Oct 18, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min · 12 segments
Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Andrés is joined by Arezou Amin for the final review of the initial High Republic books, Trials of the Jedi. From the chaos of Marchion Ro's final plan, to…
Arezou AminGuestUm, so I've kind of broken up the book cause there's a lot just happening.
So I figured it'd be better to split it, not so much by chapters, but by like places, um, like segments of things happening.
Um, and before we jump into those, I wanted to ask your thoughts generally on the interludes, um, that follow.
It's like a random family in Estarvera, I believe.
Um,
Yeah, I personally have have have had a love hate relationship with the interludes, but I'm very curious to hear your thoughts because they come at like not the weirdest times.
But, you know, there's like a chapter where it's like some crazy lore just drops and they're like.
let's check back in on, like, random family on some odd part of the galaxy.
Like, everything is, like, as generic, great value, Kirkland signature, like, style.
I guess initially, like, hate is a strong word, but like a bit of a love confusion with this, mostly because of where they pop up.
Like if it was at the beginning of every part of the book, let's say that'd be one thing, but they just kind of, like, if I'm remembering right, they just kind of pop up randomly.
The pacing of it aside, though, when I like sat with it, I think towards the end, I don't know if this was Charles Soule's intention.
But I did think it was an interesting choice in this current climate to follow this family.
Like this one family with, you know, just a lower middle class family, disabled mother, two children.
Yeah.
And they are stuck somewhere that is crumbling for a reason they had absolutely nothing to do with.
Um, so I've kind of broken up the book cause there's a lot just happening.
So I figured it'd be better to split it, not so much by chapters, but by like places, um, like segments of things happening.
Um, and before we jump into those, I wanted to ask your thoughts generally on the interludes, um, that follow.
It's like a random family in Estarvera, I believe.
Um,
Yeah, I personally have have have had a love hate relationship with the interludes, but I'm very curious to hear your thoughts because they come at like not the weirdest times.
But, you know, there's like a chapter where it's like some crazy lore just drops and they're like.
let's check back in on, like, random family on some odd part of the galaxy.
Like, everything is, like, as generic, great value, Kirkland signature, like, style.
I guess initially, like, hate is a strong word, but like a bit of a love confusion with this, mostly because of where they pop up.
Like if it was at the beginning of every part of the book, let's say that'd be one thing, but they just kind of, like, if I'm remembering right, they just kind of pop up randomly.
The pacing of it aside, though, when I like sat with it, I think towards the end, I don't know if this was Charles Soule's intention.
But I did think it was an interesting choice in this current climate to follow this family.
Like this one family with, you know, just a lower middle class family, disabled mother, two children.
Yeah.
And they are stuck somewhere that is crumbling for a reason they had absolutely nothing to do with.
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