this one can be related to the Old Ben Kenobi? Duh!), and now he is a nomad trying to keep a low profile to avoid being detected by Imperial agents.
He was a young Padawan when the Order 66 was sent, but he was lucky to receive the warning message from Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mmh. The main characters in the novel are: (and no, there aren't droids!!!) THESE AREN'T THE DROIDS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR While the cover art featuring CGI animated character may give the idea of being a light novel oriented for younger readers, I can assure that this is definitely a novel with a tone oriented for adult readers (but surely any younger reader can enjoy it too).Ī new planet is introduced: Gorse, which along with its moon, Cynda, are an valuable site of mining operations to get Thorilide, a key mineral in the process of the contruction of Star Destroyers.
it's canonical!), and 11 years before of A New Hope. This novel, A New Dawn, is set 8 years after Revenge of the Sith, 6 years of Rebels (an incoming new animated TV series, that yes.
you have heroes of the rebellion that you NEVER heard about, not even on the battle of Endor, when finally you see that Leia wasn't the only woman in the galaxy. THERE IS ANOTHERĪnd now commenting about the novel at hand, yes, when you thought that you knew the heroes of the rebellion. I guess that by now, any novel set in the time previous (and between) the prequel trilogy can be still called canonical, but any book set after the events of The Return of the Jedi will have to be considered like a parallel universe or something like that depending of what would happen in Episode VII and following movies. I still want to read several novels previously published since I want to read those stories, and the canon can go to the dark side of Mustafar.Īnyway, the canonicity of any novel against the mighty force of films and TV, have been always a blurry area in any franchise, and now Star Wars, one of the pioneers in the tendency of having "expanded universes" is joining to the club of questionable canonicity in its printed material. So, while I'll do my best to read the novels of this "new" expanded universe, which it would pick my interest. In my case, I don't care if the novels are canonical or not. But, let's see how it will be in 5 years from now when, yet again, you would need to read several novels to be able to engage any new printing material). The official statement is that you don't need to have read any previous novel, only having watched the 6 films, to be able to understand what you read in the following novels to be printed from now on. TURMOIL HAS ENGULFED THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE OF STAR WARSįor those who didn't know, let me explain that this novel, A New Dawn, is the first official book printed by Lucasfilms now under the control of the Disney Emp.Er, I mean. A long time ago in a galaxy, far far away.
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