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Ahsoka

I wanted to love this book, I really did. Maybe a small part of me even loved it a little, however, it was a love one might have for a relative they barely know. You love them out of sense of family but it goes no deeper than that. To me, that is Ahsoka. Now to be fair, I hated Ahsoka the character the very first time she appeared on screen. Through several seasons of The Clone Wars however, ‘Snips’ grew on me. In fact she grew on everyone. For the uninitiated, Ahsoka Tano was a Jedi padawan affectionately referred to by her Master as ‘Snips’. We get to watch her grow as a Jedi throughout the series and then in probably the only way to save Star Wars fans severe heartbreak, she departs the Jedi Order. Her Master is Anakin Skywalker, who later in the Star Wars saga would be the key executor of Darth Sidious’ Order 66, the complete annihilation of the Jedi. Disney probably did not wish to visit the scenario of Anakin, now Darth Vader, killing his longtime Padawan. That brings us to Ahsoka, the novel. Years after the Galactic Senate is deposed and the Sith now rule the galaxy, Ahsoka now calling herself Ashla is forced to hide her true identity. She is no longer the quick-tongued teenager from the Clone Wars. We are now introduced to Ahsoka as a young woman, more subdued in her personality and demeanor. While she is aware of Order 66, there is no true indication that she knows her former master Anakin played a key role in it. It is her assumption that he was also a victim of Order 66. It is this reason that ties into my not falling in love with this book. There is no reckoning with Vader. In fact the two do not even cross paths. The moment in the book I was waiting for, where one finally senses the other…never occurs. I found myself dreading the end as the pages swept by and that much hoped for climax never occurred. To be fair, Ahsoka is still a champion of the down-trodden, a fact that long-time fans will appreciate. The story itself is not bad. Not great, but not bad. It does not paint a strong visual like other Star Wars novels and it does take a little bit to get going after you read the prologue. There is a new hope (couldn’t resist) though. Togruta, Ahsoka’s race, live to ripe old ages. Old enough perhaps to come to the aid of the son of her former master?

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