TENSIONS RAISE EVEN HIGHER WITH E’RONOH & EIRAM, WHILE AXEL GREYLARK IS IN PRISON! This ep is another High Republic review/overview and it’s the adult novel for Phase 2, Wave 2; Cataclysm by Lydia Kang. In this sequel to Convergence, the tensions between E’ronoh & Eiram worsen as The Path Of The Open Hand become more aggressive, all while Axel Greylark is imprisoned, leading to the devastating Night Of Sorrow!

This episode was first released on the feed of Comics In Motion, in June 2023.

In this episode, Mike gives his spoiler-free thoughts in the beginning, before reading the crawl and giving some minor plot details and thoughts on characters & themes. He then gives a minor spoiler warning and gives more detailed thoughts along with reading the blurb/publishers summary, before giving a final spoiler warning and providing his thoughts on the whole book - at the end he gives an overview of the whole book’s plot and what it means for the future of The High Republic!

Cataclysm is written by Lydia Kang, was released April 4th 2023 and takes place in Wave 2 of Phase 2 in The High Republic (approx. 150 years before Phase 1); 382 BBY, and is a sequel to Convergence.

Phase 2 book reviews were released; Path Of Deceit on 7th Jan, Quest For Hidden City on February 14th, Convergence on March 18th and The Battle Of Jedha on April 22nd, with the first volume/wave of phase 2 comics being tacked in episode 126 (out May 13th 2023).

More Content:

Check out the first in Mike’s weekly discussion shows for Ahsoka – listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion or watch on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/1e6cfd ⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/B_IlnJC3IqY⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

All 5 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed are out now, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 and their trailer review & predictions for the #RoadToAhsoka! Found on any podcast app & YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/1e5a68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/PUgBGfm8NfI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka, as part of the #RoadToAhsoka: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:16 What To Expect

02:59 Timeline & Info

04:27 High Republic Author Interview

04:54 Recommended Reading

06:53 Spoiler-Free Thoughts

13:23 Crawl

14:13 More Thoughts On Characters, Minor Spoilers

29:56 Blurb/Publishers Summary

31:37 Spoilers: Plot Overview & Thoughts

47:30 The Night Of Sorrow

50:26 Final Thoughts

52:44 Support

54:28 Coming Up

56:43 Outro