We’re back with more High Republic hijinks as we’re reunited with everyone’s favorite young Knight/Padawan team: Vernestra and Imri! Out in digital and audiobook back in January and out in print finally today, Mission to Disaster by Justina Ireland is one of the final books in this Phase of the High Republic.
While it seems as if the Jedi are doing well in their fight against the Nihil, the threat remains. Vernestra Rwoh is taking advantage of the relative lull in hostilities to continue her padawan Imri’s training. That doesn’t last for long though as Starlight Beacon ask them to help investigate a Nihil attack on a nearby settlement. Meanwhile, their friend Avon Starros has been kidnapped by the Nihil and her brilliant brain is about to both help her and potentially cause some further trouble even as she tries to get herself out of this extremely tricky situation. Continue reading

Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older is the book about two cinnamon roll boys, two queer disaster girls, and two Jedi masters just doing their best you did not know you needed in your life until now. Out today, the latest installment in the High Republic is guaranteed to give you feelings by the final page. And did we mention the cinnamon rolls?
For months, High Republic fans have had a side of anxiety ever since we first heard the light of the Jedi would be going dark with the next wave of stories. Well, that wave has finally arrived with The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray and folks? Things got real dark.