#Path of the Open Hand

[jewishcissiekj]

a mix of memes and quotes for The High Republic Phase 2 (part 4/? of the quotes)

[roseredsnow]

"Episode 3 will break star wars cannon"

Mate where? Different groups can interpret gbe force differently, he'll different jedi see it differently.

The path of the open hand had a more drastically different view of the force than these witches do, grow up.

[darth-memes]

[shield-and-saber]

me reading path of deceit: hey the path kind of reminds me of evangelical pray the gay away movements, i wonder if that was intentional

me reading path of vengeance: oh

[asteroids-and-tractorbeams]

I have no idea how much The Acolyte is going to tie in to the High Republic books, but part of me can’t help but think the Republic prohibiting non-Jedi from instructing children in the use of the Force is related to what happened with the Path of the Open Hand

[yih]

Marda Ro, Elecia Zeveron, and Werth Plouth for Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi by Cole Horton.

Editor: Harrison Tunggal, AD: Stuart Smith, additional art: Alberto Buscicchio

[deathtrooper1602]

"The Jedi have come looking for the Path of the Open Hand, but they are too late. They did not heed our warning, and now they will pay the price—the price not of an open hand but a closed fist. Who walks the Path with me? Who walks the Path of the Closed Fist?"

[pink-cactus-flower]

It’s embarrassing how shocked I was by Marda’s choices at the end of Path of Deceit despite the fact that I knew full well that she’s an Evereni named RO and that her little cult built the fucking GAZE ELECTRIC. I don’t know what I thought was going to happen…

[bradleighwil]

Path of Vengeance Chapter 50

"I hate you!" Giving strong Anakin vibes

oh my GODDDDD Marda will only believe what she wants to believe UGHHGHH "you were going to kill us all" girl you WATCHED HER pull that bag FROM Boolan and you think sHES trying to blow everyone up!?!?? Be so fr

"I KNOW it's a child" lmao

Okay FINALLY Marda is seeing through the mother a lil bit. The way to someones heart is always through children

The sass the narrator gives Yana is great, I love her

"none of this is what I thought it would be" DINGDINGDING THERE IT IS

[jewishcissiekj]

something something The Path of the Open Hand and (OWK's) The Hidden Path both being comprised of mostly non-force sensitive but both wanting to lead force-sensitives down a certain path, fighting a hopeless war, being created (or at least released) in 2022, with one making the Jedi their Enemies and the other trying to keep the Jedi's light going. Is that anything

[roseredsnow]

This Acolyte episode 3 release day shout out to the OG space cult lesbian

RIP Kor we never got a picture of her or the two of them together

[darth-memes]

STAR WARS THE ACOLYTE COMES IN 28 DAYS!

[shield-and-saber]

just a little something that struck me hard after finishing path of vengeance + re-listening to battle of jedha. about marda and naddie (the little from the path) being reflections of each other:

[battle of jedha, pg 224]

[path of vengeance, pg 421]

[path of vengeance, pg 464]

guys, tell me u get me

[bluntblade]

Just finished Path of Deceit and man...

The Path of the Open Hand is one of those things which only unfurls its true horror gradually, until you look back and realise that Marda Ro never once thought to ask Kevmo why he believed what he did. There's no curiosity in the Path, no questions asked about how the Force's will can be interpreted (compare to that lively Jedi Council debate in Light of the Jedi). There's just the Mother's plan, which everyone blithely accepts going from "we'll pootle along farming" to "we're going to hatch eldritch beasts and embark on a campaign to destroy the guardians of peace and order in the Republic!" with nary a murmur of disquiet.

There's even that recurring thing with their insistence that any use of the Force will create a butterfly effect elsewhere. No one actually tries to pull up an example and convince a Jedi, they just repeat it. Every time, Marda hands out the same rote formulation.

Now, I do think that Lucas inadvertently over-egged some of the PT-era Jedi Order's problems (revisiting the Prequels I was really struck by the notion that Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray et al all make the same points Lucas attempted, but just manage a lot more nuance and humanise the Jedi way more), but here's the comparison which says quite clearly, the Jedi aren't a cult. Apprentices, Knights and even Masters earnestly debate what the best way forward is, pretty often. And there's none of that in the Path.

Anyway, it's not often I get to quote Nick Cave in relation to Star Wars, so: The more overtly unshakeable someone’s beliefs are, the more diminished they seem to become, because they have stopped questioning, and the not-questioning can sometimes be accompanied by an attitude of moral superiority.

[roguerebels]

The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror Favorite Moments!

A Pathfinder team crash lands on an uncharted planet. But something monstrous and terrible is on the planet with them... Check out Sal's favorite moments from #TheHighRepublic The Nameless Terror! #StarWarsComics

Monster Hunter Ty Yorrick recounts an old tale of a Pathfinder team crash landing on an uncharted planet. Stranded and isolated, the team has to find a way to reach out for help. But something monstrous and terrible is on the planet with them… Communication breakdown! Enemies on all sides! And a Nameless terror threatening them all! Here are my favorite moments! SPOILERS AHEAD! Tales of the…

[vergencescatter]

Path of Deceit

Path of Deceit is one of the most important books in Phase 2 of The High Republic, giving the origin story of Marda Ro. It completely exceeded my expectations. I think it is the perfect way to open Phase 2, especially if one is reading chronologically as I am. I found it shocking and in places quite dark, which, as I am learning, really does set the tone for what follows.

So many thoughts.