“Here, let me.” He hurried over to the fallen disciple. The woman frowned, and then looked around, searching the faces in the crowd for an explanation. He rolled onto his side, moaning, and waving his hand violently at the Jedi to leave him alone. Lurching awkwardly to his feet, his foot caught in his robes, he fell again, striking his head on the dusty ground. “No!” Rather than take the Jedi’s outstretched hand, the Abednedo issued a shrill, startled cry and tried to scrabble away from the woman. As Keth watched, the Jedi crossed to the fallen disciple and held out her hand. It was one of the Path disciples-a male Abednedo-who’d evidently tripped and fallen as he’d tried to get out of the way of the oncoming speeder and had been inadvertently left behind when the other followers of the Path had fled. It was only then that Keth noticed the person sprawled on the ground. There was a muted round of applause from the crowd. The driver clambered off, trembling, and looking around in astonishment. Slowly, she lowered her outstretched hand and the speeder followed in kind, lowering to a safely static hover. A metal cylinder hung from a holster at her belt. She was human, with pale skin and red and white streaked hair, and looked to be no older than Keth. Her hand was raised towards the vehicle, and she was wearing a look of fierce concentration. Within a moment, they’d all disappeared.īefore the speeder stood a lone figure in brown and white robes. Around the vehicle, the disciples of the Path of the Open Hand were falling back, hurrying away into the clamoring crowds. The Togruta, wide-eyed, was clinging to the steering wheel as if his life depended on it, breathing raggedly. The speeder was still, hanging in mid-air, more than a meter off the ground. Keth squeezed his eyes shut, expecting the worse. Enjoy the excerpt below and get the full story in Star Wars Insider #215, available now.Ī scream. “A Different Perspective,” by George Mann, from Insider's Tale of Enlightenment series, offers an unusual take on the Jedi and the Force from a disciple of the Path of the Open Hand, who has his own tale to tell. A threat hides in the darkness, far from the light of the age, and harbors a secret that could strike fear into even a Jedi’s heart.Star Wars Insider’s exclusive run of Star Wars: The High Republic short fiction, set during Phase II of the Lucasfilm publishing initiative, continues in issue 215 - and has a first look. The hyperspace disaster is far more sinister than the Jedi could ever suspect. As the sky breaks open and destruction rains down upon the peaceful alliance they helped to build, the Jedi must trust in the Force to see them through a day in which a single mistake could cost billions of lives.Įven as the Jedi battle valiantly against calamity, something truly deadly grows beyond the boundary of the Republic. The scope of the emergence, however, is enough to push even Jedi to their limit. No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene. When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces, the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system. With the Jedi at the height of their power, the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their ability to weather any storm But the even brightest light can cast a shadow, and some storms defy any preparation. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi. Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace.
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