Phase II
The High Republic Series has 3 phases. And because its Star Wars, they of course do not go in a straight 1-2-3 order. Instead it goes 2-1-3. We begin three hundred, ninety-six years before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) in a galaxy far, far away...
Chapters 1-4: The Queen's Bloom
396 BBY
We begin with Tales of Light and Life, an anthology of short stories than span the three phases of the High Republic era. The first story, which makes up the first four chapters of the book, provides some background on a couple of important characters featured in Phase 2.
382 BBY
The events of these three books all occur at the same time, although it isn't very noticeable except at the beginning of Chapter 24 in Convergence and towards the end of Quest for the Hidden City (No spoilers here). I propose the following order to line up that timing:
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Convergence; Part 1: Introduction through Chapter 9.
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Path of Deceit: Introduction through the end of Chapter 10.
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Quest for the Hidden City: Introduction through the end of Chapter 10.
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Convergence; Part 2: Chapters 10 - 14.
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Path of Deceit: Chapters 11 - 20
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Quest for the Hidden City: Chapters 11 - 22.
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Convergence: Chapters 15 - 23
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Path of Deceit: Chapters 21 - 32
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Quest for the Hidden City: Chapter 23 - End of the book.
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Convergence: Chapter 24 - End of the book.
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Path of Deceit: Chapter 33 (end of the book).
NOTE: The Path of Deceit audiobook tracks do not line up with the actual book chapters (at least they don't on Cloud Library). This is because the first track is the opening credits, second is the introduction, and the third is the prologue. So you finally get to Chapter 1 at audio track No. 4. Because this can change from platform to platform, I will always go by the actual Chapter numbers rather than audio tracks numbers.
382 BBY
Read issue numbers 1-5 of the The High Republic; Volume 2 concurrently with Parts 1-5 of The Battle of Jedha. Then read issue numbers 6-10 concurrently with the sixth and final part of The Battle of Jedha. The two stories pair well together to give a wide scope of the battle. Also, some of the characters introduced in The High Republic are heavily featured in The Path of Vengeance, which comes next.
382 BBY
All three of these books begin in the immediate aftermath of The Battle for Jedha, have overlapping events, and end around the same time. Each one almost serves as sequel to the first three books we started with. They also bring us to the end of Phase II.
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Path of Vengeance: Intro through Chapter 10
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Cataclysm: Intro through Chapter 5
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Quest for Planet X: Intro through Chapter 10
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Path of Vengeance: Chapter 11 through Chapter 25
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Cataclysm: Intro through Chapter 6-10
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Path of Vengeance: Chapter 26 through Chapter 43
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Cataclysm: Intro through Chapter 11 through Chapter 19
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Quest for Planet X: Chapter 11 through Chapter 25
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Path of Vengeance: Chapter 44 through Chapter 50
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Cataclysm: Intro through Chapter 20 through Chapter 31
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Quest for Planet X: Chapter 26 through Chapter 29
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Path of Vengeance: Chapter 51 through the end of the book.
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Quest for Planet X: Chapter 30 through the end of the book.
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Cataclysm: Intro through Chapter 32 through the end of the book.
Chapter 5: A Closed Fist Has No Claws
Chapter 6: Shield of the Jedi
379 BBY
Both of these stories take place 3 years after the events of Phase 2.
The High Republic: Eye of the Storm #1
252 - 232 BBY
The first part of this two-part miniseries comic has an intro that takes place at the end of Phase 1, but the remainder of this issue contains flashbacks that occur in between Phase 2 and Phase 1.
Phase I
We now move on to the second phase, Phase 1... Just roll with it!
The High Republic; Volume 1; #1
257 - 232 BBY
These three novels and comic overlap each other in the present-day timeline. But first we start with Into the Dark's six flashbacks that occur 125 years after the events of Phase 2 (257 BBY).
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Chapter 3; 21:16 - End of Chapter
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Chapter 8; 0:00 - 10:18
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Chapter 11; 19:30 - End of Chapter
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Chapter 16; 21:48 - End of Chapter
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Chapter 20; 22:36 - End of Chapter
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Chapter 24; 25:37 - End of Chapter
On to the present day events, which take place 25 years later. Be sure to skip over the flashbacks above as you encounter them. Start The High Republic; Volume 1; Issue No. 1 once you reach the last chapter of Into the Dark. Read concurrently with the remaining chapters of each novel as they all cover the Starlight Beacon ceremony.
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Into the Dark: Intro - Chapter 1
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The Light of the Jedi: Part 1; Intro - Interlude: The Nihil
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Into the Dark: Chapter 2 - 7
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The Light of the Jedi: Part 2; Chapter 19 - Interlude: The Council
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Into the Dark: Chapter 8 (start at minute 10:19) - Chapter 12
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The Light of the Jedi: Chapters 36 - 43
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Into the Dark: Chapter 13 - 17
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Into the Dark: Chapter 18 - End of the Book
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The Light of the Jedi: Chapter 44 - End of Book
The High Republic; Volume 1; #2-8
231 BBY
Read The High Republic; Volume 1; Issues 2-8 concurrently with The Rising Storm and Race to Crashpoint Tower. At the end of proposed order below, I've included the seventh chapter of Tales of Light and Light which takes place shortly after the events of these two books.
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The Rising Storm: Intro through Chapter 20.
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Race to Crash Point Tower Part 1: Intro through Ch. 8
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The Rising Storm: Chapters 21 - 32.
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Race to Crash Point Tower Part 2: Chapters 9 - 15.
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The Rising Storm: Chapters 33 - 44.
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Race to Crash Point Tower Part 3: Chapter 16 - End of Book.
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The Rising Storm: Chapter 45 - End of Book.
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Tales of Light and Life: Chapter 7 - A Lonely Traveler is Home.
231 BBY
For efficiency purposes I'm grouping these two together even though they do not overlap. Instead Tempest Runner picks up immediately after Out of the Shadows.
The High Republic Volume 1; #9-11
231 BBY
Listen to Mission to Disaster concurrently with The High Republic Marvel Comics 2021 issue numbers 9-11.
The High Republic; Volume 1; #12-15
230 BBY
These novels and comics overlap as follows:
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Midnight Horizon Part 1: Intro - Chapter 12; Listen to concurrently with comic issue # 12.
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The Fallen Star: Intro - Chapter 5.
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Midnight Horizon Part 2: Chapters 13 - 22.
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The Fallen Star: Chapters 6 - 10.
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Midnight Horizon Part 3: Chapters 23 - 34; Listen to concurrently with comic issue # 13.
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The Fallen Star: Chapters 11 - 15.
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Midnight Horizon Part 4: Chapters 35 - 50.
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The Fallen Star: Chapters 16 - 26. Listen to concurrently with comic issues # 14-15.
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Midnight Horizon: Chapters 51 - 66.
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The Fallen Star: Chapters 27 - 35.
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Midnight Horizon: Chapter 67.
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The Fallen Star: Epilogue
230 BBY
The second issue of this two-part series takes place after the events of Phase 1 and set the tone for Phase 3.
Phase III
We made it to the place where things make sense. The third phase of this adventure is called, Phase 3. Clever, right?
The High Republic; Volume 3; Issues # 1-10
230 BBY
Read these two comic book series, first Shadows of Starlight then The High Republic; Volume 3, concurrently with the following Chapters of Tales of Light and Life:
Chapter 8: After the Fall
Chapter 9: The Force Provides
Chapter 10: All Jedi Walk Their Own Path
Chapter 11: A Light in the Darkness
Chapter 12: The Call of Coruscant
If you are still going through the High Republic Volume 3 comics after these chapters, that is okay. You can continue to read them concurrently with the novels below.
229 - 228 BBY
There is no overlapping here, I'm just lumping books together for efficiency purposes. Escape from Valo starts off Phase 3 with the youngest reading level of the group - middle school- so take it for what it is. Or not. There are no rules here, just make your own personal Star Wars happy cloud in whatever shape it looks like to you. To take the chronological path, follow the same order in which the books are listed above.
Escape from Valo and Eye of Darkness occur in 229 BBY while Defy the Storm and Temptation of the Force occur in 228 BBY.
148 - 132 BBY
With episodes 3 and 7 taking place in 148 BBY and the rest of the series taking place in 132 BBY, the chronological path for Season 1 of the Acolyte is as follows: 3, 7, 1-2, 4-6, 8.