![]() ![]() Writing about everyone’s favorite heroes in a state of fear, especially the Jedi, is a tough one to sell-very much like Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi. George Mann has arguably the hardest novel to write out of all The High Republic initiative. ![]() And let’s not forget about KC-78 who truly shines in the book as the ultimate droid companion. The novel also brings some compelling side characters (old and new), including Rhil Dairo making a comeback since The Rising Storm and General Viess, the latter making her first appearance in The Blade comic miniseries by Charles Soule. The Eye of Darkness features some of the High Republic’s pivotal characters in a new way-Elzar Mann trying to take on the leader mantle of his lost friend Stellan Gios alongside Supreme Chancellor Lina Soh Avar Kriss and Porter Engle turning into rogue survivors, fighting day by day to find a way home while also making small acts of heroism to help the people stranded in the Occlusion Zone Bell Zettifar and Burryaga working together to find a way to puncture the Stormwall and finally Marchion Ro and Ghirra Starros craving more power in their own ways. A seemingly impenetrable Stormwall raised by Marchion Ro separates the galaxy between Republic space and the Occlusion Zone-stranding hundreds of worlds who are now subject to destruction and death by Nihil’s hand. ![]() Author George Mann commences Phase III in a surprising way, delving into the aftermath of the destruction of Starlight Beacon on both sides of the conflict-the Jedi and the Republic being shrouded in hopelessness and self doubt while the Nihil continue to gloat over their massive win. After nearly two years since readers witnessed the fall of Starlight Beacon in Claudia Gray’s novel, The Fallen Star, The High Republic returns to this timeline (Phase II being filled with amazing prequel stories) with the publishing initiative’s latest adult novel: The Eye of Darkness. ![]()
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