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Saga Continues Shadow Fall and Victory's Price

The Saga Continues: “Shadow Fall” & “Victory’s Price” by Alexander Freed

March 11, 2021March 10, 2021Sophie Brown

With the third installment of Alexander Freed’s Alphabet Squadron trilogy having dropped last week, I took the time to finish off the series.

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The Saga Continues: ‘The High Republic: Light of the Jedi’ – Charles Soule

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021Sophie Brown

‘Light of the Jedi’ by Charles Soule is a novel set in the outer rim where the Jedi are called upon to help in the wake of a terrible tragedy.

The Saga Continues: ‘From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back’

December 5, 2020December 4, 2020Sophie Brown2

‘From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back’ contains 40 stories by 40 authors to celebrate the 40 years since the film’s release.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising’ by Timothy Zahn

October 7, 2020October 6, 2020Sophie Brown

‘Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising’ by Timothy Zahn is the first in a new trilogy of books that detail Thrawn’s life in the Chiss Ascendancy.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Doctor Aphra’ by Sarah Kuhn

September 23, 2020November 6, 2020Sophie Brown8

The second ‘Star Wars’ original audio drama centers on Doctor Aphra, a rogue archaeologist & classic anti-hero first introduced in the comics.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Ahsoka’ by E. K. Johnston

September 4, 2020September 3, 2020Sophie Brown

The YA novel ‘Ahsoka’ by E. K. Johnston continues Ahsoka’s story and explores what happened to her in the time after Order 66.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Poe Dameron: Free Fall’ by Alex Segura

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020Sophie Brown

‘Poe Dameron: Free Fall’ by Alex Segura is a YA novel that covers the period in Poe’s life where he worked for the Spice Runners of Kijimi.

The Saga Continues: ‘Cobalt Squadron’ by Elizabeth Wein

May 4, 2020May 3, 2020Sophie Brown2

‘Cobalt Squadron’ by Elizabeth Wein is a middle-grade novel that follows Rose Tico during the weeks prior to the start of ‘The Last Jedi’.

The Saga Continues: ‘Guardians of the Whills’ by Greg Rucka

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020Sophie Brown

‘Guardians of the Whills’ is a middle-grade novel starring Baze Malbus and Chirrut Imwe set in the months prior to the events of ‘Rogue One’.

The Saga Continues: ‘Captain Phasma’ by Kelly Thompson

April 1, 2020March 31, 2020Sophie Brown

‘Captain Phasma’ follows its titular character over the days immediately following the destruction of Starkiller Base in ‘The Force Awakens’.

The Saga Continues: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ by Rae Carson

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020Sophie Brown

It’s fair to say that ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ elicited strong opinions. Can the novelization from Rae Carson fix some of its problems?

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The Saga Continues: ‘Resistance Reborn’ by Rebecca Roanhorse

November 20, 2019November 19, 2019Sophie Brown1

Rebecca Roanhorse’s ‘Resistance Reborn’ is the one novel you absolutely want to read prior to seeing ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ in December.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire’ by Delilah S. Dawson

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019Sophie Brown

‘Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire’ by Delilah S. Dawson is a Star Wars novel that takes readers to Batuu to help rebuild the ailing Resistance.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Thrawn: Treason’ by Timothy Zahn

July 31, 2019July 30, 2019Sophie Brown

‘Thrawn: Treason’ by Timothy Zahn is the third new-canon Thrawn book and follows on immediately after the events of ‘Thrawn: Alliances’.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Alphabet Squadron’ by Alexander Freed

June 14, 2019June 13, 2019Sophie Brown

‘Alphabet Squadron’ follows five New Republic pilots as they attempt to come together and take down the ruthless Imperial holdouts Shadow Wing.

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The Saga Continues: ‘A New Dawn’ by John Jackson Miller

May 16, 2019May 15, 2019Sophie Brown

A New Dawn was the first novel from the new Star Wars canon. In it, we meet Hera and Kanan six years prior to the start of Star Wars Rebels.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Master and Apprentice’ by Claudia Gray

April 17, 2019April 23, 2019Sophie Brown

‘Master and Apprentice’ follows Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn on a mission seven years prior to the events of ‘The Phantom Menace’.

The Saga Continues: The ‘Canto Bight’ Star Wars Anthology

July 17, 2018March 31, 2020Sophie Brown1

‘Canto Bight’ is a small Star Wars anthology of four stories set within the casino city of Canto Bight on the planet Cantonica.

The Saga Continues: Star Wars: ‘The Rebel Files’ by Daniel Wallace

July 4, 2018March 31, 2020Sophie Brown

Star Wars: The Rebel Files appears as an in-universe dossier collecting papers, communications, & reports from the Rebel Alliance.

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The Saga Continues: Star Wars: ‘Servants of the Empire’

June 5, 2018March 31, 2020Sophie Brown

The Saga Continues is a post series that explores the Star Wars new canon. Servants of the Empire is a four-book middle-grade Star Wars Rebels tie-in series by Jason Fry that follows Zare Leonis along with his girlfriend Merei, and their parents and friends on the planet Lothal.