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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
This is the book explaining how Hera and Kanan first met. Prequels are a tough story to sell - as you know nothing bad will happen to any characters that are visible in later episodes. This is no exception, you know Hera and Kanan will be fine. Its the supporting cast that makes this an enjoyable story. There are a large number of characters that you have no idea what they will do, will they survive, and if they are important or not. The author did an excellent job of making me invest my energies into these characters - event the 'bad' imperials.
The Audio version was done by Marc Thompson, who has done most of the audio books in the Star Wars universe that i have listened to. He brings a passion to the story that leaps out to you. I don't think i will ever be able to read Star Wars books again.
The pacing of the story was good - plenty of action, plenty and story. The main plot was interesting, and i wondered if it would have anything to do with a future Death Star - but that was never explored. There was a distinct lack of the force - which enhanced the story - as Kanan would try other avenues before falling back to the force as a last resort.
I think this fits in well with the TV series (which i have yet to complete) and i will most certainly read more from John Jackson Miller if he can keep this up.
The Audio version was done by Marc Thompson, who has done most of the audio books in the Star Wars universe that i have listened to. He brings a passion to the story that leaps out to you. I don't think i will ever be able to read Star Wars books again.
The pacing of the story was good - plenty of action, plenty and story. The main plot was interesting, and i wondered if it would have anything to do with a future Death Star - but that was never explored. There was a distinct lack of the force - which enhanced the story - as Kanan would try other avenues before falling back to the force as a last resort.
I think this fits in well with the TV series (which i have yet to complete) and i will most certainly read more from John Jackson Miller if he can keep this up.
adventurous
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
A solid and entertaining (if simple) start to the new Canon stories. Nice to see how Hera and Kana met. Would slightly enhance the viewing of REBELS.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kanan Jarrus é um humano que trabalha na mineradora e quer seguir sua vida sem chamar a atenção do Império, mas não consegue não se envolver com Hera Syndulla, uma twi'lek que chega ao planeta buscando informações. Além deles - os dois da capa -, no "lado do bem", temos a sullustana Zalluna Myder, que trabalha para a vigilância do Império, e o humano Skelly, veterano das Guerras Clônicas que também trabalha na mineradora. No outro extremo do espectro "bem versus mal", temos a capitã imperial Rae Sloane, e o Conde Denetrius Vidian - meio humano, meio ciborgue - que tem objetivos além dos de supervisionar e otimizar a extração de thorilide.
Apesar de ter dito que os personagens estão bem posicionados nesse espectro de "bem versus mal", eles não são definidos por isso, o que os dá maior profundidade e os torna mais interessantes. Como o livro alterna entre os pontos de vista de cada um dos mesmos, ficamos sabendo um pouco mais de como é ter sobrevivido à Ordem 66; como é ser um rebelde antes de existir efetivamente a Rebelião; como é ser um veterano das Guerras Clônicas, e as consequências psicológicas disso; como foi trabalhar para a República e ter, aos poucos, seus empregadores mudados para o Império; como é ter o Império como chefe, não entender os motivos das ordens recebidas (muito menos gostar delas), mas obedecê-las, mesmo assim; e como é tentar sobreviver à - e chegar ao topo da - cadeia de comando do Império. Cada um dos personagens, além desses aqui nomeados, têm suas motivações e objetivos de vida e, por algum motivo, envolvem-se na trama principal do livro - a exploração de thorilide pelo Império - e, por meio deles, entramos mais nessa galáxia muito, muito distante, e fazemos parte, efetivamente, dela.
Como já passamos algum tempo da publicação desse livro - publicado em setembro de 2014 na gringa e em julho de 2015 aqui - sabemos que os personagens da capa são os personagens principais da série animada Star Wars: Rebels, e podemos supor que o objetivo desse livro seria plantar a vontade de assistir à série animada nas pessoas. Mas o livro não é só isso. Com uma escrita fluida, caracterizações de personagens muito bem feitas, e ritmo muito bom, o livro é um ótimo (re)começo para o ~Universo Expandido~ de Star Wars.
Apesar de ter dito que os personagens estão bem posicionados nesse espectro de "bem versus mal", eles não são definidos por isso, o que os dá maior profundidade e os torna mais interessantes. Como o livro alterna entre os pontos de vista de cada um dos mesmos, ficamos sabendo um pouco mais de como é ter sobrevivido à Ordem 66; como é ser um rebelde antes de existir efetivamente a Rebelião; como é ser um veterano das Guerras Clônicas, e as consequências psicológicas disso; como foi trabalhar para a República e ter, aos poucos, seus empregadores mudados para o Império; como é ter o Império como chefe, não entender os motivos das ordens recebidas (muito menos gostar delas), mas obedecê-las, mesmo assim; e como é tentar sobreviver à - e chegar ao topo da - cadeia de comando do Império. Cada um dos personagens, além desses aqui nomeados, têm suas motivações e objetivos de vida e, por algum motivo, envolvem-se na trama principal do livro - a exploração de thorilide pelo Império - e, por meio deles, entramos mais nessa galáxia muito, muito distante, e fazemos parte, efetivamente, dela.
Como já passamos algum tempo da publicação desse livro - publicado em setembro de 2014 na gringa e em julho de 2015 aqui - sabemos que os personagens da capa são os personagens principais da série animada Star Wars: Rebels, e podemos supor que o objetivo desse livro seria plantar a vontade de assistir à série animada nas pessoas. Mas o livro não é só isso. Com uma escrita fluida, caracterizações de personagens muito bem feitas, e ritmo muito bom, o livro é um ótimo (re)começo para o ~Universo Expandido~ de Star Wars.
This is, actually, a 3.5 stars read.
I loved how this story connected Kanan's comics stories and Star Wars Rebels. Kanan became one of my favorite SW characters since the beginning of the series so, I was really excited to read this novel and I enjoyed getting to know more about his background story. Also, the cameo of some old and beloved characters.
I didn't like the villain in this story as I felt it was the classic bad guy and it felt also as an imitation of another villain.
I think that if you liked SW Rebels, you'd surely enjoy this read!
I loved how this story connected Kanan's comics stories and Star Wars Rebels. Kanan became one of my favorite SW characters since the beginning of the series so, I was really excited to read this novel and I enjoyed getting to know more about his background story. Also, the cameo of some old and beloved characters.
I didn't like the villain in this story as I felt it was the classic bad guy and it felt also as an imitation of another villain.
I think that if you liked SW Rebels, you'd surely enjoy this read!
It is ironic that Disney, the new home of Star Wars, has acted somewhat like the evil Empire itself in declaring the so-called Expanded Universe non-canon. A big corporate broom has come in and swept away all that has gone before. The first salvo in the New Approved (if not entirely Improved) Canon is, of course, A New Dawn, which also serves as a lead-in to the Star Wars: Rebels animated series.
George Lucas himself began the Disneyfication of Star Wars with the child-friendly Return of the Jedi, with those adorable little Ewoks yub-nubbing in their own telly-movie trilogy (culminating in the aw shucks cuteness of Jar Jar Binks, but that is another story).
What surprised me about A New Dawn is that it is probably not as Disneyfied as the Empire would like it to be, which could be a welcome holdover from the grittiness and entangled storylines of the Expanded Universe.
There are welcome shades of grey to the depiction of the rise of the Empire, with a particularly brilliant touch being the portrayal of Vidian as a famous ‘efficiency expert’ and motivational business lecturer. That he is more cyborg than human, of course, does not detract from his, er, efficiency, for when did the Empire ever quibble over something like humanity?
This is a colourful tale that teeters in the direction of fantasy rather than SF, particularly with the overly fanciful descriptions of the thorilide mining operation in the Gorse/Cynda system, not to mention that the planetary dynamics of this particular solar system are rather glossed over.
Vidian refers to Kanan as ‘gunslinger’, and while there is definitely something Wild West to Star Wars, a writer like John Jackson Miller has to be careful not to paint Kanan as too much of a louche. There is a seedy side to the Empire and the first flickers of rebellion, an anarchic dissolution, that can only be hinted at in broad strokes.
Hera is perhaps the least carefully delineated character here, as she has to bear the brunt of the background sexism and implicit patriarchy in this universe. She certainly has her work cut out in taming the overflowing testosterone of a character like Kanan.
At the end of the day, John Jackson Miller has delivered a perfectly adequate, if not scintillating, initial instalment in the New Canon. He does a great job of adding texture to what is essentially a cartoonish depiction of the ongoing battle between good and evil, where the good guys like Kanan inevitably have to have a hint of this evil in their own characters in order to fan the spark of rebellion.
That such careful gradation is achieved much more successfully in the written form of Star Wars than on the screen to date, especially with the later trilogy, reveals the hope riding on J.J. Abrams’ shoulders that The Force Awakens will, indeed, be the new dawn that all fans are longing for.
George Lucas himself began the Disneyfication of Star Wars with the child-friendly Return of the Jedi, with those adorable little Ewoks yub-nubbing in their own telly-movie trilogy (culminating in the aw shucks cuteness of Jar Jar Binks, but that is another story).
What surprised me about A New Dawn is that it is probably not as Disneyfied as the Empire would like it to be, which could be a welcome holdover from the grittiness and entangled storylines of the Expanded Universe.
There are welcome shades of grey to the depiction of the rise of the Empire, with a particularly brilliant touch being the portrayal of Vidian as a famous ‘efficiency expert’ and motivational business lecturer. That he is more cyborg than human, of course, does not detract from his, er, efficiency, for when did the Empire ever quibble over something like humanity?
This is a colourful tale that teeters in the direction of fantasy rather than SF, particularly with the overly fanciful descriptions of the thorilide mining operation in the Gorse/Cynda system, not to mention that the planetary dynamics of this particular solar system are rather glossed over.
Vidian refers to Kanan as ‘gunslinger’, and while there is definitely something Wild West to Star Wars, a writer like John Jackson Miller has to be careful not to paint Kanan as too much of a louche. There is a seedy side to the Empire and the first flickers of rebellion, an anarchic dissolution, that can only be hinted at in broad strokes.
Hera is perhaps the least carefully delineated character here, as she has to bear the brunt of the background sexism and implicit patriarchy in this universe. She certainly has her work cut out in taming the overflowing testosterone of a character like Kanan.
At the end of the day, John Jackson Miller has delivered a perfectly adequate, if not scintillating, initial instalment in the New Canon. He does a great job of adding texture to what is essentially a cartoonish depiction of the ongoing battle between good and evil, where the good guys like Kanan inevitably have to have a hint of this evil in their own characters in order to fan the spark of rebellion.
That such careful gradation is achieved much more successfully in the written form of Star Wars than on the screen to date, especially with the later trilogy, reveals the hope riding on J.J. Abrams’ shoulders that The Force Awakens will, indeed, be the new dawn that all fans are longing for.
A New Dawn follows Hera and Kanan, characters that before I had only known from Rebels tv series. I felt like this really caught the essence of the characters whilst also making them feel younger, giving the characters room to develop. You definitely feel for Kanan, from showing parts of his life before order 66.
This really extends the chemistry between them, giving you a little more of a look inside the characters but perhaps not personal enough. I would of liked maybe a bit more inside of the characters, would of been nice if this was written in first person, switching between the different characters. I feel it would of been interesting to have a clear and concise inner monologue from certain characters in this book. This was done in parts within the book in third person but would maybe be more natural coming from each character in their own voice.
The team that is formed during the book worked well together. There was good connections between them and they all served a purpose to the story and built each other up.
There was an interesting look at surveilance which surprised me. I think that's what is so great about these stories as there always holding up a mirror.
This story really blurred the lines between good and bad sides, showing us it's not as clear cut as we would of thought.
This really extends the chemistry between them, giving you a little more of a look inside the characters but perhaps not personal enough. I would of liked maybe a bit more inside of the characters, would of been nice if this was written in first person, switching between the different characters. I feel it would of been interesting to have a clear and concise inner monologue from certain characters in this book. This was done in parts within the book in third person but would maybe be more natural coming from each character in their own voice.
The team that is formed during the book worked well together. There was good connections between them and they all served a purpose to the story and built each other up.
There was an interesting look at surveilance which surprised me. I think that's what is so great about these stories as there always holding up a mirror.
This story really blurred the lines between good and bad sides, showing us it's not as clear cut as we would of thought.
Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller marks the start of a new direction in the Star Wars universe. It introduces us to the lead characters in new Star Wars Rebels animated series, Kanan and Hera and is set about 10 years after the events in Revenge of the Sith. Kanan has wandered about the galaxy leading an existence that does not draw attention to himself (or his abilities as a Jedi). He is conflicted about his status and no longer follows a monotheistic lifestyle of the Jedi order that he was raised in. The story begins with him working in the mines of the planet Gorse as freighter pilot. The story does not detail Hera’s back story at all but it clearly details the events leading up to their partnership in future stories…
This is a well written and essential story in the new canon of the Star Wars universe. A must read for any fans (new or old). 4.5 Stars
This is a well written and essential story in the new canon of the Star Wars universe. A must read for any fans (new or old). 4.5 Stars