The High Republic: A Valiant Vow

The High Republic: A Valiant Vow
Attribution information
Author(s)	Justina Ireland
Cover artist	Petur Antonsson
Publication information
Publisher	Disney–Lucasfilm Press
Release date	May 6, 2025
Media type	Hardcover ebook
Pages	272
ISBN	9781368095204
Chronology
Timeline	228 BBY
Series	Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase III)
Preceded by	The High Republic: Beware the Nameless

The High Republic: A Valiant Vow is a Star Wars: The High Republic middle grade novel by Justina Ireland. It was published as part of Phase III of the multimedia project on May 6, 2025. An audiobook narrated by Todd Haberkorn was released the same day.

Publisher's summary

The New York Times best-selling series comes to an epic conclusion in this final installment of this wave of High Republic storytelling.

It's all been leading to this! Fan-favorite Padawans and younglings must team-up to stop the seemingly unstoppable blight all while dealing with technological terrors in the form of crab-like scav droids that destroy everything in their path!

Opening crawl

STAR WARS THE HIGH REPUBLIC TRIALS OF THE JEDI
The final confrontation between the Jedi and the Nihil looms. The valiant Jedi are spread thin as they are put to the ultimate test on four separate fronts. Some rally against NIHIL MARAUDERS who plan to punish the planet ERIADU for its resistance to their rule. Others patrol the dangerous border of the OCCLUSION ZONE, protecting planets from vicious Nihil raids. A brave few struggle to stop the mysterious BLIGHT, an infection moving from planet to planet, draining worlds of life. Still others battle the sinister MARCHION RO and his monstrous NAMELESS CREATURES. To save the Republic, the Jedi will face their fears in their most daunting challenges yet. If they fail on just one of these battlefronts, the wave of darkness will extinguish the light of the Jedi forever….

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9781368095204; May 6, 2025; Disney–Lucasfilm Press; US hardcover
• ISBN 9781368114905; May 6, 2025; Disney Lucasfilm Press: US ebook

Cover gallery

Cover

Preliminary cover

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Cisnero Agate (First appearance) Akrima Benno (First appearance) Imri Cantaros Jonas Carper (First appearance) Ada-Li Carro (Indirect mention only) CD-2 "Ceedee-Too" (First appearance) Churo Churo and Dahara's father (Mentioned only) Churo and Dahara's mother (Indirect mention only) Kilare Drowd (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Ex-Ar (First appearance) Gemmy (Indirect mention only) Loparin Gil (First appearance) Stellan Gios (Mentioned only) Lexi Greylark (First pictured) Rina Greylark Rina Greylark's assistant droid (First appearance) Trystian Greylark (First appearance) Zenny Greylark Zenny Greylark's tutor (First appearance) J-6 Kay-Two (First appearance) Kay-Four (First identified as Kay-Four and Four) (First pictured) Kildo (Mentioned only) Glenna Kip Kol (First appearance) Ram Jomaram (Mentioned only) Korla (First mentioned) Raa-lyn Las (Indirect mention only) Deva Lompop (Mentioned only) Lowl (First appearance) Nanders (First mentioned) Nara (First appearance) Noro (First appearance) Dahara Devirsivik Norri (First pictured) Dahara Devirsivik Norri's translator (First appearance) Nynik (First appearance) Nynik's cousin (First mentioned) Pala (First mentioned) Pala's mother (First mentioned) Oprand Qwen (Mentioned only) Rascal (Indirect mention only) Marchion Ro (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Vernestra Rwoh Orenna Sala (First appearance) Jamil Sollis (Mentioned only) Yacek Sparkburn Avon Starros (Mentioned only) Ghirra Starros (Mentioned only) Douglas Sunvale (In flashback(s)) Teeva (First appearance) Tep Tep Thans (First appearance) Three (First appearance) Unidentified Arichoan defense force member (First appearance) Unidentified human Jedi youngling (First appearance) Unidentified Ithorian male (First appearance) Unidentified Jedi botanist (First mentioned) Unidentified Jedi Temple Guard (First appearance) Unidentified Mon Calamari woman (First appearance) Unidentified Nautolan Jedi youngling (First appearance) Unidentified Nautolan man (First appearance) Unidentified pilot (First mentioned) Unidentified pregnant tooka (First mentioned) Unidentified queen of Reylesh (First mentioned) Unidentified tea seller (First appearance) Unidentified tooka kitten (First appearance) Lyssa Votz (Mentioned only) Kara Xoo (Mentioned only) Yaddle (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Bnatha (Mentioned only) Bird Unidentified Aricho bird (First appearance) Cat Tooka Fish (Mentioned only) Frog (Mentioned only) Navora frog (First mentioned) Insect Beetle (Mentioned only) Harvester beetle (Mentioned only) Butterfly (Mentioned only) Fly (Mentioned only) Carrion fly (First mentioned) Lont bug (First appearance) Moth (Mentioned only) Mynock (Mentioned only) Nameless (Mentioned only) Plant Carnivorous plant (Mentioned only) Corn (Mentioned only) Snow corn (First mentioned) Flower Brora flower (First appearance) Lompop (Mentioned only) Miri flower (First mentioned) Glaka root Grass Seed (Mentioned only) Tree Biri biri tree (First mentioned) Car-acara (First appearance) Marblewood tree (Mentioned only) Rancor (Imitated) Rodent (Mentioned only) Shark (Mentioned only) Grass shark (Mentioned only) Spider (Mentioned only) Nava spider (First mentioned)

Droid models

K-series droid (First identified as K-series droid and Kay droid) (First pictured) Med droid (Mentioned only) Nanny droid (Mentioned only) (First identified as child care droid, simultaneous with The Acolyte: Wayseeker) Protocol droid Salvage droid Scav droid Service droid (First identified as assistant droid) Tutor droid (First identified as teaching droid)

Events

Republic Era High Republic Era Dalnan evacuation (Mentioned only) Ecological disaster on Aricho (First appearance) Escape on Eiram (Indirect mention only) Expedition to Starlight Beacon (Indirect mention only) Incident on Eiram (Indirect mention only) Hyperspace Rush (Mentioned only) Nihil conflict Attack on Port Haileap (Mentioned only) Attack on the processing facility (Mentioned only) Attack on the Steady Wing (Mentioned only) Destruction of Dalna (Indirect mention only) Fall of Starlight Beacon (Mentioned only) Invasion of Eriadu (Indirect mention only) Battle of Eriadu (Indirect mention only) Mission on Palagosal (Indirect mention only) Occupation of Hetzal (Mentioned only) (First identified as occupation of Hetzal)

Locations

The galaxy Bir (First mentioned) Core Worlds Alderaan (Mentioned only) Corusca sector Coruscant subsector Coruscant system Coruscant Galactic City CoCo Town Menaya's Sweet Shop (First appearance) Federal District Temple Precinct Jedi Temple Jedi seed vault (Mentioned only) (First identified as Jedi seed vault) Jedi Temple atrium (First appearance) Jedi Temple communication center (First identified as Jedi Temple's communications hub) Greylark residence Zenny Greylark's room (First appearance) Senator Greylark's office (First appearance) (First identified as Senator Greylark's office) Senator Nander's office (First mentioned) Dobroth sector (First mentioned) Hynestia (Mentioned only) Inner Rim (Mentioned only) Naboo (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Galactic Frontier Dalnan sector Dalna (Mentioned only) Dalna temple (Mentioned only) Maawat Mountains (Indirect mention only) Eriadu (Mentioned only) E'ronoh (Mentioned only) Haileap system Haileap Port Haileap Port Haileap complex Glenna Kip's lab Rusty Droid (First mentioned) Unidentified noodle cart (First mentioned) Occlusion Zone (Mentioned only) Stormwall (Mentioned only) Seswenna (Mentioned only) Siannach sector (First identified as Siannach sector) Aricho (First pictured) Dahara's camp (First appearance) Glaka root refinery (Appears in hologram) (First identified as glaka root refinery and glaka root factory) Northernmost shore (First mentioned) Parantha (First appearance) Blue Tooka (First appearance) Imri Cantaros and Yacek Sparkburn's house (First appearance) Meeting hall (First appearance) Unidentified grove (First appearance) Ytrecht (First identified as Ytrecht) (First pictured) Governmental complex (First appearance) Security forces office (First mentioned) Aricho's sun Hetzal (Mentioned only) Nal Hutta (Mentioned only) Reylesh (First mentioned) Riah sector (First mentioned) Riah (First mentioned) Ruatha (First mentioned) Jionky University (First mentioned) Tiikae Temple on Tiikae Unidentified town (First appearance) Tyvish (First mentioned) Wrevnick College of Agricultural Science (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Acrobat Aide Aricho's government (First appearance) Arichoan defense force (First appearance) Bodyguard (Mentioned only) Botanist (Mentioned only) Carper family (First appearance) Chef Doctor (Mentioned only) Emissary Galactic Republic Galactic Senate (Mentioned only) Senator Republic Defense Coalition Greylark family Hutt Clan Devirsivik Clan Gamorrean Warrior Hutt Council (Mentioned only) Jedi Order Jedi Jedi High Council (Mentioned only) Jedi Initiate Jedi Knight Jedi Master Jedi Temple Guard Padawan Medic Merchant Musician Nihil Eye of the Nihil (Emblem only) Tempest (Mentioned only) Kara Xoo's Tempest (Indirect mention only) Tempest Runner (Mentioned only) Unidentified Nihil group (First mentioned) Noble (Mentioned only) Nynik's family (First appearance) Officer Captain Philosopher (Mentioned only) Pilot Pirate (Mentioned only) President Professor Quartermaster (Mentioned only) Queen (Mentioned only) Riah government (First mentioned) Scientist Biologist Teacher Translator Troop Unidentified aid team (First appearance)

Sentient species

Alcedian Drengir (Mentioned only) Drengir hybrid (Indirect mention only) Gamorrean Human Hutt Ithorian Kage Mirialan Mon Calamari Nautolan Rodian Shani Twi'lek

Vehicles and vessels

Hovercart Pleasure barge Dahara Devirsivik Norri's barge (First appearance) Repulsorcraft Speeder Landspeeder Speeder bike Lexi's speeder bike (First appearance) Satellite Galactic satellite beacon (First appearance) Space station Starlight Beacon Starlight Beacon meditation garden Starship Carrier Cruiser Longbeam cruiser Hopper Luxury liner (Mentioned only) Steady Wing (Mentioned only) Rodondo (First mentioned) Shuttle Greylark family hopper (First appearance) Viperi-class cargo shuttle Lucky Tortle Transport Trystian Greylark's ship (First mentioned) Unidentified aid ship (First appearance) Unidentified first crashed ship (First appearance) (Wreckage only) Unidentified Nihil ship (First appearance) Unidentified second crashed ship (First appearance) (Wreckage only) Vernestra Rwoh's ship (First mentioned)

Weapons and technology

Air lock Armor Helmet Artificial gravity Bacta spray Battery Battery amplification attenuator (First mentioned) Blaster Blaster rifle Comm unit (First identified as communications unit) Computer Navicomputer (First identified as navigational computer) Data recorder (First appearance) Databank (Mentioned only) Datapad Deflector shield Environmental shield (First appearance) Thermal shield Droid Distress beacon (Mentioned only) Engine Environmental stabilization cube (First appearance) Fishing pole (Indirect mention only) Holobook (Mentioned only) Holocomm Hologram Holoprojector Lantern Chemical lantern (First appearance) Lasso (Mentioned only) Life support (Mentioned only) Lightsaber Imri Cantaros' second lightsaber (Mentioned only) Tep Tep's lightsaber Yacek's lightsaber (First identified as Yacek's lightsaber) Magnet Manipulator arm Melee weapon Axe Gamorrean war ax Knife (Mentioned only) Message cube (First appearance) Microscope Oscillator stabilizing array (First mentioned) Photoreceptor Repulsorlift Repulsorlift chair (First identified as hover chair) Scanner Sensor Proximity sensor (First identified as proximity radar) Skimboard (First identified as hoverboard, simultaneous with The Acolyte: Wayseeker) Speaker Stormseed (Mentioned only) Tool kit Turbolift Viewscreen Vocabulator (First identified as vocalizer)

Miscellanea

Adrenaline Allergy Antenna Arichoan Army (Mentioned only) Atmosphere Bacta Barracks (Mentioned only) Beach Blanket Blight (First identified as Gray) Blood Boarding ramp Bone (Mentioned only) Book (Mentioned only) Crystal Builders (First mentioned) Brain (Mentioned only) Bunk Canteen Capital Centimeter City Ecumenopolis Claw Clothing Belt Utility belt Boot Environment suit (First identified as space suit and envirosuit) Goggles Focus goggles Harness Holster RDC uniform Robe Jedi apparel Sash Turban Cloud Cockpit Color Corkscrew maneuer (First appearance) Coruscanti Courtship ritual (Mentioned only) (First identified as courtship ritual) Crown Crystal (Mentioned only) Kyber crystal (Mentioned only) Death Diet Diplomacy (Mentioned only) Distress call Dream Ear E'roni Eye Eye of the Nihil insignia Factory (Appears in hologram) Farm (Mentioned only) Feline Fire (Mentioned only) Fishing (Indirect mention only) Foodstuff Bean (First appearance) Bread Greto bread (First appearance) Sweet milk bread (First mentioned) Butter Jkok butter (First appearance) Cake (Mentioned only) Puff cake (Mentioned only) Alderaanian puff cake (First mentioned) Cookie (Mentioned only) Cranuck (First mentioned) Freeze dried sweetie bun (First appearance) Frosty Durga Berry Squeeze (First appearance) Fruit Berry (Mentioned only) Durga berry (Mentioned only) (In Frosty Durga Berry Squeeze's name) Grain bar (First appearance) Gravy Hynestian hot ice (First mentioned) Milk Blue milk (Mentioned only) Green milk Noodle (Mentioned only) Pomul (First appearance) Ration Salad Soup Nalidara soup (First appearance) Parva soup (First appearance) Stew Joppa stew (Mentioned only) Tea Unidentified local blend (First appearance) Vegetable The Force Force power Controlled descent Force Dash (Mentioned only) Force empathy Force jump Force sense Force Stasis Telekinesis Force push Force-sensitive Light side of the Force Meditation Forest (Mentioned only) Fuel (Mentioned only) Rhydonium (Mentioned only) Galaxy Garden Glass Grain Gravity Gravity well (Mentioned only) Hair Halcyon fever (First mentioned) Hangar Headache Heart (Mentioned only) High Republic crest Home planet Hull Hunting (Mentioned only) Hybrid (Mentioned only) Hyperspace (Mentioned only) Hyperspace lane (Mentioned only) Indentured servitude (Mentioned only) Jedi Code (Indirect mention only) Jedi outpost (Mentioned only) Jedi temple Jedi training Jungle (Mentioned only) Kilometer Knighting Ceremony (Mentioned only) Laboratory Language Alcedian (First appearance) Galactic Basic Standard "Wizard" Huttese "Poodoo" Laser Leather Light-year (Mentioned only) Lightsaber combat Lightspeed (Mentioned only) Limb Map Meteor (Mentioned only) Meter Millimeter Money (Mentioned only) Credit (Mentioned only) Morno fever (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Mountain (Mentioned only) Mouth Music Flute Cloud flute (First appearance) Musings of Kilare Drowd (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nanders' agriculture bill (First mentioned) Near-human Nose Ocean Orbit Parent Philosophies of the Ancients (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Pillow Planet Waterworld Planetary defense forces Plasma Politics Prison (Mentioned only) Prisoner (Indirect mention only) Rainstorm Rancor (First appearance) Realspace Refinery (Appears in hologram) Refresher Refugee Reproduction (Indirect mention only) Rykestra (Mentioned only) Salt (Mentioned only) Season (Mentioned only) Winter (Mentioned only) Sector Self-destruct mechanism (Mentioned only) Skylane Slavery (Mentioned only) Sleep Space walk Spaceport Species Stomach Stomachache (First mentioned) Stone Sun Tavern Temperature Tent Theoretical elevation farming (First mentioned) Throne Time Second Standard day Standard decade Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard week Standard year Tongue Tooth Toxic (Mentioned only) Twin University (Mentioned only) Vacuum Vegetarian Viewport Volcano (Mentioned only) Water Wedding (Mentioned only) Youngling Winter storm (First mentioned)

Sources

• SWCE 2023: 9 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 219
• The Fate of Burryaga Revealed, The High Republic Heads to San Diego Comic-Con, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• NYCC 2024: New Cover Art for Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Light and Other Reveals from the Lucasfilm Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• This Week! in Star Wars NYCC Star Wars Reveals | This Week! in Star Wars on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 230
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 231

External links

• Star Wars: The High Republic: A Valiant Vow on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)

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