THE GREAT HYPERSPACE CHASE IS UNDERWAY, AS A TRIO OF TEENAGERS TRY TO FIND A MYSTERIOUS PLANET! This ep is another High Republic review/overview and it’s the junior novel for Phase 2, Wave 2; Quest For Planet X by Tessa Gratton. In this sequel to Quest For The Hidden City, Rooper Nitani, Dass Leffbruk and Sky Graf all try to find Planet X, each for their own reasons. The trio are confronted with The Path Of The Open Hand, rival hyperspace families, a peculiar spacefaring compass and more!

In this episode, Mike provides information on where this book fits into the timeline before giving his spoiler-free thoughts. He then reads the crawl and gives some minor plot details & character info, along with his thoughts. He then gives a major spoiler warning and reads the blurb/publisher’s summary before giving his full thoughts on the whole book, it’s characters and the themes while giving an overview of the whole book’s plot and what it means for the future of The High Republic!

Quest For Planet X was written by Tessa Gratton, was released April 4th 2023 and takes place in Wave 2 of Phase 2 in The High Republic (approx. 150 years before Phase 1); 382 BBY, and is a sequel to Quest For The Hidden City.

Phase 2 book reviews were released; Path Of Deceit on 7th Jan, Quest For Hidden City on February 14th, Convergence on March 18th, The Battle Of Jedha on April 22nd and Cataclysm on 17th June. The first volume of phase 2 Marvel comics were tackled in episode 126 (out May 13th 2023) and the first vol of High Republic Adventures comic (Dark Horse) were released in ep 132 (7th July).

Mike has tackled every piece of the content from Phase 1 of the High Republic in 2021-2022, on this feed & this playlist: ⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8bsER_4sqfhNFfd5aoWT_YX ⁠

Previously, in ep 132, Mike delved into Phase 2’s High Republic Adventures comics, where a young Sav Malagán sneaks off with the pirate queen Maz Kanata to chase down the Dank Graks, meeting some familiar faces along the way, but Sav must defy her Jedi Master to do so – will the adventure prove too much for this young padawan? Also Mike gives information on the Scarlett Skulls, Kyuzo and more!

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Outro read by BZ The Voice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.bzthevoice.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soundimage.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Timestamps: 00:00 Intro

01:10 What To Expect

01:57 Timeline & Info

05:49 Recommended Reading

06:38 Spoiler-Free Thoughts

17:37 Crawl

18:24 More Thoughts On Characters, Minor Spoilers

30:26 Blurb/Publishers Summary

31:42 Spoilery Thoughts

42:16 Plot Overview & Planet X Info

51:15 Coming Up

52:56 Guest Spots & Support

55:50 Outro