The High Repodlic: Phase 1

A look at the Star Wars Publishing Event 'The High Republic'.

* You want a character reference?
* Yarael Poof said Blue Lives Matter
* This is the Prequel Jedi we expected to see in 1998.
* The High Republic Jedi Masters are like the cool field trip chaperone that lets you make out on the bus.
* Star Wars is Monomyth because everything would be fine if they just got therapy.
* A Russian Nesting Doll of Character Death
* In Universe Jedi Romance Novel WHEN???
* To Elzar Kriss the Force is an ocean. DEEP and WET and he wants to GET IN IT.

* Lor San-tekka appeared in the Rise of Kylo Ren comic, where he dropped the first reference to The High Republic.
* "Is Charles Soule a wife guy?" - Heath (known wife guy)
* Everybody expected more from the Nihil.
* Lorna Dee is an anagram for Enfys Nest
* We need to talk about Wet Bub.
* Translator technology, why you no universal?
* Rooted means something ***very*** different in New Zealand.
* Everybody loves Chancelor Cat Lady
* Monument Plaza does get urbanized by a few more meters, but the plaza and the mountain remain the same all the way through the Empire. It loses the surrounding green space, but Umate outlasts PALPATINE.
* Shitty fans don't put effort into anything other than being MAD.
* "Maybe the High Republic fandom will be nice actually..." they said, thinking wishfully
* How many copies did you download?

#### **Jedi of the Week**

* Saf's Jedi: Jora Malli (naturally Saf stans the first Jedi to die)
* Danny's Jedi: Porter Engle (Jedi Horse Whisperer)
* Heath's Jedi: Bell Zettifar (Padawan Miles Morales)
* Everyone loves Avar Kriss (especially Elzar Mann)

#### **Hopes Going Forward**

* Danny's Hope: More Mikkel Sutmani
* Saf's Hope: More Feels
* Heath's Hope: More Bell

## Test of Courage

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**Recorded Date**: 1/31/2021

**Category**: Middle Grade

**Author**: Justina Ireland

**Hosts**: Supreme Leader Danny, Jedi Master  Meg

* Douglas is just too English to be Basic.
* If they were a character in Test of Courage...

> Heath, Rogue Two would be:Honesty Weft
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> Danny, Rogue Six would be:Avon Starros
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> Saf, Rogue Seven would be:J-6
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> Ash, Rogue Nine would be:Imri Cantaros
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> Meg, Rogue Leader would be: Vernestra Ro
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* Not to bring everything back to Hayden Christensen...
* If Jedi weren't allowed to make mistakes, there wouldn't be anyone left.
* LIGHT WHIP!?
* High Repubic Night Sisters> Clone Wars Night Sisters
* Corran Horn Reference: 1
* Different Jedi having different Force powers is good actually.
* "Imri wasn't interesting until he turned to the Dark Side." - Danny

> Broke: Fall to the Dark Side for personal gain.
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> Woke: Fall to the Dark Side to protect your secret wife.
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> Bespoke: Fall to the Dark Side because you are too empathic.
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* Saying you're of the Light doesn't matter, choosing the Light at each opportunity. Just like ALLYSHIP.
* Yarael Poof has "Ally" in his twitter bio.
* "If anyone was having dirty thoughts, it was the droid."
* Big Feelings Time does not happen in the Starros Household.
* Avon Starros just wants to look at a lightsaber (with her hands of course).
* Teaching kids that science can coexist with faith.
* Solo: A Star Wars Legends Story
* Honesty Weft: Secret Mantis Man
* "Hey...you awake?.......wanna fuck up some pirates?" any given teenage boy sleepover
* The Nihil org chart is a literal pyramid.

#### **Jedi of the Week**

* Danny's Jedi: Vernestra Rwoh (Knighted at 15, Anxiety at 11)
* Meg's Jedi: Master S'keer (Patient Lizard Daddy)

#### **Hopes Going Forward**

* Danny's Hope: More of everyone
* Meg's Hope: More Master S'keer

## Into the Dark

**Recorded Date**: 2/6/2021

**Category**: Young-Adult

**Author**: Claudia Gray

**Hosts**: Supreme Chancelor Danny, Grand Jedi Master Meg, and Jedi Master Saf

* I saw Front Door Pilots open for Stone Temple Down at the Colliseum in '03.

* The Vessel is the Ruthless of the GFFA
* Can Claudia Gray's books BE ranked???
* Amaxine Warriors in Bloodline are like the Teutonic Knights of 2020 Earth.
* "The plot doesn't really matter." Roguepod on basically every book because they are sluts for character drama.
* "RED HARVEST CAN STILL BE CANON!" - Saf
* "Earth is the Jedi, Nihil are the Go'ould, the Drengrir are the Ori" Meg speaking directly to Cole from Skyhoppers.
* 11:00 Yuuzhan Vong reference!
* What if Uruk-hai, but instead of orc+human it's orc=ENT?
* 12:28 Wolf 359 reference
* "I love her, but I can't remember her name." This is the High Repodlic T-shirt.
* This is Halo, but the Flood is plants.
* Righteous, but also filled with doubt, is the best kind of Jedi.
* "If the Force says one thing and the Jedi disagree, the Force is not the one who is wrong"
* "Not to bring everything back to cults..."
* Talk about your feelings? That doesn't sound like the Jedi way...
* Are Cohmac and Reath just fixit fic for Obi-wan/Anakin?
* No, Anakin can't read.
* "We're going to get Thrawn ancestors eventually and it's all gonna be over for us." - Danny
* "Much like this podcast, the queer relationships in the High Republic are very casual." - Danny, making things weird for the compulsive shippers
* Attachments =/= Hooking Up, but this time it's canon.
* Leox Gyasi asks the question "What if Matthew McConneghey WASN'T trying to bone done avery second of the day?"
* Sex =/= Love, but this time it's canon.
* Leox is just the kind of cult leader that Meg has been looking for.
* Geode is the Li'l Sebastian of the GFFA.
* Dwayne Johnson: Geode Handler
* On the back of the second printing dust jacket "I read this before the manga." - Meg Humphrey, Rogue Podron
* Thing happens. "Is this recanonizing Red Harvest?" - Saf
* 54:00 Yarael Poof Cancellation Time
* Oppo Rancisis
* 55:20 Yaddle Projection Head Canon Hours
* Prediction: Yaddle is the counterpoint to Yareal Poof.
* Prediction: Yaddle is the Acolyte.
* The High Republic > New Jedi Order because at least all these authors will admit other people's characters exist.
* Rogue Podron said "The first two years of Disney Canon doesn't count."
* Prediction: The Jedi we love will destroy Starlight beacon and themselves.

#### **Jedi of the Week**

* Danny's Jedi: [1] (most hippy, least jedi)
* Meg's Jedi: [2] (#Hashtag Relatable Workaholic )
* Saf's Jedi: [3] (Two blades, too cool)
* Everyone: [4]!

#### **Hopes Going Forward**

* Danny's Hope: YA continuity
* Meg's Hope: Yaddle
* Saf's Hope: Red Harvest