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# Resistance Reborn (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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desertcart.com: Resistance Reborn (Star Wars): Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Audible Audio Edition): Marc Thompson, Rebecca Roanhorse, Random House Audio: Books

Review: Very good - This is a main-storyline canon novel set between The Last Jedi, and the remaining resistance members escape from Crait, and The Rise of Skywalker. The resistance is basically beaten down, looking to regroup and refill their ranks. The story is set on the planets Ryloth and Corellia, where the members of the resistance are trying to regroup and recruit, using old contacts of Leia to aid in hiding from the First Order. I will not give too much of the story away, but it blends action, political maneuvering, and a "cat and mouse" kind of storyline. The main resistance characters, Rey, Poe, Finn, Leia, etc., all appear in the book to varying degrees. But, like many of the "fill in" novels, the "main" characters do not really dominate the story, and more ancillary characters take a larger role. The author does a good job conveying that Rey is feeling lost having incomplete Jedi training, and losing the one person who could have trained her. She also does a good job conveying split emotions among the rank and file resistance members who are left, with some wanting to fight on, and others seeing the fight against The First Order as a losing battle. Overall, it is a good novel that bridges part of the time gap between TLJ and TROS, while also leaving a lot of room for further stories from that time period to be fleshed out. It is a moderately easy read, and the chapters are easily digestible lengths so you can read as much or as little at one time as you want. If you are one of those people who only get some, but not all, of the novels, this one is definitely worth picking up.
Review: The spark that will light the fire of the expanded universe - Well I certainly didn't expect my first read of 2020 to be a Star Wars book. To be perfectly honest, after the underwhelming disappointment of The Rise of Skywalker and the emotional exertion of The Mandalorian finale, I was beginning to feel a little burned out on Star Wars. That feeling was still present when I started reading the first few chapters of this novel, and I began to get the notion that maybe this story, like the final Skywalker film, just wasn't for me.⠀ ⠀ But I kept up with the book, and was quickly proven wrong, as once the story well and truly kicks in it hits you like a jump to hyperspace.⠀ ⠀ Resistance Reborn takes places just after The Last Jedi, and before The Rise of Skywalker, and tells the story of how the Resistance begins to rebuild their greatly diminished, overwhelmed fleet.⠀ ⠀ In the climax of The Last Jedi, the Resistance's call for help goes unanswered, despite them knowing they have allies out there. The main narrative follows their investigations into what happened to these, and their efforts to seek out and recruit further sympathizers.⠀ ⠀ Much has been said about this book being an Avengers-scale crossover, bringing in characters from different stories, across different media from the expanded universe — from the films, to comics, to even the video games — all coming together for a final stand.⠀ ⠀ In the hands of any other writer this would have been an unwieldy task, but Roanhorse proves skillful enough to handle it with poise and panache. With Resistance Reborn, she has written a heist story, a thriller, and a political drama that never fails to be fun, and never, ever loses sight of the most important aspect of the whole Star Wars galaxy: its characters.⠀ ⠀ Resistance Reborn boasts a huge cast of characters, but it is also mostly Poe's tale, and I love Roanhorse's characterization of him here. Outside of The Force Awakens and his comic book series, Poe is a character that Star Wars doesn't really know what do with. In The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker, he's reduced to an arrogant pilot who is constantly screwing things up in a spectacular fashion, redeems himself, but then fails to learn his lesson as he repeats the same mistakes further down the line. In TFA we were introduced to a character that was hotheaded yes, but also ceaselessly charming, loyal, and optimistic. This portrayal carried on in the books and the comics, but got cast aside as the final two films decided to have him be little more than a Han Solo stand-in. Which is boring and disappointing. ⠀ ⠀ Roanhorse also further develops his relationship with Finn, including a handful of scenes that are not only touching and thematically relevant, but also add fuel to the FinnPoe fire. (Literally the only ship I've wanted to see set sail. Alas.) ⠀ ⠀ Unfortunately, Roanhorse doesn't get to do a lot with Rey here, however. Her portrayal is fine and serviceable, but it's also very minor. I assume this was because her story was being reserved for TRoS.⠀ ⠀ The other characters are great and a lot of fun, with a decent amount of familiar faces returning (including a character that literally made me go "oh daaang," out loud). I want to make special mention of Shriv Suurgav, though, a character pulled in from the Battlefront II video game. He was new to me, as I've never played the game, but he quickly became a favorite. He serves mostly as comic relief here, but brought some pathos as well. I really loved his inclusion here. ⠀ Rebecca Roanhorse has, with a single book, become one of my favorite Star Wars author. For my credits I think she and Claudia Gray could easily carry this entire expanded universe by themselves, and what rich stories we would get.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good
*by S***R on April 11, 2020*

This is a main-storyline canon novel set between The Last Jedi, and the remaining resistance members escape from Crait, and The Rise of Skywalker. The resistance is basically beaten down, looking to regroup and refill their ranks. The story is set on the planets Ryloth and Corellia, where the members of the resistance are trying to regroup and recruit, using old contacts of Leia to aid in hiding from the First Order. I will not give too much of the story away, but it blends action, political maneuvering, and a "cat and mouse" kind of storyline. The main resistance characters, Rey, Poe, Finn, Leia, etc., all appear in the book to varying degrees. But, like many of the "fill in" novels, the "main" characters do not really dominate the story, and more ancillary characters take a larger role. The author does a good job conveying that Rey is feeling lost having incomplete Jedi training, and losing the one person who could have trained her. She also does a good job conveying split emotions among the rank and file resistance members who are left, with some wanting to fight on, and others seeing the fight against The First Order as a losing battle. Overall, it is a good novel that bridges part of the time gap between TLJ and TROS, while also leaving a lot of room for further stories from that time period to be fleshed out. It is a moderately easy read, and the chapters are easily digestible lengths so you can read as much or as little at one time as you want. If you are one of those people who only get some, but not all, of the novels, this one is definitely worth picking up.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The spark that will light the fire of the expanded universe
*by R***G on January 4, 2020*

Well I certainly didn't expect my first read of 2020 to be a Star Wars book. To be perfectly honest, after the underwhelming disappointment of The Rise of Skywalker and the emotional exertion of The Mandalorian finale, I was beginning to feel a little burned out on Star Wars. That feeling was still present when I started reading the first few chapters of this novel, and I began to get the notion that maybe this story, like the final Skywalker film, just wasn't for me.⠀ ⠀ But I kept up with the book, and was quickly proven wrong, as once the story well and truly kicks in it hits you like a jump to hyperspace.⠀ ⠀ Resistance Reborn takes places just after The Last Jedi, and before The Rise of Skywalker, and tells the story of how the Resistance begins to rebuild their greatly diminished, overwhelmed fleet.⠀ ⠀ In the climax of The Last Jedi, the Resistance's call for help goes unanswered, despite them knowing they have allies out there. The main narrative follows their investigations into what happened to these, and their efforts to seek out and recruit further sympathizers.⠀ ⠀ Much has been said about this book being an Avengers-scale crossover, bringing in characters from different stories, across different media from the expanded universe — from the films, to comics, to even the video games — all coming together for a final stand.⠀ ⠀ In the hands of any other writer this would have been an unwieldy task, but Roanhorse proves skillful enough to handle it with poise and panache. With Resistance Reborn, she has written a heist story, a thriller, and a political drama that never fails to be fun, and never, ever loses sight of the most important aspect of the whole Star Wars galaxy: its characters.⠀ ⠀ Resistance Reborn boasts a huge cast of characters, but it is also mostly Poe's tale, and I love Roanhorse's characterization of him here. Outside of The Force Awakens and his comic book series, Poe is a character that Star Wars doesn't really know what do with. In The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker, he's reduced to an arrogant pilot who is constantly screwing things up in a spectacular fashion, redeems himself, but then fails to learn his lesson as he repeats the same mistakes further down the line. In TFA we were introduced to a character that was hotheaded yes, but also ceaselessly charming, loyal, and optimistic. This portrayal carried on in the books and the comics, but got cast aside as the final two films decided to have him be little more than a Han Solo stand-in. Which is boring and disappointing. ⠀ ⠀ Roanhorse also further develops his relationship with Finn, including a handful of scenes that are not only touching and thematically relevant, but also add fuel to the FinnPoe fire. (Literally the only ship I've wanted to see set sail. Alas.) ⠀ ⠀ Unfortunately, Roanhorse doesn't get to do a lot with Rey here, however. Her portrayal is fine and serviceable, but it's also very minor. I assume this was because her story was being reserved for TRoS.⠀ ⠀ The other characters are great and a lot of fun, with a decent amount of familiar faces returning (including a character that literally made me go "oh daaang," out loud). I want to make special mention of Shriv Suurgav, though, a character pulled in from the Battlefront II video game. He was new to me, as I've never played the game, but he quickly became a favorite. He serves mostly as comic relief here, but brought some pathos as well. I really loved his inclusion here. ⠀ Rebecca Roanhorse has, with a single book, become one of my favorite Star Wars author. For my credits I think she and Claudia Gray could easily carry this entire expanded universe by themselves, and what rich stories we would get.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don’t read this book
*by J***R on December 20, 2019*

DON’T READ THIS BOOK, at least not as I did, hoping that it would be a prelude (I know, a charged word for Star Wars fans) for “The Rise of Skywalker”. The book taken by its own merits is fantastic (hence the five stars). It starts where “The Last Jedi” ended, a broken Resistance looking to regroup, rebuild, and return. It draws upon previous novels, comic books, and even the “Fallen Order” and “Battlefield 2” video games to present a vivid cast of characters who work and fight against the forces of the First Order and manage to bring in interesting new characters both old and new. But none of those characters or relationships are in “The Rise of Skywalker”. I strained during scenes of the Resistence to see now familiar faces, maybe I wouldn’t know exactly what Nasz would look like in the crowd, in the book she is described powerfully and as a powerful woman but humans all look alike, but Shriv is a Duro and not in any scenes in the movie. And although Snap is in the movie, nothing about his parents and their reaction to... Yeah, that’s kind of it. Don’t read this book like I did as a prelude to “The Rise of Skywalker”, there is nothing in this book that has to do with the movie. It like a good Legends book, it’s still Star Wars and maybe feels more Star Wars than some of the movies but doesn’t have anything to do with the movie that it’s supposed to tie into. I gave the book five stars, it is well written, well paced, enjoyable. The book shouldn’t be punished for the publisher advertising it as “the journey to the rise of Skywalker”. But that’s not what the book is, and the movie is a little poorer for it.

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