The Rising Storm is One of the Best and Most Intense Star Wars Books I've Ever Read 

Within the last week I finished both, “The light of the Jedi” and “The Rising Storm.” These are admittedly the first books I’ve independently decided to read, since High school, and my goodness I’m glad I started my reading journey with these. “The Rising Storm, was a fun ride. I cannot wait for what comes next!

alex’s “a jedi’s strength comes from the force, yes, but also from compassion and forgiveness” is also essentially what the spirits of the jedi said to rey “in the heart of the jedi lies her strength”.

I'm now in the middle of Light, but I see already that the High Republic series is just perfect for me. Excited. So many new aspects added to the familiar concept.

The ending of this book killed me. I need more of this era ASAP!!!!

Sometimes I don’t quite have the attention span to read for long periods of time or finish an entire novel, but hot damn! This book came out today and I’m already 100 pages deep 😂 EDIT: by the end of the day, I’d made it about 220 pages in!

Bell Zettifar SHINES in this novel

This book is an absolutely WILD ride. Very happy with the High Republic content so far, and I am looking forward to more!

Finished this morning and loved it! At one point, I got some major KOTOR vibes.

This was a thrill ride of a book and I was literally addicted to it. I love this era already. The ending is insane

Another win for the High Republic although I would like to see more Avar in the future.

Just bought the Audiobook due to your enthusiasm! Can't wait to listen and experience this book!

So excited for more of my fave, Bell Zettifar. 30 pages in.

(Spoilers just in case) . . . . . . . . . Elzar really could've gone the way of Vader here, he had the same sort of attachments and he dipped into the dark side partially because of that. I'm glad he could talk to Stellan about it because hoo boy, it could've been bad.

Just finished reading the book and came here for your review. The last page broke me but it was one of the best books I have ever read. Can't wait for more on the series..

Can't wait for the book to finally arrive!!

finished light of the jedi in 2 days, half way through the rising storm can’t wait to finish it. i feel like i chose the best time to get into it specially since i’m so close to wave 3

I just finished the audiobook, and... Wow. I'm at a loss for words. To say I'm anticipating the next book would be an understatement.

Just finished the rising storm and I’m in shock. Alone with my emotions haha. Loved it but also sort of in agony

Marchion Ro is just wild

I am so in love with these novels!!! Its so exciting to have new stories and characters!!!

My god this was phenomenal. Light of the Jedi was my favourite Star Wars book. Light of the Jedi is now my second favourite Star Wars book

I can always count on your excellent reviews 💙 to make me want to read The High Republic

I've got it, but haven't had time to start reading it yet. I'm even more hyped after hearing how positive you are about it!

Still got to get through the second Thrawn book first, I feel this will be an absolute treat! Favorites so far are Bell Zettifar, Sskerr and of course, Marchion Ro.

Been checking the tracking status on my copy all day. Should be here in an hour & I can't wait to start reading.

Probably my most anticipated story of wave 2. I look forward to reading it!

I'm about 70 pages in, and I've been enjoying it so far. I do feel like if you read the other books you get a bigger picture of what exactly happened (i.e the Drenger) but you don't HAVE to read them to enjoy the book, but it certainly helps. What I mean is that the adult books aren't as standalone as I originally thought they would be.

I can't wait to get the rising storm in my hands... Light of the Jedi was so good 😃😃😃

Couldn’t wait for this to come out. Just downloaded it and ordered it on Amazon.

Mine's due to arrive tomorrow! Can't wait for it.

This book was amazing! I love the Jedi of the High Republic and the villains are really intense.

I gotta wait till Friday for my Out of Print special edition but you got me so hyped!!!

Just got my copy today, I cant wait to read it.

I also got it early like Alex and its a realllly good book, especially if you enjoyed the rapid tempo of light of the jedi

Downloaded the audio book; can't wait!

is there going to be a spoiler review at some point? im interested in the overall events but i couldnt get into light of the jedi so i doubt ill get this

I can’t wait to get this, hopefully today.

Wow! I had some issues with the first book, but the last 2/3rds of it was really good. This book is just fantastic from front to back. I loved the backdrop of the Republic Fair and I thought it was just an amazing ride from start to finish. I agree that I could not put it down. I just wanted to know what happened next. I'm disappointed that I have to wait until January for part three. Luckily the first TPB of the comic books is coming out soon.

I agree, one of the best SW books in a long time, absolutely loved this book.

I finished it last night and it was fantastic. I am excited for the next novel.

Thank you so much for this rave review, Alex! 📖

So excited for this one to arrive! Just curious, I haven't had a chance to read any of the High Rep comics yet, I have the first anthology on backorder but it's still a few months away - do you think I'd be missing any fun connections or foreshadowing/setup etc by reading The Rising Storm before catching up on the comics? Long time fan of the channel and love your work guys! : )

I loved It more than Light of the Jedi, and I really enjoyed that book. But, what was the tool Marshion Ro was using?

I'm trying to find what books to start my first starwars novels bc I love, love the lore. Is the light of the jedi the best one to start with?

Hi. Is there a website to know the amount of copies sold of star wars books?

Your reviews are what make want to buy these books thank you

Yay no spoilers!!

aaaaand its not out in germany... what a surprise

Waiting for the book to arrive now hoping Amazon hurries up 🥺

My jaw hit the floor with the ending

Read Light of the Jedi, and yeah I enjoyed it so I do want to read the starting book of wave 2.

What's the next book in main high republic stories?

Can anyone help me out? Does The Rising Storm spoil Into the Dark? I haven't read Into the Dark yet, but I'd like to continue the main series of books! I'm not sure how standalone the book is compared to the main series.

So excited for this. Light of the Jedi was insanely good!

Legends is my bread and butter but man this new Era seems very original and seems like it would fit right in to legends. Kind of like Lords of the Sith and Thrawn

I'm only on Chapter 13 of 76. So far I only have interest in Marchion Ro, the other Nihil, and the monster hunter (Ty?). Not caring much for the Jedi stuff yet. But yes, this book is moving quite fast and in a good way.

this was awesome; i can't wait until the fallen star

Who is Ram? So many characters a few of then slipped through I've only read the Light of the Jedi and now just finished Rising Storm

Simply can't wait for my copy to arrive

I’m SO excited for this book!

What's the best place to start into The High Republic for a casual fan? What's the book order? And do I need to read any before this one? That book cover looks awesome.

Cavin Scott only wants to see us suffer. Im just kidding. But for real I cannot wait to get into it.

I can't wait to read it.

I enjoyed the book, raced through it in a little over a day, but found the cast to be so large that it didn't give much room for character growth, opting instead to pinball all over the place jumping from one action scene to the next. Exciting and thrilling to read at times, but it felt a little hollow when it was over.

Cavan Scott is a sadist. How dare he!

Just read chapter 10 and WHEW, that chapter blew my mind! Marchion Ro might just be the best Star Wars villain ever.

I didn't truly enjoy Light of the Jedi until the final 100 pages or so. I struggle with books that are more about the grand story than about characters and their development. Hopefully Light was only like this because its the intro to the High Republic and future stories are more focused on fewer characters.

I thought this one was much better than the first

Is this a sequel to the Light of the Jedi?

"Fantastic" 👍😂 "Stomach Dropping" "Heart Pounding"

When are you making a Spoiler Review Alex?

Each to his own

This book hurt me

WHY CAVAN WHY!!!!

Thanks this sounds like a good book to read. The Nihl remind me of ISIL and Al Qaeda. Good to explore the internal emotional conflict within Jedi.

Awesome

I will say as someone who's only read light of the jedi and none of the other stuff yet, the beginning of this one has been really confusing so far. Like the drengir are just kinda there, they didn't really give any context, so if I hadn't watched your videos about the comics and the other books and what not, I would have no idea what's going on. I'm only in the first few chapters but I'm definitely feeling like I should've read more of the other content, I assumed that the "main" book series would be able to stand alone but I guess not, idk we'll see. So far in the book, I'm just really feeling like I should've read the comics first too to get the whole context of the story

Hmm I found Light of the Jedi quite a bore sadly. I may give this era one last chance by giving this a read.

Sadly, I was kind of disappointed by this. There's a LOT of action going on without moving the plot forward and the way Scott writes action doesn't appear to be very appealing to me. The ending chapters were indeed more impactful, but to me, they didn't make up for half the book of winding about itself in a whirlwind.

Sorry, but I really have to disagree on this one. While the first 80 pages looked promising, after that I kinda lost it. Here are my main criticisms for the book, because sadly, I couldn't had as much of a blast as other did. 1. Weak descriptions The main location was already not interesting in concept, since I'm not a fan of fairs. And added to it, there were literally no descriptions of how the Fair and Valo in general even look like. In one of the little children's book, Valo was depicted as a place with buildings, that have golden cupples and some of the buildings are more quadrangular-shaped with blue tones, sorrounded by vendors with blue market roofs over their booths. Why did the book lacked any of this at literally any time? 2. Too much singular plotlines There were to many characters or plotlines to even keep up with and I forgot at least 60% of them. 3. Too much forced alien-diversity Look, I really love alien-diversity, really. However the way it was written just felt like Scott's desperate attempt to cram in as much alien-characters as he possibly can. Often the choices were very questionable, because a lot of times, these aliens only appeared like once or so in the entire franchise. By far the worst character was Quin Amarant. They put him into some sort of jedi-artifact exhibition. Then he gets knocked out, captured and then killed, because he didn't know, he had a tracker on his ship. Wasted character and a waste for his species. 4. Mostly dull sets The sets weren't great either. It was either in space/sky, the place was full of green gas, it was a corridor on a medicine ship or in a walker. And the last part wasn't great either. Just a barren rainy world with nothing to offer. 5. However, I really liked Ty Yorricks story the most, made me wish she was the main character of the book. All-in-all not a great read. Light of the Jedi was a great book, but Cavan Scott really should stick to making comics, because there it would've worked way better. However I'm really happy that many people like this book so much. Have a good day, folks!

Well, if High Respublic jedi are so nice and stuff, how come Yoda turned out to be the way he is? Wasn't he around the whole time?

I don't have a lot of time to read books. I was hoping this would be a plot summary

Second

I completely agree with you Alex, and on an added note, the LGTBQ representation here is utterly precious, and a more active part of the story than Light of the Jedi which I am so happy for as a gay man. I literally teared up by page 100 just seeing and reading the information about those characters, and I cannot wait to see them again soon. And if the Nihil kill them so help me, I will stab and every one of those bastard myself.

This book took me 3 months to get through, as an audiobook for force' sake. I loved Light of the Jedi. This was a slog from beginning to end imo

Unfortunately, I disagree. I didn’t like this one. I thought Light of the Jedi & Into the Dark were okay. I thought this was poorly written. The first half was too much exposition and just plain boring. The middle part with the big battle and conflict with the Nihil was the best part and reasonably exciting. I found the end confusing and disappointing. It is fun when an author introduces new characters, settings and technologies, but this was all very scattershot. It was difficult to keep track of who the various characters are. It felt like a comic book with just the superficial details in the text, but at least in the comics you have visual cues to tell people apart. I just finished a 3 year project to read the whole 19 book New Jedi Order saga. I miss the coherence, drama and gravitas of that series. There is a plot line of should the Jedi be the Republic policemen versus should the Republic have their own standing army? It felt very repetitive of the same issue during the prequels, without any thing novel or different. I appreciate that they’re trying to move into new territory, but this didn’t do it for me. PS the new Thrawn books are great.

Again nothing is drawing me to these books

You guys actually like the books? I felt like it was hot trash. I got through 2 novels hated it just doesn't feel like Star Wars.

The worst Star Wars book I've read. Just so, so boring. Uninteresting villains, bland heroes and an endless stream of new characters not one of which comes alive on the page.

Boring serious