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Ahsoka is the first Star Wars novel I’ve read since I was a kid hooked on Jude Watson’s Jedi Apprentice and Jedi Quest series (among other scattered Star Wars books). It’s a fairly quick read that has some good stuff for fans of the Clone Wars and Rebels tv shows, particularly those who love Ahsoka Tano, but it is ultimately a little underwhelming.
My favorite thing about this book is how gives you a glimpse into Ahsoka Tano’s mindset during the early days of the Empire following Order 66. This all felt very much in character for her, though it was often set against a rather dull backdrop. Much of the first two thirds or so of the book saw Ahsoka among characters who were rather hard to care for, and the perspective of the book shifted among characters a little too much since these shifts offered very little payoff. However, there were some interesting flashbacks scattered throughout, and I didn’t mind that they were sometimes from the point of view of characters who don’t otherwise appear in this book since they all added to Ahsoka’s character and story (unlike the other perspective changes).
As the action picked up later in the book, it was refreshing, though a bit uneven. At times it felt more like Star Wars than the rest of the book, but at other times the descriptions were vague and somewhat confusing. The villains in this book never really seemed like much of a threat (at least not to anyone worth caring about), so a lot of tension that could’ve been present in the story just wasn’t there. Even the Inquisitor who kind of served as the big bad was fairly lame.
Ultimately, Ahsoka is carried by the fan favorite title character and her connection to the larger Star Wars universe, but otherwise it falls flat as a mildly entertaining young adult novel. It kind of felt like some of the more mediocre multi-episode arcs of Clone Wars to me.
My favorite thing about this book is how gives you a glimpse into Ahsoka Tano’s mindset during the early days of the Empire following Order 66. This all felt very much in character for her, though it was often set against a rather dull backdrop. Much of the first two thirds or so of the book saw Ahsoka among characters who were rather hard to care for, and the perspective of the book shifted among characters a little too much since these shifts offered very little payoff. However, there were some interesting flashbacks scattered throughout, and I didn’t mind that they were sometimes from the point of view of characters who don’t otherwise appear in this book since they all added to Ahsoka’s character and story (unlike the other perspective changes).
As the action picked up later in the book, it was refreshing, though a bit uneven. At times it felt more like Star Wars than the rest of the book, but at other times the descriptions were vague and somewhat confusing. The villains in this book never really seemed like much of a threat (at least not to anyone worth caring about), so a lot of tension that could’ve been present in the story just wasn’t there. Even the Inquisitor who kind of served as the big bad was fairly lame.
Ultimately, Ahsoka is carried by the fan favorite title character and her connection to the larger Star Wars universe, but otherwise it falls flat as a mildly entertaining young adult novel. It kind of felt like some of the more mediocre multi-episode arcs of Clone Wars to me.