AFTER CONVERGENCE, THE BATTLE OF JEDHA DISRUPTS THE GALAXY! It’s time for another review of The High Republic, but this episode features the audio drama/script book written by George Mann for Phase 2 of this era; The Battle of Jedha! As per Mike’s other reviews, he begins by giving an overview of the era and provides information on the book itself, before he gives his spoiler-free thoughts. He then gives a mild spoiler warning and speaks more about the characters in the book, the themes and the plot information given in the first part of the book. Mike then reads the blurb/publisher’s summary and gives a major spoiler warning, before giving his thoughts on the whole book and finishes the episode with giving an overview of the book’s plot – this is a must-listen for any fans of The High Republic, especially if you’ve not listened to this audio drama!

The Battle Of Jedha is an audio drama written by George Mann, is set in Phase 2, Wave 1 of THR; 350 years before the Skywalker Saga and was released January 3rd 2023, the script book was released February 14th 2023.

Other Phase 2 High Republic book reviews that Mike has released, all in 2023, are; Path Of Deceit on 7th Jan, Quest For Hidden City on February 14th and Convergence on March 18th. A review for Cataclysm & the other phase 2 books will follow, as will THR comics, The Blade and other phase 2 content.

Mike has tackled every piece of the content from Phase 1 of the High Republic in 2021-2022. The first was Light Of The Jedi on March 2021 and the last was Midnight Horizon on November ’22. For Starlight Stories, check episode 113 - all episodes are in a YouTube playlist, found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8bsER_4sqfhNFfd5aoWT_YX

Mike spoke with fellow High Republic architect Cavan Scott in April 2022 which can be found on this very feed or on YouTube, where their conversation has video!

Listen to, or watch, Chris, Dave & Mike's thoughts on the finale of The Mandalorian Season 3: https://pod.fo/e/175c72 - https://youtu.be/MSd14cbQ_qE

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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

01:02 What To Expect

01:21 Timeline & Info

04:24 Audio Drama Info

06:06 Spoiler-Free Thoughts

19:48 More Thoughts, With Minor Spoilers

20:36 Characters, Structure & Enlightenment

27:15 Blurb/Publisher’s Summary

29:11 Spoiler Warning & More Character Info

32:53 The Final Protector & Themes

41:17 Plot Overview (Spoilers)

49:23 Final Thoughts

50:14 Coming Up

52:48 Support

53:49 Pop Culture Collective

55:42 Patreon

57:15 Outro