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A review by piratesprogress
Star Wars: The High Republic, Vol. 3: Jedi's End by Cavan Scott, Charles Soule
3.0
The High Republic Phase I comes to an end as the comic arc brings us the the fall of Starlight Beacon from the perspective of Jedi Avar Kriss, Keeve Trennis, and the cast of Trail of Shadows and The High Republic Adventures. While it adds nothing wholely new to the ideas explored within The Fallen Star, where we see these events primarily take place, it has some neat sequences that are very much on theme with Avar realising too late how her own obsession with capturing Lorna Dee has driven her to distraction, and some noble sacrifice as Jedi put life and light of others before their own lives.
Unfortunately much of that is undercut by an underwhelming epilogue that fleshes out the motivations of villain Marchion Ro and sets the stage for further Phases, marring what could be a reasonably interesting plot of the dangers of personal animosity and revenge, whether justified or not, with a sweeping narrative that flies far too close to the fantasy trope of 'race essentialism' for my tastes.
Unfortunately much of that is undercut by an underwhelming epilogue that fleshes out the motivations of villain Marchion Ro and sets the stage for further Phases, marring what could be a reasonably interesting plot of the dangers of personal animosity and revenge, whether justified or not, with a sweeping narrative that flies far too close to the fantasy trope of 'race essentialism' for my tastes.