

The starship, now hours from launch, was a technological marvel. Below, gleaming bright in the hangar’s floodlights, was the vision in polished durasteel known as the Innovator.

He was standing on an observation platform in the largest hangar he had ever experienced, just part of the vast shipyards that orbited Cyclor, a relatively small green-and-brown planet in the Mid Rim. Not long ago, Padawan Bell Zettifar would have been excited by the sight that stretched out beneath him. Read the preview - which focuses on Bell consulting his new teacher, Indeera Stokes, - below, and pick up your own copy when The Rising Storm arrives June 29. “As for what happens to Loden next? Well, for that you’ll have to read The Rising Storm…” “The fun, of course, is that readers of Light of the Jedi know exactly what happened to Loden, even if Bell and the rest of the Order don’t,” Scott says. Life has moved on since Loden was presumed dead, and Bell is facing the reality that his vows means he has to move on with it.”Īvid Star Wars: The High Republic readers already know something about Master Greatstorm’s story. “For me, his bravery, adaptability and willingness to question sums up the Jedi of the High Republic.” In the new novel, “we see a Bell who is struggling to come to terms with the fact that he may never see his master Loden Greatstorm again, examining what grief and regret looks like for a Jedi.

“Spending time with Bell Zettifar was one of the joys of writing The Rising Storm,” Scott tells. In ’s exclusive new excerpt from Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm, the forthcoming Star Wars: The High Republicnovel by Cavan Scott, we find Bell still reeling from the disappearance of Loden Greatstorm. Now he must face one of the greatest challenges of being a Jedi: remaining in control of his emotions. Padawan Bell Zettifar has lost his master.
