Star Wars: The Fallen Star
{{short description|2022 science fiction novel by Claudia Gray}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| name = Star Wars: The High Republic: The Fallen Star
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| author = Claudia Gray
| audio_read_by = Marc Thompson
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Del Rey
| pub_date = January 4, 2022{{cite web |last1=Bacon |first1=Thomas |title=Star Wars’ High Republic Era Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-high-republic-era-explained/ |website=Screen Rant |publisher=Valnet |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241027090922/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-high-republic-era-explained/ |archive-date=27 October 2024 |date=2 May 2023 |quote=The Fallen Star [...] Release Date: January 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}
| media_type = Print (hardcover, e-book, audiobook
| pages = 352
| isbn = 978-0593355398
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| preceded_by = Star Wars: The Rising Storm
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Star Wars: The High Republic: The Fallen Star is a novel written by Claudia Gray and is the final adult novel in the Star Wars: The High Republic franchise's first phase, Light of the Jedi.{{Cite web|last=Liptak|first=Andrew|date=2021-07-24|title=Star Wars team reveals the next, grim stage of The High Republic prequel initiative|url=https://www.polygon.com/sdcc/22591953/star-wars-high-republic-books-order-wave-3-sdcc-2021|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Polygon|language=en}} It is a direct sequel to Light of the Jedi and The Rising Storm taking place 200 years before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. It follows the continued conflict between the Jedi Order and the Nihil.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-25|title='Star Wars: The High Republic' Third Wave Announcement Includes Novels, Comics, and More|url=https://collider.com/star-wars-high-republic-third-wave-release-date/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Collider|language=en-US}}
Premise
The Jedi deal with the aftermath of tragedy and a widespread attack on the Republic Fair, dubbed the "conflagrine on the flames"{{Cite web|date=2021-08-10|title=6 Answers The Rising Storm Delivers...and 7 Questions It Raises|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-rising-storm-answers-and-questions|access-date=2021-09-16|website=StarWars.com|language=en-US}} by the "space Vikings" known as the Nihil. As Knights and Padawans stationed on Starlight Beacon recuperate from injuries and emotional trauma, Marchion Ro prepares his deadliest attack on the Order.{{Cite web|title=Star Wars: The Fallen Star (The High Republic) by Claudia Gray: 9780593355398 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668900/star-wars-the-fallen-star-the-high-republic-by-claudia-gray/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US}}
Marketing
The novel's title was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2021 along with three other novels in the third wave of Light of the Jedi. The tagline associated with the third wave was "The Light of the Jedi goes dark", hinting at the increasingly grim direction the novel is set to take the franchise towards.{{Cite web|title=STAR WARS Creators Reveal Next Wave of THE HIGH REPUBLIC|url=https://nerdist.com/article/star-wars-the-high-republic-wave-3-lucasfilm-disney/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Nerdist|language=en-US}}
The first issue of a comic book, Star Wars: Halcyon Legacy (2022), features prominently a character from The Fallen Star, Nib Assek.{{cite web |last1=Roy |first1=Jennifer |title=How Star Wars' New Story Pays Tribute to a Fallen (and Forgotten) Jedi |url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-fallen-jedi-tribute/ |website=Comic Book Resources |publisher=Valnet |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204005026/https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-fallen-jedi-tribute/ |archive-date=4 February 2022 |date=3 February 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Star Wars: The Halcyon Legacy (2022) #1 |url=https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/96844/star_wars_the_halcyon_legacy_2022_1 |website=Marvel Entertainment |publisher=The Walt Disney Company |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208043755/https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/96844/star_wars_the_halcyon_legacy_2022_1 |archive-date=8 February 2022 |quote=Published: February 02, 2022 |url-status=live}}
Reception
CNET said that "The Fallen Star is the most engrossing Star Wars novel in years [...]"{{cite web |last1=Keane |first1=Sean |title=Star Wars: The Fallen Star is The High Republic's Empire Strikes Back |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/star-wars-the-fallen-star-is-the-high-republics-empire-strikes-back/ |website=CNET |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522032334/https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/star-wars-the-fallen-star-is-the-high-republics-empire-strikes-back/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |date=4 January 2022 |url-status=live}} /Film wrote: "The book is equal parts fun and tense, reading very much like a disaster escape movie from the '70s [...]"{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Bryan |title=Star Wars: The High Republic - The Fallen Star Review: The High Republic Gets Its Empire Strikes Back |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/724335/star-wars-the-high-republic-the-fallen-star-review-the-high-republic-gets-its-empire-strikes-back/ |website=/Film |publisher=Static Media |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104201215/https://www.slashfilm.com/724335/star-wars-the-high-republic-the-fallen-star-review-the-high-republic-gets-its-empire-strikes-back/ |archive-date=4 January 2022 |date=4 January 2022 |url-status=live}} Both reviewers compared the novel to the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back.
According to the publisher, the book is on The New York Times Best Seller list.{{cite web |title=Star Wars: The Fallen Star (The High Republic) |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668900/star-wars-the-fallen-star-the-high-republic-by-claudia-gray/ |website=Penguin Random House |publisher=Bertelsmann |access-date=27 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618143328/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668900/star-wars-the-fallen-star-the-high-republic-by-claudia-gray/ |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.starwars.com/the-high-republic}}
{{Star Wars The High Republic series}}
{{Claudia Gray}}
{{Star Wars canon novels}}
Category:Star Wars: The High Republic