![]() And Honesty is a boy who has never left his planet, forced to accompany his father on an ambassadorial trip that he didn’t want to be on in the first place. Imri is a padawan who doesn’t even know if he wants to be a padawan, on the opposite end of the spectrum from Vernestra, with powers that are on the weaker side. Avon is a 12-year old genius with a knack for altering droids and looking at things from a scientific perspective. Vernestra’s problem is that she is one of the youngest people to ever be knighted as a Jedi and she is unsure of her powers and how, or even if, she should use some of her gifts. And while Imri was an important character, he felt more like a person for Vernestra to play off of to further her character arc, while the character of Honesty was often forgotten about in the mix with the other much stronger characters. Of those four main characters (Vernestra, Avon, Imri, and Honesty), I felt that this was mostly Vernetra’s story, with major additions by Avon. The handoffs between the chapters actually worked really well and often felt like a baton being passed around, where a different character would pick up the narrative for the subsequent chapter.Īlthough the story takes place during a significant time of the High Republic, like Spark of Resistance, this book plays mostly as a character story, ttaking us into the minds, motivations, and story arcs of the four main characters. This is all while being under attack from the evil Nihil, a group of marauders and pirates that are plaguing the outer rim territories.Īs a middle grade novel, the story is written from the third-person limited perspective of several teenagers (or slightly pre-teen), bouncing through the four main characters each chapter as the story progresses. Among these travelers are the newly appointed 16-year old Jedi knight Vernestra Rwoh, 12-year old scientist Avon Starros and her personal droid J-6, Padawan Imri Cantaros along with his master Douglas Sunvale, and the Dalnan ambassador along with his son Honesty Weft.ĭuring their trip, disaster strikes and the children are left on their own to learn how to survive and figure out how get rescued. A Test of Courage is written by veteran Star Wars author Justina Ireland, who has also penned the Young Adult novels Lando’s Luck and Spark of Resistance.įollowing the Great Disaster, people are still intent on gathering for the dedication of Starlight Beacon, a space station/Jedi temple/ hyperspace beacon. ![]() ![]() The middle grade novel A Test of Courage is set during the same timeframe as Light of the Jedi, both released on the same day. This new time period, set 200 years before any of the movies, takes a look at the Jedi when they were at the height of their power and the Republic was expanding into the Outer Rim Territories. Star Wars: The High Republic – A Test of Courage is the second book to be released under the new High Republic publishing initiative. ![]()
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