Path of Vengeance is a Satisfying Conclusion for Phase Two of The High Republic
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2023
- I finally had the time to finish Path of Vengeance by Cavan Scott, the final book in Phase Two of The High Republic! Here are my thoughts!
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The decision of Masters Yoda and Creighton Sun to bury the secret of the Nameless Ones looks like the first fatal mistake of the Jedi.
The irony of PoV and Phase II is how unnecessary the Path’s violence was in the end. They orchestrated all this chaos, watched the Jedi help others, and saw that as “proof” of their evil using the Force.
Fits perfectly with how childishly violent and insane the nihil end up. Just looking for an excuse to pursue their violence.
The fact it's by way of a cult religious movement makes it all the worse/more realistic.
You know, all this "Force abusing" they talked about, it kinda sounds like what some other ancient "extinct" cult did. Can you guess their name? I bet they somehow had a hand in this. They foresaw all the chaos and planted the seeds Paltine would thrive on. I mean, if anything as far as Phase 3's published works go, the Republic is sure gonna lose a lot and need time to rebuild. And while doing so, they turn a blind eye on the Outer Rim and we all know where it goes afterwards.
I finished the book yesterday at like 1 am and... Those final chapters were [chef's kiss]
Was 🧑🍳 💋 or was it 🤌🤌?
Hope we see Dagan Gera & Santari Kri in phase 3 as he was my reintroduction since January 2020
This book sold the initial question "What scares the Jedi," for me 100 percent. Whatever the hell is going on with Planet X is terrifying and I want to know everything.
Also, this book has easily the best SW cover imo. It's awesome.
The Underdweller and the Protector were both cool and mystical like the people on Mortis. I hope we see more planets like them in the High Republic.
i INSTANTLY thought of mortis! who knows, maybe planet X is mortis! (reach, but im having fun here)
I love the high republic era I definitely want to see more of it in media and games
So I've agreed with a criticism of phase two regarding how connected the readers got to the central Jedi character. Even after reading every book and all the comics that are out, I still have to remind myself who is who.
After finishing Path of Vengeance, it hit me: Phase 2 is about Marda, Yanda, and the Path, rather than the Jedi who are supporting characters. Their story arcs are much more satisfying than that of the Jedi characters. And that, in a nutshell, is my biggest difference between Phase 2 and Phases 1 and (hopefully) phase 3.
This and Path of Deceit also had incredible cover art.
I liked some of the Jedi characters in Phase 2: Gella, Creighton, and Enya were cool. I really enjoyed what Cataclysm did with Yaddle. Hopefully we see more of her in Phase 3 or The Acolyte.
Personally, this is easily my favorite book of phase 2. These characters are SO well written. I connected with them way more than the adult novel cast. Except maybe Axel.
I wonder if Elecia's case wouldn't be the reason why the Jedi would begin to use the Midichlorian testers. They would track back the origin of the Nihil, find about the Path and Elecia and would perhaps think that it would've been better if Elecia was taken into the Jedi Order and then became perhaps an Agricorps member rather than letting her behind.
Even though Marda still remains a believer in the Path's teachings, there's a bit of irony that her idea of what qualifies as a "Force abuser" changes and she's willing to cut the Jedi some slack at the end (she even saves some of them, and leaves Oliviah alive, albeit in a state shock because of the Leveler's presence). That leaves me to wonder if something else happened, information got lost or mixed up, the later Ros were distorting their own family history (whether deliberately or otherwise), or a combination of. (What little we heard about the Ro family history previously came from them, and the Unreliable Expositor/Narrator is a trope for a reason)
I also like how the Mother's backstory doesn't even make her more sympathetic. Sure the Jedi turned her down, but given how disproportionate her actions are (and it's explicitly confirmed that she's purely motivated by jealousy), it makes her come off as a spoiled brat (bear in mind, her main Force expertise was mental manipulation, so she was probably used to getting what she wanted with it until the Jedi turned her down). Kinda like Marchion Ro.
Personally, I think that Marda wrote what she wanted to be the creed of the closed fist. An organisation made to combat people like Elecia. But I doubt her daughter, Shalla, who would go to become the first Eye of the Nihil agreed and she changed ideas. Marda's ultimate fate is unknown.
This is in the running for my favorite HR book so far. The Rising Storm is up there as well. Cavan Scott is becoming one of my favorite authors.
SPECTACULAR story, i love the Ro's
My take on Shea's child was that she is Mari San Tekkas mother, not Mari San Tekka herself. From what I remember, and what Wookieepedia also says, Mari San Tekka should have been around 6 years old at her abduction "a century ago" in relation to Phase 1. Phase 2 plays 150 years before that, and those 50 years area a bit too long to still label that a century... maybe 10-20 years, but no way I would let 50 extra years count. Meanwhile, if the child born is Mari's parent (either mother or father, it doesn't strictly have to be the mother I think), it would make way more sense I think. There even could be another generation in between...
Thanks for the review! I always love hearing what you have to say! Are you going to do Easter Egg breakdowns for the Phase II comics and books?
I finished last night…and have many many more questions than before, lol!
Really loved the book, though (spoilers) I hope we’ll get an epilogue connecting the last chapters to Phase I. Something that ties Marda’s anti-Force mission to her getting into the pirate business and forming the proto-Nihil membership. Because those motives aren’t quite aligned just yet.
I’m thinking that either the mystery first release of Phase III or one of the stories in the YA anthology is this connective tissue. Charles Soule recently said that he turned in an unannounced High Republic thing which could be that mystery one
Tales Of Light And Life has what you're looking for. It's a story called a closed fist has no claws.
There were some elements of Phase 2 I really enjoyed particularly with the Path of the Open Hand and the Convocation. I like that Star Wars is finally rectifying the situation of the only Force users seemingly being Jedi and Sith which didn't make a lot of sense. But having read most of Phase 2 content I still don't really get why we jumped back 150 years instead of just continuing off Phase 1. I'm sure Phase 2 elements will play into Phase 3 but I really would've rather just continued the Story we already had than start a whole new storyline in the past
I'll have to look into checking this one out sometime sounds really good.
I really really appreciate this books and arc of Marda and Yana Ro 👍
Glad you could finally catch up with the books, Alex. 😂
Can I go into Path of Vengeance having only read Convergence, Battle of Jedha, and Cataclysm?
Read Path of Deceit first
Read Path of Deceit first
As someone who waits for the trades to read the comics, I feel they should have included Oliviah in the books more to make that reveal hit a bit more.
Edit: Should’ve finished the video before I commented, but on the same page.
I haven’t read any phase 2, but is it possible that Planet X is that planet from the Padawan obiwan young adult novel? The force stuff reminds me of that, as well as the “hidden” nature of the planet
I think it’s definitely just a coincidence
Does anyone know why the mother isnt affected by the leveller? Everyone else is terrified by them but the mother is fine.
The Mother had the the control Rod. Though, she was a little affected on her arm, perhaps when Marda took it off her to hatch the Nameless eggs.
I bet planet x is Tanalor.
i also dont remember how i knew olivia and elecia were related, but i knew both their last names. hm
Personally I prefer the characters of phase 1 and didn’t really connect as much to the ones of phase 2, happy to see them again
But the book isn't out yet according to Audible it comes out June 6th
Physical book came out on 5/2. Sometimes they delay the release of audio books.
Meanwhile me stuck waiting for the comic series to end so I don't get spoiled on the battle of jakku
Battle of Jakku?
@@BashkimJahiu sorry I meant uhh Jedha
Phase 3 can't come soon enough! I wasn't really into the second Phase much, so I'm glad we're finally moving past that.
Planet X should have been called Nibiru.
1stt
I hate reading "Phases" in the context of Star Wars.
A lot of these high republic books have really generic titles eh
Then can i asked. What do you suggest to make the titles "interesting" or "unique"
Let me guess anti disney titles
@@lordoblivion8038 Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I like most Disney SW
I definitely agree with some titles. Like Into the Dark or Out of the Shadows. But they’re still really good books!
I'm not saying anything about Cavan Scott's writing-style, but they really need to give him less full creative control in some areas. He often just mindlessley inserts random aliens with one appearance in the entire franchise into his stories and it's so damn annoying and distracting. That Morseerian-Jedi was the final straw for me. I think my worst fears were finally confirmed.