The High Republic: Escape from Valo

The High Republic:Escape from Valo
Attribution information
Author(s)	Daniel José Older Alyssa Wong
Cover artist	Petur Antonsson
Publication information
Publisher	Disney–Lucasfilm Press
Release date	January 30, 2024
Pages	384
ISBN	9781368093804
Chronology
Timeline	229 BBY
Series	Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase III)
Followed by	The High Republic: Beware the Nameless

The High Republic: Escape from Valo is a Star Wars: The High Republic middle grade novel by Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong. It was published as part of Phase III of the multimedia project on January 30, 2024.

Publisher's summary

Centuries before the Clone Wars or the Empire, it is a dangerous time for the galaxy, and the Jedi of the High Republic must face their greatest trials yet….

The villainous Nihil control an area of space known as the Occlusion Zone, where no one is safe, least of all Jedi. One of the Jedi stuck behind enemy lines is Padawan Ram Jomaram, doing his best to help the people of his home planet, Valo, survive Nihil occupation while keeping his Jedi identity hidden. When Ram discovers a trio of young Jedi living in the ruins of the city zoo, he finds himself in a position he never could have imagined: leader.

Ram and the others will have to band together to face their fears and protect the people of Valo as only the Jedi can!

Plot summary

Opening crawl

STAR WARS THE HIGH REPUBLIC TRIALS OF THE JEDI
It is a time of great turmoil. A year has passed since the destruction of the STARLIGHT BEACON station by the nefarious Marchion Ro and his Nihil marauders. The Nihil have established an OCCLUSION ZONE in the Outer Rim, stranding hundreds of worlds behind their Stormwall. Communications are blocked, and ships that enter are lost to the void or destroyed by the Nihil. The Republic is helpless against this sinister threat, and the brave and wise JEDI KNIGHTS remain fearful of Ro's fabled NAMELESS creatures, which the Jedi have learned are very real, and very deadly….

Development

Alyssa Wong teased Escape From Valo with an image of a comic depicting a tired person trying to ignore a massive argument behind them, with Wong also sharing that image with Older as a description of their book. In the month ahead of release, Wong resolved to post a teaser everyday, starting with the image of the person ignoring an argument. The second teaser was a meme Wong had sent to Older during the development process—an image of Margot Robbie's Barbie smiling outside a burning house—but without any context from that conversation.

Continuity

• On page 268 it mistakenly notes that Gavi Takitaken used bacta on Kildo's wounds, when it should be rejuve.

Media

Cover gallery

US hardcover

Textless cover

Editions

• ISBN 9781368093804; January 30, 2024; Disney–Lucasfilm Press; US hardcover

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

10-K8 (Indirect mention only) Abadoo Aebal (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Argomon (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Alak (Mentioned only) Niv Drendow Apruk (First appearance) Svi'no Atchapat (Indirect mention only) Blueblossom (First appearance) Boolan (In flashback(s)) Breebak Bubbles (First mentioned) Torban Buck (Mentioned only) Cham-Cham (Mentioned only) Cheriville (First appearance) (in a painting) Devo (Indirect mention only) Dewflower (First appearance) Drrn Eicho (First mentioned) Fastidima (Mentioned only) Fezzonk (Indirect mention only) Gak (First appearance) Prybolt Garavult (Mentioned only) Grendrek (First appearance) Helok (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) I'nah (First appearance) Dexter Jettster Jinton (First mentioned) Ram Jomaram "Scarlet Skull" Maz Kanata (Mentioned only) Saya Keem (Mentioned only) Tanana Keem (First appearance) Zyle Keem (First appearance) (First pictured) (First identified as Keem) Zyle Keem's aunt (First mentioned) Kela'pi (First mentioned) Kildo (First appearance) Lege (Indirect mention only) Savina Besatrix Malagán (Mentioned only) Moonbloom (First appearance) Zeen Mrala (Mentioned only) Alys Ongwa "Crash" (Mentioned only) Driggit Parse (First appearance) Parse (First appearance) Parse (Mister) (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Poc (First appearance) Posypetal (First appearance) Puffball (First appearance) Qort (Mentioned only) Rado Marchion Ro (Mentioned only) Thermoculus Krisintvolt Scissorpunch Quiet Shan (Mentioned only) Shonnatrucks (Indirect mention only) Reath Silas (Mentioned only) Smeemarm (Indirect mention only) Idrax Snat Kantam Sy (Mentioned only) Gavi Takitaken (First appearance) "Scarlet Skull" Lula Talisola (Mentioned only) Tangor (Indirect mention only) Farzala Tarabal (Mentioned only) Vark Tarpalin (First appearance) Teetak Tep Tep (First appearance) Kimal Tin (First appearance) Tip Unidentified Ermiko family son (First mentioned) Unidentified founder of Lonisa City (First appearance) (as a statue) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Houk Nihil (First appearance) Unidentified Nihil (First appearance) Unidentified Rodian Nihil (First appearance) Unidentified Trandoshan Nihil (First appearance) V-18 Trank Varado (First mentioned) Kunpar Vasivola Lavalox Verzen (Mentioned only) Coromont Vizzle "The Warden" (Mentioned only) Yoda (Mentioned only) Ty Yorrick (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Acklay Anooba Bantha (Mentioned only) Bird Hawk (Mentioned only) Rikahawk (First mentioned) Hen (as food) Epfer-hen (as food) Popahen (First mentioned) Snap-crow (First appearance) Tip-yip (Mentioned only) Cat Nexu (in a painting) Tooka (Mentioned only) Cru (Mentioned only) Dog (Mentioned only) Corellian hound (Mentioned only) Ekkhound (First mentioned) Vulptex (Mentioned only) Dragon (as a statue) Sanval (as a statue) Fish (as food) Fungus (Mentioned only) Gedonian ground weevil (in a painting) Ghoat (Mentioned only) (In ghoatmeal's name) Happabore (Mentioned only) Hragscythe (Mentioned only) Insect Fly Bleep-fly (First appearance) Fleshfly (First mentioned) Glowbug (First appearance) Krykna (Mentioned only) Mudhorn (Mentioned only) Mynock (Mentioned only) Nameless Pearlshell (Mentioned only) Plant Dandelion (First mentioned) Bush (In flashback(s)) Rosebush (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Flower Night-blooming flower (First mentioned) Grass Lakegrass (First appearance) Lily (Mentioned only) Daylily (First mentioned) Tree Acthorn tree Sofra tree (First mentioned) Stonepeach tree (First appearance) Vine Primate Handsy Rat (Mentioned only) Mole rat (First canonically mentioned) Rathtar (Mentioned only) Reek Snake (Mentioned only) Spider (Mentioned only) Spotted spider (First mentioned) Worm Seevi worm (First appearance) Yobshrimp (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Repair droid MSE series Scav droid (Mentioned only) Training droid (Mentioned only)

Events

Republic Era Defeat of the Sith (Indirect mention only) High Republic Era Battle of Jedha (Mentioned only) Dark Fair (First mentioned) Heist on Quence (First mentioned) Incident on Ryloth (First mentioned) Mission to Planet X (Indirect mention only) Nihil conflict Attack on Valo (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Battle of Takodana (Mentioned only) Destruction of Starlight Beacon (Mentioned only) Incursion on Corellia (Mentioned only) Battle of the Corellian Shipyards (Mentioned only) (First identified as Battle of the Corellian Shipyards) Occupation of Valo (First appearance) Attack on the Dark Fair (First appearance) Attack on the Valo younglings hideout (First appearance) Infiltration of city hall (First appearance) Raid of the Innovator (First appearance) Rescue of Kunpar Vasivola (First appearance) Valo Atrocity (Appears in hologram) Party on Starlight Beacon (Mentioned only) Republic Fair (Appears in hologram) Valo Republic Fair (Appears in hologram)

Locations

The galaxy Corellia (Mentioned only) Coronet City (Mentioned only) Coronet City comms tower (First mentioned) Garavult Clan lair (Mentioned only) Santhe Shipyards (Mentioned only) (First identified as Corellian Shipyards) Coruscant (Mentioned only) Ifnar temple (First mentioned) Jedha (Mentioned only) Outer Rim Territories Canto Bight (Mentioned only) Unidentified district (First mentioned) Unidentified club (First mentioned) Galactic Frontier Eiram (Mentioned only) Eriadu (Mentioned only) Arkorayal Cabaret Cantina (Indirect mention only) Nar Shaddaa (Mentioned only) Occlusion Zone Stormwall (Mentioned only) Hetzal Prime (Mentioned only) Rseik sector Valo system Valo Haplak district (First appearance) Kela'pi family's general store (First appearance) Parse home (First appearance) Lake Lonisa Lonisa City Carnival District Lonisa City Zoo (Wreckage only) Valo younglings hideout (First appearance) City hall (First appearance) Vark Tarpalin's office (First appearance) Jedi garage (Indirect mention only) Lonisa City library (First appearance) Holorecord archives (First mentioned) Unidentified warehouse (First mentioned) Valo Jedi temple (First mentioned) Valo Temple Valo Temple attic (First appearance) Valo Temple atrium (First mentioned) Valo Temple gardens (First mentioned) Valo Temple sleeping quarters (First mentioned) Valo Temple's underground hangar (First appearance) Vark Tarpalin's mansion (First appearance) Unidentified underground prison (First appearance) Valo's sun Unidentified Nihil warehouse (First mentioned) Muunilinst (Mentioned only) Ryloth (Mentioned only) Tenoo (Mentioned only) Planet X (Mentioned only) Quence (First mentioned) Rekelos (Mentioned only) Takodana (Mentioned only) Jedi Temple (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Assassin (Mentioned only) Band Baron (In flashback(s)) Bureaucrat Burglar (Mentioned only) Captain Caretaker (Mentioned only) City council (First mentioned) Clown (Mentioned only) Dank Graks (Mentioned only) E'ronoh's fleet (Indirect mention only) Eiram's fleet (Indirect mention only) Engineer (Mentioned only) Ermiko family (First mentioned) Galactic Republic Garavult Clan (Mentioned only) Mother (Mentioned only) Gunslinger Head of Security Historian (Mentioned only) Hutt Clan (Mentioned only) Instructor (Mentioned only) Jedi Order Jedi Jedi High Council (Mentioned only) Jedi Initiate Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jedi Master Padawan Unidentified Jedi task force (Mentioned only) Keem family Kela'pi family (First appearance) Maz Kanata's pirate crew (Mentioned only) Mayor (Mentioned only) Merchant Nihil Acting Regional Commander (First appearance) Cloud (Mentioned only) Eye of the Nihil (Mentioned only) I'nah's crew (First appearance) Lieutenant Ministry of Advancement Nihil fleet Strike (Mentioned only) Vark Tarpalin's group (First mentioned) Officer (Mentioned only) Parse family (First appearance) Pirate Pirate queen (Mentioned only) Saboteur Scarlet Skull (First appearance) Scarlet Skull Cult (Mentioned only) Scarlet Skulls (First appearance) Scientist Scout (Mentioned only) Scrumrat (Mentioned only) Security guard Sith (Mentioned only) (as Sif) Smuggler Spy Supreme Coronet City Diplomat Protection (Indirect mention only) Tanana's crew (First appearance) Tarpalin family (First appearance) Teacher (Mentioned only) Technician Troop Unidentified band (First mentioned) Unidentified dive crew (First mentioned) Valo militia (First mentioned) Valo Security Force (Indirect mention only) Varados (First mentioned) Warden (Mentioned only) Warrior White Worms (Mentioned only) Zookeeper (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Alcedian Besalisk Bonbrak Cosian (Mentioned only) Cyclorrian (Mentioned only) Gamorrean Grindalid (Mentioned only) Hoover Houk Human Ithorian Mon Calamari Muun Narquois Neimoidian Nephran Ongree Rodian Togruta Trandoshan Twi'lek Umbaran Zabrak Iridonian

Vehicles and vessels

Space station (Mentioned only) Starlight Beacon (Mentioned only) Speeder (Mentioned only) Starship Argomon's hauler (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Cruiser Cuervo-class cruiser (First appearance) I'nah's cruiser (First appearance) Elite-class vessel Innovator Gaze Electric (Indirect mention only) Grim Devourer II (First appearance) Prison ship (Mentioned only) Korvix Vorn (Mentioned only) (First identified as Korvix Vorn) Shuttle Nihil escape shuttle (First appearance) Gavi's shuttle (First appearance) Zyle's shuttle (First appearance) Starfighter Drill ship Spiral-class Viz-Core Eviscerator Unidentified Spiral-class Viz-Core Eviscerator Venomed Scabbard Warship Train (Mentioned only) Hovertrain (Mentioned only) Treadtruck (First appearance) Parse family's treadtruck (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Airlock Armor Helmet Pauldron Binoculars (In flashback(s)) Blaster T-87 sighted blaster (First appearance) Zyle Keem's T-87 sighted blasters (First appearance) Cannon Laser cannon Comlink Compensator (First appearance) Computer Navicomputer Concussive blast (First appearance) Conduit rib (First mentioned) Dart Poison dart Data coldbox (First mentioned) Datapad Datastick Deflector shield Drill Droid Electronic translator (In flashback(s)) Translating vocoder (In flashback(s)) Translator collar (In flashback(s)) Engine Explosive charge Micronite charge (First appearance) Fire-suppressant canister (First appearance) Firecracker (Mentioned only) Fuse box Gas mask Glowrod Holofilter Hologram Holoprojector Holovid (Mentioned only) Hyperdrive Lantern Life support (Mentioned only) Lightsaber Kildo's lightsaber (First appearance) Ram Jomaram's lightsaber Tep Tep's lightsaber (First appearance) Lightsaber hilt Lock Melee weapon Ax Vibro-ax Knife Dagger (Mentioned only) Sword (Mentioned only) Vibro weapon Vibroblade Microphone Missile Missile launcher Pistol Prybar (First appearance) Power prybar (First appearance) Satellite (Mentioned only) Scalpel Scanner (Mentioned only) Security code descrambler Speaker Stormseed (Indirect mention only) Voice amplifier

Miscellanea

Acid Adrenaline Antenna Anti-Jedi sentiment Armory Army Atmosphere Bacta Bath (Mentioned only) Bile Bioluminescence Birthday (Mentioned only) Black market (Mentioned only) Blanket Blood Boarding ramp Bone (Depicted on mask) Skeleton (Mentioned only) Bosovir (Mentioned only) Candle (In flashback(s)) Canteen Capital Cave Ceramic City Claw Clothing Belt Boot Cloak Glove Goggles Holster Jacket Robe Jedi apparel Scarf Suit Coaxium (Mentioned only) Cockpit Color Comm tower (Mentioned only) Dam (Mentioned only) Death Execution (Mentioned only) Desert (Mentioned only) Dream (Mentioned only) Duracrete Ear Earring Egg (Mentioned only) Eye Eye of the Nihil insignia Feline Fire Fireworks (Mentioned only) Flask Fleet Foodstuff Cake (Mentioned only) Lattice-bean cake (First mentioned) Candy (Mentioned only) Fruit Greencitrus (First appearance) (as juice) Lochi fruit (First appearance) Moonfruit (Mentioned only) Peach (In flashback(s)) Stonepeach (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Ghoatmeal (First mentioned) Greencitrus juice (First appearance) Jerky (Mentioned only) Tip-yip jerky (First mentioned) Noodle (Mentioned only) Clear-noodle (First mentioned) Nutrition stick (First mentioned) Potato (Mentioned only) Puffed hullcorn (First appearance) Ration Ration bar Roll (Mentioned only) Cheese-stuffed sweet-roll (First mentioned) Sandwich Ronto Wrap Stew (Mentioned only) Yorkan stew (First mentioned) Tea Vegetable (Mentioned only) Root-squash (First mentioned) Whiskey (Mentioned only) Corellian whiskey (Mentioned only) Wine (Mentioned only) Spiced wine (Mentioned only) The Force Dark side of the Force (Mentioned only) Force power Mind trick Taming beasts Telekinesis Force-sensitive Light side of the Force Meditation Forest Galaxy Garden (Mentioned only) Gas Oxygen War cloud Ghost (Mentioned only) Glass Gravity Grease Hair Hallucination Hand-to-hand combat Hangar Headache Heart (Mentioned only) Hide-and-seek (Mentioned only) Holodrama (Mentioned only) Homeworld Hull Humanoid Hunting Hydro-lotus pod (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Hyperspace Initiate Trials (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Jedi Code (Indirect mention only) Jedi mural (First appearance) Jedi temple Jedi training Juvan (First identified as rejuve) Kilometer Laboratory Language Cruly-3 Galactic Basic Standard "Crik" "Druk" "Kark" "Yato fist" (First appearance) Hoover (First identified as Hoover) Huttese "Bantha poodoo" "Poodoo" (In flashback(s)) Ithorese (In flashback(s)) Writing Aurebesh Laser Leather Lekku (as stone) Library Lightsaber combat Lightsaber duel (Depicted on mural) Lightspeed Limb Lung (Mentioned only) Magic (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Map Marble (Mentioned only) Marriage (Indirect mention only) Medical bay Meditation chamber (Mentioned only) Medpac Meter Micronite (First appearance) Militia (Mentioned only) Mineral Crystal Mirror Money (Mentioned only) Credit (Mentioned only) Mountain Mouth Mushroom (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Music Harp (Depicted on mural) Flatharp (First appearance) (Depicted on mural) Zabrak love ballad (First mentioned) Mycopram (First mentioned) Near-human Nose Numbspray Ocean (Mentioned only) Oil Painting Parent Planet Poison Prison Prisoner Realspace Religion Reptile Rib Season (Mentioned only) Seed (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Sentience Shipyard (Mentioned only) Sleep (Mentioned only) Sofra tree fiber (First appearance) Species Spice (Mentioned only) Spoon (Mentioned only) Star Steel Durasteel (Mentioned only) Transparisteel Tunqstoid steel Stimulant Stim-shot (Mentioned only) Stomach Stone Tafgum (First mentioned) Tapestry (Mentioned only) Task force (Mentioned only) Tent Terrorist (Mentioned only) Time Second Standard century Standard day Standard decade Standard hour Standard month Standard week Standard year Tin Toast Tongue Tooth Tranquilizer Treason (Mentioned only) Treasure hunting Twin (Mentioned only) Universe Valon Lonisian (First identified as Lonisian) Viewport Void (Mentioned only) Water Wood Youngling Zoo (Wreckage only)

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
• Star Wars: The High Republic Show: 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) (Posted on StarWars.com)
• SDCC 2023: 10 Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Lucasfilm Publishing: Stories from a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . | Panel | San Diego Comic-Con 2023 on the Penguin Random House YouTube channel (July 24, 2023) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
• Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: Meet the New Heroes of Phase III on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: The Nameless Strike Back in Phase III on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 223
• The High Republic Authors on Authors: Daniel José Older and Alyssa Wong on StarWars.com (backup link)
• In Escape from Valo, Ram Jomaram Encounters a Deadly Predator — Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 224
• Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 225
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 226
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 227
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 228
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 229
• ALYSSA WONG RETURNS TO "STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES" FOR THE BATTLE OF A LIFETIME! on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
• Star Wars Year in Review 2024 on StarWars.com (backup link)

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