The High Republic: A Valiant Vow

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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….

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Editions

ISBN 9781368095204; May 6, 2025; Disney–Lucasfilm Press; US hardcover^[3]
ISBN 9781368114905; May 6, 2025; Disney Lucasfilm Press: US ebook^[4]

Cover gallery

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)
Kol Gresh (First appearance)
Lowl Gresh (First appearance)
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
Ram Jomaram (Mentioned only)
Korla (First appearance)
Raa-lyn Las (Indirect mention only)
Deva Lompop (Mentioned only)
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 cloud flute player (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

Bantha (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)
- Occlusion Zone (Mentioned only)
  - Stormwall (Mentioned only)
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Galactic Frontier
    - Dalnan sector
      - Dalna (Mentioned only)
        Dalna temple (Mentioned only)
        
        Maawat Mountains (Indirect mention only)
      - E'ronoh (Mentioned only)
      - Haileap system
        Haileap
        Port Haileap
        Glenna Kip's lab
        
        Rusty Droid (First mentioned)
        
        Unidentified noodle cart (First mentioned)
    - Eriadu (Mentioned only)
    - Hetzal (Mentioned only)
    - Koradin sector
      - Tiikae system
        Tiikae
        Temple on Tiikae
        
        Unidentified town (First appearance)
    - 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
  - Nal Hutta (Mentioned only)
- Reylesh (First mentioned)
- Riah sector (First mentioned)
  - Riah (First mentioned)
- Ruathi (Mentioned only) (as Ruatha)
  - Jionky University (First mentioned)
- 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
- Genetian
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 maneuver
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

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 SWCE 2023: 9 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
↑ The High Republic: A Valiant Vow
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: The High Republic: A Valiant Vow on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Star Wars: The High Republic: A Valiant Vow on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: A Valiant Vow takes place nearly two years after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY.

External links

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

Phase III: Trials of the Jedi

Novels
Adult novels The Eye of Darkness (audiobook) · Temptation of the Force (audiobook) · Trials of the Jedi (audiobook)
Young adult novels Defy the Storm (audiobook) · Tears of the Nameless (audiobook) · Into the Light (audiobook)
Junior novels Escape from Valo (audiobook) · Beware the Nameless (audiobook) · *A Valiant Vow* (audiobook)
Audiobook Originals Seeds of Starlight · Haunted Starlight
Audio dramas
Tempest Breaker (script)
Comic books
Marvel
The High Republic (2023) · Fear of the Jedi (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · TPB) · The Finale Shadows of Starlight (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · TPB) Omnibus
Dark Horse
The High Republic Adventures (2023) · Crash Landing / Crash and Burn (TPB) The Wedding Spectacular · Phase III Annual · The Battle of Eriadu Saber for Hire (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · TPB) · Echoes of Fear (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · TPB) Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · TPB) Complete Phase III Part 1 · Complete Phase III Part 2
Viz Media The Edge of Balance (3 · 4 · Premonition)
Short stories
Tales from the Occlusion Zone "No Big Deal" · "Friend or Foe?" · "Survivors" · "Pathogen" · "Family Ties" "The Fate of Eriadu" · "Sparks Fly" · "Out with a Bang" · "The Will to Fight" · Tales from the Occlusion Zone
Chronicles of Corellia "Heir Apparent" · "Cracking the Mask"
Tales of Light and Life "Light in the Darkness" · "All Jedi Walk Their Own Path" · "Rogue Element"
Reference books
The Art of: Volume 2
Promotional material
The High Republic Show Trials of the Jedi promotional postcards
Articles
"Charles Soule: Luminous Legacy" · "Long Live Luminous" "The High Republic: Phase III Companion"
Related media
Comics Yoda: The Cave · "All the Republic" The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1
Novels The Acolyte: Wayseeker (audiobook) · The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown (audiobook)
General The High Republic media · Phase I media · Phase II media

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[Reveal-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 SWCE 2023: 9 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)

[A_Valiant_Vow-2] The High Republic: A Valiant Vow

[Edelweiss-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: The High Republic: A Valiant Vow on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)

[Penguin-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Star Wars: The High Republic: A Valiant Vow on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)

[Date-5] Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: A Valiant Vow takes place nearly two years after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, it must be set in 228 BBY.

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