Book info

• Title Star Wars: A New Dawn
• Author John Jackson Miller
• Year 2014
• Genre Science Fiction

For a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peace and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connection to the mystical energy field known as the Force. But they were betrayed—and the entire galaxy has paid the price. It is the Age of the Empire. Now Emperor Palpatine, once Chancellor of the Republic and secretly a Sith follower of the dark side of the Force, has brought his own peace and order to the galaxy. Peace through brutal repression, and order through increasing control of his subjects’ lives. But even as the Emperor tightens his iron grip, others have begun to question his means and motives. And still others, whose lives were destroyed by Palpatine’s machinations, lay scattered about the galaxy like unexploded bombs, waiting to go off...

Thoughts

I’ve collected quite a few of the Star Wars books (since they rebooted the ‘canon’ ones anyway, I’ve not really dipped into Legends at all), and I believe this is among the first of the new legitimate stories. It was great! It has that traditional Star Wars story at the heart of it, the Empire creeping their way to commit atrocities and a plucky bunch of resistence fighters trying to stop them. But it also has the added element of telling the story of Kanan and Hera’s first meeting, before they became a formidable part of the Ghost’s Crew. Good stuff.

Rating: 4 / 5