I just did some googling because I’m not wanting to start “The Rising Storm” and missing something plot relevant and it looks like I’m supposed to read the first comic volume then “A test of courage” and “Into the dark” then some more comics before I can even start.
I get wanting to make the universe feel bigger by adding side stories etc but this actually seems required reading because I’ve come across a spoiler in my research that happens in a younger audience novel that I can’t believe they put there instead of leaving it for the 3rd adult novel.
I have read the 19 volume New Jedi Order so I don’t care about length but at least that was consecutive.