Light in the Darkness

"Light in the Darkness"
Attribution information
Author(s)	Cavan Scott
Publication information
Release date	July 20, 2023 (San Diego Comic-Con) September 5, 2023
Published in	The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
Chronology
Timeline	c. 229 BBY
Series	Star Wars: The High Republic
Preceded by	"All Jedi Walk Their Own Path"
Followed by	"The Call of Coruscant"

"Light in the Darkness" is a short story written by Cavan Scott as part of the anthology The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life. The story was published on September 5, 2023.

Continuity

At New York Comic Con, it was established that the story takes place very close to Phase III of Star Wars: The High Republic. At Celebration Europe 2023, Scott confirmed it would be set directly before the events of Phase III of the Star Wars: The High Republic.

Media

Collected in

• The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
• The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life audiobook

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Ceret Darkiss (First appearance) Hoi (First appearance) Hoi and Kian's father (First mentioned) Ikaya (First mentioned) Velko Jahen (Voice only) Kian (First appearance) Mira (First appearance) Marchion Ro (Mentioned only) Sskeer (Indirect mention only) Tregarra (First appearance) Keeve Trennis Terec Willa (First appearance)

Organisms

Fish (Mentioned only) (as food) Ganari (First appearance) (Appears as a corpse) Govath (Mentioned only) Rancor Spider (Mentioned only) Turtle (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Administrator droid (First appearance)

Events

Republic Era High Republic Era Destruction of Starlight Beacon (Indirect mention only) Liberation of Ena (First appearance)

Locations

The galaxy Core Worlds (Mentioned only) Ena Unidentified Hutt camp (First appearance) Unidentified village (First appearance) Galactic Frontier (Mentioned only) Hutt Space Nal Hutta (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Commander Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Hutt Clan Jedi Order Jedi Jedi Knight Jedi Master Nihil (Mentioned only) Warlord

Sentient species

Bonbrak (Mentioned only) Enami (First appearance) Gamorrean Human Hutt Kotabi Nikto Soikan (Voice only)

Vehicles and vessels

Battle platform (First appearance) Space station (Mentioned only) Starlight Beacon (Mentioned only) Starship Cruiser Dreadcruiser Gios (First mentioned) Freighter (Mentioned only) Starfighter Jedi Vector

Weapons and technology

Armor Ax Blaster Blaster rifle Comlink Cybernetics Datapad Droid Engine (Mentioned only) Flamethrower Hovercart Lightsaber Split saber Keeve Trennis' lightsaber Melee weapon Club Solar sailer

Miscellanea

Clothing Jedi robes Color Death (Mentioned only) Deity (Mentioned only) Eye Fire Foodstuff Beet (First appearance) Fruit Ranga fruit (First appearance) Grain (Mentioned only) Locust (First mentioned) Nut Treeka nut (First appearance) Stew (Mentioned only) The Force Force power Telekinesis Force-sensitive Hair Language Enamese (First appearance) Galactic Basic Standard "For Light and Life" "Kriff" Huttese (Mentioned only) Leather (Mentioned only) Moon (Mentioned only) Mountain Oil Planet Season (Mentioned only) Seed (Mentioned only) Star Stomach (Mentioned only) Temperature Time Cycle (Mentioned only) Tooth Twin Void (Mentioned only) Water

Sources

• NYCC 2022: 10 Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023 – DAY 2 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)

Notes and references

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