The High Republic: Jedi Brave in Every Way is a Star Wars: The High Republic children's book. It is written by Rosemary and Charles Soule, and illustrated by Valerie Valdivia. The book was published by Disney–Lucasfilm Press on October 10, 2023.

Publisher's summary

Learn how to be Jedi brave with Yoda and Burryaga!

Beloved Jedi Master Yoda teaches Jedi Younglings and Padawans of every species, including fan-favorite Wookiee Burryaga, to overcome their fears in this timeless tale for children.

Set in the era of the High Republic, this beautifully-illustrated book teaches empowering lessons through the lens of familiar, lovable characters.[3]

Development

During development, the book was titled The High Republic: Yoda and the Younglings.[5]

Plot summary

While aboard the Starlight Beacon, Yoda meets three younglings in the Jedi training room, Toko, Bree and Jon. They had were scared to become Jedi after 8D-8D told them stories of Jedi Knights. Yoda tried to get them to train again by having a Wookiee Padawan named Burry tell them a story from when he was young, how he made a scary climb easier by taking it one step at a time. Yoda then takes Toko to Geonosis where she is at first scared of the bugs before they fly around and she find them fascinating. Then Master Yoda takes Jon to Mon Cala where he conquers his fear of swimming in the ocean. Then Yoda takes Bree to Elphrona, a place where plants can’t grow, and she conquers her fear of being alone through imagination. He then takes all the younglings to Utapau to conquer their fear of the dark together. They become Jedi Brave and manage to find a way out of a deep dark cave and return to the Starlight Beacon and continue training.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 StarWars.com NYCC 2022: 10 Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Star Wars: The High Republic: Jedi Brave in Every Way on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
  4. The High Republic: Jedi Brave in Every Way takes place after the construction of Starlight Beacon, but before Yoda's disappearance in The High Republic Adventures (2021) 5. Star Wars: Timelines dates both of these to 232 BBY respectively placing The High Republic: Jedi Brave in Every Way in that year.
  5. TwitterLogo Charles Soule (@CharlesSoule) on Twitter (post): "The final cover to JEDI BRAVE IN EVERY WAY! Formerly known by its working title Yoda and the Younglings, it's a High Republic kids's picture book I wrote with my daughter Rosemary. Amazing for me both as a dad and a creative person. Out this fall with art from Valerie Valdivia!" (backup link)

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