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It’s a bit of a daunting task to review a book I’m fairly confident the majority of the readership of this website is already planning on reading. It’s funny, though, because there’s so many reasons we can bank on that. You already know Charles Soule: he’s a mega-talented writer, showing a lot of competency in writing both comics and prose novels; he’s a massive mover in the Star Wars galaxy; and he kicked off this initiative with a bang, so we can know he’ll want to end the initiative with a bang. You already know The High Republic: it’s the mega-popular publishing initiative that has now worked its way into movies and TV; it features a lot of new fan favorite characters (some of whom have found themselves on TV and trading card games); and it’s the fire that was lit under the franchise, and many fans, in terms of rekindling our love for the franchise. But even though I know you’re going to read this novel, the fun part of The High Republic is that we all love it so much we’re going to want to keep talking about it ad nauseum.

Really, I think that there are two major questions that we all had going into this final novel of the entire initiative: was Trials of the Jedi going to be able to hit every necessary character beat we were looking for and was it going to hit every story beat we were hoping for? Continue reading “Canon Novel Review by Chris: The High Republic – Trials of the Jedi” →