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Kenobi
Star Wars: Kenobi © 2014 John Jackson Miller464 pages The Republic is fallen, and the Jedi are no more. The few survivors of Emepror Palpatine’s purge have fled, scattered across the galaxy with their own individual missions. For Obi-Wan Kenobi, … Continue reading
Darth Plagueis
Darth Plagueis © 2012 James Luceno 498 pages Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise? ….it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. Beginning decades before The Phantom Menace, and culminating in its end, Darth … Continue reading
Queen’s Shadow
Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow © 2019 E.K. Johnson 400 pages “I suppose we can’t just burn down the whole Senate and start over again with a system that makes sense?” Dormé asked. “I’m fairly certain that would be treason,” Padmé … Continue reading
Rebel Dawn
Star Wars Han Solo Trilogy Vol III: Rebel Dawn© 1998 A.C. Crispin400 pages Rebel Dawn is the final volume in the “Han Solo” trilogy, a volume that stands more as an immediate prequel to the original Star Wars movie than a novel solely … Continue reading
The Hutt Gambit
The Han Solo Trilogy, Vol II: The Hutt Gambit© 1997 A.C. Crispin352 pages At the end of The Paradise Snare, Han Solo was a heartbroken man moving on with his life, doing his best to forget about the woman who … Continue reading
The Paradise Snare
The Han Solo Trilogy: The Paradise Snare© 1997 A.C. Crispin338 pages Han Solo easily has the most personality of any of the original trilogy’s characters, but where did he come from? A.C. Crispin’s Solo Trilogy was the first to try … Continue reading
The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace© 1999 Terry BrooksThe Phantom Menace was the first movie in the new ‘prequel’ trilogy of the Star Wars saga, which told the story of a promising young Jedi who was seduced by the Dark … Continue reading
This Week at the Library: Star Wars, bikes, and evil farms
Fool’s Bargain, Timothy ZahnJust Ride, Grant PetersonAgainst the Grain, Richard Manning This week my local library began officially offering electronic books via membership in a regional e-book collective. Although I much prefer real books (see my printed-book snobbery? “real books”, … Continue reading
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Outbound Flight
Star Wars: Outbound Flight© 2006 Timothy Zahn464 pages Five years after his ascendacy to leadership of the Republic, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine endorsed an extraordinary project: the launching of a flotilla of ships into the far expanses of space, on a … Continue reading
Choices of One
Star Wars: Choices of One© 2011 Timothy Zahn366 pages The choices of one shape the futures of all. (Jedi saying) Timothy Zahn’s Allegiance (2006) introduced us to the Hand of Judgment, a band of “rogue stormtroopers” — deserters turned do-good … Continue reading