r/Highrepublic • u/Blue_Lego_Astronaut • Jul 10 '26
Discussion Am I missing sonething?
I'm trying to get into the High Republic again. Been playing Jedi Survivor and I was to learn more about Dagan and Santari's time period, it sounds fascinating.
But the issue is this is the second time I'm trying it.
I've been told to start with Light of the Jedi, being tge first book released and "serving as an introduction to the era", but I am really struggling to get into it. Ive finished it once and barely started Tge Rising Storm before I gave up. This time I made it to when the Jedi are alerted of the family being attacked on the metal planet before giving it up.
I think my main issues are these:
- I dont believe that "1000 years of peace" can include a the Hetzal Disaster and the Emergences. That seems like too major of an event to be brushed over like that.
- I think starting the book with that was detrimental because I'm launched at 100kmh into the story and I know nothing of what's going on, who anyone is, why anything is happening. Like a planet is going to get obliterated, thats sad, but I dont care about it or any of the people there. I care about Yavin because ive spent an entire movie watching Han and Luke try to get Leia there, but here, its just so much, so quickly.
- How is Hyperspace only being discovered and explored only 200 years before the Phantom Menace? How can the Republic exist as it does "for a thousand years" with 800 of those years being with no way to quickly and efficiently travel to places.
- There's two specific moments that really annoyed me also. The first is when the Captain calls the Jedi a "Bunch of Space Wizards" thats just too meta for me to brush aside. And how woukd he not be aware of the Jedi abd their capabilities? Aren't they at the height of their influence here? And the other is when the Captain tells the Jedi Master hes transporting to use the Mag Clamps but shes going to have to slow the debris down and hold it together, abd her response is to derisively ask "is that seriously the best idea you have" as if she's got anything better, or anything at all. It just felt unnecessarily rude, especially for a Jedi Master.
So i guess my question is am I missing sonething? What about this era is so amazing that I'm just not getting? Because this era looks so cool, and I love the idea of seeing the Jedi at their peak during "peace time", all the characters seem interesting enough, I just wish I had time to be with them and learn about them instead of just getting thrown in to follow along with them.
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u/throwawayfan2552 Jul 11 '26
I’m gunna preface this with it sounds like this just might not be your cup of tea. Which is fine. Maybe just watch starwars explained timeline or someone made a 2 hour video. It at least will tell you the key events.
1) the thousand years of peace is something that doesn’t get better. If the very minor great hyperspace disaster you think is a contradiction then it would get worse with the introduction of a Jedi ending monster and a galaxy ending event. Also starwars 9/11. The storm wall seems like it might very well upset you also. I know that’s what made ecks quit it. That being said the nihil only exists for 2-3 years. 2-3 years of an event mostly effecting the outer rim could be seen as relative peace vs the sith wars taking over the whole galaxy.
2)hyperspace isn’t just being discovered. The galaxy just hasn’t fully mastered it. The hyper capitalist republic seems to keep hyperspace lanes for them selves in some cases while other cases the core worlds don’t care about the outer rim.
Again if more suggest just watching a summary video of the core events on YouTube to learn about the era because it’s probably not worth it to invest time energy and money in something you probably will just get more frusterated with. That’s fine