjoying this book and look forward to the sequel。 The first part however is a major slog。 It spends a majority of the time introducing us to the protagonist as they find themselves in a pickle。 It however isn’t much more than that， there seems to be no actual threat till the second part of the book。 As the antagonist are introduced you quickly become more invested in their storylines then the heroes， which are akin to political dialects of the prequel trilogy。 The books ending I ended up fairly enjoying this book and look forward to the sequel。 The first part however is a major slog。 It spends a majority of the time introducing us to the protagonist as they find themselves in a pickle。 It however isn’t much more than that， there seems to be no actual threat till the second part of the book。 As the antagonist are introduced you quickly become more invested in their storylines then the heroes， which are akin to political dialects of the prequel trilogy。 The books ending did leave me with a sense of excitement to see what the Jedi （and more so the antagonist） would do next。 。。。more
Tyler
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The beginning of the book does a great job of hooking you into the event that sets the book's plot into motion。 I thought this was an excellent way of getting Star Wars fans into the High Republic era。 The beginning of the book does a great job of hooking you into the event that sets the book's plot into motion。 I thought this was an excellent way of getting Star Wars fans into the High Republic era。 。。。more
Zachary
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Hiding this review for spoilers just in case。3。5， rounded down。I'm torn。 I love Star Wars so much and I'm so glad we finally have canon High Republic-era content。 However， while The Great Disaster and first section of this book were super exciting and intense， the rest kind of fell flat for me。 That said， I enjoyed parts， and it opened a ton of opportunities for more books in the era。 I'm excited to see where it goes and if it can improve。 Hiding this review for spoilers just in case。3。5， rounded down。I'm torn。 I love Star Wars so much and I'm so glad we finally have canon High Republic-era content。 However， while The Great Disaster and first section of this book were super exciting and intense， the rest kind of fell flat for me。 That said， I enjoyed parts， and it opened a ton of opportunities for more books in the era。 I'm excited to see where it goes and if it can improve。 。。。more
Chris McGuffin
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I'm a huge Star Wars fan， but barring a few exceptions， I've never been able to get into the books。 The EU was too convoluted for me to delve into （even as early as the late 90s/early 00s）， and always read more as "try-hard" science fiction instead of the space fantasy adventure that I always assumed written Star Wars would be。 With the Disney takeover and the books actually becoming canon， I was hoping that the books would start to matter more and feel more like the Star Wars I knew from the mo I'm a huge Star Wars fan， but barring a few exceptions， I've never been able to get into the books。 The EU was too convoluted for me to delve into （even as early as the late 90s/early 00s）， and always read more as "try-hard" science fiction instead of the space fantasy adventure that I always assumed written Star Wars would be。 With the Disney takeover and the books actually becoming canon， I was hoping that the books would start to matter more and feel more like the Star Wars I knew from the movies。 So far though， these expectations have not been met， and first book in The High Republic did not change that。Don't get me wrong， Light of the Jedi isn't necessarily bad。 Charles Soule is a good writer， and his style is easy to read and follow。 The problems come with what he has to work with in regards to the plot and characters。 The first part of the novel is quite engaging in terms of plot， but there are so many characters and very few of them are developed enough that by the time you get to the midpoint， you're asking yourself "Who was that again， and why are they important？" I would have rather had us focus on 1-3 main characters， with others just coming in for brief periods or as side chapters。 It eventually made me lose any interest into what was happening next。Ultimately， this was a 3/5 sci-fi book， but a mediocre， 2/5 take on Star Wars， especially for the first part of something as "epic" as The High Republic is supposed to be。 The first half starts off promising but soon falls apart。 Soule unfortunately hits the same walls that's held back almost every Star Wars book before it， in that it tries too hard to be something it's not。 。。。more
Jo B
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3。5/4
Jane
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This novel is fine， but it didn’t really draw me in。 There are a lot of characters， too many characters， and since I didn’t get to know any of them， I couldn’t feel any emotion when they put themselves in harm’s way （or actually died） to help others。 I did think the aftermath of a ship breaking up in hyperspace was interesting。 There were a lot of references to lesser known Star Wars aliens that I don’t know， in any event， so I couldn’t picture what the characters looked like。 The bad guys were This novel is fine， but it didn’t really draw me in。 There are a lot of characters， too many characters， and since I didn’t get to know any of them， I couldn’t feel any emotion when they put themselves in harm’s way （or actually died） to help others。 I did think the aftermath of a ship breaking up in hyperspace was interesting。 There were a lot of references to lesser known Star Wars aliens that I don’t know， in any event， so I couldn’t picture what the characters looked like。 The bad guys were unremarkable generic bad guys。 But the worst part was knowing that the Republic and the Jedi Order are both going to fall， which made it sad to read。 Can we never have a Star Wars story with a happy ending？ 。。。more
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