Reading guide: The High Republic Phase 2: Quest of the Jedi

A handy guide to all the books of Star Wars: The High Republic Phase 2: Quest of the Jedi. With updates!

The second phase of Star Wars: The High Republic is finally here, and with it comes a slate of new books, comics, and short stories set hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga.

Phase 1 introduced us to the golden age of the Jedi Order and the Republic, as well as the ruthless and endlessly fascinating villains called the Nihil. In Phase 2, we go back even further in the galactic timeline — 150 years to be exact. It’s a time of great discovery as the Republic is expanding into the Outer Rim and slowly but surely establishing communications systems and charting new hyperspace routes.

Just like in Phase 1, Phase 2 includes a couple of adult novels, YA books, and middle-grade books as well as two ongoing comic series (one from Marvel; one from IDW), two comic mini-series, and an audio drama.

Here’s a reading guide for the books of The High Republic Phase 2 listed in the release order, which is also the recommended reading order.

*This list is updated with reviews, cover art, and more information as they become available*

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Tabs and bookmark I used when reading Path of Deceit. Cameo by my Kindle Paperwhite, which is covered in THR stickers.

Path of Deceit

• Authors: Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland

• Release date: Oct. 4, 2022

• On the timeline: 382 BBY

• Type: YA

• Characters: Padawan Kevmo Zink, Jedi Zallah Macri, Marda Ro, The Mother

What it’s about: Legendary Force artifacts have been reported missing from various places around the Outer Rim. Padawan Kevmo Zink and his master Zallah Macri are dispatched to the planet Dalna to investigate the reported theft of one of those artifacts.

Yes, that Dalna, the one featured in Justina Ireland’s Mission to Disaster. The one with the ice gators.