The High Republic Phase One Recap

The High Republic Phase Two is just around the corner! Watch this video to catch up on what happened in Phase One!
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[@ilikemandalorians9861]

Buying all the books and comics would be a very costly endeavour so I’m very happy you’re covering them. It’s good to have a general idea of what’s going on in this era

[@JarrettOriginal]

If you're in the USA, your local public library is your best resource. Don't spend a dime, read everything.

[@ilikemandalorians9861]

@@JarrettOriginal I’m not in the US. I did check my local library tho and they have some miscellaneous SW books but they’re not anything interesting (a couple of novelisations, one character encyclopaedia and the middle part of a Legends trilogy lol)

[@drw_predator]

Agree

[@soularprimestudios5930]

Its basically the Jedi order great golden age

[@braydensobecki340]

They’re almost all in my library

[@ryanmiech2380]

Stupid Sexy Geode. Also Orba Lin is my favorite character from a design perspective from the High Republic

[@Kubinda12345]

Shrii ka rai ka rai We're coming to take you away Shrii ka rai ka rai We're coming to take you away They'll do what they can and they'll do what they must but when they find you all you'll be is dust.

[@gavinsmith9871]

"This Galaxy is mine!" - Marchion Ro.

[@gavinsmith9871]

Slight corrction. Midnight Horizon takes place on Corellia, not Coruscant.

[@alexmj597]

The High Republic is the freshest take on SW we have had in a long time

[@stephen8805]

Disney: But rebels vs empire, come on man

[@RHR199X]

@@stephen8805 who do you think made the high republic? This isn’t the 2010s anymore

[@jamariojackson4289]

Still complaining about Disney I see… 🥴🤷🏻‍♂️ rent free my guy rent free.

[@Nerdawon]

Loved phase 1, and whilst it will kill me to have to wait to find out what happens next, I’m so excited for phase 2

[@MrTony-rx7tk]

Is phase 3 going to pick up where phase 1 left off?

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

@@MrTony-rx7tk Yes. And, it may connect to some of the events of the video game, JEDI: Survivor.

[@Kishan2213]

As someone who loves THR but doesnt have the time to read every entry, this was a super helpful refresher!

[@quint2386]

This is exactly what I hoped for in order to prepare for phase 2! Thanks :))

[@Major98]

Loved Light of the Jedi and Rising Storm, so far the adult novels have been pretty strong. Trail of Shadows is the best comic from this era

[@gabriel.skywalker44]

Great video

[@jacobweyker6857]

I’m loving the high republic. Phase 1 was amazing can’t wait for phase 2 and explore even farther into the past

[@agustinrolon7242]

Good job Alex! That was a great, concise summary of Phase 1.

[@Luke-hl6tp]

A few days late but just finished off the complete order (minus short stories) with the eye of the storm comics. Great recap! I was thinking while watching this would be really difficult to pull all the important story points and put them in chronological order. Thank you for what you do!

[@Oncomingstorm777]

Excellent summary! Thanks!

[@joaopedroformozo6555]

Im still working my way through wave 3, finish the fallen star and started yesterday Mission to Disaster. Will be great to watch when I finish the last remaining books and comics

[@jofita]

Would you be able to make a reading order because I'm just getting into it now and I don't know what goes where

[@timtetumtetodd]

On Wookieepedia is a release order, that's also the best reading order

[@jofita]

@@timtetumtetodd thank you, I'll give it a look

[@shamsham1229]

@@jofita I agree with what that commented said but there’s one thing: you should read The High Republic Adventures #13 and Mission to Disaster BEFORE Fallen Star for max effect. And The Eye of the Storm #2 should be the last thing you read in Phase I.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

Say what you will about the High Republic novels, I absolutely loved Light of the Jedi and Into the Dark. Really looking forward to the game.

[@timtetumtetodd]

You mean Eclipse?

[@MarchionRoTheEye]

3:20 lol 😈

[@choir345]

I should not have watched this without finishing Fallen Star oops

[@tristankawatsuma8962]

So the Nihil control the Outer Rim and have cut off the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic. I wonder if they’ll debate over whether it’s worth continuing going to war with the Nihil since they only want the Outer Rim. Maybe this is when we see the rise of the megacorporations as they both push the Republic to continue the war against the Nihil while also providing the droid-power and resources to wage direct war against the raiders.

[@matthewpurifoy6432]

I tried to read light of the Jedi I didn’t find it very interesting in more of a visual Star Wars fan mostly on screen like movies and tv shows the only high republic thing im looking forward to is the acolyte I’ve been watching your channel for years now the q&as and great the Lego live streams are also great the after show live streams are great as are your regular videos

[@AStupidID]

Love the High Republic.

[@MysteryFedoraMan]

Excellent as usual, but one note |- you say coruscant instead of Corellia at 4:46

[@Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445]

Thanks for this - I didn't read many of the novels so far, so this helps me a whole lot.

[@timtetumtetodd]

I'm beyond excited

[@ldoc3988]

god this is so helpful. been wanting a peek into the high Republic to see if it's for me

[@barule404]

Path of Deceit looks amazing

[@johm3002]

Watching this to get ready for phase 3. I loved phase 2, even more than phase 1, but I am very excited for more Marchion

[@nilsf5302]

Woah, nice. I really have to get into the High Republic more, Light of the jedi and Rising Storm were amazing.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

I mean, if you mentioned Geode. That would be all anyone could think about. A big rock with sick dance moves.

[@noahdean9685]

I hope the high Republic leads into the prequels.

[@Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445]

It already makes the Prequels so much sadder

[@cameronpearce5943]

I wonder where the Mandalorians are in all of this?

[@rossphillips3891]

so many characters.

[@DanBen07]

3:32 What type of Droid is that? 4:22 4:55 The Starlight Beacon can travel?

[@MrBrooks444]

No mention of Bell?

[@franciscoR.]

Geode!!! 💪🪨 👍

[@madisonwhovian943]

4:45 I think you mean Corellia, Alex. 😅

[@waynehenry127]

We don't want you to keep it brief ♥️

[@adequate673]

so why do people not like THR its pretty cool new starwars would love a animated series instead in the style of clonewars different arcs etc to explore the characters

[@kusherwilliams]

I WONDER WHY THEY ARENT MAKING DISNEY PLUS SHOWS FOR THR?

[@GordanTheToad]

@@kusherwilliams There is the Acolyte which is going to delve into the final days of the High Republic.

[@nerdock4747]

This feels like a rhetorical question lol

[@TheDarthbinky]

ngl, I can't help but picture Elzar as the chef guy from Futurama...

[@apfelkuchen4399]

I think you need to know all this to get ready for Phase 3.

[@adequate673]

cover these stories more

[@ghost_kinggamer]

I got lost in the chronology, can't afford to read books and comic's simultaneously

[@sonicdean658]

Geod is awsome

[@SoSoDEVIL]

I think the pic at 1:43 is fan art (Idk tho) but I'm literally dying to see someone use a light whip in live action or a proto saber with the cord and battery pack just wanna see some OLD designs like in the TRoS visual guide

[@RayOfTruth]

It's not fanart, it was used for official press releases of A Test of Courage.

[@theinfernus9912]

4:45 I think you mean corellia

[@drumsnotdead1]

SPOILERS FOR PEARL... HEAR me out... Pearl, the prequel to X, as a Star Wars movie, parallels perfectly to the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker. Early on, Pearl is destined for greatness, but she's held back by the grownups, she has illusions of grandeur, she loses her father, in a way, to illness as he becomes a vegetable, experiences failure at the tryout and unleashes fury. She kills her mentor father / friend (obi wan), kills her dominating Mother (Mace and the the council) and kills her boyfriend (Padme) someone she cares about but only in a way that she can control him and what happens to him. (she freaks out when he seems like he's leaving her / scared of her)

[@JCGuzman93]

Phase 2 recap? :)

[@lcm361]

I like the High Republic but how many weapons were there? It felt like Legends for a second

[@MrLee-cy1pw]

Ngl, I was still salty over the sequel trilogy when I heard about HR so I avoided it. After Andor, Ahsoka and Mando (idc what you think, that episode with Jack Black wase interesting af and explored space politics) I feel like I should give the HR a chance.

[@bullrun2772]

Good for you someone taking responsibility and maning up

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

I"m very much looking forward to Phase Two. I have a feeling that it will be even better than the first one. I still theorize that the spirit and influence of Darth Nihilus is at work here, through Dark Side and/or Sith alchemy.

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

@@cameronfield4617 No. Because the "craft" Marchion Ro and his family/people practice, has its similarities to the kind of Dark Side power that Darth Nihilus exuded upon the galaxy and The Force Itself (The Nameless, make no mistake, are absolute abominations of The Force). It also can't be accidental that this 40-year-old tribal collection of marauders (and their galactic retreat) happen to bear the same name as one of the greatest threats in the entire galaxy's history. That's too delicious, not to see the connections and implications therein.

[@АлексейМомот-щ7о]

What you think of Nihil Retreat where Sorcerers of Rhand live?

[@AlphaWasSpotted]

I NEVER even put that together! Suddenly High Republic is WAY more interesting

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

@@AlphaWasSpotted When you think about it: In a way, The Nameless have powers that bear kinship to Nihlus' devastating, essence-draining force. Now, well in to Phase Two, I believe The Nameless may be a physical manifestation of The Anti-Force (located in Otherspace, which might be related/connected to the "paradise planet" that Sunshine Dobbs ventured to 150 years before the events of The Great Hyperspace Disaster and The Nihil), from The EU's The Crystal Star. Definitely, food for thought...

[@AlphaWasSpotted]

@@anthonyyoutubefan7567 definitely not out of the realm of possibility, especially since disney is slowly "recanonizing" the old EU.

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Choose your side Light side or Dark side

[@comteraffayn8351]

Nihil

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

@@comteraffayn8351 who nihil ?

[@ajmac1990]

So the next phase is a prequel to their prequel? Phase one was already pretty difficult to keep track of, I liked the mainline novels but when they started actively referencing materials I had not read, I dipped out. I think this is a fine experiment in story telling but I have to admit I think I'm passed the point of really caring.

[@AlphaWasSpotted]

What is the underlying theme of the high republic?

[@bullrun2772]

Huh what you mean

[@AlphaWasSpotted]

@@bullrun2772 like why does it exist? What is the point?

[@bullrun2772]

@@AlphaWasSpotted huh exist this series I think people have said that to show the fall of the republic and Jedi how that become so in the clone wars what you think

[@AnimeFreak10000]

Well Star Wars is dead to me. End of an era

[@Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445]

Star Wars is dead, because they don't portray Trandoshans as ruthless and cold hunters anymore? Ok, then.

[@bullrun2772]

She’s the one caring about it and talking about it so it isn’t dead. Also, are you just taking it from online people because your sounding triggered

[@soularprimestudios5930]

Man high republic and old republic deserves more who agree? Like movies or somthing.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

It was announced recently that, for the first time ever, there's going to be a live action TV show that focuses not on the Clone Wars or the Empire. It'll focus on the Jedi about 100 years before the Phantom Menace takes place. We may very well get our first live depiction of Darth Plaguis or Darth Tenebrae since Sidious wouldn't of even been born yet. It'll be called the Acolyte and it'll air sometime in 2024.

[@bullrun2772]

Ha like you’re acting like nobody cares why are you triggered

[@jinsnoe6884]

I like to think that Star Wars repeats a trilogy pattern: one adult novel per wave times three; one movie trilogy, a second wave that takes place several years before as with the prelogy. A third wave that is a continuation of the first. And then a lot of things are added between the movies/books. Maybe the first great era is the Skywalker saga and the second is the high republic and years later the new jedi order era.

[@draconiszenith]

That, is brilliant!!!

[@GlareBoxTV]

Except the new Jedi order seems to be the next saga, beginning with the new Rey trilogy just announced.

[@Starman1014]

Phase 1 was okay IMO. The Jedi were portrayed really well, the space Vikings they fought were rather meh. The other big issue is they made the galaxy feel so small. With most of the main adult books only taking place in 1-2 unique locations per book it was sometimes a slog to get through. Even a good author would have a hard time writing a whole book about a bad day at a fair feel exciting. Here is hoping Phase 2 ups the adrenaline and intrigue because it it's going to be more like Phase 1 then this is a boring part of the Galaxy's history.

[@AuthorWorldbuilder]

I shouldn’t have watched this. I wasn’t ready to learn my favorite Jedi of the era dies.

[@nkosig4995]

tzeen story really dropped at the very end man. kinda disappointed it was going really strong up until then

[@rebirth5362]

Legends did it better.

[@noachlive]

Legends never even covered this era

[@rebirth5362]

@@noachlive They very much did. The Stark Hyperspace War story, Darth Bane Trilogy and Plagueis book to name some, and the last two are widely considered some of the best Star Wars content ever and Disney is still drawing lore from them despite having them decanonized.

[@noachlive]

@@rebirth5362 Darth Bane Trilogy takes place 1003-980 BBY, Darth Plagueis takes place 67-32 BBY, and the entire High Republic books (so far) take place 382-231 BBY

[@bullrun2772]

@@rebirth5362 that’s not even a high republic and you’re comparing two stories that really you shouldn’t even be in comparing because it shows how triggered you are

[@bullrun2772]

So you’ve read the high republic, thought not

[@xItachii]

There are some really dope concepts coming out of high republic era. Love the Nihil, the tech, art style, the worlds. But the forced wokeness ruins it for me. Why are all the main characters lesbians? The galaxy in the high republic era feels like 80% women. Where’s the equality?

[@Lr.Laecro.Lirus3445]

And there you are wrong. The majority of the characters are actually alien species and there gender or sexuality doesn't really matter.

[@apomtaylor8054]

I've read all 9 of the books and all of the comics in phase 1 and off the top of my head there is only two like 2 lesbian main characters (zeen and Lula) maybe I'm forgetting some but I think you're exaggerating

[@shailonnoelle7175]

Laaaame

[@bullrun2772]

Wtf laame that’s not relish oh lame ah your lam

[@edb6605]

Thanks for the summary. I'm not going to read the high republic books . Boring story

[@bullrun2772]

How tho

[@TylerSampson51]

"boring story" he said after admitting he hasn't read it...

[@nerdock4747]

@@TylerSampson51 Didn't we just get all the plot points and story in this video? Wouldn't that be the perfect consumption preview to then decide if they'd be worth consuming?

[@LegacyFable]

I really wish this book series followed Yoda and we seen how he had a hand shaping the Jedi and not just him pretty much being an Easter egg in all these books

[@bullrun2772]

He’s in the high republic tho so and?

[@LegacyFable]

@@bullrun2772 he's barely in it tho he pretty much just mentioned

[@bullrun2772]

@@LegacyFable nope he’s in the adventures high republic comic some of his yoda comics been in the high republic I think and he’s like co grandmaster

[@LegacyFable]

@@bullrun2772 there's a new comic just simply called Yoda I just started reading that takes place after EP 3 then flashes back to the high republic days it makes me happy

[@CouragelessOne]

Read Midnight Horizon. You'll be satisfied.