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Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
by Adam Christopher
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This story, from the author's own mouth, is Episode 6.5. It is about 19 years after Return of the Jedi and 19 years before The Force Awakens.
It is a planet hopping adventure with many different threads...that leads Lando into Luke Skywalker's sphere and along the way they help a number of people (losing some also), but are fighting for good and trying to defeat the Sith and their confederates. It is a bonding story between two heroes that you wouldn't normally put together. It is a really good story.
A lot of what happens within this story is explaining the plot holes in the Sequel trilogy. I doubt this book would've been necessary IF the overall story had been fixed BEFORE shooting The Force Awakens, then The Last Jedi...and the course correction of The Rise of Skywalker.
I don't hate the Sequel trilogy, but we all have to admit that there was NOT one cohesive story told in those three films. I actually enjoyed The Force Awakens. I liked The Last Jedi, though I saw that it broke certain storylines and created possible problems moving forward. The Rise of Skywalker tried to do too much...and in so doing, did pretty much EVERYTHING poorly. I still had fun with what they told, but some things were just stupid IMO.
In this book...it sets the stage for The Rise of Skywalker...so that at the next time I watch the Sequel trilogy, I'll be LESS frustrated (at least I'm hoping so).
We meet and go on adventures with Rey's parents, Dathan and Mirimar. We also find out their mindset on why they left Rey on Jakku (and eventually why they never came back).
We also learn about the blade...that will eventually lead our heroes to Exugol (sp?).
We also meet D-O that we meet in the Sequel trilogy.
We learn about Sith relics and how much power are imbued into them, especially the mask.
We learn how much Lando is missing his daughter, and to what steps he's taken to find her and ANY child kidnapped from their parents (and this is how he learns about Rey [not by name] and searches/helps her parents to keep their daughter safe).
I hope that this is the first of MANY books that the LucasFilm Story Group allows their authors to start writing about this era of time. We really do know SO little in preparations for The Force Awakens and the rest of the Sequel trilogy.
We want more. Thank you.
It is a planet hopping adventure with many different threads...that leads Lando into Luke Skywalker's sphere and along the way they help a number of people (losing some also), but are fighting for good and trying to defeat the Sith and their confederates. It is a bonding story between two heroes that you wouldn't normally put together. It is a really good story.
A lot of what happens within this story is explaining the plot holes in the Sequel trilogy. I doubt this book would've been necessary IF the overall story had been fixed BEFORE shooting The Force Awakens, then The Last Jedi...and the course correction of The Rise of Skywalker.
I don't hate the Sequel trilogy, but we all have to admit that there was NOT one cohesive story told in those three films. I actually enjoyed The Force Awakens. I liked The Last Jedi, though I saw that it broke certain storylines and created possible problems moving forward. The Rise of Skywalker tried to do too much...and in so doing, did pretty much EVERYTHING poorly. I still had fun with what they told, but some things were just stupid IMO.
In this book...it sets the stage for The Rise of Skywalker...so that at the next time I watch the Sequel trilogy, I'll be LESS frustrated (at least I'm hoping so).
We meet and go on adventures with Rey's parents, Dathan and Mirimar. We also find out their mindset on why they left Rey on Jakku (and eventually why they never came back).
We also learn about the blade...that will eventually lead our heroes to Exugol (sp?).
We also meet D-O that we meet in the Sequel trilogy.
We learn about Sith relics and how much power are imbued into them, especially the mask.
We learn how much Lando is missing his daughter, and to what steps he's taken to find her and ANY child kidnapped from their parents (and this is how he learns about Rey [not by name] and searches/helps her parents to keep their daughter safe).
I hope that this is the first of MANY books that the LucasFilm Story Group allows their authors to start writing about this era of time. We really do know SO little in preparations for The Force Awakens and the rest of the Sequel trilogy.
We want more. Thank you.