It’s a big day for Star Wars’ prequel-prequel era. As The Acolyte prepares to drop on Disney+ today, it’s not the only big event for the to deal with this, as the transmedia publishing initiative’s latest novel prepares to hit shelves—and we’ve got a look inside. Tessa Gratton’s Temptation of the Force is the latest chapter of The High Republic’s third climactic phase—as the Jedi and the Republic grapple with the bold attacks of , after they’ve used devastating technology known as the Stormwall to cut off a whole section of the galaxy—an occlusion zone trapping helpless worlds while the Nihil raid and plunder, and a zone that continues to grow across the galaxy as Ro expands the Stormwall further and further.
As handfuls manage to escape the chaos from within, and old friends reunited, the Jedi are ready to strike back—and save as many worlds as they can from the horrors of the Stormwall. But before we get into all the lightsaber swinging and Nihil-fighting—and whatever comes of the reunion of Jedi Masters Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann after they spent a year separated by the Stormwall—io9 has your first look at a mission of mercy, rather than dutiful combat. Read on for an exclusive excerpt from Temptation of the Force below, as Jedi Knights Bell Zettifar and the wookiee Burryaga— !—survey the planet Oanne, on the edge of the Stormwall, and try to figure out what they can do to save its people from being caught up in Ro’s chaos.
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