Star Wars The High Republic: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray
425 pages, Hardcover
Published February 2021 by Disney Lucasfilm Press
The list of authors who have written Star Wars is in the hundreds at this point. The list of the ones who have it mastered is a bit shorter. Claudia Gray has written a lot of Star Wars and all of them have been good and entertaining. I think her masterpieces are The Lost Stars and Bloodline. The second of those really had a massive impact on the universe behind the scenes. Along with Windig's Aftermath books, I think they are super important for a deeper understanding of the sequel trilogy.
So I was pretty excited to hear Gray was involved with the High Republic books. The idea was that a group of authors would write a series of Star Wars media set a century or so before the events of the Skywalker saga. I have read the first novel, a few of the comics, and now this novel. It should be noted that I am doing this through audio books. So I won't have quotes about my favorite passages or comments about narrative structure. I pick up less of that when I listen to a book instead of reading with my eyes.
Into the Dark has kinda a generic title, it feels slightly YA, but what Star Wars doesn't besides Andor. Jedi Padawan Reath Silas is our POV and he is a great character. He is strong in the force but when he is sent to a mission in the outer rim he is not excited. He would like to work in the temple archives. He is a really excellent fully developed character. Around him are a couple of Jedis including a few we met in the first High Republic novel Light of the Jedi. They travel on a ship that comes from the outer region shipping guilds. All the characters from top to bottom are interesting.
After a very interesting hyperspace disaster, the ship has to seek safe haven on a deserted space station and they are confronted with a mystery with deep connections to the Force. It would be simple to compare the second half the second Alien film, and there is some monsters and weird horror.
a fun and exciting Star Wars novel, that adds to the High Republic canon nicely.
A couple of my more detailed Claudia Gray SW reviews.
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