PATHFINDERS EXPLORE NEW SYSTEMS & RUN INTO MONSTERS IN PHASE 2 OF THE HIGH REPUBLIC! Quest For The Hidden City is the focus of this episode; Mike provides an overview of Phase 2 of The High Republic, including how it differs from Phase 1 and what Pathfinder teams are, before providing his spoiler-free thoughts on the novel. He then reads the blurb and provides more information on the book, lightly speaking about characters and themes. After reading the crawl, Mike gives the final spoiler-warning and talks in-depth about the characters and gives an overview of the book’s plot, some connections to other content and more!
This book is the second book in the second phase of the High Republic, it centres around pathfinding teams on the new worlds of Gloam & Aubadas, plus the Katikoot species, master & padawan Rooper Nitani and Silandra Sho, a father & son exploration team, a strange, but valuable, mineral surrounded by monsters and more!
This episode was first released on the feed of Comics In Motion, in February 2023.
Quest For The Hidden City is a junior novel written by George Mann, it is set in Phase 2, Wave 1 of THR; 350 years before the Skywalker Saga and was released November 1st 2022.
Mike has tackled every Phase 1 comic, short story and book on this very feed, just check for episodes starting with “THR P1” to find them all, or go to youtube.com/GenuineChitChat and find the High Republic playlist!
More Content:
4 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 (as we get nearer to the Ahsoka series for the #RoadToAhsoka) on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/1defff – https://youtu.be/BrZrvENUlTM
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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Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com
Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:41 Book Info
02:12 High Republic Overview & Episodes
03:20 Phase 2 Overview
07:37 Spoiler-Free Thoughts & Overview
12:24 Blurb & Minor Spoiler-Warning
14:03 Themes, Character Briefs & Mild Spoilers
24:49 Crawl & Final Spoiler Warning
25:52 More In-Depth Character Info
29:18 Full Plot Overview (Major Spoilers)
33:00 Final Thoughts
35:08 Other Content
36:38 Solo Podcast Feed
37:19 Pop Culture Collective
37:55 Support & Patreon
39:50 Coming Up
41:08 Outro
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