The Fallen Star

Unfortunately, I was a bit spoiled on the ending coming into this book, so I was not surprised by the end result. It took some of the emotion I would have had throughout the story out. That being said, this is perhaps the biggest struggle our Jedi heroes have faced so far in the series. From this story comes the question, who am I when my greatest strength is exploited as my greatest weakness? Perhaps a better way to say it is, who am I without my strength? 

While this is the end of Phase I of The High Republic adult novels, and Phase II goes to a time before Phase I, it is not a triumphant ending like Return of the Jedi. Instead, I would liken this to the feeling I would have had if The Empire Strikes Back was the end of the trilogy and the prequels were coming next. There are a lot of questions as to what will happen next.