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eldritch3r 's review for:
Ahsoka
by E.K. Johnston
I truly recommend listening to the audiobook of this novel narrated by Ashley Eckstein, Ahsoka’s voice actor, for the full experience. I listened to it whilst reading a physical copy of the book and it definitely enhanced the experience, especially all the goofy voices of canon characters who I know damn well she tried her best to do an impression of.
It’s incredibly interesting to see how much Star Wars canon has changed over the years as this book was released in 2016, which is well before the last season of The Clone Wars was released, as well as the Tales of the Jedi episodes that focused on Ahsoka. I know that this book isn’t really canon anymore, which is unfortunate, but it’s still a great read and I really enjoy how well written Ahsoka is. It really emphasizes how much the clones, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the entire Clone Wars have had an impact on the way that Ahsoka thinks and behaves, and it also really hammers home how much she cares about them all. Her grief for them was real, and it made me cry at some points if I’ll be honest, which is a first for a Star Wars book. I really enjoyed the in-between chapter sections, which focused on the past, the present, and future, and it offered a nice break between the story that was happening. The two planets and the characters that Ahsoka interacted with were very interesting and honestly a nice touch, especially with one planet and its associated storyline really fleshing out how Ahsoka came to join the rebellion. I’m currently watching Star Wars Rebels again, and it’s definitely going to be more interesting now that I’ve gotten a look at some (potentially non- canon) explanations as to how she became Fulcrum and why.
I do have one gripe with this book and that is the fact that Star Wars authors really love writing stories that focus on certain characters, and then have to immediately write side stories with characters that, while relevant to the main story at hand, I actually could care less about. I think that it’s such a waste of words, page space, and more importantly my time to read about some guy that does this thing that will explain why this happened or maybe help the main characters. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine that unfortunately caused me to DNF one Star Wars book two times because I felt that the story and characters that I came for were being so unbelievably weighed down by these other completely irrelevant characters and their stories. But that’s just me.
Anyways Selda was the true hero of this story, that man did literally everything ever and expected nothing out of it. He immediately accepted Ahsoka, checked in on her, supported her, and provided a home base that helped the entire planet of Raada. Bless him. Also… Kaedan I know what you areeeeeeee (in love with Ahsoka) and I think we always need more queer-coded women who help Ahsoka immediately after she just randomly shows up (ahem… Trace Martez).
It’s incredibly interesting to see how much Star Wars canon has changed over the years as this book was released in 2016, which is well before the last season of The Clone Wars was released, as well as the Tales of the Jedi episodes that focused on Ahsoka. I know that this book isn’t really canon anymore, which is unfortunate, but it’s still a great read and I really enjoy how well written Ahsoka is. It really emphasizes how much the clones, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the entire Clone Wars have had an impact on the way that Ahsoka thinks and behaves, and it also really hammers home how much she cares about them all. Her grief for them was real, and it made me cry at some points if I’ll be honest, which is a first for a Star Wars book. I really enjoyed the in-between chapter sections, which focused on the past, the present, and future, and it offered a nice break between the story that was happening. The two planets and the characters that Ahsoka interacted with were very interesting and honestly a nice touch, especially with one planet and its associated storyline really fleshing out how Ahsoka came to join the rebellion. I’m currently watching Star Wars Rebels again, and it’s definitely going to be more interesting now that I’ve gotten a look at some (potentially non- canon) explanations as to how she became Fulcrum and why.
I do have one gripe with this book and that is the fact that Star Wars authors really love writing stories that focus on certain characters, and then have to immediately write side stories with characters that, while relevant to the main story at hand, I actually could care less about. I think that it’s such a waste of words, page space, and more importantly my time to read about some guy that does this thing that will explain why this happened or maybe help the main characters. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine that unfortunately caused me to DNF one Star Wars book two times because I felt that the story and characters that I came for were being so unbelievably weighed down by these other completely irrelevant characters and their stories. But that’s just me.
Anyways Selda was the true hero of this story, that man did literally everything ever and expected nothing out of it. He immediately accepted Ahsoka, checked in on her, supported her, and provided a home base that helped the entire planet of Raada. Bless him. Also… Kaedan I know what you areeeeeeee (in love with Ahsoka) and I think we always need more queer-coded women who help Ahsoka immediately after she just randomly shows up (ahem… Trace Martez).