The High Republic Wave Two - First Details Revealed

[@poohjan]

Do my eyes and ears deceive me??? A Star Wars channel talking positively about the high republic, where the video isn’t review bombed AND where the comment section is wholesome and not filled with hate. What a breath of fresh air.

[@adarus9941]

Truly amazing to see

[@JohnKill3DGaming]

Star Wars explained is one of the only true honest star wars channels left.

[@carlomiele1079]

Yes

[@ianscultgaming3601]

Agreed

[@JohnKill3DGaming]

@@ianscultgaming3601 Because of so many people hating Star Wars, I dropped the content because of constant comment attacks. It’s sad because I really wanted to be a Star Wars KZbinr.

[@JohnKill3DGaming]

@@nickdonato4445 I’m looking into starting with doing the video the games. I have a massive Star Wars gaming playlist.

[@migs232]

True

[@geekxsir3610]

Star Wars Explained: One of the (very few) Star Wars KZbinrs who doesn’t include hate or controversy. Just good Star Wars content. THANK YOU

[@nikojanatuinen631]

+Eckhartsladder, HelloGreedo and At At chat

[@RACCorpStudios]

He’s literally my favorite Star Wars KZbinr

[@herpesinflammation]

I hope Cavan Scott is okay...

[@joemullarkey5719]

If this wave is anything to go off of he’s a workaholic.

[@mastereditor3483]

Cavan Scott also did the Marvel and it’s pretty good so far.

[@LeeJ2512]

I'm really gonna need to clear my book shelf and just label it the Star Wars shelf.

[@adarus9941]

Here comes Yellowflash already saying Wave 2 is a failure, and of course once again comparing a Book series to TV/Movies when the books are less popular in general.

[@darthwint3823]

Disappointed claudia gray isn't writing novel for 2d wave of phase 1in High Republic series. Most excited for rising storm. Out of the shadows..

[@rachelmeier9444]

She’s workin on a secret project. Probably either adult novel #3 or a game script, or even possibly advising on Acolyte or the rumored animated show. trust me she is not being wasted!!!

[@darthwint3823]

@@rachelmeier9444 I wish she'd write a Lost Stars 2, best SW novelist imo.

[@lukesw01productions46]

@@rachelmeier9444 what!?! A game script!?! So you mean we’re getting a High Republic game!?!

[@masonmoore7636]

I’m 99% sure that the nameless will show up at the fair

[@sebastiandaniels3244]

I agree. Cavan Scott keeps mentioning them in his Star Wars stuff and The Rising Storm is his novel...

[@lsdeann_3293]

Did you read the leaks? I don't know how to hide spoilers on YT, but I'll say .. Close enough!!

[@SHDUStudios]

Monster of Temple Peak sounds like the Star Wars version of the Witcher.

[@apomtaylor8054]

It sucks most people won't even give THR a chance. They are missing out on some pretty good content.

[@ianscultgaming3601]

Give it like three years and all those who won't give it a chance will swear that it's the greatest Star Wars thing ever and that they've been supporting it since day one.

[@jwatchcraft5564]

I would want to but I'm broke so I'm stuck with what's on the internet

[@everythingdibs344]

I’m not really that interested in it but I would blame that more on the crappy introduction books that they had. Obviously not all the comics and novels are terrible but first impressions are everything, that’s why so many people won’t give clone wars a chance. Also many fans would prefer the old republic rather than the high republic. The only high republic era content I’m interested in is Acolyte mainly because it’s a Sith revolving show and could possibly have a young plagueis and even young Palpatine.

[@apomtaylor8054]

@@everythingdibs344 how was the introduction crappy? I read/watched countless Light of the Jedi reviews and pretty much every single one of them was positive. Look for yourself on youtube.

[@everythingdibs344]

@@apomtaylor8054 in my experience most reviews said that it wasn’t anything special and many hated it because they killed off so many good characters right away. I’ve read certain parts of it and thought it was alright but nothing compared to the original expanded universe

[@notrixamoris3318]

This makes me wonder...what is the end game of the high republic...a hidden sith movement???

[@apomtaylor8054]

Probably. I think the entire point of THR is to show how "weak" the jedi got and how "strong" the sith got.

[@everythingdibs344]

I assume it will lead up to the events in the Acolyte show

[@fcaioki7949]

After the Rise of Skywalker, I don’t get how any could stomach the Sith being in everything SW. That’s it man.

[@lsdeann_3293]

The 'threat to the Force itself', the thing that 'scares the Jedi' (cough! The Nameless. Cough!), this is where it is all heading. This was conceived before the Acolyte, separately to it, and is taking place chronologically several hundred years earlier (to the other commenter)

[@braydenraymond9014]

@@lsdeann_3293 The Acolyte does take place at the tale end of the HR era though

[@Joey1229]

omg was just thinking I needed more novels

[@everythingdibs344]

@@Lungorthin666 Me to Disney: You don’t want to sell me these novels. You want to go home and rethink your ideas about Star Wars.

[@lsdeann_3293]

@Lungorthin Have you read them? Because they've genuinely been fantastic so far. There's a reason that they're outselling almost every Legends book ever released, in spite of the blind hatred of a toxic portion of the fanbase.a They aren't there OLD Republic, sadly, but as the next best thing these are very much the books many of us have been looking for, for quite some time.

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@everythingdibs344 Me to Disney: "You don't want to sell these books to bookstores and make them non-refundable in order to raise your sales numbers!"👋🏻

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@lsdeann_3293 There is no blind hatred, you just can't handle criticism

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@Lungorthin666 it's also lore breaking

[@gary24fan]

I'm gonna need a bigger book shelf.

[@nilsf5302]

Best comment I've read today

[@joshuamethven]

kobo

[@LordDagovere]

Thanks for making this video fam.

[@BamboozlerTX]

Can't wait for more HR content! I accidentally read through all the books and comics now I'm waiting until June for more books. Loving your HR videos keep it coming 👍😊

[@AndrewBehm]

Y’all have certainly come a long way since the “Star Wars Minute” days!

[@twstf8905]

"Y'all" indeed. 😂

[@brianrunyon266]

Looking forward to more audio versions of High Republic Novels, and more.

[@StarWarsTonight]

I’m so hyped for this

[@notrixamoris3318]

AGREED

[@paulrubio206]

Just what I needed to start my day!

[@vicric6876]

That kind of makes me sad. The next set of books is on the horizon and I am still waiting for into the dark and test of courage to come to Audible in Germany. We only get the english version anyway.. Hope to catch up soon!

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

Es ist ja nicht so, als wären die Bücher nicht übelst schlecht haha

[@bunapapaya8]

Wenn du nicht warten magst kann ich dir nur ans Herz legen, die Bücher auf Englisch zu lesen. Hab ich so gemacht. Light of the Jedi liest sich absolut problemlos, habe glaube ich ein einziges mal ein Wort nachschlagen müssen. Aktuell lese ich Into the Dark, und auch damit habe ich keine Schwierigkeiten. Wenn du regelmäßig KZbin Videos auf Englisch schaust, dann kriegst du es auch locker hin die Bücher auf Englisch zu lesen :)

[@Kishan2213]

so excited for wave 2! This new era is so much fun

[@StarWarsTonight]

Has anyone else read LOTJ TOC and ITD?

[@YouarefriendMorgan]

LOTJ & ITD only. Should I read TOC?

[@masonmoore7636]

@@YouarefriendMorgan I read it, it’s alright but it’s a middle grade book so don’t expect the same level of quality

[@StarWarsTonight]

@@YouarefriendMorgan it’s ok and it does add some in background on some characters in the other books but it’s not amazing

[@lsdeann_3293]

Just the first two. Thoroughly enjoyed them both!! Should I be reading TOC too? It's a kids book, I'm pushing thirty and actively dislike the author.

[@StarWarsTonight]

@@lsdeann_3293 you don’t have to but it does add some background info on a few Jedi who will be in out of the shadows

[@twstf8905]

Harnessing mysterious purple power. Word 👍

[@silvernexoknight]

Awesome

[@bravecounsel4786]

I keep on finding neck beards upset about the High Republic, you my friend are a nice change of pace

[@Beiki]

Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram: A communications disruption could mean only one thing: invasion.

[@morscalaroleplays1207]

Cool

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Alex! ✨

[@iououu]

This KZbin channel is a fresh of breath air!

[@ianmoore4832]

Looking forward to these! Thanks for summarising and opining.

[@andrewlim9345]

Thanks for the information about these new novels, comics and short stories. Hope to get hold of more of the High Republic.

[@alex_1798]

Do a review of the 2003 clone wars

[@CalebDennis1]

Here's hoping Tempest Runner gets a physical release like Dooku: Jedi Lost and the Aphra audio drama. Maybe a collection of the SW Insider short stories too

[@joemullarkey5719]

It definitely will. I usually get the physical releases but there’s no way I’m waiting a year after it was released to read it. I’m so hyped!

[@David-bf2cg]

I dont like that so much of the galaxy was unexplored and being colonised only 200 years before phantom menace. In that movie, it feels like the galaxy, or at least the republic, its size and its place in it, has been the same or stagnant for longer then that. 500 years at least, if not a 1000 years or more. Otherwise, looks good.

[@Kazzzzzzzzzzzrz]

Between The Old Republic games and Darth Bane trilogy after Darth Ruin shizm Sith controled outer rim for 1000 years and ruining many planet with constant Wars between hundreds of siths empires and republic this is why Galaxy outer rim was unexplored during galactic republic/empire era in legends

[@luans.40]

In PM Tatooine has a very thin spread population and since Jabba lives there one could guess it’s a big planet

[@David-bf2cg]

@@luans.40 What shoes that has to do with my point?

[@David-bf2cg]

@@Kazzzzzzzzzzzrz Thats not canon though, bit i appreciate the explanation.

[@tinyrocks7549]

I’m just thinking out loud here, I haven’t really become hooked by the story yet, maybe because it’s about events and not character driven. None of the characters has a personal storyline that matters, Is that it? When compared to the Mandalorian for example, you get a lot of personal moments with Mando and Grogu that involves questions about say identity as an outsider, family connection versus no attachments, there are high emotional stakes and character development. Has anyone here a character in high Republic that they feel engaged about? I am happy to be corrected.

[@magykfyre4114]

I feel really invested in Cohmac and Orla, tbh, as well as seeing what happens with Elzar and Avar's relationship! but with such a big cast it's definitely a bit harder to get invested at the beginning, I guess

[@joemullarkey5719]

Light of the Jedi definitely has a less personal feel, though I think from here on out we’ll have more character driven stories. A Test of Courage is actually a lot more intimate.

[@tinyrocks7549]

@@joemullarkey5719 that’s a really good point, it’s a series so there’s room for those developments.

[@tinyrocks7549]

@@magykfyre4114 Cohmac and orla are new to me since I’m not even halfway through their book, ok I will definitely see what’s going on there, with their past bad event n all.

[@sanderhoefsloot6852]

Hypeeeee

[@captainbritain7379]

I hope the books about the Republic Fair acknowledge the colonial legacy of World’s Fairs, especially given the similarities with the Republic’s expansion. I’d be surprised if they didn’t.

[@gagida1829]

The girl in the left book cover is cute.

[@supremeleaderdracovish3415]

She might appear in visions maybe

[@thearjguy7241]

IDK about you, but "tempest runner" kinda sounds like "cloud rider"

[@TPM330]

Can someone tell me everything part of the high republic that’s out so far? Like a list of what to read and in what order

[@joemullarkey5719]

First you should read Light of the Jedi, then A Test of Courage, the first issue of the marvel comic, then The High Republic Adventures comic, Into the Dark, and finally the rest of marvel comic so far. This just covers the basic wide release stuff though. There’s also short stories in the Star Wars Insider magazine and other more obscure things you can look into on your own. Those are the five core things so far though.

[@Jxjon117]

Wouldn't rising storm be the 3rd book? They also released into the dark

[@joemullarkey5719]

It’s the second adult book. Into the Dark is a Young Adult book, not that there’s much difference.

[@Jxjon117]

@@joemullarkey5719 ah my bad, im kind of surprised they're not the same after listening to them tho.

[@joemullarkey5719]

@@Jxjon117 no worries. There isn’t much difference aside from publishers and target age. Honestly didn’t know the difference myself until a year ago.

[@kenji6492]

Wet Bub Solo Novel When

[@joemullarkey5719]

Probably in phase three. They’ve got to build up his return from the dead.

[@kenji6492]

@@joemullarkey5719 Or they could do a prequel book. Wet Bub: A Star Wars Story

[@urospetrovic8753]

you might not have the time. but if you want a little dip into the manga medium today give chainsaw man a quick little dabble.

[@joemullarkey5719]

Shut up and take my money!

[@fazbrogaming7776]

I LOVE the High republic, to me it’s (Legends 2.0). 😍

[@flynnjamison8321]

Can't wait for wave 2 of the high republic. Light of the Jedi is one of the best star wars books and into the dark was a pretty good read aswell 😀😀😀😀

[@eltoroluckypatientzero1355]

GEODE ARGH

[@Ricky-ql6ib]

As long as the Nihil are actually shown as a threat instead of stupid bikers yelling "rIdE tHe StOrM!!!" then I'll be okay. I couldn't stand them in the first wave. The Drengir are an actual threat

[@TutosViolet]

The high republic is crap. 🤮

[@jinguo3D]

we are all the republic

[@adarus9941]

High Republic is great

[@davidpeterson5640]

Don’t like how they are changing the essence of the force. I read the first but will not continue

[@davidpeterson5640]

@@wyattmcgee1 , the descriptions of the force as a water or music interpretation for example. Don’t like the idea of mitaclorines either.

[@joemullarkey5719]

@@davidpeterson5640 I honestly see it more as a simplified way to show how everyone has a different idea about how the force works. I do understand how it may bother some but I do kinda like that idea.

[@davidpeterson5640]

@@joemullarkey5719, I appreciate your opinion. I feel it more lazy writing. What the force was had been established early. Over the years and terrible Hollywood writing, it has become kind of comical. Now with the force uou can heal, travel through time, move you Consciousness into others, raise the dead and float through space and survive. The healing I can buy. But, now it’s too much. Changing the force fixes uninspired writting.

[@adarus9941]

@@davidpeterson5640 I mean I hear The EU also did some strange things with The Force

[@slyfer60]

SOMEONE!....Sell me on why I should get into this series. Spoilers all, please stop being so polite. Just tell me why this series is worth my time and money.

[@magykfyre4114]

A meticulously planned and coordinated, big Star Wars story involving some of the best star wars authors to date, such as Claudia Gray. Kind of like ROTS and the finale season of the clone wars, you get many perspectives on the same galactic events. Introduces a LOT of cool new Jedi characters and the tone of the galaxy feels very different to what we see in other eras. The villains are also super different to the Sith/Empire/First Order but still feel threatening

[@Kazzzzzzzzzzzrz]

New characters that can die anytime in the story because there weren't in movies

[@slyfer60]

@@Kazzzzzzzzzzzrz Again I am disappointed. Please someone anyone answer my call. I'm holding out for a hero here. A street wise hercules. Anyone...

[@joemullarkey5719]

@@slyfer60 a widespread story that right now is showcasing the Jedi at the top of their game, focusing on preserving life and the light over all else but will most likely show their eventual fall from grace and why the Jedi of the prequels were flawed. You get all sorts of characters with a nice spread of story for any age group, made by a team with three of the best Star Wars writers of all time, Charles Soule, Cavan Scott, and Claudia Gray.

[@kalebdiaz1671]

I think it is worth the time, it’s a time period unexplored and full of story potential, the first few books have been amazing light if the Jedi is already one of my favorite books and the thread from what they are during the high republic to where they are in episode 1 is interesting and something I think will be explored, over all if you like Star Wars and want to see the Jedi in a different period of there existence you should check this out

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

They shouldn't waste their money with this already failed project, but re-release more EU stuff. You know, the good stuff.

[@joemullarkey5719]

From what I’ve heard the first two books topped the NYT bestseller charts and the first issue of the comic sold 200k copies, compared to the average 70k copies an average Star Wars comic issue sells.

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@joemullarkey5719 do some research why that is. Do you know what the NYT Bestselling list is?

[@joemullarkey5719]

@@totallyanonymousbish9599 it’s a list of the bestselling books from week to week. Is it not?

[@luans.40]

@@totallyanonymousbish9599 The High Republic is already more successful than most EU book. It’s nowhere near failed and all people who actually read it like it

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@joemullarkey5719 and an editorial that doesn't claim to be objective. I can't recall names but there was this author that initiated a lawsuit against the NYT for not featuring his book in the list, which lead to the NYT admitting they don't claim to be objective, but can in fact put (or don't put) anything on the list they wish. There was a video about it somewhere here on KZbin. If I can find it I'll link it in an edit. And then there was this whole bookstore controversy of course.

[@Matty_Boom_Batty]

STILL FAILING ! ! ! hahaha. LMAO !

[@Crocthunder]

Failing so bad they are making more books, interesting.

[@joemullarkey5719]

The comics have consistently been getting reprints. IDK where you get your information from.

[@CpsLock3]

When I think of starwars I think of propaganda manifestos that a soypoop manlet reads at his cofee shop

[@joemullarkey5719]

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

[@Virtus1863]

More High Republic to get lampooned into oblivion.

[@Matty_Boom_Batty]

This will fail

[@luans.40]

Then why is it very successful

[@jacher101]

haters gonna hate hahaha

[@joemullarkey5719]

He said, three days before it was announced the first issue of the comic will get a FIFTH printing.

[@adarus9941]

Pay this fool no mind, he’s a troll

[@CallMeMrChainmail]

I’m not watching your video. I’m downvoting your video. I’m here because the wookiepedia keeps overlaying your ads and doesn’t even link to the relevant video.

[@edumaicol4141]

Ok...