Star Wars: The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower
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4.2 • 40 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Another exciting story in the #1 New York Times best-selling series! The Republic Fair is coming! Visitors from all over the galaxy are traveling to the planet Valo for a massive, awe-inspiring festival celebrating the Republic. While his fellow Valons prepare for the fair, Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram is hiding out in his favorite place: a dingy garage filled with mechanical parts and tools. But when a security alarm goes off on the nearby hilltop nicknamed Crashpoint Peak, he ventures out with his trusty droid V-18 to investigate. There he discovers that someone has knocked out Valo's communications tower—a frightening sign that Valo, and the Republic Fair, are in danger. Sure enough, as Ram races to warn the Jedi, the dreaded Nihil unleash a surprise attack! It's up to Ram to face down the enemy at Crashpoint Tower and send a call for help to the Republic. Luckily, he's about to get some assistance from unexpected new friends… Don't miss all of the Star Wars: The High Republic adventures!
Customer Reviews
A great companion to The Rising Storm
This book is wonderful—if you've been following the High Republic novels and comics up to this point. I suppose it can stand alone, but the reader loses a lot. I've read all the novels, but have only been read one issue of the High Republic Adventures comic series. While it's great to experience familiar characters from another author's perspective, I found some frustration to be had as well. For instance, in this book, Tye Yorrik is described as having a raspy voice. I can't recall any mention of that in The Rising Storm, and so, my skull-cinema had a very different voice in mind for her. Little details like that can be somewhat jarring, but they don't take too much away from the reading experience.
After all is said and done, I'd love to go back and read this book again, alongside The Rising Storm, to see how well they fit together. This story is essentially that story, told from a different point of view—or rather, a couple different points of view. Reading the two simultaneously should be quite an interesting experience. I do hope we get to experience these characters again, preferrably in prose form. We've but scratched the surface of what they could have to offer the Star Wars universe!