![]() ![]() The lesson is, naturally, each at their own pace. It’s something I was doing this very day. No matter what Lula does, she constantly compares herself to others and finds herself coming up short. She wants to be one of the youngest Jedi Knights, and lo and behold, there’s Vernestra Rwoh, younger than her and knighted already. But she always feels like there is someone around her who does it a little better. She’s also not really something we’ve seen in a Star Wars teenager before, except…well…Anakin Skywalker, but that’s a bit extreme. Then we have Lula Talisola, who is honestly the one I identified with the most out of all of them. If Avar Kriss sees it as a song, and Elzar Mann sees it as the sea, then to Ram, the Force is a machine, each part working together to make it all work. The way it all fits together for him you get the sense that this is how he perceives the Force. He likes to keep himself to himself, he likes machinery. There is Ram, who is one of the more unusual Jedi Padawan’s we’ve seen, though he’s by no means an unusual depiction of a teenager. ![]() Any reader who is living or has lived in an environment that didn’t appreciate them can find something in Zeen to identify with. She is currently dealing with the struggle of casting off the shame and struggle of her homeworld, where Force powers are stigmatized, and she was meant to feel ashamed for exhibiting them. ![]() There is Zeen, who is prominent though not a point-of-view character. Hand in hand with the fact that the kids actually act like kids, is the fact that their interests and personalities are so wildly different. Just, maybe, if you’re running off to take care of a killer plant infestation, maybe tell an adult where you’re going, ok? These are kids that young readers of The High Republic can, and should look up to! They are insecure in their own interests and personalities, they doubt themselves, they make mistakes (and I cannot stress enough how important that is). These are, of course, very skilled youth with a particular skillset, and any one of them could kick my ass before breakfast. Fortunately it seems to be the case not only with this book, but with A Test of Courage, that the kids actually act like real teens and tweens. Like please, no one is that well-adjusted as a tween. I’ve even seen it happen in Star Wars books, where the kids act unrealistically mature. This one might seem obvious because it’s a kids book, but this doesn’t happen as much as you think it does. Naturally it’s up to the kids to do something to take care of that while the grown-ups are busy with the bigger threat at the Fair.Ĥ Things I Liked (and 1 I Wanted More Of) They plant some near the main relay station on Valo, Crashpoint Tower, interfering with the signal and preventing them from calling out for help. Jumping off of things seen in the comics and in Into the Dark, the Nihil seem to now be using Drengir to take care of large crowds while they cause chaos. They’re looking into the mystery of what happened during a Nihil raid on Zeen’s homeworld, and their investigation leads them and their Jedi Master to Valo where all hell naturally breaks loose when the Nihil attack.īut the Nihil haven’t just attacked. There is local Valo Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram, who experiences the Force in his own way and is a little off-beat with the others at his Temple.Īrriving on Valo for the occasion, are Jedi Padawan Lula Talisola and her Force-sensitive friend Zeen. Set against the backdrop of the Nihil attack on the Republic Fair, Race to Crashpoint Tower tells the story of the teens and tweens caught in the middle. ![]() With that, Race to Crashpoint Tower by Daniel José Older. Do it before there is simply too much to keep up with and it becomes intimidating. I will say, before we really get into it, if you were a fan of this book and haven’t checked out the IDW comics yet, do it. ![]()
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