Star Wars: The High Republic: Mission to Disaster

I've really enjoyed Justina Ireland's other entries in the High Republic initiative so far, but this one just didn't really work for me. I did listen to it as an audiobook as the print edition was delayed, so I'll try reading it through and see how it holds up that way. Basically, the entire idea of this book is how to move Starlight Beacon around the galaxy via hyperspace, setting up moving it to Eiram so that it is in place for the events of THE FALLEN STAR. Also, it shoehorns the Halcyon Legacy into the story just to make it part of the canon now (the HL being the new, much-maligned-before-it's-even-opened Disney hotel experience). Fans of Vernestra Rwoh and the group of kids who have formed their own little band around her won't be show more dissappointed, as they all have a chance to shine in this novel. show less

I have been listening to all of The High Republic novels on audiobook, but it feels like I am getting lost in the latest two entries (this one and Older's Midnight Horizon). Both are similar in that they feature bland Jedi characters (the first Ireland novel talked about these Jedi characters thrashing with the temptations of their darker natures; now such talk is entirely absent and there is no question these characters embody the light); the actual narratives seem to be overly complicated; and finally neither advanced any characterizations or the general thrust of The High Republic. It's a shame.

Always love a Vernestra story