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This week I decided to review Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s
End by Chuck Wendig.
The story opens with Norra Wexley’s team hunting Imperial
Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, whom they believe is responsible for a series of
assassinations and attempted assassinations using mind- controlled agents,
including Nora Wexley’s husband Brentin. Meanwhile, Sloane and Brentin have joined forces to hunt down Gallius Rax,
the true mastermind behind the assassinations and now leader of the Empire in
all but name. Both group’s find their way to Rax’s home world of Jakku. Sloane
and Brentin arrive first and begin a long journey across the world having to
ally with the local Hutt crimelord.
When Norra’s group arrives, they find a massive Imperial
fleet gathered around the planet. While their ship flees Norra and Jas Emari
take an escape pod to the planet’s surface, and Norra’s son Temmin sends Mister
Bones, a B1 battle droid he had repaired and upgraded to protect his mother.
Soon Norra and Jas are captured and separated. Eventually Norra is rescued by
Mister Bones and they shortly regroup with Jas, who had also escaped captivity.
Meanwhile, on Chandrila, the current Republic capital, the
members of Norra’s team that fled Jakku find themselves caught in a maze of
Republic politics as they try to gain support for an attack on the Imperial
fleet over Jakku. Eventually they succeed, but as the battle rages, Norra’s group
and Sloane’s duo discover what Rax’s true plan is. And other enemies are
closing on the Republic’s leaders while the bulk of its fleet is away…
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he book also includes several sections showing events away
from the main plot, and flashbacks to earlier portions of Rax’s life and his
education by Palpatine.
I give the book 7 out of 10. I still like most of the
characters and the battle sequences were entertaining. It was also interesting
to see a little of Palpatine’s thought process behind the plan he entrusted to
Rax. However, the political scenes dragged on far too long in my opinion, and
felt like filler for the most part. Also, there were a number of sections near the
end that made little sense to me. Finally, I feel that the ending created more
questions than it answered.
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