Just about everyone involved with The Fallen Star is a returning face from previous novels, from the Jedi Stellen Gios (the highlight of the book), Bell Zettifar, Elzar Mann and Burry to the wildcard antagonists of Out of the Shadows Chancey Yarrow and Nan to the crew of the Vessel, Affie, Leox and the rock of many words, Geode, among many others. But as the crew races against time, new challenges and obstacles are presented and each protagonist must find a way to overcome them. The only difference of course is that the sinking of the Titanic was accidental, whereas the sinking of Starlight Beacon was very much intentional. In fact, the fact that the crowning jewel of the Republic is called Starlight Beacon further validates this sentiment, as the doomed ship was built by White Star Line. Time is the true antagonist of the book as the Jedi and other characters onboard must find a way to either stop the descent or get everyone off.Īnd when it does, the slow fall of the station reminded me heavily of the sinking of the Titanic. Sure, the destruction of Starlight is a result of the Nihil, but the calamity that follows is the main enemy of the story. He doesn’t take any hands-on attack in this story, which results in the book not really having an antagonist and no development for him as a character beyond “destroy Jedi/Republic”. The Nihil are almost absent from this novel, save for the saboteurs aboard Starlight and Marchion Ro, who watches his plan unfold before his eyes. What’s more is that unlike the previous novels, which had some sort of direct confrontation with the Nihil, that isn’t the case here. ![]() As a reader with the knowledge of the previous novels, we know this too, but the tension and dread that Claudia Gray has subtly put into each chapter build the anticipation for the event to happen. We know that Starlight Beacon is going to fall, it’s just a matter of how and when. Like the previous novels, The Fallen Star is a disaster novel. This ensures that the Jedi are blinded to the dark machinations happening under their noses and that the attack can happen on their watch, making the Jedi severely at a disadvantage for the first time in the series thus far. At the same time, they’ve unleashed the Great Leveler, introduced in The Rising Storm, a creature that can sever one’s connection to the Force. ![]() His team of saboteurs crippled every single function on the station, including escape pods and communication. ![]() The treasured Starlight Beacon becomes under attack by radical members of the Nihil, specifically those loyal to Marchion Ro. If you’ve been keeping up with The High Republic, then the title of the book is a dead giveaway as to where this story goes. But the Jedi are misinformed and the Nihil have been playing weak and dumb in order to launch their deadliest attack yet. The Jedi believe Lourna Dee to be the Eye of the Storm and have chased her across the galaxy to bring an end to the vicious attacks that the Nihil have launched on the Republic, chiefly the attack on the fair from the last adult novel. The Fallen Star is a fairly simple novel at first glance.
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