Special thanks to Lauren Kretzschmar and Del Rey for the copy used in this review. Tempest Runner is available wherever books are sold. And my goodness, Tempest Runner looks magnificent on my bookshelf. Looks good, doesn’t it? Phase two, Quest of the Jedi, begins this October with Zoraida Córdova’s Convergence, so you have plenty of time to revisit this and many other High Republic stories up while you wait. In many cases, the hats in Star Wars are placed by the fans or Expanded Universe writers: as the movies were one of the only 'canonical' sources of information, and cultural details could be rather scarce, authors had a tendency of taking a single example or detail from the movies and expanding it to be true for an entire species or planet.

This is one of the stories I highly recommend revisiting as we await what’s next, especially since this beautiful script is available to hold and browse through at your leisure. Lourna’s story remains one of those unresolved at the conclusion of this first phase, and Scott planted seeds of possibility aplenty in Tempest Runner. The best part about her journey in Tempest Runner is Lourna finding her redemption on her own terms, not based on the morality of others. For the first time in a while, she finds the way to give herself a chance, not only to heal, but to grow. Lourna’s been through hell in her life, and where we find her in Tempest Runner is in the depths of reliving it all in her own mind. Tempest Runner continues some of wonderful themes of self-forgiveness, self-acceptance, and someone choosing not only to exist, but deciding they are worth it. In brief, I loved this story and my own journey coming to appreciate a character as complex as Lourna Dee. With Camille de Casabianca, Jean-Louis Desnos, Danile Dubroux, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. James Baney and I also had a lot to say about Tempest Runner in our book discussion here. The Heiress: Directed by Viviane Berthommier, Danile Dubroux, Marie-Christine Questerbert, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jutta Brckner, Ula Stckl. Cavan Scott does an excellent job demonstrating her path from aristocratic Twi’lek heiress to one of the most feared members of the Nihil. For fans who can’t listen to Tempest Runner, the script captures all of Lourna Dee’s incredible story. It feels so satisfying seeing one of my favorite High Republic stories on the shelf next to all the other great titles in the collection. She is now extremely rich but the news comes with a great danger. Sofia suddenly finds out that she belongs to an ancient aristocratic family with its roots going back to the monarchy. While I planned to revisit it anyway, the epic six-hour experience felt daunting, so luckily, the recently published script from Del Rey arrived just in time. The Heiress: With Kseniya Mishina, Georgiy Khostikoev, Anastasiya Ivanova, Vlad Nikityuk.

As we readers eagerly await the next wave of stories from new authors, the time slowly passing presents us the opportunity to revisit some of our favorite stories in this new era of Star Wars. Author Cavan Scott contributed an impressive amount to The High Republic, and my favorite of them all was his audio drama, Tempest Runner. The first chapter of The High Republic is complete, but that shouldn’t mean we put these stories behind us forever.

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