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“Jedi Brave in Every Way” is a sweet story and a great way to introduce the youngest fans to Star Wars, especially thanks to Yoda’s presence. Just don’t tell them what happens to Stellan Gios or Starlight Beacon. Punch it!
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Hey, Rebel Rouser, I’m Allen Voivod, and this is Star Wars 7 by 7, your daily dose of Star Wars joy. Thank you so much for joining me for it. Thanks also to Disney Lucasfilm Press for sending me a copy of Jedi Brave in Every Way by Rosemary and Charles Soule. Charles Soule is one of the story architects for the High Republic mega, ginormous initiative, and Rosemary is his daughter. This is a fun father-daughter storytelling situation.
This is a High Republic story, but not necessarily one that you have to keep track of if you’re trying to keep track of all of the crazy doings that have happened in the High Republic. Although I will say that as somebody who is reading all of these stories, it’s funny to read a story like this where they’re showing these younglings on Starlight Beacon, and you’re thinking, Oh, my gosh, Starlight Beacon is going to get blown to smithereens. That’s crazy to think about. There’s stuff in there with the three main Jedi that were in phase one. Avar Kriss, and Stellan Gios and Elzar Mann, and knowing that one of them does not survive the events of phase one, but seeing them in the background of the storytelling, yeah, it’s weird to have that experience of all these stories and to be thinking of all that other stuff. Also very cool to have Bell Zettifar and his Charhound passing through one panel of stories.
But yeah, I’m getting away from the story, which is about how these three particular younglings in the story have certain fears that they’ve been facing. And Burryaga, who there’s also stuff in phase one about Burryaga too, and whether he survived the events of phase one! So Burryaga talking about how he got over his fears of heights when he was just a young wookiee on Kashyyyk. And so the younglings travel with Yoda and Burryaga to various planets and face their fears. They go to Geonosis, so one youngling can face her fear of insects.
The whole tale is very sweet. I think as a person considering introducing young people to Star Wars, I’m a little past that or not yet ready for the next round of it, but I guess you could say I was very thoughtful and conscious about how I introduced my kids to Star Wars. Something like this is terrific. I was showing them the Jeffrey Brown, Vader and Son, and Vader’s Little Princess books. So yeah, I definitely do think about that thing and stuff like this is a really great way to share Star Wars with your favorite young fan in your life.
I will say that it’s a good thing that Yoda is a part of this because honestly, I think that if he wasn’t, then it’s not necessarily as accessible as Star Wars because if you’re introducing young people to Star Wars, you need to introduce them to the iconic characters that everybody is already used to and knows about that have just been melded into the collective consciousness basically. Even at a very young age, there’s some stuff that just starts to get picked up basically.
I think Yoda falls right into that, especially now with the whole baby Grogu thing that’s been happening with The Mandalorian, too. It’s a sweet story for a young reader. I’m very happy for Rosemary Soule getting to write a book with her dad, Charles. Here it is, Jedi Brave in Every Way. Do check it out. That’s what I got for you on today’s episode of the podcast. It just remains for me to say thank you so much for joining me for it as always, and may the Force be with you wherever in the world you may be.