The Star Wars: The High Republic book and comic line will introduce a host of new characters — while also introducing younger version of fan-favorites. Many of these new characters will be Jedi, and each will have their own personal connection with the Force.
"We really have tried to lean into the idea that every Jedi has their own connection to the Force and that allows them to experience it in their own way, Charles Soule, author of the upcoming Light of the Jedi, said at the New York Comic Con panel for The High Republic.
"One of the first Jedi we meet in Light of the Jedi is a Jedi Master named Avar Kriss. She is very instrumental in the way the Jedi respond to and deal with the Great Disaster and helps coordinate everybody and make sure they are able to do their best whether they are Republic personnel or Jedi," Soule said. According to the writer, Kriss "perceives the Force as music... For her, all the different Jedi have their own tones and instruments, and it all comes together in this great symphony of dissonance and all these beautiful things that she is able to perceive."
Soule also highlighted Burryaga Agaburry's connection. As a Wookie Jedi from Kashyyyk, he sees the Force as a forest. "He sees himself as one leaf on a great tree that’s part of a great forest that’s part of a great world that’s all interconnected," he said.
Into the Dark author Claudia Gray spoke about Reath, who "is not as strong in the Force as many Jedi are. He made the cut but he has to work a little harder than some do so if we were going to be picturing it the thing that comes to mind is a spiderweb," she said. "In some ways it’s very strong; in some ways it’s very delicate and it can be difficult to see."
Justina Ireland, who is writing the junior novel A Test of Courage, said that her protagonist Vernestra "sees herself as a small stream that flows into a river which flows into a sea. For her, the Force is this idea of all these different waters coming together into the crater."
For Cavan Scott’s Keeve Trennis, who will appear in the High Republic comic series, the Force is a tapestry, a "massive work of art that spreads across the universe, full of different threads." Finally, Lula, who will appear in Daniel José Older's Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures comic, "wants to be the best and she wants to figure out how to excel in every possible way. So she sees it as a mountaintop. She sees the Force as somewhere to get to, to get better at."
Star Wars: The High Republic begins Jan. 5 with Star Wars: The High Republic -- Light of the Jedi, by Charles Soule.
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