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Following the podcast "A More Civilized Age", I just finished rewatching season five of The Clone Wars, and so I'm celebrating with this little book.
It was a funny thing. Clearly, this author is more interested in writing about character than plot, which is an unusual approach for Star Wars. By no means would I call it a necessarily bad idea, and with the situation in which Ahsoka finds herself at the start of this story (bereft of home, identity, and everything she once valued), it could have been a really great fit. But it wasn't, and I think that's probably because the author felt pressure to stick to typical Star Wars-ness with plenty of action scenes and blasters and, eventually, lightsabers. It meant that the internal struggles of Ahsoka were really only brushed upon lightly. It also meant that the author was stuck writing action, which was definitely not her forte. And I'm loath to say it, because there was obvious passion and effort here, but it just ended up being boring as a result. Like one of the more disappointing Clone Wars arcs.
There was also a subplot involving someone having a crush on Ahsoka, which was fun mostly because of her totally relatable reaction when it was finally revealed to her. It was always going to be doomed, though. The true romantic subplot was between Ahsoka and R2. Nobody else stood a chance.
It was a funny thing. Clearly, this author is more interested in writing about character than plot, which is an unusual approach for Star Wars. By no means would I call it a necessarily bad idea, and with the situation in which Ahsoka finds herself at the start of this story (bereft of home, identity, and everything she once valued), it could have been a really great fit. But it wasn't, and I think that's probably because the author felt pressure to stick to typical Star Wars-ness with plenty of action scenes and blasters and, eventually, lightsabers. It meant that the internal struggles of Ahsoka were really only brushed upon lightly. It also meant that the author was stuck writing action, which was definitely not her forte. And I'm loath to say it, because there was obvious passion and effort here, but it just ended up being boring as a result. Like one of the more disappointing Clone Wars arcs.
There was also a subplot involving someone having a crush on Ahsoka, which was fun mostly because of her totally relatable reaction when it was finally revealed to her. It was always going to be doomed, though. The true romantic subplot was between Ahsoka and R2. Nobody else stood a chance.